The United Methodist Church of Evergreen
Pastor Russell Fletcher
Sixth Sunday of Easter
Sunday, May 19, 2017
8:30 and 10:30 Services
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Russell's Ritings...
Sunday was a great day! It being Mother's Day I asked my daughter to help me with a dialogue sermon on "The Christian Home". I would make a point or two then ask her a question and she would respond from her discipline of psychology.
I asked her at one point, "What if a child isn't perfect? What if a child has a disability - physical, emotional, mental? What if a child is, to use the vogue word, "challenged"?
Priscilla responded with a beautiful poem. If you were present you were certainly moved by it. Several have asked for a copy. Let me share it with you.
WELCOME TO HOLLAND
I am often asked to describe the experience of raising a child with a disability - to try to help people who have not shared that unique experience to understand it, to imagine how it would feel. It's like this....
When you're going to have a baby, it's like planning a fabulous vacation - to Italy! You buy a bunch of guidebooks and make your wonderful plans. The coliseum, the Michelangelo David, the gondolas in Venice. You may learn some handy phrases in Italian. It's all very exciting.
After months of eager anticipation, the day finally arrives. You pack your bags and off you go. Several hours later, the plane lands. The stewardess comes in and says, "Welcome to Holland."
"Holland?!" you say. "What do you mean, Holland? I signed up for Italy! I'm supposed to be in Italy. All my life I've dreamed of going to Italy."
But there's been a change in the flight plan. They've landed in Holland, there you must stay.
The important thing is that they haven't taken you to some horrible, disgusting, filthy place, full of pestilence, famine, and disease. It's just a different place.
So you must go out and buy a new guidebook. And you must learn a whole new language. And you will meet a whole new group of people you would never have met.
It's just a different place. It's slower paced then Italy, less flashy than Italy. But after you've been there a while and you catch your breath, you look around, and you begin to notice that Holland has windmills, Holland has tulips, Holland even has Rembrandts.
But everyone you know is busy coming and going from Italy, and they're bragging about what a wonderful time they had there. And for the rest of your life you will say, "Yes, that's where I was supposed to go. That's what I had planned."
The pain of that will never, ever, go away, because the loss of that dream is a very significant loss.
But if you spend your life mourning the fact that you didn't get to go to Italy, you may never be free to enjoy the very special, the very lovely things about Holland.
Written by Emily Perl Kingsley (for "Autism Poems")
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UMCE is blessed with a splendid choir. At the end of each "season" we celebrate "Choir Sunday" when the choir shares some of their favorite anthems from the season. This Sunday will be "Choir Sunday", and the choir has selected four of their favorites from the last season. The sermon will be "When You Are Not Number One" and the text is Acts 1: 23 - 26. I hope to see you here!
"....and the folks are friendly"
Russell
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CHOIR SUNDAY
Sunday, May 21st at Both Services
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Sandy and Keron Sandusky invite you to join them this Sunday, May 21st for Choir Sunday. This be The Chancel Choir's last performance of the 2016-2017 season.
The choir will be performing four of their favorite anthems from this past year: "Grace," "Lord Listen to Your Children," "Touch Me Lord," and "Music of Grace."
Remember that the new choir season starts in September 2017 and they can always use more voices!
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Attendance & Stewardship Report
Sunday School and Nursery 5/14/2017
Worship Services
5/14/2017
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Needed Weekly
Received
5/14/2017
Difference
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2017 Budget
Needed Year to Date
Received Year to Date
Difference Year to Date
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5/19/2017
29
101
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$5,912
$4,463
($1,449)
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$313,348
$118,240
$140,481
+ $22,241
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UMCE GIVING STATEMENTS
Your UMCE Giving Statements for January - April 2017 will be available in the Fellowship Hall starting this Sunday, May 21st. Please stop by and pick yours up.
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Please welcome Karen Hines, the newest member of our music ministry team. Karen plays the piano and she will be teaming up with Terry Vogt on keyboards for the 8:30 a.m. services.
Karen teaches at Rocky Mountain Academy and accompanies the choir there. She is married to Mark Hines, current chairman of the board at ECHO. Karen studied piano in college. She can play organ, keyboard, or piano, but she prefers piano at this time. She also gives gives private piano lessons.
Welcome Karen!
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"CHANGE FOR LIFE" BABY BOTTLE DRIVE
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Life's Options (formerly known as the Mountain Area Pregnancy Center) invites you to help support local families in the Change for Life Baby Bottle Drive. Pick up a baby bottle from the table in Fellowship Hall and fill with your spare change for the next 4 weeks. We will collect the bottles on Father's Day, June 18th. Quarters, nickels, pennies and dimes change lives.
