Your Weekly News and Updates for November 29th, 2021

WORSHIP

Sunday services can be viewed live at 9:30am on Facebook AND YouTube, or afterwards with the links found on the website and weekly emails. If you were unable to join us yesterday you can watch the service using this link. December 5th Second Sunday of Advent: Children's Impromptu Christmas Pageant- Children wanting to be involved please come 15 minutes before service to get costumes Advent Festival at 10:30 following worship service.

Christmas Mission   This year, we are participating in the Denver Rescue Mission’s (DRM) Housewarming Boxes as our Christmas Mission.   Give hope this holiday season by providing essential housewarming supplies. The Housewarming Box program is designed to meet the needs of families who are part of the Mission's Family Rescue Ministry and Family Refugee Services. These families receive boxes filled with household and hygiene supplies as they settle into a home of their own.   A Housewarming Box set consists of a pair: one box of household items and one box of hygiene items. There are specific shopping lists to make it very easy to fill our boxes. Our goal is to provide the DRM with four (4) sets.    The donations from each list (household and hygiene) will be packed in its own plastic storage tote. This creates a manageable way to fill and transport boxes, a practical means of storage for the families and a box size that is not too heavy for anyone to lift.   Please use this link to sign-up for the required donations. Each housewarming box consists of a household and a hygiene box. All donations must be dropped off at the church in the narthex by noon on 12/9/2021.

Christmas in the Park: Rolling Suitcases Needed!

For our unhoused Denver neighbors, having a secure way to transport their belongings from shelter to shelter is a matter of life or death. As winter approaches, there is a palpable sense of urgency among the homeless community. Again this year, Wash Park UMC is partnering with Stigma and After Hours to provide rolling suitcases and backpacks to our homeless neighbors at our December 25th event called "Christmas in the Park." We need your help. If you have rolling suitcases you can donate, please bring them to church on Sunday mornings, or click this link for other donation options. Rolling suitcases are available in abundance at our local Goodwill and ARC thrift store locations as well. If you would prefer to make a monetary donation to our partner organization, Stigma, Wash Park UMC's own Sheri and Matt Salis will use the money to buy rolling suitcases and backpacks. Let's make this the most abundant Christmas in the Park event yet! Matt Salis Author, soberevolution Executive Director, Stigma

Advent Study Join Rev. Sandi in an Advent Study on the book The Heart That Grew Three Sizes by Matt Rawle. It's a study that looks for Advent lessons in the story of The Grinch. The study will be via zoom on Wednesday evenings from 5:15-6:15pm (Dec 1, 8, 15 & 22). To sign up for the study, email Rev. Sandi at pastor@washparkumc.org.

JOIN US FOR HYBRID WORSHIP! All are welcome! Sign Ups are no longer required for worship. We require all individuals 2 years and older wear masks inside of the building, including our sanctuary, regardless of vaccination status.

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