Cashmere Community Church
March 2025
Come Worship with Us
First Sunday
March 2 – 11 am Worship
Ash Wednesday
March 5 – 12 – 1 pm Imposition
Second Sunday
March 9 – 11 am Worship
1st Sunday of Lent
Daylight Savings Time begins
Third Sunday
Intergenerational Worship
March 16 – 11 am
2nd Sunday of Lent
March 17
Fourth Sunday
Stone Soup
March 23 – 11 am Worship
3rd Sunday of Lent
Dr June Darling and Pastor Lilia will present “Loving and Living Well With Our Neighbors – A Few Mediation and De-Escalation Pearls”
Fifth Sunday
Hymn Sing
March 30 – 11 am Worship
4th Sunday of Lent
Pastor’s Message
Dear Friends of Cashmere Community Church;
Epiphany season is almost over and it gives way to the next season in the Christian Calendar: Lent.
Officially, Lenten season starts on Ash Wednesday and ends on the day before Easter Sunday. On Ash Wednesday we are reminded of the frailty of our humanity — that our days are numbered, that our lives, no matter how long we live, are short.
Traditionally, Lent is a time of fasting and reflection, 40-days long, a reminder of Christ’s 40 days in the wilderness, and His defeat of temptation.
During the Lenten season believers and followers of Christ around the world are enjoined to remember the love of God poured out through Jesus Christ on the cross in His death. This year, Lent begins on March 5, 2025, Ash Wednesday, a day when the pastor will make the sign of the cross with the ash on our forehead – reminding us that we are from dust, and to dust we shall all return.
Traditionally, Lent is a time of fasting and reflection. It’s a time to remember the love of God shown through Christ’s death and resurrection. It is also an opportune time to deepen one’s relationship with God with intentional practice of prayer, fasting, and generous giving.
Come March 5, from noon to 1:00 O’clock, Cashmere Community Church will be open to welcome you all for a Walk-In, Non-Liturgical Ash Wednesday celebration. The Pastor will be on-hand to do imposition of ashes. There will be printed scripture readings, prayer, and meditation. Holding you all in my prayer as we journey together on this Lenten season!
Pastor Lilia
We Are the Church
Prayers for Virginia Martinez, Ric Evans, Carolyn Kenoyer, Family and Friends of Marge Farrens
Salli’s son, Keegan Beckmann has been hospitalized with double pneumonia. And her husband, Brad, is also ill. Prayers for the family.
Harry Schmidt, 93, died on February 8th. He had supported the Community Meals along with his wife, Jean, and a daughter with their presence for years.
Eli Darling traveled to China to meet the Chinese half of his family. He said he now had a “younger brother” (his cousin) to love and protect.
Community Meals
Meals for March
March 13 – ?
Compassion Corner
Ernest Hemingway once said,
“In our darkest moments, we don’t need advice.”
What we truly need is the power of human connection: a quiet presence, a gently touch, or the smallest gesture that reminds us we’re not alone. These acts of love and solidarity become the anchors that hold us steady when life feels overwhelming. Pain is a deeply personal burden, and difficulties are uniquely ours to face–but your silent presence tells me I don’t have to face them in isolation. It’s a quiet reminder that, no matter how lost I feel, I am still worthy of love and connection. Sometimes, words aren’t necessary; your silent support speaks louder than anything else. Love, in its purest form has the power to help us rediscover ourselves, even when we’ve forgotten who we are.
Let’s remember the importance of simply being there for one another.
Filling Our Buckets
Ideas for “Being a Bucket Filler” – specific ways to be build my capacity for being kind and loving to others, to live by “the Golden Rule” and specific behaviors
- I can smile at five people.
- I can be the first to say “hello.”
- I can be kind to people I know (and people I don’t know).
- I can say “please” and “thank you.”
- I can pick up after myself.
- I can treat all people with respect.
- I can give someone a sincere compliment.
- I can pay attention when others are talking.
- I can think before I speak.
- I can avoid gossip.
- I can be responsible for my words and actions.
- I can be fair to others.
- I can do my work without being reminded.
- I can have a positive attitude.
- I can apologize when it’s the right thing to do.
- I can think of ten things I am thankful for.
- I can be kind even if others are unkind.
- I can notice when others do good work and compliment them for it.
- I can put my best effort into everything I do.
- I can be honest with myself and others.
- I can volunteer my time for a worthy cause.
- I can not complain about anything at all.
- I can treat others the way I would like to be treated.
- I can be patient when I’m asked to wait.
- I can give others confidence by encouraging them.
- I can try to understand how other people feel.
- I can look for the good in others (and find it!).
- I can remember that everyone has different talents and abilities.
- I can start my day with a happy thought.
- I can aim be a bucket filler to everyone I meet.
Bonus – I can work on reminding myself of the fruits of the spirit: love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control (Galatians 5:22-23).
Youth
Both adults and youth are becoming more aware of how to fill buckets (be kind), not dip in others buckets ( be unkind), and how to use our lids (protect ourselves from unkindness).
The youth distributed hearts around the neighborhood.
Healing Service
Our February 23rd healing ceremony was beautiful and powerful. Both adults and youth “traded in” living with old sorrows, sadness, hurt, anger, and pain for the life-giving love, peace, joy, and hope of God.
Our SAIL class is “busting the seams” largely due to the expertise of the trainer retired physical therapist, Gina Quinn. Two new instructors from the class were just certified this month!
Red Cross Blood Drive
Every two months in our church gym, the Wacoka Kiwanis hosts the blood drive. This month there were 56 donors.
Essentials Pantry
JoAnne Prusa and Tony Wright have volunteered their time to man the Essential Pantry the month of February. JoAnne reported that she served 46 people on the 12th and Tony said that he served 44 people (7 male) on the 26th. Thank you!
Stewardship
Stewardship is often defined as care, management, or protection of something that is precious and vulnerable. We as individuals, created in God’s image, are both precious and vulnerable as witnessed by Jesus’ death on the cross. Caring for our personal health is an example of spiritual stewardship. The reality we must live into is that God made us stewards of creation. This means that we are protectors of the gifts of God. We are a gift and need to honor it with love, not only mentally or spiritually, but physically. Say a prayer to God every day thanking Him for your life and ask for guidance in how to honor it more fully!
Our Financial Picture
Church giving through February is up about $200 compared to last year and all sources of income (including Monitor’s Pastor sharing) total $19,823 compared to total expenses of $24,004.
We have $8,900 in our checking account at the end of February and $260,000 in memorial funds.
Our utilities have averaged $1,125 per month but will go down as we head into spring. All of our expenses are current but we pay our insurance premium on a monthly plan–so far we have paid $1,500 of the $9,600.
To date we have spent $490 on the essential pantry but we received a grant for $3,000 in January. We will probably need to take some money from our memorial funds in March or April to cover ongoing expenses. Thank you everyone for your continued support.
-Tony Wright, church treasurer
| March 2025 | ||||||
| S | M | T | W | T | F | S |
| 1 | ||||||
| 211 am Worship & Communion | 3 | 410 am S.A.I.L.S 5 pm Compassion Circle | 510 am Bible Study Ash Wednesday | 610 am S.A.I.L.S 5 pm Community Meal | 7 | 8Turn your clocks back! |
| 911 am WorshipStudy SundayDaylight Savings Time begins | 10 4 pm Board Mtg. | 1110 am S.A.I.L.S 5 pm Compassion Circle | 1210 am Bible Study2 pm Essentials Pantry3 pm Food Bank | 1310 am S.A.I.L.S 5 pm Community Meal | 14 | 15 |
| 1611 am WorshipIntergener-ationalSunday | 17St. Patrick’s Day | 1810 am S.A.I.L.S 5 pm Compassion Circle | 1910 am Bible Study | 2010 am S.A.I.L.S 5 pm Community Meal | 21 | 227 pm Com-munity Concert |
| 2311 am WorshipStone SoupSunday | 24 | 2510 am S.A.I.L.S 5 pm Compassion Circle | 2610 am Bible Study2 pm Essentials Pantry3 pm Food Bank7 pm Taize Service | 2710 am S.A.I.L.S 5 pm Community Meal | 28 | 29 |
| 3011 am Worship | 31 | April 1 Newsletter Deadline | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
March Birthdays
2 Laurel Thompson
3 Christie Kennedy, Sandy Liddell
9 Judy Davies, Leann F. Malana
10 Bert Hoffman
11 Petra Campbell, Vicki Helms
13 Ivanka Stembura
17 Tammy Vandeway
25 Lori Campbell, Addison Hoffman
29 Calene Bray, Eric Worthen
31 Chris Amerson, Jan Evans
Cashmere Community Church
213 S. Division Street
Cashmere WA 98815
509-782-38ll
cashmerecommunitychurch@gmail.com
www.cashmerecommunitychurch.org
Pastor Lilia Felicitas-Malana Address Correction Requested
Cashmere in March 2021
photo by Candi Jo Bray
Cashmere Community Church
February 2025
Come Worship with Us
First Sunday
11 am Worship
Second Sunday
Third Sunday
Intergenerational Worship
Fourth Sunday
Stone Soup
Taize Service
7 pm Wednesday, February 26
We will be having a Taize-like service on Wednesday, Feb 26th at 7 p.m. A Taize service is quiet and meditative in nature. There is no sermon but there are a couple of readings. Candles are lit. 3 or four songs, which are simple, repetitive, and chant-like, are sung. It is ecumenical Christian and the form of this service was started in 1940 in Taize, France as World War 11 was being unleashed. Inner and outer peace and community was the aim then and now. There is an extended time of silence also built into the service.
