Is the grocery bag you got at church last Sunday full? Still shopping? Check this list of items requested by the food pantries of Boulder County AIDS Project (BCAP) and Emergency Family Assistance Association (EFAA). These donations are one way we can directly affect the lives of our neighbors in need. To do your part, contact your local coordinator, listed on the shopping list. Or bring donations to church this Sunday to put in the red wagon.

What if the landscape itself could teach us something about God? This fall, explore the ancient spirituality of Celtic Christianity, rooted in land, sea, and sky. Discover a faith shaped by wonder, original blessing, creation care, justice, and God’s living presence in the world. Join Rev. Hal Chorpenning and Rev. Jane Anne Ferguson, retired pastors and congregation members, whose travels and pilgrimages in Ireland and Scotland have deepened their connection to this enduring tradition.

Sue and Scott Allman will provide fresh cut flowers and two vases to create and assemble two Congregational Chancel Flower Bouquets. Anne Byrne will be in the Link with buckets of fresh cut zinnias, tithonia, Black Eyed Susans, cosmos, etc. at 9:00 a.m. and ask you to select flower(s) and place them in the vases. The vases will then be placed in the chancel. You are also invited to take flowers home after the service. Thank you, Sue and Scott!

Official choir rehearsals begin this Sunday, September 20 in the Chapel! We can't wait to sing together:

Joyful Noise (K-5th Grade): 9:30 a.m.

Faithful Singers (6th-12th Grade): 11:45 a.m.



ALL children (even if you haven't registered yet) are welcome!

Come lift your voice with us this season! Contact: Julieta Garcia Reyes.

This fall, join Lianna in Bible study after worship as we sit with and learn about women of the Bible who sought and provided shelter, nourishment, and healing alongside the God who created them. On Sunday, September 20, we will read the stories of Lot's wife (Genesis 19:15-26) and the widow of Zarephath (1 Kings 17:8-16). All are welcome!

Small groups are where the life of faith becomes personal – where we are known, friendships deepen, questions are welcomed, and the journey is shared. In gathering together, we discover God’s presence in the sacred gift of community. Explore our 2026/2027 Small Groups Booklet and find a place to connect, grow, and belong – from Bible studies and book groups to music, social justice, arts, and more. Come to the Small Groups Fair and discover where your journey might lead.

And new: Book Studies this Fall:

Explore the impact of AI through The God Test by Robert Wright; Mondays, 7:00 p.m. on Zoom. Contact Kevin Pettit.

Or discuss Running with Lions, Dr. Pius Kamau’s memoir about life, healthcare, and public health in Africa. Sundays 10/11 and 10/18, 
11:45 a.m. Contact Drew Schwartz.

On the third Sunday of each month the LGBTQ+ and Allies Ministry gather for food, fun, fellowship, and ministry business. Each person is responsible to bring their own lunch and drink. You can also bring a snack to share if you like. If you are a visitor on the third Sunday and want to join us, please see one of the pastors after the service and they will help you find the group. We will have an extra sandwich to share.

For more info contact, Linda.

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.

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

Caregivers Zoom meeting: 2:30-4:30 p.m.. Contact Bill Forbes

The Discernment Team for the Mission & Social Justice Initiatives of the Capital Campaign presented a Forum on August 30 providing the Timeline and Proposal Submission process for initiatives. If you would like to submit an Initiative Proposal, please answer each of the questions from this sheet and submit it electronically to... discernmentteamfcc@gmail.com no later than 10/18. You may also submit your proposal by filling out an online form. If you have questions, please contact the Discernment Team. Click here to see the Timeline.

Brian and Brenda Laartz invite you to consider something new at the September 25 FOG gathering at their home. Please bring a weird/obscure grape or wine you have never tasted. Maybe Xinomavro, Pais, Schiara, or Carignan grapes. Or just a new wine you haven’t tried. Join us on Friday, September 25, from 6:00-8:00 p.m. to gather with old friends and meet new ones! Please bring a hearty appetizer and a bottle of wine (singles bring either appetizer or wine). Non-alcoholic beverages will be provided. All over 21 are welcome.

All youth grades 6-12 are invited to spend some time at the Anderson Farms Pumpkin Patch. We will meet there at noon and enjoy some of their autumn activities. Please complete the waiver and RSVP to Lianna by September 25th.

On Sunday, September 27 we gather for Dinner Church at 5:30 p.m. in Plymouth Hall. Come share a meal, sing, pray, and celebrate community around the table. We need your help to create this special evening! Come a little early to set tables or to help prep the food and service tables. Bake a fruit cobbler or crisp for dessert. Or join the cleanup crew. Sign up now!

The Boulder Marathon comes to downtown Boulder on Sunday, September 27, bringing road closures and significant traffic impacts throughout the morning. We’ll still gather for worship, with a modified schedule:

8:15 a.m. | No Early Service

There will be no 8:15 a.m. Chapel service.

9:00 a.m. | Soup Kitchen

The Soup Kitchen will meet as usual, with a simpler meal in case volunteers are delayed by road closures.

10:30 a.m. | Worship | Sanctuary & Livestream

Join us for Scripture, sermon, hymns, and special music. No choirs, children’s programs, or youth programs this morning.

5:30 p.m. | Dinner Church | Plymouth Hall

Come share a meal, sing, pray, and celebrate community around the table. Road closures should be lifted by evening.

Planning your trip to church? See the Boulderthon street-closure

map for road closures and alternate routes. However you join us, we

look forward to worshiping together.

There are many ways to make music and get involved at FCC this fall! Join Silver Bells, our welcoming daytime handbell ensemble, or enjoy Tuesday Lunch Concerts featuring organ music by Kajsa Teitelbaum. Singing Resistance, Boulder will also rehearse in the Sanctuary on September 16. And singers and ringers of all ages are welcome in our choirs and ensembles. Check out the Music and Arts brochure online here. Questions? Email Kajsa.

Who's coming to Sunday School and/or Youth Group this year? We have a new registration form for the 26-27 school year! Please fill out this form for your children and youth. Doing so helps us keep information such as regular and emergency contacts up-to-date and know a little bit more about those for whom we're planning. Thank you!

The start of school and the changing of seasons is a natural time to explore how we're growing. We'll have lunch, talk about what helps us be brave during times of change, and for our homes, we'll make a family height tracker. This is event is geared towards families with Early and Elementary Schoolers. Please RSVP to this event using this link.

Step away from the usual routine and make space to rest, reconnect, and be renewed. Surrounded by the beauty of the mountains in autumn, this women's retreat invites you to breathe deeply, linger in conversation, make art (without pressure), worship together, and deepen friendships, both old and new. Inspired by the rhythms of the Christian year, together we'll explore practices that cultivate resilient faith: waiting with hope, living with wonder, embracing renewal, receiving God's gift of rest, finding joy that dances even in the darkness, and discovering God's presence in the ordinary days of our lives. We'll begin with dinner Friday evening and conclude Sunday morning after worship. A Saturday-only option is available. 

This year to celebrate Halloween, we are hosting Trunk or Treat. We’ll decorate our car trunks so children and folks of all ages can come trick-or-treating! Come for a fun afternoon of Halloween festivities.

We are looking for Trunk Hosts and lots of treats! Trunk hosts decorate the trunks of their vehicles and pass out treats. P.S. There will be prizes for the top 3 decorated trunks! Please sign up to be a trunk host here. Treat donations will be collected in the Link starting October 4th.

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