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Summer vacation: Where are you going?

What are your plans for this summer? Are you planning on spending extra time with your family and

friends? Are you planning a vacation to have fun in the sun? Where are you going? This summer I

want us to think about preparing for a summer. Where does God want you to go during this summer

break? What journey does he want you to take that you may discover his grace and power more

now than you ever have?

John the Baptist in Matthew 3 was preaching and proclaiming the message of preparation. He knew

what his destiny was for this season in his life. He knew where he was going. If you do not settle in

your heart the direction that the Lord has for you then you will wander during this summer with aim-

less direction. If you do not aim for anything, you will be guaranteed to hit it every time. You need toget in a place where you can hear from God and discover where he wants to take you. Maybe he

wants to take you:a. to a deeper place of understanding grace

b. to a place of developing self-control

c. to a place of loving your enemies

d. to a place of developing your integrity

e. to a place of sacrifice and holiness

f. to a place of better friendships and closer family ties

"My soul finds rest in God alone; my salvation comes from him." (Psalm 62.1)

Where are you going? No matter where you are going, I hope and pray that you may find the place

that you rest upon the love and grace of the Lord. May your soul rejoice with God this summer! Have

a great summer!

Pastor Tae Kim

FROM THE PASTORS STUDY

San Marcos United Methodist Church AUGUST 2010

Volume 31 Issue 8

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perience Jesus Christ and shareperience Jesus Christ and shareperience Jesus Christ and shareperience Jesus Christ and share

Him with all others in the powerHim with all others in the powerHim with all others in the powerHim with all others in the power

and love of the Holy Spiritand love of the Holy Spiritand love of the Holy Spiritand love of the Holy Spirit

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BLESSINGS AS OPPORTUNITIES

In these times of our lives, it is often easy to ob-

serve only problems and concerns and to forget

quickly our blessings and opportunities. No

matter how many problems and challenges are

presented to us, we all receive blessings and

opportunities from God. What we often overlook

is that with each blessing we receive, we alsohave a responsibility to use this blessing as an

opportunity to enhance Gods people and Gods

worldand that is what this years stewardship

campaign is all about.

We are all thankful or the myriad blessings be-

stowed upon us by Gods grace and love for us.

It extends from our own personal lives, to thoseof our family, to our church family, and to our

greater world family. But as Christians and dis-

ciples of Jesus Christ we are called to do much

more than simply count or be thankful for our

blessings; we are called to mission and to the

opportunities to express our

blessings by proclaiming

Gods Word, showing his love

for others through our efforts,

and providing service andeducational opportunities for

ourselves and our community.

Our churchs children and youth ministry has

received a number of blessings this year; in-

cluding an active and thoughtful church school

program, a very successful Camp Program and

an inspiring ministry program. Still much more

is needed to fulfill our obligation to respond to

these blessings from God.

(continued)

Building on blessings bestowed on us in rec

years, what if we could now express these ble

ings by expanding our youth education program

an evening Christian education program cente

on a childrens choir, which would permit expand

youth learning opportunities other than those

fered at each weekly Sunday School session?

this would take additional resources and your comitment to provide the funds and help for this

occur. Your increased financial giving this year c

also serve to enhance the blessings of additio

opportunities we can provide to our youth a

young adult ministry .

It is up to us to capitalize on our blessingsjust

God intendedand in so doing, glorifying HGod does not give us ideas for worship and serv

without also giving us the resources and will

achieve them. We need your financial express

of blessings to achieve our opportunities this yea

Do you feel blessed enough to generously expre

your blessings?

(borrowed from Parkville, Mo.)

Counting our

Blessings:

Responding

to Gods Graceand Goodness

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CALENDAR

August 5 at 6:00 pm Worship

7:00 pm-Finance

August 7 at 8:00 amUMM Breakfast

at IHOP

Sundays at 6:30 pm Bible Study

(Hosea)

Wednesdays9:30Bible Study

August 10 at 2:15 Welcome/Care

Team

August 14 9:30 - Craft Club

August 15 5 pmSummerConcert and Dinner

August 19- 6:00 SPRC & 7:00 Ch.

Council

August 24 5:45 am-Soup Kitchen

at Interfaith in Escondido

CELEBRATIONS WITHOUT ALCOHOL

Memorial Day is over, graduations and

the fourth of July are over and Labor

Day is coming. Each of these celebra-

tions is becoming more and more associated with

alcohol.

