Lakewood UCC

Alternative Gift Market 2022
2022-12-04 11:30 - 13:00, 2022-12-11 11:30 - 13:00 (America/Denver)
December 4, 11 11:15-1 pm Alternative Gift Market (Fellowship Hall)

All welcome-invite a friend or relative. A great way to give gifts and give back to the larger community

Women’s Bean Project is a social enterprise that hires women experiencing chronic unemployment. Participants develop job skills, discover their talents, and break the cycle of poverty. In addition to their signature bean and lentil soups, you’ll find trail mixes, dog treats, spice mixes, corn breads, chocolate covered espresso beans and more!

International Library Project sells jewelry and craft items from international crafts people from over 15 countries. Part of the proceeds from their sales goes to the Colorado Association of Libraries Cultural Interest Group exchange which promotes cultural understanding and respect and facilities library partnerships.

Friendship Bridge is a non-profit based in Lakewood, Colorado working to empower Guatemalan women artisans. Their microcredit program gives access to small loans so they can start a business and Handmade by Friendship Bridge provides markets and training for artisans to sell their products. Colorful and decorative home items, beaded jewelry, woven baskets, linens, ornaments and so much more.

African Community Center (ACC) welcomes refugees from all over the globe and conducts educational and social service programs that help newcomers rebuild their lives in their new community, navigate U.S. systems and cultures, gain confidence and economic self-sufficiency, and become productive, contributing, thriving members of society. “We Made this” is a program where women create home/lifestyle items for sale .(12/4 only).

Heifer International is a global nonprofit working to eradicate poverty and hunger through sustainable, values-based holistic community development. Shoppers will have the choice of gifting in someone’s name a goat, flock of chicks ,heifer and other farm animals to help families in need in 21 countries. Checks or cash only.

Earthlinks- For 25 years, EarthLinks has been cultivating personal transformation and self-worth with people experiencing homelessness and poverty. They sell Earth-friendly products that they make/assemble including lotion bars, soaps, lip balms, salt scrubs, bookmarks, cards, recycled earrings, candles, honey, teas, and coffee and reusable bags. (12/11 only).

Sheri’s Silverware Art and Randy’s Ecofriendly Pens and Pencils- beautiful jewelry from vintage silverware and wood turned pens and pencils. Care for creation by purchasing these items that foster reduce, reuse and recycle. Just replace the cartridges and reduce landfill. Ask Randy about his pens and pencils made from tobacco sticks. (12/11 only)

Incredible Edibles Favorite family holiday treats and baked goods for sale. Proceeds benefit the Jeffco Action Center serving over 20,000 people a year and providing immediate response to those facing hardship or experiencing homelessness. Cash/checks preferred. If you bring a holiday treat to donate, we request all items be Nut Free due to concerns about cross contamination.

Blue Christmas Service
2022-12-13 19:00 - 20:30
The holidays in general, and Christmas in particular, can be a difficult time of year to find the

space to feel emotions other than joy & cheer. Grief and pain know no season. Join us for the

Blue Christmas Service on Tuesday, December 13 at 7:00 pm. We will gather in the sanctuary

to hold space for grief, uncertainty, and the fullness of what we may be carrying this season.

We will also be live streaming the service in such a way that people can view it from home, but

people in the sanctuary will not be on camera. Please have a candle with you. Click here for a bulletin and order of service.

Sandy Hook Vigil of Remembrance
2022-12-14 17:30 - 18:30
Sandy Hook Vigil of Remembrance: Wednesday, December 14, 5:30 pm

Join us for a vigil of remembrance as we mark the 10th anniversary of the Sandy Hook school

shooting. We will gather together for lament and healing, outside of the front of the church

for prayer, candlelight, and honoring the victims of Sandy Hook and other school shootings.

We offer this vigil in collaboration with Colorado Faith Communities United to End Gun Violence

and other congregations offering such vigils, as we work toward a world without gun violence.

Lakewood UCC Book Group
2022-12-18 11:30 - 12:30
We will meet in the Conference Room at 11:30 am Sunday, December 18th to discuss Dewey the Small Town Cat that Touched the World, by Vicki Myron and Brett Witter. For questions, contact Linda Andreen at 720-257-4275.
An abandoned kitten from the heartland transforms a sleepy library, inspires a classic American town, and captures the hearts of animal lovers. Readmore Books.com.

Christmas Caroling
2022-12-18 12:00 - 15:00
Christmas Caroling: Sunday, December 18, 12:00 pm

A-caroling we will go! Join us after worship as we visit our folks who are sick or shut-in. Help

spread Christmas cheer to those who cannot make it to church. It should be great family fun

for all. Christmas caroling will happen on December 18, from 12:00-3:00 pm. Lunch will be

provided. Sign up here, on the Welcome Center, or contact Allyson Koplen for more information.

