UMCOR at work

UMCOR has awarded a solidarity grant to REHACE in Puerto Rico to assist with Hurricane Ernesto relief. Up to 1 million Puerto Ricans are without power due to the storm.

As Ernesto continues its path, UMCOR is in close communication with the Methodist Church in the Caribbean and the Americas (MCCA), other partners in Bermuda and the Caribbean, and US conferences as they prepare for impact.

To support this and other U.S. disaster response efforts, give here: https://bit.ly/umcorusdr

Getting the job done

Pastor Charles took advantage of a slightly cooler morning and made use of his chainsaw and trusty pickup to do some tree trimming at the church today.  Two trips to the Western yard waste facility and our church grounds look just a little bit better!

A message from Heyji

Hope you all and St.Paul families are doing well!

Our road trip to NY was good. We were nervous since Hajin never did LONG road trips before but I think Hajin did the best out of all of us! 

On our way to NY met some of our former church members in Cincinnati and we stayed at my in laws in MD for a week. Hajin went to the ocean for the first time and oh my goodness she loved it.

Erick is really enjoying his new job and I am still looking for a job. Hajin is staying at home with me until we find a daycare for her. We miss Colorado! But we are slowly getting used to the new life. I’ve been the victim of mosquitoes which has been not fun at all 

Also, we can not say enough how much we appreciated St.Paul family’s love and gift for us. It helped us a lot and we really appreciate it. I will keep you posted when I plan to go back to Boulder for my recital sometime next year! God bless and love you all! 

New look in Franz Hall

Thanks to Kathy Lloyd, Suzanne & Ron Polacek, and Jim & Joey Vander Vorste for helping to unpack the new chairs that will be used in Franz Hall.

Updated Social Principles - Online Resources

 

The Social Principles as adopted by General Conference Charlotte, 2024, will officially take effect January 1, 2025. Cokesbury, the United Methodist publishing house will print the updated, official UMC Social Principles booklet in 2025. Given the numerous requests for information and study materials on United Methodist Social Principles, Church and Society’s online content offers resources for immediate use. In 2025, Church and Society also plans to produce more Social Principles resources including social witness video reels from multiple countries, youth curricula, and additional material translations.   Access the Refreshed Social Principles Online Webpage here to view and download: Social Principles Background and History Page Summaries Social Principles Booklet and Translations Social Principles Mission and Ministry Cards

A bounty for Fairview's Knights Closet

Today, the community liaison counselor at the neighborhood's Fairview High School visited St. Paul's United Methodist Church to collect donated snacks and toiletries to stock its "Knights Closet," the place where hungry students can get a snack or needed toiletries to equip them for learning and socialization. The contributions were bolstered by items donated by the Boulder Beautiful Korean Church Family.

Thanks to Belinda Alkula and Sandy Bainbridge for their support of this effort today.

Wednesday with the Wesleys

Are you a man? Then you should have a human heart. But have you indeed? What is your heart made of? Is there no such principle as Compassion there? Do you never feel another's pain? Have you no Sympathy? No sense of human woe? No pity for the miserable? When you saw the flowing eyes, the heaving breasts, or the bleeding sides and tortured limbs of your fellow-creatures, was you a stone, or a brute? Did you look upon them with the eyes of a tiger? When you squeezed the agonizing creatures down in the ship, or when you threw their poor mangled remains into the sea, had you no relenting? Did not one tear drop from your eye, one sigh escape from your breast? Do you feel no relenting now? If you do not, you must go on, till the measure of your iniquities is full. Then will the Great GOD deal with You, as you have dealt with them, and require all their blood at your hands.

~ John Wesley (Thoughts Upon Slavery)