Happy Birthday to our September Birthdays!
Happy birthday!! We hope your day is filled with lots of love and laughter! May all of your birthday wishes come true. God Bless!
1 Lynn Hendricks
5 Teresa Stefanoff
9 Doug Herzog
10 Alice Martinez
11 Jordan Groom
18 Beverly Schutte
21 Breanna Kolodziej
23 Judy Thorndyke
27 Christine Paschal
27 Darlene McPherson
It doesn’t matter how many years pass. Twenty-five years have not erased that day for us. No amount of time could.
Not for those who lost someone that day. And not for those who fled the buildings, crowded into stairwells of confusion and fear.
Not for the first responders who ran to help, who watched their brothers and sisters disappear into buildings just before they turned to dust.
Not for those who kept going, day after day, searching for any part of anyone.
Not for those who lived in fear of what would happen next.
Not for those who became part of the war on terrorism.
On September 11 people will pause around the nation, and in front of City Hall in Glendora, to remember. We must never forget. We should remember everything this day was and everything it still is. Tell each other. Tell your children. Remember those that died such horrible deaths. Remember those who tried to save them. Remember how we saw the worst of humanity and the best of humanity that day. Consider ways in which we can work together for peace and for a better world without hate and violence. Hate begins with our thoughts and our words, and leads to harmful actions. So too does peace and righteousness begin with us. It begins within our hearts and our thoughts. It is conveyed in our words and ultimately demonstrated by our actions. May we honor the best of humanity that was shown by service and sacrifice on September 11, 2001 by striving to serve and care for one another. Let there be peace on earth, and let it begin with each of us.
Peace,
Karen
It turns private abundance into GRACE for many.
Your Stewardship Committee is beginning to plan for the 2027 budget for FCCG.
In the month of October, you will receive information and an invitation to consider how you will financially support the mission and ministry of First Christian Church Glendora.
Learn how your giving has already provided a place for all to be welcomed.
Thank you for being a gift to our church. We walk this path together.
Looking Ahead with Joy,
Linda Davidson, Treasurer
Judy Thorndyke
Tom Renfrow
Ron Davidson
Happy birthday!! We hope your day is filled with lots of love and laughter! May all of your birthday wishes come true. God Bless!
1 Jessica Paschal
2 Carol Nissen
4 Linda Davidson
9 Richard Fawcett
10 Dana “Sachi” Dootson
20 Cathy Crowther
26 Valerie Hite
29 Ron Davidson
31 Karen Davis
Congratulations & Happy Anniversary to Our September Couples!
Sending anniversary congratulations and best wishes for the years ahead to all those celebrating wedding anniversaries.
12 Jessica & Richard Fawcett
Day of the Dead altars, a tradition developed in Mexico, present foods, photos, candles, and other objects that honor deceased loved ones. Influenced by Aztec and Catholic beliefs, the altars, or Ofrendas, can be set up in homes or public spaces during celebrations of Día de Los Muertos or All Saints and All Souls Day at the start of November. Leading up to that time, there are often specific days that are set aside to remember and celebrate those who are no longer with us, including our furry(and otherwise adorned) family members (pets).
The practice traces its origins to pre-colonial Mexico, when it was believed that the souls of dead loved ones returned to their families once a year so that their lives could be celebrated. For many, that same practice is observed with All Saints Day remembrances.
Once again this year at First Christian Church, we will be creating an ofrenda and invite you to bring photos and mementos to add to it. You can also write messages remembering your loved ones.
Ofrenda is the Spanish word for offerings. Ofrendas can be customized to your liking, but many of them have some key elements:
• Photos of your friends and family
• Candles and incense
• Water
• Cempasúchil, or marigolds
• Decorations, such as skulls and tissue paper flowers
We hope that you will join in helping create a beautiful altar of remembrance. We will begin the second week of October and continue through the second week of November.
With gratitude for all who have gone before us,
Karen
With the start of school just around the corner, we can reflect on important life lessons we learned through our education. Author and educator Robert Fulghum summarized the simple lessons of life in books and lectures when he told us that “All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten”. Many of those simple realities we have found to be true again and again. And aren’t there days when it would be great to be 5 years old again even for just an hour? Think how nice it would be to have the unbridled freedom to laugh a lot and cry a lot, think what a better world it would be if all of us could have milk and cookies about three o’clock every afternoon and then lay down and curl up with our blankies for a nap (and, if you still do that as an adult, that is okay).
