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Closing Ceremonies for Sand Creek 16th Annual Spiritual Healing Run & Walk, Dec. 3

  

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List of Newsletter Items
 
  • Prayerful Preparation event readies conference members for Sand Creek Massacre anniversary
  • #GivingTuesday is Dec. 2: Take an 'Unselfish Selfie' and show your support
  • RMC statistical base EZRA ready for use; church stats due Jan. 31
  • Deadline for Beyond the Walls grant is Dec. 5
  • Grants available to spark creative vital congregation growth
  • Help requested to learn needs for college, young adult ministry 
  • Previously posted prayer requests

Events Beyond RMC

  • Previously posted events
    • Creating a Culture of Renewal with Rebekah Simon-Peter, Jan. 6 to 8, 2015
    • Register for Western Jurisdiction United Methodist Clergywomen's Consultation, Feb. 23 to 25, 2015
  • Registration now open for Youth Leadership Conference - Jan. 23 to 25, 2015
  • Previously posted events
    • Will-Power Workshop hosted by Rocky Mountain UM Foundation, Dec. 11
    • Rocky Mountain UM Foundation hosting Endowment Ministry webinars, Jan. 14 and 20, 2015

  • Previously posted events
    • Utah/WestCo youth invited to Westside Weekend, March 6 to 8, 2015
  • Christ Church UM in Denver to host Potthoff Lecture Series - Jan. 23 to 25, 2015
  • Previously posted events
    • Project Stocking Stuffer at St. Paul UMC Denver to benefit Urban Peak, Dec. 7
    • Vital: Absolute Necessities at Spirit of Hope UMC Englewood, Jan. 24
  • Previously posted jobs


  • Guatemala mission team needs two dentists, hygienists - Pura Vida

  • Northglenn UMC seeking children's choir robes - Northglenn, Colo.


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Prayerful Preparation event readies conference members for Sand Creek

The Rocky Mountain Conference hosted a Prayerful Preparation gathering Nov. 29 at Eads United Methodist Church prior to the opening of the 16th Annual Spiritual Healing Run as part of the Sand Creek Massacre 150th Commemoration. The event included a devotion by Dr. Michael Dent of Trinity UMC in Denver, a screening of a documentary on Sand Creek and the Civil War and a panel with Native American pastors Jerry Boles and Norman Mark. For the full story and photos, go to the conference website. Sand Creek events continue this week. For the full schedule, go to sandcreekmassacre150.com.


#GivingTuesday is Dec. 2: Take an 'Unselfish Selfie' and show your support

#GivingTuesday starts tonight at 12 a.m. EST or 10 p.m. MST and ends tomorrow at 11:59 p.m. EST. Take an 'Unselfish Selfie' and post it on Facebook or Twitter today to show your support for #GivingTuesday. For how to post an "Unselfish Selfie," click here. In October, the United Methodist General Board of Global Ministries announced that on Dec. 2 it will match up to $1 million in gifts made online to any project through The Advance as part of UMC #GivingTuesday. For ideas on Advance projects to donate to on #GivingTuesday, go to the conference website.

 

RMC statistical base EZRA ready for use; church stats due Jan. 31, 2015

The Rocky Mountain Conference statistical database is ready for your activation.  EZRA - the software used by the RMC to capture our statistics - is ready for churches to start their input. For December, all that is desired is simple registration in order to activate the account. It takes five minutes. Instructions are online. Statistics are due Jan. 31, 2015. 


Deadline for Beyond the Walls grant from Board of Discipleship is Dec. 5

The Conference Board of Discipleship is now receiving applications for Round 3 of the Beyond the Walls grants to assist local churches in developing experiments, programs, communication outreach events or collaborations in order to engage people in the neighborhood outside the local church walls. Applicants may request up to $5,000, but most grants will be between $1,000 and $3,000. The application deadline is Dec. 5, with grant awards announced by Jan. 31, 2015. Go to the conference website for information. 


Grants available to spark creative vital congregation growth

Grants totaling $200,000 are now available from Discipleship Ministries to encourage local churches, annual conferences and central conferences to experiment with innovative and creative approaches to growing vital congregations. To obtain a grant application, contact Jeffrey Campbell, Director of Annual Conference Relationships at Discipleship Ministries, at [email protected]. The grant application deadline is Jan. 30, 2015. For details, go to www.gbod.org. For ideas on creating church vitality, go to wholechurchinitiative.org

 

Help requested to learn needs for college and young adult ministry

The Board of Higher Education and Campus Ministry (BHECM) for the Rocky Mountain Conference has sent a survey via SurveyMonkey to clergy on the Appointment List and some lay persons. We are interested in hearing from congregations even if they are not currently ministering to young adults or college students. Thanks to those who have responded. A second reminder survey will go out the first week of December. Questions about the survey should be directed to Ross Loomis, Chair for the BHECM, at [email protected]. Also, any persons not getting the survey that would like to participate can contact him. 


prayers
Previously Posted Prayer Requests

Please click here for a link to all previously posted prayer requests.

 

beyond 

Western Jurisdiction UM Clergywomen's Consultation - Feb. 23 to 25, 2015

The Wisdom of Women: Western Jurisdiction United Methodist Clergywomen's Consultation will be held in Salt Lake City, Utah, from Feb. 23 to 25, 2015. Join us for an extraordinary time of creativity and renewal. Our unusual format will include TED-talk-style presentations on ministry ideas that most intrigue you - along with time for community discussion. For more information, go to the Western Jurisdiction United Methodist Clergywomen's Facebook page or follow them on Twitter. For more information and to register, go to the conference website.

 

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Registration now open for RMC Youth Leadership Conference Jan. 23 to 25

Online registration is now open for the Rocky Mountain Conference Youth Leadership Conference (YLC) from Jan. 23 to 25, 2015, at Rainbow Trail Camp. The theme is: "The Bare Necessities." Cost for early registration is $125 before Jan. 9, 2015, and $150 after that time. YLC is the youth legislative session for the Rocky Mountain Conference. Click here for information, registration form, and legislative forms and information. 

 

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Previously Posted Events

In the interest of reducing the length of RMC newsletters, most events will now be included in the newsletter just once, and then moved to the Events page on our website.

 

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Christ Church UM in Denver to host Potthoff Lecture Series - Jan. 23 to 25, 2015

Christ Church United Methodist, 690 Colorado Blvd., in Denver is hosting its annual Potthoff Lecture Series from Jan. 23 to 25, 2015. The event will feature Rev. Jeremy Smith, Minister of Discipleship at FUMC Portland, Ore., and blogger at Hacking Christianity, along with discussions about discipleship. For details about these free events, go to the church's website or email Rev. Eric Strader at [email protected].

 

jobs

Previously Posted Jobs

If you would like to see jobs that were in a previous newsletter, please click here. The page contains all currently posted jobs as well as instructions for how to include your church's job opening in our next newsletter.


classifieds

Guatemala mission team needs two dentists, hygienists for April trip

A Volunteers-in-Mission team to Guatemala is seeking two dentists, as well as hygienists and non-medical personnel for a trip in April 2015. The trip is sponsored by Pura Vida and will depart from Denver. Click here for more information about the trip. The local missionary organization the team will be working with in Guatemala is Salud y Paz. To help Salud y Paz, go to the UMCOR site and give to ADVANCE #14060A.

 

Northglenn UMC seeking children's choir robes - Northglenn, Colo.

Northglenn United Methodist Church in Northglenn, Colo., is looking for 20 to 25 children's choir robes. Church staff is willing to pick them up or pay for shipping. Please contact Rev. Paul Brunner at [email protected] or call 303-452-5120.


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