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tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-296619482012-01-24T07:02:25.083-08:00RevNicoleThe blog of Rev. Nicole ReilleyRev. Nicolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11000093988298701990noreply@blogger.comBlogger81100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29661948.post-77221640326608566902012-01-24T07:02:00.001-08:002012-01-24T07:02:25.094-08:00This Week's Message<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="265" mozallowfullscreen="" src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/35539145?title=0&byline=0&portrait=0" webkitallowfullscreen="" width="400"></iframe><br /><a href="http://vimeo.com/35539145">1-22-12 Sermon</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/user8791087">Pastor</a> on <a href="http://vimeo.com/">Vimeo</a>.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/29661948-7722164032660856690?l=revnicole.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Rev. Nicolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11000093988298701990noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29661948.post-5532520847397043782012-01-18T23:04:00.001-08:002012-01-18T23:04:28.496-08:00This week's message<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="265" mozallowfullscreen="" src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/35167191?title=0&byline=0&portrait=0" webkitallowfullscreen="" width="400"></iframe><br /><a href="http://vimeo.com/35167191">1-15-12 Sermon</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/user8791087">Pastor</a> on <a href="http://vimeo.com/">Vimeo</a>.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/29661948-553252084739704378?l=revnicole.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Rev. Nicolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11000093988298701990noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29661948.post-73346887140606906652011-12-15T11:35:00.000-08:002011-12-15T11:36:03.134-08:00Power of the Positive Mom<div style="text-align: center;"><img src="webkit-fake-url://CFEC0568-3B9C-4ADD-BC6B-45A0F68A07C3/application.pdf" /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/29661948-7334688714060690665?l=revnicole.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Rev. Nicolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11000093988298701990noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29661948.post-90865107168608733032011-12-15T11:34:00.000-08:002011-12-15T11:34:11.480-08:00Discipleship Group in the New Year<div style="text-align: center;"><img src="webkit-fake-url://B429CAEF-E5E7-479D-B695-86761F05BB1B/application.pdf" /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/29661948-9086510716860873303?l=revnicole.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Rev. Nicolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11000093988298701990noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29661948.post-3276777494151695862011-12-15T11:29:00.000-08:002011-12-15T11:29:40.711-08:00Preaching in the New Year   <br /><table align="left" border="1" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="MsoNormalTable" style="border-collapse: collapse; border: none; margin-left: 6.0pt; margin-right: 6.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-insideh: .5pt solid black; mso-border-insidev: .5pt solid black; mso-padding-alt: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-table-anchor-horizontal: page; mso-table-anchor-vertical: page; mso-table-left: 70.2pt; mso-table-lspace: 9.0pt; mso-table-rspace: 9.0pt; mso-table-top: 132.95pt; mso-yfti-tbllook: 191;"><tbody><tr style="mso-yfti-firstrow: yes; mso-yfti-irow: 0;"> <td style="border: solid black 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid black .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 6.15in;" valign="top" width="443"> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: page; mso-element-anchor-vertical: page; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: 70.25pt; mso-element-top: 132.95pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">New Series: The Wide-Open Life<o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: page; mso-element-anchor-vertical: page; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: 70.25pt; mso-element-top: 132.95pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: page; mso-element-anchor-vertical: page; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: 70.25pt; mso-element-top: 132.95pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly;"><span style="font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Cambria; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">010812<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: page; mso-element-anchor-vertical: page; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: 70.25pt; mso-element-top: 132.95pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly;"><span style="font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Cambria; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">Baptism of Jesus (010612 is Epiphany)<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: page; mso-element-anchor-vertical: page; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: 70.25pt; mso-element-top: 132.95pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">2 Corinthians 6:11b-13, </span></b><span style="font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Romans 5:1-5</span><span style="font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Cambria; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: page; mso-element-anchor-vertical: page; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: 70.25pt; mso-element-top: 132.95pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">The Wide-Open Life</span></b><span style="font-family: Arial;">: We were created for more, for a bigger life than what we usually accept—God puts this desire within us.</span><span style="font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Cambria; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: page; mso-element-anchor-vertical: page; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: 70.25pt; mso-element-top: 132.95pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Cambria; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">Action Steps</span></b><span style="font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Cambria; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"> (at sermons end) & Discipleship Huddle<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: page; mso-element-anchor-vertical: page; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: 70.25pt; mso-element-top: 132.95pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Introduce BELL<o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: page; mso-element-anchor-vertical: page; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: 70.25pt; mso-element-top: 132.95pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly;"><br /></div></td> </tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 1;"> <td style="border-top: none; border: solid black 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid black .