CHUM Newsletter
Capitol Hill United Ministries
                                                   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 Clergy/Agency Director’s Monthly Gathering--Wednesday, January
25,  2012,11:00-12:30   Hosted by Rev. Jessie Nelson
St. Paul Church United Methodist & Buddhist Christian InterSpiritual Community  
1615 Ogden Street  Denver, Colorado 80218
www.stpauldenver.com

Please put these dates in your Calendars.  CHUM Clergy and Agency
Directors gather on the 4th Wednesday of the month from 11:00-12:30)
January 25    St. Paul Christian/Buddist Community  1615 Ogden        
February 22     Christ's Body Ministries  850 Lincoln St.
March  28           Trinity UMC  1820 Broadway  
April 25               6th Ave. United Church of Christ 3250 6th Ave.
May 23               1st Baptist Church 1373 Grant St.
June 27               MCC of the Rockies  980 Clarkson
lJuly                        No meeting

The CHUM Leadership Team Meetings are on the 3rd Wednesday of the
month from 3:30 – 5:00 at Capitol Heights Presbyterian Church at 11th and
Fillmore.

CHUM LT members please put these dates in your calendars.  Thank you.

v     January            18
v     February          15
v     March               21
v     April                18
v     May                  16
v     June                 20
Greetings to you this first day of the 2012 Colorado Legislative Session!

As we prepare for the upcoming session, Colorado Interfaith Voices for Justice
wanted to be sure that you knew our annual event, Faith Advocacy Day, is just
around the corner.

Monday, February 20 from 9 am - 2 pm at the History Colorado center in Denver is
the date.  Registration can be found at the website of our partner organization,
Lutheran Advocacy Ministry - CO (www.lam-co.org).

WE NEED YOU NOW!!!

There are more and more women sleeping on our Denver streets, in very
dangerous situations.

We organizing our community to be part of the solution.

Volunteers from our churches, agencies, and wherever else…who are willing to be
trained to volunteer as overnight coordinators, (maybe once a week),providing
emergency assistance and witness to 20 homeless women. (We encourage
women to apply – men are also welcome to be volunteers)  If you are interested,
want to know more PLEASE call Diana Flahive – 303-832-4188 Or email
flahive@flahive.us
We are also looking for:  7 churches or agencies, willing and able to provide a
place, 1 evening a week (7 pm – 7 am), for 20 women to sleep in a safe and warm
environment. If you are interested, want to know more,
Please contact Diana Flahive CHUM Community Minister.
First training will be Wednesday, December 14th 11:30 – 1:00
(with Denver Road Home and the Delores Project)  Our Savior’s Lutheran Church  
915 E. 9th (in the sanctuary – go through red doors).
If you are interested in this training, please call Diana to register.  All are welcome.
Come --- and be part of the solution while having your hearts opened.

Please put these dates in your Calendars.  CHUM Clergy and Agency Directors
gather on the 4th Wednesday of the month from 11:00-12:30  
)
December 28         (most likely will not meet)
January 25            
February 22     
March  28             
April 25                
May 23               
June 27   

The CHUM Leadership Team Meetings are on the 3rd Wednesday of the
month from 3:00-4:30 at Capitol Heights Presbyterian Church at 11th and Fillmore.

CHUM LT members please put these dates in your calendars.  Thank you.

v     January            18
v     February          15
v     March               21
v     April                18
v     May                  16
v     June                 20

Save the Date:  May 10th  7:30 AM @ First Baptist Church  CHUM – Capitol
Hill United Ministries, Leadership B-fast.  This year, we are planning another
CHUM B-fast that will be similar to last year’s.  May 10th @ 7:30 AM.   However,
our focus this year will be on the leaders in our CHUM community, who work in the
various areas that we are passionate about.    The CHUM Leadership Team has
outlined our May CHUM Leadership B-Fast as a time to:
Voice our Common Concerns
Witness to what our CHUM ministries do
Recognize special groups and people in our community
Come together in Prayer, and Celebrate and model our presence in our
community with our CHUM members and our Capitol Hill Business Leaders/City
Leaders/ Community Leaders/ elected officials/ heads of Dept in State and City
that affect our CHUM community.

4th Wednesday of the month @ 7 PM Taize at St. Paul You are invited to join
in a contemplative worship, simple song, and prayer in the spirit of Taize. It will be
held at Saint Paul Lutheran Church (1600 Grant Street) at the edge of downtown.
We invite all faiths to join us! Please note that parking is available and free on the
streets surrounding the church after 6pm. Our services are held by candlelight and
last approximately 1 hour. Also, to stay up-to-date on service times and other
events, please visit wwwstpauldenver.org/get-involved/taize or join our Facebook
page: The Spirit of Taizé!  www.spiritoftaize.org

The Sunday Meal Program at St. Paul really needs donations.  They serve 150-
200 hot meals to hungry people every Sunday at St. Paul and do it on a shoestring
budget.  St. Paul Church United Methodist Church  1615 Ogden St.   www.
stpauldenver.com

DenUM's five most needed items are:  Canned Fruit, Boxed Meals, Peanut
Butter, Spaghetti Sauce  1717 E Colfax Ave, Denver, CO 80218      Ph. 303-350-
5060 -- www.denum.org  

This year marks DenUM's 30th anniversary! For the past three decades, DenUM
has been helping those in our community who often have nowhere to turn for
support. We offer needed support so that everyone can be housed, fed, safe, and
warm.  As part of our commitment to the community, DenUM has made huge
strides toward becoming greener, and the utility savings from this project will
benefit DenUM clients for the next thirty years!

