Your Generosity Will Help to Brighten a Child’s Christmas Please visit the Global Hope Giving Tree located in the Narthex near the Missions table to give a gift of hope this Christmas to an orphaned or vulnerable child in Romania, Kenya or India. Find an ornament on the tree, place the gift amount in the box next to the tree, then take the ornament home…
Matthew 5: 1-12: NRSV 5 When Jesus[a] saw the crowds, he went up the mountain; and after he sat down, his disciples came to him. 2 Then he began to speak, and taught them, saying: 3 “Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. 4 “Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted. 5 “Blessed…
This year’s Advent Study takes its devotional content from the Sermon on the Mount. Each devotional uses two translations of the same scripture, NRSV and The Voice. Below you will find a short calendar of events during advent, an introduction by Randy and daily devotions from our blog. Sundays in Advent Sunday, November 29: First…
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What if You Could Provide a Thanksgiving Meal and Christmas Presents to Families in Need this Season? This month and next month we have opportunities to support our Missions partners–Parker Task Force and The Denver Inner City Parish: The Parker Task Forceexpects to provide Thanksgiving dinners for many clients needing assistance this year. You can help by…
Feed My Starving Children is a global mission that packs meals for starving and malnourished children around the world. Working with local churches and organizations they provide ingredients and tools to pack and ship meals to over 70 countries. The actual packing is done by volunteers just like you and me. This year’s mobile pack…
2015 LaPuente Mission Update Thank you Parker United Methodist Church. Many Hands, many hours make our LaPuente Mission the success of our efforts. We were able to make and deliver: 100 Hygiene bags: Men 60 Hygiene bags: Women 40 Blankets and 3 reversible comforters It took 2 trips to Alamosa to deliver the donations! This…
Can you think back to the best Thanksgiving experience of your life? I can actually think of several but the one that stands out happened just a few years ago. As it turns out, we seldom have our primary family Thanksgiving gathering on the actually holiday. Our typical pattern is to celebrate with the traditional feast on the Sunday before or the Sunday after. That way our kids can get…
Have you ever found yourself in a King Soopers or Walmart or Safeway looking for a bag of chips and just thought, “how can I even choose when there are so many choices?” That happens to me almost every time I find myself in the store. In our society, we are blessed to have abundant choices. You need cereal? Well would you…
November is traditionally a time of reflection, a time to give thanks. Last year, around this time, we took our children on a family mission day-trip downtown. We started at the local Dollar Store. We bought lots of toiletry supplies, as well non-perishable foods. We set up an assembly line in the kitchen and stuffed plastic grocery store bags with various supplies for the homeless. Then,…
Greetings Everyone, Fall seems to have arrived as the temperature outside is in the high 60°s and the nights are cooling down. Fall, my favorite time of year, a time of plants showing their beautiful autumn colors, blue skies and an occasional dusting of white upon the distant mountaintops. The garden is still producing its fruit, and I don’t worry anymore about weeds. Fall, a…
Pat’s article A Covenant Prayer in the Wesleyan Tradition I am no longer my own, but thine. Put me to what thou wilt, rank me with whom thou wilt. Put me to doing, put me to suffering. Let me be employed by thee or laid aside for thee, exalted for thee or brought low for thee. Let me be full, let me…
The Worship Committee will host “The Hanging of the Greens”, the time we decorate the Church for Advent and Christmas, on Sunday November 22nd at 12:15 (or after 3rd service). We ask anyone who can assist to please either stay after second service to begin gettng things ready, or return and give us a hand. The more hands the easier and shorter this…
This time of year is always filled with new things. Students go back to school. Families shift gears and begin to look forward to Thanksgiving and Christmas. Children in the church are promoted from one classroom to another. New things bring new life and fresh energy. There is no shortage of new things happening here at the church. The Tapestry congregation is off to a great…
Being a parent can be hard work! Parenting has been the most amazing adventure I have ever taken on. Some days, I find that I am an amazing mom with all the patience and the love in the world. And then there are many days where I find that I am short on patience, short on love, short on energy, short on, well you…