Attend an Event to Honor All Victims of Gun Violence - Listing of CFCU Congregations' Events Below
Resources to Plan your December Vigil Event
Donate to CFCU during Colorado Gives Day
10th Anniversary memory features Father Michael Nicosia
Ordinary People Can Prevent Gun Violence
Guns to Gardens on December 14 at Good Shepherd Presbyterian Church in Northglenn
Repairing the Breach program opportunity
CFCU December Calendar
Attend an Event to
Honor All Victims of Gun Violence
See the CFCU Congregations Events Below
Photos: Tom Mauser, speaking at the Columbine Memorial, Pastor Gordon Kieft at a Sandy Hook Memorial Vigil, Pastor Anne Scalfaro lighting candles for victims of gun violence (with Alana Smart assisting) at CFCU General Meeting November, 2023)
National Vigil for All Victims of Gun Violence
Events sponsored by CFCU Congregations
December 14 marks the 12th anniversary of the heartbreaking Sandy Hook grade school shooting that was a turning point for so many of us. The Newtown Action Alliance will be hosting the National Vigil for All Victims of Gun Violence on December 11 in Washington D.C. Newtown Action Alliance
CFCU congregations have planned events around this date and invite anyone who would like to participate in any of them. All events are listed by date and there is a contact in case you have questions.
Sunday, December 8
Community UCC, Congregation Bonai Shalom, First Congregational UCC, St. John's Episcopal Church Boulder Public Library 1001 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder 11 AM to 1:00 PM
We'll be distributing handouts on safe storage, ERPO, and suicide prevention as well as free gun locks. Please stop by and see us! Contact Stephanie Greenberg advocacy@cfcu-co.org
Central Presbyterian Church 1660 Sherman St, Denver, CO 80203 10:30 AM
Candle Lighting Liturgy to Remember and Honor All Victims of Gun Violence during the Sunday morning service. Contact Cheryl Fleetwood cherylrfleetwood@gmail.com
Tuesday, December 10
Denver Health Belonging Park on the Denver Health Campus 777 Bannock St. We will be outside at Pavs D and E 4:30-5:30 pm
Candlelight Vigil to Remember Victims of Gun Violence Contact Rebecca Scull, MA, BCC Rebecca.Scull@dhha.org
Saturday, December 14
Community UCC, Congregation Bonai Shalom, First Congregational UCC, St. John's Episcopal Church Boulder Public Library 1001 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder 11 AM to 1:00 PM
We'll be distributing handouts on safe storage, ERPO, and suicide prevention as well as free gun locks. Please stop by and see us! Contact Stephanie Greenberg advocacy@cfcu-co.org
B’nai West (Highlands Church) 1700 South Grant St., Denver, CO. 10:00 -11:30 AM followed by lunch
Along with a special prayer and song, Havurah B’kavod Jose Diaz, the gun violence prevention group at B’nai Havurah will host a brief presentation at services about the work of the congregation’s volunteers in Denver's HIP (Handgun Intervention Program). HIP helps youth convicted of non-violent firearm offenses chart a new and safer path. Lunch will be provided after services along with table discussions about ways to help prevent gun violence. For questions or to RSVP, contact alanaks@aol.com
Sunday, December 15
Green Mountain Presbyterian Church 12900 W Alameda Pkwy, Lakewood 10:00 AM Worship
We plan to include a remembrance of victims of gun violence. We will light a candle remembering those who have died as a result of gun violence and share a Litany of Remembrance (from Vigils Against Violence by Pat Long and Vandy Bradow, found in the Presbyterian Peace Fellowship’s Gun Violence Prevention Congregational Toolkit). Possibly sing, Come and Fill Our Hearts with Your Peace. Contact Marcia Charlton mcharlton1952@gmail.com
Capitol Heights Presbyterian 1100 Fillmore St, Denver, CO 80206 9:30 Sunday Morning Service
The service will hold as a focus those who have died from gun violence, as we ponder Advent as a Season to remember and hope. Contact Rev. Mark Meeks mkenosha@aol.com
Monday, December 16
Most Precious Blood Parish 2200 S. Harrison, Denver. December 16 from 6:30 - 8:00 PM
Prayer Vigil for Victims of Gun violence with a program on non-violent conversation techniques. Anyone attending is also able to sign a pledge of non-violence.
Support CFCU through Colorado Gives Day and help us grow our efforts to end gun violence!
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With your help we can
Unite faith communities and amplify our voices in the prophetic work of speaking against the culture of violence proliferated by firearms
Participate in public health efforts that reduce gun-related deaths and injuries
Provide faith-based resources for congregations, for preaching and praying about issues of gun violence.
Advocate for sensible gun laws and inform you about advocacy opportunities, especially during the legislative session.
Examine issues of gun violence and their causes through the lens of faith and provide programs and events to reduce harm
Because CFCU is a project of the Colorado Nonprofit Development Center, you will find us listed under this organization on the Colorado Gives Day website.
Fr. Michael J. Nicosia, St. Paul Catholic ECC Church, prays with music and song at the CFCU 10th Anniversary Celebration. Listen here: https://youtu.be/cHSlbWp76ps
Fort Collins Interfaith Council Invites You to:
Ordinary People Can Prevent Gun Violence
Thursday, December 5, 2024
9-10:15 am
Trinity Lutheran Church
301 E. Stuart St., Fort Collins, CO 80525
The program includes:
A panel of professionals discussing areas of concern for households with guns in the home, focusing on statistics, warning signs, recommended actions
What can we do to protect juveniles from gun violence?
What can we do to protect adults from gun violence?
What is an ERPO, and how does it protect us from gun violence?
An opportunity from one of our CFCU Congregations:
Repairing the Breach
In a Time of Toxic Political Polarization
Tuesday, December 3rd - 4:30 PM at Temple Emanuel
Join Governor Jared Polis as he hosts this important event. Discover how we can forge new understandings across political differences and respect the dignity of others. Learn from leaders who engage their differences productively.
This gathering will elevate examples where leaders are successfully engaging their differences respectfully and productively. Leaders will share how insights from faith can be used to bridge political and cultural divisions and how we can “disagree better”. In this moment, when relationships have frayed, we are all invited to become repairers of the breach, as in Isaiah 58:12, and to find our way back to each other as fellow Americans.
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