Celebrating the 28th Sunday in Ordinary Time

October 29th, 2023 12:30 pm

It may be that some little root

Of the sacred tree still lives.

Nourish it then, that it may bloom

And fill with singing birds.

-Black Elk

Join us at 12:30 pm in the Sanctuary or on Zoom for Sunday Mass with R. Jane Reina presiding.

Our lectors are Ralph Dorland and Gray La Fond. Carol Yeazell and Joan Chapman Smith will be serving as our

Eucharistic ministers. Gratitude to our melodious Music Ministry for providing spirit-filled song.

Here is the worship aid (view or print) to assist with prayer.



• Zoom Link: Here
• For Zoom App:  431 502 8167
• Call-in Audio Only:  +1 669 900 6833
• Meeting ID: 431 502 8167

A note from our Liturgy Ministry: You are always welcome to sit during the liturgy as you need.

Mary of Magdala Announcements

Octoberfest Fundraiser a Success!

Our shared service last Sunday, October 22nd was a huge success! As always, we were inspired by our pastors at our shared service which included 2 baptisms, Trinity Bells, and Mary of Magdala's singers! The sanctuary was nearly filled! At 11:30 AM, the 3 communities entered the Fellowship Hall for beer, brats, and tables filled with many scrumptious menu items!

The Oktoberfest team added 12 dining tables to the hall. About 180 of us were seated so closely that we barely had room to walk! We were treated to 4 brewers! Steve Jones brought his homemade award winning "My Uncle Dunkle"! Three breweries also donated - Obstacle Brewing's "Kolsch", Timnath Brewing's "Octoberfest", and Zwei Brewing's "Vienna". Bill Smith entertained us with recorded polka music! Mike Werner brought his bean bag toss game for outside fun on such a gorgeous day!

Besides sharing our faith and fellowship, we also made a super generous donation of about $6,000 and counting towards one of our main social justice causes- Habitat for Humanity! This was double our giving goal of $3,000 for this event. A huge thank you goes to Sarah Lindsey, Faith Engagement Manager for Habitat for Humanity, who brought us up to date with Habitat home building and introduced future homeowner, Crystal and her son!

Special thanks for making Oktoberfest so successful go to Thrivent Action for its gift card of $250.00 to pay for the brats, and buns and sauerkraut, to Pastor Rick for personally shopping for them, to everyone who organized the 301 Faith Partners shared service, and to everyone who volunteered their service or brought food to the luncheon. God has blessed us!

-Leonard Russ

For additional pictures, click here

Weekly Monday Morning Peace Prayer

Peace reaches deep into our psyche to heal and renew. It radiates from the deepest place within us. While it seems that all creation and institutional bodies are in chaos, Jesus still calls us to the Peace of Christ (John 20.21). It is that Peace within us that radiates outward.

“Where two or more are gathered, there I am in your midst”

(Matt 18:19-20).

If you have the inclination and 20 minutes, please join us in prayer Pray with us for peace in the world and within ourselves. 

Monday mornings at 9am on this Zoom link

Meeting ID: 844 1669 8343

Passcode: 557026

May Mary, Mother of the World, who abhors all violence, bless us.

Rev. Jane

Notice for Altar Flowers for Week of October 29

This week’s flowers were donated by Anne Beavan of Mary of Magdala, in memory of all of our deceased members from the 301 Faith Partners as we celebrate All Saint’s Day and commemorate those who have passed on All Souls’ Day during the coming week.

MofM final Social Justice Ministry meeting of 2023 



The last Mary of Magdala Social Justice Ministry meeting of 2023 is planned for Nov 6th, beginning at 6:30 pm. All members of the committee are encouraged to attend. The meeting is also open to anyone else who wishes to attend and participate.

Agenda items:

·         Next FFN volunteer week (Jean Christen)

·         Madonna Hospital Update (Cindy Cloyd)

·         Grocery cards planning (Tom Moos)

·         Advent project 2023 (All)

The meeting will be held virtually over zoom. Attendees can connect with the same Zoom link that we use for Sunday Masses:

Mary of Magdala Social Justice Meeting

Monday Nov 6, 2023 starting at 6:30 pm

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/4315028167

Meeting ID: 431 502 8167

No Password required. Attendees will be placed into a waiting room.

Photo by Tim Marshall on Unsplash.

301 Faith Partners' Announcements

Honoring the Day of the Dead -

Workshop and Celebration!

Saturday, Nov. 4, 6:30 PM

In this Thin Time of the year, when we remember our loved ones who have passed away, St. Paul’s is offering a Day of the Dead workshop and celebration on Saturday, Nov. 4th, from 7-9 PM for all the 301 Faith Partners. This will be an opportunity for all of us to honor our beloved ancestors for All Saints Day!

