ANNUAL
ALL-CHURCH RETREAT
Saturday, August 5 – 9:00
a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
This year’s annual All-Church
Retreat will be held from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. at Community United Church of
Christ, 2650 Table Mesa Drive,
Boulder. Rev. Terry Zimmerman will begin teaching the
adult educational series called “Living the Questions.”
A
children’s program, taught by Sarah Johnson, will allow all ages to
participate. The retreat is open to
all. Registration should be in by August
1st to allow church leaders to order enough food for lunch. The price, including lunch, will be $20 for
adults and $10 for children.
To
register, see Erik Mason at church or contact the church office. Please make your check payable to FCC with
the memo indicating “RETREAT.”
“ENDING THE SILENCE—
VOICES FROM THE HOLY LAND”
CONFERENCE
Carol
Poore
OUR BLESSINGS CONTINUE!
At the conclusion of worship on July 23rd, Pam Ware came
forward and officially became a member of our church family by transfer of
membership from Mountain View Community Church
in Aurora. Pam
has been visiting with us for a while and has already made many friends within
the congregation. Please introduce yourself to her sometime soon.
SPECIAL GIFT TO FIRST
CHRISTIAN CHURCH
Our Church has been informed that
it is a devisee in the will and estate of Charlotte Haynes. We offer a special
thanks in memory of Charlotte.
Marcie
Geissinger, Chair, Board of Trustees
THANK 
YOU
Our thanks to Sharon Leahy who was
donated several quilts and numerous handmade tablecloths and doilies, for the
rummage sale. Sharon and her mother were
former members of FCC-Boulder.
ANNUAL REMEMBRANCE OF JOHN
ROBERTSON
A memorial fund with the Christian
Church Foundation was established by Bill and Benny Robertson, parents of John
Robertson who was a member of our church when he died. Our church receives an annual distribution of
the principal (and you see it as an income line item on the budget each
November). The
distribution of $1587.75 for this year was just received. We give thanks for this special remembrance
of John Robertson.
Marcie
Geissinger, Financial Secretary
STORAGE SPACE NEEDED FOR 5
MONTHS
A local
researcher is in dire need of a clean, dry space in Boulder,
such as a garage or room, to safely keep many boxes of books and files until he
leaves Boulder
in mid December. He will need the space
from mid August through mid December of this year. If you can be of assistance, please call Mark
at 303.443.1185 as soon as possible.
Esther Campbell enjoyed a cruise to Alaska with her 2
daughters and granddaughter. Esther’s
father homesteaded in Sitka.
Speaking of
cruises to Alaska, Priscilla Gifford
departed from Seattle
on July 14 with Garrison Keillor’s Prairie Home Companion cruise.
Congratulations! Jan and Bill Einert
are celebrating their 50th wedding anniversary on August 5th!
The Landis-Hausfather household is enjoying a trip to
New York to visit family and then, together as
an extended family, will continue with a cruise to Nova Scotia!
Way to go, Becky! Our
own Becky Campbell-Howe recently directed a highly successful
International Conference on Solar Energy held in Denver.
The event was attended by over
1500 registrants from around the world and was one of the largest such
gatherings of the
group to date!
After helping her daughter with the above named conference, Rosie
Campbell is enjoying a visit with cousins in Seattle, Washington.
Our prayers are with the extended family of Louise Johnson
whose great-grandson, 3 ½ year old Andrew Glenn, was just diagnosed with
leukemia. He is currently being treated
at
Children’s Hospital in Denver.
Claudia Tripp has experienced another fall at Manor
Care.
Dallas? In July? Who would do such a thing?? Cindy and Terry Zimmerman. They are on a quick trip to visit son, Jason
and daughter-in-law, Alyshia.
Bill Real celebrates his 80th birthday this weekend!
Iowa is as good a place as any to mark a 40th anniversary. If you have questions ask Kay and Dave
Norris who just returned from their celebration there.
It was great to see Gregg
and Laura Keefe and sons Ian, Conner, & Garrett,
on Sunday, July 23, former FCC-Boulder members now living in Cheney, Kansas.
