boots for columbine

Our mission partner and neighborhood school, Columbine Elementary is busy welcoming back their students!  We look forward to another school year supporting them with our “Boots for Columbine” outreach.  Each year, Columbine staff identify kids who are in need of boots for winter.  Since 2019 (excluding 2020), your generous donations have allowed us to purchase 188 pairs of boots for these wonderful kids.  With your donations, we have also been able to purchase over 77 pairs of tennis shoes in the spring for some of these deserving students since the outreach started.  Thank you! 


If you would like to make a donation to help with the purchase of snow boots for this winter, please click on the button below.  A check may also be written to Central Presbyterian Church noting “Boots for Columbine” on the memo line. 

 

If you have questions or would like more information, please contact Jan Kukic, Yvonne Walton or Linda Parker.  Thank you!

hygiene products drive

This summer, we are collecting small snack and hygiene items for Harold Niedzielski (a Peer Support Specialist at Recovery Cafe and Community Outreach Navigator with Boulder County), so that he can help our homeless brothers and sisters in Longmont.  Harold's duties are to search for the unhoused people of our community, show them compassion, talk with them, letting them know that there are people in this community that care.  He also shares with them non-perishable snacks and small personal hygiene products.  For the next several weeks, we, at CENTRALongmont, will be collecting snacks, small personal hygiene products, and donations to purchase those products for Harold to share with our homeless neighbors.  


Hygiene Items:
Toothbrushes/Toothpaste
Soap
Small Hand Sanitizer
Small Lotion
Chapstick
Small Sunscreen
Socks
Garbage Bags
Travel Size Shampoo, Conditioner
Face Clothes, Face Masks


Food Items (snacks that do not require any kind of preparation):
Protein/Cereal/Snack Bars
Beef Sticks
Pop Top Cans Prepared Food
Snack Crackers
Tuna/Chicken Packets
Bottled Water


Financial donations are also welcome!  We can do the shopping for you!  Please make checks payable to CENTRALongmont with “Hygiene Drive” in the memo line.  You can also click on the button below to be temporarily redirected to the site of our trusted provider, ShelbyGiving.com, for secure processing of your donation.  Thanks for your caring!

Each year, we participate in 4 special offerings with our brothers and sisters in the PC(USA).  The 2nd offering of the year is the Pentecost Offering, which is an investment into our greatest resource, our youth.  A gift to the Pentecost Offering helps the church encourage, develop, and support its young people, and also address the needs of at-risk children. 40% of the Pentecost offering is retained by individual congregations wanting to make an impact in the lives of young people within their own community.  


The mission committee has chosen Casa de la Esperanza to receive the local portion this year. Casa de la Esperanza is a housing community and learning center dedicated to helping agricultural workers and their families in Longmont, Colorado.  


The remaining 60% is used to support children-at-risk, youth, and young adults through ministries of the Presbyterian Mission Agency.  


You can give to this special offering through the donation portal link below.  You may also write a check to CENTRALongmont with Peace Offering in the memo line.  Thank you.

pentecost offering

abiding in jesus workshop

This workshop has been postponed until Spring 2024.  Stay tuned for the new date!



one great hour of sharing

In a world of disaster, hunger, and oppression millions of people lack access to sustainable food sources, clean water, sanitation, education, and opportunity.  


For 75 years, One Great Hour of Sharing has provided us a way to share God’s love with our neighbors in need. In fact, OGHS is the single, largest way Presbyterians come together every year to work toward a better world.  


Received during the season of Lent, each gift to One Great Hour of Sharing supports efforts to relieve hunger through the Presbyterian Hunger Program, promote development through the Presbyterian Committee on the Self-Development of People, and assist in areas of disaster through Presbyterian Disaster Assistance.


Your Impact

$3.1 million granted by PDA in the United States and 35 countries

90 grants impacting 22 countries given by Presbyterian Hunger Program

over 55,000 pounds of seeds and seedlings were distributed for farming

228,318 Gift of the Heart Kits and Blankets distributed

291 certified PC(USA) Earth Care congregations helped care for creation


Please consider donating to One Great Hour of Sharing.

When we all do a little, it adds up to a lot. Thank you.

food and funds drive for the round pantry

Each year we set aside February as the month we dedicate to raising food and funds for The Round Pantry at Westview Presbyterian Church.  Will you join us in supporting this amazing outreach and help end food insecurity for our friends and neighbors in Longmont?


Pantry Wish List Items:
Canned Meals (stew, chili, etc.)
Canned Fruit
Canned Meat (preferably not tuna)
Canned or Dry Milk
Canned Pasta (SpaghettiO’s, ravioli, etc.)
Canned Soup
Canned Vegetables
Cereal (hot or cold)
Flavored Pasta or Rice Meals
Granola Bars
Juice—100% (nonperishable)
Macaroni & Cheese
Mashed Potato Mix
Plain Pasta
 

You will find donation boxes placed in our lobby, Fellowship Hall and entrances to the Sanctuary.  Financial donations are also welcome! Please make checks payable to CENTRALongmont with “Food Drive” in the memo line.  Or click the button below to give online via our trusted provider, ShelbyGiving.com, for secure processing of your donation.
 

Show your community love!  Thanks for your caring!

screening and discussion of The letter: laudato si'

Adult Education with Jennifer Haratsaris & Pastor David

October 8 & 15, 2023, Sanctuary, 10:30 a.m

Screening of The Letter: Laudato Si' (Pt. 1, October 8 & Pt. 2, October 15)


The Letter tells the incredible story of the Laudato Si' encyclical letter by Pope Francis, through the eyes from frontline leaders battling the ecological crisis across continents.  Featured in the film are Arouna Kandé, a climate refugee in Senegal; Cacique Dadá, an environmental defender and leader of the Maró Indigenous territory in the Brazilian Amazon; Ridhima Pandey, a youth climate activist from India; and Greg Asner and Robin Martin, biologists studying coral reefs in Hawaii.  The film features exclusive footage from their encounter with Pope Francis, alongside the personal stories and scientific findings throughout the documentary.  


