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Sept. 11: Northeastern Association Fall Meeting, Fort Morgan
Sept. 17-18: Social Change Praxis: “The Immigrant by the Side of the Road: A Cry for Solidarity,” Iliff Great Hall (details)
Sept. 23-26: Widening the Welcome: Inclusion for All, national gathering of the UCC Mental Illness Network and UCC Disabilities Network, St. Louis (details)
Sept. 24: Carrie Newcomer Concert, benefit for Centus Counseling, 7:30 pm, First Plymouth Congregational, Englewood (details or tickets)
Sept. 25: Awakening the Dreamer, Changing The Dream Symposium,
9:00-3:00,
First Universalist Church, Denver (details)
Sept. 26-28: Hot Sauce for the Soul Church Vitality Workshop, La Foret, CO (details) or register
Oct. 1&2: Western Association Fall Meeting, Grand Junction
Oct. 3: Metro Denver Association Fall Meeting, Washington Park UCC, Denver
Oct. 10-13: Western Christian Educators Conference, Lake Tahoe, CA (details)
Oct. 22-24: Queer Spirit Adult Retreat, Salt Lake City
Oct. 24: Southeastern Association Fall Meeting, Hilltop UCC |
Blogs to read:
Cowboy Jesus by Columbine's Steve Poos-Benson
Creative Endeavors: Rev. Sharon Benton's sabbatical
First Plymouth: from Englewood
Intentional Living: Rev. Erin Gilmore's sabbatical study
Jim's Sabbatical Blog: From Rev. James Chapman of Broadmoor Community UCC
Pastor Dave's Blog: from Rev. David Shaw at Church in the Wildwood
Postings from the Park Hill Pastor: Rev. David Bahr
Preaching Sophia.is Rev. Sharon Benton's personal blog of her sabbatical experiences.
Revved Up: from Hillcrest UCC's Karen Winkel
Striving for Higher Ground by Rev. James Fouther at United Church of Montbello
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 Get Your Congregation Cooking
- The Growth Ministry Team is excited to present a Church Vitality Workshop Sept. 26-28 at La Foret. Bring your leadership team to create the Hot Sauce recipe that will enable you to help your church move toward a transformational focus using the following steps:
• Identify and reflect on your mission statement to target people outside the walls of the church building
• Focus your evangelism and mission efforts largely on your own community
• Help people connect to your outreach efforts
• Resist the temptation to be all things to all people
• Take time to develop a strategic plan that bridges your church’s passions and strengths with the needs of people in your community
• Engage a large percentage of your membership in the process of discovering your community and developing your strategic plan
Click here to view a flyer with more details or click here to register.
Watch our thermometer climb!
Two months after announcing the campaign to raise $500,000 for a permanent Conference Office, the outlook is positive. More than $112,000 has been pledged by conference churches and individuals, and the hard-working task force has verbal assurances of even more to come.
Make your pledge now (one-time or over a three-year period) by clicking the
Planting Roots for Growing Ministries logo.
How We Do Church ... on the Divide
The Hills are Alive! with the sounds of UCCers gathering at Animas Forks, a ghost town nestled in the continental divide just over Cinammon and Engineer pass above Silverton. A contingent from both the Creede and Ridgway Church negotiated rocks, ruts, altitude and steeps over several passes to come and picnic with our brothers and sisters in the faith from Silverton. Weather was awesome and clear and over 50 attended this 2nd annual event with equally awesome company and food.
Thanks to Rev. Jeff Scott of Creede for passing along this picture. How does your congregation do church? Send a pic to kathy@rmcucc.org.
 NEW!
Immigration Resources
The new page from the Justice & Peace Ministry Team includes contact information on groups at the forefront of the immigration movement in Colorado, including the Colorado Immigrant RIghts Coalition, which co-sponsored a Sunday School curriculum on the topic. The page lists all Ministry Team members with contact information and area of expertise. Click here or find it in the menu bar above under Resources.
Urgent Need for Cleanup Buckets and School Kits
Tornadoes and flooding throughout the U.S. have depleted the supply of Church World Service clean up buckets, and school will be starting soon throughout the world so students need supplies. Churches can assist by assembling kits or with funds to ship the kits. View the brochure with instructions here.
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