Reverend Merlene Barner
7405 Lookout Road
Niwot, Colorado 80503
(303) 530-0241 office@niwotumc.org
Events & Happenings
Events and Happenings at Niwot UMC
Boulder Homeless Shelter Tour
Have you ever wondered what the Boulder Homeless Shelter looks like on the inside? What requirements are made of the residents? What does the shelter do to help the residents find jobs? Where does the food come from that NUMC serves two nights a month?
All these questions and more will be answered, if you wish to join a NUMC tour of the Boulder Homeless Shelter on Tuesday, April 13th at 1 P.M. The tour will last about an hour with a chance to ask questions of Gina M. Barajas, Volunteer Manager of the Boulder Homeless Shelter.Please contact Dixie Piland if you have any questionsl
dlpiland@comcast.net 303-652-3839 303-588-2482 Lenten Soup and SpeakerSunday, March 14th we will be at Louisville UMC 741 Jefferson Ave. Speaker will be Dr. Don Messer. His topic will be the Global Aids Crisis. An offering will be taken for this ministry.
Easter Holiday Events
Palm Sunday, March 28th we will commence our celebration with the Procession of the Palms followed by worship.
Thursday, April 1st we will be celebrating Maundy Thursday together with Erie, Lafayette, Louisville UMCs here at NUMC with a dramatic musical service and communion.
Good Friday, April 2nd we will be joining Erie and Lafayette UMCs at the Louisville UMC for a Tenebrae service.
Easter Sunrise Service
will be hosted by Mountain View UMC in the park across from the church, with breakfast following worship. 355 Ponca Place, Boulder. Time: tbaEaster Sunday will be treated to the NUMC Choir's Easter Cantata at 9:30 am.
Celebrating 140 Years
The Niwot United Methodist Church will be celebrating 140 years as a congregation during 2010. Our celebrations will culminate on October 3rd when Bishop Elaine visits and gives the message.
We are planning numerous events throughout 2010. We are inviting past pastors to visit on different Sundays so there will be more time to meet the individual pastor after the service. Former pastor David Jaeger will visit on January 31st. We will invite other former pastors on Sundays when Pastor Merlene is not giving the message. We will feature our 140 year heritage in other events, such as Heritage Sunday, and Feast of Beginnings. More information will follow at a later date.
This year can be a meaningful experience as we review our history. Our congregation began as a United Brethren Church in 1870. Then we became Niwot United Methodist Church when the two denominations merged in 1968.
If people volunteer to chair individual events, no one person will become overwhelmed. Susie Banks compiled the history of Niwot United Methodist Church and organized the information into binders. Each 2010 event could be focused on a particular time period in our history. If you would like to help with planning or events, please contact Dorinda at 303-652-2749 or dfdembroski@aol.com.
Soup,
Soup & More 
Saturday, March 13th 4—7 pm. Come join us for homemade soups, chowders, and chilis with bread, salad, drink, and dessert. Eat-in or Take-out. Tickets are Adult $6 or Child (4-10 yrs.) $3
Magazine Fundraiser
Please
visit http://www.magfundraising.com/NiwotUMC
if you would like to support Niwot UMC with your next magazine
subscription or renewal 40% of the proceeds will benefit the church. You can also purchase some books and music as well as cookie
dough through this site. Questions? Contact Janet
Smith at janetsmith_niwot@yahoo.com.
Small Dinner
Groups
These
groups get together for dinner at each other's home from October until May
of the following year, usually on a month-to-month basis. Please sign-up
for a dinner group and get to know the people with whom you share a
church.
These
groups get together for dinner at each other's home from October until May
of the following year, usually on a month-to-month basis. Please sign-up
for a dinner group and get to know the people with whom you share a
church.
NUMC Book
Club
Monday, March 8th 7 pm We will be discussing Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide by Nicholas D. Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn. The authors make a brilliantly argued case for investing in the health and autonomy of women worldwide.
Choir
Rehearsals
will continue on Wednesdays this year.
Blessing of Pets Pictures
Check out the Photo
Scrapbook for pictures of taken during our Blessing
of Pets ceremony. If you
have other pictures that you would like posted of happenings at Niwot
UMC, just send them to webmaster.
"Open
Mic Night"
Wesley
Chapel every Monday at 7:00 pm. Poets & Songwriters
channeling the Muse!
Boulder County Volunteer Program
Join
a local volunteer program that allows you to become acquainted with an
older adult who may have limited social opportunities, and needs the
safety and reassurance of a weekly visitor.
New training dates
are set for Wednesday, February
24th, 9-12:00 pm in Longmont.
For more information, call Mary Jane Longanecker 303-678-6286.
If you have a relative, friend, or neighbor serving our country anywhere or in any capacity, PLEASE give a short summary and a picture to Mary Byrne or Minetta Knowlden and we will post it on our Outreach Bulletin Board.
Want to Adopt?: Please take a look at the Outreach bulletin board. You can adopt a deployed soldier. You get his/her email address and mailing address. Just send emails, letters, cards or whatever. Some of our soldiers do not get any mail, even from their own family.
Boulder County Shelter Dinners
Our church has been assigned to serve dinner the 4th Wednesday and the 2nd Thursday of each month from OCT through APRIL! This is an amazing and very rewarding opportunity! The dinner shift is from 5:30 -7:30 pm. This includes Christmas Eve, so be thinking of when you might like to volunteer! See Mary Byrne or e-mail her at ptmarybyrne@comcast.net.
For more information go to NUMC & Boulder Homeless Shelter or
visit Boulder Camera's MyTownColorado at http://mytowncolorado.ning.com/forum/topics/niwot-umc-and-the-boulder and the Denver Post's Niwot Hub at http://denver.yourhub.com/Niwot/Stories/News/Nonprofit/Story~678553.aspx to read about the work that Niwot UMC is doing with the Boulder Homeless Shelter. Either or both newspapers might run their stories in their print edition if lots of people read and rank the article!
Hunger Hurts
There
are many volunteer opportunities available to help with this community
food drive. Please see the flyer on the bulletin board or contact
Sue Ericson at Community Food Share 303-652-6336, ext. 202 with any
questions.
United Methodist Phone
Cards Support Troops The people of the United
Methodist Church have donated more than 13 million minutes of
conversations with loved ones to U.S. servicemen and servicewomen
serving overseas. The Phone Card Project,
five years old this November, was started by Chaplain Lt. Col. J. Maddox
Woobery and was initially pushed by the Illinois
Great Rivers Conference of the UMC. “Our process is simple:
We collect the donations, order cards, and send the cards directly to
our United Methodist chaplains serving in areas of conflict. The
chaplains hand the cards out to their service personnel in whatever
fashion they determine is best,” said Judy W. Carter, volunteer
coordinator of the Phone Card Project. The program operates through the General
Board of Higher Education and Ministry’s United Methodist
Endorsing Agency. “We remind them that the cards are intended to
reach those with the most need. We receive stories and pictures of these
cards reaching their intended recipients . . . for which they are so
grateful.” The chaplains who
distribute the cards say many serving in conflict
zones could not afford to call their family. With Thanksgiving
and Christmas holidays coming up, these cards are vital. More: http://rmcumc.org/Community/viewtopic.php?f=13&t=84 To contribute to the
phone card program, send checks payable to:
United Methodist Endorsing Agency (UMEA)
General Board of Higher
Education and Ministry
PO Box 340007
Nashville, TN 37203-0007