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1. First United Methodist Church of North Hollywood
GOOD NEWS
e-mail: nohofumc@pacbell.net
2022
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www.nohofumc.org
IN THIS ISSUE:
• Native Hawaiian-Pacific
Islander Heritage Luau
• Fall Events at NOHO
• All Church Meeting
• Rescue Mission & Food
Pantry News
GOOD NEWS is published monthly by
First United Methodist Church of North
Hollywood, California 91601
Phone (818) 763-8231
Rev. Dr. Grant Hagiya
Bishop
Rev. Melissa MacKinnon
District Superintendent
Rev. Steve Peralta
Senior Pastor
Congregation
Ministers
Michael McKenzie
Director of Music
Roger Eshleman
Organist
Nylean Rapinac
Administrator
Patty Kelsey
Director, Program Ministries
Tonya Peat
Director, Digital & Social Media
We are definitely in the “Dog Days of Summer.” The ancient
Greeks noticed that when the star of Sirius (known as the “Dog
Star” and the brightest proper star in the night sky) came into view,
it coincided with the hottest portion of the summer. Usually
starting in mid-July, this hot season can last until mid-September in
the Northern Hemisphere.
Coincidentally, most businesses and organizations slow down during
this season as well. People go on vacations. Productivity falls. Life
slows down.
But only for a moment: soon life will pick-up its pace again as
students return to school, people catch-up on work, and the world
prepares for a whirlwind rush to the end of the year.
The same thing happens in the church. As the world aims for a
post-COVID Fall season, the church does the same. Sermon Series,
Bible Studies, Fellowship Events, and new ministries are currently
being dreamed up and prepared for. Summer Projects are in the
works as we continue to repair and restore the tile roofs of our
facility.
I hope that you are enjoying your “Dog Days” of summer…and I
pray that we will be ready for a Fall Season that moves us forward
into a bright new future. We are grateful for times of restoration
and re-creation; even as we look forward to the work that God has
for us.
In Christ,
Pastor Steve

2. August 7 Unexpected Guests Luke 12:32-40
Most people love to entertain guests, so long as they have been invited and the time of their arrival is known. What
about unexpected guests? Do we enjoy entertaining guests who arrive unannounced, uninvited, and at
inconvenient hours? Why then does Jesus insist that he will come at an unexpected hour?
August 14 Difficult Choices
Jesus tells his disciples that they will have to make some difficult choices for the Kingdom of God. What difficult
choices do we have to make?
August 21 Grace Breaks Out
We all have our boxes in which we try to contain and control God. But Jesus refuses to let God remain in the boxes
of the Pharisees…and God won’t remain in the boxes we have created either.
August 28 The Way of Humility Luke 14:1, 7-14
In a world of likes, followers, and platforms, what does Jesus’ teaching on humility have to say to us?
HIGHLIGHTS OF ONLINE WORSHIP
We share on YouTube @nohofumc and on Facebook @nohofumc1.
Organ - Roger Eshleman Hymn Leader: Michael McKenzie
Call to Worship Response - Norman Kelsey
Moment with Children - Patty Kelsey
July 3 - Pack Light
July 10 - What’s Inside
July 17 - Do The Right Thing
July 24 - How to Pray
Scripture Reader Online
July 3 - Jesse Boone
July 11 - Sherri Perry
July 17 - Holly Gibson
July 24 - Doug Eboch
Luke 12:49-56
Luke 13:10-17
Sermon Titles and Scripture
July 3 - Power & Potential | Luke 10:1-11, 16-20
July 10 - Celebrate Good Times |2 Samuel 6:1-5; 12b-19
July 17 - Are You Plumb? | Amos 7:7-17
July 24 - Pray Like This | 2 Samuel
Special Music Online - Michael McKenzie
July 4 - Michael McKenzie | “This is My Song”
July 11 - Pastor Steve | The Heart of Worship
July 17 - Michael McKenzie | Jesus, Lord, We Look to Thee
July 24 - Michael McKenzie |Prayer is the Soul’s Deepest Desire
Summer Sermon Series from the Gospel of Luke
What might we learn if we took the risk to listen? If we took the risk to let
these holy ones of God become our traveling companions on our summer
journey? We might be troubled, and we will be, but we might also be lifted up.
We might be challenged, but we might find reasons for hope, or we might find
a renewed vision that inspires us for all the journeys we make. So, what do you
say? Are you up for a journey this summer, a journey to the edge of our faith?

