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Events

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

myUCC Community bloggers

 


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Hot SauceGet 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.

school fundraising ideas

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.Planting Roots

 

 


How We Do Church ... on the DivideAnimas Forks gathering

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.


Who Is My Neighbor DVDNEW!
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.



   
Youth

Did You Know?
High school retreats are led entirely by youth -- so sign up now to be a part of the leadership team.
Information flyer
Leadership Team Application

Oct. 15-17: High School Fall Retreat

Nov. 5-7: Middle School Fall Retreat, (retreat details and registration TK)

The Parish Paper

September Parish Paper

The Parish Paper, a resource for clergy and church governing boards
September: Planning for the Unexpected Financial Crisis

Plus, free resources on many of the issues churches face, including:

Previous editions and copyright information
May: Generous Givers: A Product of Motivation and Methods
April: The Emerging Church Movement
March 2010: New Trends in Belonging
February 2010: Should We Fine-Tune Our Church's Internal Culture?
January 2010
: Moving Beyond Conflict
December 2009: Are We A Leader-Sending Congregation?
November 2009: Multi-Racial Congregations
October 2009: Women Pastors
September 2009: Worship-Hymn Preferences
August 2009: Congregational Grief Storms

 

People

Clare Twomey has joined the Manitou Springs Community Congregational Church staff as Minister for Christian Education and Youth.  

 

RMC Reflections

September Reflections

Share the wisdom of our conference with your congregation. Download our bulletin insert.

September Edition:

Working for Justice for Labor Sunday
A Silver Lining by Kathy Leftwich
Summer/Anytime Reading by Peter Sawtell
What A Summer! by David Popham
The Bad 3 for Colorado churches only

Previous Editions

Would you like to contribute to Reflections? The deadline is the 15th of every month. Email your articles to kathy@rmcucc.org

 
ResourceS

Pulpit Supply Online

Churches, find an experienced minister to fill in during vacation.(click here)

Conference Directory

Updated edition available here.

Compensation Guide

RMC 2010 Compensation Guidelines (click here for downloadable Word document

Updated!
Safer Church Guidelines (click here for Word document)

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Employment Opportunities

Part-time Pastor
Columbine United Church, Littleton


 

 

Clergy Opportunities
National UCC Setting Opportunities

 

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