Advent Midweek Services
November 30, December 7, 14, and 21
7:00 PM

In the midst of the busyness of the season, we often forget to stop and ponder the hope and mystery of Christ’s presence among us. Advent, the season that comes before Christmas, is a time when we are invited to stop, breathe, and do just that—reflect on Jesus Christ, and pray for hope in our world.

Join Pastor Marissa on Wednesday evenings in Advent for a short 30-minute Service to help us prepare our hearts for Christ’s arrival and to make space for peace in this busy season

 

Christmas Eve Services
Saturday, December 24
4:00 PM; 7:00 PM
In Person and Streaming
(Both Include Candlelight

Sunday, December 25
9:00 AM
In Person and Streaming
Cookies Following Worship

We had a successful Ingathering event. FUEL members and the Cozy Comforters Sewing Group contributed 112 Comforters, 42 School Kits, and 10 Personal Care Kits to the Lutheran World Relief Ingathering program. Six hundred eighty-five dollars was donated towards shipping costs. Five members helped to load the big trucks at the distribution center in the Bergstrasse Church parking lot on October 8. Cars and trucks with their supplies came from local churches and a distance. Princeton, NJ and Brooklyn, NY are just two of those areas. Thank You to all the folks who helped to administer the project and the members who contributed the supplies and money.

The Christmas Giving Tree Project begins on November 20th. The Christmas Tree will be up and tags with gift items for the families will be on the tree. To review, our congregation will supply Christmas items (gifts and groceries for a Christmas meal) to five families. Ephrata Area Social Services will give us the names of the families from the Denver/Ephrata service area. All the grocery items and gifts are needed by December 11th. We will try to have a Committee Member “hanging” around the Christmas tree after the Church Services to answer any questions. You may contact Dawn Frees with questions also.

Bible Study and Prayer Group
Meets the Second and Fourth Tuesday of the Month at 12:00 PM.

Join Pastor Marissa and your fellow congregants in learning more about one another’s lives and about the Bible. We are currently reading our way through the Book of Acts.

Meets the Second and Fourth Tuesday of the Month at 12:00 PM.
Meetings are In-Person or On Line via Zoom.

We will be meeting In-Person in the Fellowship Hall

To join the Bible Study via Zoom click on the Following Link

Click Here to Join the Bible Study and Prayer Group

On the first Saturday of every month, from 8 to 10 AM we welcome our neighbors to Peter’s Porch. We distribute non-perishable food items and serve a free hot breakfast.

Doors open to the public at 7:30 AM, and breakfast is served as clients wait for their turn to collect food.

 

Faith United Evangelical Lutheran, Trinity United Methodist and St. Johns United Church of Christ is making available an at-home vacation Bible school for all interested children and families.

The VBS will be available via the church websites or by phone request from any of the churches beginning Sunday, Aug. 8.

The VBS unit is called “River of Life” and will have five daily themes with a time of storytelling, a video segment introducing the participants to various communities around the world, a daily craft utilizing items in the participants’ homes and encouragement to connect with community hunger alleviation ministries and programs.

Each day’s time of storytelling is presented by the Denver church pastors Marissa Becklin, Mike Roney and Brad Haws.

The daily themes include, “God Creates,” “God Provides,” “God Claims,” “God Protects” and “God Loves, We Love.”

Various scripture passages and stories will be introduced and connected to these themes, along with opportunities for participants and families to interact with one another about these themes and scripture.

Click Here for the “River of Life VBS”

Each week Pastor Marissa posts a video for families with a Bible story, questions to talk about together, a prayer, and an easy activity for your family to do together that week to engage your faith. Videos will be posted every Monday on our church’s YouTube channel, and can be watched at any time throughout the week! We hope this will be a simple and meaningful way for your family to do kid’s church together.

Click Here for the Church’s YouTube Page