Week of October 24
Last Week in Review
with Hopkins UMC
We continued our sermon series this week: God's Upside Down Kingdom!
This past Sunday we focused on on turning the world value of Competition toward the Kingdom value of Cooperation.
You can read more about the series under this week's worship section below.
See below for the YouTube video of the service and pdf of the sermon! You can also download the bulletin.
Upcoming Worship
Services with
South Monterey & Hopkins UMCs
Sunday: Guest Preacher Wynne Hurlbut
9:30am at South Monterey UMC
11am at Hopkins UMC
Nursery care available during HUMC service
NO Wednesday Worship 10/27
Scripture: Matthew 8:23-27
Download the Bulletin
Sermon Series
Have you ever asked yourself, WWJD (What Would Jesus Do) and couldn't come to an answer?
The Bible doesn't give us specifics for what Jesus would do in every situation, but through the teachings we do have from Jesus we are given some basic values that we should hold onto as Christians. Those are the values that should guide our thoughts and actions. When we choose those values over those our society wants us to have we can build healthier and happier community around us.
We will be spending time with a collection of Jesus’ teachings from the middle of the Gospel of Mark about what it means to live out God's Kingdom. All of these stories tell of someone(s) asking Jesus a question or making an assumption and Jesus correcting their mindset to what they should be valuing. These stories give us a glimpse into the way that God’s Kingdom values flip our dominant cultural values upside down.
We will spend 6 weeks from October 3 through November 7 walking through these teachings from Jesus and connecting each one to a Kingdom value versus dominant culture value.
Week 1: Mark 10:2-16 Shalom/Violence
Week 2: Mark 10:17-31 Sharing/Hoarding
Week 3: Mark 10:35-45 Cooperation/Competition
Oct 24: Break for Guest Preacher
Week 5: Mark 12:28-34 Love/Fear
Week 6: Mark 12:38-44 Abundance/Scarcity
Week 4 Makeup: Mark 10:46-52 Compassion/Conflict
If you have some free time before or during the series, I invite you to read Mark 10-12 to hear the teachings all together. If you have even more time, you could even read all of Mark, it is the shortest of the Gospels!
Upcoming Worship Schedule
SUNDAY - October 24 - South Monterey UMC at 9:30am, Hopkins UMC at 11am
Guest Preacher: Wynne Hurlbut
SUNDAY - October 31 - Halloween Sunday!
South Monterey UMC at 9:30am, Hopkins UMC at 11am
Series Week 5: Mark 12:28-34 Love/Fear
SUNDAY - Nov 7 - All Saints' Sunday
South Monterey UMC at 9:30am, Hopkins UMC at 11am
Series Week 6: Mark 12:38-44 Abundance/Scarcity
SUNDAY - Nov 14 - South Monterey UMC at 9:30am, Hopkins UMC at 11am
Week 4 makeup: Mark 12:38-44 Abundance/Scarcity
Updated COVID Policies
Due to rising cases in the county and Hopkins alongside the concern for the new variant(s), we are going to return to some safety measures to keep our community as safe as we can. Some of these precautions have not been necessary for vaccinated people, but we ask that all do their best to follow them despite vaccination status. Our children are the most vulnerable as those who cannot be vaccinated yet. As part of our commitment to creating a safe and welcoming environment for our children, we are returning to these restrictions as a community.
1) While inside the church building, we recommend wearing a mask.
-- Wearing masks protects our unvaccinated children and the most vulnerable among us.
2) Please socially distance from other people/groups while sitting in the pews by sitting every other pew.
-- According to the CDC, a true exposure to someone who has COVID is being within 6ft of them for a total of 15 min. Socially distancing limits the chance of exposure.
3) We will be running air purifiers in the nursery and coffee fellowship spaces.
4) We will continue to have bulletins, offering, and anything else for you to pick up at the welcome table.
New Worship Service! Wednesday Evening Worship!
A lot of people spend weekends away from home during summer months, so it is the perfect time to add a mid-week worship option.
Every Wednesday Evening we are coming together for a more casual worship service in the Hopkins UMC sanctuary at 6:30pm. The service will focus around the same scripture, sermon, and prayers as Sunday morning, but will bring in some different music options. We also expect that the service will be a bit shorter than Sunday morning. For those who are unable to worship in person, we will share this service live over Zoom.
Childcare will be provided in the basement of the church.