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ANNUAL COWBOY AND BLUEGRASS SUNDAY
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Announcing the Return of our
Annual Cowboy and Bluegrass Sunday
at the
The United Methodist Church of Evergreen
June 18, 2017 at 10:30 am
(one service only)
*** Featuring Devotional time with Pastor Russell Fletcher ***
Along with our Talented Country/Bluegrass Musicians:
Jay Genender on fiddle
Emily Wilson on Mandolin
Mike Fields on banjo and guitar
Terry Vogt on (honkytonk) piano
Suzanne Barchers on (bluegrass?) flute
Denwood Butler on guitar
Sandy Sandusky on harmonica ...
(and, of course, our awesome country singers)
Cowboy & Bluegrass Music and Poetry to include "God Must be a Cowboy at Heart", "Rocky Top", "Desert Pete", "Lord of the Dance" and many others.
Fun for all ages includes dancing for the little cowpokes, horse and pony rides in the parking lot and a BBQ lunch after the service.
Please come and bring your family for our signature event this year! Dress in your best cowboy attire (remember this is Rodeo Weekend) and come prepared to sing along, tap your feet and enjoy the activities.
We Hope to See You There !
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VACATION BIBLE SCHOOL 2017
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Monday, June 5 - Friday, June 9
9:00 am - Noon
Come join the fun for our 2017 VBS Week: Maker Fun Factory
! We
will spend three hours each morning learning about God's love for each one of us, and our unique purpose in His world!
Youth and adults are invited to volunteer and host this special event. We have volunteer opportunities in the following areas:
- Crew Leaders
- Snacks
- Games
- Preschool and Kindergarten Leaders
- Bible Stories
- Crafts and more!
Vacation Bible School is for children pre-school (
must
be potty trained) through third grade. There is also a special program for fourth and fifth graders. Sixth graders through high school may participate as volunteers.
Cost is $40 per child.
VBS Dates: Monday, June 5th through Friday, June 9th (9 am - 12 pm daily)
Contact Sarah to find out how you can participate!
303-717-2053
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Sunday, May 21 from 9:30 - 10:20 am
INCLUSIVENESS TASK FORCE: COMMISSION ON A WAY FORWARD
Facilitators: Katie Zapotoczny and The Rev. Russell Fletcher
In October 2016, the Council of Bishops appointed a group of laity, elders, and deacons to serve on the Commission on A Way Forward. This Commission is tasked with proposing a way forward through the present impasse related to human sexuality that currently exists in the global United Methodist Church. This Adult Education session will provide an update about the progress the Commission has made toward this goal to date.
Sunday, May 28: No Session: Memorial Day Weekend
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YOUTH EDUCATION AND ACTIVITIES
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CHILDREN AND YOUTH SUNDAY SCHOOL
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Action Pack
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Preschool-5th Grades |
9:30 am |
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Youth Group Sunday School
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6th-12th Grades |
9:30 am |
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EverKids Early Elementary Sunday School
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Preschool-1st Grades |
10:30 am |
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EverKids Upper Elementary Sunday School
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2nd-5th Grades |
10:30 am |
| SUNDAY YOUTH GROUP |
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High School Youth Group
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9th-12th Grades |
Noon - 1:30 pm |
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Regular Youth Group
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6th-12th Grades |
1:30 - 3:30 pm |
| THE STORY FOR KIDS |
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Wednesdays in UMCE Church Sanctuary
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Preschool - 5th Grades |
4:00 - 5:00 pm |
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NEED A PRAYER REQUEST?
We would like to help.
UMCE has a dedicated team of prayer warriors headed up by Charlene Hahn. If you have a prayer request, or if you would like to be included on the prayer chain, please contact Charlene Hahn at
cvhahn@comcast.net.
NEED A RIDE?
We would like to help. Contact the church office at 303-674-4810 or Transportation team lead Candy Hastedt at 303-670-5002 and someone from our Transportation Team will help you get to where you need to go.
NEED SOMETHING FIXED?
We would like to help. Contact the church office at 303-674-4810 or Helping Hands team lead Alison Barnes at 303-520-3746 and someone from our Helping Hands team will fix whatever needs fixing.
NEED A MEAL?
We would like to help. The Lay Care Team is keeping the church freezer stocked with frozen meals for our church family members in need of a meal. If you remove and deliver a meal to someone, kindly mark the inventory list with what was removed and to whom it was delivered. This will ensure no one is forgotten or duplicated. The inventory list is taped to the front of the freezer.
