FBCP Families | 02.06.2021

Hey, Friends!

I hope you are able to enjoy this beautiful weather and all the good sunshine! We are excited to be back in the garage for worship tomorrow but will also share a livestream and a recorded version later in the day. If you're able to join us for garage worship, we have snacks and some activity sheets for your kiddos and we would love to see them, too!

February Liturgy for Families with Kids

It's been so wonderful to gather safely once a month with our families and kids, and we are so excited to have another time of worship and fun this month! The next Liturgy for Families with Kids is Saturday, February 13th, at 10:30AM in the FBCP park. We will maintain our safety protocol with distance and masks so that we can keep each other healthy. And, of course, we will worship God with songs, a Bible lesson, and activities for the whole family. Plus, this month we will also have some Lent materials for kids and families to use at home in the coming months. You can RSVP here to help us plan ahead for supplies. If you want to invite some friends who need a church family to belong to, we would love to have them! Just share this info and our RSVP link so we can have things ready for them, too!

Oh—and don’t forget to bring a warm hat, jacket, or poncho to donate to Friends In Deed if you are able. Those items will go directly to folks who don’t have shelter during these winter months. If you attended the liturgy last month, then remember to bring back your finished blanket, too!

Support Group for Parents Raising a Child with Autism 

Mady Snyder is a part of our church family, and she is going to begin leading a support group for parents raising a child with Autism Spectrum Disorder. She is particularly looking to create a group with Christian parents, and we are grateful to have someone in our community with the therapy skills and expertise to offer this kind of family support. You can email her at madysnydertherapy@gmail.com for more information or fill out this form to get connected. Feel free to share this with other parents who might be interested, too!

Sunday 

Kids

Here is a new family resource you can use to worship and read the Bible with kids at home. It's  a passage from Isaiah 40:21-31, and it includes a fun activity to help kids think about how God cares for people and how we can help one another. We pray you find ways to pray and talk about God in whatever way is fun and meaningful for your family!

Youth

This week the youth are back in the park—yay! We look forward to a safe and physically distanced time of fellowship where we can connect with each other and with God. We hope to see you around 10:15AM tomorrow morning!

Sending you so much love and virtual hugs!

With gratitude for you,

Pastor Lindsay & Pastor Mary

Friday Updates 02.05.2021

Happy Friday, FBCP!

Today we have a fun audio from Chip and Mary with all the announcements for the week. You can listen for full details by clicking the link below, but here are the highlights:

  • This week we are back in the garage for outdoor worship, but we will also livestream the service and post a recorded version later in the day. It’s also communion Sunday, so you can bring your own elements or take one of our communion cracker and juice packs. Please remember our agreements so that we can love each other well and stay safe and healthy:

    • Stay in your car if you are able to drive to the garage.

    • Wear a mask whenever you are outside your car.

    • Keep 10ft of space between you and others.

    • Share your love by not hanging around before or after service.

    • Stay home if you aren’t feeling well and let us know how we can help care for you.

  • Wednesday, February 17th, is Ash Wednesday, and we will be releasing an online liturgy so that you can engage with worship from wherever you are. Keep an eye out for upcoming information about how to prepare to worship at home that day so you can thoughtfully prepare your heart for the season of Lent.

  • On the first Sunday of Lent, February 21, our time of worship will be a service of lament and a celebration of the lives of Ed Enriquez, Harold Lane, Bob Maase, and Tom Harris. We’ll share more details in the coming weeks. In the meantime, we will be creating an online space to share your memories. If you have something you want to share in honor of Ed Enriquez, Harold Lane, Bob Maase, or Tom Harris, you can send a written, audio, or video version to lindsay@fbcpasadena.

 

This Week’s Tracks:

FBCP Families | 01.29.21

Hey, Friends!

It's been a rainy week, and we know the ground is thirsty for these showers! I hope you can find some moments to curl up and get cozy with your little ones (and listen to the pitter patter of the raindrops!). I also hope the cold and wet weather is a reminder to pray for those who do not have shelter and to ask how we might serve and advocate for them. See the information below for one way we can respond to the call to love our neighbors as we partner with Friends In Deed. 

Bad Weather Supplies

We have the opportunity to partner with Friends In Deed as they gather supplies for those without shelter in the upcoming months, especially when weather is less predictable and often harsh. You can check out the full list of supplies that are needed here, and we will be collecting them the next time we are back in the garage for worship. If you need us to come pick up items or arrange a handoff, we can do that, too! 

This Day In History

This coming week has lots of dates that have historical significance for a variety of reasons, particularly  in regards to the arts and justice. The folks over at SALT compile these weekly Theologian's Almanac, and I thought this week's edition might provide some inspiration for talking to kids about some of these important people and dates. You might even have them do a little detective work to figure out what's so special about that date or person and report back to the family with their intel.

Sunday 

Kids

If you want to do a little Bible reading and discussion at home, here's a resource you could use this Sunday. It's a short passage with lots of questions and a guided reading to foster wonder and imagination. Stay tuned for upcoming details about some bedtime stories we will be sharing with our kids.

And mark your calendars for February 13th for our next Liturgy for Families with Kids! We can't wait to share Lent materials and spread lots of love as we worship in the park together! 

Youth

This week we will zoom with the youth at 12PM, and sometime this weekend we will drop off a bag of supplies to use during our hangout. Here is the meeting link that you can use to hop on the hangout. We look forward to a fun time together with our youth!

Sending you so much love and virtual hugs!

With gratitude for you,

Pastor Lindsay & Pastor Mary

Friday Updates 01.29.2021

Happy Friday, FBCP!

