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Messenger MONTHLY NEWSLETTER | FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH | MAY 2017
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Our Mission is to Worship God and Love One
Another by Taking Christ to the Community
and the Community to Christ.
Church Office will be closed
on Monday, May 29, in ob-
servance of Memorial Day.
No support staff will be avail-
able.
FUMC Family 2
Prayer & Care 3
Connectional Giving 4
Fellowship 5
Study’s & Groups 6
Mission Branches 7-8
Thank Yous 8
INSIDE THIS ISSUE
SPECIAL POINTS OF INTEREST
5.4 Mother/Daughter Banquet
5.10 A Little Noon Music
5.13 GV Youth Spring Mixer
5.14 Mother’s Day
P A G E 2
FUMC Family
Staff
Church Office “OPEN” hours are 9am to 4pm
Monday through Friday.
Lunch Hour/Office Closed 12-1pm
Church staff can be reached at the office
number - 242-4850.
Senior Pastor: Steve Easterday-McPadden
Assoc. Pastor: Laura Cartwright
Secretary: Carolyn Campbell
Family & Children’s Dir: Megan Weaver
Grand Valley Youth Dir: Jessica Roehm
Parish Visitor: Kirsten Liwanag
Financial Sec.: Roxie Denning
Treasurer: Phyllis Neff
Choir Director: James Werner
Bell Director: Carmen Devereux
Organists: Karen Ray, Merle Ashley
Media Ministry: Yancey Brennan
Sound Tech: Mike Legate
Maintenance/Custodial: Tim Spagna
Nursery Coordinator: Pam Fults
Custodian: Sylvia Lehmann
Our church newsletter is published each month
with the next deadline being Mon. May 15, for June
newsletter.
Please submit articles by email whenever possible,
otherwise drop them off typed (if possible) to the
church office.
A full color version can be found at www.fumcgj.org
Death Notices
Our continued prayers go out to the family of
Douglas Gaumer who passed away suddenly on
March 27, 2017
Dusty Boyd passed away April 3, 2017. Our
thoughts and prayers go out to his wife Ann Boyd
and their families.
Carolyn will be on vacation beginning Monday,
May 22 through Monday, May 29. In her ab-
sence, please welcome Denise McGinnis to the
front office.
Note office hours for the following days:
Friday, May 26, open 9-Noon only
Monday, May 29, closed all day in observance of
Memorial day.
Care Ministry
The guaranteed way to receive support and
visits from your pastors and church family
while you are unable to come to worship
temporarily, is to call the Church Office at
242-4850. Please know that your specific
situation is confidential. You may even request
that your name is neither mentioned aloud in
worship service nor listed in the bulletin, but
you can still be put on the church’s prayer
chain and receive visits.
Note:
We can send you a DVD of worship,
bulletin, and sermon upon request.
You can also listen to Sunday’s sermon
located on our website. Click on the media
tab, click on sermon date.
P A G E 3
If you or someone you know would like to be put on the
phone prayer chain, you may call Peggy Price at 242-4206
or the Church Office at 242-4850.
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If you would like to participate or put someone on the
email prayer chain please email Kirsten Liwanag at:
Prayer & Care Opportunities
PRAYER ROOM AVAILABLE - You are invited to enjoy
our prayer room at the top of the main stairs on the 2nd
floor. There are bibles, writing paper, and various other
prayer resources for your convenience. Also, there are
consecrated communion elements available for you as
well.
We have a ministry of bringing communion to members and friends of the congrega-
tion who aren’t able to get to worship on communion Sundays, the first Sunday of the
month. We are call it “Extend the Table” because other church members with a love
for Christ and a heart for caring for the congregation bring communion elements
consecrated at worship that Sunday by Pastor Steve and Rev. Laura to those who
can’t make it to worship.
