LGBTQ Faith Journey
LGBTQ Faith Journey's purpose is to provide a forum for sharing Jesus' love for all.
11/08/2024
Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding. In the midst of life's uncertainties, let us anchor our hope in God's unchanging promises. He is our strength, our refuge, and our ever-present help. Blessings to you all this day. – Pastor Bob
01/08/2024
01/08/2024
Prayer is a vital practice in the Methodist faith, offering a profound way to connect and communicate with God. It allows us to share our joys, concerns, and deepest thoughts with our Creator, fostering a closer relationship. Through prayer, we seek guidance, express gratitude, and find comfort in God’s presence. Embracing prayer enriches our spiritual lives, grounding us in faith and helping us align our actions with God’s will. By praying regularly, we open our hearts to God’s grace and wisdom, finding strength and peace in every aspect of our lives.
We invite you to share your prayer requests with us through our webpage at Cedaredge Community United Methodist Church. https://www.cedaredgecumc.com/ Whether you seek comfort, guidance, or wish to express gratitude, your requests are important to us. Our community is here to support you in prayer, lifting your concerns and joys to God. Please visit our website and submit your prayer requests today. Together, we can find strength and peace in God’s presence.
Pastor Bob
26/06/2024
Cedaredge Community United Methodist Church Seeks LGBTQ+ Outreach Advocate (Part-Time Paid Position)
"Where is the Love Ministries" at Cedaredge Community United Methodist Church is launching a new initiative to support and empower LGBTQ+ individuals in our community. Led by Pastor Bob and his husband, we're seeking a passionate advocate for a part-time paid position to help develop and implement this important program.
Our Mission:
We strive to answer the question, "Where is the love?" with concrete, action-oriented responses. Our LGBTQ+ Outreach Project aims to create a community where God's love, acceptance, and justice are lived realities for everyone.
Project Goals:
- Create a safe, welcoming space for LGBTQ+ community members within our church
- Offer Christ-centered support, fellowship, and affirming spiritual guidance
- Develop programs that celebrate the God-given worth and dignity of LGBTQ+ individuals
We're looking for a candidate with:
- A heart for LGBTQ+ support and Christian ministry
- Strong interpersonal and communication skills
- Experience in program development and community outreach
- Ability to work collaboratively in a team environment
This is a unique opportunity to put faith into action and make a real difference in people's lives. Pastor Bob and his husband are excited to move this ministry forward and look forward to working with a dedicated advocate to bring this vision to life.
We encourage you to apply if you're committed to fostering a loving, inclusive Christian community for all and are interested in this part-time paid position.
To learn more or express interest, please send your resume and a brief statement of interest to [insert contact information]. All inquiries will be handled with discretion and respect for privacy.
Together, we can build a church and community where ALL of God's children feel loved and accepted.
17/05/2024
Hey everyone! 🙌 Join us this Sunday as we celebrate the birth of the Christian church with a special Pentecost service! 🕊️🔥
Pastor Bob will deliver an inspiring and informative sermon you won't want to miss. We'll dive into Acts 2 and explore how the rush of wind and flames on the disciples' heads marked the beginning of an incredible new chapter in God's story.
To learn more about the significance of Pentecost, check out this awesome video from United Methodist Communications: Why is Pentecost the Christian church's birthday?
There are two ways to join us for this powerful service:
1. In person at Cedaredge Community United Methodist Church (210 NW 3rd) 🙏
2. Via Zoom using this link: Zoom Link
Don't miss this opportunity to gather as a community, celebrate the birth of the church, and be inspired by the transformative power of the Holy Spirit. We can't wait to worship with you! 🎉
25/04/2024
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🌟 Special Memorial Worship Service at Cedaredge Community United Methodist Church 🌟
We warmly invite the community to a special worship service to honor and remember those courageous souls from Delta County who ultimately sacrificed while serving our nation. As a retired LTC, it is my heartfelt mission to ensure that our fallen brothers and sisters are never forgotten and are honored for their courage and dedication.
🗓 Date: May 26, 2024
🕙 Time: 10:00 AM
📍 Location: Cedaredge Community United Methodist Church, 210 NW 3rd Street, Cedaredge, CO
We're seeking information about our fallen heroes to include in our service. If you have names, stories, or photographs of loved ones or know someone from our counties who should be remembered, please message me directly. Let’s unite to keep their memories alive and express our gratitude for their service.