Instant Pageant Family Christmas Eve Service
2022-12-24 16:00 - 17:00
The service will be less than an hour long and is designed to be a casual, welcoming, and
meaningful worship experience particularly geared toward families with younger children.
We include lessons, carols, candlelight, a children’s sermon, and an “instant pageant” where
children and adults can become part of the Christmas Story.

Christmas Eve Candlelit Service
2022-12-24 19:00 - 20:30
Join us as we celebrate the birth of Christ with a traditional evening candlelight service and
carols. We’ll start with a medley of Christmas songs at 7:00 pm, move into the service proper
at 7:30 pm, and conclude with a candlelit Silent Night. Plan to arrive early!
This service will be live-streamed – Click HERE to join online – Click HERE for the bulletin.

Epiphany Un-Decorating
2023-01-08 11:30 - 12:30
Many hands make light work! Let’s gather together after worship and take down the Advent decorating as we move into the new year!

Open and Affirming Statement Conversations Zoom Meeting
2023-01-08 19:00 - 20:00
In June, our congregation voted to update and expand our Open and Affirming Statement. We also agreed to host conversations about the statement and what it might look like to fully live into the updated version. We offered a session back in September and canceled the October Zoom session due to a lack of participation. We will be hosting another session on Sunday, January 8, 2023, at 7:00 pm via zoom. This session will cover the same content as the September in-person session. If you have questions, please see Pastor Curt or Tamara Boynton. Join the Zoom meeting HERE.

Lakewood UCC “Soup-R” Bowl Potluck and Canned Food Drive
2023-01-15 11:30 - 13:00
Welcome 2023, and something new for LUCC! We are going to have a “SOUP-R” BOWL potluck after the service for Fellowship on January 15th! We thought this was a great way to bring in the New Year. The Fellowship Committee is partnering with MOE to enjoy delicious soup, have a fun day AND collect canned soups or other canned goods for The Action Center to share with our neighbors.

SO—dust off your family’s favorite soup recipe, bring a pot or crockpot full of it to share during Fellowship. Everyone should be able to try more than one soup. AND make a copy of the recipe. We will scan the recipes and make an online LUCC Soup Recipe Book. We will all have new recipes to cook this winter. ALSO bring a can or cans of soup or other canned goods for The Action Center. It is helpful to buy cans that don’t need a can opener to open them. If making soup is not your thing, then please bring bread or dessert. And a reminder for all potlucks, please include the ingredients of your dish to avoid any allergic reactions, put your name on your containers and serving spoons and LUCC is a nut free zone!

Delores Meal Project
2023-01-19 18:00 - 19:30
Happy New Year Lakewood UCC! It’s time to plan for this month’s Delores Project meal. Our Lakewood UCC meal will be Thursday dinner, 6:00-8:00 pm. We would love to see new faces as servers.
The menu is as follows:
-Spicy Chicken and Sweet Potato Stew
(Click HERE for the Recipe)
-Crusty Bread

Dessert options:
-Favorite Pudding or Fruit Crisp
-Whipped Topping

Please sign up to contribute food and/or volunteer to be a server HERE
Thank you for your support of this ministry. Any questions, please contact Pauline Nunez at paulinenunez40@gmail.com or Joan Campbell at joanvilshofen@gmail.com. Peace and blessings for the new year.

YACaritos Return
2023-01-29 11:30 - 12:00
Fill your belly and support the youth’s Summer 2023 Service Learning Trip by purchasing a YACarito (breakfast burrito) before the Annual Meeting on January 29. The youth will be selling each burrito for $5, with all proceeds supporting the youth on their Service Learning Trip to Albuquerque NM in June of 2023. Thank you for your generous support!

Save the Date: Congregational Meeting
2023-01-29 11:30 - 12:30
All are invited to attend our congregational meeting following worship on Sunday, January 29, 2023. The purpose of this meeting is to vote on the proposed 2023 budget as well as review and vote on the proposed bylaws changes. This meeting will be a hybrid meeting. This means that people can attend by being physically present in the sanctuary as well as attending virtually via Zoom. Virtual participants will be able to ask questions, vote, and speak on the various agenda items up for discussion. Please keep an eye out for the email sent on Tuesday, January 17, and the email to be sent on the Saturday before the meeting (Saturday, January 28) for the information needed to review before the meeting, as well as the Zoom link to join.