Following the Memorial Day weekend, the CHP re-

ported an increase in the number of DUI arrestsfrom 1,465 in 2009 to 1,541 this year. They also

reported an increase in the number of DUI related

deaths.

Seeing our children graduate makes us beam with

pride. However, many are also concerned that lives

are ruined by some alcohol-fueled tragedies asso-

ciated with graduates.

Holidays are a time to celebrate. Maybe that

should also include our freedom from alcohol de-stroying families.

When will we learn that alcohol does

not need to be a part of our holidays or

celebrations? Set an example

Celebrate Alcohol Free!

Happy Birthday!Happy Birthday!Happy Birthday!Happy Birthday!

Eugene DeLeon, Jr. 6Rebecca Potts 15Tony Colace 16

AUGUST

Happy Anniversary!Happy Anniversary!Happy Anniversary!Happy Anniversary!

Tae & Sophie Kim 25

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Fixed-Dollar Bequest

Leaving a Percentage

Residual Bequest

Bequest of Property

Designation as Beneficiary of Your Life Insurance or Retirement

We are extremely grateful to our donors who have chosen to support our church with a lasting leg-

acy through their estates. Through your commitment of support, you reach beyond time and help

carry on the spiritual, cultural, historical, and educational presence of San Marcos UMC for genera-

tions to come.

The tax ID number for San Marcos UMC is 95-2465598.

Tae Kim

_______________________________________________________________________________________

HOW TO PLAN YOUR FUTURE IN YOUR WILL

The federal government encourages gifts and bequests to the church by allowing an unlimited

tax-deductible charitable donation.

To make a bequest to San Marcos UMC, the following language will be helpful to your lawyer:

I give, devise and bequest to San Marcos UMC, located at 800 W. Mission Rd.,

San Marcos, CA 92069 the sum of _________ (or otherwise describe the gift or specify

a percentage of the estate) as a Mission Legacy Gift

Here are five possible ways you can make a Mission Legacy Bequest:

AUGUST UM MENS MEETING

The next United Methodist Mensbreakfast will be on August 7, 2010 atIHOP in San Marcos on RestaurantRow. All men who

wish to have fellowship with otherChristian men are welcome. Bring afriend or neighbor!

RUN!

In the award-winning film Chariots of Fire, one ofthe characters is legendary British sprinter HaroldAbrahams. He is obsessed with winning, but in apreliminary 100-meter dash leading up to the 1924Olympics, he is soundly beaten by his rival, EricLiddell. When his girlfriend, Sybil, tries to encour-age him, Harold angrily declares, I run to win. If Icant win, I wont run! Sybil responds wisely, Ifyou dont run, you cant win.

(continued)

Life is full of reversals, and we as Christians not excluded from disappointments that makewant to give up. But in the race that is the Chtian life, Paul challenges us to keep running. told the Corinthians, Do you not know that thowho run in a race all run, but one receives prize? Run in such a way that you may obtit (1 Cor. 9:24). We are to run faithfully, Pausaying, spurred on by the knowledge that we to honor our King and to receive from Him eternal crown.

If we falter in our running-if we quitserving God or give in to sin becauseof our difficulties-we risk losing a richreward we could have received hadwe run our best.

Sybil was right. If you dont run, youcant win.

by Bill Crowder

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SUN MON TUE WED THU FRI SAT

1

9:45 Prayer Time

10:00 Worship

10:15 Sunday School

11:15 Coffee Fellowship

6:30Bible Study

2 3 4

9:30 Bible Study

5

1:30 Fitness

6:00 Worship

7:00 Finance

6 7

8:00 am UMM M

Breakfast

8

9:45 Prayer Time

10:00 Worship

10:15 Sunday School

11:15 Coffee Fellowship

6:30Bible Study

9 10

2:15 PM Welcome/

Care Team

11

9:30 Bible Study

12

1:30 Fitness

13 14

9:30 Craft Clu

15 9:45 Prayer Time10:00 Worship

10:15 Sunday School

11:15 Coffee Fellow-shipLunch Bunch

5:00 Summer Con-cert & Dinner

16 17 18

9:30 Bible Study

19

1:30 Fitness

6:00-SPRC

7:00 ChurchCouncil

20 21

22

9:45 Prayer Time

10:00 Worship

10:15 Sunday School

11:15 Coffee Fellowship

6:30Bible Study

23 24

5:45 AM -Soup

Kitchen at Interfaith

in Escondido

25

9:30 Bible Study

26

1:30 Fitness

27 28

29

9:45 Prayer Time

10:00 Worship

10:15 Sunday School

11:15 Coffee Fellowship

6:30Bible Study

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ANDY ROONEY ON GAMBLING

Below is the text from the Andy Rooney segmenton 60 Minutes, May 16, 2010.

