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Pastor Claire at the Farm!

Thank you to all that came on the Church Workday on October 1: Jeff Brown, Clint Schahrer, Lynn Greenhalge, Scott Greenhalge, Sandy Rabenhorst, Peggy Bauer, Karl Scott, Ray Allison, Peg Howard, Butch Howard, Gordon Yoder, Joan Riggins, Sharon Yonkeees, Keith Watson, Phyllis Oling, Donna Gratton, Becky Vancura, Sue Shipp, Roger Hinz, Gloria Hinz, Wayne Parker, Ellen Winkelman, and Jean Malchow. 

The team cleaned lights, changed bulbs, cleaned sanctuary pews, cleaned the gallery tables and chairs, cleaned windows, dusted blinds, dusted window frames, dusted plants, fixed the kitchen toilet, moved library shelves, pulled the electrical for the laundry room, touched up paint in the office, cleared leaves from the walkways and cleaned up flower beds. There are several things that need to be completed soon, so an abbreviated workday may be upcoming.

Agape Safe Haven Homeless Outreach 

OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE

Please join in helping serve our Longmont homeless population! We need:

HOT meal for 25 people to be delivered to Agape Safe Haven at 9:30am Friday, October 21.

Help serve meals from 9:30-11am on Friday, October 21.

This is a great way to be in service in our community and its easy, fun and meaningful!

Contact Pastor Claire for more information.

Making Kits for Days for Girls

Following church on October 9, members gathered to make hygiene kits for Days for Girls. The kits will be sent to Sierra Leone, West Africa.

Days For Girls provides opportunities for menstrual health and education in countries around the world.

Marty Allison, along with United Women In Faith, led the effort for Heart of Longmont to participate in providing kits.

Leading with the Heart.

Wesley Homes

What questions do you have? Curious to see the renderings of the exteriors and interiors of the homes that will be built on our parking lot?

Then be sure to stay after church on October 23rd when Tim Rakow, executive director of The Inn Between, and Kelly Deitman, the architect, will be present to give information and answer all of your questions.

If you are unable to attend on the 23rd, there will be a zoom meeting on October 26th at 6 PM. A link will be emailed in advance so you can tune in and get answers.

The all church conference will be October 30th following church. We will vote on the Wesley Homes affordable housing project at this time. Tim Rakow will also be present

for any questions. Heart of Longmont continues its legacy of giving and putting more of God’s love into the world.

“Do all the good you can, by all the means you can, at all the times you can, to all the people you can, as long as ever you can”. John Wesley

“The Sum Of Us”

A Community Conversation

The Religious Affairs Committee of the NAACP of Boulder County will host an interfaith and ethical community conversation on our shared commitment to anti-racism and social justice.

HOL is a member of the Boulder County NAACP.

The discussion is based on the book he Sum Of Us: What Racism Costs Everyone and How We Can Prosper Together by Heather McGhee.

The Sum Of Us is a story told from an economist’s perspective of how racism has affected and continues to affect people of color and white people with a systemic “Zero Sum” philosophy. McGhee ends with the “Solidarity Dividend” philosophy and positive actions we can take.

The objective is to educate congregations about the status of racism and engage in conversations and calls to action.

This event will be an interactive online webinar.

Date: Sunday, November 13

Time: 2:00 to 4:00 PM

Moderator: Michele D. Simpson; host of KGNU’s Black Talk

Panel Members:

Glenda S. Robinson; Minister Second Baptist Church

Dr. Thomas Mayes; Senior Pastor Living Water Christian Center Church

Dr. Sheila Davis; Vice-President NAACP Boulder County

Register at https://form.jotform.com/222646661166055

Reading the book prior to the event is suggested.

The gun buyback event, from 10 to 12 on October 29 at the UCC parking lot, will be a safe place for people to turn in unwanted guns.

Following the event from 1:00 to 3:00, join in the community celebration. Come and watch guns being forged into tools. Listen to music. Kevin Lattu, HOL’s children’s ministry leader, will be performing. And there will be cookies.

You also have an opportunity to donate chips and cookies for this event. A bin for chips is in the gallery. The sign up for cookies is on the Hospitality Counter.

Thank you for making Longmont safer!

Flower Vases Needed

Each Sunday, altar flowers are transferred to a container & given to the donor. Our supply of coffee cans or other suitable containers is very low. If you have coffee cans, large mouth quart jars, medium size vases, please donate them for our use. Contact Ann Yoder (303 772-8294) if you have questions.

Sign Up for the Boulder Crop Walk!

This year's Crop Walk will be Sunday, October 16th at Atonement Lutheran Church Boulder. Join us, registration is now open! To sign up, click on the URL below. Select "Join a team" and search for our team (Heart of Longmont). Follow the on-screen instructions to finish registering. If you have any questions email Becky Vancura at becky.vancura@gmail.com

To register, click here: https://events.crophungerwalk.org/2022/teams

Library Book Give Away

Now is the time to add to your book collection. The library is downsizing and we are in the process of clearing and consolidating book shelves. This is a process and the first section of the library we are working on contains books on faith, personal devotions, history and personal growth. Those are the books currently being given away. Downsizing will happen over a period of time.

