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Church Council Update
The Church Council will be meeting this month on August 7
and August 21. The special meeting this week will be to finalize job description details for the interim pastor and look at structure and vision issues to be worked at during this transition time. A copy of past minutes are available online.
If you have a topic to suggest for a future meeting, or any questions or concerns, please direct those to the council member from your congregation. Council meetings are always open to our Butler family to attend as a guest.
Please pray for the council
as they meet for wisdom, discernment, and unity in decisions to be made.
Urgent Prayer Item
Thank you to all who have been praying for our church member, Anul, who was detained by ICE this week. A team of people both from Butler and the Community Justice Center are working diligently to provide needed support.
Please pray
for peace and protection; and also for insights and wisdom on how to best support her. August 8, this Friday at 12 noon Butler will host an Immigration Information & Prayer session, to learn more about current immigration policies and pray for those impacted locally. This will be facilitated by MCC’s West Coast director, Dina Gonzales Piña. Please join us if you are able to. All are welcome.
Community Event this Saturday
Butler has been invited to participate in the community event taking place at the Summer Park Apartments. Serve with us Saturday afternoon, August 9! This event is open to the public and will include a school supplies giveaway for kids; Butler will be hosting a nachos table!
This will be a great opportunity to build relationships with neighbors, and also extend an invitation to join us for worship and children’s ministries on Sunday! To sign up to volunteer, let the church office
know!
All Church Combined Service this Sunday
This Sunday, August 10, is our All Church Combined Service. We’ll be in back to school season, and hear some updates on children, youth and tutoring ministries and pray over students, teachers & school staff. Join us at 9:30 AM for a special Butler Cafe, and the worship service will follow at 10AM in the sanctuary.
Following the service there will also be an all-church business meeting for our church family to formally decide on the recommendation of Ron Herms interim pastor.
Following the service there will also be an all-church business meeting for our church family to formally decide on the recommendation of Ron Herms interim pastor.
Birthdays and Anniversaries
Congrats to all celebrating a birthday, milestone, or anniversary this month! If your special date is coming up and you want to make sure we have it noted, let us know here. Special THANKS to Frances Echavarria who keeps the Butler Café celebrations going.
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Interim Pastor Candidate: Ron Herms
Our interim pastor candidate, Ron Herms, has been spending time in each of our congregational worship services. A bio for Ron Herms is available on the Council Updates page
here. We will be having an all-church business meeting following the combined service on August 10 to take next steps as a church family.
Saturday Neighborhood Outreach
Together with our missionary Nzash Lumeya, a group from Butler has been continuing to reach out to neighbors giving out bottled water, and offering prayer, encouragement, and an invitation to a church family and closer relationship with Jesus. This effort is branching out to the houses near Butler to ask "How would you like Butler Church to serve this community, and how can we be praying for you and your neighbors?" Please join us in praying
over these new connections.
This will take place most Saturdays picking up again this weekend! If you'd like to participate, let Nzash know, and plan to meet in the Butler courtyard this Saturday, August 2 at 9:30AM!
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Spanish Translation Available!
Our Butler website is also available in Spanish! Click the upper left corner to switch between English and Spanish. (If you notice any translation errors, please let us know!)
¡Nuestro sitio web Butler ahora también está disponible en español! Haga clic en el ícono de arriba para cambiar entre inglés y español. (Si nota algún error de traducción, ¡avísenos!)
¡Nuestro sitio web Butler ahora también está disponible en español! Haga clic en el ícono de arriba para cambiar entre inglés y español. (Si nota algún error de traducción, ¡avísenos!)
Updated on: 7/31/2025
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