Month: September 2024

Hey Everyone!

Well, there’s no denying it, autumn is here. The aspens are changing right before our eyes. The weather is growing colder and the days shorter. Transition is in the air. At CPC, we too are shifting back into our off-season rhythms as we ease out of the busyness of the summer. As we move in the month of October, please note some of the upcoming changes. 

Serving almost 950 hikers to date, the time has come to close the Trail Hiker Center. Our doors will officially shut at 5:00pm on Monday, September 30th. It’s been an incredible season of ministry for our faith community. Much gratitude for all of you who served in this ministry or any of our ministries this summer. 

This Sunday, September 29th, we’ll gather at 10:00am in the sanctuary for our Lord’s Day worship service. This week, we’ll return to the revised common lectionary to guide our preaching texts. Just a reminder, you can find the lectionary texts for each week of the liturgical year at https://lectionary.library.vanderbilt.edu.

This Monday, September 30th at 7:00pm in the Annex/Trail Hiker Center we will be holding one more incredible night of board gaming. This will be the final Monday night Games Up Here for a few weeks. 

We are taking a little break from our weekly Wednesday night Bible study. If you missed any sessions of the Christian denominations series, you can access all our Christian formation offerings and previous Sunday sermons at: https://www.youtube.com/@communitypresbyterianchurc6145

Finally, I’d like to share a link to a documentary short called “Riding the Shadow.” This 20 minute film was produced by Alex Talley, the new executive director of the Colorado Trail Foundation. Riding the Shadow is follows Tally’s journey of grief, spiritual restoration, and recovery twenty years after his involvement in a school shooting. You can find the documentary here: https://www.wildernesstrek.org/project/riding-the-shadow/

Here’s your links and the order of worship for this week:

Sunday Worship Service:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88489308747?pwd=RHVFY1BybkU0a1RXZE9GRlBZWWpNUT09

Download the Order of Worship for September 29, 2024

Guid efternuin,

If you have no idea what that means, I’m simply saying “good afternoon” in Lowland Scots. That’s my way of reminding you that this Sunday, September 22nd is Scottish Communion Sunday. That’s right, this week we’ll not only end our summer by celebrating the Lord’s Supper together, we’ll also be welcoming back Duncan MacLeod, my piper friend from seminary. So dig out your tartan clothes, kilts, and other Scottish/Irish regalia (and maybe some earplugs) and join us for this special Sunday in the life of our congregation.

Don’t forget, if you’re into making shortbread or just like to bake, I’d invite you to make up a pan and bring them for our after-service fellowship time this special Scottish Communion Sunday. And for the record, we won’t really be having a tasting contest (unless you really want to). 😉

Before I make my weekly ask for folks to cover trail hiker center shifts, I’d just like to say again how grateful I am for this summer’s hiker hosts. You’ve been such a blessing to the hikers and to me, personally in the midst of a very challenging summer. Thank you all. That said… now I need some help. 🙂

The Trail Hiker Center will close its doors on Monday evening at 5pm on September 30th. This means we have one more week of opportunities to show the love of Christ to hikers through the practice of hospitality. The Continental Divide Trail hikers are making their way through Lake City over the next few weeks–and they will be a tired bunch. If you’re looking to serve this community, I’ve got three ways you can help.

First, if you’d like to cook a shareable meal and drop it off at the hiker center, please let me know (so we don’t get 20 casseroles on Monday).

Next, this week, we will also need to fill a number of open hosting shifts. These openings can be viewed on Sunday morning on the cork board in Darley Hall.

Finally, we also need noon shuttle drivers through September the 30th. The sign up sheet for that is also on the cork board in Darley Hall.

Here are your announcements for the week ahead:

Games Up Here
Join us for games this Monday, September 23rd from 7:00pm to 9:00pm in the Presbyterian Annex/Trail Hiker Center.

Wednesday Bible Study 
Join us this Wednesday, September 25th from 5:00pm until 6:30pm in the Presbyterian Annex/Trail Hiker Center for our FINAL session on Christian denominations. This week I’ll be offering a sweeping overview of the last two thousand years of church history, which will take us to the emergence of the non-denominational movement.

Sunday Worship Service:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88489308747?pwd=RHVFY1BybkU0a1RXZE9GRlBZWWpNUT09

Wednesday Bible Study
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83431443393?pwd=NEFpYVlSNVloSkdCNGExU2kxMUNtQT09

Happy Friday Everyone,

I hope your week was blessed and that this post find you well and in good spirits. As we move toward the middle of September, there is no doubt that autumn is in the air. The postage stamp has revealed itself and the weather is turning colder once again. Summer folks are returning home and things are starting to grow quieter.

