United Methodist Church of Evergreen
Rev. Deb Olenyik, Pastor
Sunday, August 25, 2019
11th Sunday after Pentecost
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Ministry Jottings by Pastor Deb can be found later in this newsletter. Please scroll down to see what Deb is sharing this week.
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CHURCH OFFICE CLOSED
Saturday, August 24th through Monday, September 2nd
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Allison will be on vacation from Saturday, August 24th through Monday, September 2nd so the church office will be closed during this time. There will be no Happenings sent out on Friday, August 30th. Pastor Deb will be available for anything that is urgent.
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UMC EVERKIDS FALL 2019 PROGRAM
IS READY TO LAUNCH!
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The UMC EverKids Fall 2019 Program is ready to launch, and we can't wait for you to join us! Our theme for the 2019-2020 school year is "We are God's Masterpiece." And our theme verse is Ephesians 2:10: For we are God's masterpiece, created in Christ Jesus to do good works,which God prepared in advance for us to do."
Our focus this year will be on the EverKids' talents and unique value in God's eyes. Please join us for some or all of our programs!
Heroes of the Bible Study: Wednesdays from 4-5PM
Join us as we learn what a Bible Study is and how to participate in one. This activity is open to Preschool-5th Graders. There will be games, crafts, and snacks, in addition to the brief Bible Study. Non-readers and readers welcome!
Classes start September 11.
Action Pack: Sundays from 9:30-10:15AM
Rejoin the action pack for a morning of music! More information coming!
Classes start September 14.
UMC EverKids Sunday School: Sundays from 10:30-11:30
Join us again for Deep Blue Sunday School, with an emphasis on our individual talents and value. We will start with a one room school puppet show and activity, followed by a Bible lesson separated by age group.
Classes start September 14.
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Thank you to those who have already responded to our "Easter in August" financial appeal. Your generosity is a blessing. We invite others to provide a gift toward our current financial need. Help us continue serving our Lord faithfully through all our body of Christ is about.
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FRAME A HOUSE IN A DAY! BLUE SPRUCE FAITH BUILD
Saturday, September 28th
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Frame a House in a Day! In partnership with Thrivent and Blue Spruce Habitat join us for "Building in Faith" on Saturday, September 28 at the ReStore, 1232 Bergen Parkway in Evergreen. We will be building wall frames for a new house. To sign up by September 21 visit our website at
www.bluesprucehabitat.org. There will be four shifts (8a-10a; 10:15a-12:15p; 12:30p-2:30p; 2:45p-4:45p) and openings for 25 volunteers on each shift.
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Pastor Dean & Lin Penrod -
Come to us from the last church Pastor Dean served as minister, Monfort Heights UMC in Cincinnati, OH. They enjoy reading & camping. Pastor Dean also enjoys puttering around the house & woodworking. They met in college at Kettering Institute. For 20 years Dean was an operations manager at GM before going into ministry. For 30 years Lin was an engineer for GM before switching careers to become a clinical psychologist. They have been living and serving churches in the West Ohio Conference before moving to Evergreen. They have been married 35 years & have two grown children-- a son who is in the military and a daughter who is a lawyer in Denver.
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Ruby Hampton - Comes to us from Emmanuel Temple Christian Methodist Episcopal Church in Victorville, CA. where she was an active member for 35 years. She worked in banking before retiring to travel with and then caring for her husband, who passed on two years ago. He was in the Air Force before becoming a disabled veteran the result of Agent Orange from Vietnam. She lives with her son here in Evergreen, and also has a grown daughter living in Alabama. She has several grandchildren she enjoys spending time with. Ruby was born in Ohio before moving to Florida at a young age.
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YOUTH MISSION TRIP PRESENTATION
Sunday, August 25th at 10:30 am service
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We will have a special presentation on August 25th at the 10:30 service from our youth on their trip to Heifer International Ranch in Arkansas. Hope you can be with us.
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6TH GRADE INVITATIONAL PICNIC
Sunday, August 25th from 12:00 - 3:00 pm
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Join us in welcoming our new 6th Graders to the UMCE Youth Group! We will meet at the church and carpool to the Beaver Brook Watershed for a picnic and Ultimate Frisbee Game. All youth and their families are invited. Please RSVP to Sarah at [email protected] so she knows how much food to buy.
