Lecture: Friday 2/13, 7:00 p.m.

Dr. Chenoweth serves as Academic Dean for Faculty Development and Frank Stanton Professor of the First Amendment at Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University and is the author of Civil Resistance: What Everyone Needs to Know. In-person registration is now full. Please join us online to watch the lecture livestreamed.

Coffee & Conversation | Plymouth Hall

Saturday, 2/14, 9:00 a.m. (Doors Open at 8:30 a.m.)

Gather with us in person for conversation and reflection with Dr. Chenoweth. There is still space available. Come and be part of the dialogue. Registration required.

First Congregational UCC Boulder will be joining other faith communities in Minneapolis and around the US by ringing our bell tower for 10 minutes each Saturday through April 4th at 11:00 a.m. MST (Noon CST) to show support for Minneapolis. This mission of solidarity is organized by City of Bells in Minneapolis. If you have a bell at home, step out and ring it on your front porch. Click here to read the whole press release.

How does your family celebrate Lent? This year, we have prepared Lenten kits to help support families as they prepare their hearts for Easter. These kits include devotional materials and activities for all ages. They can be picked up in the Narthex.

Two companions for the season await you in the Narthex and the Link:

a devotional booklet (available in print and online) and a set of daily prayer cards. The booklet offers Scripture, commentary, poetry, visual art, hymns, and reflection prompts to guide you week by week through Lent. The daily cards – one for each day from Ash Wednesday into Eastertide – offer a simple prompt, a good-news mantra, and a prayer to ground your days in grace. The online booklet can be accessed here.

We express our deepest sympathy as we remember Stephanie Corotis, who died on February 6. We hold her husband Ross, children Benjamin and Lindsay, and their families in our prayers. A Service of Thanksgiving for her life will be held in the Sanctuary on March 15 at 1:00 p.m., followed by a reception in Plymouth Hall. All are welcome to join in honoring her love, her life, and the light Stephanie shared with so many.

We need you! If you have pledged, thank you! If you have not, we still need you! Please consider pledging – you can cross it off of your list right here and now! As of Wednesday, we had 83% of the number of pledges we expect and 82% to our budget goal. So, we’re not done yet, but with everyone’s help, we can get there.

Join the University of Colorado and the Museum of Boulder in honoring Dr. Charles Nilon, CU’s first Black professor, and Mrs. Mildred Nilon, CU’s first Black librarian, as part of the Toni Morrison Society’s Bench by the Road initiative. The program begins in our Sanctuary and will be followed by a reception at the Museum, 5:00-6:00 p.m. Registration (required) and more information on the Museum's website. All are welcome to this free powerful evening of music, history, and connection

Ash Wednesday marks the beginning of the season of Lent and our journey with Jesus to the cross. Join us for a simple Supper and Service of Worship which includes the Sacrament of Holy Communion and the ritual of anointing with ashes. All are welcome and no reservations are needed for this intergenerational service. We need 10 crockpots of soup or chili; please sign up now if you can bring one!

Because of the MacKenzie Lecture, we are moving the Movie Group to 

February 20 in the Heritage Room, 7:00-8:30 p.m. Watch the movie Wake Up Dead Man – Knives Out #3 at home prior to our meeting. Bring a movie snack to share and something to drink for yourself. For more information contact Dean Fowler.

Plan to attend the Climate Action Team's presentation on NCAR (National Center for Atmospheric Research). Come learn about NCAR, chat with people who have connections to it, and understand how work done by NCAR scientists affects our daily lives. Most pressing, learn the consequences for NCAR staff, for the Boulder community, and for worldwide research if the federal government carries out proposed defunding or elimination. CAT members will suggest how you can support keeping NCAR intact.

The McMane Arts Ministry presents Michael Charron’s Catacomb Saints, tracing his journey from lapsed Catholic to New Thought idealist, to Mystic, and now to spiritual alchemist – transforming the symbols of his Catholic tradition into artistic gold. Drawing on symbolist and surrealist traditions, Charron excavates his inner shadow, unearthing startling and captivating artifacts that reveal both vulnerability and vision.

Please plan to attend this year's Annual Meeting on Sunday, March 1st. We will meet in Plymouth Hall for lunch, followed by our Annual Meeting which will include congregational votes on our 2026 operating budget, a capital campaign feasibility study, an updated financial policy, and new officers, board members and committee members. For your review, see the updated financial policy here. More information about the meeting will be sent out two weeks before the meeting. Please email Sarah Schulte with any questions.

Thank you to everyone who delivered a Valentine Grace Gift to our church members. Cupcakes were baked and decorated by Wendy Hall, Phil Braudaway-Bauman, Jane Thomas, Amy Voida, and Donna Klopf. Jim Knopf designed the inserts. Donna Klopf led the Grace Gifts assembly team of Phil Braudaway-Bauman, Marj Fowler, Carol Young, Jim Knopf, and Donna’s sister, Barbara Metzger. Thank you to our Board of Community Life and all who delivered the Grace Gifts!

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