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11805 S. Pine Dr. Parker, C
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303-841-3979 • ww
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Sunday Service Times
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, 9:30 AM
, 11AM
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ing All to Discover and Share the Joy of Jesus’ Love
AUGUST - OCTOBER 2017
A quarterly publication of Parker United Methodist Church
Cross & Flame
Cast your cares on the Lord and He will sustain you; He will never let the righteous be shaken. Psalm 55:22
Looking Forward: Fall 2017It is ‘Back To School’ time once again! Even if you don’t have a student to take to school or walk to the bus stop…you are still in Back To School mode. It is everywhere! When else can you buy reams of three-hole notebook paper and stock up on bananas without having to move your shopping cart? It’s that time again!
� e same is true of the church! We are not going to be selling bananas and notebook paper but we are going to invite everyone to consider the ‘next step’ in your faith jour-ney. Do you have a plan and a desire to take a new step of faith for yourself or for your family? � is is the time!
Last spring we o� ered Fast Track Disciple Bible Study sessions for both the Old Tes-tament and the New Testament. We had such a great response that we had to o� er additional sessions.
We will be o� ering the same sessions once again this fall. Our goal is to engage people who may not have had a chance to engage the Scriptures to see the full � ow of faith as it unfolds in the Old Testament and on into the New Testament. If you participated in one of the sessions last spring, you will now have the chance to switch to the other group so you can get the big picture. If you are new to the study of the bible, you can start on either side.
Cody will be leading the New Testament group while I will be directing the conversa-tion for the Old Testament students. Please plan to come to the 6:00 to 7:00 Wednesday September 13th orientation session to learn more about the process and to sign up for the session of your choice. � e groups will meet simultaneously for 12 weeks. In the end, you will have a solid overview of God’s Word.
We will also be focusing on the Christian home and family this fall along with an in depth conversation about the dynamics of our overall journey as followers of Jesus Christ. � ere will be outings, picnics and other events that will give us a chance to come together to meet new people and to assure that our Christian home is moving forward with fruitful outcomes. I hope you will be a part of a fun season.
Finally, I would like to invite you all to be in prayer for your church. One of our core faith commitments is to be people of prayer. We pray for our families, we pray for one another, and we pray for the world. In this season, I am inviting everyone to pray for your church.
Please pray around the following three areas. You will think of many more, but please focus on these three: 1) that we would be continually expanding our call to the mission of God, 2) that we would be focused on raising up leaders who will impact the Kingdom of God, and 3) that we God would use us to provide the resources we need to make it all happen. We are grateful for your prayers!
As always, I am looking forward to seeing you on Sunday mornings for worship. � ere is really nothing like the Body of Christ when we gather to worship the Lord!
I pray the peace of Christ for you and your family!
Randy Jessen
LIFE��ps
LIFE��psStarting in September
Share a meal, invest in each other, grow in your faith, do life together. To be a part of a Life Group, email Cody at [email protected]
Mission Day
August 26, 9-1 (ending with a potluck at the church)All are invited to go out into our community, work together, and serve
others while sharing God’s love.Email Cody at [email protected] or scan the QR Code to sign up.
CHILDRENS MINISTRIESActivities and off erings for kids of all ages
Invite friends and families to celebrate the new school year. During the Sunday School hour on August 20th children will be able to meet the Sunday School teachers and play with friends. Be sure to join us for the fun.
Joyful NoiseWe are excited to learn about music and most importantly, Praise God with you! � e Joyful Noise Choir is open to ages 4- 6th grade. We rehearse on Wednesday a� ernoons from 4:15-5:30 pm. starting September 6th. � e performance is De-cember 2nd at 10:00 am.
