Voices of EPUMC: Lucy Scott
How would you like to be the only kid in Sunday School? Lucy Scott knows firsthand. She had one-on-one Sunday school lessons from Susan Newendorp for a few years. “She would do lessons, we’d color and do different crafts, and Susan would turn on the ceiling speaker so we could hear the sermon upstairs. It was nice of her to give up her Sunday for me.” Scott moved to Estes Park with her parents Sid and Lois when she was only two years old and EPUMC has been Scott’s “church fam
Voices of EPUMC: Reflections on being a parish pastor
By Sarah Gardner The life of a parish minister is often described as highly demanding and poorly paid. But it can also be immensely satisfying. EPUMC is blessed with four retired United Methodist ministers. Dale Beck, 76, served churches in Illinois, Colorado and Wyoming. Jim Mardock, 80, worked in Kansas, Montana and Colorado. Jay Vetter, 78, pastored in both Missouri and Nebraska, and Don Bailey, 82, was a parish minister in Colorado, Texas, Maryland and Montana. EPUMC mem
Voices of EPUMC: Linda Strandberg
By Sarah Gardner When Linda Strandberg lost her voice in a tracheotomy-gone-wrong in 2020 her doctor told her he could take some of her body fat and use it to rebuild her damaged voice box. Strandberg didn’t lose a beat. “Can you take a whole lot?” she shot back. “I just wanted to live. I wanted to live.”
August 9 2026 Livestream
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