Thursday, June 26, 2008
Centerpoint Church to host Missions Fair
By Melanie Cowan
Special to The PREVIEW
The community is invited to participate in a Missions Fair to be held at Centerpoint Church, 2750 Cornerstone Drive, Friday, July 11, through Sunday, July 13.
The theme of the event is “Acts 1:8 Ready,. Set, Go!”
Our intention is to challenge and equip the church to accept Christ’s command recorded in Acts 1:8 “… and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.”
Two representatives of the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) will be present as speakers and workshop instructors.
Terry Sharp, of the SBC International Missions Board (IMB), will discuss “Motivating the Local Church to Reach People around the World.”
John M. Bailey of the SBC North American Missions Board (NAMB) will speak about “The Church Planting Process.”
In addition, two sets of Southern Baptist missionaries who are actively serving on the international field will host tabletop displays explaining their work. Kaye Brooks is an IMB missionary to Chile, and Will and Susan Scott are IMB missionaries to the Pacific Rim.
Other displays will be prepared by additional local, state, national, and international ministries who are supported by Centerpoint Church. A Lifeway Bookstore will be available on site to allow visitors to purchase quality missions related materials.
The weekend event will begin with a Missions Dinner in the Fellowship Hall of the church on Friday Evening at 6 p.m.
Following the dinner, Bruce Stevens, Centerpoint minister of music, will lead praise music, and the Centerpoint drama team, led by Faith Richardson, will present a missions drama.
John M. Bailey of the NAMB will follow as the keynote speaker. His topic will be “Partners in Church Planting.”
The event will continue on Saturday morning with coffee and donuts in the Fellowship Hall at 8:30 a.m., followed by a Praise and Worship Service in the Worship Center at 9 a.m. at which the guest speakers will be introduced and other Missions Fair participants will be presented.
At 10 a.m., Terry Sharp will conduct a workshop on “Mobilizing the Local Church to Reach People around the World.”
At 11:15 a.m., John M. Bailey will lead a workshop on “The Church Planting Process.”
Following the workshops, visitors may visit the tabletop display area to meet ministry representatives and learn more about what they can do to become involved. Lunch will be provided by the Disaster Relief Food Unit of the Colorado Baptist General Convention. This group was at Centerpoint Church in April to conduct a training for persons interested in becoming certified as members of the state Disaster Relief team that is deployed during times of emergencies to help meet victims’ needs. Approximately 40 people from the area’s Mesa Verde Baptist Association completed the training, several of whom will be helping to prepare a Food Unit lunch typical of a meal served during an emergency deployment.
The 2008 Missions Fair will conclude with activities at the church on Sunday, July 13. Coffee and breakfast snacks will be available in the Fellowship Hall at 8:30 a.m., and the tabletop display area will be open for visitors from 9-10 a.m. A worship service in the Worship Center will begin at 10:15 a.m. with praise and worship music, followed by a presentation by the guest speaker, Terry Sharp of the IMB. His topic will be “Mobilizing the Local Church for Missions.”
There will be a brief time to visit the display area after the service. The 2008 Missions Fair will conclude at 1 p.m.
We encourage anyone interested in learning more about mission opportunities to visit the Centerpoint Missions Fair. There is no admission fee. Dinner and Lunch will be served without charge, but reservations are requested.
Call the church office at 731-2205 to reserve a place.
Thursday, June 26, 2008
Living life as a Quaker
“Living Life as a Quaker” will be the service topic for the Pagosah Unitarian Universalist Fellowship on Sunday, June 29.
Rae Moeller, who has been a Quaker for the past 25 years, will explain how being a member of The Religious Society of Friends has influenced her life.
Moeller was drawn to the faith as a young adult by its dedication to peace. She points out that the Quaker testimonies of peace, equality and simplicity have a great deal in common with the Unitarian Universalist Seven Principles.
The children’s program will finish this month with a celebration of what has been learned this year. We’ll share our beliefs with one another in a sacred space we create.
The service begins at 10:30 a.m. in the Pagosah Unitarian Universalist Fellowship Hall, Unit B-15, Greenbriar Plaza. Turn east on Greenbrier Drive off of North Pagosa by the fire station, then left into the back parking lot and look for the big sign. All are welcome.
Thursday, June 26, 2008
CUMC to move offices, service and rehearsal sites
By Ben Bagwell
SUN Columnist
The Community United Methodist Church membership found space in which to operate during the coming year, while the old sanctuary is being torn down and a new sanctuary is being built.
The Rev. Don Ford, pastor, said the new office space and meeting room will be at 527 San Juan St., Suite C. There is 1,600 square feet of office space at the site. “There will be room for our crisis box program,” Ford said.
“Our mission will continue to be the downtown area,” he said. “We will continue to offer food, shelter or clothing aid.”
The current church offices will close July 1. The new offices will open July 7, according to Ford.
Pagosa Outreach Connection, which as been meeting at the Methodist Fellowship Hall, will meet weekly at the Immaculate Heart of Mary Catholic Church office on Lewis Street.
It had been announced earlier that the Methodists will hold two Sunday worship services weekly at the Catholic Parish Hall. These services begin July 13 at 8:30 and 11 a.m. The last Methodist worship services at the old site will be July 6.
Lynn Constan, director of the Methodist handbell choir, announced that the Seventh Day Adventist Church has agreed to allow both the Methodist Church choir and the bell choir to rehearse Wednesday evenings at the church building.
The current Untied Methodist sanctuary is nearly 40 years old. Ernie Karger, chairman of the Methodist building committee, said, “The structural integrity of the old sanctuary is in question. There is a need for increased space, and we needed to meet fire codes, safety codes and we need to improve accessibility for disabled persons.”
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