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others closer to God.
Last week was a busy week at Catalina! That means there were LOTS of highlights! We'll share those with you today!
From Change the World Saturday: Anyone can Change the World! These little hands were a big help on Saturday spreading kindness and packing 200 snack packs!  On the bottom row, there's our Beads of Courage crew, and our landscaping crew that worked at Cavett Elementary!  Below, you have our workers at the Community Foodbank, and our gourmet sandwich makers at Casa Maria!

TUNA AND BEANS!

Each year all the United Methodist Churches in the Desert Southwest Conference meet during the 3rd week of June in Glendale, Arizona. Catalina will be represented there, led by Pastor Matt and the lay leaders of the church. In conjunction with this annual event the conference invites each congregation to participate in a service event that will benefit the community they represent.
This year the project is the collection of food items, specifically, tuna fish and beans (dry or canned). these items will be donated to our local food pantry as we attempt to feed those in need. Starting Sunday, you will have the opportunity to bring your donation of tuna and beans to the church and place them in the boxes marked “Annual Conference Project, Feeding the Hungry.” Boxes are located at the entrance to the sanctuary and in Fellowship Hall.  Donations will be collected through June 28.
Sunday night was our annual Senior Night at youth group! On the left, we are having a candlelight prayer for our seniors. On the right is the whole crew: Heather, Kayla, Grace, Jessica, Joey, and Zach!

YOUTH NEWS

Regular Schedule Youth Group meets this week! We're on summer schedule, so it will 6-8pm! 
Jr Hi Mission is May 26-29! Contact Kristin for more information!
Youth 2015 Update
We have raised almost half of what we need for our trip to YOUTH 2015 this summer!
If you missed your opportunity to pick up an envelope to support our youth group's trip to YOUTH 2015, you can still get one from Richard. But wait! There's more!
You can also make your donation online. Go here and scroll down to the box that is labelled "Other Restricted Fund" and enter your amount. Beside that box, type "Youth Fundraiser" in the box. 
And start saving your change, especially quarters, for a special collection in early spring! You can track our progress, and see a new message from our youth every 100 miles closer we get to our goal. Look for the maps in the Sanctuary and Fellowship Hall.

Check out the May Family Ministry Calendar here!
You can still return your 2015-2016 Financial Giving Pledge this Sunday to help our church leaders form a responsible ministry budget for the next year. You can place your pledge card in the offering plate this Sunday. Many of 
you received a pledge card in the mail, and pledge cards will be available in our worship services. Also, you can complete your pledge online here. An explanation of the pledge process is here.  
On the left: Congrats to Colin Judstra on graduating from Catalina High School!  He's leaving these very energetic Sunday school kids in June to attend the Naval Academy. Keep Colin and all our service men and women in your prayers. By the way, what a great group of kids! Couldn't you see yourself volunteering with our Sunday School?  On the right: Jesus saves! And our Sunday school teachers are trained to save a life too! Thanks to everyone who took the CPR class on Sunday.  
COMING EVENTS

Vacation Bible School Join us June 1-5 for an Out West Adventure! Contact Kristin for more information or to volunteer.

Pine Canyon Camp is gearing up for the summer! Info can be found here.
Last Sunday, Ruth Little, our Director of Senior Adult Ministries said good-bye to us in all of our services. Ruth will be going to Kansas to help her son who is ill. Keep Ruth, her son, and her family in your prayers!  On the right, some of our dayschool students are taking part in a special "Weird Science" presentation!

Online Giving

Did you know that giving to support God's work through Catalina UMC is as simple as clicking here? It is!
 

There is MUCH MORE!

There is a good online devotional here.
Read about everything going on at Catalina in the Catalina News!

By the way, church news and church event photos are always welcome!
Send submissions to richard@catalinamethodist.org by Tuesday noon. We intentionally keep this email brief (so we cannot include everything) and we intentionally keep it about Catalina (so, please, no requests to announce outside events). If you are submitting a photo, send it to richard.lee.jones@gmail.com (Gmail works better with large attachments like photos).
We are experimenting with a smartphone app for our church.
Would you be willing to check it out and let us know what you think?
Here is how you find it: 

ANDROID
1-Search the Play Store for "My Church App" [by Custom Church Apps] and install the app. 
2-Open My Church App
3-Tap "Find My Church".
4-In the box the says "Enter church, pastor, or location", type in "Catalina".
5-When Catalina United Methodist Church is returned as the result of your search, tap Catalina United Methodist Church.
6-When the dialog box asks if you want to set Catalina as your default church, choose yes.
7-Now, whenever you open My Church App, it will open the Catalina app.

IPHONE/IPAD
1-Search the App Store for "My Church App" [by Custom Church Apps] and install the app. 
2-Open My Church App.
3-Tap "Find My Church".
4-In the box the says "Enter church, pastor, or location", type in "Catalina".
5-When Catalina United Methodist Church is returned as the result of your search, tap Catalina United Methodist Church.
6-When the dialog box asks if you want to set Catalina as your default church, choose yes.
7-Now, whenever you open My Church App, it will open the Catalina app.

Check it out, play around with it, and if you have any comments, email Richard. Thanks for your time!

One other experiment...
We are trying out a digital bulletin [currently in The Refuge] as an alternative to the paper bulletin. In other words, the bulletin would come to you on your smartphone, and you would not need the paper copy. Here is how you access it: Text `catalina` to 404.620.6209 to subscribe to your digital bulletin.
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