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What's Up With Our Pastors?
Be sure to check out Pastor Steve's blog, Cowboy Jesus, for more inspiration!
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2017 Generosity Pledge Campaign!
Thank you to those that have already completed a pledge card. Help CUC to reach our financial goals for next year! Complete your
pledge card online, or visit the Welcome Spot on Sunday for a card.
If you've completed a pledge card, you can pick up, at the Welcome Spot, your CUC draw-string bag, water bottle or mouse pad as a "thank you" for your pledge.
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Save the Date!
Season of Joy-Celtic Christmas
Mitch Samu and the Rejoice Choir will perform a Christmas concert featuring a full choir. Admission is free, but a free-will offering will be taken.
Fri, Dec 9 @ 7pm, Grace Presbyterian Church
Sat, Dec 10 @ 7pm, Columbine United Church
Sun, Dec 11 @ 3pm, Grace Presbyterian Church
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QUICK LINKS
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SUNDAYS AT CUC
8:00 AM
Traditional Worship
9:10 AM
Breakfast Fellowship
10:00 AM
Contemporary Worship
Thanks to
This
Week's Ushers:
8:00 a.m.
Steve Lass & Tom Bury
10:00 a.m.
Charlie & Lynn Swanson
Dick & Susan Knox
Thanks to This Week's
Acolytes:
8:00 a.m.
Patrick Trumpore
10:00 a.m.
TBD
Thanks to This Week's Ambassadors:
8:00 a.m.
Dean & Cindy Pickett
10:00 a.m.
Ron & Jeanne Dorr
Sunday, December 4
8:00 am Traditional Worship
10:00 am
Contemporary Worship & Kid's Sunday School
11:15 am New Member Class
6:00 pm Middle & High School Youth Groups
Tuesday, December 6
9:30 am Faith Forum
6:30 pm Men's Room in Fireside
Wednesday, December 7
6:15 pm Bells Rehearsal
6:30 pm Band
7:30 pm Choir Rehearsal
Sunday, December 11
8:00 am Traditional Worship
10:00 am Contemporary Worship with
Kid's Sunday School
6:00 pm Middle & High School Youth Groups
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CUC GENEROSITY
Fiscal Year to Date
thru November 27, 2016
ACTUAL
Identified Giving $368,798
Plate Collection $ 6,311
Grocery Card Net $ 6,451
BUDGET
Identified Giving $ 367,187
Plate Collection $ 5,579
Grocery Card Net $ 3,666
Identified Giving $ 1,611
Plate Collection $ 732
Grocery Card Net $ 3,785
YTD AVERAGE
PER WEEK
Identified Giving $ 11,897
Plate Collection $ 204
Grocery Card Net $ 240
Want to know where you stand with your pledge year-to-date? Call CUC's Business Manager, Lee Ann Smith, in the church office, or email her at
leeann@columbinechurch.org
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Make a Difference in the
Financial Picture of CUC!
King Soopers Cards
You can donate to CUC simply by purchasing a King Soopers card at the Welcome Spot. Each time you reload the card at the store when buying your groceries, CUC receives 5%!
Thrivent Financial Choice
CUC is a participating organization in Thrivent Financial's Thrivent Choice® program. Thrivent Choice is a charitable grant program that allows eligible members to recommend where Thrivent Financial distributes part of its charitable outreach grant funds each year.Eligible Thrivent Financial members can direct Thrivent Choice Dollars® to CUC in a particular month. If you have Choice Dollars available to direct, please consider directing them to CUC. To learn more about Thrivent Choice, visit
Thrivent.com/thriventchoice
, or call Thrivent at 800-847-4836, and say "Thrivent Choice" when prompted.
Text Your Offering
In less time than it takes to write a check, you can now make your contribution to CUC with a quick text message! Text @cuc and the dollar amount you would like to donate to 52014. For example, if you would like to donate $200, your text to 52014 will read "@cuc 200." If this is your first text gift, you'll receive a text back to set up your giving account. Thank you for our continued support of CUC! Your time, talent and resources are helping us to change the world!
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This Week in Sunday School We are going to spend time looking at the events and people in the Advent season. We will make crafts, hear stories, eat snacks, and play games. This week we are going to talk about stars. They are a very important part of Jesus' birth. We will look at what they meant to different people in our Nativity story and make a few to help us remember some important things.
Calling Parents and Volunteers! Can you sing, dance, laugh,and learn? Join us downstairs for the whole hour as a Teacher or Shepherd or for just 15 minutes as a Set-Up Helper, Greeter, Prize Counter Helper and Clean-Up Helper!
Join us downstairs for Sunday School and spend time with our amazing kids! Helping with set-up, greeting, helping with the prize counter and helping clean-up are simple, quick ways to improve our ministry. These also give you a chance to welcome new families to our church! You can also help teach our children as a Teacher or Shepherd.
Check out the Sign-Up Genius for Winter:
Sprouts Parents - Parents of Preschool and PreK Kids!