All are invited who want to take some time to be turned toward the Sacred and to experience all that offers in our beautiful sanctuary.
If it seems that people would like to have more of these services, we are open to doing more in the future.
June Darling, Ph.D.
Intergenerational Worship
This month we continue to work during intergenerational time with the concepts of filling buckets, refraining from dipping into others buckets, and knowing how to put on our lid to protect our buckets. It’s a way of learning specific behaviors that help us live the golden rule and love our neighbor as well as ourselves.
We’ll be handing out a 30 day journal to record our successes and struggles so that we can continue solidly crafting the will and skill to be ever more loving, compassionate human beings when it’s not always easy.
June Darling, Ph.D.
Pastor’s Message
Warm winter greetings dear friends,
Jesus replied: “You must love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind…and love your neighbor as yourself.”
Cashmere Community Church has the quoted scripture above to be our anchor as we try to become the kind of church we believe God wants us to be. The intention is to make the church a place where all people from all walks of life feel welcome. By making loving God first as the foundation for everything we do, we hope to be able to love others not only in words but especially in what we do.
It’s been a wonderful ride from the very beginning. June Darling came with four target focuses: Love God Love Others Love Self and Care for Creation. During the Intergenerational Moment in worship where our children will sit with an adult or group of adults, we share stories and experiences when we were able to do or say something that shows our love and care of God, our neighbors, and care for God’s creation. It is heartwarming to listen to the stories and so inspiring to know that even the youngest among our children has something to share.
Lately we’ve been talking about buckets and dippers. Life is the bucket. We fill others’ buckets when we do acts of love and kindness. We dip into peoples’ buckets when we do disrespect or do or say mean things to others. It does not really require a lot to fill a person’s bucket. A Smile. A warm greetig. Letting the person with only one or a couple of items go first to the checkout at the store.
Equally it does not need a lot from us to di; into others’ buckets. Disrespect, indifference, showing lack of compassion and kindness. Being Rude. Inappropriate comments. These and other demeaning ways can and will dip into others’ buckets (continued in next column)
making the other feel treated as less than human.
I would like to extend the challenge we were given last Sunday. The challenge is for us to try to fill up and not dip into someone else’s bucket in the next 30 days.
I am grateful for each of you and feel privileged to be among you in serving the Lord through our church and community.
Love to you all,
Pastor Lilia
We Are the Church
Prayers for Jerry Haaland, Luke MacDonald, Ric Evans, Carolyn Kenoyer, Marge Farrens, Jeanne Cosgrove
Community Meals
January 23rd – Seventh Day Adventists serving the “line”. photos by June Darling
Meals for February
February 6 – Dryden Improvement Club – Stroganoff with salad and French bread and dessert.
February 13- Cashmere Post Acute Care- Chef Alie- BBQ pulled pork., baked beans, coleslaw and Cupid crunch for dessert!
February 20- Midvalley Baptist. – Spaghetti and meat balls, salad. French bread and dessert .
February 27 – Cashmere Rotary,- Chef John – Chicken, Mashed potatoes and gravy, Corn, salad and Cake.
Thanks to all!
Reminders: Bring your Martin’s receipts to church.
Send me photos you’ve taken that are relevant for the newsletter. -Editor
Compassion Corner
Some people have a very narrow and often wrong-headed idea of what compassion is. Compassion involves preventing suffering in others, alleviating suffering, and promoting flourishing. It encompasses a lot of behaviors like self awareness, self-compassion, understanding, paying attention, listening, showing care, concern, connection, discernment, courageous action, and kindness to name other aspects that belong to the practice of compassion.
Last week in the compassion circle, we considered a flip to the question, “What’s the matter with you?” Instead we asked ourselves and each other “What matters to you?” This approach gives us some clues about how we might flourish together. Here are 10 questions used by Julia Hotz in her book, The Connection Cure. She believes that if we paid more attention to what matters to us and brought more of what matters to us into our lives, we’d be healthier and happier and better able to serve others. Try it out.
1. Tell me about the last time you experienced a small moment that made you feel more calm, joyful, and grateful.
2. Tell me about the last time you felt “in the presence of something vast that transcended your current understanding of the world.
3. Tell me about the last time you felt “extremely present” in a moment.
4. If you had two more hours in your week, what would you spend it doing?
5. When you were a child, what activity could you spend endless amounts of time doing without getting bored?
6. What “activates” you?
7. What do you do to look after yourself?
8. What makes you light up when you talk about it?
9. What makes you feel like the healthiest version of yourself?
10. Tell me the last time you were “completely absorbed in an experience.”
June Darling, Ph.D.
Filling and Dipping into Bucket Lists
Here at Cashmere Community Church we are intergenerationally working diligently on the will and skill to live out Jesus’ commandment to love one another, to live by “The Golden Rule”, and to be partners with a loving God to bring about the kin-dom of God on the Earth. We follow the way of Jesus when he said he came to help us live life fully.
We are taking some ideas and some specific behaviors, as well as the metaphor of “buckets and dippers” (our buckets, which are invisible, is a metaphor for a special holder of our feelings which we sometimes call our heart or soul. Dipping is doing hurtful behaviors which deplete us) from Christian author, Carol McCloud.
10 Ways to “Fill Your Own Bucket” – specific ways to be kind to, to love yourself
- Practice gratitude by writing down three things you’re thankful for each day.
- Treat yourself to something special, like a favorite meal or activity.
- Spend time with positive, supportive people who uplift you.
- Reflect on your achievements and celebrate small wins.
- Take breaks to rest and recharge when feeling overwhelmed.
- Practice self-compassion by speaking kindly to yourself.
- Engage in activities that bring you joy and relaxation, like hobbies or meditation.
- Set realistic goals and celebrate progress toward them.
- Give yourself permission to say “no” to things that drain your energy.
- Take care of your physical health through exercise, proper sleep, and balanced nutrition.
10 Ways to “Dip into Your Own Bucket” – specific behaviors that may be unkind, unloving to yourself
- Criticizing yourself harshly for mistakes or perceived shortcomings.
- Comparing yourself negatively to others.
- Over committing to obligations that lead to burnout.
- Neglecting your physical or mental health.
- Dwelling on negative thoughts or past failures.
- Avoiding self-care and putting others’ needs above your own.
- Procrastinating on important tasks, causing unnecessary stress.
- Allowing toxic relationships to affect your self-worth.
- Resisting change or refusing to forgive yourself for past mistakes.
- Focusing only on what you lack instead of what you have.
30 Ways to “Dip into Someone Else’s Bucket” – specific behaviors that may disregard others, may be unkind, unloving to others, not fulfill “the Golden Rule”
- Ignoring someone when they greet you.
- Speaking harshly or rudely to others.
- Interrupting when someone is talking.
- Making sarcastic or belittling comments.
- Gossiping about someone behind their back.
- Taking credit for someone else’s work.
- Failing to acknowledge someone’s effort or contribution.
- Rolling your eyes or using dismissive body language.
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30 Ways continued…
- Excluding someone from conversations or activities.
- Criticizing someone publicly or unfairly.
- Mocking or making fun of someone.
- Holding grudges and refusing to forgive.
- Complaining excessively, bringing down the mood.
- Lying or being dishonest in interactions.
- Spreading rumors about others.
- Blaming others for your own mistakes.
- Breaking promises or commitments.
- Ignoring someone’s need for help or support.
- Refusing to listen or dismissing someone’s opinions.
- Talking over someone or not allowing them to express themselves.
- Making assumptions about others without getting to know them.
- Using manipulative behavior to get your way.
- Showing favoritism in a group setting.
- Failing to show gratitude for someone’s kindness.
- Critiquing someone’s appearance or abilities unkindly.
- Refusing to include or invite others to participate.
- Making others feel unimportant by focusing only on yourself.
- Giving backhanded compliments or insincere praise.
- Displaying impatience or frustration with someone.
- Disregarding someone’s feelings or boundaries.
Continued in the March Newsletter
Youth
Youth celebrating Chinese New Year at Steamed Panda, and ice skating below.
Hayden Miller played the role of King Triton in Cashmere High School’s production of “The Little Mermaid”. He was pictured on the front page of the GO section of the January 30th Wenatchee World.
Benediction from the Black Rock Prayer Book
The world now is too dangerous
and too beautiful for anything but love.
May your eyes be so blessed you see God in everyone.
Your ears, so you hear the cry of the poor.
