Our preparatory season of Advent has begun! Lights are popping up on houses, trees are being trimmed, and presents are being prepared. For some of us, the season brings anticipation and joy. For others of us, the season is demanding and lonely. Many feel a tension between the extremes. 

And yet, Advent is a season of deep and abiding hope. Even when the world around is broken and mean, hope is the flicker of promise in our hearts that is the gift of faith. 

Dutch priest and pastor Henri Nouwen once wrote, “Optimism and hope are radically different attitudes. Optimism is the expectation that things—the weather, human relationship, the economy, the political situation, and so on—will get better. Hope is trust that God will fulfill God’s promises to us in a way that leads us to true freedom. The optimist speaks about concrete changes in the future. The person of hope lives in the moment with the knowledge and trust that all of life is in good hands.”

True hope abides more deeply than our attitudes, emotions, or circumstances. Divine hope promises us that God is with us and we will never be alone.

I pray you have a wondrous Advent, filled with all of the traditions and activities that bring the season meaning for you. And also, I pray that you are able to allow God’s hope to be kindled in you and around you.

Advent blessings and peace,

Rev. Sandi

Sunday services can be viewed live at 9:30am on Facebook AND YouTube, or afterwards with the links found on the website and weekly emails.

Click here to view service from December 3rd.

December 10^th

  WPUMC Choir Christmas Cantata

December 17^th

  Deck the Halls with Joy Rev. Sandi

 Luke 1: 39-55

December 24^th

Pajama Sunday in South Parlor

   Join us for a Christmas Eve morning of singing, readings, and hot cocoa

    Christmas Eve Candlelight Services

            4 & 6pm   Family Friendly Services with String Ensemble

   (childcare available)

        8pm   Reflective Service

December 31^st

New Year’s Eve Prayer Stations

Joy was shared at our Impromptu Christmas Pageant and Advent Festival on Dec. 3rd!

Sign up HERE to help serve breakfast at Denver Rescue Mission on Saturday, December 23rd from 6:15-8:30am at the Lawrence Street Center downtown.

I want to take this opportunity to thank all of those who made our Children's Christmas Nativity program and Advent Festival the success that it was. It takes behind the scenes planning, coordination, organizing, crafting, constructing and creating to plan. It also takes all of you to participate and be a part of our community. It was wonderful to see so many faces from the church, preschool and neighborhood coming together to celebrate the season. Thank you and wishing you all the best in 2024 and know how grateful I am for being a part of this community of love, passion, creativity and caring!

If you’d like to be a part of the children’s ministry team, please contact me at childrensministry@washpaerkumc.org. There are many ways to serve. 

Blessings,

Sheri (Director of Children's Ministry)

Altar Flowers 2023

If you’d like to sponsor Sunday morning altar flowers in honor of an occasion or in memory of someone, please sign up for a date below. The arrangements cost $45 ($35 for seniors) and you can take them home or give them away after service. We just ask that you return the vases to the Tea Kitchen so that we can reuse them. Make checks out to WPUMC and put altar flowers in the memo line or pay via Venmo @Michelle-Hoskins-17.

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