Sunday Worship will be on our YouTube channel this Sunday at 10AM.
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PSA:
Digital Communications
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The holiday season is here again and we are eager and excited to embark on this wonderful (and often busy!) time of year. You may find that you will be receiving more digital communications from us through the end of the year. We ask that you please check your spam folders to be sure our emails aren't accidentally getting caught there. Also, if you think you should have received something from us, but haven't seen it, please let the office know so we can get the communication to you another way.
Thank you for your patience and understanding!
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The Chef Hearty team will be assembling the next meal for Wild Plum families on Wednesday, December 1, at 11:00 AM in the fellowship hall. If you would like to help put these meals together, let Tricia Grafelman or Rod Edmonds know!
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Wayne is the oldest of four children born to Wayne S. & Evelyn E. Parker. He has two brothers, Monte & Joe, and a sister, Deanna. The family joined the church in 1952 and attended church at the 4th & Terry location.
The family moved to Longmont in 1950. Originally they lived south of town. Other home sites for Wayne are 1020 Bross and 1415 Tulip.
Wayne was a member of Boy Scout Troup 64. He worked with Scouts when his boys joined Troup 64. The family was also active in Sunday School.
Wayne married Gerrianne Dill on September 30, 1961. They were blessed with three children: Jeff, Kayleen, & Wes. Jeff is the father of one girl and twin boys. Kayleen has one boy and Wes has two boys. Sadly, Gerrianne died on January 16, 2020.
Wayne shares his handy-man skills by helping with upkeep & maintenance around the church building.
Wayne has fond memories of the Grooters boys. Ron & Jay who became his friends while their father, the Rev. Don Grooters served as pastor.
Wayne says one of his favorite memories of the “old church” was the smell of coffee from the old kitchen.
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Once again, we are beyond blessed to get to serve the kids of Wild Plum with Christmas Baskets. This was a WONDERFUL success last year and a huge blessing to the families who received them!
We will be serving 56 kiddos from 51 families this year. This is about 11 more kids than last year, so we'll really appreciate any help folks can offer. The families range in size from 2 members to 6 members.
We're asking folks to claim a family and put together a basket, or to sponsor part or all of a basket with a financial donation. Suggested amounts are $75- $125 per household depending on the size. All baskets or donations are due by December 12th so kids can pick them up before they go on break the 16th.
Your basket can be a literal basket, a decorated box, or even a storage tub. Suggested items to include are something the family can do together like baking or a craft, a gift (or more) for the child or children in the household, and a gift card the family can spend at their discretion.
If you're interested in shopping for a basket, call or email Misty Bone with the family size you're interested in sponsoring and she will give you some general information about the family.
If you have any questions, please feel free to reach out to Misty via phone at 720-628-7261 or email at kidsofhol@hotmail.com.
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Advent Study Opportunities |
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The Adventurers Adult Sunday School class will be doing the same advent study as Pastor David using Amy-Jill Levine's book Light of the World. If you would like to join them, they meet Sunday mornings, 9:00 AM to 9:50 AM, in the parlor.
To read more about this advent study, check out this post on our website:
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Advent Study Opportunity - Heart of Longmont
The book Light of the World by Amy-Jill Levine, University Professor of New Testament and Jewish Studies at Vanderbilt University, will be the focus of this study led by Pastor David Burt. In her book ...
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heartoflongmont.org
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Support LGBTQIA+ Organizations
This Holiday Season
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While the holiday season is a wonderful one for many, to others it's one of the most difficult times of the year. 2021 has been a particularly hard year for LGBTQIA+ people, being one of the deadliest and dangerous years for trans* people, and seeing many intersections of injustice against marginalized identities overall.
If you have some extra room in your holiday giving budget this season and would like to donate to organizations that support and empower LGBTQIA+ individuals and the LGBTQIA+ community, here are a few suggestions:
PFLAG was founded in 1972 and the Boulder County chapter was established in 1993. Their mission is to provide support, education, and advocacy for the families, friends, and allies of lesbians, gays, bisexual, transgender, queer, and intersex people, as well as for the LGBTQIA+ community itself.
Originally established in 1998 as Boulder Pride, Out Boulder County changed its name in 2016 to reflect the organization's broadening outreach and support. Working independently and in collaboration, they facilitate connection, advocacy, education, research and programs to ensure LGBTQIA+ people and communities thrive in Boulder County and beyond.
Run by and for trans people, Trans Lifeline is a hotline and microgrants organization that offers direct emotional and financial support to trans* people in crisis and connects trans* people to community support and resources needed to survive and thrive. Originally established in 2014, Trans Lifeline has answered over 100,000 calls and disbursed $1 million to trans* individuals in need.
