Treat your mom this Mother's Day with handmade baked goods from Mindful Works! Please complete this form to reserve your order. Pickups will be available in Plymouth Hall the week of May 5. We accept cash, card, check, or Venmo upon order pick up. Mindful Works is a social enterprise providing empowering work to individuals striving to overcome obstacles due to mental health challenges. For more information go to https://mindful-works.org.

Our second Food Drive of 2025 starts today! Join in our collection of food and household goods to help our neighbors in need through Boulder County AIDS Project (BCAP) and Emergency Family Assistance Association (EFAA). See a list of requested items to guide your shopping. Bring your donations to the little red wagon in church on Sunday or to your local neighborhood leader: Bob Matthias, SE Boulder; Roy McCutchen, North Boulder; Bob Patoff, Lafayette/Louisville; Kristen Aldretti, Gunbarrel/Heatherwood; and Phil Braudaway-Bauman, Longmont/Niwot. Questions? Contact Don Reed, Drive Leader.

This is Part 2 of Remembering the Marshall Fire, the California fires, and all the wildfires across the country. Join the Climate Action Team (CAT) for this forum on Living with Climate Change. The topic will be presented by David Lowrey, City of Boulder Division Chief/Fire Marshal on Homeowner Fire Mitigation. Come and learn how to be safer and maybe even lessen your homeowner’s insurance cost with ways you can harden your home against flying embers.

Learn more about our Missions and Justice in Action Board (MJA) as they present First Cong’s five Social Justice Ministries: Racial Justice, Climate Action, LGBTQ+, Mental Health / A2A and Gun Violence Prevention. Also meet representatives from some of the many Community Partners whose good work our congregation supports through benevolence grants, membership dues, and volunteer energy. And, if you haven’t seen our new Missions Brochure you can read the online version or pick up a print copy at the Fair.

This summer our high school youth are going on a mission trip and could use your financial support! We are hosting a silent auction featuring a variety of handmade crafts, unique services, and much more! For example, you can bid on a hand-knit scarf by Alma Alber, a selection of homemade pies by Phil Braudaway-Bauman, artwork by Kent Fraser and Martie McMane, a 3-day stay at a condo in Frisco, a 7-day getaway at Beaver Creek, and plenty more! Bid IN PERSON on Sunday, 5/4 during coffee hour or online (click here to bid) through May 5th. Thank you!

Let's celebrate Star Wars Day! All middle and high school youth are invited to a movie night in the Grace Gallery. Join us for dinner and cinema with friends and May the 4th be with you!

... in support of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women National Day of Awareness 5/5. The red hand symbolizes the connection between the physical world and the spiritual world. Native Americans believe that the dead can see red, so by wearing red we invoke the help of our ancestors and spiritual guides. Native American women are 10x more likely to be murdered or sexually assaulted. This startling statistic is met with indifference and silence by law enforcement, government agencies, and the media, so the number of missing and murdered Indigenous women grows every year. Initiative of the Racial Justice Ministry.

The FCC Spring Highway Cleanup will be on May 10 from 9:00-11:00 a.m. We will gather on Lefthand Canyon Dr. adjacent to the Greenbriar Inn to conduct this cleanup on Route 36 (FCC Adopt a Highway site). Covered toes and long pants are strongly recommended. Some work gloves provided. Orange vests and bags provided by CDOT. It's a beautiful area of the county and the cleanup is much-appreciated by bike riders passing by. Coffee and donuts will be provided by the CAT Ministry. Contact Allison Hamm with questions.

FCC's Racial Justice Ministry is excited to support the Jerusalem Youth Chorus in two concerts coming to Colorado: Saturday, May 31, at 7:00 p.m. at Mountain View United Methodist Church in Boulder, and another in Denver TBD. JYC is a choral and dialogue program in Arabic, Hebrew, and English for Palestinian and Israeli youth in Jerusalem. Please check out their website: https://jerusalemyouthchorus.org to hear and learn about this inspiring group singing for peace, justice, inclusion, and equality.

Each Sunday after worship we meet in Plymouth Hall (or The Link

on Soup Kitchen Sundays) for a time of fellowship, coffee and treats. Please consider providing 2-3 dozen baked or packaged cookies, or

2 loaves of fruit breads or 20-30 pieces of coffee cake, etc., to be shared at Fellowship Hour. Contact Wendy Hall if you have questions or are unable to sign up using the link. Thanks for sharing your sweet love with one another!

Thanks to donors thus far who've contributed to the new book exchange! Take time to stop by and browse the shelves to see if there is something of interest to you. Two tall shelves create the "Book Nook" in the west stairwell of the FAITH Center and a smaller shelf sits outside Plymouth Hall. Help yourself! Have questions or future donations? Contact Jane Thomas or Patricia Whitaker.

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