Trunk or Treat! A New Event at PUMC!Trunk-or-treat brings Halloween to parking lots where kids go from car to car and get candy. � is fun church event provides families with an alternative to trick-or-treating door-to-door. We will need volunteers to decorate their car trunks and people to donate candy. Bring your friends and neighbors to this fun family friendly event! Join us October 29th at 4 pm for some Halloween fun! For more information or ways to volunteer please contact Noelle, [email protected]
Adult Nursery Attendees NeededAvailability 1-2 days during the week to help provide nursery care for bible study groups. � e work hours will be mornings typically from 9-11:30. A great opportu-nity for moms looking to get out of the house, meet new people and earn a few extra dollars. Contact: Nursery coordinator Jaime Davis [email protected] 7205570276
� e high school girls who chose to join the sewing program stay a� er school to learn this skill. � ey are paid a modest Haitian salary to learn. Once they graduate, they can apply for a micro loan to purchase a sewing machine. If interested in helping,
Everyday Mission Support In Parker Did you know that last year the Parker Task Force (PTF) distributed over 124,000 items of food supporting just over 2,800 client visits to their food bank? PTF is dedicated to providing individuals and families in our community with food, lim-ited � nancial assistance, and other support services to help them become self-suf-� cient.
You can support this mission by bringing non-perishable food items and leaving them in the food bank containers in the Narthex for our weekly drop o� at PTF. Or if you’d like to make a donation, you can write a check to Parker UMC and note ‘PTF’ in the memo and drop it in the collection plate or leave it at the Church O� ce.
Providing shelter, meals and compassion to homeless women and children in Douglas County
Winter Shelter Network
Did you know that at least 500 Kids are Homeless in Douglas County?� e members of Parker United Methodist Church have stepped up in faith to help. Every Wednesday night through � ursday morning from November through March. We are opening our doors to homeless single women, homeless Moms and their children. � ey will be sleeping on cots in our warm Church building. We will feed them dinner. We will provide a continental breakfast. We will provide supplies so they can pack a sack lunch. � ough most of the teams are assembled, we can always use extra volunteers and donations, both supplies and � nancial. Please prayerfully consider becoming a part of this wonderful ministry!
Project Leader Contact Information:Steve Kascht: 720-934-3670 [email protected]
MISSIONSServing our community, our nation, and our world
Consider a mission trip this Fallit is a great way to grow your faith and serve others!
Respire Haiti Christian School, Gressier, Haiti — October 23-30 (for more info please make checks payable to Parker UMC, and write Respire Haiti in the memo.
contact Wendy White @ [email protected].
Pine Ridge Reservation, South Dakota - September 23-29 (for more info contact
Ken Smith @ [email protected].
Save the Date: This year’s Feed My Starving Children (FMSC) MobilePack is scheduled for October 27-28. In the past three years members from our church and the Parker community have packed over 450,000 meals that were distributed to children across the world. In order to purchase the food that we’ll pack, the FMSC committee has several fundraising events planned.
Sign-up & volunteer to pack — coming up soon in September!
FUNdraising Dinners — Restaurant nights are coming soon! Why not get out and have dinner with friends & family and help with our FMSC fundraising ef-forts. Look for dates/details in church bulletins & video monitors.
If you’d like to make a donation, you can write a check to Parker UMC and note ‘FMSC’ in the memo and drop it in the collection plate or leave it at the Church O� ce.
Help us Provide an Employable Skill
for Young Women in Haiti
Most of the children who attend Respire are orphans, many living in slavery. It is crucial that the high school girls learn a marketable skill for employment before graduating!
ADULT EDUCATIONClass Updates and Information
Connections Catalog Coming Soon!Interested in getting involved in a small group or Bible Study? � e Connections Catalog will be coming out on Sunday, August 20th and will be � lled with oppor-tunities to get involved in missions, small groups, and Bible studies. Make sure to pick up your copy and join us as we grow closer to God and each other this fall!
Contemporary Christian Book Group We meet from 7:00-8:30 p.m. the � rst Wednesday evening of each month. We read a variety of books, both � ction and non-� ction, Christian and secular. Join any time. If you would like more information about the group, please contact Susan Gustin at [email protected].
Here is what we are reading for Fall 2017:Wednesday, August 2. Roland Merullo, � e Delight of Being Ordinary (� ction). “Roland Merullo’s playful, eloquent, and life-a� rming novel � nds the Pope and the Dalai Lama teaming up for an unsanctioned road trip through the Italian countryside to rediscover the everyday joys of life that can seem, even for the two holiest men in the world, unattainable.”