This ministry is for anyone who can’t make it to worship that communion Sunday, not
just for our long-term “at-home worshippers.” That can change from one month to
the next, so please let us know if you’d like communion brought to you whether its on
an on-going basis or just for one month. If you desire to receive Extend the Table
communion, please contact the Church office, and Kirsten Liwanag, our Congrega-
tional Care Coordinator, will make the needed arrangements for you. Kirsten, Rev.
Laura, or I will be happy to Extend the FUMC Table to you!
P A G E 4
Did you know that anyone in the church can attend these meetings which are typically held the 2nd Wed.’s of each month at 5:30pm. Next meeting is Wed., May 10.
The meeting will begin with a focus on Finance and then move to the other areas of administrative significance, i.e., Trustees, SPR, and Leadership Development, followed by other areas of significance, e.g., vision, special projects, pro-gram, etc. The CF&A meeting is where current and anticipated operational issues are discussed along with “bigger pic-ture” issues related to mission, vision, growth, direction, and “next steps.”
P A G E 5
Fellowship & Fun
A LITTLE NOON MUSIC
May 10
All performances begin at 12:15pm
and last 30 to 40 minutes.
Performers:
Kristen Yeon-Ji Yun
Cello
FUMC Book Club will meet
May 22, for lunch at
11:30am, in the Parlor, to
pick out books for next sea-
son.
Call Julie Woolman if you
have any questions at 243-
1522.
Let’s Clean House!
Save the Date for the Annual Adopt a Project Spring Cleaning Workday – Saturday, June 3, 2017, 8:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.
Saturday, June 3rd
has been set aside for our annual Spring Workday. We have a long list of projects and
there is something for everyone to help with – painting, cleaning, dusting, planting, the list goes on and on.
No special skills required for many projects. And, while we’ve set aside that date, you are welcome to sign
up for a project and complete the task on an alternate date if that works better for you. As the saying goes,
“many hands make small work.” Let’s all pitch in to make God’s House sparkle. Lunch will be provided!
Watch for the Sign-up sheet on the Bulletin Board.
MOTHERS ARE GOD'S ANGELS ON EARTH
The Mother/Daughter Banquet will be held on Thursday, May 4, 2017 at 6:00 P.M., in Gaines Hall. Please come and join us for an evening of good food, entertainment, sharing of love and fellowship with those special women in your lives. There is reserved seating ONLY so be sure to buy tickets for your group at the time of purchase so you can all sit to-gether. You can purchase tickets in the Library.
DINE-IN & DINE-OUT GROUPS for
summer:
Dine Together Groups are forming for the SUMMER session! Enjoy dining together with a group once a month from MAY - AUGUST. Every-one is invited to join a group.
NEW PARTICIPANTS and those that HAVE TAKEN A BREAK in par-ticipation should fill out the form lo-cated in the library. CURRENT PAR-TICIPANTS should respond to an email from Annie or contact Annie by phone/text to indicate continued participation in the summer session and any contact information up-dates. All updates and new sign-ups are due by Sunday, May 7 . Please call or text Annie with questions at 970-270-9769 or email at [email protected].
Kokopelli Bells present “Name That Tune Through the Years” free concert on Sunday, May 7, at 4:00pm, at First Presbyterian Church (3970 27 1/2 Road).
P A G E 6
Women’s
Ministries at FUMC
Study’s & Groups
Men’s Ministries at FUMC
1. Friday Morning Men’s Study
Join us at 7am, on Friday mornings, at Four
Winds Coffee & Tea at “The Christ Center”, 1235
Bookcliff Ave. (on the SE corner of Bookcliff and
12th). We enjoy coffee, a great breakfast, enrich-
ing fellowship, and bible study or a book study.
2. United Methodist Men’s Gathering –
Monthly, 3rd
Tuesdays, 7:00pm
Join us for an hour or so of faith and fellowship-
building in Gaines Hall or in the Parlor room.
This is also a ministry of exploring ways we can
reach out to the men of the church and involve
them in enriching their faith and building our
Body of Christ here at FUMC.
