It’s VBS Time!
Discover Your Strength in God!
Castro Valley United Methodist Church
July 30-August 3 from 9:00 am to Noon
Online Registration ONLY.
Our church will celebrate Earth Day on Sunday, April 22, immediately following worship. This is the day when we plant our community garden out in the “South Forty” off the parking lot back by the container.
You are encouraged to bring a single vegetable plant in a potted container and the kids will plant it in the fresh soil.
The first plant will include a blessing from Pastor Shijung to ask God to provide a rich harvest and to thank Him for all He gives us through the year.
KIDS SHOULD WEAR PLAY CLOTHES!
Sunday, May 13
4:00 p.m. in the Sanctuary
$20 Adults / $15 Students
We all have mothers…
a mother who lives with you
or who is far away,
a mother who is no longer here on earth…
We would like to invite you to a Mother’s Day concert. It is an opportunity to bring your mother or for you to come and think about your mother. It is a time of reflection, and thanksgiving, and perhaps forgiving.
Our young talented violinist, Jimmy Yang, and our skilled vocalist, Caroline Foley, will perform.
Ticket available at the door or online.
The fundraiser for Kumi Christian Visionary School is near. The event starts and ends at our church, Castro Valley UMC, and is being sponsored by the Oakland Chinese Community UMC.
Kumi Christian Visionary School (Uganda) is giving hope to vulnerable youth in the local community through a quality education. Although 200 students in 7 grades are now attending classes, the campus facilities remain unfinished. The dream of a fully completed school is yet to be realized. In response to this dream, cyclists and hikers in the San Francisco Bay Area have committed to raise funds and awareness of what KCVS is doing for their surrounding community in Kumi, Uganda.
The riders will stop at United Methodist Churches along the route to rest, refuel, and rally support for this remarkable school. You are invited to contribute to the construction of KCVS and play a part in giving vulnerable children in East Africa a chance to rise above subsistence living and “Brake the Cycle of Poverty!”
For more information about the school, to make a donation, and/or to the register for the April 28 Walk/Ride, go to www.ycvm.org. Route maps are also available on their website.
Here is what you need to know about participating on Saturday, April 28:
- Registration fee includes post-ride meal, SAG support (for those biking), and t-shirt.
- Post-ride meal and celebration: 2:00-4:00 pm, a BBQ in the Fellowship Hall!
- If you don’t register to walk or to bike, the cost of the meal is $10.
- Course closes, SAG support (for bikers) ends: 2:00 pm.
- 7 mile walk group start time: 11:00 am (very popular last year!). We will walk to the Lake Chabot Marina and back.
- 25 mile bike ride group start times: 10:00 and 11:00 am
- 50 mile bike ride group start times: 7:45, 8:30, and 9:15 am
Questions about biking? Email ycvmbenefit@gmail.com.