The Amazing Miss Tanya is teaching our Sprouts class, so we will need parents to help out! Tanya has some great games, activities and lessons planned. She can always use extra help. Take a look at your schedule and see where you can volunteer. Check out the Fall Sign Up.
Youth Sunday Mornings
Middle and High School Youth gather downstairs at 11AM this Sunday for a quick Sunday School!
Youth Sunday Evenings Middle and High School Youth Groups this Sunday, December 4th at 6:00 p.m.
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ADULT CHRISTIAN EDUCATION
Faith Forum
On Tuesday, December 6
th
, the Faith Forum class will conclude the 2 week course on the exploration of spirituality using the book
The Sacred Way: Spiritual Practices for Everyday Life.
Ruthann Moomy and Nancy Bierman will facilitate this class. All are welcome. Please join us in the Fireside Chapel from 9:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.
Fresh!
Join us on December 13th for a new experience. Yoga will begin at 6:30 p.m., and Fresh worship at 7:30 p.m., wine and cheese at 8:30 p.m.
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 CUC MISSIONS
Chocolate Therapist bars are back
! Members of CUC who are going on the January Mission Trip to Nicaragua are selling Chocolate Therapist bars for $3 each or 2 for $5, to help defray travel costs. The delicious bars, which make great Christmas stocking stuffers, were donated by CUC member Julie Pech, owner of the Chocolate Therapist shop in downtown Littleton.
Coffee Mission Sales
We will be selling coffee from Cafe Justo, a Presbyterian USA supported mission to build a self-sustaining coffee cooperative in Mexico. Please come visit us between services every second Sunday of the month. We have regular and dark roast for $13.00 per pound, and smaller sample sizes for $3.50. Thanks for supporting this great cause while enjoying a cup of coffee!
Meals on Wheels
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Riggs Smith will lead an orientation at 9:40 this Sunday in the Parlor. If you're interested in participating, please come to the meeting. For more information, contact
Kensweet@kencominerals.com
or at
(303) 973-8253.
Stepping Forward
is a mentoring program which was established between Columbine and Love INC to help people in our community who are struggling in poverty to keep their daily lives together. Love INC is expanding this program and taking it to a new level with emphasis on moving toward self sufficiency and healthier relationships; long term instead of just meeting immediate and on-going crises. This will be a more comprehensive program offered on a campus basis one night a week in a community church. Life skill classes, as well as individual mentoring, both short term and long term with varied goals will be included as well as child care, a hot meal for families, and incentives based on needs. A class for new mentors is projected for late January into February. In addition to mentors, many volunteers in all capacities and of all talents are needed to support this program. Whatever your talents, offer them to God and community to help transform a life. Sign up at the Welcome Spot for more information, or call Marni Wetzel (303) 927-7863,or Carl Cleveland at Love INC at
Carl@loveinclittleton.org
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CUC MUSIC
Season of Joy-Celtic Christmas Mitch Samu and the Rejoice Choir will perform Season of Joy, a Christmas concert featuring a full choir, Uillean pipes, the penny whistle and the Irish fiddle. Admission is free, but a free-will offering will be taken. Grace Presbyterian Church on Friday, December 9th at 7:00 p.m. and Sunday, December 11th at 3:00 p.m. Columbine United Church on Saturday, December 10th at 7:00 p.m. See poster at CUC for full details.
Bells & Choir Rehearsals are in session. Bells will rehearse at 6:15 p.m. and choir will start at 7:30 p.m.
The Band rehearses Wednesday evenings in the sanctuary. Contact Music Director, Mitch Samu (
mitch@columbinechurch.org), if you are interested in joining the group.
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GROUPS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS
Care Groups for CUC Women
Calling all CUC women! CUC welcomes care groups of all types for our congregation to come together to nurture specific needs for women within our church community. Care groups can provide support, connection and fun for women in all stages of life. In order to help create an environment that fosters healthy and intimate friendships, the ideal size for this type of group tends to be 6 - 15 people. The group can choose meeting dates and locations, and select the format and topics that best suit the group's needs. Are you interested in creating or participating in a women's care group? Contact Dot Schicktanz in the church office (dot@columbinechurch.org) or
Pastor Jane (
jane@columbinechurch.org
) or call the church office (303) 798-1845. Let them know what type of group best fits your needs and they'll help get you connected.
New Member Class
Our next Discover CUC New Member Class is coming up on Sunday, December 4 from 11:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m. Lunch is provided, as well as childcare. This is a great way to get to know CUC better, meet some of our CUC leaders, and get to know others who are new to CUC. Please
RSVP by emailing Pastor Justin -
justin@columbinechurch.org
- or calling the church office.
The Men's Room
The next meeting of the Men's Room will be December 6th, at 6:30 p.m. Join Rev. Dr. Steve Poos-Benson and other men from the church in a relaxed setting to discuss issues that are relevant and of interest to the group. The meeting will be held at the church.
CGs Luncheon Join us on Thursday, December 8th for our monthly luncheon. We're serving a traditional Christmas dinner to celebrate the season and we have some great entertainment planned for you. $4.00 a great lunch and music. Everyone is more than welcome!