Congregations Alive: Climate Justice!
2023-01-31
Congregations Alive, the biennial conference of the Rocky Mountain UCC, is happening Thursday, February 23 through Saturday, February 25, 2023, at First Plymouth UCC in Englewood. The theme this year is Climate Justice. The conference will feature keynote talks by the Rev. Dr. Jim Antal, climate advisor to the UCC President, and the Rev. Peter Sawtell, retired Executive Director of Eco-Justice Ministries. Both speakers will focus on the church’s calling to address the climate crisis theologically, pastorally, and practically. There will also be 15 diverse workshops around the theme of climate justice. Pre-registration is required and is open until February 16. As we have more than four persons attending from Lakewood UCC, you can register at a reduced rate. Please click HERE for more! Early bird registration ends on January 31. If you are interested in attending, and the cost is a concern, please contact Rev. Curt, as scholarships are available.

Brewatitudes is BACK!
2023-02-12 15:00 - 16:30
Let’s get together and talk about faith, theology, and current life and events. February-May we’ll use a different podcast episode as our entry point into our conversation. February’s conversation will use the episode: “The Ocean is a Queer Place of Possibility” from Outside/In. You can find the podcast HERE, or wherever you like to listen to podcasts. We’ll meet at Landlocked Ales (3225 S. Wadsworth Blvd. Lakewood) from 3-4:30 pm and see where the conversation takes us. See Rev. Mollie for more info.

*We know Feb. 12 is the Super Bowl and will meet from 3-4, longer if folks want to continue the conversation until 4:30

Pancake Supper
2023-02-21 17:00 - 19:00
Join us for a celebration of revelry and abundance on Tuesday, February 21 from 5-7. Sometimes called Fat or Shrove Tuesday, sometimes known as Mardi Gras, this is traditionally the time to eat all of the fat and sugar in your home and be merry before the Lenten time of fasting of some sort. At Lakewood UCC, we’ll celebrate with pancakes (thank you Fellowship!) and community. Faith Formation Board will offer a craft that can be used throughout Lent to support Spiritual Practice(s). We’ll also have ashes and a simple liturgy available to take home, for folks who want to engage in that ritual at home on Ash Wednesday, February 22.

Ash Wednesday Special Service
2023-02-22 19:00 - 20:00
Join us in person or online for our Ash Wednesday service with Communion and the Imposition of Ashes. Ash Wednesday is the start of Lent, with the physical reminder that we have come from ash and to ash we will return. Join us for this meaningful service. Communion elements will be provided for this service, childcare will be available

Ashes-2-Go: 11:00 am-1:00 pm: Swing by the westside church parking lot to receive your ashes. They will be available to take home with you or you can receive the imposition of ashes on your forehead or hand. Ash Wednesday is the start of Lent, with the physical reminder that we have come from ash and to ash we will return. Please be in touch with Rev. Mollie if you’d like to receive ashes at another time.

Lenten Drives
2023-02-26 - 2023-03-05
Last year, we asked our Lakewood UCC congregation to donate each week in Lent to a selected group of organizations. This Lenten season, we are focused on the theme of “Displacement.” A person or family that is displaced means they have been expelled, deported, or impelled to flee from their country of nationality or habitual residence by the forces or consequences of war or oppression.
We are kicking off our Lenten Drives on Sunday, February 26, with Casa De Paz. For two weeks, we will be collecting shoelaces and men’s new underwear for the organization.
On Sunday, March 5, Alondra Flores, a Casa de Paz Representative will speak about Casa de Paz and their mission

Lenten Book Study
2023-02-28 18:30 - 19:30
Thanks to our new technology in the conference room, this offering will be available both in person (at the church) or via Zoom on Tuesdays from 6:30 pm- 8:00 pm, beginning February 28 – March 28. This year we’ll be reading Rest is Resistance: A Manifesto by Tricia Hershey.

In Rest Is Resistance, Tricia Hersey, aka the Nap Bishop, casts an illuminating light on our troubled relationship with rest and how to imagine and dream our way to a future where rest is exalted. Our worth does not reside in how much we produce, especially not for a system that exploits and dehumanizes us. Rest, in its simplest form, becomes an act of resistance and a reclaiming of power because it asserts our most basic humanity. We are enough. The systems cannot have us. We will be placing a group order for books through Tattered Cover, but you are welcome to get the book on your own. Sign up by clicking HERE or at the welcome center. Please contact Pastor Curt if you have questions.

Together Colorado Legislative Update
2023-03-12 11:30 - 12:30
Join us with Together Colorado for a legislative update with special guest, Thomas Weiler! Thomas Weiler is the lead organizer with Together Colorado. He lives in Denver and is a husband and father of two. Thomas has been organizing since 2012 and has worked as a labor organizer with SEIU105 in
Colorado, and faith-driven community organizations in the Faith in Action network to help families put their faith into action by identifying and addressing the systemic roots of injustice. Thomas will update Lakewood UCC members on legislative priorities and how our faith voices can make a
the difference on important issues like immigration, affordable housing, and climate issues.