Wednesday, September 6. Paulette Jiles, News of the World (� ction). “In the a� er-math of the Civil War, an aging itinerant news readers agrees to transport a young cap-tive of the Kiowa back to her people in this exquisitely rendered, morally complex, mul-tilayered novel.... It explores the boundaries of family, responsibility, honor and trust.”
Wednesday, October 4. Joy Williams, Ninety-nine Stories of God (� ction). “� is series of short, � ctional vignettes explores our day-to-day interactions with an ever-elusive and arbitrary God. It’s the Book of Common Prayer as seen through a looking glass--a ... collection of seem-ingly random life moments. � e � gures that haunt these stories range from Ka� a (talking to a � sh) to the Aztecs, Tolstoy to Abraham and Sarah, O. J. Simpson to a pack of wolves.”
STUDENT MINISTRIESYouth activities are open to students grades 6-12
Summer Youth Missions Trips: Junior High to Buckhorn Camp and Senior High to Tsaile, AZ
Youth Happenings this Fall!Each week during the school year we have Youth Group on Sunday evenings. � e NEW TIMES for group meetings starting Aug. 13, 2017 are:
Jr High meet from 4:15 - 6:00 and Sr High meet from 5:15 - 7:00. Both groups will share a common praise & worship and dinner experience.
Jr. High Group ................................................................................................. 4:00 - 5:15
Praise & Worship (all youth) ........................................................................ 5:15 - 5:40
Dinner for All Youth (all youth) ................................................................... 5:40 - 6:00
Sr High Group ................................................................................................. 6:00 - 7:00
As always, watch for our weekly emails for updates, changes or additions to Youth Happenings! If you need help getting on the email list or subscribing to April’s Remind 101 Texts , please email her at [email protected] or call her at the church 720-204-4424. Or you may text her at 720-383-1577.
Special Events Aug. - Oct. Include:August 27th - Skyzone/Arby’s - Meet at Skyzone at 4:45PM. Cost is $10 to April. Please � ll out the waiver online prior to attending. � en we will walk to Arby’s at 6:00 (Bring money for your meal.) Par-ents: drop at 4:45 at Skyzone and pick up from Ar-by’s at 7 PM.
Sept. 22-24 - FALL RETREAT! Activities while away include low and high ropes course, blacklight dodgeball... and so much more! Watch for registration information coming soon!
Sept. 29 - Special Ed Homecoming Dance! We host it here at the church, and youth are so blessed by being a blessing to these wonderful guests. Come dance the night away and make a di� erence!
UNITED METHODIST MENFellowship, Service Opportunities and Christian Living for Men
� e U.M. Men is a group of men who are trying to live the Christian Life. We are active in many ways in the life of PUMC. We provided help to set up/tear down of tables & chairs for 3 recent events. We helped with the parking lot landscaping, lighting, and tree watering. We assisted the trustees in some of their tasks in keep-ing our facilities looking so nice. We provided “manpower” at a church member’s home a� er a wind-storm did damage there. We have also been able to provide funds for outreach missions of PUMC.
Monthly Men’s Breakfast� e monthly group meeting is the 2nd Saturday of each month from 8:00 - 9:00am for breakfast, fellowship, laughter, and some business. We continue to invite all men to come and join us at the 2nd Saturday of each month.
UNITED METHODIST WOMENFaith, Hope and Love in Action
Save the Date: Looking for a Spiritual Harvest?UMW Women’s Program & Luncheon Saturday, October 7, 2017.More details coming soon.
Share Your Baking Talents!The UMW needs pies for their Pie Sale August 13th
LITTLE BLESSINGSPreschool and Kindergarten
2017-2018 School YearLittle Blessings is gearing up to begin the new school year. We are excited to be-gin the 2017-2018 school year with two campuses � lled with returning and new families and wonderful teaching teams in place. Please call 720-204-4420 or email Tricia at [email protected] with questions about enrollment or to learn more about volunteer opportunities for the new school year.