This is a great option to invite people, outside of our church family, to try out! Let’s spread the word!
Halloween!
Halloween is on Sunday this year. That means it is a great opportunity to have some extra fun at church that morning! We strongly encourage everyone (Kids AND adults!) to come to worship in Halloween costumes.
After worship, we will have a special fellowship time, with some Fall treats and Trunk-or-Treating for the kids. Please let us know if you can host a trunk. A sign-up will be at coffee fellowship.
Please donate candy for the church to pass out to trick-or-treaters in the evening. There is a collection bin in the Hall.
We are collecting photos to remember our cloud of witnesses on All Saints’ Sunday. Please bring photos of those who are important to your faith journey (framed or loose). We will display them in worship on Nov 7. Then in the Hall through the rest of November. Photos will be returned.
A way to help Haiti
Be saving your change! In October we will be doing a special fundraiser to help those people who were, once again, devastated by natural disasters in Haiti. Pick up a collection container from worship or the church office during the week.
Mentoring at Hopkins Elementary
The mentor planning meeting was held on Tuesday, October 12th. If you missed it and want to be a mentor, please talk to Alys. In the past there have always been more potential mentees than there have been mentors. You could make a real difference in someone’s life!
Senior Meals
Seniors meals is back! Every Mon., Wed., & Fri. at noon in HUM Hall.. Suggested donation: $2.50. Join together with our community for food and fellowship. How nice it is to be together in the hall again!
Please come and invite your friends. If they don't get more people coming, they will shut down this site.
Upcoming Event Dates
Oct 24 & 31 - No "Making Sense of the Bible" Book Study (Next meeting Nov. 7)
Oct 27 - No Wednesday Evening Worship
Oct 31 - Halloween! Trunk-or-treat after church
Nov 7 - All Saints Sunday
Nov 8 - Church Charge Conference on Zoom at 1:45pm
Church Communication Update
It has become apparent that we have too many ways to communicate church news. We’re finding that when information goes out, it is easy for some platforms to be forgotten or ignored. That is causing people to miss announcements about events and/or changes in the church schedule.
With that in mind, we are making some changes and we will have a survey at worship for the month of September to make sure everyone is connected. If you don't make it in for worship, email Pastor Kelsey or Mitzi to receive the survey digitally.
You can read about the changes below. If you have any questions or confusions, please contact Pastor Kelsey.
Facebook group chat update
We will no longer use the “Women of the UMC” chat for any official church business. It will still exist, but the church office will not be using it. We will be relying on Flocknote for church announcements and the new options below for the rest.
Covenant Chats
For those that are looking for ways to be more closely connected to our church family, Pastor Kelsey is facilitating creating small facebook group chats (3-5 people) that will function like an online “small group.” These covenant groups will be a space to better build community and deepen relationships, as all are able to fully share prayer requests and support one another in whatever is going on in life.
New email groups for UMW and Ad Board!
We are creating email groups for UMW and Ad Board communications. These email groups will be a space for church leaders to easily share information and a space for whole group discussion and voting on ministry opportunities.
Continuing Communications
Flocknote: We are still relying on Flocknote for our normal communication (weekly E-news, text blasts, etc). If you are not part of Flocknote, please join. text HopkinsUMC to 84576 or flocknote.com/HopkinsUMC
Phone tree: We are restarting our phone tree. If you know of someone who cannot rely on email, ask them if they would like to be on the phone tree.
How to Join Zoom
If you've never used Zoom before and want to participate on your desktop or laptop, simply click the join link below, and you will be prompted to download and install a quick software package. The software is safe and helps ensure that your connection is as stable and reliable as possible. You can download and install Zoom at any time before the gathering begins. You should not need to create an account to do so. See the 60-second video above for additional instructions.
OR go to hopkinsumchurch.org/zoom
Joining Worship on a Smartphone
Download the Zoom mobile apps (iOS, Google Play) and click the join link above after installation has finished. Or, join worship by using the instructions below
Joining Worship from Any Phone
Call (312) 626-6799.
Enter meeting ID 768 555 3158 followed by #
If asked for a participant ID, just enter # again.
If asked for a password, enter 2697937323 followed by #.
In the event that you encounter a busy signal, try these alternative phone numbers:
1-646-558-8656 or 1-301-715-8592.
The Meeting ID, password, and joining process will be exactly the same.