I have good news for you tonight. According to anAmerican Gaming Association report, revenue fromcasino gambling fell by almost two billion dollarsast year.

A lot of people are out of work and it turns out thatwhen people are unemployed, they gamble less.Youd think they might gamble more but they dont.Theres some goo things about everything, I guess.

n 2008 the casinos earned $32.5 billion. Last yearthey earned only $30.7 billion. I use the words

earned and only loosely but casino income wasdown a lousy little two billion dollars last year. Itsenough to bring tears to your eyes.

ts a law for people to protect themselves by wear-ng seat belts for their own safety when theyre in acar. How come the government doesnt protectcitizens from losing their money by makinggambling in casinos illegal? There should be asign in front of every casino that says enter at your

won risk..of losing your shirt.

The thing that bothers me most about gambling isthat people fritter away money so they dont get tospend it on things that someone else has beenpaid to produce. Gambling produces nothing.

(continued)

Theres only so much money in the world and if lost at a gambling table, its money that isnt spon things America makes. I mean whos best this countrya machinist at an automobile planDetroit or a blackjack dealer in Las Vegas?

The gambling casinos keep something like 20 pcent of everything bet for themselves, so thereschance of anyone but the casinos willing over a riod of time. They make billionsand where do billions come from? They come from all of us cause were the losers. I mean, suckers is wwe are.

If I write as though I was above all this, Im not wing right. Ive gambled half a dozen times in LasVegas and even though I know how dumb it is, Ithink I can win. Ive never won but that doesnt stme from thinking maybe next time.

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THE WELCOME MAT

Wed like to welcome newguests to our area , ourtown and our church!

Our church has worship at10:00 am on Sundays, Sunday School at 10:15and 11:15 am you will be welcome to come andmeet other Christians in the Fellowship Hall and

have free coffee and treats. Once a month we haveLunch Bunch with a group from the church goingto an area restaurant for lunch, (everyone paystheir own way). All are invited. We have a ChristianWomens group and Mens group, both meetingmonthly. Check the calendar for dates and times.

There are sign-up sheets on therolling bulletin board if you wouldike to sponsor flowers for our chan-

cel (only $25 for 2 arrangements), or you can sign-up to be liturgist or also check out the sheet by thekitchen if you want to bring snacks on a Sunday forCoffee Fellowship. We have a very activeMissions group and they have Pot-Lucks, Lunch-eons, Fashion Shows, Sales and meetings. Yourhelp and participation are always welcome.

This is a wonderful place to liveand raise children. The averagehigh is between 70 and 89 de-grees and the average low is be-tween 42 and 63 degrees, so theweather here is nearly perfect!

San Marcos is about 10 milesfrom the Pacific coast and thereare beautiful beaches all downhighway 101 (coastal highway).

Del Mar is about 15 miles awayand there is alwayssomething going on at the Fairgrounds(right now is the racing season).

There are also antique shows, gem fairs, shows, boat shows and during the winter holidseason, an electric light show to delight children.

There are many hiking trails and parksin the area and Balboa Park is a terrificplace to spend the day . There aremany museums and free programs in

Balboa Park. There is a program calledFree Tuesdays in the park and each month oor more of the museums is featured on a Tuesdwith free admission. There is a Welcome Centin Balboa Park and most of the towns in the arFor example, Carlsbad, Escondido and San Diewhere you can obtain free informative magazinmaps and information on the area. There is a 30acre city owned park in Escondido (Daley Ranwhich has free admission and at least 50 mileshiking trails. Many of the area towns have Farm

Markets and this information is also available freach city or welcome center. During the summEscondido, our neighbor to the east has CruisGrand every Friday night from 6 to 9 pm, whyou can stroll down the sidewalks and view clasvehicles (cars, motorcycles) and there are usu

several live bands. Most of the rtaurants and antique stores are opfor eating and browsing and it is and inexpensive even for the whfamily.

There are area lakes for fishing andmany camping areas. Palomar Moun-tain is about an hour drive and has a200 telescope and several camp-grounds and hiking trails. Sometimesin the winter you might even findsnow.

Julian is a lovely mountain town abouthour drive east on highway 78 and in you can buy fresh locally grown app

pies, cider and there are many shops and sevemuseums there also. It is a great day-trip summor winter.