Please call Emily to learn about opportunities and enrollment at the Plaza location 303-840-6196 or [email protected].
Two More Days til Schoolby: Leslie Kimmelman
I’m � nally going to school this year,
and now the big day is almost here.
I’ll learn to write and count and read--
Only two more days till school.
I got new pants and shirts and socks,
a brand-new red and blue lunch box;
I’ll paint and sing and dance and play--
Only one more day till school.
My hair is washed, my sneakers squeak,
I’m so excited, I can hardly speak!
New things to do, new friends to meet--
Hooray! It’s the � rst day of school!
Oct. 29 - Trunk or Treat Event -All Youth 4 PM - We will be helping with our community out reach program.
Do You Have a Youth in Jr. and One in Sr. High and Need a Carpool?
April is going to try to connect families who live in the same area s with multiple children, so you can carpool and make it easier to get your children to and from youth group. Please email/text April if you would like to be connected with anoth-er family for carpools, and we will do our best!
Sharing a Meal is Good for the SoulFriendships are formed, ideas are shared, families are strengthened and laughter is almost always the main ingredient. Join one of our groups and get to know your neighbors and brothers and sisters in Christ over a meal.
Dinner for Eight - Members will take turns meeting and hosting in their homes. � e host will provide the main course and guests will provide an appetizer, salad or dessert.
Restaurant Out for Eight - � e restaurant will be chosen by the host
Restaurant Lunch Bunch - � e Restaurant will be chosen by the host
Sign up Sheets Available August 13-27 in outside the Fellowship Hall next to our library.
Good Food, Good Fellowship and Good Fun!
Contact Lorraine Seepers: [email protected] (303)217-8136
Marcia Gray: [email protected] (303)386-3634
YA YA A group for adults 18 through 20s
young adults Wednesday Nights @ 7:00 here at the church
Questions? Call or Text April Kau� man 720-383-1577 Email: [email protected]
XYZ EXTRA YEARS OF ZESTEveryone is invited to join us for our events and outings!
Monthly XYZ Breakfast3rd Friday of each month at Village Inn in Parker at 9 a.m. Everyone is welcome to join us for food and conversation.
Weenie Roast Being PlannedWe are planning a weenie roast at Vivian Murphy’s farm for late August or early September. Stay tuned for dates and details!
YA YA A group for adults 18 through 20s
young adults Wednesday Nights @ 7:00 here at the church
Questions? Call or Text April Kau� man 720-383-1577 Email: [email protected]
XYZ EXTRA YEARS OF ZESTEveryone is invited to join us for our events and outings!
Monthly XYZ Breakfast3rd Friday of each month at Village Inn in Parker at 9 a.m. Everyone is welcome to join us for food and conversation.
Weenie Roast Being PlannedWe are planning a weenie roast at Vivian Murphy’s farm for late August or early September. Stay tuned for dates and details!
LITTLE BLESSINGSPreschool and Kindergarten
2017-2018 School YearLittle Blessings is gearing up to begin the new school year. We are excited to be-gin the 2017-2018 school year with two campuses � lled with returning and new families and wonderful teaching teams in place. Please call 720-204-4420 or email Tricia at [email protected] with questions about enrollment or to learn more about volunteer opportunities for the new school year.
Please call Emily to learn about opportunities and enrollment at the Plaza location 303-840-6196 or [email protected].
Two More Days til Schoolby: Leslie Kimmelman
I’m � nally going to school this year,
and now the big day is almost here.
I’ll learn to write and count and read--
Only two more days till school.
I got new pants and shirts and socks,
a brand-new red and blue lunch box;
I’ll paint and sing and dance and play--
Only one more day till school.
My hair is washed, my sneakers squeak,
I’m so excited, I can hardly speak!
New things to do, new friends to meet--
Hooray! It’s the � rst day of school!
Oct. 29 - Trunk or Treat Event -All Youth 4 PM - We will be helping with our community out reach program.