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MOM'S NIGHT OUT AT TUSCANY TAVERN
Tuesday, August 27th at 6:00 pm
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Pastor Deb is inviting the moms of kids {infants - school age} to come together for a relaxing dinner & conversation for the "inaugural" Mom's Night Out on August 27 at Tuscany Tavern at 6 p.m. {We will cover the cost of our own meals.} Thanks for letting Pastor Deb know if you can join her!
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BOOKS & BIBLE SUNDAY
Sunday, September 8th at 10:30 am
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Join us on September 8th at the 10:30 service as we present our incoming 3rd graders with Bibles and also present special gifts to our Preschoolers - 5th graders as they move up to their new EverKids grade level. {Our Fall Festival has moved to be part of Trunk or Treat on October 20th -- mark on your calendar!}
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2019 PURA VIDA MINISTRIES ANNUAL GALA
Friday, November 1st at 6:00 pm |
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Pura Vida Ministries will hold a Benefit Dinner and Celebration on Friday, November 1st at the Lakewood Country Club in Lakewood, Colorado. The gathering will provide an opportunity to join in the celebration of the continued success of Pura Vida's Guatemala ministries.
The evening includes a reception at 6:00pm, dinner at 7:30pm, and a program presentation on Pura Vida's mission. There will also be a silent auction and time to mingle with others who've participated in Pura Vida's success.
Pura Vida Ministries is currently providing scholarships for over 350 children in several rural Guatemalan villages. Many of these students wouldn't otherwise have the opportunity to attend school. A significant number of these scholarship students are sponsored by families from this church. Many of these students, who began sponsorship in primary school, are now enrolled at university. Pura Vida is extremely grateful for your support.
Work teams have provided many news homes and school classrooms for needy communities in Guatemala. Our English Camp has just completed it's 6th year teaching English skills to students in communities near Chichicastenango. Your church has been instrumental in the success via sponsorships, mission trips and financial & prayer support throughout Pura Vida's history.
Please join us November 1st to celebrate our shared accomplishments and hear more about plans for the future of Pura Vida ministries.
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UMM Breakfast
Saturday, September 14th at 8:00 am
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UMM will kick off our fall breakfast schedule on Saturday, September 14. Geo-physicist, John Warn, has been investigating the existence of Sasquatch for some time and will present his findings in his presentation: "Sasquatch - Fact or Fiction?" Breakfast will be served at 8:00. Please note that we will be meeting on the second Saturday instead of the usual first Saturday.
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YOUTH AND CHILDREN'S EDUCATION
AND ACTIVITIES
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CHILDREN AND YOUTH SUNDAY SCHOOL
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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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Youth Group
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6th-12th Grades |
Noon - 3:00 pm |
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Wednesdays from 9:30 - 11:30 am
Location: Church Library (Rm 12)
Starting September 4th, we will be studying the book "Grounded: Finding God in the World" by Diana Butler Bass. The author, a proponent of hopeful religion, shows us how to understand the sacred nature of the natural world and the unity with the spiritual world in the formation of human faith. We will learn how to love this world more deeply and see God everywhere we look. Contact Jeanne Ambrosier for more information: [email protected] or 303-674-6377
THE MEN'S BAGELRY FELLOWSHIP GROUP
1st and 3rd Tuesdays at 6:30 am
Location: The Bagelry in Bergen Park
The Men's Bagelry Fellowship Group meets on the first and third Tuesdays of the month at the Bagelry in Bergen Park, across from King Soopers. Contact Bill Graf at (303) 246-8330 for more information.
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LIBRARY ADULT STUDY CLASS (Rm 12)
Sundays from 9:30-10:20 am
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September 8: Our History: UMC of Evergreen
Facilitators: Jeanne & Roger Ambrosier
September 15: Non-Canonical Books of Scripture
Facilitator: Bob Gerteis
There exists numerous books written during the first and second centuries that were not selected to be included in our Bible. Since there are to many to be discussed in just one class, I have selected the Gospel of Peter for our discussion.
September 22: Archeology of the Holyland
Facilitator: Bob Gerteis
One of the more interesting areas investigated by archeologists has been Galilee where Jesus preached.
Their excavations have revealed how people lived and worked in the time of Jesus.