3. Native Hawaiian-Pacific Islander
Heritage Luau
Saturday, August 13th
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Fountain Courtyard
Concluding our AAPI Heritage celebrations with
our annual Summer Luau.
Dress in your tropical duds, enjoy themed food,
beverage & stunning entertainment!
RSVP
Laity Worship & Luncheon
October 16th
Join us for worship, led by members of our
congregation, followed by a delicious
luncheon in the Courtyard!
We are looking for members of our
congregation to be readers and provide
special music performances.
If you would like to take part in worship,
please let the church staff know.
Join Us for Fall Kick-Off!
Sunday, September 11th!
Let’s get back to church and our community
at NOHO FUMC!
Join us for worship at 10:30, followed by
a ‘tailgate’ party in the courtyard!
Wear a team jersey!

4. You are invited to an All-Church Meeting to
discuss The Wesley School’s proposal to place a
motorized gate and guardhouse at the entrance
to the South Parking Lot. Such a project will have
a large impact upon the appearance of the
church but may also make the campus safer and
improve hospitality during school hours. The gate
could also be left opened for church functions
and during Sunday morning worship activities.
The Governing Board agreed that a larger
conversation with the entire congregation would
help us make a decision which represented the
consensus of the congregation. So make plans to
be there!
Calling all singers! Choir will be coming back on
Saturday, September 10th, with our fall choral
retreat in the Main Sanctuary!
From 11am-3pm we will come together to
develop our skills as singers, learn some new
music, and share a meal! All are welcome!
If, you have been singing all your life, have never
sung before, or are anywhere in between this is
the choir for you!
We will take the time during this retreat to learn
some of the foundations of singing, get a head
start on some great new music, and bring
together the 2022-2023 NoHo FUMC choir!
I hope to see lots of new and familiar faces there!
After a successful summer of Pride Pop-Ups and
Justice Sings, Voices for Social Justice will be
hosting their very first concert event, Lay Down
Your Weapons. Led by NoHo FUMC music
director Michael McKenzie and church member
Kait Ahlschwede, this program speaks to the ways
gun violence impacts our youth communities and
highlights the movements leading the push for
gun reform in our country. The concert will begin
at 7:30 pm at Los Altos United Methodist
Church in Long Beach, CA.”