May your hands be so blessed
that everything you touch is a sacrament.
Your lips, so you speak nothing but the truth with love.
May your feet be so blessed you run
to those who need you.
And may your heart be so opened,
so set on fire, that your love,
your love, changes everything.
Stewardship
The Mustard Seed
Jesus tells a parable of a man planting a mustard seed. Even though the seed is small, it grows into one of the largest plants. Eventually it becomes a tree with branches on which birds can perch. Jesus compares the small mustard seed to Heaven-meaning that if we’re good stewards of the small gifts we’ve been given, we can turn them into something greater that can support others around us.
Average Attendance in the Past
Five Januarys
2020 Before COVID 26
2022 14
2023 15
2024 17
2025 21
We’ve had loses, but we’ve also had gains.
12 pm Tuesday, Red Cross Blood Drive in Cashmere Community Church Gym
Our Financial Picture
Over the years I have reported our monthly income and expenses compared to the prior year along with year to date figures. But figures don’t tell the whole story of our church. Yes we took $32,500 from the Doane Memorial Fund to cover our expenses for 2024 but the fund also generated $17,850 of income during 2024. We have had major plumbing problems over the past three years and repaved the parking lot. Thankfully we had the memorial fund to cover some of these expenses.
What have we done as a church over the last two years. Our community meal every Thursday continues to serve 100 or more people a delicious dinner and a chance for companionship. Twice a month our essential pantry helps 50 or more families with much needed items not covered by the food bank. Need stretching and exercise-we have the weekly Sails classes. Our beautiful building has been used for concerts, conferences, study groups, family reunions, and more! It wasn’t long ago that we had no children during our worship service on Sunday, but now we average 6 to 8 children each week. When the children first came to the services, they stayed at the back of the church or the fellowship room but now they are participants in worship-they are acolytes, ushers, collect the offering, put on skits, and sit next to an adult during intergenerational time. Our church is very important to the Cashmere community!
-Tony Wright
| February 2025 | ||||||
| S | M | T | W | T | F | S |
| 1 | ||||||
| 211 am Worship & Communion | 3 | 410 am S.A.I.L.S12 pm Red Cross/gym5 pm Compassion Circle | 510 am Bible Study | 610 am S.A.I.L.S 5 pm Community Meal | 7 | 8 |
| 911 am WorshipStudy Sunday | 10 4 pm Board Mtg. | 1110 am S.A.I.L.S 5 pm Compassion Circle | 1210 am Bible Study2 pm Essentials Pantry3 pm Food Bank | 1310 am S.A.I.L.S 5 pm Community Meal | 14 | 58 |
| 1611 am WorshipIntergener-ationalSunday | 17 | 1810 am S.A.I.L.S 5 pm Compassion Circle | 1910 am Bible Study | 2010 am S.A.I.L.S 5 pm Community Meal | 21 | 22 |
| 2311 am WorshipStone SoupSunday | 24 | 2510 am S.A.I.L.S 5 pm Compassion Circle | 2610 am Bible Study2 pm Essentials Pantry3 pm Food Bank7 pm Taize Service | 2810 am S.A.I.L.S 5 pm Community Meal | ||
February Birthdays
1 Alyssa Liddell
3 Chase Evans
4 Ric Evans
5 Kim Schooley
10 Ed Gerber, Gage Yonaka
11 Karen Bates
15 Aengus Gillikin
19 Patrick Tesh
20 Kurt Ryan, Katie Whitehorn
22 Ruach Campbell Age 1
25 Alex Campbell
28 Conner Bray
Cashmere Community Church
213 S. Division Street
Cashmere WA 98815
509-782-38ll
cashmerecommunitychurch@gmail.com
www.cashmerecommunitychurch.org
Pastor Lilia Felicitas-Malana Address Correction Requested
photo by Chase Evans
February 2025
Cashmere Community Church
January 2025
Come Worship with Us
First Sunday
11 am Worship
Second Sunday
Third Sunday
Intergenerational Worship
Fourth Sunday
Stone Soup
Photos from December
2nd Sunday 3rd Sunday – Burt Cosgrove (unicorn)
-photos by June Darling & Karen Bray
Pastor’s Message
New Year’s Eve
Friends and members of Cashmere Community Church,
Greetings of love and peace in the name of Jesus, our Savior and Lord.
In less than 12 hours, the first day of the new year will dawn upon us. I don’t know what the year 2025 will bring us but I am certain that the God who walked with me in the last six decades of living will continue to guide my steps in the next three hundred sixty-five days!
A Prayer for the Year ahead:
‘May God make your Year a happy one!
Not by shielding us from all sorrows and pain,
But by strengthening us to bear it, as it comes;
Not by making our path easy,
But by making us sturdy to travel any path;
Not by taking hardships from us,
But by taking fear from our heart;
Not by granting us unbroken sunshine,
But by keeping our face bright, even in the shadows;
Not by making our life always pleasant,
But by showing us when people and their causes need us most,
and by making us anxious to be there to help.’
-Author Unknown-
God’s love, peace, hope, and joy to us all for the year ahead!!!
With you all in this journey,
Pastor Lilia
We Are the Church
Prayers for Ric Evans, Carolyn Kenoyer
Marge Farrens has moved from her Cashmere apartment to East Wenatchee. Her new address is: Marjorie Farrens
589 Highline Drive, Apt. 7
E Wenatchee WA 98802
Carolyn Kenoyer fell breaking a hip. She had hip replacement surgery and is now in rehab.
Jeanne Cosgrove was hurt in an
accident in their driveway. She is recuperating at home and Burt praises the efforts of responders who were there immediately.
Merry Christmas card to the Church
Tim, Oscar, Alex & Andie May Ortega
Community Meals
December 12 – Ed and Judi Gerber were the chefs for ham, potatoes, bean salad, corn bread, and many desserts brought in by many folks.
photo by June Darling
Meals for January
January 2 – Catholic Church with Chef Ben: two choices of soup – Beechers’s potato leek and sausage, or Carrot Ginger with dill Crema. Warm Focaccia bread with garlic herb oil and Caesar salad with dessert.
January 9 – Cashmere Community Church: Pork Spareribs BBQ, Mashed Potato, Green Salad, Dessert and drinks
January 16 – Cashmere Community Church: Chicken Pozole Soup (toppings: chopped onions, cabbage, radish, cilantro, and avocado), Tostadas, Dessert and drinks
January 23 – Seventh day Adventist church- Hay stacks, with Spanish rice, cookies and brownies.
January 29 – Wacoka Kiwanis: Chicken tostados, refried beans, fruit, desserts, and drinks
January Class
Resuming in January: Wednesday Morning Bible Study using the Upper Room Study guide.
And when Lent comes, we will switch to a Lenten Study material, yet to be named. -Pastor Lilia
Compassion Corner
It is a mistake to think that there are times when you can safely address a person without love. You can work with objects without love – cutting wood, baking bricks, making iron—but you cannot work with people without love. In the same way as you cannot work with bees without being cautious, you cannot work with people without being mindful of their humanity. It is the quality of people as it is of bees: if you are not very cautious with them, then you harm both yourself and them. It cannot be otherwise, because mutual love is the major law of our existence.
-Gotthold Ephraim Lessing, German philosopher
“For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.” -Jeremiah 29:11
So as 2025 begins I pray we will come together as a nation and as human beings because I believe that we are 99% good people and we can make a difference by believing in each other; by offering to BE with each other when needed; by lifting each other up to their highest aspirations. I offer you unconditional love and belief.
-Karen Bray
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Martins Receipts
Just wanted to update everyone that I finally turned in my first batch of Martin’s receipts and I have a ton more to add up. I will be doing it regularly now that I have a system, so people can please continue to collect them!
– Chelsea Evans
Editor: The church just received a check from Martin’s for $141.22.
Youth
The youth (and others who want to join them) will be starting in January a “filling bucket” campaign. Everyone has an invisible bucket – some might call it their heart or their spirit or their soul. We are at our best when our bucket is full of joy, peace, love, and hope…and all their cousins like gentleness and mercy and kindness and caring and faithfulness for example. We can fill others’ buckets and fill our own buckets by doing things which promote others good thoughts and feelings and actions (this is part of the compassion practice). We can smile, we can help out, we can watch out that we don’t intentionally or accidentally dip into others buckets. We can sit with others who are hurting and let them know we care. We pay attention and watch ourselves – what we say and how we act to others not to do any harm or hurt. We also work not to dip into our own buckets by saying mean things to ourselves that hurt us. Maybe we also will learn more about look around at nature and allowing God to replenish us. We are going to be figuring out how to use our invisible lids to protect our buckets when others hurt us. We believe this is important spiritual work. We hope it will help us and everyone around us. We know we will have some successes and some failures and we will learn things about bucket filling and dipping and using our lids. We will be keeping a journal of our actions and we’ll be sharing them in church because our church is a big lab for learning how to love.
There is also some talk of a talent show – open to anyone. We will start planning in January and perhaps be ready by the end of the month. Stay tuned on that and start practicing your talents. That’s part of what we can do to fill our own and other’s buckets too.
