August 24, 2025
August 24, 2025
August Mission - B-COS We Care - Beyond the Classroom
(Formerly The Assistance League)
B-COS We Care about our students……..
As of May 2025, Beyond the Classroom has provided clothing to over 105,000 students. During the 2024–2025 school year alone, the program assisted students from 70 schools across El Paso County, offering clothing, hygiene items, and $75 Famous Footwear gift cards.
A total of 1,700 students received these items. In addition, 470 students from eastern El Paso County and additional students in our area received $75 Famous Footwear gift cards. Our four major events, held over nine weeks, took place at the Family Success Center, hosted by Pikes Peak United Way. While families selected clothing and hygiene items during the events, many also accessed additional services offered at the Family Success Center.
This program works closely with school counselors and liaisons in high-need schools, identified using federal free and reduced lunch data. Designated schools receive student allotments and are responsible for scheduling families to attend events. Beyond the Classroom is grateful for its partnership with Pikes Peak United Way and the Family Success Center, which provide valuable wraparound services for families in need. For the second consecutive year, Widefield High School also supported the program by holding a coat and blanket drive to help keep students warm.
Recent Program Impact
During the 2024–2025 school year, the program distributed 1,700 Famous Footwear gift cards, over 6,000 pieces of clothing, and 6,800 hygiene items to students in need. Beyond the Classroom also reached an additional 16 schools in the Pikes Peak region, distributing 470 more gift cards—all within an annual budget of $225,000.
(Formerly The Assistance League)
B-COS We Care about our students……..
As of May 2025, Beyond the Classroom has provided clothing to over 105,000 students. During the 2024–2025 school year alone, the program assisted students from 70 schools across El Paso County, offering clothing, hygiene items, and $75 Famous Footwear gift cards.
A total of 1,700 students received these items. In addition, 470 students from eastern El Paso County and additional students in our area received $75 Famous Footwear gift cards. Our four major events, held over nine weeks, took place at the Family Success Center, hosted by Pikes Peak United Way. While families selected clothing and hygiene items during the events, many also accessed additional services offered at the Family Success Center.
This program works closely with school counselors and liaisons in high-need schools, identified using federal free and reduced lunch data. Designated schools receive student allotments and are responsible for scheduling families to attend events. Beyond the Classroom is grateful for its partnership with Pikes Peak United Way and the Family Success Center, which provide valuable wraparound services for families in need. For the second consecutive year, Widefield High School also supported the program by holding a coat and blanket drive to help keep students warm.
Recent Program Impact
During the 2024–2025 school year, the program distributed 1,700 Famous Footwear gift cards, over 6,000 pieces of clothing, and 6,800 hygiene items to students in need. Beyond the Classroom also reached an additional 16 schools in the Pikes Peak region, distributing 470 more gift cards—all within an annual budget of $225,000.
Gathering
August 24, 2025 9:30 am Worship Service
Gathering
Prelude
Cynthia Hibbetts
Welcome
Crossing the Threshold
Call to Worship
Nancy Gehrung
Leader: Today we come with dry places in our lives - places waiting for breath, for life, for hope.
People: We come trusting in a God who brings life to the lifeless.
Leader: The same Spirit that spoke to the dry bones in the valley is breathing even now, awakening what we thought was lost.
People: Come, Holy Spirit. Breathe in us again.
Leader: We gather not because we are full of life, but because we are full of longing.
People: Speak, Lord. We are listening. Raise us, Lord. We are ready.
Leader: This is the day that the Lord has made.
People: We will rejoice and be glad in it!
*Worship Hymn
Breath on Me, Breathe of God
UMH #420
1. Breathe on me,
Breath of God,
fill me with life anew,
that I may love
what Thou dost love, and
do what Thou wouldst do.
2. Breathe on me,
Breath of God,
until my heart is pure,
until with Thee
I will one will,
to do and to endure.
3. Breathe on me,
Breath of God,
till I am wholly Thine,
till all this earthly
part of me
glows with Thy fire divine.
4. Breathe on me,
Breath of God,
so shall I never die,
but live with Thee
the perfect life
of Thine eternity.
*Greet Your Neighbor – Passing the Peace of Christ
Mystery Box
Gathering
Prelude
Cynthia Hibbetts
Welcome
Crossing the Threshold
Call to Worship
Nancy Gehrung
Leader: Today we come with dry places in our lives - places waiting for breath, for life, for hope.
People: We come trusting in a God who brings life to the lifeless.
Leader: The same Spirit that spoke to the dry bones in the valley is breathing even now, awakening what we thought was lost.
