Good Friday Online Service
We will have a special online service featuring “Knowing Jesus” dramatic monologues by our youth. It will be posted by 4pm today.
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There will be three onsite services at 8:30, 9:30 & 10:30. The Easter message will be: "All the World is Waiting for a Sunrise". We will also be showing our beautiful onsite Easter garden and will have special music.
The online Easter service will be posted on our website at 9am.
REMINDER: We are able to seat up to 64 at each service because of COVID protocols and please remember masks.
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Community Easter Egg Hunt
All are welcome to join us outside at 9:30am for our annual Easter Egg Hunt! Easter mementos given to all children. Masks required by anyone over 3 years. Please invite friends and neighbors with children! Let's make this the best community event!
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Here’s to Our Hard-Working Easter Bunny
A lady opened her refrigerator and saw a rabbit sitting on one of the shelves. “What are you doing in there?” she asked. The rabbit replied, “This is a Westinghouse, isn’t it?” “Why, yes,” replied the lady. “Well,” the rabbit said, “I’m westing.”
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This Sunday's Communion Offering
Sunday's communion offering is for the Tennyson Center for Children. They have served Colorado’s most neglected, abused, and traumatized children since 1904. Providing an accredited, therapeutic K-12 school, in-home and community services in 18 counties across the state to provide preventive services and therapy to strengthen families. Learn more about them here.
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Ministry Jottings
Merry Easter?
Easter just isn’t fun in the same way Christmas is, a type of fun that could be better described as styled for children. It’s common to hear “Christmas is for kids”, but what about Easter? Is it for children, too?
It didn’t seem so when I was young. Chocolate bunnies, colored eggs & jelly beans – yeah! Scratchy new dresses and tight shoes – not so much. And church was more boring than around Christmas. You could always count on Christmas to change a lot of stuff, especially in the toybox. Easter, not really.
When you think about the astonishing events we celebrate on Easter, the lighter treatment compared to Christmas seems strange, even to an outsider.
I remember my toybox, but only a few toys in it. And I don’t have any of those great Christmas toys today. When I grew up, as Paul shares, I put away childish things. When I grew up, I began to be concerned with bigger things, many of them difficult to comprehend. I saw suffering and death. I saw people live through situations crushingly unfair. I saw people find within themselves nobility to overcome and heard them say the strength came from Christ.
These are not things, hopefully, children have to think about. Easter tells us of something children can’t understand yet, because it addresses things they shouldn’t have to know: the weariness of life, pain, and loneliness. In the midst of this, we find Jesus triumphant over death, and still alive today through the Holy Spirit. Present to us in ways we often can’t understand let alone explain. In the Risen Christ we find vibrancy of life and deep compassion for others that doesn’t deny suffering, but sees it transformed and illuminated. The Risen Christ is life itself. Easter may seem boring to children, but it contains the one thing needed for every human life: the good news of Resurrection. Alleluia!
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Vacation Bible School is coming!
Vacation Bible School is "on" this year! To ensure social distancing we will be holding VBS outside on the church grounds this summer. We will meet from 9AM to Noon during the first week of June. Our theme is The Wild, Wonderful Ark, with a Noah's Ark theme. We are also looking for adult and youth volunteers!
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Next Women's Bible Study
The Wednesday Women’s Bible Study will begin a study by Adam Hamilton: Why? Making Sense of God’s Will. This book brings fresh insight into an age-old question of how to understand the will of God. Where is God when tragedy and suffering strike? This is a 4 week study with a DVD presentation by the author. We sill begin the study April 14 as a ZOOM class, 9:30am-11:30am. If you would like to join, please let Jeanne Ambrosier know by March 29th so she can order a book for you. Her email and phone number are: rjambro@estreet.com and 303-674-6377. |
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Quarterly Giving Statements Sent Via Email
The church has been working on sending our quarterly giving statements via email. Our plan is that the first three quarters would be sent via email and the final year-end statement would be sent as a hard copy in the mail. It would save the church the cost of postage, paper and printing, as well as time. Thanks to Jessica we now have the capability to use the email feature. We are planning to send the giving statements as of the end of the first quarter (March 31st) via email to those of you who have email accounts. They will go out after Easter. If you are uncomfortable with this approach or have limited ability to use email, please let Vickie Borden or the church office know by April 5th and we will continue to mail your statement. Thank you for your continued support of the church.
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New Six Session Bible Study Begins April 12 – Acts: Catching Up With the Spirit
Join us for a new Monday evening Zoom Bible study beginning April 12, 7-8 pm facilitated by Pastor Deb. In Acts: Catching Up with the Spirit, author and biblical scholar Matthew Skinner explores six key themes that illustrate the ways in which reading Acts is capable of igniting our imagination about the character of the Christian gospel, the work of God’s people (the church), and the challenges of living faithfully in a complex and changing world. The class includes DVD segments and group discussion.
A couple reviews shared:
- “This book is very accessible and offers insights and answers questions that naturally arise from the Biblical text. My Bible study group really enjoyed it.”
- “Matthew Skinner provides in this volume an accessible introduction to one of the most significant books in the New Testament. Skinner is a skillful guide to the major themes of Acts, and his clear and succinct treatment of what Acts teaches us about God's transforming work in the world will prove useful to all readers of the Bible.”
Please register through Pastor Deb or the church office. The cost for the book and class is $15. A Kindle edition is also available {plus class cost $5}.
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Daily Response to the Word Update
Thank you Pastor Dean for taking the time to create these each month!
