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Liturgical Sunday:13th Sunday After Pentecost
Liturgical Color: Red
Today’s Scripture Reading: Joshua 1:9
Important Dates
August 8: Leah Circle luncheon at Duke's in Castle Pines 11:30 am
August 10: Celebration of Life for Velva Baines, 10 am
August 12: Sesquicentennial Steering Committee, 5:30, Church Library
August 14: Hospitality & Outreach Meeting 7 pm
August 15: Men’s Lunch at Pegasus, 11:30
August 18: Deadline for bringing your vintage or modern quilt.
August 25: Sesquicentennial Special Worship Service celebrating FUMC 150th Year in Castle Rock
August 27: Tuesday Morning Bible Study begins its study of Joshua
September 8: Church Fellowship Event at Flying W Ranch
September 22: Paul's Mystery Ship walk 1:30 p.m
October 20: Time & Talent Auction
At the Welcome Center
Sign up for the August 28 Potluck
Sign up for Monday Night Bible Study
Sign up for September 8th, Flying W Ranch
Sign up for the Meals Support Team
Sign up for Meal Groups
Pick up Sesquicentennial Advent Stars (beginning 8/11)
Pick up invitations/postcards to mail to others in advance of the August 25th celebration
Keep up with the 150th events here: https://www.fumccr.org/150thcelebration
The Meals Support Team Need You
also known as Helping Hands, is seeking meal providers and volunteers. Members are asked to provide meals for individuals recovering from surgery, illness, or in need of short-term support. Cooking is simple and typically required only a few times a year. Requests are sent via email or text for specific days, with information on recipient preferences provided. To join or rejoin, use the sign-up sheet at the Welcome Center or contact Julie Curran.
August 25th Celebration
Church Potluck Food: Bring your food for the potluck to the church kitchen between 9:15 and 10 am.
When Fellowship Hall seating fills ups, overflow will be available in the church library and adjacent social areas.
Beginning at 9:30 there will be music in the sanctuary as a prelude to worship.
Be aware that the parking lot will be filling up early. Please consider leaving spaces closer to the building for our guests and those needing handicapped parking.
Church History booklets will be available for purchase at the Welcome Center. $7 for the reprinted booklet covering 1874-1974, $5 for the new booklet covering 1974-2024; buy both for $10.
The Steering Committee appreciates volunteers helping with clean-up.
August 25th Potluck follows the one 10 am Worship Service:
Unfortunately, our ovens may not be up and running by the 25th, which means hot dishes will be more readily serviced using crock pots. With recipes from yesteryear encouraged, the outline for dishes connected to your last name is posted here:
A-F : salads and that ever-popular 1950’s Jello dish
G- L: side dishes (vegetables)
M-R: desserts
S-Z: main dishes (meats, casseroles)
Flying W Ranch on Sunday, September 8: The evening promises to be a fun event with a barbecue chuck wagon dinner and cowboy music. Sunday, August 18 is the last day to sign up for the trip to the Flying W Ranch in Colorado Springs. There church bus and carpools are available. We have nearly 40 people signed up. Costs are $65 adult, $60 senior/military, $30 for children ages 3-12. Checks payable to FUMCCR may be placed in the collection plate or given to Julie Bailey or Theresa Packard. Please tag your check “Flying W.” Please make payment by September 1.
Help Is Needed
Are you looking for a way to help on Sundays? Are you looking for something that only requires one Sunday a month commitment? Helping with coffee and donuts on the third or fourth Sunday may be just the volunteer job for you. Please contact Lisa Andrews or Rosie Andrade and we fill you in on the details.
Digital Church Directory:
Need to locate someone in the church digital; directory?
Go to https://members.instantchurchdirectory.com/ but must have submitted to Matt your email for you to be logged in.
Sesquicentennial Star Painting Project: Opportunities to participate in painting stars for the season of Advent and for the November Star Lighting Event in downtown Castle Rock will continue throughout the next few months. We hope to have 500+ stars featuring our church logo on one side and a bright color on the other. These stars will serve as a commemorative token of our Sesquicentennial Year.
Tuesday Morning Bible Study: will not meet in July, but will resume their study of Romans (picking up chapter 13) on August 6. New folks or drop-ins are always welcome.
New Sessions for Contemporary Issues
The next book: Grace in the Gray by Mike Donehey
The book helps us see the grace and good that’s often hidden by our own limited perspectives and assumptions. It all begins by learning to listen and lead with the most transformative substance the universe has ever known — God’s love.
In Person Sessions, Mondays July 29, 2024 to August 26, 2024; 6:30PM to 8:30
Zoom Sessions, Fridays August 2, 2024 to August 30, 2024; 6:30PM to 8:30PM
United Women in Faith/ Leah Circle: If you would like to be added to the Leah Circle Roster and receive information about our lunches, our programs, our activities, please contact MaryAlice McHugh (maryalice3150@yahoo.com) or Julie Bailey (juliesings@gmail.com) We are updating our directory this summer.
