Highlights of the Coming Week THE LUMC WEEKLY

CONNECTIONSunday, June 24, 2018

Sunday, June 24, 2018

8:30 AM Worship Service S

9:45 AM More Than Coffee GFH

9:45 AM SPRC Celebration Event - John Ostermiller GFH

11:00 AM Worship Service S

12:00 PM VBS Volunteer Training GFH

3:00 PM The Esperanza Quintet Concert S

Monday, June 25, 2018

9:30 AM Care, Share and Love Visitors 105

9:30 AM Duplicate Bridge 116

12:00 PM Celebration of Life for Marily Thompson GFH

12:30 PM Senior Adult Council 104

1:00 PM Youth LOGOS Off

2:15 PM Prayer Team 101

3:00 PM Care Team 103

Tuesday, June 26, 2018

8:45 AM Worship Meeting 103

9:30 AM Summer Fun Days - STEAM Day Off

9:45 AM Program Staff Meeting 103

1:00 PM Senior Adult Afternoon at the Movies 014

7:00 PM Administrative Council 104

7:00 PM Cub Scout Pack 114 Den Meeting L, WS

7:00 PM Cub Scout Pack Meeting GFH

7:00 PM Grief Support WS

Wednesday, June 27, 2018

9:30 AM Break Bread Volunteer Team 103

9:30 AM Youth Mission Expedition Off

11:00 AM Break Bread Story Telling Team 103

1:00 PM UMW Board Meeting 104

Thursday, June 28, 2018 - No Events Scheduled

Friday, June 29, 2018

8:00 AM Break Bread Meal Prep GFH

8:30 AM Bulletin/Mailing Group 103

Saturday, June 30, 2018

10:00 AM Memorial Service for Earl Repp S

12:00 PM Break Bread Meal Prep GFH

4:00 PM Break Bread Community Meal GFH

Bonfils Blood Drive CancelledOur June Blood Drive at the church has been cancelled because Bonfils is updating their computer system. You can still give at any of the Bonfils Blood Centers any time after June 28th. Be sure to let them know you are giving for Littleton United Methodist Church. We will see you again at the church for our October 11th blood drive in the Reception Hall by the office. If you have any questions contact Chris Trickey at 303-730-3835.

UMW Corner For July 2018In July, United Methodist Women undertake a service project called Ubuntu, a Negura Bantu term meaning humanity, or a quality that includes the essential human virtues of compassion and humanity. For the last several years the United Methodist Women have collected canned goods and donations to benefit IFCS (Integrated Family Community Services) on a Friday afternoon at one of the nearby King Soopers stores. Watch the weekly Connection for a specific date and location in July, we would appreciate your donations either at church or at the store.

Choir from the Republic of GeorgiaA children’s choir from the Republic of Georgia will be our guests on July 1 in worship and at the Independence Day Picnic. In addition to singing traditional Georgian music in our 11am service, the group will offer an informal concert prior to worship, beginning after 10am in the sanctuary.

Break Bread Welcomes NeighborsEvery Saturday Evening

Meal service from 4 - 5pm - Doors Open until 6pm

There’s a place for everyone to serve at Break Bread. Simply

come with a willingness to embrace

and embody Break Bread’s core

values: Unconditional Love, Abundant

Grace, Hospitality to All, Meaningful

Relationships, Willingness to be

Transformed. Invite your friends, come

and enjoy a meal. Also, if you’d like to volunteer at a meal contact

Break Bread Program Director, Jen Engquist at jengquist@break-

bread.org. For more information visit the Break Bread website at

https://www.break-bread.org.

Children’s Summer Sunday SchoolJoin us downstairs for Summer Sunday school from 9:45-10:45. There will be special events and some fun & games to take place outside in the courtyard. Parents & Adults, we need you to assist in running the fun-n-games, teamwork inspired format of Summer Sunday school.

A Special “More Than Coffee Hour” – Today!Join us today between services to celebrate 10 years of service for John Ostermiller. Everyone is invited!

Special Summer Sunday Recital – Today!The Fine Arts Series will sponsor a free Summer Sunday Recital today, June 24 at 3:00pm in the Sanctuary. The Esperanza Quintet will perform a delightful assortment of pieces for piano quartet by Mozart, Telemann, Dvorak and others. Come edify your spirit! Free admission.

Calling all singers - Summer Choir BeginsDuring the summer months through August 26th, the 11:00am service music will be led by the Summer Choir. The group is for all ages, and meets at 10:30am each Sunday to rehearse the anthem for the day, and one for the next week. Everyone is welcome!

Independence Day CelebrationAttention LUMC families and friends!

Come and celebrate our nation’s “Independence Day” by sharing food and fellowship on Sunday, July 1st in the church courtyard. The festivities will begin following the 11:00am worship service. Hot dogs, corn on the cob, watermelon, ice tea and lemonade will be provided. So bring your friends, a side dish or dessert to share that would feed 12-15 people, your lawn chair or blanket and join in the fun. Don’t forget to wear Red, White and Blue! The Golden Eagle Concert Band will also be on hand to entertain us. Event coordinator, Glenn Gravelle, would love more volunteers. If you can help set up, cook or clean up, please contact Glenn via telephone at (303) 771-4302 or by email at glenngravellepsy@gmail.com.

“Ready Set School” for 2018 In years passed LUMC has generously donated school supplies to students at Field and East Elementary Schools. Our approach this year is to support specific needs of learning activities so all students may participate in Science Labs and Field Trips.

