Community 10/29/20

10/30/2020

Communion & Community

This Sunday we will continue finding common ground in this politically divisive, socially distanced world by celebrating Holy Communion and focusing on our community. We will honor all the Saints who've gone before us, and many who are still among us! Please remember to adjust your clocks

and join us in worship at 10:30AM (in-person or online). Also, why not connect with a small group at 9AM on Zoom for Bible study or at 11:30AM for Virtual Fellowship Hour. We're here for YOU!

Worship LIVE this
Sunday 11/01/2020
at 10:30AM
Finding Common Ground: Community,
from Isaiah 34:18-19 and Ephesians 2:14-22

Kids & Costumes
We will have a mini-version of our annual Trunk or Treat after worship this Sunday. Kids are welcome to wear costumes to church (remember: still no childcare provided...SORRY! But wiggles, giggles, and fun are welcome!) Everyone is invited to bring candy or treats to share.

Thanksgiving Project
This year we join St. Alban’s Episcopal and other churches to provide meals for families in need. Nominations are from schools and pastors (let Rev. Emily know if you need help). We are collecting funds to purchase grocery gift cards. Please give online, in-person or by mail (note: Missions/Thanksgiving

Virtual Baby Shower

A few presents are appearing under the tree - thank you! Alexia and Vincent are expecting baby Apollo on Dec. 16th. This young couple is registered at Target, so you can order online and have gifts delivered to the church, or drop them off. Jaime Cummings and our New Parents Ministry will deliver them around Thanksgiving/early Dec.

The Thursday night women's group begins "Advent, The Weary World Rejoices" tonight from 5:30- 7PM at the church (with safety measures) or on Zoom. This 5-week study ends Dec. 3 and all are welcome. Books are available online or by contacting Pat Ferrell. Christmas is coming soon!

CHRISTMAS 2020 MISSIONS

Operation Christmas Child
October's Monthly Mission Focus continues into November. The deadline to return shoeboxes for O.C.C. is November 17th! Meg Persavich can answer questions, or you can find details on our website.

B.U.M.P.
Fill shoeboxes until early December for the Blackfeet United Methodist Parish in Montana: ages 0-3, 4-7, 8-12, or 13-17 years. See website for more details on this new partnership.

Toys for Tots
Bring new, unwrapped toys to the box in the church lobby, or drop at Bill & Sandi Hill's porch (271 Saratoga Drive in the Greenspire Subdivision)! More info

Celebrations this week

Happy Birthday today to Cheryl Ann Craven-Lindblad and Kim Park (10/29), Greg Golden (10/30), and Eric Warmbrod (11/2). Next week to Bill Burr (11/5) and Don Trettenero (91 years old on 11/6 - cards to 3000 Ross Dr, F21, Ft. Collins, CO 80526).
Anniversaries: none this week.
Click the image to share your special dates with us.

Prayer Requests

Peace for next week's election; Jessica's sisters & all who are Covid+; Joyce's cousins, Maley's & all evacuated by wildfires; Richard Keller; Terri's daughter; Perry, Julie's father & stepmother; Bates' granddaughter; Tony Park; Frazier's move; Alexia's pregnancy; SPC Lizzie Przygoda; shut-ins Bob K., Bud H., Ann G., Margaret H., Eileen F., Don T. Click image to add your request!

From the Community:

2 Days Until Halloween
Looks like it will be another frighteningly cold Halloween. There is still time to check out what the Town of Windsor has planned for Friday's Pumpkin Plunge and Saturday's Twilight Tours and Halloween Carnival. Be Safe and Enjoy the holiday!

Mark Your Calendars

All are encouraged to join us for a evening of celebration, dreaming, and goal-setting unlike any other Charge Conference. on Monday, November 23 at 6:00PM on Zoom.
Click the image to join the fun!

Honoring and Remembering the lives of Saints
There will be a special memorial service live-streamed on All Saint's Day, Sunday, Nov. 1st, at 7PM to remember the clergy colleagues and their spouses lost this year. A link to join will be posted to the MSC Facebook Page.

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Compassion 10/22/20

10/30/2020

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Give Now

Let's Come Together, Right Now

As whipping winds and raging wildfires force evacuations across our mountain communities, and political discord has people shouting on street corners and disrupting family dinners, it is time for us all to come together. Right now.

Stop. Drop. and Pray.

This Sunday we'll begin a new 4-week series on Finding Common Ground through simple Christian practices. Please join us in worship at 10:30AM (in-person or on YouTube). And connect with a small group at 9AM on Zoom for Bible study or at 11:30AM for Virtual Fellowship Hour. We need one another!

A poem by Vera Chipman
Have you looked around you lately?
At the earth, the moon, the Stars?
At the Mountains, at the oceans?
All the beauties that are ours?
Have you wondered how they got there,
all the wonders that you see?
Have you ever wondered
at the sense of you and me?
Have you wondered at the power and the Glory of the one,
who brought us all together by the Giving of His son?

Worship LIVE this
Sunday 10/25/2020
at 10:30AM
Finding Common Ground: Compassion,
from Isaiah 34:1-3a and Ephesians 4:1-6

Trunk or Treat moved
Due to Sunday's snowy forecast, we will offer a smaller, modified version of celebration for our families right after church next Sunday, Nov. 1st. We'd love to see your children in costume, safely distanced (we've only had 20-30 in worship, with room for 50), masks not required under age 5. Contact Emily if you can bring candy, toys, individually-wrapped treats, or a decorated trunk. Thank you!

All Saints Day, Nov. 1
The wild goose in flight is a sign of the Spirit, which we'll use this year to remember those we've loved and lost, whose spirits now fly free. Please send names to the church office of anyone you'd like to honor.

Thanksgiving Project
This year we join St. Alban’s Episcopal and other churches to provide meals for families in need. Nominations are from schools and pastors (let Rev. Emily know if you need help). Rather than delivering food baskets, we are collecting funds to purchase grocery gift cards. Please give online, in-person or by mail (note: Missions/Thanksgiving).

Time is running out

The Staff-Parish Relations Committee invites you to:

- Send Pastor Emily a note of thanks (her new address is: 9799 N. 89th St, Longmont, CO 80503)
- Contribute to the Pastor's Discretionary Fund to support those in need (designate "PDF")

- Contribute to a monetary gift (designate "SPRC/Pastor Emily")

We want YOU!
The United Methodist Church invites and empowers all people to preach, lead and care for others with integrity and skill. The next Foundations Basic Course in the Certified Lay Speaker/Lay Minister program begins next week. Please contact Pastor Emily to discuss or join! Click here for more info!