Youth at Steamed Panda 
Stewardship
Stories and ideas about Christmas Stewardship
The wise men: the wise men’s journey from the east to deliver their gifts to Jesus was long and difficult but their commitment to give outweighed the cost to themselves. This is a reminder that good stewardship often involves sacrifice.
Mary: Mary’s response to the angel’s request to give God a child is a model for good stewardship. She said, “Behold, I am the Lord’s servant. Let it be done to me according to your word.”
The widow’s gift: In Luke 21: 1-4 Jesus praises a widow for her sacrificial spirit, not the size of her gift. She gave two small coins putting in all she had to live on.
You can support your church’s ministries by helping the vulnerable, aiding the needy, forgiving others, spending time with family, sharing the Gospel, hosting, or giving God a special gift.
“Let us not torment each other because we are not all alike, but believe that God knew best what He was doing in making us so different. So will the best harmony come out of seeming discords, the best affection out of differences, the best life out of struggle, and the best work will be done when each does his own work, and lets every one else do and be what God made him for.”
Our Financial Picture
Our giving for the month of December 2024 was $6,493 and our total giving for the year was $66,961
Our giving for the month of December 2023 was $6,520 and our total giving for the year was $71,787
December was a good month for the church with a surplus of $1,080 but for the year we had a deficit of $27,330–part of that deficit was from the plumbing repairs ($8,233). We will start the new year with a checking account balance of $13,454. It was a great year for our two main ministries–the community meal and the essentials pantry. The meal brought in $7,637 and we bought $3,770 of products for the pantry. We look forward to the coming year because of you! It’s hard to measure all the good we do for the community–the pantry, community meal, building use, sails class, concerts. and exercise like pickle ball. Thank you everyone for your help during 2024. We look forward to 2025
S.A.I.L. Class
-photo by Pastor Lilia
Tuesdays & Thursdays
10 am
| January 2025 | ||||||
| S | M | T | W | T | F | S |
New Years Day | 2 | 3 | 4 | |||
| 511 am Worship & Communion | 6 | 710 am S.A.I.L.S 5 pm Compassion Circle | 810 am Bible Study | 910 am S.A.I.L.S 5 pm Community Meal | 10 | 11 |
| 1211 am WorshipStudy Sunday | 13 4 pm Board Mtg. | 1410 am S.A.I.L.S 5 pm Compassion Circle | 1510 am Bible Study | 1610 am S.A.I.L.S 5 pm Community Meal | 17 | 18 |
| 1911 am WorshipIntergenera-tionalSunday | 20 | 2110 am S.A.I.L.S 5 pm Compassion Circle | 2210 am Bible Study | 2310 am S.A.I.L.S 5 pm Community Meal | 24 | 25 |
| 2611 am WorshipStone SoupSunday | 27 | 2810 am S.A.I.L.S 5 pm Compassion Circle | 2910 am Bible Study | 3010 am S.A.I.L.S 5 pm Community Meal | 31 | |
January Birthdays
1 Sandra Barnett
2 Dave Riddle
6 Neva Schell
16 Wes Worthen
21 Keith Archibald
22 Aspen James Ryan age 7
26 Andie May Ortega age 2
27 Tyler Liddell
Jordan Lucky
Cashmere Community Church
213 S. Division Street
Cashmere WA 98815
509-782-38ll
cashmerecommunitychurch@gmail.com
www.cashmerecommunitychurch.org
Pastor Lilia Felicitas-Malana Address Correction Requested
January 2025
When the song of the angels is stilled,
When the star in the sky is gone,
When the Kings and Princes are home,
When the shepherds are back with their flock,
The work of Christmas begins:
To find the Lost,
To heal the Broken,
To feed the Hungry,
To release the Prisoner,
To rebuild the Nations,
To bring Peace among people.
To make Music in the heart.
-Howard Thurman
2024
Cashmere Community Church Newsletter
Reach us at: www.cashmerecommunitychurch.org cashmerecommunitychurch@gmail.com
and/or 509-782-3811
Opportunities This Month
“Christmas is a call to begin once more
the journey to human joy and holy meaning.”
-Joan Chittister
First Sunday 0f Advent – 11 am Worship & Communion
1st Tuesday – 12 pm Red Cross Blood Draw
2nd Sunday of Advent – 11 am Worship
3rd Sunday of Advent – 11 am Worship
4th Sunday of Advent – Stone Soup Sunday – 11 am Worship 
4th Tuesday – 7 pm
4th Wednesday – Christmas Day!
Pastor’s Message
Greetings friends and members of Cashmere Community Church;
Hope. Peace. Joy. Love. These are the themes of the four Sundays
before Christmas. The season of Advent is the shortest season in
our Christian Calendar – 4 Sundays before December 25th. The
season of Advent is a time for the whole Christendom to
prayerfully prepare for the coming of Christ. The word advent is
derived from Latin word Adventus, meaning ‘arrival.’
Hope is such an important commodity in one’s spiritual. There has
to be Hope for Peace to be had, to feel Joy, and to be able to have
Love born in our hearts, in our lives. When failure and trouble visit
us, it is hope that takes our hand and lift us up. When pain and
brokenness parks into our alleys it is the Joy of the LORD that
gives us comfort and strength. When anger or hatred is thrown at
us it’s Love that warms our hearts so the cold anger and hatred
melts away. These four feeds each other.
While it is during the season of Advent that we are invited to
meditate on messages that brings hope, peace, joy, and love the
truth is we need them each and every single day of our lives. I
cannot think of a day that I don’t have a need for even only one of
these.
So, in this season of Advent and throughout Christmas time I invite
you dear friends to engage yourself – whether through reading,
meditating, knitting, quilting, listening to music, watching movie,
gathering with friends, attending church services, helping others –
any thing that feeds your soul, any activity that brings joy and
peace to your heart, let it be.
I wish each of you the best of this Christmas Season.
Happy Christmas everyone!
Love,
Greetings friends and neighbors of Cashmere Community Church;
Hope, Peace, Joy, Love. These are the themes of the four Sundays before Christmas. The season of Advent is the shortest season in our Christian Calendar – 4 Sundays before December 25th. The season of Advent is a time for the whole Christendom to prayerfully prepare for the coming of Christ. The word advent is derived from the Latin word Adventus , meaning “arrival”.
Hope is such an important commodity to one’s spiritual being. There has to be Hope for Peace to be had, to feel joy and to be able to have Love born in our hearts, in our lives. When failure and trouble visit us, it is hope that takes our hand and lifts us up. When pain and brokenness parks into our alleys, it is the joy of the Lord that gives us comfort and strength. When anger or hatred is thrown at us, it is Love that warms our hearts so the cold anger and hatred melts away. These four feed each other.
While it is during the season of Advent that we are invited to meditate on messages that bring hope, peace, joy, love, the truth is that we need them each and every day of our lives. I cannot think of a day that I don’t have a need for even one of these.
So, in this season of Advent and throughout Christmas time I invite you, dear friends, to engage yourself – whether through reading, meditating, knitting, quilting, listening to music, watching movies, gathering with friends, attending church services, helping others – any thing that feeds your soul, any activities that bring joy and peace to your heart, let it be.
I wish each of you the best of this Christmas Season.
Happy Christmas everyone!
Pastor Lilia
Prayers, Concerns & Joys
- Healing prayers for Erin, Laura Bailey’s niece, Lucy Kenoyer, Julie Ryan, Carolyn Meade, Nate Robinson, Ric Evans, John & Deb Olmstead, Angie Pipkin
- Prayers for Carol Judd’s son-in-law, Derek.
- Noralee Flaget’s family needs our prayers. Her young grandson Keegan has been very ill and his father, Nathan, was robbed while on a business trip. And thanks to Noralee for sending Judy Davies a book of stamps for sending cards & newsletters to our church family.
” The truth can be like a powerful storm; it can hurt and harm but beauty is often found in the recovery. May we be faithful enough to face hard truths knowing that understand-ing is a path toward a better future.” grace&peace
Patrick Scriven
Director of Communications
Pacific Northwest Conference
Community Concert on November 16.
A rainy night, 75 people were in attendance.
Birthdays
2 Kenzie Bailey age 13
4 Dick Ryan
15 Kylar Bailey age 7
20 Piper Parker age 5
Piper Tesh Stanton
21 Whelan Gillikin
25 Jesus of Nazareth
26 Acme McConnell
30 Sharon Hoffman
Happy, Happy, Happy Birthday!
“I wonder if the snow loves the trees and fields, that it kisses them so gently.”
-Lewis Carroll
Photo-A-Day
Let’s dive into something reflective and meaningful together this Advent
season! This year, the Conference is inviting you to prepare by looking for the
visual reminders of God’s presence… daily.
Each day during the season of Advent, we’ll post a word for reflection on
both The United Methodist Church’s Facebook page as well as The UMC
Instagram account. Take a moment of reflection, then share a response to that
word through a picture posted on social media with #AdventPhoto–or tag us
directly on Facebook with @TheUnitedMethodistChurch.
