What’s Coming Up at LUMC Save the Date: All-Church Conference - June 2, 7 p.m. Two important teams of Littleton UMC have been preparing us for an important decision. The Study Committee has been asking you what you see as the needs of the church. The Mission/ Vision Team has been asking our neighbors what they see as the needs of the community. These teams are prepared to share their findings. In the presentation of the needs of the church and the needs of the community, there is a decision to be made. Do we pursue these needs? Please join the church to hear their findings, assess the possibilities, and decide whether or not we move forward. Rev. Dr. Melanie Rosa will preside at the All-Church Conference, on Tueday evening, June 2nd at 7 pm. Please mark your calendars and plan to be part of this important decision. Save the Date! 24th Annual Children’s Music Camp *Children entering grades 3-6 *June 15-18, 2015 *Registration forms online or in the church office If you are looking to place info for an upcoming event in the Weekly or Monthly Connection, please follow these deadlines and instructions. For the Weekly: Dates: info runs 3 weeks, indicate start date Deadline: close of church office Monday Contact: Jenny Robillard at [email protected] IT ED ME THODIST CH U R C N For the Monthly: Deadline: 15th of each month Contact: John Morrison at [email protected] U H LITTLETON E E R C S 1890 - 2015 L BR ATI NG 125 YE A LUMC Calendar of Events Sunday, May 24, 2015 8:30 AM Worship Service - Sanctuary 9:30 AM Grocery Coupons for Sale 9:30 AM Guatemala Trip Information - Breezeway 9:45 AMMore Than Coffee 11:00 AM Worship Service - Sanctuary 2:00 PM Godspell Rehearsal - Sanctuary 4:35 PM Club 435 End of Year Cookout - Grant FH Monday, May 25, 2015 - Church Office Closed 7:00 PM Open Space Lead Team Meeting - Conf. R. Tuesday, May 26, 2015 7:00 AM Off the Cuff - Reception Hall 9:30 AM Staff Meeting - Conference Room 9:30 AM Worship Meeting - Conference Room 12:30 PM Senior Adult Council - 115 2:15 PM Prayer Team - Chapel 3:00 PM Care Team - 115 7:00 PM Grief Support - 113 Wednesday, May 27, 2015 10:00 AM Jubilation Adult Choir - Parlor 10:00 AM UMW Board Meeting - Reception Hall 6:00 PM Columbarium Memorial Service - CTY 7:00 PM Covenant Bible Study- 103 7:00 PM Voices West Dress Rehearsal - Sanctuary Thursday, May 28, 2015 7:00 PM BSA Troop 114 - Way Station 7:00 PM Chancel Choir - Choir Room Friday, May 29, 2015 10:00 AM Sandwich Ministry - 113 Saturday, May 30, 2015 9:30 AM Godspell Rehearsal - Sanctuary 4:00 PM Laura Davis Student Recital - Sanctuary Sunday, May 31, 2015 8:30 AM Worship Service - Sanctuary 9:30 AM Grocery Coupons for Sale 9:30 AM Guatemala Trip Information - Breezeway 9:30 AM End of Life Discussion - Grant FH 9:45 AM MS Mission Trip Pre Trip Meeting - WS 9:45 AMMore Than Coffee 11:00 AM Water World Kick Off - Offsite 11:00 AM Worship Service - Sanctuary 12:30 PM Littleton UMC Basic’s Class - Conf. Room 2:00 PM Godspell Rehearsal - Reception Hall 3:00 PM Voices West Concert - Sanctuary 5:30 PM Women’s Bible Study - Reception Hall 7:00 PM DeSoto UMC Group - Way Station May 24th – May 31st, 2015 The Littleton United Methodist Church Weekly Connection Pentecost Sunday Today’s Guest Preacher, Rev. Richard Hendry e continue our 125th anniversary celebration with guest preacher, Rev. Richard Hendry. Richard was invited to take the position of Senior Minister in June, 1996. Richard and his wife, Lisa, quickly fell in love with LUMC and its wonderful people. Regarding his ministry, Richard says this: “Over the next two years, more than one million dollars were spent remodeling the sanctuary, enlarging the chancel, moving the choir up front from the balcony, installing a sound system, rebuilding staff offices, and doubling the size of the youth building. In addition, we built handicapped bathrooms, installed a stair lift, and an elevator. We installed air conditioning in the sanctuary which was long overdue! We enlarged David Kates’ music area which provided a great space for his many choirs and the Littleton Symphony. I was glad when we built the columbarium as it provided a final resting place for those who had made LUMC their spiritual home over many years.” In 2012 after 16 years as Senior Minister, Richard retired, and he and Lisa were sad to leave a congregation full of good friends “who loved us and we loved them.” He says, “LUMC has been our family in every respect and we thank God for the wonderful times we spent together.” We are grateful that Richard and Lisa attend worship and are involved in some of our ministries in retirement, and we are delighted to hear him preach again. Richard says, “LUMC is not adverse to change” and to hear him speak on Pentecost Sunday, when the disciples and early followers underwent a remarkable change, we can be reminded that God does great things with willing hearts! W Highlighted News Upcoming Events & News Upcoming Events & News Continued Supporting the UMC of Sierra Leone ach year, the Rocky Mouintain Conference Board of Global Ministries sponsors the Bridge of Love Offering at the annual conference session. This offering is used to assist at national and/or global areas in crisis or recovering from a crisis. This June, the offering will be used to help our suffering sisters and brothers recover from the Ebola epidemic in Sierra Leone. Specifically, the offering will provide funding to assist in the recovery, re-energizing and the expanding of the decimated United Methodist Church health system. LUMC is committed to supporting the Bridge of Love Offering from donations to the LUMC Missions Committee. In