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 6.15in;" valign="top" width="443"> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: page; mso-element-anchor-vertical: page; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: 70.25pt; mso-element-top: 132.95pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly;"><span style="font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Cambria; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">011512, Epiphany 2<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: page; mso-element-anchor-vertical: page; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: 70.25pt; mso-element-top: 132.95pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">2 Corinthians 6:11b-13, </span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Mark 14:3-9</span><span style="font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Cambria; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: page; mso-element-anchor-vertical: page; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: 70.25pt; mso-element-top: 132.95pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Wide-Open Welcome:</span></b><span style="font-family: Arial;"> The more isn’t more stuff but the monster of more is tamed by “extravagant love” which is made visible in inviting and welcoming people into our life and church</span><span style="font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Cambria; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: page; mso-element-anchor-vertical: page; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: 70.25pt; mso-element-top: 132.95pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Cambria; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">Action Steps</span></b><span style="font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Cambria; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"> (at sermons end) & Discipleship Huddle<o:p></o:p></span></div></td> </tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 2;"> <td style="border-top: none; border: solid black 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid black .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 6.15in;" valign="top" width="443"> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: page; mso-element-anchor-vertical: page; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: 70.25pt; mso-element-top: 132.95pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly;"><span style="font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Cambria; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">012212, Epiphany 3 <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: page; mso-element-anchor-vertical: page; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: 70.25pt; mso-element-top: 132.95pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">2 Corinthians 6:11b-13, </span></b><span style="font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Luke 10:1-10,<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: page; mso-element-anchor-vertical: page; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: 70.25pt; mso-element-top: 132.95pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly;"><span style="font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Matthew 6:19-24<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">Open Up Your Life<o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: page; mso-element-anchor-vertical: page; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: 70.25pt; mso-element-top: 132.95pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">More isn’t about clutching (holding on for dear life) but growth (salvation = roots in Hebrew means to be spacious, broad, grow)<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: page; mso-element-anchor-vertical: page; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: 70.25pt; mso-element-top: 132.95pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Cambria; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">Action Steps</span></b><span style="font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Cambria; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"> (at sermons end) & Discipleship Huddle<o:p></o:p></span></div></td> </tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 3;"> <td style="border-top: none; border: solid black 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid black .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 6.15in;" valign="top" width="443"> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: page; mso-element-anchor-vertical: page; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: 70.25pt; mso-element-top: 132.95pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly;"><span style="font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Cambria; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">012912, Epiphany 4<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: page; mso-element-anchor-vertical: page; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: 70.25pt; mso-element-top: 132.95pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">2 Corinthians 6:11b-13<o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: page; mso-element-anchor-vertical: page; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: 70.25pt; mso-element-top: 132.95pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly;"><span style="font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Luke 12:16-21</span><span style="font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Cambria; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">Living Expansively<o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: page; mso-element-anchor-vertical: page; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: 70.25pt; mso-element-top: 132.95pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">The wide-open life is a choice we can make in giving, in serving, in living</span><span style="font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Cambria; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: page; mso-element-anchor-vertical: page; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: 70.25pt; mso-element-top: 132.95pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Cambria; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">Action Steps</span></b><span style="font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Cambria; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"> (at sermons end) & Discipleship Huddle<o:p></o:p></span></div></td> </tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 4; mso-yfti-lastrow: yes;"> <td style="border-top: none; border: solid black 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid black .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 6.15in;" valign="top" width="443"> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: page; mso-element-anchor-vertical: page; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: 70.25pt; mso-element-top: 132.95pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly;"><span style="font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Cambria; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">020512, Epiphany 5<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: page; mso-element-anchor-vertical: page; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: 70.25pt; mso-element-top: 132.95pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">2 Corinthians 6:11b-13<o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: page; mso-element-anchor-vertical: page; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: 70.25pt; mso-element-top: 132.95pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly;"><span style="font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Matthew 25:14-30</span><span style="font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Cambria; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: page; mso-element-anchor-vertical: page; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: 70.25pt; mso-element-top: 132.95pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">The Chance of a Lifetime:</span></b><span style="font-family: Arial;"> Don’t settle for less (or make excuses) live the wide-open life</span><span style="font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Cambria; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: page; mso-element-anchor-vertical: page; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: 70.25pt; mso-element-top: 