Calendar
St. Paul Church
United Methodist, Reconciling, & Buddhist/Christian
InterSpiritual
SUNDAYS 8:00am –
Sunday Meal Program –provides a meal for the hungry
SUNDAYS 10:30am –
Christian Worship & Children's Church & Childcare
SUNDAYS 5:00pm – Buddhist Christian InterSpiritual
Service with childcare
Kindly Donate
The Sunday Meal Program and
Health Kits for Haiti are in need of donations.
For More information click here.
Stained Glass Window Project
To learn more about the Stained Glass Window Project click
here.
Outreach
Programs
To learn more about the outreach
programs St. Paul is involved in, click
here.
March/April 2010
To see what happened last month, click here.
Tuesday, March 4th |
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| 6:30pm | Gospel of Thomas Study Group Please reflect on Logions 48-60 |
Sunday, March 7th |
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| 10:30am |
Speakers: Toni Cook & Jean Saul You are invited to read Rediscovering Values… A Moral Compass for the New Economy by Jim Wallis. Childcare Provided |
| 5:00pm |
Speaker: Dr. Bob Mischke Bob will present the convergences of spirituality in the teachings of Jesus and Buddha that cultivate freedom. |
Saturday, March 13th |
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| 10am-Noon |
Teacher: Don
Morreale April 17 The classes are good for both beginners and longtime practitioners. Don is a very engaging and interactive teacher. For more information please click here. |
Sunday, March 14th |
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| 10:30am | Christian Worship: One Great Hour of Sharing II “Be There and Be Hope: Faith in Action with UMCOR” Please Bring Health Kits for Haiti! Speakers: Jean Saul and Toni Cook Music: St. Paul Singers As people of faith, we are called
to love one another. But we can’t always physically be
there for people in crisis. However, we can offer hope
through the United Methodist Committee on Relief which
provides safety, refuge, food, and medical support Childcare Provided |
| 11:30am | HEALTH KITS assembly (for those kits needing to be put together) |
| 5:00pm |
Speakers: Imam Ibrahim Kazerooni, Shiite Cleric & Scholar of the Holy Qur’an
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Sunday, March 21st |
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| 10:30am |
Harpist & Soloist: Christine Tulis Speaker: Toni Cook Reflections & Music will be woven into silence Childcare Provided |
| 5:00pm |
Speaker: Father Tom Nelson Last month, Father Tom did an introduction to the ancient meditation practice developed by St. Ignatius. It is a practice that engages the imagination and invites us to enter the sacred stories. This evening, Father Tom will lead us through an Ignation Meditation on a Parable of Jesus. |
Sunday, March 28th |
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| 10:30am | Palm Sunday Worship: “Reflections on the Peace Speech of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr” Speaker: Professor Vincent Harding, Ph.D. Music: St. Paul Singers and Gott Jazz Prof. Harding wrote the original draft of this famous speech delivered at
Riverside Church in NY. It has great meaning for us as a warring world both
today and as a way to move into the future. Dr. Harding will talk with us about
the meaning of peace in our lives. You may read a copy
of King’s speech at: Note: PBS will broadcast a special on The Peace Speech on March 31st Childcare Provided |
| 5:00pm | Speaker: Professor Vincent Harding, Ph.D. Professor Harding wrote the original draft of this famous speech delivered at Riverside Church. It has great meaning for us as a warring world both today and in the future. There will be a PBS Special on this with Dr. Harding and others to be broadcast March 31. Dr. Harding will engage us in sacred conversation and meditation on the meaning of peace in our lives. You may read a copy of the M.L.
King speech at: |
Friday, April 2nd |
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| 7:00pm |
Speaker: Rev. Dr. Toni Cook After we listen to the story
of Jesus’ death, |
Sunday, April 4th |
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| 10:30am |
Speaker: Rev. Dr. Toni Cook
Easter Egg Hunt for the kids |
| 5:00pm | Buddhist Christian Interspiritual Service BCIC will not meet on Easter |
Sunday, April 11th |
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| 10:30am | Christian Worship Childcare Provided |
| 5:00pm |
Speaker: Dr. Bob Mischke Bob will present the convergences of spirituality in the teachings of Jesus and Buddha that cultivate freedom. |
Saturday, April 17th |
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| 10am-Noon |
Teacher: Don
Morreale April 17 The classes are good for both beginners and longtime practitioners. Don is a very engaging and interactive teacher. For more information please click here. |
Sunday, April 18th |
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| 10:30am | Christian Worship Childcare Provided |
| 5:00pm |
Speaker: Leonard E. Barrett, Jr. |
Sunday, April 25th |
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| 10:30am | Christian Worship Childcare Provided |
| 5:00pm |
Speaker: Dr. Andrew Holecek |
Christian
Worship: One Great Hour of Sharing I -“Be There and Be Hope: Cultivating a Moral Compass for Ourselves and Our World”
Buddhist
Christian Interspiritual Service: “Becoming More Free:
Meditation
Class
Buddhist
Christian Interspiritual Service: “Muslim/Christian Dialogue:
Christian
Worship: Mysticism of Anam Cara” 
Buddhist
Christian Interspiritual Service: “Ignation Meditation
Practice”
Buddhist
Christian Interspiritual Service: “Reflections on the
Peace Speech of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.”
Music: St. Paul Singers, Allan Marter
(soloist)
Buddhist Christian Interspiritual Service: “Listening to Your Spiritual Guide”
Buddhist Christian Interspiritual Service: “The Power and The Pain: Transforming
Spiritual Hardship Into Joy”Kindly Donate
THE SUNDAY MEAL PROGRAM
The Sunday Meal Program at
St. Paul Church is now in its 23rd year of providing a free, hot
meal every Sunday morning to the homeless and others who are
hungry! In the last two years, we have seen a steady increase of meal guests.
