Niwot UMC Outreach

Reverend Merlene Barner
7405 Lookout Road
Niwot, Colorado 80503
(303) 530-0241 office@niwotumc.org

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Boulder United Methodist Mission Partners, Inc.

BUMMP, Inc.(Boulder United Methodist Mission Partners, Inc., a Colorado Nonprofit Corporation) is a volunteer mission group that represents United Methodist churches in the southern part of the Peaks Sub-District of the Rocky Mountain Conference, including Niwot UMC. Check out their new web site at www.bummp.org.

Kenya Mission Trip

All are invited to join a mission team to Kenya in the summer of 2008! This could be the experience of a lifetime--we will be working at a school in Meru and visiting United Methodist ministries in the area, over the course of a week. There will be 2 groups: July 2-18, including a wildlife Safari after the mission work; July 11 - August 2, including a wildlife Safari before the mission work and a 6-day round trip climb of Mount Kilimanjaro at the end. Cost is $3400 for the first group, and additional for the group hiking Kilimanjaro. For more information, please contact Ann Fort, 303-220-0840, annfort8269@comcast.net.

Heifer Project

The Youth and Children are collecting funds in the glass pig to support the Heifer Project. Heifer's mission is to work with communities to end hunger and poverty and to care for the earth by facilitating the equitable sharing of the planet's resources. Heifer's strategy is to “pass on the gift.” Our contribution will provide an animal for a family and that family will share their animals’ offspring with others – along with their knowledge, resources, and skills – an expanding network of hope, dignity, and self-reliance is created that reaches around the globe.
The Children’s Sunday School class collected enough money in the glass pig this school year to purchase a water buffalo ($250) and a flock of chicks ($20) for the Heifer Project. The small amount of money collected beyond $270 will be used as seed money for next year. The goal will be a heifer ($500). Thanks to all of you who contributed to this important project this year.

Bring your loose change on the second Sunday of each month, Children's Sunday, and help fill the pig.

Mission Trip to UMCOR

Members of Niwot United Methodist Church went on an BUMMP(Boulder United Methodist Mission Projects) mission trip to the Sager-Brown UMCOR (United Methodist Committee on Relief) site in Baldwin, LA where they sorted and organized 6,000 health and school packets to be sent to Azerbaijan and Haiti. Members from our church family that attended are Joe and Dorinda Dembroski, Gary and Charlotte Gates, Liz and Fred Smith, Rev. Merlene Barner, and Jennifer Hayes.

Iraqi Children

The Youth and congregation collected soccer balls, candy, and stuffed animals for Jared Knowlden's unit to share with the Iraqi children. Jared (Dennis and Minetta's son) drops these items from his helicopter. Jared also reports that the soldiers could use snacks such as jerky, crackers, etc. He also said LETTERS are great, and most soldiers don't get many letters. We shipped over 70 pounds of supplies to Iraq.