As the new school year starts, I think some of Fulghum’s reflections on kindergarten warrant repeating. Here are a few life lessons that are true whether you are 5 years or 55 years young:
1. Share everything.
2. Play fair.
2. Put things back where you found them.
4. CLEAN UP YOUR OWN MESS.
5. Don’t take things that aren’t yours.
6. Say you’re SORRY when you HURT somebody.
7. Warm cookies and cold milk are good for you.
8. Live a balanced life.
9. When you go out into the world, watch out for traffic, hold hands, and stick together.
10. Be aware of wonder. Remember the little seed in the Styrofoam cup: The roots go down and the plant goes up and nobody really knows how or why, but we are all like that.
11. Goldfish and hamsters and white mice and even the little seed in the Styrofoam cup – they all die. So do we. 12. Sticks and stones may break our bones, but words will break our hearts.
― Robert Fulghum, All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten
Remember to enjoy each day. Eat some cookies. Take a nap or two. Remember to play fair and be nice. Share, do your work and don’t be tardy. Best wishes for a great school year!
Karen
Happy birthday!! We hope your day is filled with lots of love and laughter! May all of your birthday wishes come true. God Bless!
4 Connie Andrews
5 Sandra Menchaca
9 Greg Davis
12 Joan Cornelius
13 Shaughnessy Leung
14 Eliena Lee Fawcett
14 Liliana Rios
15 Jennifer Kolodziej
15 Darrell Allen Paschal
23 Jennifer Charles
Congratulations & Happy Anniversary to Our August Couples!
Sending anniversary congratulations and best wishes for the years ahead to all those celebrating wedding anniversaries.
8 Eddie & Vanessa Rios
15 Linda & Ron Davidson
20 Greg & Karen Davis
24 Bob & Bonnie Deering
When Pablo Casals reached 95 years of age, a reporter asked him a question. “Mr. Casals,” inquired the reporter, “you are 95 now and acclaimed as the greatest cellist that ever lived. Why do you still practice six hours a day?” Mr. Casals put down his bow and replied, “Because I think I’m making progress.” Not a bad goal, to make a little progress every day of your life. Whether you are 15 or 95, you can always improve upon your life with prayer, patience and perseverance.
Don’t let age or obstacles stand in the way of your vision for life. We are never too young, too old, too inexperienced, too challenged or in any way incapable of making a difference – whether it be in our lives, in the life of someone else, and/or in the world. Keep practicing and celebrate the progress a little at a time. I invite you to continue to be in prayer and seek God’s guidance for what you can do, as we continue to move forward with prayer, patience and perseverance to do great things for God’s kingdom. With God’s help, we will be amazed at what we can accomplish.
Moving forward,
Karen
Happy Birthday to our July Birthdays!
Happy birthday!! We hope your day is filled with lots of love and laughter! May all of your birthday wishes come true. God Bless!
3 Stephen Lopez
6 Linda McDonald
8 Bob DuBois
15 Nancy Vangelist
18 Alexander Gustavo Rios
21 Jen Hendricks
23 Eddie Rios
24 Eddie Rios, Jr.
31 Tom Renfrow
Congratulations & Happy Anniversary to Our July Couples!
Sending anniversary congratulations and best wishes for the years ahead to all those celebrating wedding anniversaries.
25 Ella & Gary Peterson
Happy Birthday to our June Birthdays!
Happy birthday!! We hope your day is filled with lots of love and laughter! May all of your birthday wishes come true. God Bless!
1 Karen Sabath
5 Karen Cullen
11 Leo Tramper-Drape
18 Bruce Baker
21 Steven Flowers
26 Veronica Davidson
29 Amelia Guzman
29 David Nelson
Congratulations & Happy Anniversary to Our June Couples!
Sending anniversary congratulations and best wishes for the years ahead to all those celebrating wedding anniversaries.
5 Branden & Jennie Hendricks
24 Woodrow & Lynn Hendricks
26 David & Carol Nissen
30 Ed & Glenna Allender