Brentwood eNEWS
Dear friends,
This is my first Brentwood eNEWS sending to you. We are going through several changes in the past few weeks. Pastor Pat is now serving as the senior pastor at First United Methodist Church in Boulder, CO. We wish him and his family well. I am now serving at our church as the senior pastor. Pastor Linda has come to us as the associate pastor with her many gifts and graces. We are looking into the future with much anticipation of God’s continuing blessings.
We had a wonderful farewell service and reception for Pastor Pat in June and a great welcoming service and reception for Pastor Linda and me last Sunday. A big thank you to the many loving members have made these events possible.
Here is the office schedules of our pastors and office manager. I plan to be at church on Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Saturdays. I am taking Thursdays as my days-off. Pastor Linda plans to be at church on Mondays, Tuesdays, and Thursdays. She is taking Wednesdays, Fridays and Saturdays as her days-off. Sister Sandra plans to be at church on Mondays, Tuesdays and Thursdays. Our Office Manager, Peggy is at church from Monday to Friday, 9 AM to 2 PM.
Pastor Linda and I will be leading the 9:45 AM Sunday services in English. I will be leading the 11:15 AM Sunday services in Vietnamese. Sandra will be leading the 5 PM Sunday services in Spanish with the assistance of Pastor Linda.
Phyllis Aguilar, Staff/Parish Relations chairperson and her husband Fred hosted a small group of 11 Anglo members at their house last night to meet with our pastors and their spouses. We had a great time of fun, food and fellowship. She is planning for two more “Get Acquainted” gatherings like this, please let her know if you want to attend one of these special events. The next time will be Monday, July 19 at 6 PM, location to be determined. The third gathering will be on Monday, August 9 at 6 PM at Norma & John Williams’ home.
The pastors’ offices have been “beautified” by several of our dear members, plan to stop by for a visit!
Dave Parker, chairperson of the Brentwood Scholarship Committee expressed his gratitude for your generous support and donation at the Ice Cream Social on Wednesday last week. What a wonderful time that we had!
Our Church Council met last Monday with our new pastoral staff. The church received $16,000 grant from Asian American Language Ministry of the General Board of Global Ministries of the United Methodist Church for Vietnamese pastor salary support. We thank God for this financial support from the General Church to expand our ministry with the Vietnamese people. The Church Council has asked John Williams to set up a Task Force to study on finding ways to continue our great work with our Hispanic-Latino ministry. We received 10 new Latino members last month. Praise be to God!
Education Committee, chaired by Ron McWilliams, is working hard on planning our Vacation Bible School, July 26 - 31, under Sandra Jimenez’s leadership. We anticipate another successful VBS!
Trustees have been very busy keeping our church properties in good shape. We have installed a brand new movable air conditioner unit, donated by our Vietnamese members, in our children class room 106. Come for a visit to feel the cool air and see our children in action!
May God be with you and yours today.
Pastor Tan.