Lakewood UCC

Advent Undecorating
2026-01-04 11:30 - 12:00 (America/Denver)
After we celebrate Epiphany in worship on January 4, we’ll need many hands to make light work of undecorating the Sanctuary from our Advent season. Thank you, we hope to see you there!

Listening & Learning Session 2: Pride Flags
2026-01-18 11:30 - 12:30
As we seek to continue to live out our Open and Affirming Covenant, the Love Leads Team brought a proposal to the Oct. 19 Church Council meeting to move the pride flags, currently in the windows, to a more prominent place on the columns. As Church Council considers this proposal, we would love to hear the thoughts of the congregation. Please join us for a second listening and learning session on January 18, after worship in the conference room.

Lakewood UCC Book Group in January
2026-01-18 11:30 - 13:00
The Lakewood UCC Book Group will meet on Sunday, January 18, in the Conference Room after the service. At this meeting, we will be selecting what books we will read throughout 2026. Please bring one or two book titles you would recommend. If you are interested, this is the perfect time to join the group. Hope to see you there!

Congregational Meeting 2026
2026-01-25 11:30 - 12:30
All are invited to join us for our Congregational Meeting on Sunday, January 25, at 11:45 am. The meeting will be hybrid. The purpose of the meeting is to vote on the 2026 Proposed Budget. The Proposed Budget will be available sometime in mid January, once we close out the 2025 financials and have received all of our pledges from the congregation. After worship, before the meeting, the Pine Ridge group will be selling YACaritos (breakfast burritos) to fundraise for their upcoming service learning trip. Childcare will be available.

Please email office@lakewooducc.com if you would like a copy of the proposed budget or the Zoom link to join remotely!

SOUPer Bowl Potluck and Canned Soup Drive
2026-02-01 11:30 - 13:00
Mark your calendars for the Third Annual SOUPer Bowl Potluck and Canned Food Drive on February 1! Bring your favorite soup or stew. We also need bread and desserts. Please include the ingredients so that we don’t have any allergic reactions. This is such a fun event to share hearty food and Fellowship with our friends. We are also asking everyone to bring canned soup or other canned food to take to the Action Center so that we can also share with our neighbors.

LUCC Book Group
2026-02-15 11:30 - 13:00
The LUCC Book Group will meet in the Conference Room after the service.This month we will discuss The Nightingale, by Kristen Hannah. It is a bestselling historical fiction novel about two French sisters, Vianne and Isabelle, and their different paths to survival and resistance during World War II. Everyone is invited to attend.

Ash Wednesday
2026-02-18 19:00 - 20:00
Ash Wednesday marks the beginning of the season of Lent, 40 days (six weeks) of intentional prayer, introspection, ritual, and forms of fasting or abstaining from certain practices, that ends with the sweet celebration of Easter Sunday. Ash Wednesday is when we look squarely at our morality and say, “From dust we have come, and to dust we will return.” We are marked and anointed with ashes (from last year’s palm branches), a physical reminder of where we have come and where we will return. While seemingly somber, this is a chance for us to be honest with God and ourselves. We are here on this earth for a short time and ponder how we will live in God’s good news.
Join us for our Ash Wednesday service on February 18 at 7:00 pm in person or online. Ashes-to-go containers will be available starting Sunday, February 15, so you can do the imposition of ashes with your household at home.

Big Questions from Little Ones Conversation
2026-02-22 11:30 - 12:00

Fat Tuesday Pancake Breakfast
2026-02-22 11:30 - 13:00

Delores Project Lunch
2026-02-26 11:00 - 13:00
Our next meal will be lunch on February 26. We will collect food in the church parking lot at 11:00 am and serve the meal at noon. Our menu is creamy tortellini with sausage and spinach, garlic bread, and dump cake/whipped cream. If you would like to be a server or contribute food, please sign up here.

Mental Health First Aid Course
2026-02-27 09:00 - 14:00
Lakewood UCC is proud to host a Mental Health First Aid Training for the Jefferson Center! Join the more than four million Americans who have taken the first step to stomp out stigma in their own communities with Mental Health First Aid (MHFA). When you attend Mental Health First Aid, you’ll learn how to identify the signs and symptoms of a range of mental health and substance use disorders, and will build the skills and confidence to help someone in crisis.
This course is designed for anyone who would like to make their community a healthier, happier, and safer place for all. Mental Health First Aiders are neighbors, parents, friends, veterans, first responders, people in recovery, and community leaders. Everyone is welcome to join this community! Be sure to register fast, as space is limited.

If you would like to learn more or register by February 13, please click HERE!

Lenten Donation Drive
2026-03-08
For Lent this year, we will support The Gathering Place (TGP), a daytime resource center in Denver. TGP serves women, gender-diverse individuals, and children who are experiencing poverty and homelessness. TGP offers a variety of ways to serve their members and relies on donations and community support to do so. LUCC will help in a few main ways:

March 8 and 15: We will collect donations of individual bags of chips, granola bars, bottles of water, juice boxes, applesauce/fruit cups for sack lunches. LUCC will purchase sandwich-making supplies.
March 15: Stay after worship and help assemble sack lunches. This is a project for all ages. We’ll deliver the lunches on March 16. Maybe you have a vehicle and cooler to help? Sign up here or on the welcome center.

Hobby Swap
2026-03-08 11:30 - 12:30
Join us for Lakewood UCC’s first-ever hobby swap on March 8! Ever had grand plans to take up knitting, quilting, or playing guitar and got all the things for it, only to discover it’s not for you? Us too, which is why Care for Creation invites you to bring in the hobby items that you no longer want or need and swap them for someone else’s. Consider bringing your gently- or never-used yarn, thread, songbooks, puzzles, board games, cake pans, paints, fabric, art supplies, woodworking tools, and more, and see what others have brought you might want to try. We encourage all to peruse the offerings, even if you don’t bring anything, and to participate, even if you aren’t looking for any hobby supplies to take home. Questions? Contact Lucy Preston or Joy Carletti.

Lenten Service Project
2026-03-15 11:30 - 13:00
For Lent this year, we will support The Gathering Place (TGP), a daytime resource center in Denver. TGP serves women, gender-diverse individuals, and children who are experiencing poverty and homelessness. TGP offers a variety of ways to serve their members and relies on donations and community support to do so. LUCC will help in a few main ways:

Stay after worship and help assemble sack lunches. This is a project for all ages. We’ll deliver the lunches on March 16. Maybe you have a vehicle and cooler to help? Sign up here or on the welcome center.
