Lakewood UCC

Maundy Thursday Service
2021-04-01 18:30 (America/Denver)
Join the church community online for a Zoom Maundy Thursday Tenebrae Service. The link to this service will be sent out during Holy Week. The service will also be available on our YouTube channel. We invite you to view this service from a kitchen or dining room table, as we will join together for communion as we remember the story of Jesus’ journey to the cross.

Easter Services
2021-04-04 06:30 - 11:30
Sunrise Service – Sunday, April 4, 6:30am (outside, in person, registration required!)
Join us for a beautiful, small Easter Sunrise Service at 6:30am Easter morning. Since the first resurrection, people have been meeting at dawn’s first light to celebrate Christ’s resurrection and God’s promise of hope and life. Join us in the courtyard at church for this short yet meaningful service. You must register for this service HERE.

Easter Service – Sunday, April 4, 10:15am (online)
Christ is risen! He is risen indeed! Easter is the high point in the Christian calendar and a day of great joy and celebration. Join us for a very special Easter Service beginning at 10:15 am, via Zoom and YouTube. To celebrate the resurrection as we make a joyful noise, we encourage you to bring a musical instrument of some kind to your home worship space. This could be a horn or a fiddle, the piano or a kazoo, drums or a bell. Let us make a joyful noise, in our many homes – distanced, but together!

Fellowship Spring Fling!
2021-04-11 11:30 - 12:30
Fellowship would like to personally invite you to drop by and say ‘Hi!’ via the Fellowship Zoom link after Sunday Worship. It’s great to see all the regulars but we’re missing the rest of you! Simply click on the Fellowship link found in the Saturday email and join in the lively Zoom conversation! On Sunday, April 11th, join us for a SPRING FLING where we talk all things “Spring” – gardening, hiking, clutter-flinging, or sitting back and relaxing – you name it! Drop in and see what folks are up to and let folks know what you have (or haven’t) been doing. The fun is just one click away! Keep an eye out for the Fellowship link in the Saturday email. See you on Zoom!

Brewatitudes
2021-04-11 15:00 - 16:00
We will meet virtually for our April Brewatitudes. Grab a favorite brew or non-alcoholic beverage and join us for conversation on the intersection of theology, faith, and culture. This April, we’ll get an overview of Liberation Theology. Please reach out to Rev. Mollie Landers Hatt for the link to join us!

Live Faith Formation
2021-04-18 10:00 - 11:00
Sunday Morning Faith Formation time for our elementary and pre-K kids is returning once a month via Zoom, on Sunday mornings! We will be engaging in the Illustrated Ministry’s Beatitudes Curriculum, all about Jesus’ words from the Sermon on the Mount (Blessed are the…). We’ll have two lessons each month, one will be through Zoom on Sunday morning, with two Faith Formation Companions leading. The other will be in materials sent home (included in this packet) to you all each month.
The Sunday morning Zoom will happen simultaneously with our Sunday morning worship service. In theory, this means you all as parents and caregivers will be able to get the kids set up on their Faith Formation Zoom, and have separate worship time by yourself. Our next Sunday morning Faith Formation Zoom will be April 18. A separate link will be emailed to you, please be in touch if you do not get it.
The Zoom lesson in April will be “Blessed are the Meek”, and curriculum pages will be sent to your home. The other, family based lesson is “Blessed are Those Who Hunger and Thirst”, and will be sent to homes as well. Engage whenever you can or want, however you can or want! Please see Janet Cass or Rev. Mollie with questions.

Lakewood UCC Book Group
2021-04-18 11:30 - 12:30
The Lakewood UCC Book Group will meet Sunday, April 18th, at 11:30 am via Zoom to discuss White Houses, by Amy Bloom. If this would be your first time to attend Book Group, contact Linda Andreen at 303-738- 0212 and she will send you the link. “The salty yet poetic narrator of White Houses makes this historical romance, in memoir form, engaging and moving. When journalist Lorena Hickock and U.S. First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt became romantically involved in 1932, they dreamed of a life together a cottage on the Roosevelt estate… Reviewed by Ruth Latta, Compulsive Readers. age is not as famously quotable as Austen’s own.” – Quill & Quire

Anti Racism Book Group
2021-04-22 18:00
Last summer, when the George Floyd protests were still happening in many cities, the Mission, Outreach, and Evangelism Board set out to offer the Anti Racism Book Group as a resource for our congregation to learn more. The books we have been reading have all been by Black authors, talking about the Black experience with a range of perspectives: from deeply personal to deliberately heuristic. These have allowed those within the group to have rich conversations about our own life experiences and examine what it means to take steps from “I’m not racist” to “I live in a world that still has racist systems in place, so I want to be consciously anti-racist.” Reading and discussion can be great steps in that journey! We hope you’ll join us.
The upcoming schedule for the Anti-Racism Book Group is as follows:
April 22: Eloquent Rage – Brittney Cooper
May 27: The Nickel Boys – Colson Whitehead (Pulitzer Prize winner)
June 24: No Ashes in the Fire – Darnell Moore
July 22: Caste – Isobel Wilkerson (Oprah Book Club Choice)
August 26: Red at the Bone – Jacqueline Woodson (NY Times Bestseller)

Parking Lot Worship
2021-04-25 10:15 - 11:15
Please join us for an outdoor and distanced worship service in the church parking lot. Please use street parking, the east lot at church, or the lot on the west side of South Lakewood Elementary. We will have a few reserved spots for those who typically use handicap parking. You can bring your own chair, or we will have chairs available. Preregistration required. Sign up HERE.

