Vacation Bible School registration for the summer of 2009 is now open.

Forms should be filled out and turned into the church office at your earliest opportunity — our program fills up fast!!!

Every child must have a completed registration form and release form turned into the church office.  Scholarships are available; please let us know if there is a need.  The Youth Volunteer Application Form and Release Form must be filled out and returned to the church office.

You may download registration and release forms for your children below.

• Registration Form
• Release Form
• Youth Volunteer Application

Enrollment is limited,  so please register early to avoid being placed on the wait-list or missing out!!

This summer Northminster is planning a romp through the swamp with our Bayou themed Crocodile Dock, and you’re invited!  We hope you’ll join us for this year’s Vacation Bible School.

Each day children will take part in a fun, Bible learning experience that they can see, hear, touch, and even taste!   Bible point crafts, team-building games, lively Bible songs, video visits from Chadder Chipmunk, and Bible drama adventures are just a few of the fun activities that children will enjoy.

July 27th to July 31st 9 AM to noon

Pre-registration- starts on Sunday April 26th AFTER the worship service.

FIRST COME, FIRST SERVED…..AND IT FILLS UP FAST!!!!

• $40 for first child in family, $30 for each additional child
• Potty trained 3 year olds to 5th graders are welcome

Enrollment is limited to 140 children (34 total Preschool age), so please register early to avoid being placed on the wait-list or missing out.  Every child must have a completed registration form and release form turned into the church office.  Scholarships are available; please let us know if there is a need.

Older students (entering 6th grade and above) are invited to apply to be VBS volunteer helpers.  Limited volunteer spaces are available.  Not all applications will be approved. 

Registration and release forms will be posted to this site following pre-registration on the 26th.  Please print out the forms you need, fill out, and return to the church office.

If you would like to see what happened last year, go to our Photo Gallery.

We look forward to seeing you at Crocodile Dock!

Our Annual Mission Brunch will be held this Saturday, October 18th at 10:00 a.m. at Northminster Presbyterian Church in Congdon Hall.  All are welcome to join us.  Brunch will be prepared by JoAn Johnson followed by a presentation by Johana Smith and JoAn who will share their experiences of their recent trip to the Presbyterian Global Fellowship Conference.  Please RSVP through the church office at 858-490-3995 and we hope to see you then!

Additionally, the Presbyterian Women in the Presbytery will meet on Friday October 24th at the Iglesia Presbyterian Church at 9:30 a.m. at 2691 B. Street.  The program promises to be very interesting as it will feature the Ministry and Gifts of Deacons in a panel of Deacons from various churches.  We will also be collecting personal and cosmetic items for the Nilesisters to help them adjust to our American Culture.  Thank you for your participation!

As many of you know, small groups will begin the week of October 5 and run for eight weeks until the week of November 23 (the week of Thanksgiving).

Why join a small group?  Several reasons.

1. This will be a great way for you to get to know some other people in our church that maybe you didn’t know as well before.  And even if you do know some in your group well, you’ll have the opportunity to get to know them even better!
2. Since the groups will be discussing the sermon each week, your group will be a place where you can ask questions, offer ideas, and discuss how what we learned on Sunday can be applied to real life.
3. You’ll a have a support group—a group of people who will be praying for you every week.  And who couldn’t use more prayer?!

Click here for more information about Small Groups at Northminster.

Click here for a list of group times and locations.

I look forward to seeing what God will do as we take this opportunity to grow in our faith together!

Please join the Dolphin Mariners next Friday, September 19th in Congdon Hall for our monthly potluck and presentation!  Dr. Wesley Farmer has agreed to present a computer-generated program  on “Day trips at Torrey Pines State Park”. The Pot Luck dinner will start at 6:30pm and the presentation will begin shortly after 7pm. Dr. Farmer has written several books and devoted considerable time to write about and photograph several different areas of San Diego County. He also is an artist. Come join us and enjoy an evening of good food, conversation and a good talk by Dr. Farmer.

Dolphin Mariners meet the third Friday of each month, at 6:30pm in Congdon Hall, unless otherwise announced, for fellowship, fun, service, special projects and loving support.

What an amazing week this has been here at Northminster!  All year long I’d been hearing about how great Vacation Bible School is each summer.  And now I’ve finally experienced it for myself!  I’ve worked with VBS at several churches in the past and I can honestly say that this has been one of my best VBS experiences ever!

There are two things that made this VBS week so great for me—the kids and the volunteers.

It was so wonderful to have this campus overrun with little kids for a whole week!  I was thinking about why it’s so great to be surrounded by little kids, and I think it’s because kids remind us about what’s really important.  When they’re asked what they’re thankful for, they don’t say things like, “My new car” or “My big screen HDTV.”  Instead, kids will say things like, “Playing with my mom and dad,” “Hugging my grandma and grandpa,” and “Playing with my friends.”

What I’m finding is that kids haven’t been around long enough to let our world distort their priorities.  Yes, we taught the kids about Jesus this week—but they taught us a whole lot about what’s really important in life!

The volunteers also made it a terrific week for me!  It was so exciting to arrive on Monday morning and see so many people wearing their green Power Lab t-shirts!  I couldn’t believe how many people—of all ages—were there and were excited to love on these kids for the whole week!

So I want to say thank you to all of the volunteers who worked so hard this week.  Thank you, thank you, thank you!  God has done some amazing things through each one of you in the lives of these little ones.  Because of you, Jesus words came true this week:  “Let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of God belongs to such as these.”

Northminster now has a full suite of on-line web based church calendars. There are now three on-line calendars to be found in the Navigation links on the left side of any web page on this site.

The Church Calendar is the place to go for anything you want to know about what is going on in the life of the church. This calendar is in addition to the Young Life and WyldLife Calendars which have been on-line for some time now.

These calendars are the place to go for anything you would like to know about what’s happening, or when it’s happening, in the life of the church, now and in the future.

Please join us this Sunday morning, February 3rd, for the completion of our 4 week CD series on Basic Judaism for Believing Christians. This class will be meeting at 1 p.m. in the Fireside Room at the church and everyone is welcome to attend.

November 25th begins a 4 week Advent series titled “God Among Us” in the Fireside Room.   These classes are open to everybody and are held here at the church on Sundays in the Fireside Room between the hours of 12:00 and 1:00 p.m..  Here is how this class is described…

From the opening words of the first chapter of Genesis to the end of the book of Revelation, the Bible reveals a God with a passion to live in the midst of and journey along side creation. By forming humanity in the Divine Image and drawing us into covenant, God calls us and by grace enables us to live as His reconciling Presence in the world, transforming all creation into the reign of heaven on earth. During the four Sundays in Advent, we will explore historical (creation and prophets, Jesus Christ) and contemporary witnesses (us!). We will reflect on God’s presence among us in Word and Sacrament.

Come join us at noon on Sunday, November 16th and 23rd, for a two part class about Basic Judaism for Believing Christians facilitated by Shannon Rowson. The class will be held at Northminster Presbyterian Church in the Fireside Room. All are welcome to attend.