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EChO Food Drive
Thank you to everyone that participated with the neighborhood EChO food drive! 413 pounds was delivered this week! An extra thank you to our wonderful youth group for their tireless help with making this happen!
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Calling All Musicians
If you are interested in doing special music on Sundays, please see the sign up in fellowship hall or email Nathan. Please sign up for just one Sunday, for now, so that everyone who wants to provide special music has the opportunity. If you have any questions email Nathan Jensen.
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8:30am Ushering Help
We are in need of more ushers for the 8:30am service. It's usually on a rotating basis, approximately once per month, depending upon the number of sign ups. Please contact Penn Gildersleeve or the church office.
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In Worship This Week: ...Where do we go from here?
This final question is not meant to be the end of the journey; instead it calls us to explore together what is next as we move forward into something new. While stepping into a new chapter in the life of our congregation, with God’s help, we will continue cultivating curiosity, asking questions, having conversations, and seeking connection in order to care for one another and for our community. This week's story comes from Acts 10:25-37 . You can find a link to the scripture here.
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Successful UMCE Fruit Fundraiser
Thanks to all who purchased Colorado peaches, pears and apples from our Annual Fruit Fundraiser, we raised $1,122 in profit and donations! This money goes directly to UMCE’s General Fund to support our mission of growing a community of faith by serving a world of need and changing lives. A heartfelt thank you from the Finance Committee.
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Sunday Adult Education Class
Come meet with fellow church members in the library between the two services. All are welcome! Hope to see you at 9:30 am on the coming Sundays.
September 26
Are there religious questions that you have had, but never asked? Come share your questions in a safe place on September 26 with Pastor Dean Penrod. No question is off limits!
October 3
Fall Festival: No class
October 10
Our own Pem Dunn, master artist and designer of our church's stain glass windows, will shares his art with the class. As many of you know Pem's recent illness caused him to completely lose his sight in his right eye and partial sight in his left eye. This didn't stop him from painting. Now, some say his paintings are even better. Come hear his story.
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Eagle Scout Project Help Needed
Landon Hartman, local Eagle Scout, is coordinating a project for UMCE.
For my eagle project, I've decided to reconstruct a retaining wall at the Evergreen United Methodist Church. The wall's an average of 3 feet high and made out of landscaping timbers. Over time, the hill has bent the wall into the parking lot. Your mission, should you choose to accept it, will be to deconstruct then straighten the wall. We'll do this by prying ties off the wall, digging back dirt, replacing timbers(straight this time), then backfilling the wall with filter fabric and pea gravel.
Each day, we'll arrive at the wall at 9 and finish around 3. On the first day I'll divide you up into groups based on skills (dig crew, deconstruction, reconstruction, etc.) then we'll go over the proper way to use tools and then get to work. If you have shovels, pry bars, sledgehammers, wheelbarrows, eye-protection, or gloves I would appreciate it if you brought them (gear check-in google sheet). The project should only take two days, but the 9th is a possible make-up day if we take longer due to the weather.
In order to limit Covid-risk, we'll be doing temp-screening at the check-in and we ask that anyone who's feeling sick stay home. The bathrooms will be inside the church when you're inside the building we also ask that you wear a mask. We'll start each day with a safety briefing and in case anyone gets injured, there will be a first aid kit on site. We're also providing separately packaged water and snacks on-site, and on the last day, I will get food catered by Jimmy Johns. I still recommend that you pack your own water/lunch.
Because this is a fairly large project, I'm going to need a lot of help, so please sign up on the sign-up genius as early as possible so I know whether to contact a larger group. For more information, look at the proposal presentation.
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Murder on the Orient Express Outing
Our very own Clyde Sacks will be performing at Conifer's StageDoor Theatre in Agatha Christie's “Murder on the Orient Express” opening on September 24th and goes through October 17th.
We are organizing a group of us for dinner and a show on Saturday, October 9th. Dinner will be at JJ Madwell's for 5:30pm with the show at 7:30pm.
Proof of vaccine or negative COVID test within 72 hours is required to enter and masks are required within the building.
Some fun facts about this show:
- Only the bible and Shakespeare have been sold more than Agatha Christie
- This show was her favorite murder mystery
- Commissioned by the Agatha Christie Foundation because it had never been a play, only a movie and novel
- It played for a very short amount of time before COVID in 2019, this will be first time it will be performed in the US since then
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Upcoming Youth/Family Events |
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Fall Festival/Block Party |
We will have our annual Fall Festival and block party on Sunday, October 3 at 11:30AM, after the 10:30 service. There will be lunch, a bouncy castle, face painting, the Kona Ice truck, carnival games, and a caramel apple decorating station! |
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October 13th we'll be launching this year's Wednesday program. Messy Church is a family-oriented church service that we'll be holding from 6-7PM with Pastor Sarah every week. This is a great opportunity for a casual, kid-friendly worship service with something for everyone! There will be crafts, games, discussions, and a brief message. |
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Family Promise Appeal
The COVID-19 pandemic continues to impact low income families in our community. On August 26th, the Supreme Court ruled to end the Federal Eviction Moratorium, meaning vulnerable families are at risk of being evicted from their homes. Additionally, the Federal unemployment benefits ended last week, leaving many low income families in tough financial situations.
Our operations also continue to feel the effects of the pandemic. We continue to operate in a semi-distant way to ensure the safety of all clients, staff, volunteers, and donors. Due to the increase of cases of the delta variant, we have made the difficult decision to cancel our Annual fundraising event, Warming Ways for Winter.
We need your help. We need to support 100 families by the end of 2021. This means we need to raise $500,000 to assist vulnerable families remain housed, move into their new home, or have shelter as we head into the cold months.
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Finances Year to Date through August 30 |
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11:30am @ Fellowship Hall |
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Animate Bible Study with Pastor Sarah |
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Animate Bible Study with Pastor Sarah |
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Wednesday, September 29th |
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Animate Bible Study with Pastor Sarah |
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Animate Bible Study with Pastor Sarah |
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Animate Bible Study with Pastor Sarah |
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Animate Bible Study with Pastor Sarah |
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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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