FIELD Elementary School Let’s send these students to: The Zoo ($5 for 1 student)Museums ($10 for 1), Ameritowne ($25 for 2), Concerts ($100 per grade), Plains Conservation Center ($300 per grade)

Stem Lab For East Science, Technology, Engineering, Math in a classroom kit

Let’s help turn their library into a STEM lab! We will collect money for Science Kits ($300) and Mobile Carts.

Thank you all for prayerfully considering Ready Set School 2018 and supporting this community outreach as you have so enthusiastically done in the past. Church and Society Committee will be collecting monetary donations in July. Watch for our donation tables or contact Rita King 720-933-7516 or Pat Morrison 3033-471-4451 for more information.

Reaching Out to Hungry Children in LittletonJune Donation Item

The June donation item is canned tuna. As part of Our Loving Littlerton Mission Outreach we will continue working with the food pantry program at both East and Field Elementary Schools during the summer to provide pantry items to be available in the fall. Your donation of canned tuna can be placed in the wooden box at the back of Grant Fellowship Hall. Any questions contact Pat Morrison at pmorrison9755@ yahoo.com.

Worship VolunteersThose Worship Volunteers who did not receive a Bible Book Mark ribbon on June 10th during the recognition celebration, they are still available in the church office. Please stop by and pick one up soon.

Parenting With Love and Logic by Foster Cline and Jim Fay

These author-experts show parents how to provide important concepts and practical solutions to help children become emotionally, socially and morally happy. This book was donated by Loving Hands Circle in memory of Joan Brown.

SENIOR ADULT NEWSAfternoon at the Movies

Tuesday June 26, 2018 at 1pm This month’s movie will be “Murder on the Orient Express” with David Suchet, Jessica Chastain, Hugh Bonneville, Toby Jones and Barbara Hershey. A lavish train ride unfolds into a stylish and suspenseful mystery. Thirteen strangers and one man’s race to solve the puzzle before the murderer strikes again. Bring a friend, we provide popcorn, and a soda.

Terrific Tuesday – July 17th starting at 9:30amJoin us for our annual picnic on July 17th that will be held at Sterne Park, located at 5800 South Spotswood Street in Littleton. The covered pavillian will protects us from the sun, and there are picnic tables for seating. Lunch will be served about 11am so we can enjoy the outdoors before it starts getting hot. Coffee will be available when you arrive at 9:30am. Children are always welcome. Please call the church office to make your reservation by noon on July 16th. If you need a ride from the church contact Rev. Jeff.

The Spirituality of Aging Sunday, July 22 at 12:15pm

Aging is a difficult subject. It leads to new understandings, new ways of living, and new changes that come sometimes in difficult ways. We don’t get a lot of opportunity to discuss openly what aging means to us in practical ways or how it affects and shapes our faith.

You are invited by our Senior Adult Ministries to discuss the topic of aging in this open seminar called “The Spirituality of Aging” on Sunday, July 22nd at 12:15 in Grant Fellowship Hall. Members of the LUMC community from various walks of life will discuss their own journeys on the practical and spiritual aspects of aging, and there will be time for you to share and respond.

There is no charge to share in this time, and lunch will be provided. Please sign up in the office by noon on Monday, July 16 to reserve your space!

Seniors on the Town - Wednesday July 25th

Our July trip will take us to the Ship Rock Grille at Red Rock Amphitheatre in Morrison. The Ship Rock Grille is built around two massive boulders and located inside the Visitor Center at the Red Rocks Amphitheater. Following lunch there’s no better place to see the Amphitheaters famous stairs than looking down from outside of the grille. The van will drop us off and pick us up very close to the restaurant. We will depart the church parking lot at 10:30am. There will be a $2.00 charge per person for the van due at the time of making your reservation. Lunch is on your own. Limit 14 reservations.

YOUTH MINISTRY HAPPENINGSLOGOS

LOGOS (greek for “the Word”) will focus on Bible verse memorization and discussion. LOGOS will meet next on Monday, June 25th from 1-2pm at Dirt Coffee. Bring your own money for coffee/food. Memorize that week’s verse and recite it the following week, and we’ll buy your drink or snack!

Mission Expeditions Mission Expeditions combine a morning of service with an afternoon of fun! Open to both middle school and high school youth.

• June 27th – Habitat for Humanity Specific times and details for the event will be sent the week before in the LUMC Youth Happenings email and posted on the LUMC Facebook page. Contact Nathan or Becky @ (303) 794-6379 for more info.

High School Mission Team Week of July 7th – 14th

LUMC’s high school mission team will be leaving on July 7th to spend the week working with the United Methodist Volunteers in Mission’s Hurricane Harvey relief efforts. We will commission the team in worship on Sunday, July 1st at both services. As always, we thank our LUMC family for your constant support and prayers as our youth are sent out to serve.

Vacation Bible SchoolVacation Bible School is scheduled for July 23rd-July 26th (M-Th). We would love your prayers, your gifts, your service – if you are able, and so inclined, we invite you to let us know how you’d like to support Vacation Bible School – four days of fellowship, fun and faithfulness made possible by this congregation, this community of LUMC. Contact Lisa Perkins at lperkins@littletonumc.org for more information or to sign up to help.

Great EscapeGreat Escape is enrolling for the 2018-2019 school year. For more information or to schedule a tour please contact Jennelle Kreisher at 303-794-0707.

LUMC Optimist Club: Funding Childhood Cancer ResearchTuesday, June 26th at Romano’s Italian Restaurant,

5666 S. Windermere, Littleton from 11:00am to Close

Bring this flyer to Romano’s, give it to your server and 20%

of your check will be donated to:

LUMC Optimist Club: Childhood Cancer Research

Total of your bill $ _________________

11am- close : Dine In or Carry Out

The New Face of Ready Set School!