

| CHUM Newsletter In addition to the items included in this page, there are many other events that deserve your attention. Please visit the "Events" page located on the left of this page. CHUM Calendar The CHUM Clergy/Board annual potluck supper will be held as planned, Wednesday, August 20, 5:30 p.m. at the home of Nelson & Bonita Bock, 2437 Downing St. Spouses, partners, etc. are welcome. CHUM (Capitol Hill United Ministries) is sponsoring Community Prayer Services for a World at War on a Sunday each month. Please note change of day and time for the summer CHUM interfaith prayer services - -These non- denominational, non-political prayer gatherings will offer an opportunity for us to come together as community and call to mind a world where so many are suffering from the effects of war, hunger, homelessness, disease, and hopelessness. Thursday, August 21st 6 PM CHUM Interfaith Community Prayer Service for Peace – All are Welcome Trinity United Methodist Church 1820 Broadway, Denver, (303) 839-1493 For more information please contact Diana Flahive at chumcm@yahoo.com or John Backe, pastor of Our Savior’s Lutheran Church 303-831-7023. We need your help! Recently, DenUM has seen requests for service grow beyond our ability to respond. We need your help now just to keep up, especially as we head into the winter season. Donations can be brought to DenUM at 1717 East Colfax Ave. between 9:00 a.m. and 3:30 p.m. M/T/Th/F or 9:00 a.m. till noon on Wednesday. For more information, contact Faye Gardner at 303-350-5066 or faye@denum.org. Ongoing-Info and Resources to Remember If you have information to include in the newsletter, please e-mail it to: chumcm@yahoo.com.com by the 15th of the preceding month. Thanks! Dialogues on Homelessness Group continues to focus and energize for more work in the community. Meetings are now the the 4th Monday of each month at the Tears- McFarlane House, 1290 Williams St. The group will focus on two issues – 1) Working with and expanding the Adopt-a-Family program currently promoted by the Mayor among congregations to include neighbors and neighborhood groups; and 2) Working to promote the homelessness dialogues throughout other neighborhoods in the city and metro area. For more info, contact CHUN President Drew O’Connor at 303-830-1651, drewoconnor@chundenver.org. CHUM member, Rev. Rebecca Crummey from St. John’s Cathedral is helping to facilitate these Action Group meetings. Mentors needed for homeless families! Talk to Liesl at Metro CareRing- 303-350-3641 or e-mail lpyle@metrocarering.org Colorado Clergy for Equality in Marriage: If you are interested in attending regular meetings, the CCEM meeting schedule -- unless otherwise notified, is the last Thursday of each month, 10 AM at Washington Park UCC. CCEM now has 122 members! Please continue to invite others to join us. The current membership list and other resources are posted on our web site www.cocem.org. Campaign for Responsible Development begins Union Station development campaign. Denver’s Union Station will soon be redeveloped with hundreds of millions of tax dollars. When taxpayers are asked to help pay for development, all segments of our community should be uplifted. The Campaign for Responsible Development is a broad coalition of groups working to secure community benefits that will make the project environmentally and economically sustainable: green building, good jobs, and affordable housing. For more info, please contact Blake Pendergrass at 303.477.6111 x17 or visit www.fresc.org E-mail chumcm@yahoo.com if you’d like to be added to the CHUM Advocacy Group’s e-mail/action list. We will meet monthly for information and action. Domestic Violence Initiative for Women with Disabilities, a CHUM Coupon Grant recipient, offers speakers. Call 303-839-5510 for more information. CHARG Speakers Bureau. CHARG mental health consumers have put together a speakers' bureau of folks who are available to talk about mental illness in general, the CHARG partnership model, and especially, their own personal stories of their experiences with mental illness. Contact CHARG Director, David Burgess at dburgess@charg.org, for more information and to schedule your speaker soon. Colorado Housing