Jan 17

CRFUMC Email Blast for 1/17/24

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This Sunday, January 21 is the inaugural event for the 150th Anniversary of our church. Please join us at 10:45 for a Celebration of our Music and Musicians, a delicious Soup and Salad Luncheon immediately following in Fellowship Hall and a display of vintage hymnals.

Don't forget that your name tags are appreciated.

All of our Services are live-streamed

go to (www.linktr.ee/castlerockfumc )

and click on either the YouTube or Facebook option.

Knot Again will meet tonight, January 17 at 6 pm at the church.

If you can tie a knot, please join us in this easy mission work.

Our “knotting” dates are:

February 21

March 20

April 17

May 15

Planned Events

January 18: Men’s Luncheon at Pegasus, 11:30 am

January 21: One Worship Service,10:45 am celebrating our Church’s Music and Musicians; soup and salad lunch following this service

January 27th February 14: Ash Wednesday, Service at 6:30 pm

March 3: Castle Rock Orchestra Concert, 3 pm.

March 24: Palm Sunday

March 28 Maundy Thursday

March 29: Good Friday

March 31: Easter Sunday

April 17: Sesquicentennial History Night with speakers and dessert

May 3-5: Women’s Retreat; details will be posted later.

July 7: Sesquicentennial “Old Time Ice Cream Social”

August 25, 2024: Sesquicentennial Special Worship Service celebrating FUMC 150th Year in Castle Rock

Keep up with the 150th events here:

https://www.fumccr.org/150thcelebration

January 21 Service: Hymnal Display: As the inaugural event of our church’s Sesquicentennial, our Celebration of Music and Musicians on January 21 will include a display of hymnals, from oldest to newest, on a table in the Narthex.If you have an old hymnal, please consider displaying it fill out the form available at the Welcome Center and place it with your hymnal. It will be helpful if those hymnals can be brought to the church office by January 18th. When viewing the hymnal display, please be gentle with these books.

Tuesday Morning Bible Study begins Jan. 9th at 9:30 a.m. a 6-week study of Adam Hamilton’s The Walk and welcomes anyone new in search of a small group to discuss scripture with us. Deepen your walk with Christ as we explore the five essential practices of worship, study, serving, giving, and bearing witness to our faith. This book can be ordered from Thrift Books, Amazon, Hoopla, or Cokesbjury. Prices vary.

Church Photos: If you have any photos to share about church events — small group dinners or lunches, mission activities, musicians, worship services, etc., please send them digitally to Rev. Matt. (matt.franks@fumccr.org)

WOMEN’S SPIRITUALITY RETREAT May 3-5, 2024 The new location for our Women’s Retreat is Ponderosa Retreat Center in Larkspur (15235 S. Furrow Road). It’s a beautiful location set among Ponderosa Pines with sleeping facilities and gathering spaces within the same building. An extra plus: a chef who presents wonderful meals! Mark your calendar now!

Church Directory: One of the nice things about the program we are using for the photo directory is that we can update it at any time. I would like to update it so we can print the updated adenium mid. January. If you have questions speak to Pastor Matt.

Youth Valentine Card Sales: Once again this year the youth will be selling Valentine Cards between services from Sunday January, 21st to Sunday February, 11th. There will be a variety of options ranging from $5-$10. All proceeds will help offset costs for this year's youth mission trip to Puerto Rico!