WEEKLY eBLAST

June 28, 2023

SUNDAY, JULY 2nd

This Sunday we will worship in-person and online with these service options: 

8:30am

10:30am

The south side of the sanctuary will remain mask-only seating for those who wish to sit among other masked people :)

Sunday School will take place during the 10:30am service!

Sunday Sermon

This Sunday is our Communion Sunday! We will also be continuing our Faith After Doubt series.

As always, we will live-stream the services on our website, YouTube, and Facebook. Click the links below to watch!

IMPORTANT REMINDERS

FAITH AFTER DOUBT CLASS AND DISCUSSION

July 11th, 10:00am

This Faith Forum Class and Discussion will take place on Tuesdays from 10:00 - 11:30am in the Fireside Room. We will break for the 4th of July and then discuss Ch 7-9 on July 11th!

MARK YOUR CALENDARS

WOMEN'S RETREAT

Sept 29-Oct 1, 2023

Sponsored by Denver Presbyterian Churches, Jill is leading the content at a Women's Retreat at a Franscian retreat center in CO Springs. There are only 40 spaces so if you have any interest, talk to Jill and/or register sooner vs later!

CHILDREN AND YOUTH

SUNDAY SCHOOL

Sundays, 10:30-11:30am

Join us for our Lego: Young Children and Worship! Each Sunday, your children can join us at 10:30 am to explore stories of our faith using Legos and other creative building materials. We will have one class in the purple room for Pre-K through 5th grade.

YOUTH GROUP

Sundays, 6:00-8:00pm

The youth group (Incoming 6th grade through completed 12th grade) will continue on Sunday nights through July 30th from 6:00 pm- 8:00 pm. We will do a summer-long series on curiosity. Students will bring their questions, and we will explore them together using games, lessons, and snacks.

YOUTH SERVE YOUR CITY DAY CAMP

We had an incredible time with our Youth Serve Your City Day Camp! Thank you to everyone who made it possible!

CUC ART DAY CAMP

Completed K-12 is invited to join us for Arts Camp July 24th-27th from 9:00 am-1:00 pm! We will learn and practice our art skills in poetry, music, art, and more! We will explore our creativity with different experts from our congregation.

The cost is $60 per student, including supplies and lunch daily. Registration opens May 1st.

SASSYS SISTERS

July 12th, 10:30am

For this month's meeting, we will meet at Hudson Gardens! This is a great way to meet other women while having a lovely summer day. Want more information? Email Karen Hardison.

CUC THIRD THURSDAY BOOK CLUB

July 20th, 1:30pm

The CUC Thursday Book Club will meet July 20th at 1:30pm in the Conference Room/Parlor. We will be discussing The River by Peter Heller. It is the story of two college students on a wilderness canoe trip in northern Canada—a gripping tale of a friendship tested by fire, white water, and violence.

All are welcome to join us for a great discussion!

Tuesday Evenings we host a weekly Community Yoga session at 6:30 p.m. in the Fireside Room. Remember to bring a mat! Suggested donation is $5

TAI-CHI: Wednesdays at 4:00pm

We are suspending the beginner class on Wednesdays at 3:30pm until the fall. The regular class at 4:00pm on Wednesdays will continue through the summer. Tai Chi is an ancient Chinese discipline of meditative movements practiced as a system of martial arts. Said to exercise every muscle in the body at once, Tai Chi is good for strength, balance, and your mind. Open to people of all ages, kids included. Suggested donation is $5.00. Led by our own John Rankin, who is a black belt in many forms of martial arts.

MISSIONS UPDATE

Help those that need help!

Sometimes we forget how easy it is to help others. Bringing in a couple of cans of fruits, vegetables, spaghetti, or any other foodstuff could be the difference between a child or adult going to bed hungry or not. We have a collection grocery cart in the Narthex for food that the Mission Committee delivers to one of our mission partners.

The Network Coffee House is support for adults that need help. The Coffee House gives people a place to get together, have a conversation, and help get their life back in order. A simple bag of whole-bean unflavored coffee is greatly needed. The Network Coffee House can go through 8 - 10 bags per night. 

Our grocery stores have many of these items on weekly sales. Walmart has vegetables and some fruit for only 57¢ a can. Amazon has bags of whole-bean unflavored coffee for about $5.50 per bag. 

If everyone helped a little, we could have a significant impact on the needs of the many, many local people looking for help. It doesn’t take any time, but it takes the right memory of bringing something to help others.

This month- bring in coffee and drop in in the black stacking bins next to the elevator. 

Learn more about our partner here.

Proverbs 19:17 (NIV): "Whoever is kind to the poor lends to the Lord, and he will reward them for what they have done."

FINANCIAL SNAPSHOT

Each week we will have share with you all a financial snapshot of giving over the week so that everyone can see our progress and needs!

Here is the snapshot for this week:

JOYS & CONCERNS

Click here to view this week's

Joys and Concerns.

NEED TO REACH US?

Summer Office Hours

Mon, Tues, & Wed 10-2pm and any time by appointment. 

Staff Emails:

• Jill@columbineunitedchurch.org
• Tag@columbineunitedchurch.org
• Samantha@columbineunitedchurch.org
• Office Email - cuc@columbineunitedchurch.org

Reach Us By Phone:

Call at (303) 798-1845; voicemails are checked daily.

For pastoral emergencies, you can call or text (720) 696-0394,‬ or send an email to Jill. 

CONTINUED REFLECTION

BETWEEN can be your “extra” church experience. It centers on a dream of inspiring millions of people to live as though God is always right in the middle of our conversations and interactions. It invites us all to create holy spaces anywhere.

In every moment of human connection we can worship. Our everyday conversations should become cathedrals of connection. Our family dinners, coffee shop chats, and small talk in line at the grocery store become opportunities to commune with each other and with the power of the universe. 

Our world is far too lonely, far too disconnected. BETWEEN wants to help you be the people who reconnect the world. It helps thousands of people all over the world become really good at human connection by infusing your interactions with spiritual energy.

BETWEEN is simple. Sign up for the email list. Receive weekly and daily inspiration about how to infuse every interaction with a divine light. Then you go out into the world and create “church” in every interaction (and we don’t mean you evangelize and only talk about faith stuff — we just want you to treat every conversation as truly sacred).

Want something in the eBlast?

Email cuc@columbineunitedchurch.org by Monday at Noon.