🇺🇸 Let us remember them together. 🇺🇸
Pastor Bob
11/04/2024
🌟 Unraveling the Mystery: "Why Do Bad Things Happen" with Pastor Bob 🌟
Have you ever found yourself asking, "Why do bad things happen?" 🤔 This Sunday, join us on Zoom as Pastor Bob tackles this profound question head-on! 💪
Get ready for an eye-opening and transformative experience as we explore the complexities of life's challenges and discover the hope and wisdom that lie within. 🙏✨
When: This Sunday at 10 am 📅⏰
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Don't miss this opportunity to gain a deeper understanding of faith, resilience, and the power of community in the face of adversity. Together, we will uncover the strength and purpose that can be found even in the darkest of moments. 💪🔥
Please invite your friends and family to join us for this thought-provoking journey! 👨👩👧👦 Let's come together as a community to inspire, encourage, and equip one another to face life's challenges with renewed hope and faith. 🤗💕
See you on Sunday at 10 am! Get ready to be inspired! 🎉🙌
02/04/2024
25/03/2024
🌟 Celebrate Easter Sunday with Us! 🌟
Join us for a special worship service at Cedaredge Community United Methodist Church this Easter Sunday. Together, we'll embark on the "Journey of Resurrection: Meeting Christ Beyond the Shadows." Pastor Bob’s sermon promises to uplift and inspire as we celebrate Jesus Christ's resurrection.
Date: Easter Sunday
Worship Service: 10 AM
Location: Cedaredge Community United Methodist Church
After the service, we invite you to stay and join us for a communal Easter dinner. It's a wonderful opportunity to share in fellowship and celebrate the joy of Easter together.
Easter Dinner: Follows the worship service.
This Easter, let's come together to reflect on the journey of resurrection and the hope it brings to our lives. Bring your family, friends, and heart filled with joy as we celebrate this special day in the Christian calendar.
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09/03/2024
Below is Bishop Karen's weekly message to our conference:
I grew up in a largely Italian-Catholic community on Long Island. I attended public school, and it had the most interesting interpretation of church and state. In elementary school, each week, all my Catholic classmates would get up from their desks, climb onto school buses, and be taken to their church for catechism. The school was unnaturally quiet while they were gone—it was if the rapture had occurred and the ones left behind were we three Protestants and our teachers.
The whole community followed the Roman Catholic calendar. I grew up assuming it was some kind of national law not to eat meat on Friday and that every community shut down for Wednesday night BINGO. But the one thing I didn’t do--and was rather smug about--was giving something up for Lent. My friends would look miserably upon me as I chewed gum, ate chocolate, or kept them up-to-date on a favorite television show, all the things they denied themselves of during the forty days of Lent.
As an adult, however, I have come to see what this Lenten discipline can really offer. Lent is a time of spiritual preparedness. It was a time of getting new converts ready for baptism and membership as well as a time of returning to the fold those members who have wandered. Lent is a time of self-examination, for everyone to look at one’s life and identify those things that get in the way of faithful discipleship. This spiritual discipline is often expressed through prayer and fasting.
This Lent, I am fasting from fear.
e.e, cummings in a preface to a book of his poems wrote: "if most people were to be born twice,
they'd improbably call it dying." Fear causes us to cling to the known, the sure, and the comfortable, no matter how stifling and limiting it might be.
A life ruled by fear doesn't know how to trust--neither God, nor another person nor oneself, To the soul that fears, there is no future promise.
How does fear enter into your decisions, your relationships, your future visions? How does it get in the way of your life of faith?
How do we fast from fear? Samuel Miller writes: "First of all we must stop protecting ourselves. We lock not only the doors of our houses in fear, but we keep our friends at arm's length. We are afraid to let our souls play. We are cautious lest we be taken for fools. We are on guard lest we be surprised. We keep the checkreins taut upon our souls lest they carry us beyond ourselves. We fear too much joy; our laughter is uncertain; our affection hesitates. We open our hand but our heart is covered. Our pride holds us back from life, strange in its newness, lest it be embarrassed. We are anxious about the future and, therefore, we cannot enjoy the present. Our reputation teaches us to see nothing but the outside of people, lest their souls see ours.
“We fear failure more than we love life, so we refuse the great ventures. We are careful to do only what we have always done and know how to do well, so we never break the dull repetition of the old routine for the new creation in God. Crawl out of these tombs and prisons--there is a world of light and freedom waiting! Have faith in God and let life be free. Stop riding the brakes on the heart The soul will never grow, hidden in bed, with the shades drawn. The higher and more secure we build the barricades of care and caution to protect ourselves, the deeper grows the grave we call life."
The Psalms remind us: "To you, O God, I lift up my soul. O my God, in you I trust." The soul that lives in fear cannot trust, cannot reach into the deepest resources God gives us to get through our most difficult times. Fear imprisons us.
But God doesn't leave us in that prison, instead, God seeks to free us from our fear. When we fast from fear, we find that every step we take, every path that awaits our choosing, there is a community that supports us, a God who sustains us, and a Spirit that guides us.
May you, this Lent, cast off fear and be born into the life that God calls forth from you!
