This Week
This Week
United Church of Christ
And More to Come . . .
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FOOTNOTES
There will not be a Public Service Video in March.
Next choir practice is February 29, 4:00 p.m. in the Fellowship Hall because of Modern Gospel Rally.
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Attention 5th Grade & Middle School Kids!
Youth Zone
This coming Sunday the Youth Zone will go roller skating at the Central Coast Sports Arena in Santa Maria. Cost is $9.00 ($2.00 skate rental + $7.00 admission) plus approximately $10.00 for snacks. Parents are welcome. For more details about the skate park Click Here.
Come join Paul, Hazel and Elizabeth Davidson and bring a friend.
Peace Prize on Channel 24
The Peace Prize Ceremony will air on Channel 24 throughout February. Show times are Mondays at 11:00 p.m, Tuesdays 9:00 p.m, Wednesdays 10:00 a.m., Thursdays noon, and Fridays 9:00 a.m. Thank you to Gregg Ratcliff for doing a great job on the videography of the awards ceremony. To see Conrad Gonzales of the Lompoc Boys and Girls Club present this year's award to Shannon Rose Chavez, director of the North County Rape Crisis and Child Protection Center, click the photo at right. To learn more about this year's Peace Prize Click Here.
2011 PEACE PRIZE CEREMONY WILL AIR ON TAP TV
SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 11:30 a.m., Fellowship Hall
SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 10:00 a.m., Sanctuary
Morning Worship
Sunday morning Pastor Chuck's sermon will be "A New Paradigm" with Scripture read from Luke 19:11-32. Ruth Norris will direct the choir in the traditional spiritual "Ain't Dat Good News?" with solos by Lola Day.
Sally Hammond will present the Black History moment on Sherian Grace Cadoria (pictured right), the first black female general in the United States Army and the highest ranking female at the time of her retirement in 1990 with the rank of Brigadier General.
SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 4:30 to 7:30 p.m., Youth Zone
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 6:00 to 10:00 p.m., Sanctuary
Co-opalooza
Saint Anne's Place will play host for the Lompoc Co-op Advisory Group's fundraiser, Co-opalooza. LCAG is working to build on its grant from the Santa Barbara Foundation with a goal to form worker-owned and operated co-ops in Lompoc as a means of creating local, living wage jobs to help revitalize the local economy. Working with the California Center for Cooperative Development, their target date for the first co-op is September 2012.
Saint Anne's Place, with Jacob Cole - guitar and vocals, Samuel Cole - drums, and Joel Martin - Bass, are a local psychedelic rock and blues band that recently came in first in a Santa Barbara 40-group battle of the bands. They will be joined by local favorite Lisa Gumm. Also playing is an indie surfer rock Santa Barbara group, Blue Suns, with Carly Powers - vocals, bass, keyboard, and ukulele; Sam Kulchin - vocals, and guitar; and Harry Menear - vocals, drums, and percussion. Rounding out the evening will be a Santa Barbara rockabilly band, Dead Zed's Chopper, with Mike Holliday - lead vocals, Philip the Kid - lead guitar, King Cat Kev Martin - doghouse bass, and Doc Campbell - skins.
Marcus Borg to Lecture
As a part of Charlie Blair's summer reading list, Marcus Borg's "Reading the Bible Again for the First Time; Taking the Bible Seriously but Not Literally" was discussed. The author will be featured in Bethania Lutheran's Farstrup-Mortensen Lecture Series February 24 and 25 in Solvang. Lectures will be:
Feb. 24: 7:00 - 8:30 p.m. - Speaking Christian in America Today
Feb. 25: 9:00 - 10:30 a.m. - Being Christian in America Today:
A Divided Church in an Imperial Culture
Feb. 25: 11:00 - 12:30 p.m. - Speaking Christian in America Today:
Two Different Religions Using the Same Language
Feb. 25: 1:30 - 3:00 p.m. - Christian Illiteracy and Ignorance
All lectures are $25.00 each. Bethania Lutheran is at 603 Atterdag Road in Solvang. For more information call (805) 688-4637 or Click Here.