The Bible readings for this Advent cycle (and the days they influenced in
our Photo-a-Day practice) are:
• December 1-7: Jeremiah 33:14-16
• December 8-14: Malachi 3:1-4
• December 15-21: Zephaniah 3:14-20
• December 22-25: Luke 2:1-20
Share a photo, a poem or a simple thought about each word of the day, no
explanation needed. Simply illustrate how you perceive the word.
DECEMBER
1 – PROMISE
2 – FULFILL
3 – TIME
4 – JUSTICE
5 – RIGHTEOUSNESS
6 – LIVE
7 – CALLED
8 – HOPE
9 – MESSENGER
10 – PREPARE
11 – SEEK
12 – DELIGHT
13 – ENDURE
14 – OFFERING
15 – HOME
16 – FEAR
17 – GROW
18 – GLADNESS
19 – VICTORY
20 – RENEW
21 – GATHER
22 – AWE
23 – AMAZED
24 – TREASURED
CHRISTMAS DAY
25 – WORSHIP
USE (HASH TAG): #ADVENTPHOTO
IF YOU ARE POSTING ON YOUR FACEBOOK OR INSTAGRAM PAGE
Community Meals
November Teams
Nov. 7 – Our Lady of the Assumption & Chef Ben Nov. 14 -Ed & Judi Gerber & helpers
Nov. 21 – Seventh Day Adventist Team Mark & his shirt
| December Meals | |
| December 5Dryden Improvement Club – Chili with cornbread, salad and dessert | December 12Judi & Ed Gerber – Baked Ham, a gratin potatoes, bean salad, cornbread, Pumpkin pie & assorted desserts |
| December 19Midvalley Baptist Church – Spaghetti & meatballs, garlic bread & desserts | December 26No Dinner – Merry Christmas! |
Compassion Circle
Dr. June Darling
Karen Armstrong’s The Twelve Steps to a Compassionate Life provides a structured guide to cultivating compassion based on the Golden Rule, present in many religious and ethical traditions. Here are the steps slightly paraphrased for length and readability:
- Learn About Compassion
Understand what compassion is and why it matters. Explore its significance in different spiritual traditions and philosophies. - Look at Your Own World
Examine your thoughts, actions, and the environment you inhabit to identify where compassion is lacking. - Have compassion for Yourself
Recognize the importance of self-compassion as a foundation for extending kindness to others. - Practice Empathy
Practice putting yourself in others’ shoes to understand their feelings and perspectives. - Practice Mindfulness
Cultivate awareness of your thoughts, emotions, and behaviors to avoid reactive or harmful responses. - Take Action
Implement small, deliberate acts of kindness in your daily life. - Acknowledge How Little We Know
Acknowledge the limits of your knowledge about others and resist making judgments. - Avoid Words that Divide
Use language that promotes understanding, connection, and harmony, avoiding words that harm or divide. - Develop Concern for Everybody
Expand your circle of compassion to include all people, regardless of differences. - Attain Knowledge
Educate yourself about the lives, struggles, and cultures of others to develop a deeper sense of empathy. - Recognition
Appreciate the shared humanity of all individuals and recognize the divine or sacred in each person. - Love Your Enemies
Extend compassion even to those who oppose or hurt you, breaking cycles of resentment and hatred.
Our Church Website
This is a place where people can learn more about us especially through the newsletter. www.cashmerecommunitychurch.org
Compassion Circle continued
Ernest Hemingway once said: In our darkest moments, we don’t need solutions or advice. What we yearn for is simply human connection—a quiet presence, a gentle touch. These small gestures are the anchors that hold us steady when life feels like too much.
Please don’t try to fix me. Don’t take on my pain or push away my shadows. Just sit beside me as I work through my own inner storms. Be the steady hand I can reach for as I find my way.
My pain is mine to carry, my battles mine to face. But your presence reminds me I’m not alone in this vast, sometimes frightening world. It’s a quiet reminder that I am worthy of love, even when I feel broken.
So, in those dark hours when I lose my way, will you just be here? Not as a rescuer, but as a companion. Hold my hand until the dawn arrives, helping me remember my strength.
Your silent support is the most precious gift you can give. It’s a love that helps me remember who I am, even when I forget.
“View the present through the promise, Christ will come again.
Trust beside the deepening darkness, Christ will come again.
Lift the world above it’s grieving through your watching and believing
in the hope past hope’s conceiving: Christ will come again.
Come Lord Jesus Come, Come Lord Jesus Come, Come Lord Jesus Come And Live in Me
Probe the present with the promise, Christ will come again.
Let your daily actions witness. Christ will come again.
Let your living and your giving and your justice and forgiving
be a sign to all the living: Christ will come again.
Match the present to the promise, Christ will come again.
Make this hope your guiding premise, Christ will come again.
Pattern all your calculating and the world you are creating
to the advent you are waiting: Christ will come again.”
Lyrics by Thomas Troeger. Various tunes like “Sleep My Child and Peace Attend Thee All Through the Night.”
It can be found on YouTube Videos.
Stewardship & Finance
Love is not just a feeling, it’s an action. This is especially true when it comes to God’s love. God’s love is not just something we talk about or feel in our hearts, it’s something we are called to put into action. God’s love is transformative. It has the power to change lives, heal brokenness, and bring about justice and peace. But love is not just a passive feeling or emotion, it’s an active force that motivates us to act. When we experience God’s love, we are compelled to take action to make a difference in the world and to help those who are hurting. So what does it look like to take bold action to change the world? Here are a few ideas: fight for justice, serve the poor, care for creation, and love your neighbor.
From Finance for the month of November 2024
Church offering for November 2024 was $5,960 and year to date offering was $60,468
Church offering for November 2023 was $4,137 and year to date offering was $65,267
We had a surplus of $1,352 for November but still a deficit of $28,410 for the year. Our mission program (essential pantry) helps more than 50 families twice a month with items such as paper towels, dish soap, laundry detergent, shampoo, toilet paper, etc. We have spent $4,000 providing these items to Cashmere families. We are current with all of our bills and have $12,374 in the bank. Our church building is a great asset to the community and is used constantly throughout the year. We have 6 or more children attending church regularly and participating in the service. We may be small but the impact on our community is huge! -Tony Wright, Treasurer
We are getting more & more people!
Doctors & physical therapists are referring folks as well they should. The program is evidence based & led by a highly trained physical therapist, Gina Quinn.
| December 2024 | ||||||
| S | M | T | W | T | F | S |
| 11st Sunday of Advent11 am Worship & Communion Coffee Hour | 2 | 312 pm Red Cross Blood Drive, Gym | 4 | 510 am SAILS 5 pm CommunityMeal | 6 | 7 |
| 82nd Sunday of Advent11 am Worship Coffee Hour | 9 4 pm Board of Vision & Ministry | 1010 am SAILS 5 pm Compassion Circle | 112 – 3 pm Essentials Pantry3 pm River St. Food Bank | 1210 am SAILS 5 pm CommunityMeal | 13 | 14 |
| 153rd Sunday of Advent11 am Worship Coffee Hour | 16 | 1710 am SAILS 5 pm Compassion Circle | 18 | 1910 am SAILS 5 pm CommunityMeal | 20 | 2111 am – 1 pm River St. Food Bank |
| 2211 am Inter-GenerationalWorship/Skit Coffee Hour | 23 | 2410 am SAILS 7 pm Christmas Eve Service | 25Christmas Day | 2610 am SAILS No CommunityMeal | 27 | 28 |
| 2911 am Stone Soup Worship Coffee Hour | 30 | 3110 am SAILS | New Year’s DayJanuary 1, 2025 | January 2 Newsletter Deadline | ||
Cashmere Community Church
213 South Division Street
Cashmere WA 98815
Pastor Lilia Felicitas-Malana
11 am Worship for All Address Correction Requested
December 2024
Cashmere – photo taken in 2019
2024
Cashmere Community Church Newsletter
Reach us at: www.cashmerecommunitychurch.org cashmerecommunitychurch@gmail.com
and/or 509-782-3811
Opportunities This Month
“November teaches us to accept and let go,
so we see the promises of every new moment.”
-Joan Chittister
First Sunday –
11 am Worship & Communion
2nd Sunday – 11 am Worship
2nd Tuesday – 
3rd Sunday – 11 am Worship
All are welcome to Intergenerational Church.
Skit by the youth.
4th Sunday – Stone Soup Sunday –
Christ the King/Thanksgiving Sunday
11 am Worship
4th Thursday –
S.A.I.L. Class Is staying popular. Doctors are beginning to refer folks. Gina Quinn, physical therapist, continues to work on becoming a master trainer who will work with groups all ovee the state. We are very fortunate to have her heading up our classes on Tuesday and Thursday!