For those of you unable to join us for the documentary film The Letter, A Message For Our Earth, click the button below to access a free viewing of this beautiful film on YouTube.


The Letter



Interested in reading the Laudato Si'? Please click this link to read Pope Francis' encyclical letter.

CENTRALongmont Giving gardens

Our giving gardens are used to help fight hunger in our community in conjunction with caring for the Earth.  According to the organization Feeding America, fresh fruits and vegetables are one of the most requested food items at food banks that are often in short supply. According to Community Food Share, 1 in 8 of our neighbors in Boulder and Broomfield Counties struggles with hunger — including more than 9,000 children.


We have joined this fight to end hunger in our community by creating both a new congregational giving garden at a member's property, as well as by encouraging a home giving garden army to aid us in this effort.  

We have donated over 1,800 pounds of fresh fruits and vegetables to the OUR Center and The Round Pantry since we started the garden in 2021.  Join us by helping in the congregational garden or by growing an extra row or two at your home garden to share with the food insecure in our community. 

christmas joy offering

By giving to the Christmas Joy Offering, you honor God's gift of Jesus Christ by providing assistance to current and retired church workers in their time of need and developing our future leaders at Presbyterian-related schools and colleges equipping communities of color.


God has blessed the Church with incredible leadership in every time and place, but those leaders often need to be supported by their communities as well. This Offering addresses the support needed by some of our leaders, including supporting leadership development for communities of color, and providing support for Presbyterian church workers in their time of need.


The Christmas Joy Offering has been a cherished Presbyterian tradition since the 1930s. The Offering distributes gifts equally to the Assistance Program of the Board of Pensions and to Presbyterian-related schools and colleges equipping communities of color. The Assistance Program provides critical financial support to church workers and their families. Presbyterian-related schools and colleges provide education and leadership development while nurturing racial and ethnic heritage. This has been a Presbyterian commitment for nearly 140 years.


Christmas Joy Offering

38th annual boulder county crop hunger walk

In 2023, we will continue to fight against disease, disaster, displacement and other challenges that leave people hungry.  Join with us as we raise funds to help neighbors near and far get the meals they need for today and sustainable food security for tomorrow!


Join the CENTRALongmont team!   October 22nd, 2023 we are hosting the 38th Annual Boulder County CROP Hunger Walk to support Community Food Share of Boulder County, Church World Service and Bread for the World.  


We thank all the team members and supporters from last year! This year, we hope to do even better because we have seen how this work helps support families who are struggling with hunger. Many of us volunteer with Community Food Share who helps to provide more meals for the growing number of people in our county who need them using partner organizations like The Round Pantry. Plus, Church World Service also does terrific work in disaster assistance, developmental relief, refugee resettlement and hunger relief around the world!


Please walk, support a walker, or simply sponsor our team! Checks can be made out to CENTRALongmont with CROP Walk in the memo line.  Or donate on our team page by clicking on the button below.


Donate to CROP Walk


Hunger is one of the greatest injustices facing our world, but it doesn’t have to be this way. 

Ending hunger is possible in our lifetime. Help take us one step closer to ending hunger once and for all.
Thank you for your kindness!

book discussion: reconciling all things

Sunday, November 5, 12, 19, 26, 2023

Sanctuary 10:30 a.m.


Adult Education w/Pastor David

Reading and discussion of the book, Reconciling All Things:

A Christian Vision for Justice, Peace, and Healing

peace and global witness offering

The Peace & Global Witness Offering encourages the church to cast off anxiety and fear, discord and division, and embrace our God's mission of reconciliation to those around the corner and around the world.  A gift to the Peace & Global Witness Offering enables the church to promote the Peace of Christ by addressing systems of conflict and injustice across the world. Individual congregations are encouraged to utilize up to 25% of this Offering to connect with the global witness of Christ's peace. Mid councils retain an additional 25% for ministries of peace and reconciliation. The remaining 50% is used by the Presbyterian Mission Agency to advocate for peace and justice in cultures of violence, including our own, through collaborative projects of education and Christian witness.  


The Mission Committee has chosen Right Relationship Boulder to receive the local portion of our donations.  Right Relationship Boulder are Indigenous and non-Native people working with individuals, local organizations and governments to support Indigenous Peoples’ connection to land, raise Indigenous voices and practice right relationships with the Native peoples who lived in the Boulder Valley historically and those who live here today. 


You can give to this special offering through the donation portal link below.  You may also write a check to CENTRALongmont with Peace Offering in the memo line.  Thank you.

cleaning up our community and greenway

We love to join our community in helping keep Longmont beautiful.  We participate in Longmont's annual Green Up Clean up event to clean-up our streets, alleys, parks and our greenways along the St. Vrain.  Each and every one of us deserves to live in a community environment that is healthy, clean and beautiful, and we all have a role in achieving this goal.  Clearing trash and debris from our rivers benefits wildlife, promotes clean water, and beautifies our environment. 

christianity and climate change

Thank you to those who joined us for the film led series called Christianity and Climate Change, featuring Katharine Hayhoe, an internationally renowned Christian climate scientist. If you missed this class but would like to still view the 9 short films that anchored the discussions, please click the button to access the videos.



Discussion Films