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Join us this Sunday Morning
9 a.m. Modern Worship
10:45 a.m. Traditional Worship
The Modern and Traditional Services are offered online through our Facebook and YouTube channels.
Liturgical Sunday: 5th Sunday of Easter
Liturgical Color: White
Sermon Title: Growing with Love
Scripture Reading: Galatians 5:22-25
Preaching: Rev. Matt Franks
Don't forget that your name tags are appreciated.
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In Our Prayers: 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
Karen Graff
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.
Veronica Butler, Cousin of Karen Oliver
Dwain Butler, Brother of Karen Oliver
Doug Conrad Friend of Gayle and Ken Kindt
Family of Jay Weiss
The Family of Cynthia Johnson
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
Keep up with the 150th events here: https://www.fumccr.org/150thcelebration
Knot Again: will meet tonight at 6p.m. on Wednesday, April 24. Also please note that at this time we are not accepting donations we have filled our storage space and cannot accept anything at this time.
Community Game Night, April 25th from 6-8 pm, sponsored by our youth promises an evening of fun. Bring your favorite board or card games to play and food to share!
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.
Honoring Our Graduates. Do you have a son/daughter, grandson/granddaughter graduating this year? On May 19th we’ll be honoring those graduating from high school, trade school, and college. More details coming in the May Newsletter. You may submit the graduates photo digitally to the church office or loan us a photo to scan. Along with the photo, we’ll need a brief bio— full name, graduating from xxxxx, attending xxxxxx, studying xxxxxx, related to xxxxxxx.
Save-the-Date — Saturday, June 22 for our all-Church Food Drive for Help and Hope. There will be a sign-up sheet for volunteers to help collect food at 3 different King Soopers locations. More complete details will appear in the May and June newsletters. Chairperson Phyllis Tumey (ptumey43@gmail.com) will graciously answer any questions you may have.
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.
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.
Significant Events in the Methodist Church:
This year is crucial for the United Methodist Church, with three major meetings ahead. I will host a gathering on April 21st at 2 p.m. to pray and discuss the upcoming events.
Here are the key dates:
April 23 – May 3, 2024: UMC General Conference
June 20-23, 2024: Mountain Sky Annual Conference in Casper, Wyoming
July 10-13, 2024: Western Jurisdictional Conference
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.
"Charity of the Month of April" @ 105 W. Brewing Company
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/
Bible Study Opportunities:
Rev. Sarah’s newest contemporary Bible study of 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
Tuesday Morning Bible Study has begun their study of the book of Romans on April 16, meeting from 9:30 - 11 am in the church library.
A Volunteer Opportunity: The Outreach and Hospitality Team is looking for some volunteers to make follow-up phone contact with Sunday morning guests and visitors. A script to guide conversation will be provided and the time commitment is just a few hours on Sunday afternoon. If this seems like the perfect fit for you, please let Pastor Matt know you are available.
Adult Discipleship Opportunity: Be a VIPP (Very Important Point Person)
Volunteers are needed to organize social and educational events such as outdoor activities, museum trips, and concerts. Interested individuals can sign up at the Welcome Center to become a VIPP for one activity.
Stewardship Month
In April we will be handing out our Stewardship Commitment Cards. This will help us plan for our 2023-2024 Program Year. Commitment Sunday will be April 28th
Prison Backpack Ministry
On Sunday, April 14th, there will be an opportunity for our Church family to participate in our backpack ministry program. Our backpack ministry program responds to Christ’s concern for prisoners (Matthew 25: 36, 39, 43). At this time, our Church is the only organization that provides backpacks to indigent men and women being released from the Douglas County Detention Center. The supplies for the backpacks need to be returned to the Church by Sunday, May 5th.
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The Current newsletter is up on the website at https://www.fumccr.org/newsletter
This week's Quotes and Scripture
“Gentiles don’t have the law. But when they instinctively do with the law requires, they are a law in themselves, though they don’t have the law, they show the proof of the law written on their hearts and their consciences affirm it. Their conflicting thoughts will accuse them, or even make a defense for them on the day, when, according to my gospel, God will judge the hidden truth about human beings through Christ Jesus.” ~Roman’s 2:14-16 CEB
“The world is not in the hands of blind chance, or of a capricious God, who will play favorites and leave everyone feeling the way people do after an unsatisfactory court, hearing. True Justice —the sort that people long for, plead for, thirst for around the world to this day — true justice will be done, and will be seen and known to be done. God will judge all human secrets through the Messiah, Jesus. That is good news for a world in which true justice is still hard to find.” ~N. T. Wright
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