Pastor’s Message
Hello friends and members of Cashmere Community Church;
“Be cheerful no matter what; pray all the time; thank God no matter what happens. This is the way God wants you who belong to Christ Jesus to live.” -The Message Bible Translation
As God’s children we are enjoined to be joyful and happy whether our day is coming out the way we planned or not. We need to keep praying even when we have yet to receive the answer to our prayers. As God’s children we are encouraged to be a people filled with gratitude not only when the stars are bright and are aligning but also when we don’t see them because the sky is so dark.
Surely, it seems that there are more problems and challenges than blessings to count these days -natural disasters, wars, division brought up by the up-coming national election, health issues, and, churches facing closure due to financial un-sustainability. Sometimes I get lost easily into the sea of worries and concern and totally forget or discount the many other blessings that God brings forth every day. So this time let me take some space in this message to lift up our Team Partners, even as I encourage us all to give God thanks for their selfless support to our Community Dinner for without their participation Cashmere Community Church won’t be able to offer the weekly Thursday Dinner:
~Our Lady of the Assumption Catholic
Church
~The Seventh Day Adventist Church
-The Mid-Valley Baptist Church
~Cashmere Post Acute Care
~Dryden Improvement Club
~The Wacoka Kiwanis Club of Cashmere
~Gina & Seth of Stone Gastropub
~Cashmere Rotary Club
~Angie Pipkin and Friends
~Candi Int-Hout & Friends
~Debbie & Joel of Sure to Rise Bakery
~Ed & Judi Gerber
These are our team partners. They are the reason why our church family is able to do ministry with and for our community. And, of course, our appreciation goes to Cathryn Finlayson of the Seventh Day Adventist Church for offering herself to do the hard work of Dinner Coordinator. A Million thanks!
Also, a shout of gratitude for JoAnne Prusa for her unwavering support for our NonFood Essential Pantry that we offer every 2nd and 4th Wednesday of the month. I’d like to encourage us all to let them know we so appreciate their hard work, commitment, and dedication. Write notes or cards. Send text messages.
Lastly, my unending praise to God and deep appreciation and gratitude to our “small but mighty” group here at CCC, our Church Family. We want to be and be known as a church that welcomes all people.
HAVE A GREAT THANKSGIVING DAY EVERYONE!!!
With you all in this journey,
Pastor Lilia
Prayers, Concerns & Joys
- Healing prayers for Erin, Laura Bailey’s neice, Lucy Kenoyer, Julie Ryan, Carolyn Meade, Nate Robinson, Ric Evans, John & Deb Olmstead, Angie Pipkin
- Dixie Vickery, long time member of the Monitor UMC, died on October 5th.
- Prayers for the people affected by Hurricanes Helene and Milton
- Prayers for the North Eastern Philippines people.
Hurricane Helene & Milton – give through United Methodist Committee on Relief (UMCOR). 100% will go to help the people, etc. You may make a check out to Cashmere Community Church and Tony will send it to PNW.
Old News – Wenatchee World, 40 Years Ago
:Cashmere artist Ric Evans received the Best of Show cash award at the ‘First Nighter’ reception at Wenatchee’s Northwest Juried Art Show, art of the Apple Valley Arts Festival. Evans’ winning serigraph was called ‘Plant Basket’.
-Lydia Marie Child
Gratitude for all Grandparents.
Birthdays
2 Alicia Smith
3 Judi Gerber, Ryann Liddell
6 Julie Ryan
8 Trevor Green, Donna Wynne
7 Shu Darling
9 Carol Judd
14 Diane Parker
17 Halley Hazel Bailey age 8
18 Anna Ellen Darling age 12
Riley Yonaka
25 Lila Boushay
Happy, Happy, Happy Birthday!
“November always seems to me
the Norway of the year.”
-Emily Dickinson
Youth
by June Darling
Pioneer Days – June & John Darling helped at St Francis Xavier Mission. Handed out kindness cards. Bishop Hurt enjoyed a full day of activities.
-photo by Karen Bray
The youth with Karen in the midst of them. Cookie decorated by Eli Darling
October 20th worship service was designed, written, and implemented beautifully by our church youth with. Karen Bray courageously advised and did a bit of cat herding. She also prepared pumpkin soup and holiday rolls. They scared up a lot of fun with cookie decorating, skits, songs, charades (fruits of the spirit) and winging the Addams family, reminding us that God loves all, even the creepy and scary. -photos by June Darling
Worship attendance in October averaged 25 lovely people! Fantastic you all!
Community Meals
October 3 – Dryden Improvement Club October 17 – Mid Valley Baptist Team
Meals served are averaging 100 per Thursday night.
graphic by Karen Bray
Compassion Circle
Dr. June Darling
Dearly Beloved,
Grace and Peace to you.
Steward your pain
You are a steward of all you are and have,
your riches, your gifts, your abilities.
It matters what you do with them.
You are also a steward of your needs, your wounds.
You are a steward of your pain.
What will you do with it?
Many people are poor stewards of their pain:
they feel hurt or fear, and they don’t know what to do with it.
They turn it into anger, resentment, blame and violence.
They make others bear their pain.
Others have pain as well—even deeper pain,
the agony of abuse, or generations of oppression—
and they turn it into compassion.
They let it fuel their work for justice and healing.
Your pain is part of your story, part of who you are.
Steward your pain well.
Let Jesus help you carry it, and see where it goes.
Turn your suffering into love.
That’s what it means to take up your cross.
Deep Blessings,
Pastor Steve
_________________
Steve Garnaas-Holmes
Unfolding Light
www.unfoldinglight.net
Our Church Website
This is a place where people can learn more about us especially through the newsletter. www.cashmerecommunitychurch.org
Stewardship & Finance
How do we share God’s love with others
1) Practice Kindness: Be intentional about showing kindness to others, even in simple ways
2) Listen to others: Take the time to truly hear what someone is saying without judgment or interruption
3) Serve others: Serving others is a tangible way to show God’s love. Look for ways to serve in your community or church and be open to opportunities
4) Pray for others: Prayer is a powerful way to show love and care for others. Take the time to pray for the needs of others and ask God to bless them
5) Share your resources: Whether it’s your time, money, or possessions, sharing what you have with others is a way to show love and generosity
6) Be patient and forgiving: We all make mistakes and fall short. When someone wrongs you, choose to extend forgiveness and patience-a way to show God’s love
7) Speak words of encouragement: Words have the power to build up or tear down. Choose to speak words of affirmation to those around you
8) Show hospitality: Inviting someone into your home or offering them a meal is a way to show hospitality and make them feel valued and loved
From Finance for the month of October 2024
Our church giving for October 2024 was $5,511 and our year to date giving is $54,508
Our church giving for October 2023 was $8,138 and our year to date giving was $61,130
Our essential pantry helps at least 50 families twice each month. Items purchased in October totaled $492. Church members gave $565 in October to UMCOR for relief efforts following hurricanes Helene and Milton.
At the end of September 2024 we have $260,000 in the Doane memorial fund. We had a deficit of $2,116 in October and our total deficit for 2024 is $29,857. Finally we have almost $11,000 in our checking account so that we will not have to take any more money from the Doane fund this year. We can’t say it enough–thank you for your continued support! -Tony Wright, Treasurer
Karen Hendon & JoAnne Prusa Karen acts as translator for JoAnne. Gracias, senoras!
| November 2024 | ||||||
| S | M | T | W | T | F | S |
| 1 | 2 | |||||
| 3Daylight Saving Ends11 am Worship & Communion Coffee Hour | 4 | 510 am SAILS 5 pm Compassion Circle | 6 | 710 am SAILS 5 pm CommunityMeal | 8 | 9 |
| 1011 am Worship Coffee Hour | 11Veterans Day 4 pm Board of Vision & Ministry | 1210 am SAILS 5 pm Compassion Circle | 132 – 3 pm Essentials Pantry3 pm River St. Food Bank | 1410 am SAILS 5 pm CommunityMeal | 15 | 16 |
| 1711 am Inter-GenerationalWorship/Skit Coffee Hour | 18 | 1910 am SAILS 5 pm Compassion Circle | 20 | 2110 am SAILS 5 pm CommunityMeal | 22 | 23Food Bank |
| 2411 am Stone Soup Worship Coffee Hour | 25 | 2610 am SAILS 5 pm Compassion Circle | 27 2 – 3 pm Essentials Pantry | 28Thanksgiving NO CommunityMeal | 29 | 30Advent begins Dec. 1 |
Cashmere Community Church
213 South Division Street
Cashmere WA 98815
Pastor Lilia Felicitas-Malana
11 am Worship for All Address Correction Requested
November 2024
Cashmere – photo taken in 1909
Orchards platted out, trees along the river
2024
Cashmere Community Church Newsletter
Reach us at: www.cashmerecommunitychurch.org cashmerecommunitychurch@gmail.com
and/or 509-782-3811
Opportunities This Month
“Learning to celebrate joy is one of the great practices of the spiritual life.”
-Joan Chittister
First Sunday – 11 am Worship & Communion
1st Monday
2nd Sunday – 11 am Worship
2nd Wednesday –
11 am Service at our 9/11 Spirit of America Memorial at Riverside Park. All are welcome.
