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CHURCH NEWSLETTER CARBONDALE COMMUNITY UNITED METHODIST CHURCH

385 S. 2nd Street, (P.O. Box 793), Carbondale, CO 81623

www.carbondalecommunityumchurch.com

ccumc@rof.net (970.963.4461

Pastor Brad Walston pastorccumc@gmail.com 561.596.4526

Well, here we are in September, already! I pray that you all had a wonderful and relaxing summer.

That said, I hope you’re ready for fall! We have things popping up on our calendar already!

We’ll have our Harvest Fest Pot Luck at noon on the 11th -- make sure you invite friends and neigh-

bors! Bring a dish made from veggies from our own community garden.

Our new middle school aged youth group starts that same day! We’ll be meeting at 4:00 pm on the

11th at Basalt community UMC; then we’ll alternate church locations each week. Kids in 6 th-8th grade will be

talking about Middle School issues, playing games (with a point, of course!), and talking a lot about God,

life, and why it matters.

Sunday School for pre-K through 5th grade will begin again in Carbondale on Sept 11th too! Kids 6th

grade and up are encouraged to stay upstairs and be part of worship.

Last, but not least, this September, our new Bishop, Karen Oliveto, will be installed as the bishop of

the Mountain Sky area (that’s us!). “What’s the big deal,” you ask? It’s not the fact that Bishop Karen is a

woman, although there are only 14 female bishops in the UMC. What makes this election historical is that

Karen is the first openly gay, married, lesbian ever elected to the episcopacy. She’s the Gene Robinson of

the UMC. As you are probably aware, I think this is a huge step in the right direction towards making our

Methodist slogan of “Open Hearts, Open Doors, Open Minds” actually come true.

Of course, not everyone is happy about it. Within minutes after the election, someone from the South-

Central Jurisdiction filed some kind of legal complaint with the Judiciary committee, who decided to meet in

April to determine whether there is a case or not. This is an issue in our church that could lead to schism as

there are some very passionate opinions on both sides, and the Book of Discipline contains language regard-

ing the LGBT community which at it’s best is contradictory, and at worst, discriminatory and exclusionary.

If you’d like to be a part of the biggest thing that’s happened in Methodism since the 1968 merger,

the installation service for Bishop Karen will be held at the Methodist church in Aurora, CO, on Saturday,

September 24, at 3:00 pm. If you’re interested in attending, let me know.

Joyfully,

Pastor Brad

P,S. Here are a couple of links if you’d like to read more about the new Bishop:

This one is an email from her predecessor on the day after the election in July: http://rmcumc-

email.brtapp.com/viewinsite/43adf057ed3e4011de9f6e9f41f6c662?email=pastorccumc@gmail.com

This is from the Rocky Mountain Conference website -- more information here than you’ll ever need: http://

www.rmcumc.org/mediapacket

Practice starts on Sept. 7, 2016, at 6 pm

1st and 3rd Wednesday of the month

We will sing on the 4th Sunday of the month.

Bhakti Yoga Mana Fest Celebration for the Equinox

A community 72 hour non-stop reading of Sacred Yoga Tezt for Peace along with yoga, danc-ing, drumming, music, gonging, classes like “Science of a Soul mate”, “Aquarian Timing what’s going on?” and free locally grown food.

This is a community event for Peace, Prosperity and Health. This experience will bring a smile to your heart this harvest season.

Sevadars, volunteers and readers are requested to join us at the library at the following times to find out how to participate.

This event will Start on Sunday Sept. 18 @10:30 with Church Servoce at the Carbondale Com-munity United Methodist Church. Lunch and music by Twirp Anderson

The Sacred Yogic Text readings will start Mon. Sept. 19 @6 pm and go to Thursday Sept. 22 which will be a special celebration. All other events to go on during the readings, including food each night.

Please Respond to: info@bhaktiyogamanafest.org

Paramroop @ 970-618-3275 Thank you

Basalt Library Fri. Sept. 10 @ 10-11am or Sat. Sept. 11@10-11

Carbondale Library Thurs. Sept 9 @ 5-6 pm or Friday Sept. 16 @10-11am

Glenwood Library Thurs. Sept. 9 @ 1:30 pm or Thurs. Sept. 15 @ 7-8 pm

Pitkin Co. Library Fri. Sept. 9 @4:30pm or Thurs. Sept 15 @ 6:30 pm

Arlene Kroh has moved to New York.

If you need her address, please call the office.

Worship Time Surveys have

come back and the overall consen-

sus between the two churches is that

we will leave the worship times

alone.

CCUMC worship will continue to

begin at 10:30 am.

George Pucak 9/24

Shaggy Fink 9/25

These beautiful cards are always for sale! All proceeds go toward the CCUMC General Fund.

$1.00 each or 5 for $3.00 Original artwork by our very own Dorothy Doyle.

When: Friday

Where:

2 Rivers

Café, Basalt Time: 11:30 am

UMCOR Responds to Louisiana Floods

Days of torrential rain inundated the state of Louisiana, beginning August 11. Flooding has impact-

ed at least 40,000 homes, and about 30,000 people and 1,000 pets have been rescued from high water

in homes and cars. At least 11 people are known to have died in the disaster.

