Help us beautify our church grounds and surrounding area! We'll be spreading mulch, planting along the strip between our parking lot and the City sidewalk, and filling in the old sandbox with fresh pavers. Bring gloves, shovels, and a wheelbarrow if you have them. Free parking is available in the church’s west lot, accessible from the alley.

Need a sign? Stop by the church, if you like, between 10:30 and 10:45 a.m. to pick up a handmade sign on your way over to the Library. Many have now been donated. After the Rally, restrooms at the church will be open from 12:30 to 1:15 p.m.. Enter through the west parking lot door.

Find us at the Boulder PRIDE Festival! Our church booth will be alive with color, connection, and celebration. Stop by for engaging activities, warm conversation, and an invitation to experience the radical welcome of our church community. First Cong’s Booth is the second booth on the West side of 13th Street just two booths south of the Canyon/13th Street intersection. Come help us welcome our neighbors and celebrate PRIDE!

Join us for a vibrant worship service lifting up the voices, gifts, and faithful witness of LGBTQ+ people. Through song, story, and sacred testimony, we’ll affirm the beauty of every beloved child of God. Wear your rainbow colors, bandanas, and tees – come as you are, come in joy, come with pride.

Following the 10:00 a.m. worship service on Sunday, June 22, join First Cong folks at Foothills Community Park. Our Board of Community Life will provide BBQ sandwiches, salads including vegan options, baked beans, dessert and beverages. All are welcome and warmly encouraged to join us for food, fellowship, games, and a playground for the kids. Face painting, balloon animals, great food, and great company! Hope to see you there under the picnic shelters!

Join the Cultural Celebration in Longmont on 6/14

Family Learning Center Boulder Event on 6/15

Festival of Flags on 6/16

Colorado State-Wide Gospel Choir on 6/21

at King Baptist Church, 3370 Ivy St, Denver.

Flatirons Habitat for Humanity has reserved 10 slots on Saturday, June 28 (8 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.) for FCC members to help at their Ponderosa Boulder site (North Boulder). Anyone 16+ can volunteer to help build. If you have questions, contact Tom Woods by email or at 303-931-4600. Please join us for a rewarding and fun day supporting our community. Please sign-up by June 19 at the link above.

The number of homeless people is increasing, and we are serving more meals than in the past. We also offer a place to sit down, be served and welcomed with sustenance for the hearts, bodies and souls of our neighbors. Soup Kitchen is Sunday, June 22, 2025. We need 6 volunteers for each shift. For info or questions contact: Soo Rhee or Linda.

Contemplative Camp, a week-long camp experience held near Colorado Springs, has been an annual event in the Rocky Mountain Conference for more than 40 years. It was started by former First Congregational, Boulder Pastor Bruce MacKenzie. If you are looking for a week of quiet in a beautiful setting, and a chance to deepen your prayer life, this is a great way to do it. Bob von Trebra will be attending this year. If you have any questions about the camp, you can visit the La Foret website or contact Bob von Trebra, or phone 801-641-7019.

On this Sunday before the July 4th holiday, our worship is an extended prayer for our country. We welcome Mark Udall, former U.S. Senator from Colorado (2009-2015) as our preacher. In these days as our democracy is being challenged, this morning serves both as a confession of the ways we have fallen short of living our ideals and as a renewal of our aspirations and hope. Following Worship, former Senator Udall and former Representative David Skaggs will lead us in a Congregational Conversation.

The LGBTQ+ and Allies Ministry invites you to hear Malcolm Himschoot, pastor, poet, educator, and trans activist, share his story and new book, Reading Secrets. Malcolm shares his spiritual journey as the child of a fundamentalist, closeted gay father who used scripture as a weapon against himself and his children. In Reading Secrets, Malcolm invites us to reimagine faith as a space for healing, truth, and liberation. 

Celebrate our nation's Independence at a catered picnic while supporting our Youth Mission Trip. We’ll celebrate with patriotic readings about equality and justice! Bring yourselves, a selected reading to share, and a lawn/camp chair. We provide the picnic, drinks, and a special homemade patriotic dessert! Let’s enjoy a summer afternoon together under the pine trees! Comfort facilities and parking nearby. RSVPs essential to Stewart Hoover by June 25, please. $25 pp., proceeds to support the Youth Mission Trip. Your Hosts: Stewart and Karen Hoover.

This fall, step away from routine and make space to rest, reconnect, and be refreshed. Nestled in the mountains and surrounded by autumn beauty, the Women’s Retreat offers time to slow down and enjoy meaningful moments together. It’s a chance to breathe deeply, linger in conversation, find new friends, or deepen lasting connections – all in the company of women on a shared journey. We’ll begin with dinner Friday and conclude mid-morning Sunday after a closing time of worship. Can’t attend the full weekend? A Saturday-only option is available.

Explore Summer at First Congregational Church: A Season of Story, Spirit, and Shared Life. Inside, you’ll find features on summer Music,

our Safety Team, features of the new website, and a variety of summer activities and worship opportunities.

Don’t miss this vibrant look at what’s ahead this season! Click here!

Now that plants are blooming more profusely, we look forward to those that you will share in our church each week! If you have flowers to share, please go to the church website – Member Dashboard. Scroll down to Volunteer Signup/Sunday Flowers. Fill in your name on the chosen date. Please indicate if you would like for your flowers to be in memory of, or in honor of, someone. However, the flowers can simply be given. We look forward to what you will share from your gardens!

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