There are several crates of books in the Gallery against the west wall next to the library table. Please take some time to see if there are books there you or someone you know might like. Additional books will be added to the give away as space allows.

Please do not take the crates.

Fall Festival - Saturday, Oct 15th, 4pm- 8pm at Pastor Claire's home for fellowship and fun. Join together for a wonderful time in the great outdoors. The McNulty-Drewes family is inviting you to their home north of Longmont, for an afternoon/evening of fun and connection. Pet the horses and other animals, enjoy some tasty pulled pork sandwiches, coleslaw, baked beans and cookie bars. Talk to your friends while sitting around a campfire and looking at the gorgeous view that God provides us with these Rocky Mountains. Please sign up in the gallery and plan to bring a side dish to share. Contact Tricia Grafelman for answers to your questions. 

Rotary Coat Drive - October 16 - November 26. Please bring gently used winter coats or jackets. Look for a bin in the Gallery for donations.

Lunch with the Pastor - We invite anyone who would like to learn more about our Heart of Longmont Church or about the Methodist Church in general to join Pastor Claire and Tricia Grafelman for lunch in the Parlor October 16 after worship. Please let Tricia know if you would like to attend.

Habitat for Humanity Faith Build - Saturday October 22nd from 8AM - 4PM. Contact John Grafelman if you have questions. Follow this link or scan the QR code above to sign up.

Blessing of the Animals - Oct. 30th at 2:00 at 1505 21st Ave. Bring any animal you want blessed to either the dog park or if you have an animal that isn't comfortable around dogs, we will bless them outside the enclosed dog area.

All-Church Conference - October 30 11:30AM-12:30PM More information coming soon.

The Heart's UWF are planning a Holiday Fair on November 5 from 9AM-2PM. Vendors, baked goods, jellies and jams, candy, the Treasure Trove will all be there and of course the wonderful lunch of pulled pork sandwiches, cole slaw, chips and PIE! Help spread the word and if you have friends who are vendors, have them get ahold of Mary Ann Watson! Thank you for your continued support!

For Love of the Horse - Sunday, Nov. 6th, 12-2pm at Pastor Claire's home. Learn how amazing time with a horse can be and how it can heal your heart and calm your soul. This is a hands-on event for the first 10 people that sign up. Participants will get a chance to groom the horses, learn about their special gifts and gentle spirit and how they can heal your soul. Sign up in the gallery. Contact Tricia Grafelman for answers to your questions.

October's compassion offering supports Chef Hearty.

Chef Hearty began in the fall of 2021 as a pilot program to bring healthy meal kits to our Wild Plum Headstart families. Chef Hearty bags contain a recipe and all the healthy ingredients needed to prepare it as well as encouragement for the children and their parents and families to cook together. It has been a huge success and the families look forward every month to their next bag. 

If you would like to be a part of this important and fun ministry please contact either Rod Edmonds or Tricia Grafelman.

If you wish to donate to this month's compassion offering, you can do so online by clicking here and navigating to the Monthly Compassion Offering tile. Or, you may send a check to the church office with "Compassion Offering" on the memo line.

Heart of Longmont UWF have a Facebook page!

Click here to follow us at https://www.facebook.com/uwfoftheheart/

HOLIDAY FAIR is getting closer! November 5th from 9AM-2PM featuring vendors, homemade baked goods, jams & jellies, candy and our delicious lunch of pulled pork sandwiches with cole slaw, chips, and PIE! Lunch will be served 11AM-1PM.

We will also have the Treasure Trove once again, so if you have "nicer" things you would like to donate, please put on the stage in Wesley Hall marked "Treasure Trove" and the Missions of United Women in Faith will benefit! Thank you as always for your continued support! 

United Women in Faith Circles are beginning to meet again! Please come join a group and see what it's about,

we'd love to have you!

Lydia Circle

Catherine Murphy (chair)

Second Thursday of the month at 5pm in the church Gallery.

Sarah Circle

Ann Yoder (chair)

3rd Thursday of the month at 9:30am in various homes.

Contact the church office for location.

Esther Circle

Nancy Swope (chair)

3rd Tuesday of the month at 9:30am, various homes or church Gallery.

Call the church office for location.

Elizabeth Circle

Linda Morris (chair)

3rd Monday of the month at 1pm in the church Gallery.

Our Mission:

Putting More of God's Love Into The World

Helping all persons find deeper meaning and God’s purpose for their lives as committed Christ-followers.

Serving as the Heart of Longmont means:

We will welcome all persons, without reservation or judgment,

just as Jesus Christ would do.

We will work tirelessly by entering into intentional acts of compassion and social justice to make our community a place where God’s love is known by all, where poverty and deprivation are unknown by any, and where respect for the worth and dignity of each person is the norm.

We will respect and honor other religious traditions

while choosing Christ as our way of knowing God best.

We will emphasize life-long learning so that we may

engage our world from a dynamic and creative perspective.

We will work to protect God’s creation.

We will practice stewardship of all aspects of our lives,

including time, talent, financial resources, and spiritual gifts.

The office at Heart of Longmont is open

Monday through Thursday 10:00am to 3:00pm.