Arvada United Methodist Church
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Introductory Videos and Sermons
Welcome!
On Your First Visit...
Co-Pastors Rusty and Valerie
What We Strive For...
Video: What We Appreciate About AUMC
Sermon: Heritage Sunday, Rev. Valerie Oden
Sermon: Easter, 2011, Rev. Rusty Butler
Sermon: Mickey Michel with Rev. Valerie Oden
Sermon: Tim Kennedy with Rev. Valerie Oden
Sermon: What Kind of Church is This?, Rev. Rusty Butler
Welcome!
Welcome to the Arvada United Methodist Church. We're glad you found your way here! AUMC is truly a church with Open Minds, Open Hearts, and Open Doors. Our mission is to create and promote an expression of faith that is thoughtful, compassionate, and inclusive. The atmosphere and programming in our church allow for a diverse community to worship, be educated, and grow. You are invited to look around the website to see what we're about. We'd love to see you on a Sunday.
On Your First Visit…
You'll notice the distinctively progressive nature of this congregation. We have a strong commitment to our United Methodist connectional ministries. We are also supportive of Interfaith and Ecumenical coalitions. We do our best to maintain strong ties with our brothers and sisters of all faith traditions.
We hold as our mission to understand, welcome and honor all people regardless of race, ethnic background, gender, sexual orientation, mental and physical ability, creed, age, or economic status. We are a reconciling congregation welcoming people of all orientations. We will continue to issue the invitation for all to attend, and we encourage the acceptance of all people; recognizing it is the role of the church to help us confront and continue to examine our individual intolerances.
The 8:00 worship service is held in the Center, an informal, intimate, gymnasium-like setting. We enjoy coffee and fellowship in the middle of the service. About 80-100 people attend this early service.
The 10:00 service is held in the sanctuary with a blend of more traditional and progressive music and liturgy. Children begin (most Sundays) in worship and come forward for "Children's Time" with our pastors toward the beginning of the service, then go to Sunday School.
Between services we hold an Education Hour with a variety of classes to take part in.
You are most welcome to join us for any event, and child care is always offered.
Newcomer's Tea...
Come and mingle with church leaders, the pastors, staff, and other newcomers over a cup of coffee or tea and refreshments. Find out what this church is about and where we're going.
Rev. Rusty Butler-- rusty@arvadaumc.org -- 303-421-5135
Rev. Valerie Oden-- valerie@arvadaumc.org -- 303-421-5135
What We Strive For...
Richard Louv once wrote, “Visualize the web of your life, intricate and mysterious. The web is there for us all; all of us are weavers. For children, one strand is made of parents, another is the school system, another is the work place and how it treats parents, and another is the neighborhood. But all of us, no matter how young or old, need a web of family, friendship, community, nature, time and spirit. In our culture, this weaving is a kind of lost art, awaiting rediscovery.”
One way of answering Louv’s call is to be a church where weaving the strands of our lives together provides us structure, support, and helps us in the movement toward wholeness. We are intertwined with each other in ways known and unknown and this website only begins to show the ways in which our interconnection is felt and lived.
May our hearts, hands, minds and doors always be open to those who are searching for a new place to be connected. May our spirits continue to weave the web, and may we always be willing to work to add our individual strands to the web of life.
(if you are looking for Labyrinth Walk Information, Click Here)
Introductory Videos and Sermons
Welcome!
On Your First Visit...
Co-Pastors Rusty and Valerie
What We Strive For...
Video: What We Appreciate About AUMC
Sermon: Heritage Sunday, Rev. Valerie Oden
Sermon: Easter, 2011, Rev. Rusty Butler
Sermon: Mickey Michel with Rev. Valerie Oden
Sermon: Tim Kennedy with Rev. Valerie Oden
Sermon: What Kind of Church is This?, Rev. Rusty Butler
Welcome!
Welcome to the Arvada United Methodist Church. We're glad you found your way here! AUMC is truly a church with Open Minds, Open Hearts, and Open Doors. Our mission is to create and promote an expression of faith that is thoughtful, compassionate, and inclusive. The atmosphere and programming in our church allow for a diverse community to worship, be educated, and grow. You are invited to look around the website to see what we're about. We'd love to see you on a Sunday.
On Your First Visit…
You'll notice the distinctively progressive nature of this congregation. We have a strong commitment to our United Methodist connectional ministries. We are also supportive of Interfaith and Ecumenical coalitions. We do our best to maintain strong ties with our brothers and sisters of all faith traditions.
We hold as our mission to understand, welcome and honor all people regardless of race, ethnic background, gender, sexual orientation, mental and physical ability, creed, age, or economic status. We are a reconciling congregation welcoming people of all orientations. We will continue to issue the invitation for all to attend, and we encourage the acceptance of all people; recognizing it is the role of the church to help us confront and continue to examine our individual intolerances.
The 8:00 worship service is held in the Center, an informal, intimate, gymnasium-like setting. We enjoy coffee and fellowship in the middle of the service. About 80-100 people attend this early service.
The 10:00 service is held in the sanctuary with a blend of more traditional and progressive music and liturgy. Children begin (most Sundays) in worship and come forward for "Children's Time" with our pastors toward the beginning of the service, then go to Sunday School.
Between services we hold an Education Hour with a variety of classes to take part in.
You are most welcome to join us for any event, and child care is always offered.
Newcomer's Tea...
Come and mingle with church leaders, the pastors, staff, and other newcomers over a cup of coffee or tea and refreshments. Find out what this church is about and where we're going.
- Jan 22nd, 2012, 11AM in the Chapel
- March 4, 2010, 11AM in the Chapel
- April 15, 2012, 11AM in the Chapel
Rev. Rusty Butler-- rusty@arvadaumc.org -- 303-421-5135 Rev. Valerie Oden-- valerie@arvadaumc.org -- 303-421-5135What We Strive For...
Richard Louv once wrote, “Visualize the web of your life, intricate and mysterious. The web is there for us all; all of us are weavers. For children, one strand is made of parents, another is the school system, another is the work place and how it treats parents, and another is the neighborhood. But all of us, no matter how young or old, need a web of family, friendship, community, nature, time and spirit. In our culture, this weaving is a kind of lost art, awaiting rediscovery.”
One way of answering Louv’s call is to be a church where weaving the strands of our lives together provides us structure, support, and helps us in the movement toward wholeness. We are intertwined with each other in ways known and unknown and this website only begins to show the ways in which our interconnection is felt and lived.
May our hearts, hands, minds and doors always be open to those who are searching for a new place to be connected. May our spirits continue to weave the web, and may we always be willing to work to add our individual strands to the web of life.
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