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Children (elementary age) & youth (middle & high school) stay for the first 20 minutes or so, then are dismissed to Summer Sunday School. (Nursery provided.)

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

Today:

• Service to the Community Speaker Series with John Gallup, a teacher of Advanced Placement & Current Events at Arvada West High School, talking about his passion for his work (Pastor Karin is away through Aug 16)

The Romero troupe is a volunteer organic theater group. They perform stories related to the struggles for social and economic justice. The troupe began when Dr. James Walsh, history professor at CU Denver, decided to teach history through theater. The troupe’s mission is to grow together in community with others, to engage the general public in the practice of exploring history, and to promote social justice through the art of theater. Come and experience this telling of history from the “bottom up”.

A Monthly IAF (Industrial Areas Foundation) Neighborhood Gather for the Arvada Community will be at First United Church on Wednesday August 2, 6:30 – 8:00pm. This is a grassroots coalition of schools, congregations, and neighbors working together for the common good of the neighborhoods that are served by the Arvada Schools. If you are interested in Making genuine connections, Partnering with others, Revitalizing your neighborhood, Strengthening your neighborhood schools, then join us at our next Neighborhood Gathering, and bring someone with you.

Children (elementary age) & youth (middle & high school) stay for the first 20 minutes or so, then are dismissed to Summer Sunday School. (Nursery provided.)

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

Today:

• Service to the Community Speaker Series with Byron Flateland, one of our resident world travelers, will communicate about his belief that “all lives have equal value,” describe why he reaches out through travel, and with the help of visuals, will focus on “ethical tourism.”   (Pastor Karin is away through Aug 16.)

Children (elementary age) & youth (middle & high school) stay for the first 20 minutes or so, then are dismissed to Summer Sunday School. (Nursery provided.)

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

Today:

• Service to the Community Speaker Series with Lisa Lytle (and members of the Common Earth Community Garden) will talk about the value of urban and community gardens and why they are important to our time in the world. (Pastor Karin is away through Aug 16.)

A Storyteller, from the Close to Home Campaign (http://closetohomeco.org/), Colorado Coalition for Domestic Violence, will be telling the story of “homelessness” from a personal point of view. (We have many homeless people in Arvada!). You are invited to come and bring friends! Presented by the Adult Education Committee

Children (elementary age) & youth (middle & high school) stay for the first 20 minutes or so, then are dismissed to Summer Sunday School. (Nursery provided.)

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

Today:

• Holy Communion (moved here from the first Sunday of the month)
• Job 12:7-10     John 1:1-5
• Pastor Karin Kilpatric’s sermon: “2017 Family Nature Summit: Highlights from My Retreat”

Children (elementary age) & youth (middle & high school) stay for the first 20 minutes or so, then are dismissed to Summer Sunday School. (Nursery provided.)

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

Today:

• Pastor Karin preaches
• Special flute duet by Sue Wedaa & Kathy Hine
• Guitar-led singing from Patty Painter-Wakefield & Leigh-Ann Collett
• Piano music by Patty Painter-Wakefield

There will be a special congregational meeting on August 27th immediately following worship service.  The purpose of the meeting is to address the status of the 2017 Operating Budget and First United Church of Arvada’s involvement, as a participating member, in the Colorado Faith Communities to End Gun Violence, and to provide an update on the Life Celebration Fund.  No vote will be taken during the meeting, but please plan on attending as these are important matters for our congregation.

Children (elementary age) & youth (middle & high school) stay for the first 20 minutes or so, then are dismissed to Summer Sunday School. (Nursery provided.)

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

Today:

• Rev Leigh-Ann Collett preaches on “Righteous Anger?”
• Today is the last Summer Sunday school for the kids, Sept 10 is the special celebration of the start of regular Sunday school.
• Arvada Community Food Bank Collection