Kickoff picnic!!

Join your St. Paul's UMC family for the Fall Kickoff "Indoor Picnic" on Sunday, September 8 following worship. BBQ sandwiches and lemonade will be provided. Bring a potluck side dish to go with the sandwiches.

Book Signing!

Claudia Mills, a member of St. Paul's UMC, is having a book signing at Boulder Book Store on September 10 at 6:30 pm!

Benefit concert for Hope Coalition

Prayer for Labor Day

A prayer appropriate for Labor Day, from the pen of 16th century church reformer John Calvin:

My God, Father and Savior, since you have commanded us to work in order to meet our needs, sanctify our labor that it may bring nourishment to our souls as well as to our bodies.

Make us constantly aware that our efforts are worthless unless guided by your light and by your hand. 

Make us faithful to the particular tasks for which you have bestowed upon us the necessary gifts, taking from us any envy or jealousy at the vocations of others.

Give us a good heart to supply the needs of the poor, saving us from any desire to exalt ourselves over those who receive our bounty.

And if you should call us into greater poverty than we humanly desire, save us from any spirit of defiance or resentment, but rather let us graciously and humbly receive the bounty of others. 

Above all, may every temporal grace be matched by spiritual grace, that in both body and soul we may live to your glory.  Amen.

This week @ St. Paul's

Monday: Labor Day - office closed

Tuesday:

7:00 pm, Insight Meditation

Wednesday:

7:30 pm, Choir practice resumes

Thursday:

11:00 am, Ladies Lunch bunch @ Ted's Montana Grill (Westminster)

Sunday:

8:45 am, Church school
10:15 am, Worship

11:30 am, Indoor Picnic

12:30 pm, Beautiful Boulder Korean Church      

5:00 pm, Dinner Circle @ Matthews'  

Scripture lesson for next Sunday

The scripture lesson for September 8 come from the brief book of Philemon. 

Three questions for this week:
1) Who is/are your spiritual parent(s)?
2) Why does Luther say we are all God's Onesimus?
3) What do you think Philemon's response was and why?

Labor Day weekend @ St. Paul's

With the unofficial end to summer in the wings, the faithful gathered at St. Paul's to remember what Christians were to labor for.

Hannah Gu was present to offer her musical gift to God, stirring the congregation with notes of love. Pastor Charles' sermon was taken from Luke 14:1, 7-14.

Thanks today to: Hannah Gu (Accompanist), Jim & Joey Van der Vorst (Counters), Claudia Mills (Fellowship & Liturgist), Brenda & Gary Smith (Flowers), and Jerry Beaber, Austin Cooper, and Don Hult (Ushers).