Choose your own adventure:  There will be multiple stations, and you are welcome to participate in whatever ways you choose. There will be opportunities to decorate sugar cookies for Days of the Dead, play a game with our Death Deck cards, work on your advance directive documents, engage in conversations about your experiences with death and dying, spend time in contemplation using Visio divina (sacred looking), and remember your ancestors, both of the blood and of the heart.

We invite you to bring images and objects (even favorite foods) of beloved forbears of the soul and/or body to include in the altar we will be creating. Wine, a festive non-alcoholic drink, cheese, cookies, and other goodies will be on offer.

Fall Clean-up Day November

4, 9 am - 12 pm

Please join together with our Faith Partners for the annual Fall Cleanup Day on Saturday, November 4, from 9 am-12 pm. Please bring your favorite rake, leaf-blower/leaf-vacuum, pruning shears, and/or other tools to clean up the church campus.

If you would prefer to work inside or if the weather is too bad to be outside, please bring cleaning supplies and hand vacuums for interior room cleaning. Come help clean and get ready for Advent! Please contact Mike Werner at (316) 250-6409 or Gray Currier at (970) 962-4057 with any questions.

Mark your Calendars

Turkey Round Up Coming -

The Annual "Turkey Round Up" has begun - we plan to collect turkeys for the Food Bank for Larimer County. You can bring your rock-hard frozen turkeys to church

--> Sunday, November 19! <---

And please remember, only rock-hard frozen turkeys can be donated- if you are able to squeeze your turkey even a little bit, it is no longer frozen, and it will not be safe to donate.

Let's STUFF THE FOOD BANK! Give thanks by giving!

Presented by the Joint Eco-Justice Team

October 24– 31 is Bat Week

For bat week this year learn what you can do to help bats.

Meet a Yuma myotis doing what bats do…eating moths. Most bats usually don’t eat things as small as mosquitos. They eat the big moths that eat Colorado crops. Each bat can eat twice its weight in insects every night. They save American farmers billions (3.7 billion) on pesticides every year! Bats disperse seeds in the forest, they pollinate many plants. If you enjoy bananas, avocados, chocolate, or the occasional margarita, you’ve eaten a food pollinated by bats. Bats are also prey for falcons, hawks and owls. Eighteen species of bats live in Colorado.

Last June, the first case of White Nose Syndrome was discovered in bats at Bent’s Old Fort, in Colorado. White Nose Syndrome is caused by a newly discovered cold loving fungus and has killed over seven million bats since its discovery in 2006. Bats face other threats too. Climate change and habitat loss are almost as destructive as WNS.

Here are some ideas to help you help bats...anywhere! Courtesy of NPS.gov Conservation at Home.

Learn about the bats in your area.

Bats are often misunderstood. Share what you learn to help bust some of the myths about bats. Join Colorado Bat Watch as a citizen scientist or an armchair enthusiast.

Limit herbicide and pesticide use.

Many bats eat insects, and some pollinate plants, so limiting these chemicals gives bats healthy foods to eat.

Build a bat house.

Bonus: Having a bat colony in your backyard can help with pest control control!

Participate in Bat Week!

Bat Week occurs the last week of October every year! It's a time to celebrate and learn about bats!

Turn off the lights for bats.

Bats rely on darkness to survive and light pollution can disrupt their natural behaviors. Find out how you can help protect the night sky where you live.

Leave bats alone!

Avoid disturbing bats, especially if they are hibernating. Report every close encounter with a bat. Contact with bats can hold potential human health concerns.

Garden for bats.

What you choose to plant in your garden can help bats! Check out this Guide to Gardening for Bats from Bat Conservation International to get some ideas.

Ongoing Faith Partners Groups

The Trinity Readers

The Trinity Readers (the TLC morning book group) will meet on November 6th to discuss the Walter Isaacson biography of Nobel Prize winner Jennifer Doudna entitled The Code Breaker.  Doudna was instrumental in developing the CRISPR gene-editing technique. 

Join us at 9:30 a.m. in person in Room 2 or on Zoom.  Come every month, or come just when the book especially interests you.  Questions?  Call Nadine Hunt at 970-825-3730.

301 Faith Partners Prayer Group

Join the prayer group praying for the 301 Faith Partners. We are meeting on the last Monday of the month at 10:30 am in the Fireside Room. All are welcome!

Quilting Group

We meet each Friday at 10 am. All are welcome to come—any gender, any age, no experience is required. Come if you can only attend every other week or once a month. Bring a helping heart and your favorite coffee mug or water bottle

Faith Partners Fellowship Group

Every Second Thursday

The Faith Partners Fellowship Group is every second Thursday of the month.

