COVID-19 AND UMCE UPDATE
As you have no doubt experienced, cases of COVID-19 are on the rise in our community due to the Omicron variant. Here is a brief update about the COVID and UMCE:
- In accordance with the JeffCo Public Health Department’s mandate, masks are required in the church building for everyone over the age of 2 regardless of vaccination status.
- Church staff are taking at-home tests within 12 hours of church on Sunday morning. If a staff member tests positive Saturday night/Sunday morning, they will not be at worship.
- Food and drinks will not be offered for Fellowship Time. Folks are welcome to stay after worship and chat, but we will not be providing refreshments.
- Adult Ed (Adult Sunday School) will be taking a 2 week break. Leaders of the class will reevaluate the situation at the beginning of February.
Worship continues to be offered online as well as in person. We will continue our experiment with livestreaming the 10:30 service this Sunday! Please check your email for the link to the online worship service.
Thank you for your continued care for our community in these ways.
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Sunday Adult Education Class
Come meet with fellow church members in the library between the two services. All are welcome and encourage to come! Hope to see you at 9:30 each Sunday.
Due to the surge in COVID, there will be no class on January 23 and January 30. The classes will be rescheduled for a later date.
January 30: Jerry Clark, Pastor Sarah’s husband Jerry has been a member of the Baha’i for over 30 years and has served the community from Barbados to the north plains. He loves to talk about the common underpinnings that people of faith have in striving to serve God and our neighbors.
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February 6: Meet America’s First Top Gun, James H. Harvey III! This is a rare opportunity to hear the inspirational story of how a boy from a small mountain town in Pennsylvania not only dreamt of being a pilot but became one of the top pilots in the country. He is an outstanding leader who has helped blaze a trail for equality. Hear about the very first Top Gun competition, and how the Tuskegee team blew away the competition. Regrettably, the win was not recorded in the record books for 46 years and the trophy was hidden for 55 years. Col. Harvey has helped right these wrongs, and at 98 years of age, continues to work on correcting the record books.
Please RSVP on the sign-up sheet in Fellowship Hall—not required, but appreciated.
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Jane Miller's Half Marathon
Jane Miller (19), did a half marathon over MLK weekend in Maui. She has been training since November and raised almost $5,500 for the Crohn’s and Colitis foundation, if you would like to read her story and see her fundraising success here is her webpage. Thank you to everyone for your donations supporting her!
Jane currently is working at the City of Lakewood as a part-time laborer in the greenhouse and forestry. She is also taking classes at Red Rocks Community College with a focus on Anthropology/Forensics.
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Looking for ways to give back?
We have a few committees that could use your help. If something sounds interesting to you, call or email Jessica.
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Sound technician: rotating schedule, both services, will be trained.
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Communion setup: rotating schedule, both services, will be trained.
- 8:30am ushering
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Fellowship committee: see full write up below.
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Fellowship Committee
A new committee called “Fellowship Committee” is being organized. The Fellowship Committee will be in charge of several scheduled meals during the year.
The first meal will be an early Fat Tuesday pancake breakfast to kick off the Lent Season on Sunday, February 27.
In early May, a potluck meal will be planned to celebrate our graduating seniors. On October 2nd, the Fellowship Committee will sponsor a Chili Cook-off in conjunction with the Fall Fest. The last meal will be for Stewardship Sunday.
For these four dates, the Fellowship Committee is asking for members to set up, cook, clean up, and decorate tables.
If you have questions or are interested in this Committee, please contact Karen Olson, 303-816-7441 or email at kdo7410@hotmail.com.
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Do you care about racial justice and want to learn more?
A great way is to read articles, watch and listen to podcasts and videos and hear different perspectives on racism and its impact on our society. Since 2020, several members of the United Methodist Church of Evergreen (UMCE) have been meeting to learn about and discuss racial justice issues and ways to drive positive change in our world. In 2022 we would like to offer another group of people from UCME and our broader community the opportunity to be part of a new "Journey Towards Equity and Racial Justice" study dedicated to learning about and discussing racial justice topics from historic and current perspectives.
Sessions will be held from 4-5pm over Zoom on the 2nd and 4th Thursdays of the month and the meetings will start on January 27th and go through May. We will review assigned links to articles, podcasts and/or videos, usually on one topic only, ahead of each meeting so that we may have in-depth discussions on specific issues; preparatory work for each session will typically take 1 hour or less.
We understand that most people who join the group will not be able to make every session, and that is okay. Further, participants do not need to know anything about racial justice or be a member of a religious organization to be part of the discussion.
We hope that you can join us as we all strive to raise the bar and take action for equality and justice. To become part of this supportive study group, please email Heather McGaughey (hpmcgaughey@gmail.com).
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Next Woman's Bible Study
Please join the Women’s Wednesday Bible Study beginning 1/19/22 from 9:30-11:30 in Fellowship Hall AND on Zoom. The Adam Hamilton Study is: Words of Life: Jesus and the Promise of the Ten Commandments Today. They are not just a set of ancient rules, but a guide to experiencing a good and beautiful life today. The book and DVD will help us understand how to turn “thou shalt not” into a life-giving “thou shalt”.
Please contact Jeanne Ambrosier by rjambro@estreet.com or 303-674-6377 by 1/9/22 so she can order a book for you.
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EChO Shelter
With your help, the Shelter provides a hot dinner, a warm, safe place to sleep, laundry and a shower, a warm breakfast, and sack lunch.
Five of our Guests this season are ON FOOT - NO Vehicle and the Overnight Shelter is literally lifesaving.
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