Worship Times
9 a.m. Modern Worship Service
10:45 a.m. Traditional Service
Both Services are live-streamed. To find our live stream go to (www.linktr.ee/castlerockfumc ) and click on either the YouTube or Facebook option.
Liturgical Sunday: 6th Sunday of Easter
Liturgical Color: White
Sermon Title: Do No Harm
Scripture Reading: Colossians 3:1-17
Preaching: Rev. Matt Franks
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Daily Scripture Readings
Monday: Acts 10:44-48
Tuesday: Psalm 98
Wednesday: 1 John 5:1-6
Thursday: John 15:9-17
Quote & Prayer of the Week
All it takes for generosity to flow is awareness. By actively pursuing awareness and knowledge, we can make choices that cause less harm and greater good to others in the global community of our shared earth. — Zoe Weil
Dear Lord, in my weakness, I pray for Your strength to guide me. Help me to be strong in spirit and in faith. Grant me the determination to pursue Your will, even when the path is difficult and the obstacles are great. Amen.
Loving God we lift up to you…
The United Methodist Church
Mountain Sky Annual Conference
Our Pastors and Staff
Little Blessings Families
Conflict in the Middle East
Jan and Bud Richter
Kathy Spackman neighbor of Julie and George Curran
Sid Jordan, brother-in-law to Julie Bailey
Leona and Garrett Mathes, sister and brother-in-law to Chuck Bailey
Tom Johnson
Velva Baines
Phil and Maxine Ferguson
Gregg Tomberlin Brother in-law of Diane Meeks
Connie Williams, mother of Chris Sorah mother in-law of Kari Sorah
Connie Berry, cousin of Denny Pottenger
Anne Shuman
Shelly Heredia, sister of Kim Martin.
Dwain Butler, Brother of Karen Oliver
Doug Conrad Friend of Gayle and Ken Kindt
Barbra McMinn aunt of Cheryl Smith
The Family of Veronica Butler,
The family of Cynitha Johnson
The family of Ty Burgess
Keep up with the 150th events here: https://www.fumccr.org/150thcelebration
Honoring Our Graduates. On May 19 we’ll be honoring the young people graduating from high school, college, or trade schools, but we need your help in preparing for this. If you have a son or daughter or grandchild you wish to honor, please send the image and basic information to Josh Hay josh.hay@gmail.com
Along with the photo, we’ll need:
· full name,
· graduating from xxxxx
· attending xxxxxx
· studying xxxxxx
· related to xxxxxxx
Other Important Dates
April 28: Commitment Sunday
May 3-5: Women’s Retreat
May 5: Prison Backpack Ministry Concludes
May 13: Sesquicentennial Steering Committee Meeting, 5:30, church library
May 19: Graduating Seniors Recognized
May 26th Summer Worship Times Begin: 8:30 a.m. Outdoor Chapel, 10 a.m. Modern Service
June 2nd-9th Youth Mission Trip to Puerto Rico
June 22: All-church Service Project for Help and Hope Food Pantry, 9-3 pm
June 29th Lois Burgener’s Celebration of Life a 11 a.m.
July 7: Sesquicentennial “Old Time Ice Cream Social”; 11 am lunch with ice cream, games and other activities following
August 25, 2024: Sesquicentennial Special Worship Service celebrating FUMC 150th Year in Castle Rock
Mother’s Day Food Drive: We will be accepting food donations between now and Sunday, May 12th to support the food pantry at the Help and Hope Center.
Items that are currently needed include:
1. diapers—sizes 3,4,5
2. jam/jelly
3. laundry pods
4. canned whole or diced tomatoes
5. cereal
This is an opportunity for our church family to help in meeting the needs of our community.
Where do you want to Serve?
I am searching for people to help in the following areas.
Baltimore, Maryland
· Outdoor Chapel Setup and Tear-down
· Ushers (fill-ins needed)
· Mowing the Church property.
· Driving Golf Cart for Outdoor Chapel
If you are interested in any of these please let me know I am willing to train. I know there will be a list for Golf Cart driving out soon.
Tuesday Morning Bible Study will begin a 10-week study of the book of Romans on April 16, meeting from 9:30 - 11 am in the church library.
Contemporary Bible Study Group:
Next Book: Amy-Jill Levine’s The Gospel of Mark: A Beginners Guide to the Good News gathers.
In-person on Mondays from April 15, 2024 to May 20, 2024; 6:30PM to 8:30;
Zoom Sessions meet on Fridays from April 19, 2024 to May 24, 2024; 6:30PM to 8:30PM
Save this Date: Saturday, June 22, 2024 for a special church-wide community service project. As part of our 150th Celebration Year, we will be needing volunteers to give their time and energy to food collection at King Soopers to benefit the food pantry at Help and Hope.
Teeshirt Orders: Did you miss out? Please contact Joyce Morales-Caramella (joycemorales@aol.com) to place an order or purchase one she has available. These shirts will be an asset as we meet the public during the June 22 service project for Help and Hope and for distributing water bottles during the Fair Parade in August.
Print Copies of the Church Newsletter. If you would like a print copy of the monthly newsletter reserved for you, please let Julie Bailey (juliesings@gmail.com) know so you can be added to the list. These copies will have your name on them and be available for pick-up in the church office. A few more will be available for our guests at the Welcome Center.
Prison Backpack Ministry
On Sunday, April 14th, there will be an opportunity for our Church family to participate in our backpack ministry program.
Please stop by the table in the narthex and choose a card listing an item or items to be purchased or give a cash donation for the purchase of the backpacks and/or the needed supplies and toiletries.
The supplies for the backpacks need to be returned to the Church by Sunday, May 5th.
Paul's Mystery Ship
The Church has done a great job of supporting Paul’s Mystery Ship over the past years. Here are some events to take note of.
· Picklepalooza Rally Against ALS: Pickleball Tournament Sat., June 8th from 7-1 p.m.
· September 22, 2024 @ 1:30 p.m. Walk starts/Ends @ 105 W. Brewing Co.
for more info about Paul’s Mystery Ship go to https://www.paulsmysteryship.com/
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