People: Come, Holy Spirit. Breathe in us again.
Leader: We gather not because we are full of life, but because we are full of longing.
People: Speak, Lord. We are listening. Raise us, Lord. We are ready.
Leader: This is the day that the Lord has made.
People: We will rejoice and be glad in it!
*Worship Hymn
Breath on Me, Breathe of God
UMH #420
1. Breathe on me,
Breath of God,
fill me with life anew,
that I may love
what Thou dost love, and
do what Thou wouldst do.
2. Breathe on me,
Breath of God,
until my heart is pure,
until with Thee
I will one will,
to do and to endure.
3. Breathe on me,
Breath of God,
till I am wholly Thine,
till all this earthly
part of me
glows with Thy fire divine.
4. Breathe on me,
Breath of God,
so shall I never die,
but live with Thee
the perfect life
of Thine eternity.
*Greet Your Neighbor – Passing the Peace of Christ
Mystery Box
A Word of Inspiration
A Word of Inspiration
Scripture Reading
Ezekiel 37:1-14
Nancy Gehrung
The hand of the Lord came upon me, and he brought me out by the spirit of the Lord and set me down in the middle of a valley; it was full of bones. He led me all around them; there were very many lying in the valley, and they were very dry. He said to me, “Mortal, can these bones live?” I answered, “O Lord God, you know.” Then he said to me, “Prophesy to these bones and say to them: O dry bones, hear the word of the Lord. Thus says the Lord God to these bones: I will cause breath to enter you, and you shall live. I will lay sinews on you and will cause flesh to come upon you and cover you with skin and put breath in you, and you shall live, and you shall know that I am the Lord.”
So I prophesied as I had been commanded, and as I prophesied, suddenly there was a noise, a rattling, and the bones came together, bone to its bone. I looked, and there were sinews on them, and flesh had come upon them, and skin had covered them, but there was no breath in them. Then he said to me, “Prophesy to the breath, prophesy, mortal, and say to the breath: Thus says the Lord God: Come from the four winds, O breath, and breathe upon these slain, that they may live.” I prophesied as he commanded me, and the breath came into them, and they lived and stood on their feet, a vast multitude.
Then he said to me, “Mortal, these bones are the whole house of Israel. They say, ‘Our bones are dried up, and our hope is lost; we are cut off completely.’ Therefore prophesy and say to them: Thus says the Lord God: I am going to open your graves and bring you up from your graves, O my people, and I will bring you back to the land of Israel. And you shall know that I am the Lord when I open your graves and bring you up from your graves, O my people. I will put my spirit within you, and you shall live, and I will place you on your own soil; then you shall know that I, the Lord, have spoken and will act, says the Lord.”
Prayer for Illumination
Leader: May the words of my mouth,
People: and the meditations of all of our hearts
All: be acceptable in your sight, O Lord our rock and our redeemer.
Psalm 19:14
Message
Coming to Life
Shay Batte
Scripture Reading
Ezekiel 37:1-14
Nancy Gehrung
The hand of the Lord came upon me, and he brought me out by the spirit of the Lord and set me down in the middle of a valley; it was full of bones. He led me all around them; there were very many lying in the valley, and they were very dry. He said to me, “Mortal, can these bones live?” I answered, “O Lord God, you know.” Then he said to me, “Prophesy to these bones and say to them: O dry bones, hear the word of the Lord. Thus says the Lord God to these bones: I will cause breath to enter you, and you shall live. I will lay sinews on you and will cause flesh to come upon you and cover you with skin and put breath in you, and you shall live, and you shall know that I am the Lord.”
So I prophesied as I had been commanded, and as I prophesied, suddenly there was a noise, a rattling, and the bones came together, bone to its bone. I looked, and there were sinews on them, and flesh had come upon them, and skin had covered them, but there was no breath in them. Then he said to me, “Prophesy to the breath, prophesy, mortal, and say to the breath: Thus says the Lord God: Come from the four winds, O breath, and breathe upon these slain, that they may live.” I prophesied as he commanded me, and the breath came into them, and they lived and stood on their feet, a vast multitude.
Then he said to me, “Mortal, these bones are the whole house of Israel. They say, ‘Our bones are dried up, and our hope is lost; we are cut off completely.’ Therefore prophesy and say to them: Thus says the Lord God: I am going to open your graves and bring you up from your graves, O my people, and I will bring you back to the land of Israel. And you shall know that I am the Lord when I open your graves and bring you up from your graves, O my people. I will put my spirit within you, and you shall live, and I will place you on your own soil; then you shall know that I, the Lord, have spoken and will act, says the Lord.”