Spring Clean Up at Lakewood UCC!
2021-05-01 10:30 - 13:30
The Annual Spring Clean-up at the Church is planned for Saturday, May 1, 2021 from 9:00 AM until 1:00 PM with lunch provided by the Board of Church Operations. This will be a great opportunity to accomplish things with other Church members as we get the outside areas (and perhaps some inside parts of the Church) ready for spring and summer. Please bring gardening tools that you may have.

Anti-Racism Book Group
2021-05-02 11:30 - 12:30
The Anti-Racism Book Group will meet this Sunday, May 2, at 11:30 am to discuss Brittany Cooper’s ‘Eloquent Rage.’ You can find the zoom link for the discussion by reaching out to our office at Office@lakewooducc.com. All are welcome to join! In May, we will be reading Colson Whitehead’s ‘The Nickel Boys.’ Books for the group are available for loan on the Welcome Center.

Calling all Pride Parade Supporters!
2021-05-08 10:30 - 11:30
Join us as we film our part of Denver’s virtual Pride Parade in our parking lot on Saturday May 8 at 10:30
All you need is your most colorful outfit and your very best smile! We will be filming this as part of the video we will submit for the virtual parade in June. Lakewood UCC continues to celebrate 20 years as an Open and Affirming congregation. We hope you will be part of our celebration! Please let Pat Hayes know if you are planning to participate at 303-431-2674 or at Pahayes80004@yahoo.com.

Graduation Announcements Due
2021-05-11 17:00
On May 16 in worship, we want to recognize, celebrate, and bless the members and friends in our church community who will graduate this spring. If you (or your child) are graduating from high school, college, graduate school or military, please send the following details to Mollie at mollie@lakewooducc.com – name, school, graduation date, future educational/career plans. The deadline for submissions is Tuesday, May 11. We would also love to have a picture of each of our graduates. Thank you, we look forward to celebrating the many accomplishments!

The Language of LGBTQ+: Understanding Current Terminology
2021-05-11 19:00 - 20:30
Join the church community for an evening of education as we continue leaning into our Open and Affirming identity. We’ll learn about current LGBTQ+ terms and better understand the evolution of this language. Bring a friend and your questions, as we learn from Kassidy Pressley, Rev. Wendy Kidd, and Jeremy Shaver. This is part of our Rainbow Celebration, as we celebrate 20 years of being an Open and Affirming Church. Register here! Parts of this will be recorded and made available if you are unable to attend.

Lakewood UCC Book Group
2021-05-16 11:30 - 12:30
The LUCC Book Group will meet Sunday, May 16 at 11:30 am on Zoom. We will be discussing American
Spy, by Lauren Wilkinson. “American Spy works on so many levels — it’s an expertly written spy thriller,
as well as a deeply intelligent literary novel that tackles issues of politics, race and gender in a way
that’s never even close to being heavy-handed or didactic.”- NPR. All are welcome! If this will be the first time you attend, contact Linda Andreen at 303-738-0212 and she will send you the link.

Brewatitudes
2021-05-16 15:00 - 16:30
We will meet outside in the church courtyard in May! Bring a favorite non-alcoholic beverage and join us for conversation on the intersection of theology, faith, and culture. This May, we’ll get an overview of Womanist Theology. Join us!

Strengthen the Church Offering
2021-05-23 10:00 - 11:00
As we celebrate Pentecost and the formation of the church on May 23, we’ll take one of the five special offerings of the United Church of Christ. “Strengthen the Church” special offering supports new church starts, developing the spiritual lives of youth and young adults, and helping to fund the “God is still speaking” campaign. We hope you’ll contribute to strengthening the wider church, and therefore our church. Please write “Strengthen the Church” on your check or choose “National Church Offering” on tith.ly on May 23.

Parking Lot Worship and Sabbatical Send off Sunday!
2021-05-23 10:30 - 11:30
We hope everyone is able to come to our May 23 parking lot worship service and Sabbatical Send Off Celebration. During the service, we’ll have a time of blessing Curt and the Preston Family as they enter Sabbatical from May 24-August 21. After worship, we will enjoy lunch together and send Curt and family off with celebrations. Please sign up by May 19. You can sign up by clicking HERE.

Save the Date: Annual Congregational Meeting on Zoom
2021-06-06 11:30 - 12:30
The agenda will include a vote on our new slate of board and committee members, a check in on our finances and the endowment and review of our year in pictures. Please plan to attend to ensure we meet our quorum numbers. We’ll have the annual report, finance updates, etc. in the next couple of weeks available for your review.

