Announcements/Special Events
See the church newsletter, The Outlook, for more frequently updated announcements.
Pumpkin Patch Fun Day on October 25th!
The Pumpkin Patch Fun Day will be on Saturday, October 25th from Noon to 4 PM. There will be games and crafts for the kids (the jump house last year was very popular!), an inexpensive lunch for all, bake sale with many goods pumpkin-based (but plenty without pumpkins too!), coat drive give-away where gently-used coats are given away for free to anyone who needs one, and, well, just a lot of fun!
Every year the church has a pumpkin patch that is a great community event, bringing hundreds of people onto the church campus. Most of the money goes back to the Navajo reservation where the pumpkins are grown and a smaller fraction goes to the church's ministry in this part of Bakersfield. Pumpkins will be sold from October 12th through November 1st. (Yes, pumpkins are still good after Halloween!)
Pumpkin Patch Hours: Monday-Friday: 4 to 8 PM, Saturday: 10 AM to 8 PM, Sunday: noon to 8 PM.
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Wesley Bakersfield Is Online AND On-site!
Worship on Sunday morning at 10:30 AM is both on-site and through our Facebook Live and Midday Prayer and after Sunday study group is through Zoom. Note that the Facebook Live stream will be visible no earlier than 10:25 AM. Pastor's sermon.
We are able to accept donations online. Click the big blue "Donate" button on the homepage or right here! 
We also accept donations via text message (SMS). Send your donation to 833-617-0752.
See the How to View tutorial for how to view the Facebook Live broadcast even if you don't have a Facebook account. You don't need a Facebook account to view it but you'll have the Facebook "Log-in -- Create New Account" banner on the bottom if you don't log in.
The church secretary works from home most days except Wednesdays when she is at the church and Pastor Anne works once or twice a week from the church. Pastor Anne can be reached by calling (661) 293-7762. Please send your tithe to the church's new postal address: PO Box 6577, Bakersfield, CA 93386. Note the different zip code!
United Methodist News
If there's something you've heard about United Methodists in the regular or alternative news media (especially controversial topics), check out the United Methodist News website to see what the United Methodist church body is saying about the topic. You'll quickly see that we United Methodists are not a monolithic block and we like to debate issues (sometimes quite heatedly) but always from a Biblically-based viewpoint.
Disaster Relief Through UMCOR
- Donate to UMCOR disaster relief in the United States
- Donate to Wildfire relief in California through California-Nevada Annual Conference
The members of the United Methodist Church pay for all of the administrative overhead costs so ALL of your donation goes to the project you specify. UMCOR has an "A+" (top, excellent) rating from the American Institute of Philanthropy. To find out more about UMCOR, see their "About UMCOR" page and here's a direct link to their "Accountability" page. UMCOR is among the first organizations into a disaster area and among the last to leave after several years of work—we're in it for the long haul, long after the situation leaves the media spotlight. See also Charity Navigator's evaluation of UMCOR (4 stars!).
Our church's United Methodist Committee On Relief (UMCOR) and United Methodist Volunteers In Mission (UMVIM) are the two best avenues for us to help those affected by the several recent natural disasters.
To
join a UMVIM team, or create another UMVIM team, contact Shari Sandoval, at:
United Methodist Conference Center
1276 Halyard Dr.
West Sacramento, CA 95691
(916) 374-1582 or (916) 374-1525
Information Resources:
Rethink Church
Powered by the Holy Spirit, 'Rethink Church' serves as a catalyst that moves the denomination, and those we hope to reach, into dialogue -- and ultimately, into transformative, collaborative action. What if church were a verb? What would it look like? Go to "RethinkChurch.org" for more about changes underway in the United Methodist Church.