AUGUST
BIRTHDAY AND ANNIVERSARY GREETINGS:
01 Charles Kassinger
03 Bill & Jan Einert
Jack & Becky Trejo
04 Bob & Kay Lowe-Wendling
07 Lisa Howard
Margaret Storus
08 Charles & Shirley Kassinger
Erik Mason
12 Steve Kadlec & Heather Avens
14 Marcie Geissinger
Carolynn Greer
16 Roy
& Rachel Shepherd
18 Claudia
Tripp
23 Hugh
Crowder
Gary
& Marilyn Howell
24 Dorothy
Rosenberger
25 Margaret
Ingalls
26 Thomas
Abel
28 Lathan
Eggleston
29 Carrie
Landis-Hausfather
30 Dale
& Melanie Abel
*If your August birthday or anniversary does not appear on
the above list please notify the church office so we can include the
information in our computer database when our computer is repaired.
WE REMEMBER IN
PRAYER
Debbie
Glover (cousin of Linda Abel), Andrew Glenn (great-grandson of Louise Johnson),
Bruce Griffing, Charlene Scoggins (neighbor of Polly Warkentine), Linda
Silverman, Marcus Snyder, Claudia Tripp, Rosetta Zollinger (sister-in-law of
Jane Byers).
JULY=B.C.A.P.
Donations will still be accepted for Boulder County AIDS Project food
cupboard. Each year in July our church
collects monetary donations to help cover costs that supply nutritious foods
for BCAP clients. Your cash donations
may be put in a pew envelope marked “BCAP PANTRY” or your check made out to the
church with the memo indicating “BCAP PANTRY” can be put in the offering tray.
ALL-CHURCH RETREAT
ELDERS
Following the 10:00 a.m. worship service on August 6, the
Elders will meet in the Education
Building, Room #5.
DENVER DISTRICT BBQ
The Denver Metro District picnic will be held on Saturday, August 12 at
the Brighton Rec. Center,
555 N 11th avenue. The pavilion by the
playground has been reserved starting at 9:00
a.m. Bring a dish to share, table
service and lawn chairs. Lunch will be
around noon. Call Ruth Dalrymple at
303.299.6042 to let her know you are coming.
FCC BOARD
MEETING
The next FCC Board meeting is Sunday, August 13 at 11:30
a.m. in the Education
Building, Room #5.
FCC – COMMUNITY TABLE
Thursday, August 17 is FCC’s
night to serve at Community Table.
ANNUAL RUMMAGE SALE
Set up: August 23-24
Sale dates:
August 25-26
Please contact Kay Norris at
303.442.5081 to volunteer.
CRMR – WOMEN’S
RENEWAL CONFERENCE
Save the
date - September 8-10, 2006 at the YMCA in Estes Park. Susan Gonzales Dewey from California will be the main speaker and she
will touch your hearts and minds!
CRMR - MEN’S RENEWAL CONFERENCE
The Rocky Mountain
Men’s Ministries 2006 Men’s Renewal Conference is September 22-24 in Estes Park
at the YMCA of the Rockies.
….. ABOUT "LIVING THE
QUESTIONS"
“This is it! Living the Questions is exactly what the
progressive Christianity network (has) been looking for: an attractive and
thoughtful expression of the progressive approach to Christianity.”
James R.
Adams, President, The Center for Progressive Christianity
NEXT RAM’S HORN DEADLINE: MONDAY, AUGUST 7
Your
Church Staff:
Terry Zimmerman, Pastor
Sherrill Morris, Youth Director
Linda Abel, Administrative
Secretary Jaime
& Leticia Alvarez, Custodians
Rory Cowal, Summer Accompanist
An open
and affirming congregation.
E-mail: fccboulder@fcc-boulder.org
Terry’s E-mail: terryzimmerman@fcc-boulder.org
Linda’s E-mail: lindaabel@fcc-boulder.org
Office Hours: Monday – Friday - 9:00 am – 4:30 pm (303) 442-1861 Fax: (303)
442-6413
Web:
http://www.fcc-boulder.org
