Calendar

The book “Grounded: Finding God in the World” by Diana Butler Bass, a leading commentator on religion, politics and culture, will be the source of our fall Adult Study. We’ll explore and meditate upon the idea of a “more intimate sense of the Sacred that is with us in the world”, a shift from a vertical understanding of God.

Pastor Karin will introduce us to the study on September 17 (Genesis). Each week for the following five weeks we will focus on our natural habitat – (:dirt, water, sky) and human geography (roots, home, neighborhood, commons).

Books are available in hardback and online from Cokesbury Press, Amazon, and other book sellers. Not required for participation.

Children & youth stay for the first 20 minutes or so, then are dismissed for the Youth Sunday School (for middle & high school age kids) and Worship & Wonder (for elementary age children). (Nursery provided.)

Worship concludes about 11:00AM, with coffee and fellowship afterward.

Today:

• The Ten Commandments
• Exodus 20:1-4, 7-9, 12-20
• Access Sunday/Disability Awareness Week
• A Bells quartet plays

About every other year, we plan a family retreat to La Foret, a retreat center in the Colorado Springs area (http://www.laforet.org/). Check back for more details.

All worship together today (no youth Sunday school, or Worship & Wonder). A group from the congregation is at La Foret this weekend, but Pastor Karin is returning from there to preach here at First United. (Nursery provided.)

Worship concludes about 11:00AM, with coffee and fellowship afterward.

Today:

• Sermon by Pastor Karin Kilpatric: Parable of the Wedding Banquet
• Matthew 22:1-14
• No Adult Sunday school before worship
• No Sunday school or Worship & Wonder for youth and elementary age kids.
• This is the Family Retreat weekend at La Foret, so some families are gathered there rather than here.

The book “Grounded: Finding God in the World” by Diana Butler Bass, a leading commentator on religion, politics and culture, will be the source of our fall Adult Study. We’ll explore and meditate upon the idea of a “more intimate sense of the Sacred that is with us in the world”, a shift from a vertical understanding of God.

Pastor Karin will introduce us to the study on September 17 (Genesis). Each week for the following five weeks we will focus on our natural habitat – (:dirt, water, sky) and human geography (roots, home, neighborhood, commons).

Books are available in hardback and online from Cokesbury Press, Amazon, and other book sellers. Not required for participation.

Children & youth stay for the first 20 minutes or so, then are dismissed for the Youth Sunday School (for middle & high school age kids) and Worship & Wonder (for elementary age children). (Nursery provided.)

Worship concludes about 11:00AM, with coffee and fellowship afterward.

Today:

• Children’s Sabbath
• The Humble Shall Be Exalted Matthew 23:1-16
• Stewardship Campaign begins
• Stewardship Moment focusing on the Community Garden

The book “Grounded: Finding God in the World” by Diana Butler Bass, a leading commentator on religion, politics and culture, will be the source of our fall Adult Study. We’ll explore and meditate upon the idea of a “more intimate sense of the Sacred that is with us in the world”, a shift from a vertical understanding of God.

Pastor Karin will introduce us to the study on September 17 (Genesis). Each week for the following five weeks we will focus on our natural habitat – (:dirt, water, sky) and human geography (roots, home, neighborhood, commons).

Books are available in hardback and online from Cokesbury Press, Amazon, and other book sellers. Not required for participation.

Children & youth stay for the first 20 minutes or so, then are dismissed for a combined Sunday school activity (K-12 together). (Nursery provided.)

Worship concludes about 11:00AM, with coffee and fellowship afterward.

Today:

• “Render Unto Caesar…”  Matthew 22:15-22
• 2nd Sunday Stewardship Campaign
• Stewardship Moment focusing on the Church Building & Grounds

The congregational meeting known as the Fall Planning meeting will be held on Sunday October 29th following worship. The purpose of the meeting is to nominate and elect persons to the Nominating Committee for 2018 Board and Council membership. The minutes of the August Congregational Meeting will also be presented for approval.
Please also note that the approved minutes from the January 2017 congregational meeting are on the member page of the church website. Any member of the church can access the “member only” section of the church website, which also has a current membership directory, Council and Congregational Meeting Minutes, our organizational bylaws, and other fascinating and useful information. Please see Margie or any member of the Council of Directors for the user name and password to the member only site.
Elena Faulkner, Clerk

Children (K-6th grade) stay for the first 20 minutes or so, then are dismissed for Worship & Wonder. Youth stay in Worship today. (Nursery provided.)

Worship concludes about 11:00AM, with coffee and fellowship afterward.

Today:

• Holy Communion
• “To Those Who Have, More Will be Given”   Matthew 24: 14-30
• 3rd Sunday Stewardship Campaign
• Stewardship Moment focusing on Worship, Music and programs