All women are invited to May Friendship Day. Date: Friday, May 5, 2017 Time: 11:30am Place: FIRST CHRISTIAN CHURCH 1336 N 1ST STREET GRAND JCT. COLO Program: KINDLING NEW FIRES OF LOVE BRING A SALAD AND A FRIEND. Contact Cheryl Pickrell for more information at 986-9950.
Spring is here and it’s time for a little cleaning! Save your yard sale items for the Grand Valley Youth Spring Mixer! May 13th, from 8am-5pm, @First United Methodist Church. This is a Grand Valley Youth fundraiser! Donated items may be dropped off to the FUMC storage building (aka cleaners) on the dates/times listed below. If you are unable to deliver items, please contact Eliot Jennings @ 940-395-7167 or ([email protected] ) to make pick up arrangements. Please do not leave items inside the main area of the church. Items NOT accepted: Clothing and Electronics
Mon-Thur May 1st- 4
th 9am- 4pm
Fri May 5th 9am- 2pm
Sun May 7th 11:00am- 7pm
Mon May 8th – 11
th 9 am- 4pm
Save the Date: VBS Sports Camp “Go the Distance” will be held June 19-23rd at Columbine Park from 9 a.m.- 12:15 p.m. daily. Fee is $60 for first camper, $30 for each additional camper. Registration and scholarship forms are on the Family and Children’s ministry board outside the main office. Please contact Megan Weaver with any questions. Volunteer forms will be avail-able soon. Looking for prayer partners, nurse/E.M.T. staff, youth volunteers and adult vol-unteers. If you would like to sponsor a child to attend please let me Megan know.
P A G E 7
Mission Branches (ongoing)
John 15:5 I am the vine, you are the branches. Those who abide in me and I in them bear much
fruit, because apart from me you can do nothing.
Email Prayer Chain Ministry—to participate contact Kirsten Liwanag, by email at [email protected].
Collection basket in the court yard breezeway for Community Food Bank.
Diaper Depot: Can you volunteer some time to help run the depot? Contact Anna Aleksa at [email protected] or 970-946-3179. Accepting donations of dia-pers (Luvs, Pampers, or Huggies), baby wipes, or money. Collection basket is in the court yard breezeway.
Donations of food, money, or volunteering your time for Breakfast in the Park - for more info contact Buzz Schoenbeck at [email protected] or 644-2082, or Darrah Barnes at 250-4409 [email protected].
Campbell Soup Labels & Box Tops for Education—drop them off in the Library (white tub under UMW boxes)
Aluminum Cans—drop off in receptacle by alley door.
R5 Lunch Ministry: To give your time and/or resources, contact Joanne Graham at 242-1969 or [email protected].
Sidewalk Ministry: To give your time to greet people outside before each worship ser-vice contact Pat & Larry Backes at 778-0300 or [email protected].
P A G E 8
On the second Sunday of the month all coin & cash (unless otherwise designated) is given to one of the Grand Valley’s non-profit organizations. FUMCGJ recognizes these organizations as agents of Christ’s work to meet the needs of many people in ways that are consistent with the teachings of Christ. Please plan ahead to support the wonderful work of these great organizations.
MAKE A CHANGE is May 21 Note: Our Make A Change offering will be 1-week later than normal due to Mother’s Day. It will benefit the victims of the wildfire in NE Colorado.
more...Mission Branches
To my many friends & fellow-worshippers at FUMC, So you know: I have been diagnosed with congestive heart failure and am under hospice care. I am still at home and hope for the best. Thank you for all your cards, prayers, and best wishes. I am still not seeing visitors but I appreciate most, the cards and notes. In His love, Carl Burley
Dear FUMC,
Please know how grateful we are for your recent gifts:
92lbs of food in March
$350 in donations
Gratefully, Darcy Johnson, Exec. Dir.
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