CONGREGATIONAL VOTE
Worship Committee Request
Worship Committee chair, Doug McLaughlin passed out forms at the Annual Meeting that discuss moving Morning Worship to 10:30 a.m. so that Adult Sunday School could meet from 9:00 to 10:00 a.m. The other options would be to have Adult Sunday School start at 8:30 a.m. or meet on another day. Doug would like you to express your opinion on this issue. The vote is currently close. If you did not get a form, you can download one. Click Here. Please return the form to either Pastor Chuck or Doug by the end of February.
FRIDAY & SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 24 & 25, Bethania Lutheran Solvang
CONGRATULATIONS EMILY WRYN BIOLLEY
New CD Release
February 10, local rock singer/songwriter (and Molly's daughter) Emily Wryn Biolley, celebrated the release of her new CD, Head on Straight, at Howlin' Byroon's Music Exchange here in Lompoc. The striking cover design is original artwork by local artist/musician Angelina La Pointe. Emily received an excellent review by Aly Comingore in the February 6, Santa Barbara Independent. Comingore says, "There’s something hauntingly familiar about Emily Wryn’s sound; something that almost dares you to compare her to the greats." To read more Click Here. Hopefully Head on Straight will be available at the merchant's table February 24th, during Co-opalooza. Congratulations Emily and Molly.
BLUE SUNS
DEAD ZED'S CHOPPER
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Lompoc Co-op Advisory Group presents
SAINT ANNE'S PLACE
Islam
Sunday second hour our guest speaker will be William W. Armstrong, Professor Emeritus in Art at Cal Poly Pomona. He will be discussing Islam from his personal perspective.
Open to the public. Admission is free.
There will be several raffle packages. Raffle tickets are $1.00 each and each raffle can be entered an unlimited number of times. Raffle tickets will be available Sunday after morning worship and at the door. You don't need to be present to win. There will also be a bake sale throughout the evening. Tickets are $5.00 for two. This promises to be a great night of live rock in Lompoc!
If you would like to donate sodas, raffle items or make a donation to the Lompoc Co-op Advisory Group, contact Rebekah Arnold 736-6792, Judy Clifford 742-0042, or Bill Mullins 735-2376.
Lompoc Co-op Advisory Group - Targeting a Vibrant Lompoc
LISA GUMM
SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 10:00 a.m., Sanctuary
Tyras and Caron Brown
For the last Sunday of Black History Month, we welcome Tyras and Caron Brown as our guest ministers. The sermon will be "A Spiritual Journey." Tyras will relate some of his experiences working in the prison ministry.
Aaron Day and the boys will give the Black History Youth Message. There will be no Parent's Circle. Ann Bockius will be doing two Parent's Circles in March on the 4th and 25th.
UPCOMING EVENT - TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 7:00 p.m., Fellowship Hall
LCAG Steering Committee Meeting
The Steering Committee will meet to review the activities of the various committees over the past month. They will also evaluate the February 24th fundraiser Co-opalooza. Also on the agenda will be the upcoming meetings with Kim Coontz in March. Please note the meeting is at a new time, 7:00 p.m.
UPCOMING EVENT - FRIDAY, MARCH 2, 7:00 p.m., Fellowship Hall, First Friday Flicks
Documentary Paper Clips
Whitwell Middle School in rural Tennessee is the setting for this documentary about an extraordinary experiment in Holocaust education. Struggling to grasp the concept of six-million Holocaust victims, the students decide to collect six-million paper clips to better understand the extent of this crime against humanity. The film details how the students met Holocaust survivors from around the world and how the experience transformed them and their community. View Trailer
Open to the public. Admission and popcorn are free.
UPCOMING EVENT - SUNDAY, MARCH 4, 3:00 p.m., Sanctuary
Lompoc Music Association Presents
Concert Pianist Bridget Hough
A native of the central coast, Bridget is a classical pianist who is very much in demand as a performer, teacher and collaborator. She performed for us in October as accompanist for Helena Von Reuden. She is currently pursuing a doctorate in piano at UCSB where she studies with Paul Berkowitz and Robert Koenig. LMA is very pleased and excited to have her back in Lompoc as part of their concert series.
Admission adults $18.00, students 18 and under $6.00.
