Your Weekly News and Updates
for March 7, 2022
WORSHIP
Sunday services can be viewed live at 9:30am on Facebook AND YouTube, or afterwards with the links found on the website and weekly emails.
Click here to view service from 3/6.
 
March 13th – LENT WEEK 2 (Daylight Savings Starts)
The Poetry of Lent: Blackwater Wood
Mark 8: 27-38
 
March 20th – LENT WEEK 3
          The Poetry of Lent: Where Does the Temple Begin, Where Does it End?
     John 2: 13-25
 
March 27th – LENT WEEK 4
            The Poetry of Lent: Some Questions You Might Ask
       John 3: 14-21
Updated Masking Guideline

Following guidance received from both our state preschool licensing department and the health department, we will be updating our mask policy to strongly recommend and encourage masking in our building and preschool, but masks will not be required. We trust that you will make the best choice for your family in regards to masking. At any point, should we deem it necessary, we could require masks again in our building and preschool.  

Thank you for your continued patience, flexibility and understanding as we navigate the most appropriate policies to keep you safe.
Clothing Drive
During the season of Lent, we will be supporting the Spirit of Hope Clothing Closet that provides warm outerwear and basics to our homeless friends and neighbors. We hope during your spring cleaning, you might take an opportunity to donate! We will be collecting both new and used items, but we ask that any used items be free of holes, tears, or large stains. We will be collecting the following:

New or Used:
Jackets and Coats
Sweaters
Pants, specifically Jeans!

New:
Socks
Underwear

Sizing: Adult sizing is preferred, but all sizing is welcome!
If you have any questions, contact Rev. Jamielee at assocpastor@washparkumc.org

Please read the letter below from Jan at Spirit of Hope explaining more about their mission projects.

Happy March, my name is Jan Samuelson I am the mission coordinator
for the Spirit of Hope. The Spirit of Hope and the Lantern UMC have a
mission that we are working with the Severe Weather Coalition, Change
the Trend and other organizations, working with the unhoused
individuals in the tri city area of Littleton, Englewood, and Sheridan.
These individuals are people who are on the streets with just blankets
and/or sleeping bags. They are usually not in a group but just one off in
our area. We go out every 2nd Saturday of every month. We have a bus,
van and usually one or two other vehicles that find individuals on the
street on the Saturday we are out and provide them with clothes, a sack
meal, personal items and food that will help them for a while. These are
the individuals that did not get a voucher for the night to stay at a hotel
through the Severe Weather Coalition.

Another mission that we are doing is working with Colorado Finest High
School here in Englewood. This is an alternate High School for the
youth that is at risk. We are providing snacks for the youth to help them
get through the day. I was told by the students when I dropped the
goodies off that they appreciated it so much.

We meet every second Saturday of the month from 10 am to Noon to pack lunches and pass out clothes and food to our homeless neighbors. The peopld of Spirit of Hope invite you to join us in our mission, in person or through donation. 

Thank you for your help!
-Jan Samuelson
Preschool Auction April 9th: Tickets on Sale NOW!
There are lots of ways that you can offer your gifts in service to our congregation – looking for a way to be more involved at WPUMC? Here are a few opportunities:
*Ushering – online or in-person! We schedule individuals for a specific Sunday a month for their ushering “shift”. Online ushering doesn’t require you to be in the building, but to engage with online worship participants. In-person ushering requires your presence, and includes greeting people and helping with offering and communion. Email Rev. Sandi at pastor@washparkumc.org.
 
*Making Meals! Do you love to cook or offer people food? We coordinate meals for families with new babies, people who have health concerns, and other times when a meal seems to offer a tangible sign of love to our church family. To help out, email Rev. Sandi at pastor@washparkumc.org.
 
*Sunday Morning Liturgist! If you’d like to help offer a greeting to our worship participants, lead the call to worship and read the scripture, email Rev. Sandi at pastor@washparkumc.org.
 
There are lots of other ways to volunteer at WPUMC – if there is something specific you’d like to share, or if you are interested in a certain area of leadership, please contact Rev. Sandi at pastor@washparkumc.org. 
Altar Flowers 2022

If you’d like to sponsor Sunday morning altar flowers in honor of an occasion or in memory of someone, please sign up for a date below. The arrangements cost $45 ($35 for seniors) and you can take them home or give them away after service. We just ask that you return the vases to the Tea Kitchen so that we can reuse them. Make checks out to WPUMC and put altar flowers in the memo line or pay via Venmo @Michelle-Hoskins-17.
Please enter the occasion or person to be honored in the My Comment field after you click Sign Up.