Update from the Trustees on the Bathroom Renovation
The planning and preliminary work is progressing. We believe we now have found our contractor to do the work, but the schedule has likely been pushed to fall of this year.
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Continuing the "Daily Response to the Word"
We have been blessed that one of the key connecting points and spiritual practices during our COVID shut-down has been Pastor Dean Penrod preparing a daily Bible lesson-devotional since April, 2020. We greatly appreciate the time and effort he has given to this -- not missing one day. It has helped many of us in our daily walk with Christ being spiritually fed for discipleship growth and strength during this time. Now is the time to see if there is enough interest to continue the "Daily Response to the Word". Please let Jessica know by May 24 if this is something you would like to see continued. Pastor Dean is willing if there is the interest.
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Hosts for Outdoor Coffee Fellowship Following Worship Needed
If you'd like to have Coffee Fellowship following worship resume, we need your help. For the next few months at least, we will hold it outside the sanctuary doors [as JeffCo COVID restrictions allow]. Pastor Deb has a simple plan to make it happen. If you are willing to host coffee fellowship a time or two in the coming months, please be in touch with her. For a while, we will just be able to hold it sporadically as hosts are scheduled. We will be very grateful for whatever can happen to make this fun time of fellowship and visiting possible once again.
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Let's Stock Our Food Pantry Shelves
Let's resume stocking our Food Pantry Shelves in Fellowship Hall! This is an important community outreach which has been a staple of our ministry. While we won't pass out slips of paper in worship with suggested items on for a while, just choose what you'd like to contribute.
Here are some requests:
- Vegetable Broth, 32 oz
- Chicken Broth, 32 oz
- Microwavable Rice
- Ground Coffee, 100 oz bags
- Canned Fruit, low sugar
- Toilet Paper
- Granola Cereals, low sugar
- Hearty soups and stews
- Healthy snacks (raisins, craisins, granola bars)
- Shaving items
We make monthly drop-offs to our two area food pantries with whatever we have collected -- EChO & Mtn. Resource Center. Thank you for responding to this need.
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Win-Win: Help Nathan & Anna Get into Their Townhome by Having Some Work Done Around Your Home
Our song leader and choir director, Nathan, and fiancé, Anna, are looking forward to closing on a townhome purchase in the coming weeks. We can help them with their down payment and initial funding by hiring Nathan to help around our homes. He's offering to do yard work, build fences, painting, manual labor inside or out, etc. He's available Saturdays and Sundays after church this month with added availability during the week the first half of June. Contact Nathan at 402-705-0458 or njensen7@live.com.
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Ministry Jottings
The Greatest Wish
“I will do what you have asked. I will give you a wise and discerning heart, so that there will never have been anyone like you, nor will there ever be” -- 1 Kings 3:12 [The Lord talking to Solomon]
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This is to honor our graduates, and yet, this is for everyone as well. The Lord had given Solomon the opportunity to have his greatest wish granted. Solomon had just been crowned at age 19 to be king following his father David’s death. Solomon knew he was young and inexperienced. He knew there were many adversaries who sought to kill him, so he went out on a hill to pray and seek God’s guidance.
Even though he has been elevated to king he doesn’t let it go to his head. As Solomon comes before God with an open mind and heart, what does Solomon ask for? Riches? Land? Easy success? None of these. Solomon asks for wisdom, an understanding heart to judge the people, and to be able to discern between good and bad. Notice that Solomon doesn’t ask God to do the job for him. It’s about asking God to give him the wisdom to know what to do and the courage to follow through on it. It was up to Solomon to apply it to all areas of his life.
Daughter Kelly, wrote a regular advice column for her high school paper under the pseudonym “The Dalai Llama” – with a wise looking llama as her ‘picture’. Part of the Dalai Llama’s last column upon high school graduation went like this: “I love this town. There is something about this town that allows its inhabitants to grow into real, fully functional (all right, sometimes dysfunctional), and completely unique people. . . . When someone says that this high school didn’t teach them well enough, it means that they weren’t motivated enough to challenge themselves or take advantage of what it offers. And when someone says that they wish that they could have grown up somewhere else, I say, our town and small towns like it, are the only place kids ever really ‘grow up’. In so many other places they are just forced into early adulthood.”
