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Lay Speaking Ministries

Greetings Everyone, Cold and snow, sunshine and warmth, so come and go our winter days and nights.  Maybe so it is the same with our lives, days that are ‘up’ and days that are ‘down’.  Need a lift?  Listen to a past sermon, or check out what is happening here at PUMC or within our conference. The websites are PUMC (parkerumc.org) or our Rocky Mountain…

Learning to Be Leaders

Greetings Everyone, Beginning a new year brings new opportunities.  If you have ever wondered about what is involved in church leadership or about the United Methodist connectional system, here are two upcoming leadership learning opportunities that every adult in our church is welcomed to attend.  Each event needs a registration form filled out and sent to that registrar; this can be accomplished by contacting Mel in the…

Is God Calling You to Lead?

Greetings to All of You, I pray your journeys through Advent and Christmas have been enriched by studies, sermons, group activities and individual times of attentiveness to our Lord and Savior, Jesus the Christ. As we approach the new year of 2015, many of us have our calendars already filling up, while many are not sure what January will bring. Whatever the…

Hearing God’s Call: Leadership

Greetings to You All, We recently heard David Jackson speak about the Amazed by God Stewardship campaign that is beginning here at PUMC. He spoke of the changes that may happen to people as they experience the very presence of God in their lives. He spoke of the importance of prayer every day in order to hear how God is calling us…

Finding Your Role at PUMC

Greetings to All of You, Did you know that God has gifted you in a special way for your participation here at PUMC? I want to assure you this month of how important you really are to this community of believers in Christ. Every smile, handshake, word of encouragement you give one another makes a positive impression on the other person. Every…

A Message from Ruth Wills, Lay Leader

Greetings to All of You, As of March of this year, I have been your Lay Leader. What does that mean and what are my responsibilities? Within our United Methodist Church system, each local church is asked to elect a lay leader that represents the laity or lay people of that church. My responsibilities are: to communicate to you the importance of…