With love,
Bishop Karen
09/03/2024
✨ Love Beyond Boundaries ✨
Matthew 12:28-34 whispers to us a truth essential to genuine faith: to love God with all our heart and our neighbors as ourselves. This divine commandment invites us to transcend boundaries, embracing everyone with open hearts. 🌍💖
Let's make a pledge today: to see the worth in every soul, to bridge divides with compassion, and to create a world where everyone feels valued and connected. 🤝
By embodying this pure love, we unlock the path to true fulfillment and unity. Together, let's celebrate and uplift each other, honoring the sacred love that binds us all. ❤️
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01/03/2024
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Join us this Sunday at 10 AM in person or via Zoom.
Pastor Bob has a special message entitled: Faith Amidst Turmoil- Finding Hope In Gaza
Zoom Link: http://us02web.zoom.us/j/2367123166
26/02/2024
"If you lend to those from whom you expect repayment, what credit is that to you? Even sinners lend to sinners, expecting to be repaid in full. But love your enemies, do good to them, and lend to them without expecting to get anything back. Then your reward will be great..." - Luke 6:34-35
Reflection:
Sometimes, the most radical act of hope is to love and give freely, even when it feels difficult. In a world that often focuses on transactions and "what's in it for me," Jesus challenges us to live differently. Where can you extend extraordinary kindness today?
Pastor Bob
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21/02/2024
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Amen
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21/02/2024
Prayer for Today
Today, it is as if a message from above whispers softly to your soul:
"I see your enduring struggle, spanning realms of finance, spirit, and emotion. Your heart, pure and kind, has weathered the storms of abuse and betrayal. The devil's temptations have tested your sanity, yet you remain steadfast in the face of adversity. Know this: I walk beside you, shielding you from harm. No weapon formed against you shall prevail. Take heart, for I shall soon turn the tides, showering blessings upon you even in the sight of those who doubt. Cling tightly to your faith, for therein lies your strength."
Pastor Bob
18/01/2024
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Join us this Sunday, January 21 at 10am, Brother Bob is here with a message titled: "Beyond the Nets: A Journey of Faith" Scripture readings are: Jonah 3:1-5, 10 and Mark 1:14-20.
Zoom link
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28/12/2023
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Christmas Eve: Finding Holiness in the Humble Manager
Friends, countrymen, lend me your ears! Tonight, on this holiest of eves, I don't want to talk about angels, shepherds, or even that shiny star. Tonight, I want to talk about a stable.
Yes, a stable. Not exactly the Ritz-Carlton. Stinky, dusty, probably full of cobwebs and hay. But you know what, friends? That's exactly where God chose to show up—not in a palace or a temple, but in a place where folks barely scraped by, where the scent of manure mingled with the hope of a newborn.
Why, might you ask? Why pick a stable over a five-star suite? Well, I reckon God had a point. You see, holiness is not about fancy trappings or gilded thrones. It's about humility, about choosing vulnerability over grandeur. It's about seeing the light in the muck, the miracle in the mess.
John Wesley, that Methodist firebrand, used to say, "The kingdom of God is within you." And tonight, my friends, that kingdom isn’t confined to cathedrals or stained-glass windows. It's nestled in the manger of our hearts, waiting to be born anew.
Think about it. We all carry our stables within us—the doubts, the fears, and the hurts that make us want to cower in the shadows. But just like Mary and Joseph, we can choose to let the light in. We can open our hearts to the Christ child, who promises to make all things new and turns dung heaps into dancing stars.
Let's not get caught up in the glitter and the tinsel this Christmas. Let's remember the stability, the humility, and the quiet miracle that changed the world. Let's find the holy in every day, the love in the stranger, and the light in the darkest corners of our hearts.
In the spirit of John Wesley, let's go out and spread the good news, not with pomp and circumstance, but with simple acts of kindness, with whispers of hope, with open arms that welcome all, just like God welcomed us in that humble stable on a starry night.
So, let's sing carols with gusto, share warm meals, and pray for peace with purpose. And remember, the kingdom of God isn’t some faraway land. It's right here, right now, within each of us. Merry Christmas, and may the light of the manger guide us all.
Join us tonight at 6 pm for a special Christmas Eve candlelight service, including communion and a traditional Mexican tamale dinner.
Amen.
Brother Bob
05/12/2023
Listen to Brother share his message about the First Sunday in Advent and God's message of Hope with the coming of the birth of Jesus.
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05/12/2023
This Sunday, we invite you to a special Brother Bob sermon dedicated to understanding the profound message of the 2nd Advent. Let's delve into the themes of peace and spiritual renewal as we reflect on Mark 1:1-8.
Join us in this uplifting journey as we explore the promises of faith, hope, and peace. Whether seeking solace or curious about the Advent message, this sermon is a wonderful opportunity to connect and reflect.
Services at 10:00 AM
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Please take a moment to listen and then pray.
Brother Bob
Dear God, we thank you Find a moment for peace and gratitude. Join this prayer of thanksgiving and praise for the blessings God offers us every day.
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