Pastors’ Update 04-26-2024

Hi Everyone and Happy Sabbath,

It’s been a busy week! This years’ Passover memorial service and our NBMO celebrations in Lodi, Walnut Creek and Red Bluff this past week were special and enjoyed by all. Thank you all for your participation, service and contributions! We also had excellent attendance at our FDUB Holy Day services. Our special service in Lodi was combined with the COG – The Father’s Call congregation, followed by a pot luck luncheon and fellowship that lasted well into the afternoon. Again, thanks to everyone who helped organize and contribute to this special combined service and pot luck luncheon!

Feast of Tabernacles registration this year for our assigned site (Redmond, OR) begins on Sunday, April 28th, and for those who wish to transfer to another site, registration takes place on Sunday, May 12th. If you have any questions, you may contact our Festival Advisors – Bob Besore` (Stockton), John Cornelison (Redding), and Mark Fike (Reno). 

Camp registration is now open through the COGWA Portal. If you plan to volunteer to help at one of our camps, or you plan for your children to attend camp, please register at the link in the Camp announcement below. There seems to be some confusion about the Sequoia camps for this year. The preteen and the teen camp will run simultaneously, starting on the same date (July 14th). However, the camps will be operated separately. Everything for the two camps will be run separately, but the same facility will be used.

For your planning purposes: All brethren are invited to a summer Church campout at Gurnsey Creek Campground, near Mill Creek, California (between Lake Amador and Lassen National Park), June 28-30. Please plan to join us for a weekend of Sabbath services in the woods, fun and fellowship. There’s space for tents, trailers, and RVs (we have reserved a group camp site with bathrooms, but no hook-ups for RVs). The group campground fees have been paid. There is no entrance fee for our campsite. Please let us know if you’re interested and/or have questions. For more information, you may call or email Tom Provine (530-520-6061 or tomprovine@gmail.com).

We are also planning NorCal all-COG church picnics at the Newton-Besore Ranch on Sunday, May 26th, and at the Rossmoor Sportsmens Picnic Pavilion on Sunday, June 23rd. We have decided to cancel our Donner Lake picnic this year because of a conflicting activity we discovered is scheduled at the lake that same day. Please reserve these special social outings on your calendar.

We will have Sabbath services tomorrow for the Stockton, Reno and Redding congregations at 2:30 pm. For those who cannot meet in person with us, the webcast will originate from Redding this week (2:30 pm).