Do You Have a Youth in Jr. and One in Sr. High and Need a Carpool?
April is going to try to connect families who live in the same area s with multiple children, so you can carpool and make it easier to get your children to and from youth group. Please email/text April if you would like to be connected with anoth-er family for carpools, and we will do our best!
Sharing a Meal is Good for the SoulFriendships are formed, ideas are shared, families are strengthened and laughter is almost always the main ingredient. Join one of our groups and get to know your neighbors and brothers and sisters in Christ over a meal.
Dinner for Eight - Members will take turns meeting and hosting in their homes. � e host will provide the main course and guests will provide an appetizer, salad or dessert.
Restaurant Out for Eight - � e restaurant will be chosen by the host
Restaurant Lunch Bunch - � e Restaurant will be chosen by the host
Sign up Sheets Available August 13-27 in outside the Fellowship Hall next to our library.
Good Food, Good Fellowship and Good Fun!
Contact Lorraine Seepers: [email protected] (303)217-8136
Marcia Gray: [email protected] (303)386-3634
STUDENT MINISTRIESYouth activities are open to students grades 6-12
Summer Youth Missions Trips: Junior High to Buckhorn Camp and Senior High to Tsaile, AZ
Youth Happenings this Fall!Each week during the school year we have Youth Group on Sunday evenings. � e NEW TIMES for group meetings starting Aug. 13, 2017 are:
Jr High meet from 4:15 - 6:00 and Sr High meet from 5:15 - 7:00. Both groups will share a common praise & worship and dinner experience.
Jr. High Group ................................................................................................. 4:00 - 5:15
Praise & Worship (all youth) ........................................................................ 5:15 - 5:40
Dinner for All Youth (all youth) ................................................................... 5:40 - 6:00
Sr High Group ................................................................................................. 6:00 - 7:00
As always, watch for our weekly emails for updates, changes or additions to Youth Happenings! If you need help getting on the email list or subscribing to April’s Remind 101 Texts , please email her at [email protected] or call her at the church 720-204-4424. Or you may text her at 720-383-1577.
Special Events Aug. - Oct. Include:August 27th - Skyzone/Arby’s - Meet at Skyzone at 4:45PM. Cost is $10 to April. Please � ll out the waiver online prior to attending. � en we will walk to Arby’s at 6:00 (Bring money for your meal.) Par-ents: drop at 4:45 at Skyzone and pick up from Ar-by’s at 7 PM.
Sept. 22-24 - FALL RETREAT! Activities while away include low and high ropes course, blacklight dodgeball... and so much more! Watch for registration information coming soon!
Sept. 29 - Special Ed Homecoming Dance! We host it here at the church, and youth are so blessed by being a blessing to these wonderful guests. Come dance the night away and make a di� erence!
UNITED METHODIST MENFellowship, Service Opportunities and Christian Living for Men
� e U.M. Men is a group of men who are trying to live the Christian Life. We are active in many ways in the life of PUMC. We provided help to set up/tear down of tables & chairs for 3 recent events. We helped with the parking lot landscaping, lighting, and tree watering. We assisted the trustees in some of their tasks in keep-ing our facilities looking so nice. We provided “manpower” at a church member’s home a� er a wind-storm did damage there. We have also been able to provide funds for outreach missions of PUMC.
Monthly Men’s Breakfast� e monthly group meeting is the 2nd Saturday of each month from 8:00 - 9:00am for breakfast, fellowship, laughter, and some business. We continue to invite all men to come and join us at the 2nd Saturday of each month.
UNITED METHODIST WOMENFaith, Hope and Love in Action
Save the Date: Looking for a Spiritual Harvest?UMW Women’s Program & Luncheon Saturday, October 7, 2017.More details coming soon.
Share Your Baking Talents!The UMW needs pies for their Pie Sale August 13th
MISSIONSServing our community, our nation, and our world
Consider a mission trip this Fallit is a great way to grow your faith and serve others!
