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2025 District Conference T-Shirt Sale!
Order yours now! T-shirts with District Conference 2025’s theme “The Fruit of the Spirit is Peace” are available, even if you are not a delegate. You may order yours either by clicking on the link below or going directly to the PSWD website at www.PSWDcob.org and fill out a registration form with only the shirt listed.
You can also place an order with Janice Shaw-Morgan.
Shirts are $10.00 each.
Rev. Dr. Zandra Wagoner’s Next Chapter
For nearly 25 years, Zandra Wagoner has served at the University of La Verne as an administrator, faculty member, and for much of that time, as the interfaith University Chaplain. In that role, she fostered connections between the University and our congregation and the wider community, and has sought to honor the Brethren roots of the institution while also fostering interfaith engagement.
Zandra has recently taken a new position at Loyola Marymount University (LMU) and we want to acknowledge her departure from the University of La Verne.
She expressed the following to the University of La Verne community as she transitioned: “I feel immense gratitude for the opportunity to have worked at the University for nearly 25 years, where I’ve learned so much about higher education, access, creating community, and serving students with intention. Serving as chaplain has been a profoundly meaningful, rich, and bright, bright light in my professional life. I’m grateful to the University of La Verne for entrusting me with this role. Please know I am leaving La Verne appreciative, happy, inspired, and full of admiration for what La Verne contributes to this world. I’m also leaving with a good measure of sorrow (!), equal to the love and care I have for this community. I love the mission, purpose, and special quality of this place, our students, and the dedicated staff, faculty, and administrators who make La Verne so special, kind-hearted, and purposeful.”
She continues to serve as an ordained minister in the Church of the Brethren, and LMU is now her ministry site where she continues to use her chaplaincy experience but in a new context. Her new position at LMU is titled “Director, Faculty Coaching, Culture and Wellbeing.” She is providing one-on-one support to faculty, assisting departments, and supporting a positive, thriving academic culture.
May we hold Zandra in love and gratitude, as she begins this new chapter of life and ministry.
Congregational Care Team
Congregational Care Team members continue their visits and caring contacts. Team members are Carolyn Cockrell, Reba Herder, Nancy Sassaman, and Karen Weed. The care team is part of this congregation’s long-standing commitment to nonclergy visitation.
In addition to the congregational care team, every other Sunday mornings, “Faith Partners” are available to listen and pray with persons before, after and during the morning worship service. Current Faith Partners are: Reba Herder, Linda Himes, Lisa Stamatis, Mary Kay Ogden, Debra Jahnke, Beth Snowden-Ifft, Carolyn Cockrell.
Commission Updates
Friends of Sabeel North America Ceasefire Vigil
The Peace and Justice Commission invites the congregation to stand vigil for a FOSNA (Friends of Sabeel North America) ceasefire the first and third Wednesday of the month at 8:00 a.m. at the corner of Foothill Boulevard and Indian Hill Boulevard.
Signs are provided. For questions, contact Philip Hofer at hoferp4@gmail.com
Location: Foothill Boulevard and Indian Hill Boulevard
Ages: All
Day/Time: Wednesday, October 1st and 15th 2025 | 8:00 a.m.- 8:30 a.m.
Statement on the Violence in Israel & Palestine
In September our church board unanimously approved a Statement on the Violence in Israel & Palestine. This statement is the labor of much love and discernment – both within the Peace and Justice Commission and the Board. To read this statement, click on the link below.
Spiritual Life-Nametags
You are invited to help build our community by wearing a nametag during and after church. Find the supplies you need to make a re-usable nametag at the Welcome Table in the lobby. You can take it home with you, or leave it at the Welcome Table to pick up next time. If you forget to bring it, make a temporary sticker tag at the Welcome Table. What else can you find at the Welcome Table? A list of upcoming events. A place to hand in forms. A place to sign up to volunteer. Come check it out!
Save the Date
Kids Night
Children, birth through 5th grade, are invited to come to our Fall Kids Night on October 19th from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. for lots of fall fun, games, and crafts! Dinner will be provided. For more information or to RSVP please contact Jami Guillen at children@lavernecob.org.
