Lakewood UCC

Calling all Pride Parade Supporters!
2021-05-08 10:30 - 11:30 (America/Denver)
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!

Neighborhood Block Party!
2021-07-17 15:00 - 18:00
Where: Lakewood United Church of Christ at 100 Carr St, Lakewood CO 80226

When: Saturday, July 17, 3:00 pm to 6:00 pm
After months of being cooped up, missing our friends and relatives, lacking opportunities to exercise, and not having very much fun, now is the time for all of us, young and old, to have a great time and make new friends. This isn’t just any old neighborhood block party, this one’s for recreation, renewal and rehabilitation. You know, get those muscles moving again.

Some highlights: A bouncy house for the kids, The corn hole toss, A variety of other games for everyone, and Music by Pennies On the Track, featuring Lakewood UCC’s own Brian Good
While there’s no cost for the fun and games, we will have a Sweet Cow Ice Cream truck available with a variety of ice cream treats costing you $4 and up. If you enjoy a scoop of vanilla ice cream, or a root beer float, or colorful sprinkles on your ice cream, it’s available, and Sweet Cow assures us it’s MOOlicious. Just bring some money with you.
PLEASE JOIN US FOR THIS AFTERNOON OF FUN!

Courtyard In-Person Worship
2021-07-18 09:00 - 10:00
Let’s get off the hot cement and under the pine trees and in the shady, cool, courtyard for an outdoor, camp-like setting for our July worship at 9:00 AM. People can park in the parking lot. Those that need close access to the area underneath the pines, where most of the shade is, can access this area by parking close to it. If you need easy access to the Courtyard, you can enter through the front door and go through the Fellowship Hall. The usual courtyard chairs and tables, or the church ones, or bring your own. Please fill out the registration here.

Anti Racism Book Group- In Person!
2021-07-25 10:30 - 11:30
The Anti-Racism book group’s next meeting will be on Sunday, July 25 , at 10:45 am. We will be reading Caste by Isobell Wilkerson. We will be meeting in the courtyard! We hope you’ll join us!

Office Closed
2021-07-26
The office will be closed on Monday, July 26, all day due to Rev. Mollie being out of town, and our Director of Communications, Allison Booth, being out for jury duty. Thank you for your understanding.

Parking Lot Repairs
2021-07-26
The parking lot at Lakewood UCC will be closed for repairs on Monday, July 26, all day. Street parking will be available for those who need to stop by the building. Thank you in advance!

Worship in August (In-Person and Live-Streamed Online)
2021-08-01 10:00 - 11:00
We are excited to be offering in-person, in the sanctuary worship starting August 1. Worship will also be live-streamed, for our congregation has grown beyond Colorado, as well as making worship more accessible to those who may not be able to join us in person. You are still welcome to join us by streaming us live on YouTube HERE. Worship service will return to our regular 10:15am start time.
Much will be the same, but a few things will be different:

We are requiring masking for everyone, regardless of vaccine status. This is out of an abundance of care for the community, especially for our under 12 crowd who do not have access to the vaccine yet.
We ask that you register HERE. This is to help us get a sense of how many folks to expect. If you forget to register, please still come!
August 1 is a Communion Sunday, and we invite you to bring your own communion elements. We’ll have pre-packaged elements if you forget, and for those visiting.
We ask that you make an effort to stay socially distanced before, during, and after worship
You’ll be greeted outside the front of the church, and invited to get your name tag, and a sticker (red, yellow, or green) that will help share you comfort level of physical contact – we’re all in different places on this for different reasons, and that’s ok!

It will be wonderful to be in worship together, and also may feel different, as we’ve all changed a lot in the last year and half. Let us be gentle with ourselves and one another. Please reach out to Rev. Mollie, Paul Michalec, or Pastor Olive if you have questions or concerns.

Sprucing Up Our House (Of Worship)
2021-08-07 09:00 - 13:00
Our church building needs help decluttering before we regather in worship on August 1. We also need to make space and rearrange some things in the stage room and nursery for our new renters. We need a few strong arms and backs to help move some furniture, and a truck or two to help take away some donations. If you love organizing, decluttering, and asking what sparks joy, please join us for an hour or two on July 31, starting at 9:00 am.

Storytelling and Reconnection: A Sabbatical Summer Series
2021-08-07 09:30 - 15:00
Come listen to storyteller, Rev. Jane Anne Ferguson, tell stories from our sacred text, as well as other cultures, and learn how your faith story interfaces with the biblical stories. Join Rev. Jane Anne Ferguson, in a two-hour workshop that will enhance our abilities to share our faith stories with one another as the beloved community of Lakewood UCC. There are two time slots for you to come participate. Saturday, August 7, 9:30 am- 11:30 am or 1:00 pm- 3:00 pm. Learn how to express your personal stories of your faith journey authentically and more effectively to those who travel with you following the ways of God. Please fill out the registration HERE if you are interested in attending. Please reach out to Pastor Olive Hinnant at oelainehi@msn.com if you have any questions!

Lakewood UCC Book Group
2021-08-11 08:00 - 17:00
The Lakewood UCC Book Group will meet on August 15th at 11:30 am in the Conference Room. Book Group will be meeting in person from now on, unless the situation changes. The book for August is The Library Book, by Susan Orlean. “The Library Book is a book for every reader and every writer. It’s a masterful tribute to libraries, and, even better, it has a plot and a storyline. On April 29, 1986, a fire consumed or damaged more than a million books in the main branch of the Los Angeles Public Library.” ~ National Book Review, by Ann Fabian. All are welcome. If you have any questions. Contact me at leandreen@comcast.net. See you on the 15th, Linda

Lakewood UCC Book Group
2021-08-15 11:30 - 12:30
The Lakewood UCC Book Group will meet on August 15th at 11:30 am in the Conference Room. Book Group will be meeting in person from now on, unless the situation changes. The book for August is The Library Book, by Susan Orlean. The Library Book is a book for every reader and every writer. It’s a masterful tribute to libraries, and, even better, it has a plot and a storyline. On April 29, 1986, a fire consumed or damaged more than a million books in the main branch of the Los Angeles Public Library. ~ National Book Review, by Ann Fabian. All are welcome. If you have any questions. Contact me at leandreen@comcast.net. See you on the 15th, Linda