September 29: Perspectives from Our Middle East Travels
Facilitators: Terry & JoAnn Vogt
October 6: The Spirituality of Creating Art
Facilitator: Pem Dunn
October 13: Senior Housing Options of Bethesda Lutheran Services
Facilitator: Donna Mullins
October 20: No Class - Fall Festival Prep
October 27: Immigration & Refugee Update {Part 1}
Facilitator: Carolyn Hohne
November 3: Immigration & Refugee Update {Part 2}
Facilitator: Rev. Joyce Snapp
November 10: Update on the Mtn. Sky Conference: Moving Forward
Facilitator: Pastor Deb
November 17: Program by one of the Alternative Christmas agencies
November 24: Program by one of the Alternative Christmas agencies
Dec: 1, 8, 15 & 22: Advent Study {Details TBA}
December 29: No Class
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MINISTRY JOTTINGS BY PASTOR DEB
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A Cork's Influence
Your ways are in full view of the Lord, and he examines all your paths -- Proverbs 5:21
Sarah gave another of her great children's moments on Sunday. It was about how small things can make a real difference. I'd like to continue on that theme.
A tour group passed through a particular room in a factory. They viewed an elongated bar of steel, which weighed five hundred pounds, suspended vertically by a chain. Near it, an average-size cork was suspended by a silk thread. "You will see something shortly which is seemingly impossible," said an attendant to the group of sightseers. "This cork is going to set this steel bar in motion."
She took the cork in her hand, pulled it only slightly to the side of its original position, and released it. The cork swung gently against the steel bar, which remained motionless. For ten minutes the cork, with pendulum-like regularity, struck the iron bar. Finally, the bar vibrated slightly. By the time the tour group passed through the room an hour later, the great bar was swinging like the pendulum of a clock.
Many folk can feel they aren't exerting a feather's weight of influence upon others or making a dent in the needs of the world. Not so! Sometimes we don't realize how powerful the cumulative influence of God's goodness, which we walk in, is to those around us. Most of us are called to live our lives as "corks", through word and example - quietly, gently tapping away through the work of our daily lives.
It has been estimated that the average person encounters about twenty different people in the course of a day, with a minimum of eye contact and exchange of words or a gesture. That's at least twenty opportunities for our corks to "tap" at the collective human heart.
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Attendance & Stewardship Report
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Sunday School & Nursery 8/18/19
Worship Services 8/18
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19
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Needed Weekly
Received 8/18/2019
Difference
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2019 Budget
Needed Year to Date
Received Year to Date
Difference Year to Date
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8/23/2019
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21
102
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$6,309
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$328,086
$201,888
$186,741
($15,147)
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AROUND THE CHURCH -
AUGUST & SEPTEMBER
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| Saturday, Aug. 24 - Monday, Sept. 2 |
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Church Office Closed |
| Sunday, August 25 |
10:30 am |
Youth Mission Trip Presentation |
| Sunday, August 25 |
12:00 pm |
6th Grade Invitational Picnic |
| Tuesday, August 27 |
6:00 pm |
Mom's Night Out at Tuscany Tavern
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Sunday, September 8
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10:30 am
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Books & Bible Sunday
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| Saturday, September 14 |
8:00 am |
UMM Breakfast |
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TEAM MEETINGS -
AUGUST & SEPTEMBER
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| Sunday, August 25 |
11:30 am |
SPR |
| Tuesday, September 3 |
6:00 pm |
Missions |
| Tuesday, September 3 |
7:00 pm |
Trustees |
| Sunday, September 8 |
11:30 am |
Adult Learning & Fellowship |
| Tuesday, September 10 |
10:00 am |
Staff |
| Tuesday, September 10 |
6:00 pm |
Lay Care |
| Tuesday, September 17 |
6:00 pm |
Church & Society |
| Wednesday, September 18 |
7:00 pm |
Finance |
| Thursday, September 26 |
6:00 pm |
Membership |
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Monday - Thursday: 9:00 am - 1:15 pm
Friday: CLOSED
Please call the office at 303-674-4810, or email [email protected] 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
third 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 by contacting the church office.
REMEMBER TO USE AMAZON SMILE
when you shop at Amazon. Go to
www.amazonsmile.com
and designate
The United Methodist Church of Evergreen
as your charity of choice. Amazon will then donate 0.5% of the price of your eligible AmazonSmile purchases to UMCE.
EQUAL EXCHANGE FAIR TRADE COFFEE
is served during our Sunday morning fellowship but you can also order it. Please contact the church office with requests or questions.
Also, please drop some change in the coffee pot to help pay for Sunday morning fellowship coffee.
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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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