SAVE THE PLANET

SAVE THE PLANET MONTHLY TIPS

TOTE BAGS SPORT OUR LOGO

Re-usable tote bags with MVUMC logo are on sale on the patio for $4 each. Let's all do our part to care for God's creation!

Go Green Tip of the Month (September):

Use a re-usable bottle for your water, rather than purchasing bottled water. Most bottled water is simply tap water, which you can get for "free" from your faucet! Toxins from plastic bottles have been found in bottled water and only 30% of disposable plastic water bottles are recycled! Re-usable water bottles are better for your health and better for the planet.

Editor's note: If you choose to use plastic bottles, do not let them sit in the sun; the toxins will leak into the water. Do not drink the water that has been in a plastic bottle in the sun.

E-WASTE UPDATE

Thank you all for your donations of e-waste. Your response was wonderful!! When the e-waste is picked up and weighed our earnings will be announced.

Thanks also to the e-waste workers: Joan Mortenson, Carole Arvidson, Jean Paisner, Mary Renner, Frank Stewart, and John Breihan. Thank you, all who gave flyers to their friends and neighbors and to Judy Merars who arranged for our banner.

Please continue to save your PLASTIC BOTTLES AND ALUMINUM CANS. When your bags are full, bring them to the church and pick up new pags. Questions? Call Barbara Stewart.

Tip of the Month — August 2008

Make the switch to re-usable (cloth) tote bags for all of your shopping needs. If you use a cloth bag, you can save 6 bags each week. That's 24 bags a month, 288 bags a year, and 22, 176 bags in an average life-time. If just 1 out of 5 people in our country did this we would save 1,330,560,000,000 bags over our life time!

Plastic bags are made from a non-renewable natural resource: petroleum. Consequently, the manufacturing of plastic bags contributes to the diminishing availability of our natural resources and the damage to the environment from the extraction of petroleum. At the same time, plastics are hazardous to produce; the pollution from plastic production is harmful to the environment. Finally, most plastic bags are made of polyethylene - more commonly known as polythene - they are hazardous to manufacture and are said to take up to 1,000 years to decompose on land and 450 years in water.

Printed from the website of the Orange County Interfaith Coalition for the Environment

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† Worship Service
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2:00 p.m.
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OUR STAFF

SENIOR MINISTER
Rev. Mark Wiley

ASSOCIATE MINISTER
Rev. Joseph Yoo

MUSIC MINISTRY
Eliza Rubenstein, Director

Grace (Youngmi) Kim, Organist, Children's Choir,
Chime Choir

Cara Gallegos, Adult
Handbell Choir

ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT
Shannon Randall

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OUR LOCATION

Mesa Verde
United Methodist Church
1701 W. Baker
Costa Mesa, CA 92626

Phone: (714) 979-8234
Fax: (714) 979-8959

Office Hours
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Mon. - Fri.

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OUR MISSION STATEMENT

We are called to risk being a caring and accepting family in Christ, whose living presence empowers us to share God's love and transform the lives of individuals and our community, and to be responsible stewards of the natural world.

OUR VISION

Every visitor a friend.
Every member in ministry.

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