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Wednesday, May 24 & 31, June 7, 14, 21 & 28:
9:30-11:30 am
WOMEN'S BIBLE STUDY:
"Becoming Heart Sisters"
Location: UMCE Church Library
Please join Wednesday Women's Bible Study for a new study beginning May 3. The book,
Becoming Heart Sisters: A Bible Study on Authentic Friendships
, by Natalie Chambers Snapp, will help us become better equipped to walk hand in hand with a loyal friend and to become a God-honored friend. We meet in the church library from 9:30-11:30. Contact Jeanne Ambrosier 303-674-6377 or
rjambro@estreet.com
for a book or more information.
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Tuesday, June 6 and 20: 6:30 - 7:30 am
THE BAGELRY MEN'S FELLOWSHIP GROUP
Location: The Bagelry in Bergen Park
A small, but growing group of men have started meeting on the first and third Tuesdays of the month at the Bagelry in Bergen Park, across from King Soopers. Please come to join us and feel free to invite someone else who might benefit from this informal men's fellowship time. Women do this! Why can't men?
Contact Bill Graf (303-246-8330) or Clyde Sacks (805-451-4586).
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Monday, June 5 - Friday, June 9 from 9:00 am - Noon
VACATION BIBLE SCHOOL: MAKER FUN FACTORY!
Come join the fun for our 2017 VBS Week: Maker Fun Factory! We will spend three hours each morning learning about God's love for each one of us, and our unique purpose in His world!
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Saturday, June 10 starting at 9:00 am
SPRING CLEANUP DAY
The date for the Spring Cleanup is June 10th starting at 9:00 and hopefully being done by noon. Coffee, juice, and snacks will be provided. Volunteers should bring gloves and yard tools including weed whips, leaf blowers, and tree trimming equipment. Work will include general cleanup, painting inside and out (if the weather cooperates), landscaping, tree trimming, weed and grass cutting, some minor electrical repairs, and of course just miscellaneous yardwork. All are invited and we hope to have a big crowd to make light work for this annual event.
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Sunday, June 18 at 10:30 am - One Service Only
ANNUAL COWBOY AND BLUEGRASS SUNDAY
Please come and bring your family for our signature event this year! Dress in your best cowboy attire (remember this is Rodeo Weekend) and come prepared to sing along, tap your feet and enjoy the activities. We Hope to See You There! Cowboy & Bluegrass Music and Poetry to include "God Must be a Cowboy at Heart", "Rocky Top", "Desert Pete", "Lord of the Dance" and many others. Fun for all ages includes dancing for the little cowpokes, horse and pony rides in the parking lot and a BBQ lunch after the service.
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Wednesday, May 24 & 31, June 7, 14, 21 & 28
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9:30 -
11:30 am
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Women's Bible Study: "Becoming Heart Sisters"
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| Tuesday, June 6 & 20 |
6:30 am |
The Bagelry Men's Fellowship Breakfast Group |
| Sunday, June 4 |
10:30 Service |
Graduation Sunday |
Monday, June 5 -
Friday, June 9 |
9:00 - Noon |
Vacation Bible School 2017: Maker Fun Factory |
| Saturday, June 10 |
9:00 - Noon |
Spring Cleanup Day |
| Sunday, June 18 |
10:30 am |
Annual Cowboy and Bluegrass Sunday |
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| Tuesday, May 23 |
6:30 pm |
Inclusiveness Task Force |
| Thursday, May 25 |
6:00 pm |
Membership |
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Monday - Thursday: 9:00 am - 3:00 pm
Please call the office at 303-674-4810, or email office@evergreenumc.org if you would like to add
your event to the weekly Happenings.
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LARGE PRINT HYMNALS, BIBLES AND BULLETINS
are available in the vestibule for Sunday services. Just ask one of the ushers to help you.
ASSISTIVE LISTENING DEVICES are available for Sunday services. If you would like to try an Assistive Listening device this Sunday just ask one of the ushers or a sound booth technician.
AN OPEN INVITATION TO MEMBERSHIP is extended to all persons. Please speak with the pastor about your interest in becoming part of this great Christian Fellowship.
RELOADABLE KING SOOPERS/SAFEWAY GROCERY CARDS
are on sale in Fellowship Hall on the first Sunday of each month following each worship service. 5% of all purchases made with these reloadable cards goes back to UMCE! You can also purchase these cards from the church office during regular office hours.
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THE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH OF EVERGREEN
Growing a community of faith by serving a world of need and changing lives. We affirm a spirit of openness and hospitality to all, including persons of all races, ages, genders, sexual orientations, financial strata, and abilities who seek a closer walk with God.
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