132.95pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Cambria; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">Action Steps</span></b><span style="font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Cambria; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"> (at sermons end) & Discipleship Huddle<o:p></o:p></span></div></td> </tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><div style="mso-element-anchor-horizontal: page; mso-element-anchor-vertical: page; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: 70.25pt; mso-element-top: 132.95pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly;"><table align="left" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" hspace="0" vspace="0"><tbody><tr><td style="padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 9.0pt; padding-right: 9.0pt; padding-top: 0in;" valign="top"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: page; mso-element-anchor-vertical: page; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: 70.25pt; mso-element-top: 132.95pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly;"><b></b></div><div style="display: inline !important;"><table align="left" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" hspace="0" vspace="0"><tbody><tr><td style="padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 9.0pt; padding-right: 9.0pt; padding-top: 0in;" valign="top"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: page; mso-element-anchor-vertical: page; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: 70.25pt; mso-element-top: 132.95pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly;"><span style="font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Cambria; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: page; mso-element-anchor-vertical: page; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: 70.25pt; mso-element-top: 132.95pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly;"><span style="font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Cambria; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: page; mso-element-anchor-vertical: page; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: 70.25pt; mso-element-top: 132.95pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly;"><br /></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div><br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: page; mso-element-anchor-vertical: page; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: 70.25pt; mso-element-top: 132.95pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"></span></div><div style="display: inline !important;"><br /></div><br /></td> </tr></tbody></table></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/29661948-327677749415169586?l=revnicole.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Rev. Nicolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11000093988298701990noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29661948.post-88135205316971677682011-12-15T11:19:00.000-08:002011-12-15T11:19:09.196-08:00Looking forward to January<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-AMS-zZeH3Go/TupH_BOBG_I/AAAAAAAAAWc/7PDNg3X38zk/s1600/170961_178030618901434_178029385568224_343445_4872544_o.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="256" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-AMS-zZeH3Go/TupH_BOBG_I/AAAAAAAAAWc/7PDNg3X38zk/s320/170961_178030618901434_178029385568224_343445_4872544_o.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>January 1 I will start an interim appointment at First United Methodist Church of Redondo Beach.  This gives me an opportunity to bring the congregation through a process of discernment as we look at what is doing in this next chapter of their life as a church.<br /><br />Redondo Beach 1st is an exciting place!  Great staff, wonderful outreach to those in need (Shared Bread), loving congregation, prime location and more.  I have already met with staff and spent time reading over orders of worship.  I have also put together a tentative schedule of preaching and teaching (which I will post too).<br /><br />Love to get to know you so please "friend" me on Facebook. <br /><br />Grace and Peace, Rev. Nicole<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/29661948-8813520531697167768?l=revnicole.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Rev. Nicolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11000093988298701990noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29661948.post-57201210215719691122011-12-15T11:13:00.000-08:002011-12-15T11:13:59.275-08:00Bio for Rev Nicole ReilleySeveral have asked, so here it is...<br /><br />   <br /><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Rev. Nicole Reilley<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Rev. Nicole Reilley grew up in Southern California and graduated from California State University, Long Beach, with a bachelor’s degree in Religious Studies, receiving the 1989 Outstanding Graduate Award.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>She received her Master of Divinity degree in 1992 from the School of Theology at Claremont.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>There, she was the recipient of The Reverend Edwin H. Witman Pastoral Care Award and The President’s Award for Academic Excellence.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>She is the director of the UMC House Church Network (started July 2011) and she previously served at Santa Margarita United Methodist Church in Rancho Santa Margarita, CA from 2006 to 2011 and Hope United Methodist Church in Torrance, CA from 1992 to 2006.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Rev. Nicole enjoys working with people who are seeking a modern-day faith and those who are returning to church after a period of inactivity. She is gifted in preaching, church and leadership development and teaching, and she enjoys working with young adults, parents with elementary age children and preschoolers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>Her interests include music, gardening, reading, walking and the new monasticism.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>She chairs the Skill Builders Team on the New Ministries Essential Ministry Team for the Annual Conference, is active in the Missional Church movement, dyes a streak in her hair to match the liturgical season, and has a passion for the local church.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>She is married to Dr. Jeffrey Luther, the Director for the Family Medicine Residency Program at Long Beach Memorial Medical Center, and they have a son, Jacob Reilley-Luther, who is a senior at PV High School.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>In her free time you’ll find her drinking coffee, reading a book and learning something new. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-zTVFmiWEfX0/TupG4HBHRkI/AAAAAAAAAWU/etDHI60emxE/s1600/DSC01941.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="229" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-zTVFmiWEfX0/TupG4HBHRkI/AAAAAAAAAWU/etDHI60emxE/s320/DSC01941.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">(Jacob, Nicole’s Mom Barbara, Nicole, Jeff)<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/29661948-5720121021571969112?l=revnicole.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Rev. Nicolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11000093988298701990noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29661948.post-83335087233785175662011-11-30T10:21:00.000-08:002011-11-30T10:21:55.394-08:00Frequently Asked Questions about Rev Nicole Reilley   <br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS';"><b><br /></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Trebuchet MS";">Tell us a bit about your faith journey and call.