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Our next Family night will be on Friday, March 1 from 6:00pm to 7:30 pm. We will be having a short family worship time followed by a potluck dinner and crafts celebrating Hinamatsuri, the Japanese Girl’s Day celebration. Please come and meet our wonderful Apple preschool families and bring your kids, grandkids, nieces, nephews, cousins and your neighbor’s kids
Between now and Easter, the Elderberries are collecting items for Uptown Community Service Center. We would appreciate donations of shirts, shorts and underwear of any size. They can be gently used or new, and men's clothing is especially appreciated. Please place your items in the box marked “Uptown” in the narthex. Thank you!
Go Green! Drop off your clean, dry, used plastic yogurt and cottage cheese containers (16 oz. to 32 oz.) and help save the environment! Containers will be re-purposed as ‘to go” containers for the Voices of Our City Friday lunches and for Sunday lunch leftovers. Leave empty containers on the kitchen counter next to the refrigerator. If you have other ideas on how we can reduce our environmental impact at POVUCC, please let a Board of Ministries team member know. Thank you for your support!
We are pleased to announce that we have hired an Office Administrator, Laura Keirn-McCreanor. Laura grew up in Ohio and graduated with a Bachelor’s degree from Kent State University. For 11 years, she lived in Hawaii while she was earning her Master’s in English and starting her family. She is married to Rev. Brian J. McCreanor, current Navy Chaplain stationed at MCRD. Both she and her husband are lifetime members of the Disciples of Christ denomination. They have two children: Tennyson (age 3) and Jennings (age 6), as well as a boxer dog named Zipper. Her regular office hours will be Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays, 9:30 – 2:30, beginning Tuesday, February 19. Be sure to stop by the church office when she’s here so you can give her a personal welcome
At 3 pm on March 3, 2019, The Japanese American Historical Society of San Diego, San Diego JACL, the San Diego Buddhist Temple and the Poston Community Alliance group will present the film titled "For the Sake of the Children". The film examines the aftereffects of World War II internment not only on those interned but also on subsequent generations.
A panel discussion moderated by filmmaker Lane Nishikawa will follow the screening. The panel will include executive producer Marlene Shigekawa and cast members: Amy Tsubokawa, Patty Tsubokawa Reeves and Diane McCabe. The film will be shown at the Ultra Star Theater at the Hazard Center. Admission is FREE but seating is limited. See flyer for more details.
POVUCC will have a food booth again this year at the 14th Annual Cherry Blossom Festival held at Balboa Park's Japanese Friendship Garden on Friday-Sunday, March 22-24. There are still a lot of opportunities to help! This is our only fundraiser for the year, so please sign up for 1 or more shifts on the sign-up sheets located on the Fellowship Hall table (with the blue tablecloth). We will be making fried wontons (NEW) and teri dogs, and also selling mochi ice cream - back by popular demand. This is a really fun church-wide, fundraising event for POV and a great way to learn more about the Japanese American cultural ties our church has in the community. Any questions? Please see Steve Sato, Roni Mizoguchi, or Coreen Fujinami.
