Prayer of St. Francis of Assisi

You are holy, Lord, the only God, and Your deeds are wonderful.

You are strong.
You are great.
You are the Most High.
You are Almighty.
You, Holy Father are King of heaven and earth.
You are Three and One, Lord God, all Good.
You are Good, all Good, supreme Good,
Lord God, living and true.
You are love. You are wisdom.
You are humility. You are endurance.
You are rest. You are peace.
You are joy and gladness.
You are justice and moderation.
You are all our riches, and You suffice for us.
You are beauty.
You are gentleness.
You are our protector.
You are our guardian and defender.
You are our courage. You are our haven and our hope.
You are our faith, our great consolation.
You are our eternal life, Great and Wonderful Lord,
God Almighty, Merciful Saviour.
Amen.

A 2019 budget report from the Mountain Sky Council on Finance and Administration

Submitted by the Rev. Dr. C. Dennis Shaw
Statistician, Mountain Sky Conference, UMC

This report from the Mountain Sky Conference's Council on Finance and Administration outlines where we are financially at this point in our year. The message is mixed. Our income is down. Although we are in the black through reduced spending, this surely has an impact on mission accomplishment. 

Read more at this link.

STEMrev fun

Each week Rebecca Glancy and other volunteers from St. Paul's go to Columbine Elementary to work with some energetic and talented students as part of the STEMrev program. 

This week's project was to build a dam! Thanks to Belinda, Ben, and Pastor Charles for helping out.

Wednesday with the Wesleys

Breaking up would be hard to do

Will the 2020 United Methodist General Conference bring everyone back to the table or will delegates go off in their own corners to divide the church?

At issue is the denomination’s now 47-year-long debate about the role of LGBTQ people in church leadership.

The phrase that has brought the church to the brink of breaking up was introduced into church law in 1972 when the denomination’s top lawmaking body declared the practice of homosexuality was “incompatible with Christian teaching.”

Read more at this link.

Church work day on Saturday

Join the fun this coming Saturday, 9 am - noon, as we tend to some of the outdoor tasks needing attention as we prepare for the coming winter. There will be something for every ability to do!

Domestic Violence Awareness Month

"We recognize that family violence and abuse in all its forms—verbal, psychological, physical, sexual—is detrimental to the covenant of the human community. We encourage the Church to provide a safe environment, counsel, and support for the victim and to work with the abuser to understand the root causes and forms of abuse and to overcome such behaviors. Regardless of the cause or the abuse, both the victim and the abuser need the love of the Church. While we deplore the actions of the abuser, we affirm that person to be in need of God’s redeeming love" (2016 Book of Discipline ¶161.H).

Read more at this link.