Prayer for Illumination
Leader: May the words of my mouth,
People: and the meditations of all of our hearts
All: be acceptable in your sight, O Lord our rock and our redeemer.
Psalm 19:14
Message
Coming to Life
Shay Batte
Prayer
Prayer
Pastoral Prayer, Silent Prayer, The Lord’s Prayer
Shay Batte
The Lord’s Prayer
Our Father
who art in heaven,
hallowed be Thy Name;
Thy Kingdom come.
Thy will be done
on earth
as it is in heaven.
Give us this day
our daily bread,
and forgive us
our trespasses,
as we forgive those
who trespass against us.
Lead us not
into temptation
but deliver us from evil.
For Thine is the Kingdom,
and the Power
and the Glory forever.
Amen
Pastoral Prayer, Silent Prayer, The Lord’s Prayer
Shay Batte
The Lord’s Prayer
Our Father
who art in heaven,
hallowed be Thy Name;
Thy Kingdom come.
Thy will be done
on earth
as it is in heaven.
Give us this day
our daily bread,
and forgive us
our trespasses,
as we forgive those
who trespass against us.
Lead us not
into temptation
but deliver us from evil.
For Thine is the Kingdom,
and the Power
and the Glory forever.
Amen
Giving Back
Giving Back
Invitation to Offering
Nancy Gehrung
Offertory
Prayer of Thanksgiving
Shay Batte
Doxology
Praise God from Who All Blessings Flow
UMH #94
Praise God, from whom
all blessings flow;
Praise God, all creatures
here below: Alleluia! Alleluia!
Praise God, the source
of all our gifts!
Praise Jesus Christ,
whose power uplifts!
Praise the Spirit,
Holy Spirit!
Alleluia! Alleluia!
Alleluia!
Invitation to Offering
Nancy Gehrung
Offertory
Prayer of Thanksgiving
Shay Batte
Doxology
Praise God from Who All Blessings Flow
UMH #94
Praise God, from whom
all blessings flow;
Praise God, all creatures
here below: Alleluia! Alleluia!
Praise God, the source
of all our gifts!
Praise Jesus Christ,
whose power uplifts!
Praise the Spirit,
Holy Spirit!
Alleluia! Alleluia!
Alleluia!
Sending Forth
*Closing Hymn
My Hope Is Built
UMH #368
1. My hope is built
on nothing less
than Jesus’ blood
and righteousness.
I dare not trust
the sweetest frame,
but wholly lean
on Jesus’ name.
Refrain
On Christ the solid
rock I stand,
all other ground
is sinking sand;
all other ground
is sinking sand.
2. When darkness veils
his lovely face,
I rest on his
unchanging grace.
In every high
and stormy gale,
my anchor holds
within the veil.
Refrain
On Christ the solid
rock I stand,
all other ground
is sinking sand;
all other ground
is sinking sand.
3. His oath, his covenant,
his blood
support me in
the whelming flood.
When all around
my soul gives way,
he then is all
my hope and stay.
Refrain
On Christ the solid
rock I stand,
all other ground
is sinking sand;
all other ground
is sinking sand.
4. When he shall come
with trumpet sound,
O may I then
in him be found!
Dressed in his
righteousness alone,
faultless to stand
before the throne!
Refrain
On Christ the solid
rock I stand,
all other ground
is sinking sand;
all other ground
is sinking sand.
*Benediction
Shay Batte
Postlude
Cynthia Hibbetts
My Hope Is Built
UMH #368
1. My hope is built
on nothing less
than Jesus’ blood
and righteousness.
I dare not trust
the sweetest frame,
but wholly lean
on Jesus’ name.
Refrain
On Christ the solid
rock I stand,
all other ground
is sinking sand;
all other ground
is sinking sand.
2. When darkness veils
his lovely face,
I rest on his
unchanging grace.
In every high
and stormy gale,
my anchor holds
within the veil.
Refrain
On Christ the solid
rock I stand,
all other ground
is sinking sand;
all other ground
is sinking sand.
3. His oath, his covenant,
his blood
support me in
the whelming flood.
When all around
my soul gives way,
he then is all
my hope and stay.
Refrain
On Christ the solid
rock I stand,
all other ground
is sinking sand;
all other ground
is sinking sand.
4. When he shall come
with trumpet sound,
O may I then
in him be found!
Dressed in his
righteousness alone,
faultless to stand
before the throne!
Refrain
On Christ the solid
rock I stand,
all other ground
is sinking sand;
all other ground
is sinking sand.
*Benediction
Shay Batte
Postlude
Cynthia Hibbetts
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