Faith in Action:

For full information on this month's Faith in Action, please visit our Faith in Action pages in this month's Messenger. FIA Chair Carol Jansch may be contacted at cjcj4026@comcast.net or 303-758-0410.

Mission Trips

Our third mission trip to New Orleans took place March 14-22, 2009. The team performed  home repair projects for those in the parish of St. Peter Claver Church. Contact Rev. Debby Lawrence at 303/722-5736 or dlawrence@universityparkumc.org if you would like to participate in future mission trips to New Orleans or elsewhere within the U.S.

In New Orleans, our first Mission Team helped Miss Angela repair water damage to her home. In return, she fed us crawdad étouffée and other New Orleans goodies. [See photo to left, Miss Angela pictured with Jean Kottke and Martha Beavers.]

Our first mission trip to Guatemala was November 28-December 5, 2009. Led by UPark member
George Gramer, a team of 13 delivered medical supplies and OTC medicines to Quetzaltenango.
The team also worked on a dormitory for a school. It was a beautiful country and a rewarding
experience, and the follow-up trip will be November 27-December 5, 2010. Call George Gramer if you have interest or questions: 303/993-8502.

  [Pictured above are nine members of the team, photo by Jaime Nieves.]

Community Organizing

• Metropolitan Organizations for People (MOP). Contact Daniel Klawitter at redflagdan@aol.com.

Local Mission Opportunities

• Metro CareRing

• Denver Urban Ministries (DenUM)
• Warren Village
• Interfaith Hospitality Network
• Denver Inner City Parish
• Urban Peak
• Seeking Common Ground
• CROP Walk
• UPark Homeless Mentoring

International Missions Projects

• United Methodist Committee on Relief (UMCOR)

• Africa University
• Seeking Common Ground

Denver University/University Park Project

• Bridges to the Future
• Lamont School of Music
• The Foundation Campus Ministry (formerly The Wesley Foundation)
  Ryan Canaday is the director of the Foundation Campus Ministry at the University of Denver. For more information, click on the Wesley Foundation link on our home page.)
• International Studies
• International Institute for Environment & Enterprise

Boy Scout Troop 5

Troop 5 meets on Tuesdays from 6:45 to 8:30 p.m. in the West Fellowship Hall (Garden Level). For more information, contact Scott Dory at scott@electricmonkeyfish.com.

Al-Anon/AA

Al-Anon groups meet Monday evenings at 8:00 pm in the Osborne Parlor and Wednesdays at 8:00 p.m. in Room 303. An AA Group meets Monday evenings at 8:00 pm in the East Parlor. For information about the program, visit www.alcholics-anonymous.org. All are welcome to attend these helpful meetings.

Alzheimer's Support Group

This group meets at 10:00 a.m. in Osborne Parlor every fourth Saturday of the month. 

Food Addicts in Recovery

This group meets on Thursday evening at 7:00 pm and on Saturday morning at 9:30 am, both in our East Parlor. It is for both over-eaters and under-eaters and all are welcome.

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