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Making space for all God’s children • Serving our neighbors •
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Celebrating life in Christ together • Encouraging one another • Nurturing spirituality
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- Don't miss the most recent Catalina Newsletter now available on our website. Just click here.
- For the South District current news click here.
- For the Desert Southwest Conference Digest click here.
- For UMC NOW click here
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What's a "Preview Season" --and Why Does It Matter?
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When a church decides to start a new worship service or launch a new faith community, it can be tempting to pick a Sunday, choose a time, and hope people show up. But launching too quickly — without the people, planning, or community connections in place — the data reflects is one of the main reasons new worship services struggle or fail. That’s why healthy new worshipping communities always begin with a preview season.
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A preview season is a window of time — usually 3 - 6 months — when we gather people for different kinds of worship experiences, community events, and listening sessions to discover what resonates and what doesn’t. It’s one of the rare opportunities in the lifecycle of a church to experiment and learn before settling on something regularly. We might hold pop-up worship services maybe once a month or bi-weekly, test different styles (acoustic, contemporary, Taizé, dialogical, or worship around a meal, etc.), and try different days, times, and locations. Following each preview event, the aim is to listen deeply and gather feedback—particularly from the people we seek to reach—so whatever is launched is shaped by real community needs, not just our assumptions or nostalgia for the past.
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This past Monday, Catalina’s Outreach & Worship Team — nine dedicated leaders and I — met with Rev. Rachel Gilmore, the Desert Southwest Annual Conference’s Director of New and Vital Faith Communities. Rachel guided us through our Team's first meeting to help orient our thinking and begin planning the work needed to launch a second successful, sustainable worshipping community for Catalina UMC.
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Over the next 3–6 months, your Outreach & Worship Team will be working hard to brainstorm, test, and refine what this new, second worship community could look like. This team will present a plan at the next Church Council meeting (July 21), with hopes to roll out new preview gatherings in late summer, early fall. This is our prime opportunity to reach new people in new ways, share Christ’s love in ways that make sense for Tucson today, and build something sustainable that will bless our neighbors for years to come.
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Please pray for this team, for the people we haven’t met yet, and for the “new thing” God is already doing among us. We can’t wait to see what springs up!
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Pastor Kelli Knight (she/her)
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It's Back to School Time
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Blenman Elementary School, our neighborhood school, is again requesting school supplies. School starts August 4th this year! Kelly Mack, the school principal, has requested the following items: Kleenex, Clorox wipes, hand sanitizer, EXPO markers and composition and wide ruled notebooks.
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There will be collection bins in the church narthex and also in the church office. The church office is open Monday-Thursday 10:00 to 3:00. Thank you for helping our school neighbors!
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The Power of Us: TIHAN Presentation
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Our Reconciling Ministry announces this 90 minute session for TIHAN CarePartners, volunteers, donors, and faith community members. To attend, RSVP at [email protected].
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Monday, July 14, 5:30-7pm at Our Saviour's Lutheran Church on Campbell and Speedway.
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Fry's Shoppers Link Your Rewards
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If you are a Fry's shopper, you can link your rewards card to Catalina UMC and they will donate a percentage of your purchases back to us via their Community Rewards Program. Just stop by the Customer Service counter at your store and they will take care of it. From March 01 to May 31 thirteen CUMC shoppers used their linked Rewards cards and Fry's has credited us with $18.36. That's a ream of copy paper and 500 weekly announcement pages!
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Seekers Adult Sunday School Class @ 8:45am-9:45am in Room H-230
A desire to enrich your understanding and faith is the only requirement. Join us for a variety of video-based lessons led by volunteer class members. For lesson schedule: https://www.catalinamethodist.org/adults/.
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Koinonia Class for Adults: Sundays @ 9am in Room E-23
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The Koinonia Class is on break for summer until after Labor Day. We meet at 9:00 am in Room E23: For more info, contact Rev. Kirk Reed [email protected].
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Women’s Bible Study: Wednesdays @ 9:30am in Room H-230
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Come join us this summer for a Bible study with no homework! Summer in Tucson is a laid-back time, but we still appreciate being with one another. That’s why we will be using the No Homework, Group Hug by Christine Tate. We will be meeting in the beautifully renewed Welcome area in our sanctuary on Wednesdays from 9:30-10:30am beginning June 25th and ending July 16th. We’d love to see you there for a no-stress, cool get-together to learn more about each other and our faith journey. Contact Brenda Halferty for more information at [email protected] or 520-481-6993
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Men’s Bible Study: Wednesdays @ 6:45am in Room E-23
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We are taking a break for summer. We will resume again on the first Wednesday following Labor Day. We meet weekly on Wednesday mornings in Room E23 at 6:45 am. For those whose schedules allow, we plan on going to breakfast at 8:00 am following Bible Study.
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Together Tuesdays: Second Tuesday of the month @ 5:30pm in Fellowship Hall
We break for summer and will start again after Labor Day. An hour of fun in Fellowship Hall for families with children under 8 years old includes light meal, singing, crafts and a bible theme each month.
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Sing With The Sanctuary Choir: Do you sing in the shower? Come sing with us at rehearsals and on Sundays—it's a blast! Got questions? Reach out to [email protected]
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We will have cookie time after the church service, please bring the cookies to one of our new carts in the Welcome area of the sanctuary. For questions contact [email protected] or 520-909-4404
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Jul 13: A-G Jul 20: H-M Jul 27: N-R Aug 03: S-Z
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CUMC has an active prayer team, Prayer Partners, praying for our attendees, visitors, staff and members throughout the year. If you have a special prayer request, please send it directly to CUMC by clicking here.
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Please be in prayer for...
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...Ivan Burnett, Jr. and family for the passing of Joanne Burnett on July 9 in Prescott, AZ. Click Here for her obituary.
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...It is with sadness that we share that Paul Newhouse passed away peacefully on Friday, June 27. His husband, Ray Goodrow, was with him, offering love and care through it all. Ray wishes to express his deep gratitude for your prayers, support, meals, and love over these past six months. Memorial arrangements will be shared at a later date. Please continue to hold Ray in your prayers in the days ahead.
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...safe travels for all our summer vacationers!
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...New Hope/Nueva Esperanza UMC, Tucson; Grace UMC, Douglas; Sierra Vista UMC, Sierra Vista; Camping Program, South District.
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Need a Visitation?
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If you or someone you know would like a visitation from our newly ordained Deaconess Toni Smith, please contact her at [email protected]
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Join us and Click Here to view our live stream service each Sunday at 9:55 am. Or copy the link below and paste it in your web browser.
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There are many ways you can give to the ministries of Catalina UMC. You can give online at CatalinaMethodist.org, you can scan the QR code to the left on your cell phone, or you can text the dollar amount to 520-441-8592.
Your gifts are a blessing to our ministry in the community.
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We’d love to hear from you—join the conversation on Facebook and Instagram by searching for catalinamethodist. Don’t forget to like and comment on our posts! You can also find us on Nextdoor.
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