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">I grew up in the Roman Catholic faith; my family attended worship each Sunday.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>When I was in junior high I began to have a lot of questions about my faith and that led me to explore various religions and traditions.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>I attended and/or explored conservative evangelical Christianity, new thought/new age churches & Zen Buddhism (among others).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>I found a home in the United Methodist Church after my Father sent me an article on the UMC.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>He thought that that the UMC sounded a lot like me and he was right. That next week I went to Belmont Heights UMC in Long Beach.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">I also explored my faith as I changed my college majors (I was originally a music major) and became a Religious Studies major at Long Beach State.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>It was during my time at Long Beach while I attended Belmont Height that I heard a call to ministry. I served in children’s ministry and youth ministry before being ordained in 1991.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Trebuchet MS";">Are you a native Californian?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>Tell us a bit about your family.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">I am originally from New Jersey.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>My dad was in sales and we moved around until 1970 when we settled in Westlake Village, California. I am the oldest of 4 children, 3 of whom are living.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>My brother John lives in Burbank and my sister Meg (along with her husband and daughter) lives in Oak Park.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>My parents are divorced and my mom is remarried and lives in Rancho Mirage, while my dad lives in Sherman Oaks.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">I have been married for 25 years to Dr. Jeffrey Luther.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>We met in college when we both attended UC San Diego and a friend set us up to play music together (I sing, Jeff plays the piano among other things). Between school, training and working, we have lived in Long Beach, San Pedro, Sierra Madre and Ventura. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Jeff is the Residency Director at the Long Beach Memorial Family Medicine Residency Program, where he has worked for 18 years. He was born and raised in Manhattan Beach and his sister & brother-in-law, Chris & Dave Larson, live in Torrance and attend Rolling Hills UMC.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>His parents, who are now deceased, were long time Redondo Beach residents. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">We have a son, Jacob Reilley-Luther, who is 17 years old and a senior at Palos Verdes High School.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>He likes music (plays guitar & sings) and is on the Cross Country Team. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">We reside in Rolling Hills Estates and, except for a two-year stay in Orange County, we have lived here for 12 years. We have two dogs, Olive (a Jack Russell Terrier) and Rooney (a Jack Russell & Rat Terrier mix).<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Trebuchet MS";">What did you do before you became a pastor? Where did you go to school?<o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">I worked in advertising and communications before going back to college in my mid-20s. I attended several colleges but graduated from Long Beach State with a degree in Religious Studies.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>I then attended the School of Theology at Claremont and was graduated in 1992. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Trebuchet MS";">What churches have you served</span></b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">? <b>What are your strengths as a pastor?</b> I have served 2 churches in the 19 years I have served in the local church.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>I served at Hope UMC in Torrance for 14 years and Santa Margarita UMC in Rancho Santa Margarita for 5 years. Currently I serve The House Church Network, an organization that helps United Methodist laity plant house churches.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>I have been doing this part-time as I have also been coaching local churches and pastors, chairing the Skill Builders on the Conference New Ministries Team, and serving on the leadership team for the Larga Vista House Church.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">I find the center of my call in preaching and discipling people.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>I love to train and raise new leadership for the church.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>I enjoy mentoring young staff and leaders. I love to help the church catch a vision of who God is calling it to become.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Trebuchet MS";">What do you like to do for fun?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span></span></b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">I like to do a variety of things including singing, crafts, collage, writing, meditation, photography, gardening, hanging with friends (at coffee and on Facebook), reading, traveling with my husband and son, walking and sitting on the swing in my garden.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Trebuchet MS";">Are you our new pastor? What is an interim?<o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">I am appointed to be your pastor from Jan 1 to June 30, 2012.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>This is an interim appointment, meaning I am finishing out part of the appointed year which begins July 1 and ends June 30. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">I am appointed three-quarters time, which means I will be less than full time at Redondo Beach 1st.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>I am doing this because I am also appointed to The House Church Network (<a href="http://www.umchousechurches.com/">www.umchousechurches.com</a>) where I resource and train laity to be house church leaders. My time with Redondo Beach 1<sup>st</sup> will be focused on administration, leadership, teaching and Sunday worship (I will be preaching all Sundays). We will have another pastor appointed one-quarter time to address pastoral care (hospital visits, crisis, etc.).<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">In the United Methodist Church pastors are appointed a year at a time, and our appointment year goes from July 1 to June 30.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>As your interim, I will finish out this appointment year and you will receive your appointed pastor starting July 1, 2012.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Trebuchet MS";">What plans do you have for the church?<o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">I plan to listen, to love, to disciple, and to preach.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>I plan to focus especially on prayer so that we might hear God as we discern the church’s strengths and its sense of vision for the future.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">I plan to publish my sermons series and what classes I will teach once I know more about where the church is currently and what would be most helpful.<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/29661948-8333508723378517566?l=revnicole.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Rev. 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