Respire Haiti Christian School, Gressier, Haiti — October 23-30 (for more info please make checks payable to Parker UMC, and write Respire Haiti in the memo.
contact Wendy White @ [email protected].
Pine Ridge Reservation, South Dakota - September 23-29 (for more info contact
Ken Smith @ [email protected].
Save the Date: This year’s Feed My Starving Children (FMSC) MobilePack is scheduled for October 27-28. In the past three years members from our church and the Parker community have packed over 450,000 meals that were distributed to children across the world. In order to purchase the food that we’ll pack, the FMSC committee has several fundraising events planned.
Sign-up & volunteer to pack — coming up soon in September!
FUNdraising Dinners — Restaurant nights are coming soon! Why not get out and have dinner with friends & family and help with our FMSC fundraising ef-forts. Look for dates/details in church bulletins & video monitors.
If you’d like to make a donation, you can write a check to Parker UMC and note ‘FMSC’ in the memo and drop it in the collection plate or leave it at the Church O� ce.
Help us Provide an Employable Skill
for Young Women in Haiti
Most of the children who attend Respire are orphans, many living in slavery. It is crucial that the high school girls learn a marketable skill for employment before graduating!
ADULT EDUCATIONClass Updates and Information
Connections Catalog Coming Soon!Interested in getting involved in a small group or Bible Study? � e Connections Catalog will be coming out on Sunday, August 20th and will be � lled with oppor-tunities to get involved in missions, small groups, and Bible studies. Make sure to pick up your copy and join us as we grow closer to God and each other this fall!
Contemporary Christian Book Group We meet from 7:00-8:30 p.m. the � rst Wednesday evening of each month. We read a variety of books, both � ction and non-� ction, Christian and secular. Join any time. If you would like more information about the group, please contact Susan Gustin at [email protected].
Here is what we are reading for Fall 2017:Wednesday, August 2. Roland Merullo, � e Delight of Being Ordinary (� ction). “Roland Merullo’s playful, eloquent, and life-a� rming novel � nds the Pope and the Dalai Lama teaming up for an unsanctioned road trip through the Italian countryside to rediscover the everyday joys of life that can seem, even for the two holiest men in the world, unattainable.”
Wednesday, September 6. Paulette Jiles, News of the World (� ction). “In the a� er-math of the Civil War, an aging itinerant news readers agrees to transport a young cap-tive of the Kiowa back to her people in this exquisitely rendered, morally complex, mul-tilayered novel.... It explores the boundaries of family, responsibility, honor and trust.”
Wednesday, October 4. Joy Williams, Ninety-nine Stories of God (� ction). “� is series of short, � ctional vignettes explores our day-to-day interactions with an ever-elusive and arbitrary God. It’s the Book of Common Prayer as seen through a looking glass--a ... collection of seem-ingly random life moments. � e � gures that haunt these stories range from Ka� a (talking to a � sh) to the Aztecs, Tolstoy to Abraham and Sarah, O. J. Simpson to a pack of wolves.”
CHILDRENS MINISTRIESActivities and off erings for kids of all ages
Invite friends and families to celebrate the new school year. During the Sunday School hour on August 20th children will be able to meet the Sunday School teachers and play with friends. Be sure to join us for the fun.
Joyful NoiseWe are excited to learn about music and most importantly, Praise God with you! � e Joyful Noise Choir is open to ages 4- 6th grade. We rehearse on Wednesday a� ernoons from 4:15-5:30 pm. starting September 6th. � e performance is De-cember 2nd at 10:00 am.