3rd Sunday – 11 am Worship
All are welcome to Intergenerational Church.
Skit: Fruits of the Spirit go to School
4th Sunday – Stone Soup Sunday –
11 am Worship with Dr. June Darling presenting Braver Angel: Bridging the Divide, How to Find Areas of Agreement in the Political Divide.
5th Sunday – Music, Music, Music!
Looking Ahead:
Pastor’s Message
Friends and members of Cashmere Community Church;
Good day to each of you!
Twenty-three years! It’s hard to believe that’s how many years had passed since after the bombing of the World Trade Center. A tragedy that had not only altered our lifestyle and way of being here in America but also around the globe. The tragic event brought to light the two sides of the coin: on one side, love and unity, and on the other side, hatred and vengeance. Love and unity was forged amongst us all Americans to show the world that when we stand together nothing will or can topple us down. That, we might fall yet we get back up stronger and mightier. But, also the ugly side of indifference toward the “others” – those that are perceived to be not of worth of any of the good and great opportunities this Great Country possesses and offers. Fear, anger, hatred, callous and outright cold treatment of all people that represents the race of the 9/11 perpetuator, and by extension to all non-white skin people. And, twenty-three years later, America continues to experience this same problem. Unity, even for our common good seems to be so far fetch and removed in the fabric of our society.
It used to be thought of that churches are the go-to institution to seek alliances and help to foster love and unity. But, I guess churches (we) have lost that accolade, ‘too. ( A big sigh).
Our little (but mighty) group here at Cashmere Community Church has taken a gigantic step to become and be known as a church that cares for all. Taking the Great Commandment from the Lord Jesus himself as our North Star, we take our daily living as a petri dish to practice love, compassion, kindness, and acceptance – not only among us here in the church, but to all people we encounter daily. We’ve also joined groups that made their goal to promote kindness and unity. We’re not there yet…but, I know we’re inching forward.
In the next couple of months, I/we will be joining hundreds of United Methodist Churches here in United States to focus our Sunday messages on the Golden Rule to prod each other to foster compassion and kindness to each other, and specially to those we normally see as different than and from us.
See you all at the church worship, Sundays @11:00 a.m. to 12:15 noon time. A meaningful, fun-filled coffee hour follows after. Come, and bring a friend as well.
God loves you and so do I!
Pastor Lilia
Prayers, Concerns & Joys
Curtis Adamson, 59, died on August 7. Prayers of comfort for his grandmother, Marjorie Farrens, and his family. A remembrance gathering was held on August 17 in East Wenatchee.
Rev. Stephen Schroeder died August 15. Steve was previously pastor at Methow Valley UMC and our District Superintendent. His service will be Saturday, September 14, 2024, at 1 p.m. at Yakima: Wesley United Methodist Church.
Gloria Reichmann,84, died at Harborview Hospital on August 18 after suffering a major stroke on the 15th. Viewing will be September 5th, 4 – 7 pm at Jones & Jones/Betts; Rosary to follow at 7 pm. A Funeral Mass will be held at 11 am Friday, September 6 at Holy Apostles Church in East Wenatchee followed by burial at the Cashmere Cemetery.
- Healing prayers for Julie Ryan, Carolyn Meade, Brian Landes, Nate Robinson, Ric Evans, John & Deb Olmstead, Angie Pipkin
- Julie Ryan underwent a pacemaker implant at Virginia Mason Hospital in Seattle on August 22. Then was called back on the 28th for more testing. Prayers for good health!
Birthdays
4 Finna Jo Gillikin
5 Dan McConnell
6 Nadine Pusel
11 Gabrielle Kennedy
13 Kim Kennedy
14 Bryce & Keegan McMahon age 8
17 Don Larson
19 Cheryl Maher
24 Bon F. Malana
Marjorie Farrens age 99
28 Sam Parker
29 Lilia Felicitas-Malana
30 Noralee Flaget
Happy, Happy, Happy Birthday!
“September tries its best
to have us forget summer.”
-Bernard Williams
Community Meals
Compassion Circle
A Letter from Clare East
Dear Friend,
I was sitting in our beautiful Cashmere Community Church this morning, listening to Dorene play that wonderful baby grand piano. The sun was shining through the stained-glass windows making them almost come to life and I was wondering where you were. I have missed you!
I am not sure if you remember what a peaceful and gorgeous facility we have here in Cashmere. If you have been to the Thursday evening dinners, you know how great our kitchen and eating space is and what a great place for large gatherings. Also, a perfect spot for weddings, seminars, memorials etc. We have rooms galore for small meetings and the fellowship room with the mini kitchen is just a perfect spot for a medium size group.
I wanted to tell you the best part of Cashmere Community Church and that is our pastor and the congregation. We are blessed to have our Pastor Lilia in the pulpit. She is such an inspiring speaker and her messages about our Savior always hits the mark. She is a beautiful and compassionate person that always is available to listen and give great perspective on all our daily problems whether they be big or small ones. I cannot find enough good words to describe what a difference she has made in my life and many other’s lives.
The congregation here is such a welcoming group of folks. They make everyone, that comes in the door, a friend. I love everyone of them and never want to miss a Sunday service and fellowship time after service.
I cannot forget to tell you about the delicious Thursday evening community dinners…. they are not only about eating but the fun of gathering with old and new neighbors. Each week I meet someone new and interesting. Plus, I do not have to cook on Thursday evenings.
We all got out of the habit of getting together for church and other activities during the Covid period, but I am glad to be out and about once again, and I am sure you do too.
I expect by now you have figured out that I feel happy to be part of Cashmere Community church and wish I could see you there beside me on Sunday mornings. You know the service starts at 11:00 a.m. so you do not have to get out of bed too early.
You have been missed…Come back soon and join me reading, listening and singing the praises of God and enjoy his love that abounds here.
Most sincerely,
Clare
Stewardship & Finance
When Jesus spoke the truth, it was often in the context of a story, parable, or symbol. Consider for example Jesus warning about treasures Matthew 6:19-21
Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal, but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys and where thieves do not break in and steal. For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.
This is a very earthly take on deep spiritual issues. The stewardship lesson is that Jesus is not promising that we can take treasure to heaven. But he is telling us that our use of money in this life will either work against us or for us!
From Finance for the month of July 2024
Our church offering for the month of August 2024 was $4,986 and year to date $42,523
Our church offering for the month of August 2023 was $4,778 and year to date $47,129
Our insurance bill for the year is paid in full and our apportionments are current. Our total offerings for the year plus the money from Monitor for Pastor sharing total $69,555. The community meal continues to provide both a great meal and companionship. The essential pantry serves around 50 families twice a month. Our church continues being an asset to the Cashmere community. It is wonderful to see so many children in church each Sunday. Thank you for your continued support! -Tony Wright, Treasurer
Martin’s Market Sales Receipts
Are you saving your receipts from Martin’s Market and bringing them to church? Put them in the basket in the Narthex and Chelsea Evans will pick them up, add them up and submit them to Martin’s. Thanks, Chelsea!
Message from Our Church Secretary
Dear Friends of CCC;
I have been getting emails back from addresses ending in “nwi.net” and it began happening recently. The emails have been blocked. This issue needs to be looked at by your internet service provider, since this has happened before from nwi.net customers.
Thank you for your help.
Sincerely,
Vicki Helms, your church secretary
| September 2024 | ||||||
| S | M | T | W | T | F | S |
| 111 am Worship & Communion Coffee Hour | 2Labor Day | 310 am SAILS 5 pm Compassion Circle | 4 | 510 am SAILS 5 pm CommunityMeal | 6 | 7 |
| 811 am Worship Coffee Hour | 94 pm Board of Vision & Ministry | 1010 am SAILS 5 pm Compassion Circle | 112 – 3 pm Essentials Pantry3 pm River St. Food Bank | 1210 am SAILS 5 pm CommunityMeal | 13 | 14 |
| 1511 am Inter-GenerationalWorship/SkitCoffee Hour | 16 | 1710 am SAILS 5 pm Compassion Circle | 18 | 1910 am SAILS 5 pm CommunityMeal | 20 | 21 |
| 2211 am Stone Soup Worship Braver AngelCoffee Hour | 23 | 2410 am SAILS 5 pm Compassion Circle | 252 – 3 pm Essentials Pantry3 pm River St. Food Bank | 2610 am SAILS 5 pm CommunityMeal | 27 | 28 |
| 2911 am 5th Sunday Worship Music, Music, Coffee Hour | 30 | October 1 NewsletterDeadline | ||||
Cashmere Community Church
213 South Division Street
Cashmere WA 98815
Pastor Lilia Felicitas-Malana
11 am Worship for All Address Correction Requested
September 2024
Mt Cashmere
“There are many paths to the top of the mountain,
but only one view.”
-Harry Millner
2024
Cashmere Community Church Newsletter
Reach us at: www.cashmerecommunitychurch.org cashmerecommunitychurch@gmail.com
and/or 509-782-3811
Things to Do This Month
“We are meant to be joyful because life itself is good.”