Watch for the announcement on where they will meet next.

301 Faith Partners is all inclusive, and men, women, transfolx and non-binary folx are all welcome.

Chapter 2 Book Group

Too much of a good thing, the original Book Group needed to expand. Join us each month to discuss a book from a variety of both fiction and non-fiction books. Readers are welcome to attend each month or just when the book interests them. We will be meeting on the 4th Thursday of the month at 6 pm in Room 2. Everyone is welcome. Email Adrianne Jurgenson with any questions.

Praying for peace, health and well-being through challenging times.



+Joanne Gallagher, member

+David Devlin, member

+Joanne Kresl, friend of Suzanne King, member

+Lisa Moos, member

+Jim Carroll, husband of member Dori Carroll

+Kolten Weitzel, grandson of Kerrie Anderson, member

+Sabrina and her two children, currently homeless

+Grandneice of Father Michael Nicosia

+Linda Browell, member

+Sandra Carter, friend of Mary Vogel

+Kris Jenkins, wife of Father Scott Jenkins

+Jen Banks, friend of Mary of Magdala

+Francisco Cruz Antonio, friend of Rev. Jane

+Yvonne Keefe, member

+Jo Anne, friend of Sandra Life, member

+Grace Robinson, member

+Jerry Padilla, father of member Lisa Jones

+Janessa and Hayden, sister and niece of Jen Banks

+Rachel, daughter of Mary Lou Devlin, member.

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A blessed and peaceful repose of souls for those who've passed and comfort for the friends and families.

+Daniel, cousin of Pedro Engel

+Juanita Newbre, aunt of MaryLou Devlin, member

+Jeanette Marian Banks (Brown) mother of Jen Banks

+Flavian Reising Jr., Father of Steve Reising, member

+Marge Gruber, friend of Michael Six, member

+Betty Jones, mother-in-law of Lisa Jones, member

+Jean Preslan, friend of Mother Rosean and Yvonne Wootten, member

+Josy Moos, Godmother of Tom Moos

+Fr. Fred Ball, OFR, ECC priest

+Bob Colhour, father of member Mark Colhour.

+Candy Palmer, friend of Mary Lou Devlin, member

+Johnny Berlyn Thomas, friend and benefactor out of his own poverty, of Pastor Jane

+Fr Don Willet, from John XXIII



+Linn Zink, friend of MoM, Social Justice advocate

+Bishop McGrath - RC diocese of San Jose, Friend of Suzanne King

+James Ryan cousin of Mary Lyons, member

+ Rosemary - Fr Michael's mother

+ Mother Sheila Dierks, ECC priest in Boulder

Please send prayer requests to marymagdalafc@gmail.com. Prayers will be listed for one month unless requested for longer. Prayers for the repose of souls will be listed for six months unless requested for a longer time.

Celebrating with the 301 Faith Partners on Oct. 22nd

The full video of our 301 Shared Service is stored on the St. Paul's Episcopal YouTube channel, available here. The readings were read by Mary of Magdala lectors, the Communion was consecrated by Rev. Felicia Smith-Graybeal, and the homily given by Rev. Rick Reiten of Trinity Lutheran.

Mass Schedule

Sunday Oct 29 at 12:30 pm

• Rev. Jane Reina is presiding. In-person and with Zoom

Weekly Mass Wednesday, Nov 1 at

11:00 am

• Weekly mass in the Fireside Room
• No Zoom available

Sunday Nov 5 at 12:30 pm

• Father Teri Harroun is presiding. In-person and with Zoom

Weekly Mass Wednesday, Nov 8 at

11:00 am

• Weekly mass in the Fireside Room
• No Zoom available

Did you miss an article or announcement?

Past e-bulletins posted here



• Ongoing Giving Opportunities in Fellowship hall; see list here

• ECC House of Laity, NEWSLETTER, August 2023, read here

• Dedicating Altar Flowers? Contact Joan Stepleton at JoanStepleton@gmail.com or 864-650-2816. A $25 dollar donation is kindly requested.

• The purpose of the Mary Magdalene Society is to financially support aspiring and current priests and encourage the development of youth in their spiritual journeys. Read more here.

Mary of Magdala Parish Community

Members: Need to view, update information or download a copy of the member directory? Just click here.

If you would like to contribute to Mary of Magdala, here are ways to schedule a single or recurring Sunday offertory.

All are invited and ALL are welcome to join our parish community. Here is the webpage with more information on membership



The ECC Regional Website - View here.

Newsletters of Trinity Lutheran Church and the St. Paul's Episcopal  

Click here for the Trinity Lutheran Church monthly newsletter, "Tidings". And here is St Paul's weekly bulletin.