REMINDER: We are able to seat up to 64 at each service because of COVID protocols & please remember masks. |
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Last Chance! Easter Garden 2021
We invite you to help create our Easter Garden on Easter Sunday. If you would like to contribute, please complete the Easter Garden order form ( print it out here and mail it into the office or pick one up in Fellowship Hall), and $12. Deadline for ordering is Wednesday, March 31st.
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Pie Sale Update
Thanks to everyone who supported our Pi Day Pie Sale last Sunday. We raised $578.87 for UMCE’s Program Ministries. Because of its popularity and success, we will offer the pie sale again later in the year.
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Journey Toward Racial Justice – Take 2
Did you miss joining our church’s Journey Toward Racial Justice Study group when it started this past summer? Here’s your chance to catch up with much of what we’ve learned. Heather McGaughey and Carolyn Hohne are each offering an abbreviated 8-week session that will cover much of the learning that the group has done to-date. The study is being advertised across the Mountain Sky Conference and space is limited, so sign up soon if you’re interested.
Each week, group members will be asked to review articles, videos and/or websites online and then have a conversation about the assignment on a 1-hour Zoom gathering. The assignments should take 60 minutes or less each week to complete. During the 8 weeks, it is our hope that participants will:
- Become conscious of personal biases and lose guilt that may be preventing them from taking action to make a difference.
- Review a portion of the history of Black and Indigenous peoples; history that was not likely in the history books they had
- Identify what can be done to become an effective ally.
There will be two different 8-week sessions offered via Zoom. With the hopes of creating a space for brave conversation, each session is limited to 12 participants:
Option One, facilitated by Heather McGaughey: Monday evenings 6:30-7:30pm – beginning April 5th, 2021. Click here to register
Option Two, facilitated by Carolyn Hohne: Friday mornings from 8:30-9:30am – beginning April 9th, 2021. Click here to register.
Questions? Please contact Rev. Bich Thy (Betty) Nguyen, Multicultural and Advocacy Ministries Developer, bnguyen@mtnskyumc.org
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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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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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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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Ministry Jottings
Staying Awake
Then he came to the disciples and found them sleeping; and he said to Peter, “So, could you not stay awake with me one hour?” – Matthew 26:40
Jesus reprimands his disciples for not staying awake with him for a single hour. In that moment in the Garden of Gethsemane, we can sense Christ’s disappointment in his disciples. And we wonder what it was that his disciples were lacking in this situation. In one word, they were lacking perseverance.
They were lacking the wherewithal to continue on, even though it had been a long day. They were lacking the presence of mind to support and comfort a Friend in need, even though they were struggling themselves. They were lacking the wisdom to pray to God in the midst of this difficult time.
We can learn a lot about perseverance from what happened in that garden. We learn that Christ desires that we continue on, no matter how long and hard the journey. We learn that we should not let personal circumstances prevent us from being there for a friend. And we learn that we should never forget to pray when the problems of our lives are bearing down on us.
Help us, O Christ, to persevere through tough times by staying alert to your presence with us and watching out for one another. Amen.
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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, you must 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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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. Stay tuned for more information about sign ups in the coming week. We are also looking for adult and youth volunteers!
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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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Community Easter Egg Hunt |
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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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