Our church staff and worship team value your input. As we are looking back on this past year, we would appreciate hearing from you. We have created an online survey to help us evaluate our worship offerings at St. Paul’s. We encourage you to take a few moments to complete it to help us as we consider what has gone well this year in helping people experience God’s presence and guiding us to be “a generous community following Jesus for the good of the world.”
Mountain Pathways is an original study and small group experience that invites participants to prayerfully evaluate the connection between their beliefs and their behaviors, and then pursue a pathway of growth as a follower of Jesus Christ.
Join with Rev. Ron and others from our congregation and community to read and discuss together the book Life After Loss (by Rev. Bob Deits) which provides wisdom and practical exercises for navigating the uncertain terrain of grief and recovery. We will meet through the season of Lent, for seven Mondays beginning March 3, 2025.
As we grow in grace, we learn to jettison those things that separate us from God and God’s love and pursue those that help that love be made real in our world. In the new year, Rev. Ron Bartlow will lead us through seven key turning points in his faith – sharing stories, experiences, and Biblical lessons that have contributed to his ongoing growth as a disciple of Christ.
Mr. Jerry Giah, principal of the Gretta Moffat School, has shared the school’s annual report with us. St. Paul’s UMC has long supported this mission endeavor, named after a church member. In the report, Jerry shares the number of students (136) and that our congregation generously provides the salaries of the entire staff. The report also shares some ongoing needs for the ministry, including the building of a dormitory and the pursuit of solar power.
World Communion Sunday reminds us that we gather together with Christians around the world, joining together at a common table of grace set by our Lord Jesus Christ. This year, in celebration of this special Sunday, we are inviting all who call St. Paul’s United Methodist Church their home church to come together in a single, celebrative worship service.
We believe being kind matters, and we know it could make a difference. But apparently we can all use a reminder, as the “Ben’s Bells” mosaics around town give proof. In much the same way, we are excited to share that this October we are joining with other churches around the nation in taking part in a campaign for kindness that originated with the United Methodist Church of the Resurrection in Kansas City: “Do Unto Others.”
Based on Daniel Wolpert’s book of the same name, during the month of September our worship series Looking Inward, Living Outward will draw from the wisdom of the sermon on the mount to inspire us to live after Jesus’ example. Each week we will consider practices of faith rooted in Jesus’ teaching, and how those practices lead us to live in such a way that the world around usmight be transformed for the better.
We are encouraging every one who considers St. Paul’s United Methodist Church your church home to join us for a special Sunday celebration of inspiring worship and fellowship over a catered lunch!
The Gretta Moffat School and Mission was established in 2005 when St Paul’s UMC got actively involved. St. Paul’s built the school, maintains the building, provides the salaries for locally hired and well trained teachers, and provides uniforms and school supplies for the children.