Location: Various Locations
Ages: Birth – 5th grade
Day/Time: Sunday, October 19th 2025 | 5:00 p.m.- 7:00 p.m.
Stewardship & Finance- Pledge 2026
You are invited to respond to God’s blessing your life by making a financial pledge to continue the work of Jesus at this church. Be on the lookout! Pledge materials are on their way to your mailbox. Paper copies will also be available inside the bulletin on Sunday, October 12th.Pledges will be collected over the next several weeks in the offering plates and in the courtyard, by the Stewardship and Finance Commission.
For more information click below.
To pledge online, click below.
Be Our Guest
If you are looking for ways to get to know the people with whom you share a sanctuary on Sunday mornings, Be Our Guest is a fun way to do that. Sign up to be a host or to go to someone else’s home for dinner. The host doesn’t know who is coming. The guests don’t know who else will be there.
The host provides the main dish, and the guests each are assigned a dish (salad, dessert, or bread). Sign-up sheets are available at the Welcome Table. Deadline for signing up is October 5.
Click on the link below to print your sign-up form. Please place your form at the Welcome Table. Paper copies will be available on Sunday, September 14th as a bulletin insert.
Alternative Gift Faire
The Alternative Gift Faire is scheduled for November 2nd, 2025 from 10:45 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. This event raises funds to support helping agencies and charities. The Service Commission is seeking individuals who would like to sell their arts, crafts and trinkets to support this effort by donating 75% (or more) of proceeds to designated agencies and charities. Volunteers to assist with the faire are needed as well. Please contact Ceeroosh Andreas or Kathy Doramus if you are interested.
Mark your calendars for festivity and fun!
Location: Fellowship Hall
Ages: All
Day/Time: Sunday, November 2nd | 10:45 a.m. – 1:00 a.m.
Alternative Gift Faire: Baked Goods Needed
Calling All Bakers and Candy Makers! We need your help for the Alternative Gift Faire! We’re looking for donated baked goods and homemade candies to sell — and we always have people asking for favorites like caramels and buckeyes.
If you plan to contribute, please bring your items to the fellowship hall before church on Sunday, November 2nd.
To help us serve everyone safely:
- Clearly label items that are gluten-free or contain eggs, nuts, peanut butter, or chocolate.
- If you’d like your containers returned, please write your name on them.
Thank you for sharing your delicious gifts and helping make this event a sweet success!
Location: Fellowship Hall
Donated Goods: Before church on Sunday November 2nd. 8:00 a.m. – 9:30 a.m.
Taco-Bout a Lunch Prep for Alternative Gift Faire
All middle and high schoolers are invited to help prepare and serve a taco salad bar for the Alternative Gift Fair. All proceeds from this lunch will go toward the youth’s yearly tradition of adopting a family for Christmas.
Middle and high school students meet in the kitchen this Sunday, November 2nd at 8:30 a.m. to prepare a taco salad for the Alternative Gift Faire.
Location: Church Kitchen | Courtyard
Ages: All
Cost: This is offered on a donation basis. You’re welcome to contribute whatever feels right for you.
Day/Time: Sunday, November 2nd | Youth Prep 8:30 a.m. | Taco Salad open at 10:45 a.m. – 1:00 a.m.
You’re Invited to the 2025 District Conference!
November 7–8, 2025
Hosted by La Verne Church of the Brethren! Join us for a meaningful weekend of worship, learning, and fellowship at the Pacific Southwest District Conference. We’re excited to welcome you in person, with online options available for those unable to attend physically.
This year’s conference features:
- A plenary session led by Matt Guynn from On Earth Peace
- Workshops including Music for Peacemaking, Spiritual Practices for Peacemaking, and Peace in Troubled Times
- A visit to the Peace and Carrots Garden
- The return of the beloved SERRV shop
Come be inspired, encouraged, and renewed as we gather in community and seek to be instruments of God’s peace.
We look forward to seeing you there!
To register, please click below.