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CRFUMC Email Blast for 4/24/24


Connect with us online in one place: https://linktr.ee/castlerockfumc


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.

All of our Services are live-streamed go to (www.linktr.ee/castlerockfumc )

and click on either the YouTube or Facebook option.

 

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:


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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