How much is enough?
On Thursday, Governor Polis issued a stay at home order, so Jennifer and I walked around the block a few times together. We talked. We felt the warm sun on our faces. We noticed the new green tufts of grass in the neighbor’s yard. We’ll probably need to mow in a week or two. A few yellow daffodils are spreading their wings. The tulips look promising in the front flower beds at church. Will they bloom at Easter? Tim’s aging old hound walked gingerly toward us. We said, “hello” as only old friends can do. I rang the church bell twelve times at twelve noon, once for each of the original disciples and to remind myself and all of us who we follow. Amidst the cloud of unknowing, is this enough?
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SERVICES
SUNDAY WORSHIP
10:30 a.m. in-person worship.
ANNOUNCEMENTS
- Tuesday, 6:30 P.M., Middle school youth group. Meal provided.
- Wednesday, 10:30 A.M., Valley Inn service.
- Thursday, 10:30 A.M.-12:30 P.M., Church clean-up. All welcome!
- Oct. 25 (Friday)-Oct. 27 (Sunday), Sacred Rest Retreat at Ghost Ranch. Contact Craig.
- Monday, October 28, 9 A.M.-4 P.M., Emergency Response Training (ERT). Disaster relief. Contact Craig (970-533-7460) if interested. Trips to the Southeast.
- November 3: Nominations meeting. November 10: All church meeting after church.
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Meditations
- Dick and Jane: An Old Familiar Tale October 13, 2024
- A Church Habit September 28, 2024
- Follow Me September 21, 2024
RECONCILING STATEMENT
1 John 4:19 “We Love because God first loved us.”
As a reconciling congregation, Mancos United Methodist Church prayerfully strives to live in community with open hearts, open minds, and open doors. We affirm that each person is of sacred worth. We believe that all people are God’s children, created in God’s image, loved and blessed equally by Christ; so, we seek to be a fully inclusive church. We welcome and encourage full participation of all people regardless of sexual orientation, gender identification, race, gender, marital status, family structure, faith origin, economic or educational background, and physical or mental ability. While there are differences among us, we do not seek to erase them but to journey together in faithful love toward greater understanding and mutual respect.