And so, to our graduates, congratulations and may you consider what Solomon asked for, as you look to having your dreams fulfilled. May you reflect on all the influences who have guided you on a Christlike path-- from your parents to your teachers to your youth group leaders to your employers to your friends. As you acknowledge the wisdom and discernment abilities you have been given, celebrate your great step moving forward to be the persons God has called you to be. And may each of us keep taking our wishes before the Lord our God.
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Finances Year to Date through April 30 |
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Mountain Resource Center Food Storage
As most of you know, Mountain Resource Center (“MRC”) is one of the missions our Church has supported over the years. MRC delivers high quality, integrated health and human services within a 1000 square mile rural mountain area, serving a population of over 65,000 in West Jefferson, Clear Creek, Gilpin and Park Counties. Among its many services, MRC operates a food pantry and an early childhood and family education program. Due to the Covid pandemic, the early childhood and family education program was suspended while at the same time demands on the food pantry exploded. Average food purchase costs to meet the increased demand went from 8,600 pounds a month to 36,000 pounds a month.
Because additional food storage space was required to meet the increased demand, while the early childhood and family education programs were temporarily suspended due to Covid, MRC utilized the classroom ordinarily used for those programs for food storage. Although we seem to be returning to some degree of normalcy, the economy is failing to recover as quickly as the threat of Covid. Demands on the food pantry have not decreased significantly, and they are not expected to do so for some period of time. MRC is able to resume its early childhood and family education programs but had no place to hold them because the classroom is currently a food storage area. As a solution, and there being no other space available in the MRC building, the Board of MRC elected to purchase an outdoor food storage container. The cost for this was unanticipated and unbudgeted.
MRC has requested special assistance with this purchase. In conjunction with other churches and faith based organizations in the MRC service area, we will be collecting donations to assist with the container purchase on Sunday, May 23 rd. Of course, for those attending worship services remotely who wish to donate, MRC has a donation link on their website. As MRC says, any donation, of whatever amount, will help. |
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SPRING and GARDENS GO TOGETHER!
Some of us helped with housewares awhile back for the new Colorado Coalition for the Homeless Renaissance Veterans apartments at Fitzsimons. The Vets are planting a garden at their facility and could use some items. If you would like to help this garden grow, here are their needs: SMALL garden tools {these can be new or used in good condition}; new gardening gloves for men.
Please bring your donations to church by the 10:30 service on Sunday, May 23, there will be a drop-off in the Choir Room. They will be delivered to CCH that week. Planting and tending their garden will be a gift to these Vets and our beloved Earth! Thank you for being part of this mission outreach!
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EPAD Golf Tournament
Only two weeks remain to register for the Evergreen Public Access Defibrillation (EPAD) Golf Tournament at beautiful Hiwan Golf Club (deadline is Friday, May 28). Enjoy a round of golf while raising money for EPAD’s AED and community CPR programs.
Contact Debby with any questions (303-587-7353). We’ll see you on June 7! Maureen Sullivan & Debby Humphrey
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Baby Bottle Drive
Life’s Options in Evergreen is thankful for life and we are collecting change to change lives. Please pick up your physical or virtual baby bottle today, fill it up with spare change, cash or checks and return to church during the weekend services no later than Father’s Day.
Life’s Options provides much needed services to those in our community who are struggling with an unplanned pregnancy. Their work also goes well beyond counseling services and includes practical support with items needed in the daily care of infants and children. Thank you for supporting and helping us continue our life-changing work. Life is a precious gift and we are thankful for life at every stage.
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Tuesday, June 1st - Friday, June 4th |
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8:30am @ Fellowship Hall & Outside |
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Men's Breakfast & Spring Workday |
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11am @ Fellowship Hall & Library |
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Onsite worship: 8:30 & 10:30
Online worship: Available from 9 on
Online Kid's Sunday School: 9:30
Onsite Kid’s Sunday School: 10:30
Online Youth Group: 1:30 - 2:30
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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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