A Special Request for Metro CareRing  Metro CareRing is in need of Rice -
Peanut Butter - Canned Tomatoes - Pasta Sauce - Whole Grain Pasta - Canned
Fruit .  Please drop off those and any other donations to Metro CareRing, 1100 E.
18th Ave.   303-860-7200

EarthLinks
South Platte Bioregion
2828 Larimer Street
Denver, CO 80205-2223
(303)389-0085
Contact Person:  Cass Cronan cass@earthlinks-colorado.org
Hours:  M-F 8:30am  to 5pm
Volunteers needed for these areas: in the Garden, in the Office, In the
GreenFingers Workshop, in Sales.  Please call for needs and volunteer
opportunities.  Please call for needs and volunteer opportunities.

Sacred Heart House of Denver        
Address: 2844 Lawrence St., Denver CO 80205
Contact Name and phone number: Carrie Hansen, 303-296-6686
Agency Website: www.sacredhearthouse.org

A brief description of the purpose of the agency:
Sacred Heart House of Denver offers a continuum of services to homeless
mothers with children and single women, who have the desire and commitment to
become self-sufficient.

Possible Volunteer Opportunities.  
Dinner for Residents: Volunteers cook/purchase dinner for the residents of Sacred
Heart House (usually 20 people), bring the food to SHH to reheat it, and share the
meal with the residents.  Volunteers can sign up for any night of the week.  This
can be a one-time project, or a once a month commitment.  Dinner is served at 6 p.
m.  No training necessary.  

Name of Agency: Metro CareRing
Address: 1100 E. 18th Ave., POB 300459
Contact Name and phone number: Minerva Padron @ 303-350-3652 or
mpadron@metrocarering.org  
Agency Website: www.metrocarering.org

A brief description of the purpose of your agency:  Metro CareRing (MCR) is a
non-profit organization with a thirty-six year history of working with families and
individuals in financial distress, assisting them with their most basic needs.
Operating one of the largest food pantries in metro Denver, MCR also helps with
referral and information sharing, provides work related items, ID documents and
utility assistance. Additionally, we address hunger, poverty and other difficult
issues through advocacy, direct support and meeting emergency needs.  Please
call for needs and volunteer opportunities.

People’s Leadership Council
Address:                2260 California St.
Contact Name and phone number:  Randle Loeb – 720 292 0757
A brief description of the purpose of ther agency:
Advocating for homeless people to become self-sufficient and learn to advocate
for other people who experience poverty.
Possible Volunteer Opportunities.  We need support.  We are asking for a
community advisory board of social service providers and citizens to support
(PLC).  We also need contributions on a consistent basis of religious
organizations and community groups.

Name of Agency:  DAG (Dialogue and Action Group) of CHUM
Address: meets at CHUN offices once a month:
Contact Name/ phone number:  Diana Flahive 303-832-1488
Agency Website: CHUMDenver.com or CHUNDenver.org
A brief description of the purpose of the agency:
In the spirit of the CHUM and CHUN mission statements, the DAG has formed 4
working groups around 1) getting to know your neighbors, 2) supporting local
business, 3) maintaining a diverse housing stock in Cap Hill, 4) engaging in policy
decisions to support our values.
Possible Volunteer Opportunities.  Time and commitment you are looking for.  
Possible training or skills needed.
Join the working committee, or volunteering for various activities as they arise.

Network Coffee House and St. James Urban Parish
Address:  1402 Pearl Street
Contact Name and phone number:  Rev. John Hicks      303-830-1508   
Agency Website: www.networkministries.org
A brief description of the purpose of the agency:
(Hospitable space for people who are homeless to ‘hang out’, play chess, drink
coffee, possibly wash clothes)
Possible Volunteer Opportunities.   An opportunity to share your time and
presence with those who are homeless and down on their luck.  Please call for
needs and volunteer opportunities.

Clothes to Kids of Denver, Inc.
Address:  2890 S. Colorado Blvd.  Denver, CO  80222
Contact Name and phone number: Barb   @ 720.379.4630  
Agency Website:  www.clothestokidsdenver.org
A brief description of the purpose of your agency:
To provide new and quality used clothing to low income school-aged children in
Denver County, free of charge.  Please call for needs and volunteer opportunities.

CHARG Resource Center
Address: 709 E 12th Ave. Denver, CO 80203
Contact Name and phone number: David Burgess 303 830-8805
Agency Website: www.charg.org
A brief description of the purpose of your agency: CHARG is a small mental health
center offering treatment and other services including a drop-in center for adults
with major mental illness in the Metro Denver Area.  Please call for needs and
volunteer opportunities.

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.

Ongoing-Info and Resources to Remember

If you have information to include in the newsletter, please e-mail it to:
frtomb@juno.com or flahive@flahive.us by the 15th of the preceding month. Thanks!

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.

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.

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.