St. Andrew United Methodist Church
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New this Month!
January 17 | 10:30 am
We invite all families with preschoolers to join us for our first virtual story time. Kathleen Riley will be reading a specially chosen story and inviting preschoolers to share their responses of faith and wonder.
This 20-minute online gathering will inspire spiritual curiosity as your preschooler engages with Ms Kathleen and friends to listen, learn and share together.
Zoom link:
RSVP to Kathleen so she knows she will get to see you!
We have opportunities to serve meals at the Denver Rescue Mission on January 16 & 30 and February 6 & 20. Sign up below to join us in providing hot meals for our neighbors experiencing homelessness.
Sign UpMission trips are filling up fast! Get info from Cindy, Heather or Mary in the Youth Zone about spring break trips to La Veta, Colorado, and Rapid City, South Dakota, as well as summer adventures to Ten Sleep, Wyoming; Alamosa, Colorado and one in the Denver metro area.
Join us in between services for an informal conversation with St. Andrew’s clergy hosted on Zoom. Bring your own coffee and donuts and join us for some fellowship!
Who is your champion?
What makes them a champion?
For whom are you a champion?
Meeting ID: 968 0046 1231
Passcode: Coffee
Confirmation 2021 begins in late February for youth in grade 8 and older who haven’t been confirmed. Spring semester classes will be held outdoors at St. Andrew, noon-1:30 pm on most Sundays for those who have registered.
We hope fall classes will return to our usual evening schedule in the building. Sign up to participate, be a high school ex-con or adult leader or prayer partner by contacting Cindy.
Join us, in partnership with Interfaith Alliance, to provide warms meals for the people living in the safe outdoor space in Denver. You can choose your date, make something warm and wonderful, and deliver it directly to the site at 1595 Pearl Street, Denver CO 80204.
There are 40 people currently being sheltered and kept warm thanks to your commitment to our homeless communities.Â
If you have questions please email Jenn Kloeppel
Sign upDear St Andrew Community,
I want to take a moment to express my gratitude to so many of you who attended my Ordination service last Saturday, who came to the drive-thru to extend your congratulations, and for the many ways this community has poured into me as your Pastor of Congregational Care. I am excited to take this next step as an ordained representative of the Gospel in continued service to St Andrew – still as your Pastor of Congregational Care, but now as an ordained clergyperson on St Andrew’s team.
I have been on the path to ordination for half my life after first feeling called to ministry at 15 years old. Many of you have asked about my journey to ordination post-General Conference 2019 when the United Methodist denomination voted in favor of stricter penalties for LGBTQ+ persons serving in ministry (i.e. the Traditional Plan). General Conference 2019 caused a deep wound in my relationship to the denomination that had fostered my faith for fifteen years. While our Mountain Sky Conference ordination committees were supportive of my call, it became clear that I could not choose to covenant with the United Methodist denomination as an ordained representative while the denomination was not yet ready to formally choose me back.
And then, the Word of God cried out through the prophet Isaiah: “I am about to do a new thing; now it springs forth, do you not perceive it? I will make a way in the wilderness and rivers in the desert.” The thing about rivers suddenly appearing in a desert is that the image does not fit into what we expect of our natural world. When I look at my life and call to ordained ministry, I have never fully fit into what people expect of someone who becomes an ordained minister. Where I do fit and believe I am called to be a chosen witness for Christ, is in a story of Jesus the Christ who never really belonged in a world that says things must look a certain way. Being someone who has not fully fit into the Christian world/queer world/binary gender world/denominational world, I’ve learned to be comfortable being the bridge that oscillates between worlds. The bridge is a witness that shows others how connection is possible.
My call to ordination means being part of a new thing God is doing that I call a reconciliation of worlds. This call was chosen for my life. The Disciples of Christ understand ordination to the Church Universal – reinforcing a vision of universality and the witness to Christian unity across our diverse globe. The Disciples gave home for a vision of ordained ministry as a bridge across worlds and towards reconciliation of the kin-dom on Earth.
I am so grateful for the support of Rev. Mark, the Executive Team, and our Staff Parish Relations Committee who have journeyed with me each step of the way and encouraged my journey. And, of course, I offer my sincerest thanks to all of you who have poured into me here at St Andrew.
Blessings,
Rev. Kendall KP
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Wednesdays | January 6 – March 3 | 9:00 – 11:00 am
Sundays | January 10 – March 7 | 12:30 – 2:30 pm
This is a group for women of all ages. We’ll read women theologians and be able to chat about what we’ve read and about our lives.
The first book is called Inspired: Slaying Giants, Walking on Water, and Loving the Bible Again by Rachel Held Evans. You can purchase it many places, but the Amazon link is below.
Let’s do Life Together: support one another, learn about God and grow in our faith!
We’ll grab lunch and pack goodie bags for senior citizens in our community. RSVP to Mary and pick up your own finals care cup!
We still need a host for an outdoor JAMS Christmas party December 20, noon – 1:30 pm.
Email Cindy if you can help.