Join us in Faith this Sunday! 

Pastor Pat Mecham will be sharing a sermon titled “Growing into the Faith”

Join us in-person or via Zoom at the link below.  Coffee and refreshments are offered following the service in the Fellowship Hall!

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"This week is Father's Day and the spotlight is on MANPOWER.   Celebrate men!   Our own men:  Dan Hopper, Louis Pare and Ken Gruys are coming together as the "Acoustic Dads" to perform songs about fathers and sons - written by fathers and sons - sung by fathers and sons.  And then Pastor Pat is going to lead and sing "I was there to hear your Borning Cry"   My eyes are full of tears as I put the lyrics in the slides.  If you are thinking of missing a service, don't make it this one" Heidi Kuzma, Music Director

Thank you from the bottom of our hearts to all who volunteered to make our 2nd Annual Pride Community Breakfast such a wonderful success! Your generosity of spirit and time helped create a space where every guest felt welcomed, valued, and truly at home at Church of the Mountains. We are so grateful for each of you!

On Sunday, July 6 TLPC and COM will have a combined worship service at 9:00am with both Pastor Pat and Pastor Rebecca presiding.  After the service, please plan to join our 10:00am coffee hour to celebrate Pastor Pat on his final Sunday worship with us.

On Sunday, July 13 we will return to our normal 10:30am worship service schedule.  Please plan to join the 10:00am coffee hour as we host an official Welcome Reception for Pastor Rebecca.

I grew up in Billings, Montana, where I could see four mountain ranges
from the rimrocks behind my house. Ever since, I have looked at life (and
ministry) as a series of mountains to climb. For the past five years, I have been
the pastor of Eureka First United Methodist Church and spent much of that time
climbing up and back down the Covid mountain.

Earlier this spring, I began thinking about new mountains to climb. Then I
got an email about a “unique ministry opportunity” in Truckee from United
Methodist Bishop Sandy Olewine, and my heart jumped. I’ve been living “by the
Bay”—San Francisco, Monterey, and Humboldt—for almost 30 years. And while
the coastal range has its charms (redwood trees being chief among them), they
have never seemed like real mountains to me.

But it wasn’t just the physical geography of Truckee that attracted me. It
was the challenging spiritual geography: three denominations in two
congregations sharing space in one building at a time when the surrounding
landscape is decidedly post-denominational if not post-Christian. Now, that’s a
mountain to climb!

So, today I am packing boxes, checking to make sure I’ve got all my gear.
What is it from my previous climbing experiences that I want to take with me?
And in the interests of lightening the load for a mountain crossing, what do I need
to leave behind?

I will be sure to pack some good stories that I’ve picked up on the trail
over 36 years in ministry. And I will bring a heart that is eager to hear your
stories. I want to know who you were, who you are, and who you are yearning to
be. For, while I love history, I live for the “might be,” in myself and in others.
Beyond that I bring a passion to know Christ and to help others
experience the power of the resurrection in their life [Philippians 3:10], to go
deeper, climb higher, and hunger for more. The glory of God, Irenaeus used to
say, is a human being fully alive, and I live to see others come alive.

By the grace of God, I will leave behind all the things that could impede
my climb: the mustn’ts, the shouldn’ts, the couldn’ts, the won’ts. I will need to
because 1) you are already doing so and 2) there is no mountain that the people
of God—led by the Spirit of God, humbled by the mercy of God, healed by the
suffering of God, and empowered by the love of God—cannot climb. I
wholeheartedly believe that, and very soon, I will be here to climb with you.

Yours in Christ,
Rebecca

The Loomis UMC Youth Group will be on the COM Campus June 19-21 to help with several projects including demolishing the Sipes Parsonage back steps, fixing our fence, and creating a garden in the back of the church.

Please join us on Saturday, June 21 at 3:00pm for a Root Bear Float celebration to thank the kids and their sponsors for all their hard work.  RSVP to Kathleen at kathleen.zemaitis@gmail.com if you plan on attending.

The Danforth Cottage will be painted from June 19 -29.  Please pardon the mess as we continue to beautify our campus, and prepare the Danforth Cottage to serve as workforce housing at the end of this year!

Judy Jensen, the group leader welcomes everyone to participate. 

We read and discuss the books we have chosen in an informal discussion and look forward to spending time and sharing our faith with one another. We pray as an introduction to our study—and we close with prayer.

Our group are also members of the Prayer Net and welcome requests that come to us through the larger church body.

Any questions? Reach out to Judy at 530-448-6474 or church email comumctruckee@gmail.com

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