O Lord God, merciful judge, you are the inexhaustible fountain of forgiveness. Replace our hearts of stone with hearts that love and adore you, that we may delight in doing your will, through Jesus Christ, our Savior and Lord. Amen.

Sunday, September 11 at 10:00 a.m. 

Sponsored by:

Messiah Community Church, Northeast Denver Islamic Center, Montview Boulevard Presbyterian Church, Park Hill Congregational Church, Temple Micah, St. Thomas Episcopal, and House for All Sinners and Saints   

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Sunday, September 11 at 3:00 p.m.

Lone Tree Center for the Arts: Memorial Concert
10075 Commons Street, Lone Tree, CO 80124 

(no charge but free tickets available at the door 1 hour prior) 

SAMUEL BARBER: ADAGIO FOR STRINGS    -    GABRIEL FAURE: REQUIEM    -   CECIL EFFINGER: AMERICA THE BEAUTIFUL

 Featuring Musica Sacra Chamber Orchestra (of Augustana Lutheran Church) with members of the Cherry Creek Chorale, Golden Concert Choir, Colorado Symphony Chorus, Holy Cross Lutheran Church Choir, Colorado Chorale, Canto Deo, Golden Community Choirs, Parker United Methodist Church Choir, Alpine Chorale, Wellshire Presbyterian Choir, Littleton Chorale, Larimer Chorale, King of Glory Lutheran Choir, and the Denver Chorale 

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Interfaith Events

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"A Multifaith Service of Remembrance, Healing and Hope" 

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Wheat Ridge Ministries Offers Worship Materials 

Wheat Ridge is pleased to share a full worship service compiled by Rev. Dr. James Cotter, CH-COL (Retired) US Army that includes suggested hymns and songs, scripture readings, prayers and videos.   Learn more    

The Worship Committee of the Metro D.C. Synod has developed a resource to commemorate the anniversary of September 11 to help us remember the ways our senses and our souls were affected that day. Congregations are invited to use the Entrance Rite including prayers, litany and hymn suggestions.  

10:00 a.m. Friday, October 21 until   

2:00 p.m. Sunday, October 23   

 Rainbow Trail Lutheran Camp

This weekend is designed for anyone who regularly volunteers with youth and their families. Youth ministry staff and paid leaders: bring your entire ministry team/committee.  Sessions are filled with practical skills and basics for every day ministry. This is an opportunity to network with those who do what you do. 

For more info or to register, contact Ben Larson by email or phone (719-942-4220).

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RMS Front Range Youth Ministry Network Meeting September 8

The Rocky Mountain Synod Front Range Youth Ministry Network meets at 10:00 a.m. this Thursday, September 8, in the synod office. The meeting ends at noon followed by "Buy Your Own Lunch" with continued conversation and networking. Come and share your summer ministry adventures and hear of network plans for the coming year. 

Each Congregation to Develop or Redefine their Local Mission Plan by December 2011

During the 2011 ELCA Churchwide Assembly, the LIFT (Living into the Future Together) proposal was approved. With the proposal's focus on equipping congregations to be "centers for mission," the church called on congregations to begin, develop, review, or redefine their unique local mission plan by December 2011. While this is a standard procedure for many congregations across the ELCA, it will be a new way of living into the future for others. 

In anticipation of this, Augsburg Fortress and Spark House Publishers have been convening groups of "missional leadership experts" from across the church over the past several months to assist them in thinking about what type of resource system might be most helpful for congregations as they focus their ministry in this way. 

For those congregations that want to begin focusing on these missional initiatives now, here is a brief list of some of the most popular books related to missional leadership and missional congregations that Augsburg and Spark House offer. You may also find this short collection of informational items shared with and by the Eastern North Dakota Synod and the ELCA Resource Centers. Please feel free to use and share the resources.

For more information about the LIFT Proposal, please visit the ELCA website.

God's Positioning System  

November 18-20, 2011

at Estes Park 

This year, one adult will register for every five youth (all of matching genders!). In the registration process, the adult and youth will register in room groups. Please read the registration materials carefully, and use the "Registration Worksheet for Assigning Rooms" to assist in preparing for online registration.

The RMS is one of the stops on the Citizens with the Saints  pre-tour concerts featuring AGAPE and Rachel Kurtz. They will be featured at this year's Senior High Youth Gathering, November 18-20. Download a schedule/poster and get more details at the SHYG website .  

A four-part presentation

Dr. Carol Bertrand of the Rocky Mountain Synod (ELCA) Global Mission Committee has developed a four session curriculum to show how our church is accompanying churches around the world--how we are walking together in solidarity that practices interdependence and mutuality.     

Global Mission's work in the ELCA is divided into four main categories: Africa, Asia, Europe and the Middle East, and Latin America. Each region studied includes information on its history, government, the people, the language(s), animals, food (with one or more recipes given), and religion, focusing on the presence of the Lutheran Church in general and the ELCA in particular.