UMCOR is collaborating with FEMA and other national disaster response organizations, including

the American Red Cross, Lutheran Disaster Response, Southern Baptist Disaster Relief, and the um-

brella group, National Voluntary Organizations Active in Disasters (NVOAD).

“The Red Cross national office reached out to us, and we have connected them with the Louisiana

Annual Conference leadership, as well as with UMCOR Sager Brown for warehouse space, cleanup

buckets, distribution assistance, and shelter for evacuees,” Forrester stated.

The best ways to help

Forrester urged all people of goodwill who want to help in Louisiana and Mississippi, “Do not self-

deploy. You mean to help, but at this stage your presence could unintentionally become an obsta-

cle,” he said. He also urged people not to send unsolicited aid, such as clothing.

“The best ways to help are to assemble and send cleanup buckets and to support the UMCOR U.S.

Disaster Response Advance, #901670, with your donations,” he stated. “This will allow us to assist

the most vulnerable communities in need because of this and other disasters.”

If you would like to help, your gift to UMCOR U.S. Disaster Response, Advance #901670 will help

UMCOR respond to this and other disasters across the United States. Bring your check to church

with the words “LA Floods” in the ‘memo’ line, or donate directly

here: https://www.umcor.org/UMCOR/Donate/Donation-Form?

type=1002&project=901670

Church Ladies with Typewriters

They're back! Those wonderful Church Bulletins!

Thank God for the church ladies with typewriters.

These sentences actually appeared in church

bulletins or were announced at church services:

Irving Benson and Jessie Carter were

married on October 24 in the church.

So ends a friendship that began in their school

days.

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At the evening service tonight,

the sermon topic will be 'What Is Hell?'

Come early and listen to our choir practice.

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Eight new choir robes are currently needed

due to the addition of several new members

and to the deterioration of some older ones.

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Sent in by Susan Linden

MISSIONS: We are still fundraising for this year's Costa Rica trip by selling individualized

pavers, There are 2 sizes and costs are $50 and $100. It's a great way to honor

someone or more! Sign up sheet on the bulletin board. If there are questions,

please contact me or see me after church.

Thanks, Sydney

Sunday , September 11, 2016

Potluck in the back yard

of church

Bring Family, friends and

neighbors to enjoy our

harvest.

Mt. Fair 2016

Mt. Fair was a big success this year.

Thanks for all the support. Team

work made it happen.

Our town

One table

Mid-High YOUTH GROUP!

SUNDAY, SEPT. 11, 4:00 PM

@ BASALT COMMUNITY UMC

PIZZA PARTY!!

(Parents encouraged to attend this one for planning purpos-

The Fruit of the Holy Spirit

In June, we learned about salvation and the Holy Spirit. Paul’s letter to the Romans assures us

that “Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus, because

through Christ Jesus the law of the Spirit who gives life has set you free from the law of sin and

death.” Romans 8 NIV

For July, I shared about confirmation and the Holy Spirit. Jesus promised “And surely I am with

you always, to the very end of the age." Matthew 28:19-20 NIV

Let’s take a look this time about the fruit of the Holy Spirit. Paul is quite the prolific letter writer.

We find him summing up the attributes of a Christian life in his epistle to the Galatians; “(But) the

fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness

and self-control. Against such things there is no law.” Galatians 5:22-23 NIV

Each of these “fruits” is a characteristic of the Holy Spirit’s active presence in our daily activities:

Love is a deliberate attitude of good will and devotion to others.

Joy denotes a supernatural gladness given by God’s Spirit that actually seems to show up

best during hard times.

Peace. It’s not the absence of turmoil, but the presence of tranquility even while in a place of

chaos.

Patience is the ability to endure ill treatment from life or at the hands of others without lashing

out or paying back.

When Kindness is at work in a person’s life, he or she looks for ways to adapt to meet the

needs of others.

Goodness in you desires to see goodness in others and is not beyond confronting or even

rebuking (as Jesus did with the money changers in the temple) for that to happen.

Faithfulness. Our natural self always wants to be in charge, but Spirit-controlled faithfulness

is evident in the life of a person who seeks good for others and glory for God.

Gentleness is not without power, it just chooses to defer to others. It forgives others, corrects

with kindness, and lives in tranquility.

Self-control is literally releasing our grip on the fleshly desires, choosing instead to be con-

trolled by the Holy Spirit. It is power focused in the right place.

May the Holy Spirit fill you with these fruits in your daily lives, given to us as a gift without meas-

ure.

“For through the Spirit we eagerly

await by faith the righteousness for

which we hope.” Galatians 5:5 NIV

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CHURCH NEWSLETTER

CARBONDALE COMMUNITY UNITED METHODIST CHURCH

385 S. 2nd Street, (P.O. Box 793), Carbondale, CO 81623

www.carbondalecommunityumchurch.com

ccumc@rof.net 963.4461

Pastor Brad Walston pastorccumc@gmail.com 561.596.4526

September 2016 Newsletter

CCUMC

385 South 2nd Street

Carbondale, CO 81623