The Trevor Project is the world’s largest suicide prevention and crisis intervention organization for LGBTQIA+ young people. They offer crisis services and peer support to LGBTQIA+ youth and have research, education, and advocacy programs.
Launched in 2016, the Trans Empowerment Project has provided direct aid for over 1200 trans* people across the US, including folx who are queer, trans, non-binary, two-spirit, gender non-conforming, and of other identities. Their main focus is on the liberation and success of disabled trans* people of color.
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Each year our United Methodist Women like to remember students in our church family who are pursuing post high school training and undergraduate degrees with a care package. These packages are sent out in late February. Parents – please submit your student’s name and address to Becky Vancura no later than January 10th.
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Stewardship Update from Karl Scott |
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During Sunday worship on November 14, Karl Scott gave a stewardship update. Below is the transcript: |
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Good morning Heart of Longmont.
As I was gathering the leaves up here at the church this Friday, I was amazed at all the wonderful yellows, red, rust and golden colors of the different leaves. The different sizes and the endless ways that they were curled up, lying flat and some still stuck to the stems they grew on. Others were laying far away from each other, yet many were in deep piles just waiting.
The leaves got me thinking of the wonderful parishioners here in our church. Some of us are very different than others. Large, small, in groups of the same family and friend stems yet others scattered about not close to each other. Yet we do have those common trees that grow the leaves and a common desire for those that come to church here to do Gods work in our world.
We do the work in many different ways. Some of the work is assembling meals, sewing, raising the awareness of world hunger, learning how to effect healing in our broken world and 150 other ways to serve others around us as indicated by the banners on the wall here showing how we serve. And we do that well.
In order to better plan and budget for all our work we have a stewardship drive to help make plans for the coming year. The finance committee started this process this year back in August and is working diligently to accomplish this task in time for the Charge conference in early December. We do that by sending out the estimated giving Stewardship cards to guide us in planning for the next years opportunities to serve.
Our big thanks to those that have turned in their cards. Although we have only received around a third of the cards back. If you didn’t get a card there are some at the usher tables at the back of the sanctuary, I have some here to share with you or contact the office if you did not get the wonderful letter from Pastor David and the card. If you haven’t returned your card yet please get in into the office.
Like the leaves we are all different but we all work together to serve in God's work at the Heart of Longmont.
Thank you for your help.
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Our annual business meeting of the church will take place on Zoom, at 1:00pm Saturday December 4. District Superintendent Tezenlo Thong will preside. Everyone is invited to attend and members can vote on all issues.
Our agenda will include:
- A devotion from Bishop Karen Oliveto
- Electing new members for our various committees and teams
- Approving changes to our Endowment Charter
- Voting on an agreement by our Trustees in negotiating with Boy Scouts in their bankruptcy proceedings
- Approving the Pastor’s compensation
- And approving our commitment to Connectional Giving.
These are important issues and we value everyone’s input.
Documents for these items for vote will be emailed the week prior to the Conference.
Please plan to join us for our Annual Church Conference December 4 at 1:00pm
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Monthly Message from Pastor David
Be The Church
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This month's message from Pastor David is about how faith isn't something we have--it's something we do. Be the Church. |
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Thank you Knitters and Crocheters! |
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I wish to say a “GREAT BIG THANK YOU” to my knitters and crocheters who make our beautiful prayer shawls. The cooler weather is coming and time to continue with making more. Thank you for the time in making them and buying yarn for the shawls. Keep up the wonderful job that you do so well!
~Kathy Bradley
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Pastor David Burt met to talk with Lay Leader Tricia Grafelman about what's happening at Heart of Longmont in November and December. |
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The Altar Flower Team are in need of more 1 lb. coffee containers for the purpose of the flowers taken after service. If you have any coffee containers to donate, please bring them to the church. Thank you! |
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If you wish to donate to this month's compassion offering, you can do so online by clicking here and navigating to the Monthly Compassion Offering tile. Or, you may send a check to the church office with "Compassion Offering" on the memo line. |
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Come join us on Saturday, November 27, as we transform our church for the holiday season! Starting at 9:00am, we will be decorating our sanctuary for Advent. The theme for decorating this year will be "angels". If you have a favorite angel, bring it with you on the 27th! (Please put your name on your ornament so we can return it to you after Christmas.) |
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Christmas Poinsettias this year will be white and only eight will be ordered. If you would like to purchase one of our eight Christmas Poinsettias, please contact Carol Barnett in the church office.
Final price will be determined at time of pick up. If you have questions, please contact Kathy Bradley.
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If you are able to scan and email, send your wedding photo to Lynn Greenhalge at halge@aol.com. If you are not able to scan and send, call Lynn at 303-651-3911 and we'll arrange to get a copy to share.
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Have you ever wanted to ask Jesus one question? What would it be?