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PRAYING THE PSALMS IN THE GAP

By Eugene H. Peterson

Mine is not the latest thing on prayer, but the old-

est: the Psalms, obvious and accessible as tools

for prayer in the work of faith.

I do not explain them: commentary

is not the primary need. I want to

provide a kind of owners manual. I

dont mean to suggest that the

Psalms are easy: prayer is not

easy. But the practice of millions of

Christians through centuries of use

is adequate proof that we do not

have to acquire expertise in the Psalms before

we use them; they themselvesprayers that trainus in prayerare the means to proficiency. We

dont have to understand a crowbar before we put

t to use. Understanding comes with use.

The practice of Christians in

praying the Psalms is

straightforward: simply pray

through the Psalms, psalm

by psalm, regularly. John

Calvin expressed the con-

sensus of the praying church

when he wrote that the Psalms are the design of

the Holy Spirit . . .to deliver to the Church a com-

mon form of prayer. Liturgical traditions have

prayer books to guide them

through a monthly cycle of

praying the Psalms daily.

The rest of us can easily

mark the Psalms into thirty

or sixty daily sections to

guide an orderly monthly or

bimonthly praying of all the

Psalms.

Thats it: open our Bibles to the book of Psal

and pray themsequentially, regularly, faithf

across a life-time. This is how most Christians

the most of the Christian centuries have matu

in prayer. Nothing fancy. Just do it. The pray

itself is deliberate and leisurely, letting (as Be

dict of Nursia directed) the motions of the he

come into harmony with the movements of

lips.

So I sought for a man among

them who would make a wall,

and stand in the gap before Me

on behalf of the land, that I

should not destroy it . . .

- Ezekiel 22:30

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SUMMER CONCERT

There is something to be

excited about coming up on

August 15th, at 5:00 pm!

Our last concert filled the

Sanctuary with visitors and

members and was a wonderful night for music,fellowship and great food! This one promises to

be just as much fun, so plan to bring a friend or

neighbor to enjoy it with you! Lets fill the church!

There will be piano, singers, guitar, flute and a

piano trio. Dinner will follow the Concert.

The Program is as follows:

Piano: Song PakSoprano: Leila Borchardt

Pianist: Margaret Larsen

Baritone: Peter Yoo

Barbershop: Guys & Dolls

Merry Williams, Bruce Radder,

Esther Mendenhall and Ray Story

Guitar: Anthony CutiettaFlute: Joyce Hayutin

Trinity Piano Trio: ViolinYoun Lee,

CelloJinne Kim, PianoJenny Yun

"A SPACE IN TIME"by Dianne Collier

Give me a space in time where I may see you Lord. A gift of your amazing Grace,In a moment of my searching,

May I see you face to face,

And in that moment, Lord, please listen,As I share my broken heart.Give me reason to know You are with me, And dear Lord, vision for a brand new start.

Through all the years of questioning,Trace each step with love divine,

For You are the hope I long for,And the peace I know I shall find.

As I let go of all my dreams,And come into that place of perfect peace,Knowing that You have brought me hereTo be reborn in sweet release.

Most of us have had a broken heart at som

point in our lives. God comes to heal the bro

kenhearted and to set the captives free. Whe

we allow God to reach down and release u

from sin, we will truly experience the healing o

our broken heart. The heaviness from the bu

dens we carry will be gone the instant we allo

Christ to touch our heart and soul and deliver u

from sin. May the space in time God ha

brought us to be a time of release and receiving

TED CAN FIX ANYTHING!

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"AN ATTITUDE OF GRATITUDE"

by Dianne Collier

Dare I say, we all probably need an atti-

tude adjustment. Circumstances and situations

produce change in our life that often times brings

us to our knees. But therein lies the choice, do we

sit and sulk, or stand and fight. Do we run from our

problems or meet them head on, trusting Jesus to

make a way? Yes, life comes at us hard but we

have the strength of our faith to see us through

and give us confidence, not in ourselves, but in

what Jesus can do, when we let go and trust Him.

Evelyn Christenson wrote a little

book years ago titled, "Lord, ChangeMe!" That is my prayer tonight as I wrestle

with things in my life that need change. Per-

haps this is at the center of all change

when each one of us individually realizes that if

change is to take place in our life, it must first be-

gin in us.