-Joan Chittister
First Sunday – VBS Kickoff with Steve & Crew leading our Combined Worship at 10:30 am at Cashmere Presbyterian Church. You are invited and encouraged to attend.
6 pm Ice Cream Social outside at the Presbyterian Church to meet and greet the M. V. Youth Team.
2nd Sunday – 11 am Worship
3rd Sunday – 11 am “The Fruit of the Spirit’s Not a Coconut” and VBS highlights.
All are welcome to Intergenerational Church.
4th Sunday – Stone Soup Sunday –
11 am Worship
Bridging the Political Divide: Loving Our “Enemies” – a video, discussion, and compassion practice.
Registration at 9 am on Monday for the young set. Hours 9:30 – 11:30 am the rest of the week at Cashmere Community Church. Youth meet in the evenings at Cashmere Presbyterian Church
Pastor’s Message
Summer greetings friends and members of Cashmere Community Church;
I trust and hope that you all are enjoying the events and opportunities the summer season brings. Few things that I would like to share with you in this month’s newsletter:
There will be NO COMMUNITY MEAL this coming Thursday, July 4, 2024. We’re calling it FAMILY DAY. May your celebrations be safe and filled with fun and joy. May the force be with you!!!
Come July 8th thru the 12th, the Maple Valley VBS Team will lead, teach, and guide our children through stories and songs about faith and living as God’s beloved children. July 8, Monday starts with registration at 9:00 a.m. then, Tuesday thru Friday, classes are 9:30 – 11:30 a.m. We accept children K-12. Twelth graders are also highly encourage to join post High School Youth for evening gathering at the Cashmere Presbyterian Church. Times to be announced.
A heartfelt gratitude to God and a deep appreciation of you all for allowing me to continue to serve the Lord through our church and our beloved community. Blessings!
Gratefully,
Pastor Lilia
On the first Sunday of August, the 4th, the Rev. Daniel Miranda, Seven Rivers District Superintendent will be the guest preacher and will lead communion as well.
Prayers, Concerns & Joys
- Healing prayers for Carolyn Meade, Gary Fredrick, Brian Landes, Nate Robinson, Ric Evans, Deb Olmstead, Angie Pipkin
- Carolyn Meade had emergency surgery on June 24. She had a low heart rate and had pacemaker installed on Monday. She was feeling “punky”.
- Curtis Adamson’s cancer is terminal. Prayers of comfort for him and his family.
Birthdays
3 Sam Darling
5 Eli John Darling age 8
7 Bexley Amerson age 6
8 John Helms
9 Laura Ficker
15 Tami Thomas
16 Karen Bray
17 Candi Jo Bray
25 Kasey Bray
Charlotte Ringering
26 Ginny Martin
29 Ruby McConnell
Happy, Happy, Happy Birthday!
“Summers are incomplete without July
and July can’t breathe without summers.”
John Darling & his Father’s Day tie
photos by Karen Bray
Church Personal Growth Award,
Joey Beckmann Pinnacles 2024, end of year ceremony
Youth
photos by June Darling
The Youth made and delivered Father’s Day ties to our men.
Eli Darling, Bishop Hurt – Bishop, Ed Meyer, Eli – Tony Wright Dick Ryan
VBS Sunday, July 7
The Presbyterian Church will host the VBS team at our Worship Service. That service begins at 10:30 AM. A member of Steve Bodwell’s team will preach. Folks from your church are encouraged to join us at CPC for worship.
We will have an “ice cream” social that same Sunday around 6:00 PM. Grace Lutheran will feed the team dinner at their church at 5:00 PM. Afterwards we will have a wide open gathering in our patio space for folks to meet and encourage the team. Our deacons together with members will bring ice cream or dessert items. WE ENCOURAGE ANY METHODISTS OR OTHERS TO BRING A CONTRIBUTION AS WELL (Maple Valley Team is around 40 this year). BUT. . .IT IS NOT REQUIRED FOR ATTENDING AND ENJOYING THE TIME.
In the Beloved,
Pastor Chuck Clarke
Registration begins at 9 am at the church at 213 S. Division. During the following week, July 8 – 12, the younger children will meet during the mornings at Cashmere Community Church and the older youth will meet in the evenings at Cashmere Presbyterian Church.
Cashmere Middle School Field Trip to Washington DC
photos by Karen Bray
White House Karen Bray United Meth. Church MLK Jr.
Karen and her granddaughter, Calene Bray, went on this great trip to our Capitol. You can find more of her photos of Washington D.C. on her Facebook page. Thanks for sharing, Karen!
Compassion Circle
– Dr. June Darling
new site: journeytothegoodlife.net
Greater Good is an organization whose main work is making life more meaningful and rewarding for all. Recently, they have become interested in offering help for bridging the political divide. Here are some snippets from one article. It includes a few questions that help us all become more self-aware and possibly make some changes in our lives toward connecting with others and enjoying life together, as in “loving our neighbor” if you’ve heard that somewhere before.
We humans have a deeply rooted tendency to organize ourselves into groups: You’re either one of Us or part of Them. But research suggests those categories are not fixed. We can expand our sense of Us and see Them in a new light.
Bridging those differences often requires a mix of intention, the right social conditions, and specific skills, but studies show that it is possible—and that doing so will enrich our lives and communities.
How open are you to connecting with different kinds of people? How skilled are you at expanding your social circle beyond people who seem most like you? How comfortable are you with disagreement with people whose views differ from your own?
And the good news is if you are looking for a place to practice your bridging skills, the weekly community meal is ideal! Also, a movie that John and I have watched a couple of times which inspires us and gives us hope is Best of Enemies (available on Amazon Prime). Let there be love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control and let it start with us…and it already has right here in Cashmere Washington, the compassion capitol of the world (just a little healthy grandiosity and humor and wishful thinking).
Stewardship & Finance
Billboards, Bumper Stickers, and Signs about Tithing
1) The Get Rich Quick Billboard
Net Income Tithing only gets you
Net Abundant Blessings
2) The Political Bumper Sticker
Jesus would have been a Republican
He only asked for 10 percent
The Democrats ask for everything
3) The Hostile Church Sign
You Give God the Credit
Now Give God the Cash
4) The Arrogant Church Sign
Title If You Love Jesus
Anyone can Honk
-Tony Wright
From Finance for the month of June 2024
Church giving for the month of June 2024 was $8,317 and year to date $34,465
Church giving for the month of June 2023 was $4,054 and year to date $34,624
For the month of June our giving and Pastor sharing from Monitor totaled $11,696 while our expenses for June totaled $10,710. We have helped the community through our essentials pantry through June in the amount of $1,821. We also took $15,000 from the Doane fund during June which should cover any deficits through the end of the year. The community dinner has been a huge success with many churches, clubs, and individuals preparing and serving the meals. Cashmere Community Church is an asset to the community and you make it possible!
-Tony Wright, Treasurer
Martin’s Market Sales Receipts
Are you saving your receipts from Martin’s Market and bringing them to church? Put them in the basket in the Narthex and Chelsea Evans will pick them up, add them up and submit them to Martin’s. Thanks, Chelsea!
| July 2024 | ||||||
| S | M | T | W | T | F | S |
| 1 | 210 am SAILS5 pm Compassion Circle | 310 am Bible Study | Fourth ofJuly | 5 | 6 | |
| 710:30 am Worship at Cashmere Presbyterian Church 6 pm Ice Cream Social at CPC | 89:30 am, VBS at CCC4 pm Board of Vision & Ministry7 pm Youth at CPC | 99:30 am, VBS at CCC 5 pm Compassion Circle 7 pm Youth at CPC | 109:30 am VBS at CCC2 – 3 pm Essentials Pantry3 pm River St. Food Bank7 pm Youth at CPC | 119:30 am VBS at CCC 5 pm CommunityMeal 7 pm Youth at CPC | 129:30 am VBS at CCC 7 pm Youth at CPC | 13 |
| 14 11 am WorshipCoffee Hour | 15 | 1610 am SAILS 5 pm Compassion Circle | 1710 am Bible Study | 1810 am SAILS 5 pm CommunityMeal | 19 | 20 |
| 2111 am Inter-GenerationalWorshipCoffee Hour | 22 | 2310 am SAILS 5 pm Compassion Circle | 2410 am Bible Study 2 – 3 pm Essentials Pantry3 pm River St. Food Bank | 2510 am SAILS 5 pm CommunityMeal | 26 | 27 |
| 2811 am Stone Soup WorshipCoffee Hour | 29 | 3010 am SAILS 5 pm Compassion CircleNewsletterDeadline | ||||
Cashmere Community Church
213 South Division Street
Cashmere WA 98815
Pastor Lilia Felicitas-Malana
11 am Worship for All Address Correction Requested
2024
Lake Wenatchee
“Keep close to Nature’s heart…and break clear away, once in awhile,
and climb a mountain or spend a week in the woods. Wash you spirit clean.”
-John Muir