Casa De Paz Service Day
2023-03-17 10:00 - 13:00
Join Faith in Action On Friday, March 17, from 11:00-3:00 pm, for the opportunity to volunteer with the organization to help with organizing supplies, as well as help out with other needs for recently released detainees! We will meet at the church at 10:00 am, and go over together to begin the volunteer work at 11:00 am. Please reach out to Pauline Nunez for any questions, and sign up HERE or on the signup sheet at the Welcome Center.

Fill the Easter Eggs for the Egg Hunt
2023-03-26 11:30 - 12:00
Join members from the Faith Formation Board to fill Easter Eggs for our April 2 Egg Hunt. Many hands make light work, and we anticipate this will take about 30 minutes after worship. Meet us in the conference room.

Palm Sunday
2023-04-02 10:30 - 13:00
Palm Sunday Communion Service, 10:15 am
Sunday, April 2, is Palm Sunday. It’s the Sunday that marks Jesus’ triumphant arrival in Jerusalem, the start
of Holy Week. We will receive and wave palm branches, with singing and shouts of Hosanna to mark this
Sunday. Let us make way for Jesus and the start of Holy Week!

Get ready for Palm Sunday Potluck Brunch, 11:30 am
Fellowship is partnering with Faith Formation to have a wonderful Palm Sunday Fellowship following the
service. Our Potluck Brunch is back and Faith Formation will have activities for the children including an
Easter Egg Hunt. Watch your Wednesday email for more information.

Palm Sunday Egg Hunt, 11:30 am
During the Palm Sunday Brunch fellowship time, join the Faith Formation Board for an Easter egg hunt!
We’ll countdown together and hunt for eggs in the courtyard area. Bring your own basket, we hope to see
many of our kiddos and families there! See Rev. Mollie for more information.

Maundy Thursday Service
2023-04-06 18:30 - 20:00
Maundy Thursday is the day we remember the harrowing events of Jesus’ final days. At 6:00 pm, we’ll
share a simple supper, as Jesus did with his disciples. At 7:30 pm, we’ll move to our Tenebrae service
(from a Latin word meaning “shadows”), walking through the shadows of Jesus’ last days again, listening to
lessons, and watching as lights are extinguished one by one. Communion will also be offered. Please feel
free to come to just the supper, just the service, or both.

Easter Sunday 2023
2023-04-09 06:00 - 11:30
Easter Sunrise Service, 6:00 am
Join us for a beautiful, small Easter Sunrise Service at 6:00 am 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.

Easter Sunday Service, 10:15 am
Christ is risen! Christ 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

Delores Project Meal in April
2023-04-13 11:00 - 13:00
Delores Project in April
Thursday, April 13, 11:00 am
Our next Delores Project meal will be lunch on Thursday, April 13, from 11:00 AM – 1:00 PM.

Our menu is:

King Ranch Chicken Soup
Asparagus Summer Salad
Your favorite fruit cobbler or pie

If you would like to provide food or be a server for this meal, please sign up HERE. Feel free to contact Joan Campbell or Pauline Nunez with any questions. Joan Campbell (joanvilshofen@gamil.com; 603-339-1986) Pauline Nunez (paulinenunez40@gmail.com; 505-350-3281)

Brewatitudes
2023-04-16 15:00 - 16:30
Let’s get together and talk about faith, theology, and current life and events. From February to May, we’ll use a different podcast episode as our entry point into our conversation. This month we’ll listen to “How Gender Equality Can Save the Planet” from A Matter of Degrees. You can listen HERE or wherever you like to listen to podcasts. We’ll meet at Landlocked Ales (3225 S. Wadsworth Blvd. Lakewood) from 3:00 pm-4:30 pm and see where the conversation takes us. See Rev. Mollie for more info.

New Member Inquirers' Luncheon
2023-04-23 11:30 - 12:30
Are you new to Lakewood UCC? Have you been around a while but are wanting to find out more about getting more involved? Do you have questions about what being a member of Lakewood UCC means? Please join us for a New Member Inquirers’ Luncheon in April! We will gather following worship, in person, from 11:30 am-1:00 pm on Sunday, April 23. Lunch will be provided. Childcare is available. Our purpose is to answer questions, share our faith journeys, and learn about Lakewood UCC and about the United Church of Christ. If you would like to attend, please email Pastor Curt at curt@lakewooducc.com

New Member Inquirers' Lunch
2023-04-23 11:30 - 12:30