In 2009, we served over 8,000 meals. But financial support is decreasing
even as demand is increasing. Your support is needed to continue the program.
Please contribute to the Sunday Meal Program. You can place your donation
in an offering plate or mail it to St. Paul Church, 1615 Ogden, Denver,
CO 80218 (mark in the memo: SMP). We can do this together! Thank-You!
HEALTH KITS FOR HAITI
UMCOR—the United Methodist Committee on Relief – is in Haiti providing
food, comfort, and assessment of long-term recovery needs. Health
Kits are needed. All items must be new. Please bring to St. Paul
by March 14. Each kit includes:
▪ 1 hand towel (15" x 25" up to 17" x 27", No kitchen towels)
▪ 1 washcloth
▪ 1 comb (large and sturdy, not pocket-sized)
▪ 1 nail file or fingernail clippers (no emery boards or toenail
clippers)
▪ 1 bath-size bar of soap (3 oz. and up)
▪ 1 toothbrush (single brushes only in original wrapper, No child-size
brushes)
▪ 6 adhesive plastic strip sterile bandages
▪ $1.00 to purchase toothpaste
▪ place these items inside a sealed one gallon plastic zipper bag
Plan Ahead
Sunday, May 2nd, 1:30pm-4:30pm
“Conference
on Human Trafficking”
with Professor Claude d’Estree
Special Rapporteur, United Nations Global Initiative to Fight Human Trafficking Director, Human Trafficking Clinic, Josef Korbel School of International Studies, University of Denver co-led by Members of the University of Denver Human Trafficking Research Clinic
Human Trafficking Conference will include:
1) An Overview of the forms of Human Trafficking In
Colorado and around the World Including what is happening in Haiti
2) The Religious Response – how faith based communities have
played a role both positive and negative – and possibilities
for the future
Study Groups
* ANCIENT CHRISTIAN TEXTS GROUP *
We are meeting monthly.
* SACRED ACTIVISM STUDY GROUP *
* INTERFAITH EDUCATION & ACTION
FOR YOUTH *
The
1st Sunday of the Month, 2:30pm-4:15pm
Middle & High School Youth are invited to join InterSpiritual leaders to learn about faith traditions and work together on a community project.
Groups
Teacher: Don Morreale
Buddhist Insight Meditation Instructor and
Author Complete Guide to Buddhist America
Don will teach a Meditation Practice, meaningful for both beginners and those who have been meditating for a while. He will provide interactive teachings and practices. This will be a 4 part series on the 3rd Saturdays of the month.
Jan. 16 Introduction & Practice
Feb. 20 Breath Practice
March 20 Insight Practice
April 17 Putting Together Your Own
Practice
For more information please click here.
Meets once a month.
Several individuals from the Sacred Activists group of the Buddhist Christian Interfaith Community at St. Paul Church have started a "prayer shawl" group. The group meets once a month to work on a knitted or crocheted project to give to a person in need (can be someone known or not). Ability to knit or crochet is not a requirement - lessons are provided.
To learn more about the Prayer Shawl Group & how to participate click here.
6:15 (M-F), 8:00 (S-S) Mountain Time.
For those of you looking for a chance to raise the bar on your meditation practice, please join our "virtual sangha" (sangha - community). We "meet" via conference call every morning, participating in a prayerful silence together, each in our own space, some even participating from different parts of the country.
We begin at 6:15 a.m. Denver time Monday through Friday and 8:00 a.m. Saturday and Sunday, beginning with a call for prayers, a short reading, then about a 20-minute silent meditation, ending our call in silence, respecting the peace we have shared.
To learn more about Virtual Sangha & how to participate click here.
Project
Stained Glass Window Project
St. Paul’s 100 year old windows are showing their age. We are
planning a restoration and repair project, and have received
a $5000 grant from the National Trust for Historic Preservation
to begin our fund raising drive. If you are interested in
helping, please call the church office at 303-832-4929.
Outreach Projects
CANA – Caring Association for Native Americans
St. Paul's will be collecting food, money and other supplies (a list and box will be in the Twyman Room) over the next few weeks leading up to Thanksgiving for CANA, Caring Association for Native Americans.CANA is a non-profit organization dedicated to bringing comfort and assistance to Native Americans who travel to Denver for medical treatment from western United States Indian reservations.
CANA volunteers visit patients and work with hospital social workers and chaplains, to provide emergency food, shelter, and transportation for accompanying family members. CANA also provides in-service training for volunteers & hospital staff.
GUARDIAN ANGELS OUTREACH TO THE HOMELESS
The Guardian Angels are conducting a clothing and sleeping gear drive for women and men who are homeless in Denver. They are requesting hats, coats, gloves, warm shirts and pants, and blankets and sleeping bags. These items can placed in the Twyman Room at St. Paul Church. Winter is coming.
SPIRIT
Given many of us have good intentions but hectic schedules
and bad habits, spiritual practices (whatever they might be)
are often a challenge to do. What about doing some of our practices
together? We can look at everything from emailing or calling
to share our practice "virtually," to
meeting for meditation - perhaps in various "sanctuaries" around town - to walks or Tai Chi in the Botanic Gardens. We might even look
at a movement called "non-cloistered monasticism" for those of us ready to take a more committed plunge (traditional religious
beliefs NOT a requirement!). Given our creativity, we'll surely
come up with some wonderful ideas! Please email Lisa at lisanzac7@msn.com if you have any suggestions and/or you're interested in doing
this.
OTHER: Have a specific idea for a future action, study, or spirit
meeting or venture? Contact Al Zook at alzook@qmail.com.