ACCEPTING THE CHALLENGE TO CHANGELet me ask you a question,

which will take us to the heart of the

matter. How many times have you heard a sermon

or witnessed change in a life, and said, I know

someone who really needs to hear this? This is

the problem we find in recognizing the challenge in

life to change. If we are busy trying to change

someone else, we are way off track. When we fi-

nally are able to realize that change must

first begin in us, then we can move forward, in

faith.

But before we can make that first step of faith we

must understand that we can only change, when

we say, "Lord! Change Me!"

WHAT DOES CHANGE MEAN TO YOU?

We all can and will answer this question

different ways. Perhaps there are many things G

has yet to reveal to you concerning the chang

that needs to take place in your life.

I would like to share someth

with you that has changed my life evthis night. Let me begin by confessing t

I'm a fixer, a worrier, and a procrastina

And, Yes! I know all these things a

more are very prevalent in my life. But, as I talk

with our daughter tonight she pinpointed one w

that describes each one of them. "Idols." Som

how I had never realized this before. By the w

learning to say no is not in my vocabulary. This,

the way, has gotten me into a lot of trouble o

the years. This verse seems to say it all!

We must realize that anything that kee

us from truly trusting God can quickly become

idol. At the same time when we realize that G

longs for us to trust Him in all things, we are a

to lay everything at His feet knowing that our he

enly Father Knows Best.

In the difficult times in which we live i

worship can become a real problem.

Many people are out of work, unable to

imagine how they will make it through.

The world is changing at such a fast pace t

most folks just don't know which way to turn. Si

ness has befallen many of us and we don't se

to have the faith to trust God to be our Great P

sician and healer. As we continue to read in M

thew 6 we are given the answers, which ag

turns us from worshiping the idol of fear and f

ure, to living by faith.

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Ongoing Interfaith Food Drive

Interfaith still needs helpwith their food pantry. Canned

and packaged soups, non-perishable canned &packaged dinners, rice, rice mixes, pasta and

pasta mixes canned meats, baby food, baby for-mula, dry beans, peanut butter, jelly and cannedvegetables. Please pick up extras todonate when you are shopping! Manyhave lost jobs and times are hard.Leave your donations in the Narthexand they will be transported to Inter-faith!

GAME NIGHT FUN!

Saturday July 17th a group of 18 met at the

church for a fun and competitive night of games

Along with all the games we enjoyed pizza, na-

chos and snow cones! If you missed this time,

plan on attending the next game night and see

you can become the Jen

champion of the night!

- Nicole Jones

ALL SEPTEMBER PRAYE

VIGIL

The month of September th

will be a month long pra

vigil. We will pray for our pastor, our chu

and our nation, as well as our own perso

needs, among other things. This is a ti

when you can draw closer to God and nouryour spirituality. Pastor Dave will organize t

event, so talk to him to volunteer or call him

(760) 752-1409. You may come to the chu

or pray at home or wherever it is conveni

for you. There will be a sign up sheet as

years past.

FIFTH GENERATION BAPTISED

On Sunday, July 25, 2010 Pastor Tae Kim baptized andwelcomed three children who are fifth generation descen-

dents of Sue and Bill Jones, who attended this church

along with Nancy Thompson Pate and her three children,

Sydney, Florence and Clare. Clares three daughters,

Stefanie, Samantha and Phylicia baptized their children.

Katelyn Clare Lancaster

Tyler David Phillips

Charles Woods

Preparing for baptism on

July 25, 2010

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SAN MARCOS United Methodist Church

800 W. MISSION ROAD

SAN MARCOS, CA 92069-1428

Phone (760) 744-0170

http://www.missionsanmarcos.net

Email missionsanmarcos@dslextreme.net

Bishop.Rev. Mary Ann Swenson

Superintendent.Rev. Myron Wingfield

Pastor .Rev. Dr. Tae K. Kim

Church Secretary....Jean Isam

Custodian..Bong Pak

Ministers..The People of the Church (YOU!)

Periodicals Postage Paid at Escondido, California 92025. Publi-cation Number 118590. The KAIROS is published monthly bySan Marcos United Methodist Church, 800 W Mission Rd, SanMarcos. Postmaster send address changes to 800 West Mis-sion Road, San Marcos, CA 92069-1428.

Office & Prayer Room open Mon-Fri 8:302:30

PLEASE, feel free to submit items of interest, prayers, autobiographies, biographies, shortstories, poems, recipes, or church happenings tothe office for KAIROS. I would love to printmore about our members in the KAIROS andpeople love to read it.Jean