Today we have an audio from Pastor John Jay with all the announcements for the week. You can listen for full details by clicking the link below, but here are the highlights:

  • This week we are worshipping online with a new Liturgy for the Living Room, which we will release on Sunday morning.

  • We hope to be back in the garage for worship on February 7. Stay tuned for updates and safety protocol as we prepare to worship in person again. As always, we will livestream the audio of the service and post a recorded version for those who aren’t able to attend.

  • This Sunday at 6PM you are invited to join clergy and congregants in the Pasadena area for a virtual time of prayer for our nation and our community. The Clergy Community Coalition will be hosting this time, and you can see the graphic below for information about how to join over Zoom.

  • On the first Sunday of Lent, our time of worship will be a service of lament and a celebration of the lives of Harold Lane, Bob Maase, and Tom Harris. We’ll share more details in the coming weeks. In the meantime, we will be creating an online space to share your memories. If you have something you want to share in memory of Harold Lane, Bob Maase, or Tom Harris, you can send a written, audio, or video version to lindsay@fbcpasadena.

 
 

This Week’s Tracks:

Sunday Special | EP 46

Hi, Friends at FBCP,

Today Pastor Mary shares the story of Jonah and the big fish, and it's a good reminder about how compassionate God is and how we should respond when God calls us to participate in His work. It turns out God is all about pursuing us no matter what! 

And we wanted to share a resource from our friends at Illustrated Ministry. It has an interactive prayer practice that kids can do in their homes to bless their spaces and learn some Bible verses. We hope it helps you continue to create a sacred space at home to help you worship during the week and sense God’s presence. 

Stay safe and know that you are deeply loved by your church family and by a compassionate God. Happy Sunday, friends!

So much love,

Pastors Lindsay and Mary

FBCP Updates | 01.22.2021

Happy Friday, Friends at FBCP!

We have a few reminders and updates to share with you today, so you can listen to the audio below for all the info or read on for a condensed version of the details. Grace and peace to you this evening.

Less without you,

The FBCP Community

Sunday Worship Online

This Sunday we will not meet in the garage and will instead worship with another Liturgy for the Living Room to keep one another safe during the surge in the pandemic. We are excited to share another liturgy full of various voices in our community, so we pray you are able to find a meaningful time and place to listen and engage with worship and your church family. We will continue to monitor the virus and keep you updated on our plans for worship in the coming weeks.

Grieving Together

Recently we lost three pillars in the FBCP community—Harold Lane, Bob Maase, and Tom Harris. Though we cannot come together in person to honor them right now, we know it is crucial that we have a way to share our collective grief and remember these friends well. To that end, we are in the process of making an online space to share memories from our church community. We’ll have a separate page to honor each of those friends, and you are all invited to share any favorite memories you have of Harold Lane, Bob Maase, or Tom Harris for us to include in these online spaces. Some of you have already submitted memories, and we are so grateful to have your contribution. We would welcome any of the following formats for your submissions:

  • written

  • audio recording

  • video

Please email your contribution to lindsay@fbcpasadena.com or use the buttons below. If you have trouble sending something in or have any questions, you can reach out to Lindsay for help. Thank you in advance for these precious memories.

 

FBCP Families | 01.22.01

Hey, Friends!

We pray you continue to stay safe and healthy in the midst of the pandemic, and we invite you to join us in praying for all the healthcare workers who are fighting so hard to love and care for people well. Our hope is that numbers will continue to recede so that we can move back to worship in the garage. Until then, we hope you are able to worship with the online liturgy in a way that is meaningful to you. I find it so helpful to hear the voices of our community in order to reorient myself to a posture of gratitude and worship. May this weekend be a time of rest, play, and worship for all! 

Bad Weather Supplies

We have the opportunity to partner with Friends In Deed as they gather supplies for those without shelter in the upcoming months, especially when weather is less predictable and often harsh. You can check out the full list of supplies that are needed here, and we will be collecting them the next time we are back in the garage for worship. If you need us to come pick up items or arrange a handoff, we can do that, too! 

Free Parenting Webinar

Hand In Hand Parenting is offering a free, three-part web series to help you tackle the hard stuff about parenting in isolation and under stress during a pandemic. The sessions will cover when to set limits in a time that's already so restricted, connecting well when you're together all the time, and what to do when it feels like nagging is the new norm. 

Sunday 

Kids

This Sunday we will be sharing a story and some resources for worshipping and praying at home in interactive ways. We look forward to our next time together in the park, but until then know that God is very present in your homes and with your families!

Youth

This week we will zoom with the youth at 12PM so we can deliver lunch! We will all have pizzas sent from Blaze, so please send your youth's pizza order to me when you can. Here is the meeting link that you can use to hop on the hangout. We look forward to a fun time together with our youth!

Sending you so much love and virtual hugs!

With gratitude for you,

Pastor Lindsay & Pastor Mary

Paul

Tonight we invite you to pause and listen to this timeless hymn, remembering that God is still very present in the world He created. The lyrics are below if you want to meditate on them while you listen. Grace and peace this evening, friends.

This Is My Father’s World

This is my Father's world,
And to my listening ears
All nature sings, and round me rings
The music of the spheres.
This is my Father's world:
I rest me in the thought
Of rocks and trees, of skies and seas--
His hand the wonders wrought.

This is my Father's world:
The birds their carols raise,
The morning light, the lily white,
Declare their Maker's praise.
This is my Father's world:
He shines in all that's fair;
In the rustling grass I hear Him pass,
He speaks to me everywhere.

This is my Father's world:
O let me ne'er forget
That though the wrong seems oft so strong,
God is the Ruler yet.
This is my Father's world:
Why should my heart be sad?
The Lord is King: let the heavens ring!
God reigns; let earth be glad! 

In Pasadena as it is in Heaven

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