Trunk or Treat! A New Event at PUMC!Trunk-or-treat brings Halloween to parking lots where kids go from car to car and get candy. � is fun church event provides families with an alternative to trick-or-treating door-to-door. We will need volunteers to decorate their car trunks and people to donate candy. Bring your friends and neighbors to this fun family friendly event! Join us October 29th at 4 pm for some Halloween fun! For more information or ways to volunteer please contact Noelle, [email protected]
Adult Nursery Attendees NeededAvailability 1-2 days during the week to help provide nursery care for bible study groups. � e work hours will be mornings typically from 9-11:30. A great opportu-nity for moms looking to get out of the house, meet new people and earn a few extra dollars. Contact: Nursery coordinator Jaime Davis [email protected] 7205570276
� e high school girls who chose to join the sewing program stay a� er school to learn this skill. � ey are paid a modest Haitian salary to learn. Once they graduate, they can apply for a micro loan to purchase a sewing machine. If interested in helping,
Everyday Mission Support In Parker Did you know that last year the Parker Task Force (PTF) distributed over 124,000 items of food supporting just over 2,800 client visits to their food bank? PTF is dedicated to providing individuals and families in our community with food, lim-ited � nancial assistance, and other support services to help them become self-suf-� cient.
You can support this mission by bringing non-perishable food items and leaving them in the food bank containers in the Narthex for our weekly drop o� at PTF. Or if you’d like to make a donation, you can write a check to Parker UMC and note ‘PTF’ in the memo and drop it in the collection plate or leave it at the Church O� ce.
Providing shelter, meals and compassion to homeless women and children in Douglas County
Winter Shelter Network
Did you know that at least 500 Kids are Homeless in Douglas County?� e members of Parker United Methodist Church have stepped up in faith to help. Every Wednesday night through � ursday morning from November through March. We are opening our doors to homeless single women, homeless Moms and their children. � ey will be sleeping on cots in our warm Church building. We will feed them dinner. We will provide a continental breakfast. We will provide supplies so they can pack a sack lunch. � ough most of the teams are assembled, we can always use extra volunteers and donations, both supplies and � nancial. Please prayerfully consider becoming a part of this wonderful ministry!
Project Leader Contact Information:Steve Kascht: 720-934-3670 [email protected]
Looking Forward: Fall 2017It is ‘Back To School’ time once again! Even if you don’t have a student to take to school or walk to the bus stop…you are still in Back To School mode. It is everywhere! When else can you buy reams of three-hole notebook paper and stock up on bananas without having to move your shopping cart? It’s that time again!
� e same is true of the church! We are not going to be selling bananas and notebook paper but we are going to invite everyone to consider the ‘next step’ in your faith jour-ney. Do you have a plan and a desire to take a new step of faith for yourself or for your family? � is is the time!
Last spring we o� ered Fast Track Disciple Bible Study sessions for both the Old Tes-tament and the New Testament. We had such a great response that we had to o� er additional sessions.
We will be o� ering the same sessions once again this fall. Our goal is to engage people who may not have had a chance to engage the Scriptures to see the full � ow of faith as it unfolds in the Old Testament and on into the New Testament. If you participated in one of the sessions last spring, you will now have the chance to switch to the other group so you can get the big picture. If you are new to the study of the bible, you can start on either side.
Cody will be leading the New Testament group while I will be directing the conversa-tion for the Old Testament students. Please plan to come to the 6:00 to 7:00 Wednesday September 13th orientation session to learn more about the process and to sign up for the session of your choice. � e groups will meet simultaneously for 12 weeks. In the end, you will have a solid overview of God’s Word.
We will also be focusing on the Christian home and family this fall along with an in depth conversation about the dynamics of our overall journey as followers of Jesus Christ. � ere will be outings, picnics and other events that will give us a chance to come together to meet new people and to assure that our Christian home is moving forward with fruitful outcomes. I hope you will be a part of a fun season.
Finally, I would like to invite you all to be in prayer for your church. One of our core faith commitments is to be people of prayer. We pray for our families, we pray for one another, and we pray for the world. In this season, I am inviting everyone to pray for your church.
Please pray around the following three areas. You will think of many more, but please focus on these three: 1) that we would be continually expanding our call to the mission of God, 2) that we would be focused on raising up leaders who will impact the Kingdom of God, and 3) that we God would use us to provide the resources we need to make it all happen. We are grateful for your prayers!
As always, I am looking forward to seeing you on Sunday mornings for worship. � ere is really nothing like the Body of Christ when we gather to worship the Lord!
I pray the peace of Christ for you and your family!
Randy Jessen