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Fort Collins Congregation 220 East Oak Street Fort Collins, CO 80524 Phone (970) 482-9206 E-mail: cofchristfc@gmail.com

Our Covenant of Welcome: We welcome ALL to our congregation and uphold the dignity and worth of all persons. We extend the love of Jesus Christ to everyone including those who are marginalized for any reason such as: age, race, gender, education, marital status, sexual orientation, socioeconomic status, political viewpoint, immigration status, gender identity, disability, national origin or religious belief.

March 7, 2010

Welcome everyone! If you are here for the first time, we're delighted to have you worship with us. Please sign our friendship book if you didn't do so already. Promoting Discipleship This Week March 7: ..... First Sunday Giving. ..... Sacrifice dinner immediately following the service. ..... Instead of spending money dining at a restaurant, join us for a simple menu Sacrifice Dinner immediately following the service and donate the money towards feeding the hungry. March 10: ..... Homeless Gear Distribution, 1:00 p.m. Community of Christ Winter Day Shelter. See article in the Communicator. Volunteers needed to help. From Ken John, Coordinator of Homeless Gear: I'm very excited about the possibility that some of the members of your congregation might be able to see one of our distributions right there at your church and experience for themselves just one more way that you all have opened your hearts and facility to meet the needs of these folks. ..... Worship coordinator's meeting. This is a change in date. 7:00 p.m. ..... The Upper Room, 9:30 a.m. ..... Prayer Shawl Group, 1:30 p.m. March 11: Afternoon Women's Group, 1:00 p.m. Prayer Concerns Please leave messages at the church office, (970) 482-9206, to place or keep names on this list. Thanks for your prayers! ..... Renee Larkins (Daughter of Randy and Diantha Larkins) ..... Kimberly Reinhardt (Oldest daughter of Peggy and Gary Gordier) ..... Prayerful discernment for World Conference and our congregational mission work with Shandra Newcom. We need to make a decision by Easter if we want to use Shandra as we look to our future. Can You Help? April 11: Second Sunday Social- Volleyball and Potluck Night. May 8: Mother's Day Brunch ..... Contact Bonnie and Steve Thomas ..... 282-3830, bonnieandsteve9499@msn.com Larimer Chorale "All-Night Vigil," a monument of Russian Sacred Music by Sergei Rachmaninoff, will be performed by the Larimer Chorale, which includes three members of Community of Christ. The final performance will be Sun. evening, March 7, 7:00 p.m., at St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Parish Hall in Fort Collins. Tickets are available through the Lincoln Center Box Office, 221-6730, or at LCTIX.COM. Looking Ahead! March 14: Second Sunday Social-St. Patrick's Theme, 5:00 p.m. March 17: The Upper Room, 9:30 a.m. March 18: Leadership Meeting, 7:00 p.m. March 19: Friday Breakfast Club at Perkins, 8:30 a.m. March 21: ..... Dialogue Sessions on World Conference Legislation and the Words of Counsel for RMMC @ Fort Collins Congregation 5:30 p.m., facilitated by Tim Ashburn RMMC president. ..... Communicator items due. ..... Second Sunday Social, St. Patrick's theme. 5:00 p.m. March 24: The Upper Room, 9:30 a.m. March 28: 4th Sunday Children's activity. March 31: The Upper Room, 9:30 a.m. Counsel to the Church President Steve Veazey shared testimony during a videotaped conversation about the counsel to the church shared on January 17. With authenticity and vulnerability, he talked unscripted about the joys and burdens of the revelatory process. People who have watched it in congregations and mission center gatherings-regardless of their position on specific matters addressed in the counsel-have shared that it was a powerful experience. It affirmed for them that God is with us as we journey into the future. Pastors will be receiving a DVD of the conversation. You can also read or watch it online at www.CofChrist.org/wc2010/counsel. Contemplative Outreach of Fort Collins Colorado is very fortunate that St. Benedict's Monastery in Snowmass, CO, is still the home of Father Thomas Keating, known worldwide for his work in spiritual formation. An author of many books, including Open Mind, Open Heart, and after being seriously ill at the age of 87, Thomas Keating will speak at the 17th Annual Conference of Contemplative Outreach, Saturday, March 20th! It is being held at the Arvada Center near Interstate 70 and 76. Information and registration forms are available in the foyer or by contacting Sharon Troyer. * * * March 26-27, Friday 6:00 p.m.-8:30 p.m., Saturday 8:30 a.m.-4:00 p.m. Plymouth Congregational Church, 916 W. Prospect. Susan Komis is speaking Friday evening on "Discovering the Stages of our Faith Development." No Charge for this event. Please register by Monday, March 22, by mail to Contemplative Outreach of Fort Collins, PO Box 272311, Fort Collins CO 80527-2311 e-mail: cofortcollins@gmail.com, or phone 689-3101. A Visioning event is a special time set aside by the Contemplative Outreach community to gather, sort, synthesize, and prioritize information for future growth of the community. It is a moment to celebrate and reflect on where we have been and how we have grown as a Chapter. This could help us with our visioning for the congregation and preparation for a congregational blessing.

 

 

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