Family Hike sponsored by Faith Formation (for singles and non-kiddos too!)
2021-06-06 16:00 - 18:00
Families of all configurations are invited to join Faith Formation for a hike. June 6, at 4pm we’ll meet at the trail head of White Ranch Park, Upper Trailhead (also called West Trailhead). This will be a 2-3 mile hike, friendly for most hiking abilities. Please register here so we know who all is hiking and enjoying God’s creation together.

Brewatitudes
2021-06-13 15:00 - 16:30
We will meet outside in the church courtyard in June! Bring a favorite non-alcoholic beverage and join us for conversation on the intersection of theology, faith, and culture. This June, we’ll get an overview of Queer Theology.

S'mores & Singing
2021-06-19 19:00 - 21:00
Campfire…S’mores…Singing, does that sound like fun to you? Please join us on Saturday, June 19 from 7 to 9 pm in our favorite courtyard & parking lot area for a fun filled evening around the campfire. All you need to bring is a chair and your cool nonalcoholic beverage. This will be the first of several events for us to reconnect after being apart for sooo long!

Pride Sunday Worship
2021-06-20 09:00 - 10:00
Please join us for an outdoor and distanced worship service in the church parking lot. June’s service is our Pride Celebration worship service, planned by the O&A Celebration Group. We invite you to wear bright colors in any shade of the rainbow! Please use street parking, the east lot at church, or the lot on the west side of South Lakewood Elementary. We will have a few reserved spots for those who typically use handicap parking. You can bring your own chair, or we will have chairs available. Please fill out the registration here.

In Person and Outdoor Faith Formation
2021-06-20 09:00 - 10:00
Join us for an in-person Faith Formation on June 20, during the Sunday morning worship service. With distancing and masking, we’re able to be in person together for Faith Formation. We are still engaging in the Illustrated Ministry’s Beatitudes Curriculum, all about Jesus’ words from the Sermon on the Mount (Blessed are the…) After the Passing of the Peace, children will go with the Faith Formation Companions to have outdoor Faith Formation. Registration is required for planning purposes (sign up here), thanks for your understanding!

Lakewood UCC Book Group- In Person!
2021-06-20 10:30 - 11:30
The Lakewood UCC Book Group will meet June 20th at 11:30 in Person! We are changing the format for this meeting. Instead of all of us reading the same book, we will discuss the books we have been reading on our own. All are welcome! If this would be your first meeting, contact Linda Andreen at leandreen@comcast.net for any questions.

Guns to Gardening Tools Buyback Event
2021-06-20 13:00 - 17:00
The CUCC Community has contributed $20,000 toward a match and we are inviting community members, faith communities and businesses to help us in our goal of reducing gun violence by removing 500 guns from our community. When we are dealing with something this complex. we have to start somewhere.
We can take 500 guns out of circulation. That is just one piece of the puzzle. June is gun violence awareness month and now is our moment. Let’s join together and transform trauma and start tackling the complexity of gun violence here and now. Following the gun buyback, RAWTools will be offering an opportunity to watch and participate in the transformative process of turning a gun into a gardening tool.
2650 Table Mesa Drive, Boulder, Colorado 80305 Reverend Nicole Lamarche 303.499.9119
Mike Martin. 719-20343069, RAWTools

Anti-Racism Book Group
2021-06-27 10:30 - 11:30
The Anti-Racism book group’s next meeting will be on Sunday, June 27, at 10:30 am. If you are looking ahead to joining us this month, our next book is No Ashes in the Fire by Darnell Moore. Books for the Anti-Racism Book group are available for loan on the Welcome Center. We hope you’ll join us!

Congregational Meeting 2.0
2021-07-11 10:00 - 11:00
On behalf of the staff and leadership of Lakewood UCC, you are invited to attend a very brief Congregational Meeting on Sunday, July 11 via Zoom to vote on a request from Church Operations that was missed at our Annual Meeting in June. Below is the proposal. Please review it and join the Zoom meeting after the 9:00am service on July 11 to discuss and vote on this proposal. Thank you very much for your commitment to the life and ministry of Lakewood UCC.
Proposal: The Board of Church Operations is requesting that the Congregation approve the transfer of the remaining funds from the Ministry Campaign Fund ($13,911) to a new capital improvement fund. Our congregation raised the funds for the Ministry Campaign Fund with two goals in mind: paying off the Church mortgage and hiring an assistant pastor. Both goals were met and there is a balance remaining in the account.
The Board of Church Operations would like to reallocate the $13,911 remainder to a Capital Improvement Fund for future building projects and requests authorization for the Board of Church Operations to have the authority to make decisions regarding the spending of these funds on Church building projects.
Thank you for your consideration. We look forward to gathering together to discuss the generosity and joy of excess funds on July 11!

Lakewood UCC Book Group
2021-07-14 10:30 - 11:30
The Lakewood UCC Book Group will meet Sunday, July 18th, at 10:15 am in Fellowship Hall. If you would like to join the discussion by Zoom, let me know and I will have a link sent to you. We will be discussing The Shunning, by Beverly Lewis. All her life she has longed for the forbidden things, but will her dreams come at a price too dear to pay? All are welcome. You may contact me at leandreen@comcast.net. See you then!