Our Summer Pop-Up Choir is off to a great start. If you’d like to sing with us this summer at the 8:30 service, just “pop in” at 8 am to warm up and mic test in the Outdoor Chapel, or just “pop up” and join us in the hymn of the day. The hymns chosen for the summer season are familiar tunes we’ve sung for years. If you are a musician/musician who would like to share your talents with a solo or duet, contact Rev. Matt or Nancy Docksey to be placed on the schedule.
Choirs Return to Fall Schedule
Chancel Choir will resume rehearsals at 5:30 pm on August 28. The summer pop-up choir worked out so well, we hope some will consider joining.
Bell Choir resumes their fall rehearsals on the same day, meeting between 4 and 5 pm.
Check with Nancy Docksey (303-877-9085)
if you have questions.
Paul's Mystery Ship a CRFUMC Mission Partner
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.
They are the "Charity of the Month" for June at:
• 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/
2024-2025 Meal Groups Info
Last year we brought back what we called Dinner for 8 Groups which we transformed the name to fit better to Meal Groups. This is a time to get to know new people over a meal at least three times from September- May.
We will have signups all throughout August for those interested in joining a meal group. These meal groups will have a Core Group Leader who will help plan and guide the groups on when and where to meet. Last year we had 8 groups and hope to have that many this coming year.
If you would like to lead a meal group or have questions let Pastor Matt know.
Bishops Installation service October 13th - 2 pm at First UMC, Colorado Springs, CO Pastor Matt will drive the CHurch bus down for those who want to attend.
Sanctuary Clean Up Day August 21st Begins at 9 a.m. Come when you can to help clean some pews and other spaces in the sanctuary to help get it ready for the 150th celebration. We are looking for a few vacuums with tolls that can get in between the pews. If you have questions please let me know.
For Prayer Requests go to:
The Current newsletter is up on the website at https://www.fumccr.org/newsletter
Putting Your Faith Into Practice
Daily Scripture Readings (Lectionary)
Monday: 1 Kings 2:10-12; 3:3-14
Tuesday: Psalm 111
Wednesday: Ephesians 5:15-20
Thursday: John 6:51-58
Quote & Prayer of the Week
Courage is not the absence of despair; it is, rather, the capacity to move ahead in spite of despair. — Rollo May
Oh God, thank You for giving me another day to share my blessings with others and to live out Your will. Hear this prayer to You, humbly asking that You grant me the courage to overcome any challenges I may face today. With your light before me, may I find the courage to push through and come out of today’s troubles stronger than ever. This I ask through Christ our Lord. Amen.
Loving God we lift up to you…
The United Methodist Church
Mountain Sky Annual Conference
Bishop Kristen Stoneking, as we welcome her as the new Bishop of the Mountain Sky Conference
Bishop Karen Oliveto as she prepares for her retirement as Biship of the Mountain Sky Conference and her pending move
Our Pastors and Staff
Little Blessings Families
Conflict in the Middle East
Those suffering from the flooding and storms across our country and around the world
Jan and Bud Richter
Leona and Garrett Mathes, sister and brother-in-law to Chuck Bailey
Tom Johnson
Maxine Ferguson
Connie Williams, mother of Chris Sorah mother in-law of Kari Sorah
Connie Berry, cousin of Denny Pottenger
Bess Christianson, mother of Chip Christianson
Sheldon Lewis brother of Rosie Andrade
Anne Shuman
Barbra McMinn aunt of Cheryl Smith
Griffn Hammel Great Grandson of Sarah McAneny
Blakeley Huffine granddaughter of Sue Hurst
Sid Nichols, Friend of Amy Dannels McClure and daughter Gabby
Family of Maynard Brandon
The family of Velva Baines
This week's Quotes and Scripture
“So stop judging each other. Instead, this is what you should decide: never put a stumbling block or obstacle in the way of your brother or sister. I know and I’m convinced in the Lord Jesus that nothing is wrong to eat in itself. But if someone thinks something is wrong to eat, it becomes wrong for that person. If your brother or sister is upset by your food, you are no longer walking in love. Don’t let your food destroy someone for whom Christ died. And don’t let something you consider to be good be criticized as wrong. God’s kingdom isn’t about eating food and drinking but about righteousness, peace, and joy in the Holy Spirit. Whoever serves Christ this way pleases God and gets human approval.” Romans 14: 13-18
"We all have different perspectives to life. We all do take different decisions in life each day based on our convictions. We may take wrong or right decisions knowingly and or unknowingly. We may regard the decisions of others as right or wrong. We may have a right or wrong reasons to judge others. We have a choice to condemn or uplift others regardless of their situation. May we, instead of finding reasons to condemn, find reasons to uplift others.” ― Ernest Agyemang Yeboah
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