Download .pdf copy of the document 

Hunger Relief Day 9.10.11

Metro CareRing's Avenues of Hope
on Saturday, September 10

Join us on 9.10.11 for a community-wide hunger relief movement! Ashton Altieri, 9NEWS Meteorologist, will be the Master of Ceremonies, so we are expecting beautiful weather. Bring the whole family from 11:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. The goal of the event is to educate and inspire our community to take action for hunger relief in the metro area.

Erica Brown and Friends will infuse the crowd with the best Blues in Colorado while guests enjoy a BBQ lunch (suggested donation of $10 or 10 pounds of food). There will also be a children's area, including an inflatable jumping house, balloons, and face painting.

The Hunger Relief Day 9.10.11 event will take place at Bethany Lutheran Church, located at 4500 East Hampden Avenue in Cherry Hills Village (80113) beginning at 11:00 a.m. Local blues band Erica Brown and Friends will take the stage from 11:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. and 12:30-1:00 p.m. The speakers and recognition part of the program will last from 12:00 - 12:30 p.m.

Materials, including hunger curriculum, $1-per-day campaign and 9.10.11 "Avenues of Hope" Event, are available. For more information, please contact Minerva Padron, Metro CareRing Deputy Director, by email or phone at 303-350-3652.

With everyone's abundance, hope will be shared in a tangible way. You are the Avenue of Hope!

Rejoice  Lutheran Church, Erie, Colorado,

New Building Dedication

photo by Dale Horkey    

Bethany's Adult Learning Hour Welcomes You

On Sunday, September 11, 2011 at 9:00 a.m. in room 210, Bethany Lutheran Church in Cherry Hills Village will present a very special Adult Learning Hour focusing on the work being done to help our returning soldiers and their families. The time will be filled with information, conversation and inspiration. To get a seek preview of the topics, visit the website. A Churchwide Assembly resolution in 2009 affirmed and encouraged ministry for and with military families.

10th Anniversary "Give a Second Wind" 5K Run/Walk and Music Festival is September 18  

Come out for a festival of life as more than 3,000 walkers, runners and music lovers gather at the Jeffco Fairgrounds, located at 15200 West 6th Avenue in Golden (80401), for the largest suicide prevention event in the nation. We'll be celebrating our Tenth Anniversary with a FREE BBQ lunch, cookies, massages, t-shirts, concert by "Opie Gone Bad" and other local bands, kids' activities, and memorial dove release.

You have the opportunity to run 5k or walk 3 miles through the neighborhoods surrounding the Jeffco Fairgrounds or stroll one mile within the Fairgrounds. Prizes will be offered for pledge raisers and largest teams.  

You may register online by going to  www.swfmd.org  

• June - August:
  $15 for students and seniors, $30 for adults.
•  September 1 -14:
  $18 for students and seniors, $33 for adults.
•  After September 14:
  $21 for students and seniors, $41 for adults.
• Fee Waived for Fundraisers:
  $50 in pledges waives fee for students and seniors, $100 in pledges waives fee for adults.
• Offline registration fees are higher.  
• No mail-in registrations after September 14.

For more information, you may visit the website.  For questions, please  send an email or call 720-962-0706.

Clergy Immigration Witness Network Launch and Breakfast

"Through witness, presence & prayer, demonstrate to immigrants they are not alone while demonstrating to the larger community our faiths' commitment to justice"

• Have you ever spoken in support of immigrant rights...... and felt alone?
•  Have you ever shown up to an immigrant rights event...and wondered, "Where are all the other clergy?"
•  Have you wanted to be present to immigrant communitie5 ...but not known where to plug in? ...or if you are needed?

If you answered YES, we invite YOU to learn more and get involved by attending the Clergy Immigration Witness Network Launch and Breakfast. The event will take place on Thursday, September 22, 2011 from 8:00 to 9:30 a.m. at the Justice for All Center located at 2525 W. Alameda Avenue in Denver (80219). Breakfast burritos will be provided by El Centro Humanitario's Women's Project.

You are asked to RSVP by September 9 to Jennifer Piper by email or phone (303-623-3464 ext. 5).

Supported by the American Friends Service Committee, the Desert Mountain District of the A.M.E., the Colorado Council of Churches, the Colorado Immigrant Rights Coalition, and the Interfaith Alliance of Colorado.

 Giving Thanks for the Harvest 

St. Mark Lutheran Church located at 111 Del Mar Circle in Aurora (80011) will be holding its Second Annual Harvest Festival on Friday, September 23, 2011, starting at 5:30 p.m. when dinner will be served at NO charge. We'll celebrate with food and music, featuring the Bluegrass styling of "Credibility Gap." A Free Will offering to be received for the band. Come join the community of St. Mark as they give thanks for the harvest

The congregation worships on Sundays at 8:00 a.m. and 10:30 a.m. with Christian Education at 9:15 a.m.