5. Hope of the Valley is Always Expanding
Thirteen years ago Hope of the Valley’s humble
beginnings began with handing out sandwiches from
the trunk of a car. Now they are operating over 16
shelter locations (including 6 Tiny Home Villages, 3
Family Shelters, a Youth Shelter, 2 Bridge Housing
Shelters and the Trebek Center in Northridge).
In the last 12 months alone, they have added seven
shelters with over 900 beds (Six Tiny Home
Villages, and the 107-bed Trebek Center which
opened in April). This year they will be opening 3
New Family Shelters for families with children. With
over 300 beds, these shelters will serve couples and
single mothers and fathers with children.
The dedicated team of chefs, kitchen staff and
drivers prepare and distribute 3 meals a day to
residents at these 16 different shelters located
throughout the San Fernando Valley and Great Los
Angeles area. And they have been doing all of the
food preparation in a 400-square foot kitchen!
They have outgrown their kitchen. To help meet the
growing demand, they need to build a new kitchen.
The new kitchen will be centrally located at their
North Hills Administrative Building and will cost $2
Million.
Hope begins with a hot meal. Hope of the Valley
needs help to open the new kitchen and continue
serving meals to the unhoused families and
neighbors.
Any size donation helps.
Equal sacrifice, not equal gifts.
To donate, you can mail a check to:
Hope of the Valley, P.O. Box 7609, Mission
Hills, CA 91346
Or, go to www.hopeofthevalley.org
Click on “Donate” and fill in the blanks
In addition to donating non-perishable food
and/or making monetary donations to the
Pantry, you could help by being on the
Transportation Team. To volunteer, you need to
go to the Pantry website – www.nhifp.org.
At the website you need to scroll down a little
bit until you see “Click here to sign up”. A click
takes you to the Sign-Up Genius. Here you sign
up to go to Temple Beth Hillel (12326 Riverside
Drive) on a Friday afternoon at 4 pm. At TBH
you and 5 others will bring packed food bags up
from the basement in the elevator on carts.
Then you will load the bags into pantry-owned
vehicles. You then will drive yourself or be
driven to First Christian Church (on the corner
of Colfax and Moorpark) to help unload the
bags into the Pantry distribution center.
This whole process takes about an hour. If you
can, sign up a family member or friend to
volunteer with you. You could do it just once,
once a month, every week, or whatever works
for you.
How You Can Help The
North Hollywood Interfaith Food Pantry

6. August 6 David Zung
August 10 Bruce Neckels
August 12 Pauline Long
August 14 Henry Mottaz
August 15 Erin Neckels
August 19 Michael Acosta
August 23 Jason Books
August 23 Abigail Ellis
August 24 Kealan Sucher
August 25 Lynn Yoshizumi
August 26 Erin Kent
August 26 David Kurushima
August 26 Marijane Settlemyer
August 28 Karen Griggs
Wishing you many blessings on your birthday!
Love, Your Church Family
Prayer Requests:
• Bill Varney has been recuperating at home with a broken hip.
• DeAnne Hayes was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s.
• Joan Velde is looking for alternative cancer treatments.
• Amy Pimentel has a tumor on her humerus bone and needs
physical and mental healing.
Ralph E. SEYBOLD
DECEMBER 7, 1935 – JUNE 27, 2022
Ralph was 86 years old and passed away
on Monday, June 27, 2022,
in North Hollywood.
Rosemary Ann (Olds) Kent
Rosemary passed away on the morning of July
12, 2022, in Burlington, North Carolina.
Rosemary was diagnosed with a very
aggressive, metastatic carcinoma in mid-June,
and unfortunately it was too advanced for
treatment. She was given excellent care from
her doctors and nurses at Duke University
Hospital and later at AuthoraCare Hospice in
Burlington, NC

7. LECTIONARY CALENDAR YEAR C
August 7 Ninth Sunday after Pentecost. Green.
Isa. 1:1, 10-20; Ps. 50:1-8, 22-23 (UMH 783); Heb. 11:1-3, 8-16; Luke 12:32-40
August 14 Tenth Sunday after Pentecost. Green.
Isa. 5:1-7; Ps. 80:1-2, 8-19 (UMH 801); Heb. 11:29-12:2; Luke 12:49-56
August 21 Eleventh Sunday after Pentecost. Green.
Jer. 1:4-10; Ps. 71:1-6 (UMH 794); Heb. 12:18-29; Luke 13:10-17
August 28 Twelfth Sunday after Pentecost. Green.
Jer. 2:4-13; Ps. 81:1, 10-16 (UMH 803); Heb. 13:1-8, 15-16; Luke 14:1, 7-14
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Communion will be served on August 7th | 10:30 AM in-person worship service
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“NoHoFUMC is a community that practices the all-inclusive and transforming love of God as modeled by the life
and ministry of Jesus Christ. We celebrate our diversity in race, ethnicity, marital status, sexual orientation, gender
identity, age, gender, ability, citizenship, and socioeconomic status. Moved by the Holy Spirit, we welcome all
people into the full participation of the life of the church.”