If you would like to stop receiving the Daily Response to the Word, please contact the church office and request to be removed. Jessica can remove you from that list and make sure you still are receiving our newsletters and important announcements.
If you have a friend or family member that would like to receive our Daily Response to the Word, please contact Jessica in the church office to request this. They will only receive the Daily Response and not receive our other emails.
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Emergency Shelter Easter Side Dishes Request
Short notice - but if you can, it would be a nice treat to have some Easter side dish favorites for the Guests (and the hosts that are working) this weekend. Don't worry if you can't, we've got lots of eager volunteers.
The usual favorite side dishes would be appreciated:
- Sliced Glazed Ham
- Scalloped Potatoes w/ Ham
- Scalloped Potatoes WITHOUT Ham
- Potatoes Au Gratin Casserole
- Mac & Cheese
- Roasted Vegetables
- Deviled Eggs
- Dyed Hard Boiled Eggs
- Muffins
- Any kind of treats (Chocolate Bunnies, jelly beans,.)
Due to COVID, this season, all side dishes are single serve, packaged in special containers, labeled, frozen, and then delivered to the Bancroft House.
DO NOT FREEZE the Eggs, Muffins, or Treats.
You can pick up the special side dish containers at the Bancroft House (packages of 10 on right side of Front Porch).
The side dishes will be microwaved from frozen - so incorporate that into your recipe plans.
You may bring prepared side dishes to Bancroft House ANY TIME Friday or Saturday after you sign up. Thank you!
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Golf Tournament to Benefit Evergreen Public Access Defibrillation
UMCE’s Maureen Sullivan and Debby Humphrey, as members of Evergreen Fire/Rescue’s Turnouts auxiliary group, want to share an opportunity for a fun day of playing golf and raising money for the Evergreen Public Access Defibrillation (EPAD) program. We’re excited to spread the good news about this life-saving program, which facilitates access to AEDs and teaches CPR in the Evergreen community. You may already know that UMCE is home to one of EPAD’s AEDs. To date, EPAD’s AEDs have saved six lives!
EPAD’s 19th Annual Golf Tournament is Monday, June 7, 2021, at beautiful Hiwan Golf Club. We’ll be there with our fellow Turnouts, supporting this program that’s vital to saving lives. Will you join us by registering to play, or better yet consider being a sponsor or prize donor?
Please contact Debby with any questions (303-587-7353). Monday, April 5th is the early registration deadline to be entered into a drawing for a round of golf for four at Hiwan. (The regular player registration deadline is Friday, May 21st.) Please share this invitation with any other golfers you know.
We’d be honored if you’d join us on June 7th to make this year’s EPAD Golf Tournament the best yet!
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Welcome to Rev. Sarah Clark – Our New Pastor Starting July 1, 2021
We are excited for the appointment of Rev. Sarah Clark as our next pastor at UMCE starting July 1, 2021. Rev. Sarah grew up in Illinois as her father was a United Methodist Minister in the town of Normal but now retired in Estes Park. She lived in Brazil for a year before going to Southern Illinois University graduating with a degree in Speech Communications. After college she worked as a community educator at a women’s center but then had the calling to go to Christian Theological Seminary in Indianapolis. While in seminary she was a youth minister for two years then graduated in 2011 with a Master of Divinity.
Her first appointment was in Hamilton, Montana (2011) then her second (2014) and current is with the people at Grace United Methodist Church in Billings, Montana. Her passions in ministry include preaching, crafting worship, teaching, and social justice.
Rev. Sarah married in 2019 to her wonderful husband Jerry Clark in which they met in 2015 while both serving on the board of Not In Our Town Billings, an organization that works to end hate in their community through education and engagement. Their son Zion is currently a freshman in high school who enjoys soccer, drums, gaming, and anime.
Please learn more about Rev. Sarah and connect with her by going to her blog she created for her transition to UMCE. https://www.revsarahclark.com
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Online Screening of Defiant Requiem on April 8th, Holocaust Remembrance Day
Congregation Beth Evergreen is inviting us to join them for an online screening of the documentary film Defiant Requiem on April 8th (Holocaust Remembrance Day) at 7pm.
The documentary highlights the artistic and intellectual courage of prisoners of the Theresiendstadt (Terezin) Concentration camp and ghetto during the Holocaust of World War II. In 1943, pianist, vocal coach and conductor Rafael Schächter was ordered by the SS to conduct Verdi's Requiem, for which he organized a choir of approximately 150 prisoners. In 1944, after several successful performances, Schachter and his choir were deported to Auschwitz and murdered.
The film runs 45 minutes and will be followed by a discussion with Maestro Murry Sidlin, the featured conductor in the film. The film was nominated for two. documentary Emmy Awards in 2014. Click here to register.
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Mile High Metro District Gathering, April 17th, 9:00am-12:30pm
The theme of the 2021 District Gathering is “Where Love Lives,” stemming from the Western Jurisdiction theme of the same name.
Bishop Karen will share a message and Communion. Keynote speaker, Rev. Amanda Henderson, author of Holy Chaos: Creating Connections in Divisive Times, will offer teaching moments with breakout rooms. Henderson recently partnered with Iliff School of Theology to create the Institute for Religion, Politics & Culture as a place for scholarship and research about the way legislative initiatives are shaped by religion.
The District Gathering will include presenting the slate of Equalization Members, election of District Leadership, and presentation of Quiet Disciple Awards.
We'll also share some upcoming news for the Mile High Metro District!
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Journey Toward Racial Justice |
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Journey Toward Racial Justice |
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6pm @ Fellowship Hall & Zoom |
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1pm @ Fellowship Hall & Zoom |
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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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