Investment Fund (CHIF) has speakers available and willing to visit churches to talk about the CO Housing Investment Fund. Brad Wood, member of CHUM’s board of representatives and our rep to the CHIF Coalition. His e-mail is bwood@metrocarering.org. Capitol Hill Family Initiative Collaborative is a localized Denver Dept. of Human Services program that is able to assist TANF-eligible families residing in Capitol Hill with basic needs as well as counseling, supervised visitation, truancy issues, mentoring, and other supports. Collaborative members include CHUM, The Gathering Place, Warren Village, The Empowerment Project, FreshStart and others. The group is also recruiting foster and adoptive parents in the neighborhood. Contact Site Coordinator, Angela Beckley, abeck126@aol.com, and Family Advocate, Rosa Vergil-Garcia, rosavergil@yahoo.com for more information at 303-331-9597. Families First hosts support groups for Parents of Pre-Schoolers, Grandparents and Single Dads. To register or for more information call 303.745.0327. Newly re-named “10 year plan to end homelessness” is now called “Denver’s Road Home”. Website: www.denversroadhome.org. Calls concerning homeless individuals in need of assistance can be directed to the following phone number between the hours of 6:00 a.m. and 10:00 p.m. 303.285.5258. Copies of a new brochure entitled, “5 Ways to Help the Homeless in Denver,” and additional info available on the website and by calling 2-1-1. Mondays at 9am-Coupon Clipping at Warren United Methodist Church (at 14th & Gilpin), Volunteers needed for clipping AND to place the coupons on items at King Soopers. Contact Karen Hansen at 303-394-3419 or hanseldog1@yahoo.com. Dialogues on Homelessness Group continues to focus and energize for more work in the community. Meetings are now the the 4th Monday of each month at the Tears-McFarlane House, 1290 Williams St. The group will focus on two issues – 1) Working with and expanding the Adopt-a-Family program currently promoted by the Mayor among congregations to include neighbors and neighborhood groups; and 2) Working to promote the homelessness dialogues throughout other neighborhoods in the city and metro area. For more info, contact CHUN President Drew O’Connor at 303-830-1651, drewoconnor@chundenver.org. CHUM member, Rev. Rebecca Crummey from St. John’s Cathedral is helping to facilitate these Action Group meetings. Denver Urban Ministries (DenUM) Brown Bag Series: This series of informal educational opportunities for service providers is free of charge. Participants are encouraged to bring a lunch and enjoy an hour of conversation and discovery. The series is held the last Wednesday of each month on the third floor of DenUM. Interested persons are encouraged to register, space is limited. Presentations begin promptly at 12: 30 p.m. The agency doors are locked at 12:40 p.m. Free parking is available on the streets south of DenUM. Registration can be made by emailing: William@denum.org. DenUM is located at: 1717 E. Colfax (between Williams and Gilpin) Information: 303.350.5069 Domestic Violence Initiative for Women with Disabilities, a CHUM Coupon Grant recipient, offers speakers. Call 303-839-5510 for more information. Colorado Housing Investment Fund (CHIF) has speakers available and willing to visit churches to talk about the CO Housing Investment Fund. Brad Wood, member of CHUM’s board of representatives and our rep to the CHIF Coalition. His e-mail is bwood@metrocarering.org. Summit 2008 Housing Justice! is sponsoring a one-day statewide Housing Justice! Summit, convening 250 interfaith community leaders from around the State, on June 2, 2008, Noon to 8:00 pm, at Regis University. Workshops are planned to train and motivate people to work together, identifying specific opportunities to build awareness of alternatives to address the needs of those most vulnerable in all our communities, creating healthier, more balanced and inclusive communities. For Conference and Registration information, contact Conference Coordinator Jackie Hahn: ph: 303 404-2285 e-mail: jackiepoorhahn@aol.com To subscribe to the DOSP Newsletter or to post to it, contact: Mike Roque, Directormike. roque@denvergov.org phone: 720.944 2552 |