Sunday, June 14th, 2015, 7-9 pm

Congregation Bet Haverim Social Hall

1715 Anderson Road, Davis

Hosted by Congregation Bet Haverim Rosh Chodesh Monthly Jewish Women's Group.

This will be a very informal opportunity to get to know women of other faiths, by sharing our similar experiences, as we discuss our personal spiritual journeys and enjoy light refreshments. Contact Tara Rogers (tarasrogers@yahoo.com) with any questions.

Please RSVP to sarah.pattison@sbcglobal.net, or 530-220-5042

Pathway Hospitality Team Needs Your Help!

 

The "Pathway" Hospitality Team needs your help in gathering Best Practices from other churches. We are collecting ideas on how to make people feel welcome, comfortable and included. This spring and summer, when you go on vacation, if you attend services at other churches, remember to notice things that make you glad you went there! If you pick up ideas that could benefit Davis UMC, write the ideas down.  If you see something welcoming in a bulletin or other print material, pick up a copy and circle the item. If you remember something from a church you have attended in the past, send us those ideas, too. Finally, let us know about the actions and practices of Davis UMC members that make you feel welcomed as part of our church community. 

You can put ideas and print materials in the "Pathway" mail cubby in the office hallway OR email Janice Morand jxmorand@ucdavis.edu  OR call Kathy Schinski (530-756-8893). When you aid us in gathering important information, you help us as we strive to make your Davis UMC experience as positive as possible! Also, we encourage you to continue wearing name tags and meeting new people.

Meet Our Staff: Ashley Barmore

Our Staff Parish Relations Committee thinks that the congregation would benefit from knowing our staff better.  This is the second installment of an occasional series of articles about our staff,  and it focuses on Ashley Barmore, our Music Director/Accompanist.  Here's all her news that's fit to print.

Ashley was born in San Jose in 1985 and lived there all of her childhood except for ages 1-5 when her family lived in Japan.  She studied piano for 10 years and sang in the high school choir, but upon enrolling at UC Davis she planned to major in Political Science.  Her father wanted her to do something "practical" and Political Science seemed aligned with her interest in social justice.  As it turned out, she had a horrible Political Science course and after her first year she declared double majors in Film Studies and Music Theory & Composition.  Her father groaned, "What are you going to do with that?!!" but indulged her decision.  In fact she's done rather well with that and has been employed continuously since third year at UCD.  In addition, while at UCD she studied a month in Slovenia and a month in London in the Summer Abroad program.

In 2006 Ashley came to work at our church as accompanist and gave music lessons, and graduated in 2008.  In 2010 she moved to Los Angeles seeking a career that merged her interests in film and music.  She served as music director at a local Methodist church but LA is expensive and life was hard.  Her car broke down and needed expensive repairs, and then one day she found herself in the Emergency Room with a ruptured appendix.  Somehow she survived but she was left with huge bills and a weakened appendix.  Discouraged and broke, she returned to Davis in 2011.

But life in Davis is good!  She loves her job at our church and also loves teaching (33 students at present).  Obamacare enabled her to get health insurance despite her preexisting condition, and three weeks later her appendix ruptured again.  Having insurance enabled her to seek medical care quickly, and this time her care was great, appendix removed, and no huge bills.  Ashley sings in the Sacramento Choral Society and enjoys life greatly.

Ashley has exciting plans for the near future.  She and fiancé David will marry in August after being together five years.  He too is a musician (classical and jazz guitar) but earns a living as an analyst for the State.  They bought a house together last year.  Ashley hopes to open a music school in Sacramento where she can teach more students and train other teachers.  She hopes to start an MA program in choral conducting at Cal State Sacramento.  But through all this she plans to remain Music Director at our church.  She was raised Catholic but left the church after high school, and she's found that she really likes the progressive theology and emphasis on social justice at our church.  And she loves all her choir members.

Ashley has other interests besides music and David.  She loves to bake and cook.  She's training for a 10K race.  And she has a small but thriving vegetable garden.

Altar Decoration Sign-up

The Worship Arts Committee is in need of more people to sign up to bring

flowers or other decorations for the altar. There are two easy ways to sign up: 1) online or 2) by calling the church office at 756-2170. 

Do you like flowers but you're not the artsy type?  If you would like to sponsor a flower arrangement for any amount of money contact Joyce Smuda about getting matched up with a volunteer arranger. 

June Birthdays and Anniversaries

Birthdays

6/01  Will Vannucci-Mounce

6/01  Douglas Layson

6/06  Emma Finklang

6/09  Carol Holmes

6/09  John Jones

6/12  Joe Archer

6/17  Finn Mangum

6/18  Ricky Pacciorini

6/18  Dave Atkinson

6/18  Courtney Diedesch

6/21  Philip Kurien

6/23  Jim Fowler

6/25  Jerry Beaman

6/26  Dick Dowell

6/28  Sue Pacciorini

6/28  Diana Hoffman

6/29  Sophia Young

6/30  Nancy Morrow

Anniversaries

6/03  Phil and Sandra Bachand

6/11  Andy and Mary Jean Burke

6/12  Dori Marshall and Dan Ray

6/14  Anna Wisehart and Michael Baldwin

6/15  Megan Houpt and James Stark

6/15  Anne Holte and Chuck Young

6/25  Julie and Rick Kulmann

6/16  Carol and John Jewell

6/26  Ken and Diane Wagstaff

6/28  Paul and Carol Grench

6/30  Toni Rey and Walt Kopp

If we don't have your birthday or anniversary please let us know.