Lakewood UCC

Sabbatical Send Off & Set Up
2026-05-17 10:00 - 12:30 (America/Denver)
Sabbatical Send Off Sunday & Set Up: Saturday, May 16, & Sunday, May 17
Sunday, May 17 during/after Worship, with set up on Saturday, May 16
Join us after worship on Sunday, May 17, to send Pastor Curt and family off in celebration and blessing for sabbatical time. We will enjoy a taco bar, cupcakes, and festivities! We also need hands to set up on May 16 at 1:00 pm and clean up on May 17.

Lakewood UCC Book Group in May
2026-05-17 11:30 - 12:30
Please keep an eye out for a new date for this month’s Book Group! The Lakewood UCC book group will meet on May 17 after the church service in the conference room to discuss West with Giraffes, by Lynda Rutledge. It’s a “rousing, emotional novel inspired by the incredible true story of two giraffes who made headlines and won the hearts of Depression-era America.” —Goodreads. All are welcome to attend.

Strengthen the Church Offering
2026-05-24 10:00 - 11:30
You’re invited to help strengthen the church on Pentecost, the birthday of the church. The Strengthen the Church (STC) Offering reflects the shared commitment of people across the United Church of Christ to cooperatively build up the UCC. The funds raised support leadership development, new churches, youth ministry, and innovation in existing UCC congregations. By your generosity to this offering, you build up the Body of Christ. This offering will be taken on Pentecost Sunday, May 24! You can give through tithl.y or putting it in the offering plate.

Delores Project in May
2026-05-28 18:00 - 20:00
Please join us on Thursday, May 28, and serve at the Delores Project. This month, we are serving dinner. We will collect food in the church parking lot at 6:00 pm, have servers arrive at Delores Project at 6:30 pm, and serve at 7:00 pm. We need food contributions as well.
The menu is as follows:

Fried Chicken
Potato Salad
3 Bean Salad
Dessert-Celebration cake (purchased by Lakewood UCC Team Delores)

Our May dinner meal at Delores Project marks Lakewood UCC’s 4- year anniversary as meal program participants. That means that we have provided an estimated 50 meals to Delores Project guests. Thank you to all the servers, cooks and donors for keeping this ministry alive! Here’s to four more…..

BTW Emily Wheeland, Executive Director, informed us that volunteers like us help the Delores Project save an estimated $200,000 annually in their budget. How is that for impact?

You can sign up to serve the meal this month with the link HERE and get recipes by clicking on the items above. For questions, please contact Pauline Nunez at paulinenunez40@gmail.com or Joan Campbell at joanvilshofen@gmail.com.

SAVE THE DATE: Congregational Meeting
2026-06-07 11:30 - 12:30
Please join us for our annual Congregational meeting on Sunday, June 7, after worship service. This will be a hybrid meeting, with a Zoom link available close to the meeting time. The agenda for the congregational meeting is:

Present slate of officers, board and committee members
Re-covenant our Open & Affirming statement
Offer a Year in Review

We hope you will join us for this very important meeting!