We will begin the new year of 2022 with a new sermon series: “Searching for Answers”. What are the questions you have about the Bible? About living the Christian Life? About the Teachings of Jesus? Pastor David would love to know what questions you may have and will invite all of us to think about such topics. He can’t promise that he will answer them the way Jesus would, but it will be fun and hopefully inspiring to discuss them together.
The new sermon series begins Sunday January 2, 2022.
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There is a collection box in the entryway here at the Heart of Longmont to collect items. |
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MASKS REQUIRED
FOR IN-PERSON WORSHIP
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The recent emergence of the SARS-CoV-2 virus Delta variant in parts of Colorado has highlighted that there may be times when changing patterns of COVID-19 transmission or severity warrant enhanced infection control measures to ensure congregational safety. I think we have entered such a time. While Boulder County continues to remain in the “Clear” category, health officials are recommending that masks be worn while indoors, even for fully vaccinated people.
As reported August 13 in the Longmont Times-Call:
"As delta variant cases surge throughout Boulder County and the nation, public health officials on Friday updated their guidance to recommend everyone 2 years and older wear masks indoors regardless of coronavirus vaccination status.
The CDC recommends that all individuals, including vaccinated individuals, wear a mask indoors in public in counties with substantial or high transmission.
Boulder County Public Health spokesperson Angela Simental said Friday afternoon that Boulder County was still classified in the substantial transmission category, according to CDC data. However, by Friday evening, it had moved into high transmission." (Emphasis added.)
While it saddens me to have to share this news, I believe that we need to watch out for each other and for our neighbors. I have notified our church Trustees and our Re-Open Team that I will recommend we move back to wearing masks while in the sanctuary on Sundays. That will also mean a suspension of coffee hour after worship for now.
It has been a long time since March 15, 2020 and we are still not out of the woods yet with COVID. But I want you to be safe and well and I want others to be cared for by us. So let’s do what we can TOGETHER to get through this TOGETHER. May God continue to hold us close.
~Rev. David Burt
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If you are a faith-filled, mission-minded woman in the United Methodist Church you will not want to miss an opportunity to join and meet thousands of other like-minded women from around the world. The theme for this gathering is “Turn It Up!”
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Turn It Up! For spiritual healing and renewal.
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Turn It Up! For rebirth in a new time.
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Turn It Up! For women leaders.
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Turn It Up! For justice for women, children and youth.
Join us and many others from the mountain states area in Orlando, Florida, May 20-22, 2022, for the Assembly held every 4 years sponsored by the United Methodist Women. This opportunity includes:
- Soul-stirring worship infused with music and performing arts
- Impactful workshops and riveting Town Hall meetings with important national leaders.
- Action opportunities and an Experience Hall with interactive experience
The Heart of Longmont (HOL) United Methodist Women (UMW) organization has funds set aside to assist every HOL member who attends. You do not have to be a current member of UMW to get assistance or to attend. Watch for more information in the next 2 weeks and go to the website: www.assembly2022.org.
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Watch the promo video here: |
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Have an article or photo you want to see in the next edition of the Pulse?
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We thank you for your generosity!
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Adult Sunday School Classes on Zoom |
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Adventurer's Sunday School with Tricia Grafelman |
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Tricia Grafelman's Adventurer's Adult Sunday School has begun meeting in-person, but offers the option to join via Zoom to anyone who wishes to. |
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Topic: Adventurers Sunday School
Time: This is a recurring meeting Meet anytime
Join Zoom Meeting
Meeting ID: 836 9574 6852
Passcode: 964142
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Faith & Reason Sunday School with Marty Allison |
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Marty Allison's Faith and Reason Adult Sunday School is still meeting via Zoom, but are discussing whether to return to in-person meetings. |
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Topic: Faith & Reason Sunday School: Heart of Longmont
Time: This is a recurring meeting Meet anytime
Join Zoom Meeting
Meeting ID: 830 4521 8818
Passcode: 115380
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Do you have an article, story, or update you'd like to put in the Pulse?
The deadline for submissions is Monday by noon.
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office@heartoflongmont.org / 303-776-3523 / WIFI Password HOL2016M |
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The Heart of Longmont is open for in-person worship
Sundays at 10AM.

Worship services will continue to be broadcasted live on our
YouTube channel.
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The office at Heart of Longmont is open
Monday through Friday 10:00am to 2:00pm.
The Heart of Longmont office will be closed:
November 25 (Thanksgiving)
November 26
December 24 (Christmas Eve)
December 31 (New Year's Eve)
If you come to the office you will need to wear a mask and use the hand sanitizer inside the office doors. We may need to limit the number of people in the office at any one time.
You can call Carol at the church office, 303-776-3523, during those days and times. Or you can email her anytime at office@heartoflongmont.org.
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