As summer comes to an end, so does our summer series of looking at hymns (and chants). This Sunday, September 15th, we’ll conclude our Kingdom of God series by considering how we might make a “glad descent” back to our homes and back into the off-season (for those of us who live locally). This week, we’ll use the Taizé chant, Da Pachem Domine to guide us in our worship and prayers. The plan is to be outside this week, but if the weather is looking dodgy, we’ll move inside.

I’ve been told that the CDT hikers are still coming south and are likely to hit Lake City in seven to ten days. That means we’ll need hosts for the trail hiker center until the end of the month. Please consider signing up for a 2-hour shift on the signup sheet on the cork board in Darley. This week’s opening will be posted on Sunday.

Starting this Sunday, CPC will also be taking over the shuttling to and from Spring Creek Pass. You’ll have the opportunity to sign up for the noon shuttle this Sunday. The sign-up sheet will be posted on the corkboard in Darley.

Next Monday, September 16th, we’ll have tabletop games in the Annex/Trail Hiker Center at 7:00pm until 9:00pm. All are welcome to join us for Game Up Here.

Then, Wednesday, September 18th, we’ll gather at 5:00pm in the Annex/Trail Hiker Center for our weekly study of Christian denominations. This week, we’ll be looking at the Pentecostals (Assemblies of God, Four Square, etc.)

That’s what’s happening this coming week. Here are your Zoom links and the order of worship for Sunday’s worship service:

Sunday Worship Service:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88489308747?pwd=RHVFY1BybkU0a1RXZE9GRlBZWWpNUT09

Wednesday Bible Study
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83431443393?pwd=NEFpYVlSNVloSkdCNGExU2kxMUNtQT09

Hey Everyone,

Sorry I’m posting this so late in the week. I’ll keep things short and just give you the most essentials for the week ahead.

Join us tomorrow, Sunday, September 8th for our worship service at 10:00am. With our recent hail storm, we’ll have to wait and see whether we’re in or out tomorrow. If we’re going inside, check back here for the update.

Don’t forget, if you were a Trail Hiker Center Host this summer (or you just want to join us), please join us on Sunday night, September 8th at 5:30pm for our Hiker Host Appreciation and Feedback Dinner. This year, I’ll be cooking up some Filipino fare again for you all. On the menu is Adobo Chicken, served with vegetable pancit (rice noodle dish) and steamed rice, followed by Kalami (as sweetened rice and coconut dessert).

We’ve got game this week on Monday, September 9th at 7:00pm in the Presbyterian Annex/Trail Hiker Center.

Tuesday, September 10th is the Super Souper Supper! This fundraising event will be held at the First Baptist Fellowship Hall. Bring your favorite soup and hear about what God is doing in Managua, Nicaragua at 5:00pm.

The CPC Session is meeting this Wednesday, September 11th, at 10:00pm in Darley Hall.

Join us on Wednesday, September 11th at 5:00pm in the Presbyterian Annex for our next session of the Christian Denominations series. This week we’ll be looking at the birth, development, and currently day expression of Evangelicalism.

Sunday Worship Service:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88489308747?pwd=RHVFY1BybkU0a1RXZE9GRlBZWWpNUT09

Wednesday Bible Study
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83431443393?pwd=NEFpYVlSNVloSkdCNGExU2kxMUNtQT09

Hey Everyone,

Many apologies for this coming so late and with such brevity. Tomorrow morning, September 1st, we’ll gather in the CPC yard for our Sunday worship service at 10:00am. Although the hymn series is over, we’ll be looking at a few Taizé chants over the next three week as we consider what it means to embody the Kingdom of God here in Lake City.

Don’t forget that the hiker center doesn’t close until the end of September. We’ve been told there is a bubble of CDT hikers head our way in the weeks to come. Please consider signing up to host a shift at the trail hiker center this week. The signup sheet is on the cork board in Darley Hall.

There will be no Monday night games this week for Monday, September 2nd.

This Wednesday, September 4th, we’ll continue on with our Christian denomination series by exploring the roots and theology of Methodism. Join us at 5:00pm at the Trail Hiker Center/Presbyterian Annex.

Below you’ll find your links for this week as well as your order of worship for Sunday.

Sunday Worship Service:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88489308747?pwd=RHVFY1BybkU0a1RXZE9GRlBZWWpNUT09

Wednesday Bible Study
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83431443393?pwd=NEFpYVlSNVloSkdCNGExU2kxMUNtQT09