Parents Day Out
Drop your kids off at church and go shopping (or on a date) on Saturday, December 17th from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. Sign up by emailing
jeannie@columbinechurch.org
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9Health Fair
Dozens of volunteers from our church will clear their schedules for Saturday, April 22, 2017, for the annual 9Health Fair at Columbine United Church. The fair attracts hundreds of people to our church for health information and free or inexpensive tests. The non-medical coordinator assigns volunteers to a variety of interesting duties. No experience is needed. The coordinator must be organized, computer literate and able to communicate clearly. If you can help, email Peggy at
peggysweet@kencominerals.com
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"Next Door" Social Media
Do you use the social media site called Next Door? We are seeking people who could help post CUC information on Next Door. If you are willing and able to help, please email Susan at engagement@columbinechurch.org. Thanks for helping the Marketing Committee get the word out across our neighborhoods about our church's opportunities.
CUC Stickers
. CUC stickers are available at the Welcome Spot and are free of charge. Pick yours up today.
Acolyte Schedule & Signup
Schedule your child to be an acolyte!
Check out our Acolyte Sign-Up Genius page
to schedule your child. Also, if your child wants to acolyte, is in 2nd grade or older, and has never been trained, please let Pastor
Justin know.
CUC Job Opening...
Director of Children and Youth Ministries.
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or the 10:00 a.m. service each Sunday. If you're friendly and welcoming, contact Ginny Anstine at (303) 794-2815.
Volunteers Needed for Sunday Mornings
to assist with the continental breakfast! If you're able to help with a 60 minute shift, let Josie know at (303) 798-1845 or
josie@columbinechurch.org
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Prayer Shawl.
The Prayer Shawl Ministry meets the first Tuesday of each month in the Parlor. If you would like to knit, or if you would like to learn to knit, please feel free to join them at 7:00 p.m. This ministry has been providing comfort to those in need for many years.
Notary Public. Don't forget that Josie is a Notary Public. If you need this service, call the church office.
CUC Global. You can see videos of our sermons and some of our music on YouTube each week. Check it out at
youtube.com/user/columbineunited.
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JOYS & CONCERNS
JOYS:
We are thankful to the congregation and Barb Rudolf for spearheading the Christmas Cards for Heroes. Together, we sent more than 400 cards to our troops.
We are thankful in this season of Advent as we look ahead to Christmas - a time for reflection and remembrance of Jesus' birth with family and friends.
We are thankful for all the people who gave their time and talents to decorate for the Christmas Season! Our church looks festive and beautiful! Thanks Barry Brown and John Hausman!!
We are thankful for the loving, committed and generous individuals who make up the Columbine United Church staff and congregation. Each one of them makes a difference.
CONCERNS
:
An update on Max and Lu Samu. Max is doing great. He's getting a little stronger every day. His blood work and health are good. He's got 15 more days till 100 post-transplant. Lu got a second opinion from Sloan Kettering and her stage 4 lung cancer was confirmed. Plans are to start chemo right after Thanksgiving.
Please pray for Marge Lillie. She was released from Littleton Adventist Hospital and will have home hospice.
Prayers for Chuck Halderman, who is struggling with an infection in his knee after his recent knee surgery.
Please pray for Mary Benson, mother of our senior pastor, Steve Poos-Benson. Mary fell and broke her hip last Monday. She had a successful surgery that evening.
Please pray for Darlene Van Cleave. She is in PowerBack Rehabilitation in Lakewood for occupational and physical therapy. She had surgery on Saturday for a broken femur.
Please pray for Roger Wilson, the brother-in-law of Ruth Teason. Roger has Parkinson's disease and fell while outside walking and broke 7 ribs and has other minor injuries. He is now in a rehab facility. Ruth & Don Teason were concerned with the fire in Green Mountain which was not far from their assisted living facility and are grateful that it was put out before more damage was done.
Prayers for Tracey Dawson who had eye surgery this past Thursday, which left her sightless for several days.
Judy Simmons, who does chemotherapy every two weeks, is having a tougher time recently. Please include Judy in your prayers. She is struggling. Dan and Judy appreciate all the meals that have been provided.
If you would like to help with meals, you can check on the website at
http://mealtrain.com/2g41g8
or text Mary Kuehl at (303) 437-9368 or Kimberly Dillehay at (303) 718-9565.
We ask that you keep the following people in your prayers. Although the immediate crisis may be over, we want our church family to know they continue to be in our thoughts and prayers: Sara Harding, Tom Moore, Heather Beckey, Jeff and Linda Veres, Kristianne Seaton, the Dye Family, Dora (Carol Albertson's daughter), Braden Sinclair, Max Samu, David Broyles, and Ingrid Falkenstine.
There are other unnamed members and friends of CUC who have requested prayers as they deal with unemployment, financial challenges, significant health concerns and anger management.
Please pray for all our brothers and sisters in the military and those who serve our country around the world.
If you have a life situation you would like your pastors or the congregation to be aware of, please call the church office at 303-798-1845.
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