Join First Congregational Church as we celebrate at Boulder PRIDE from 11:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m. at the Main Parking Lot of the Downtown Boulder Public Library. First Congregational hosts a booth to greet festival goers and provide freezer pops and other giveaways. It is a wonderful opportunity to show our LGBTQ+ siblings that God loves them just as they are, that First Congregational Church is a place of worship where they are welcome, and to invite them to PRIDE Sunday Worship on June 14. Visit our booth at Boulder PRIDE!

This month we are having a special LGBTQIA+ and Allies Ministry Lunch on PRIDE Sunday (6/14) at 11:15 a.m. Lunch will be provided and all visitors are invited to attend. We will have a time of fellowship and celebration of PRIDE Month. If you would like more info, please contact Linda Kowatch.

Youth Summer Class: Sermon Talkbacks! Youth grades 6-12* will start in worship and stay through the sermon. After the sermon message, youth and their adult leaders will go to the Grace Gallery for donuts and conversation.

Children Summer Class: Who is Jesus? Children grades K-5* will start in worship and then be dismissed at the beginning (like we've been doing all year). They will go with Lianna and another adult leader to their classroom for a Sunday School class on the life of Jesus. 


*Rising sixth graders are welcome to join the class that best suits them.

Support Groups for grief and caregivers meet every month. These groups are always open to new participants, including first time visitors and those who haven’t attended in a while. There is a summer time change for the meetings.

Grief in-person meeting: 11:30-1:00 p.m., Room 312. Contact Bill Forbes or Jean Manifesto

Caregivers Zoom meeting: 2:00-4:00 p.m. Contact Bill Forbes.

6/13 10:00-11:30 a.m. Kanemoto Pool Splashpad

1151 S Pratt Pkwy, Longmont

6/20 10:00-11:30 a.m. Wonderland Lake Nature Walk

601 Poplar Ave, Boulder (Nature Walks are open to all).

6/27 10:00-11:30 a.m. Scott Carpenter Park Playdate

1505 30th St, Boulder

Click here for the full schedule. Questions? Contact Lianna.

6/14 5:00-7:00 p.m. Grace Gallery

PJ Party featuring a blanket fort, cereal bar, and games

6/21 3:30-5:30 p.m. Gateway Fun Center

4800 28th St, Boulder

6/28 3:30-5:30 p.m. Great Outdoors Water Park

500 E South Boulder Rd, Lafayette

Click here for the full schedule. Questions? Contact Lianna.

We are eager to hear the results of our feasibility study late next week. If you are the penultimate procrastinator, you do have one more chance to participate. And, we encourage you to do so because the more voices the better! A shortened paper survey will be available both in the pews on Sunday and at the picnic after church this Sunday. Thank you to all who have participated.

Our work with Fellowship Development, the consultants guiding our Capital Campaign Feasibility Study, is nearing completion. In the coming weeks, members of our Planning Team will host several opportunities for the congregation to hear the results of the study, ask questions, and learn more about possible next steps in this season of discernment for our church’s future. Please join us at any of the following gatherings:

Sunday, 6/14: 8:45 a.m. and 11:15 a.m. | Standish Room

Monday, 6/15: 8:30 a.m. Monday Breakfast, Doug’s Diner

7:00 p.m. Board of Management Discussion and Vote

Wednesday, 6/17: Church Council Discussion and Vote

Friday, 6/19: 7:00 a.m. Men's Breakfast | Standish Room

7:30 p.m. Zoom (Meet ID: 834 5532 0822, Pass: 112283)



Sunday, 6/21: 8:45 a.m. | Standish Room

Sunday, 6/21: Congregational Meeting, 11:15 a.m. | Sanctuary & Zoom (Meet ID: 846 6662 2944, Pass: 907860)



Thank you for the thoughtful participation that has shaped this process. We hope you will take part in these important conversations together.

In celebration of Juneteenth, 13 Fires brings to the stage the story of Indiana Avenue in Indianapolis, once a vibrant Black cultural district home to jazz legends, Black-owned businesses, and trailblazing entrepreneur Madam C. J. Walker. Through powerful storytelling, the play explores the human cost of displacement and its relevance to conversations about housing and belonging today.

The congregation will for important Congregational Meeting on Sunday, June 21, immediately following worship. at 11:15 a.m. At this meeting, the congregation will vote on whether to move forward with a Capital Campaign this fall and will also vote to affirm the members of the Selection Committee for Associate Minister. Childcare and activities for children and youth will be provided during the meeting. As we continue discerning our future ministry, your presence and participation are greatly valued.

At the end of April, Rev. Linda Kowatch announced her retirement, effective January 31, 2027. We are grateful for her years of faithful ministry among us and we are now beginning the process of searching for a new Associate Minister. This is a shared undertaking involving our congregation, the Rocky Mountain UCC Conference, and the national setting of the UCC. Our Personnel Committee has met with Linda, reviewed and updated the position description, and discussed the search process with Church Council and Rev. Erin Gilmore, our Transitional Conference Minister. Pastor Chris, the Moderators, and several members of the congregation are drafting the Church Profile – an extensive introductory document required as part of the search process – which will be posted nationally for prospective candidates to review.

Pursuant to our Constitution, the Personnel Committee and Church Council are recruiting members for a Search Committee, with the goal of electing Search Committee members at the Congregational Meeting on June 21. Additional information will be shared at that meeting and at a forum on Sunday, June 28, at 8:45 a.m., before worship.

We enter this season of transition with gratitude for all that Linda has given our congregation, and with trust that God is already at work preparing the way forward. We invite your prayers as we discern together.

You are invited into a papier-mâché workshop where personal symbols take shape – small, tactile stories of identity, memory, and what we hold sacred. Guided by Sue Allman, church member and gifted art teacher, we gather in creative community where paper and paste become possibility. We return midweek to add color and bring them to life! All ages welcome – children, youth, adults, whole families. No experience needed, only curiosity and a sense of playfulness. Lunch and dinner provided. Register here.

A service of gratitude for our country and its professed ideals, tempered by honest reflection and a renewed call to justice, humility, and love. Together, we will consider both the promise and the unfinished, complicated story we inherit, seeking the courage to meet the future with clarity, responsibility, and hope. We are honored to welcome longtime member and former Congressman David Skaggs as preacher, with music offered by our Brass Quintet. Following worship, David will lead a Congregational Conversation. Following the service, activities and lunch will be available for children and youth in Grace Gallery and the Faith Cave on the lower level of the Faith Center. See ushers if you need help finding your way.

Returning this summer is our Family Camping Trip! As the summer closes, folks of all ages bring a tent and meet up at Rocky Mountain National Park for a weekend of restful joy. This year our theme is What Every Living Thing Needs. Through nature, conversation, song, and community, we will explore and experience the interconnectedness of the

whole earth. This trip is open to all ages. Adult: $50, Children and Youth (Ages 5-18): $20. For more information, contact Lianna Campos.

If you are new to the church and want to learn more about its programs and groups or if you’re a long-time member with knowledge to share, the Navigator Program can help! The Membership Committee will link new members with long-time members who will help them learn more about First Cong’s boards, committees, ministries, and small groups. Our goal is to integrate new members into our church community. For more information or to become part of the Navigators, contact Nancy Wade.

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