addition to the financial support of the UMC of Sierra Leone, the LUMC Missions Committee would like to promote hosting an exchange student from Sierra Leone in our community. Hannah was one of a handful of outstanding high school students selected for the Youth Exchange and Study (YES) Scholarship by the US State Department in 2014. She was to attend Heritage HS in Littleton for the 2014-15 school year, but because of the Ebola epidemic, all exchange students from Sierra Leone and Liberia were not allowed to enter the US. The US State Department has recently offered all of the 2014 YES Scholarship winners to become exchange students for the 2015-16 school year. Hannah will be 18 when she arrives in August; her favorite activity is attending church "because it helps to improve my moral lessons about God". Her academic interests are primarily in the sciences as she dreams to be a doctor. If you are interested in learning more about hosting Hannah for a portion of or the entire 2015-16 school year at Heritage or another high school, please contact Sue Poet, LUMC Missions Committee member and 2012-13 host mom of Fatu from Sierra Leone: [email protected], 720-283-3036. Club 435 Summer kick off cookout will be on May 24th from 4:30 to 6:30. Food, friends and fun! All 2nd graders are invited to come out and see Club 435! We’ll be celebrating our outgoing 5th graders. See Mrs. Lisa’s weekly email for a SignUpGenius link to RSVP for this fun annual event! Columbarium Memorial Service Wednesday, May 27th 6 pm As a people of faith, we know the sanctity of life and the hope of the resurrection. It is particularly significant to have the church be the place where people find their final resting place. We are honored to have members, friends, and family inured in our columbarium. It is a statement of their faith and an expression of our hope. It is the responsibility of the church to make sure these faithful friends are honored and remembered. We invite you to join us in a brief service of remembrance in the sacred space of our columbarium. The service is on May 27th, Wednesday evening, at 6 pm, followed by a reception of light snacks and fellowship. Join us in thanking God for those we have lost and for providing a place of peace for them to rest and for us to remember. Littleton UMC Basics Class If you are new to Littleton United Methodist Church, or new to the United Methodist Church in general, and would like to know more, we invite you to a “Littleton UMC Basics” class on May 31st from 12:30 to 2:00 pm in the Conference Room. A light lunch will be served. This class will review the uniqueness of the United Methodist Church and the Littleton church in particular. Voices West Concert On May 31, 2015 at 3 pm in the afternoon Voices West, a choral group who uses LUMC as their home base, is presenting a concert called “Heartstrings” in the sanctuary. This concert will feature very tender music of well-known choral traditional love songs, modern composers, and some not so often heard music by well known composers. The singers will be accompanied by a string quartet and a professional pianist. This concert by singers from Voices West and the Larimer Chorale conducted by Michael Todd Krueger is in preparation for a June tour in Poland. LUMC Optimist Club Meeting June 3rd , 2015 in the Parlor – 8:45 to 9:45 Come and join us to hear Sue Howk, from WIC, will talk about nutrition. Visitors are always welcome! Seniors on the Town - Denver MountainAires The Golden Eagle concert band will join the Denver MounatinAires in a patriotic extravaganza celebrating the 4th of July, entitled “Stars and Stripes Forever”. This fantastic concert will also be a fund raiser assisting underprivileged youth. Join us Saturday, June 27. The bus will pick us up around 12:30. Tickets are $8.00 and payable when you make your reservation in the church office by June 5. Questions? Email Beth Corn at [email protected] or call at 303-794-6379 ext.239. Helping hands needed!! Young and old join the Sandwich Ministry and help make peanut butter & jelly sandwiches every Friday in Room 113 at 10 am. We would love to have you join us afterwards to deliver the lunches to the homeless in Denver. Parents, this is a great outreach program you can do with your kids. Normally we make 50 lunches but on June 12th and June 26th we will be making 100 lunches. Any questions can be direted toward Pat Morrison at 303-471-4451 or email at [email protected]. Many thanks, Pat Morrison. E Weekly Book Highlight What We talk About When We Talk About God by Rob Bell The author uses his characteristic evocative storytelling to challenge everything you think you know about God. Check it out from your church library! Sandwich Ministry Item for May: BROWN PAPER BAGS Vacation Bible School Set for July 27-30 It’s time to start planning and preparing for VBS 2015. The Vacation Bible School theme will be G-Force: God’s Love in Action. There are many opportunities for volunteers to be a part of this great adventure. Contact Lisa Perkins, Director of Children’s Ministries, for further information. Wanted: Fun & Energetic Vacation Bible School Volunteers! Complete and return to the office if interested in being a volunteer for VBS. No experience necessary. Only requirement is a love for kids and a love for God! I would like to volunteer in the following areas: CraftsVideo TheatrePreschool Leader GamesNurseryPreschool Drama ScienceElementary LeaderSnack Name:___________________________ Phone#:_________________ Permission to Text: Yes___ or No___ Email Address:_____________________
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