Join us for the First Cong Spring Highway Cleanup, Saturday, May 16 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 Climate Action Team. Contact Allison Hamm to volunteer.

On the third Sunday of each month the LGBTQIA+ and Allies Ministry gather for food, fun, fellowship, and ministry business. Each person is responsible to bring your 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. Please join us. If you would like more info, please contact Carmen Valdés.

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- 4:00 p.m. Contact Bill Forbes.

The Interfaith AIDS Coalition (IAC) and Boulder County AIDS Project (BCAP) invite you to an in-person candlelight memorial to remember people with HIV/AIDS who have died. Arrive at the covered porch of First Methodist Church at 1421 Spruce St. in Boulder. The program includes live music, a short reflection by Rev. Mark Pickett from First Congregational UCC, and reading of names of people who lived with HIV/AIDS who have died.

Laser tag and pizza! Youth, let's go hang out at Chippers. We can play some laser tag, bowl, and have some pizza! All youth grades 6-12 are invited, and youth are encouraged to bring friends. Please RSVP and send your waiver to Lianna before 5/15.

Our Community Partner, The Family Center, needs your new or used donations to equip their new Mud Kitchen. A Mud Kitchen is a simple outdoor play space where children use kitchen tools and natural materials like soil, water, and leaves to “cook” and create. This activity supports imagination, sensory exploration, and social play. Please bring used whisks, measuring cups, ice cube trays, spoons, spatulas, pots, pans, muffin tins, etc. Leave your donation in the basket in the Link. Contact Brenda Laartz for more info. 

Karen Cumbo and Jay Rourke invite you to their home at 3808 Florentine Circle, Longmont, on Friday, May 22 from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. for the monthly FOG gathering. Bring a bottle of your favorite “everyday” wine and an appetizer to share (or just one or the other if you are coming solo) along with the spirit of fellowship. Non-alcoholic beverages will be provided.

All over 21 are invited. Newcomers welcome! For more info or detailed directions, (970) 222-0176.

The Chancel Choir offers Ralph Vaughan Williams' Five Mystical Songs, tender, luminous settings of George Herbert's devotional verse, tracing the soul's journey through love, surrender, and joy. A gift before the Choir’s summer rest. Come let music be your prayer.

All youth are invited to a picnic in the park. We will provide sandwich fixins and the yard games, and youth are encouraged to bring a snack or non-caffeinated drink to share. Please RSVP and send your waiver to Lianna before 5/22.

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 trimming bushes. Bring gloves, shovels, and a wheelbarrow if you have them. Free parking is available in the church's west lot, accessible from the alley.

Our Community Partner The Family Learning Center is creating a new nature area and needs your help! Join the Community Planting and Outdoor Work Day to plant trees and shrubs, create art, build sheds, and move mulch and compost. This is a great opportunity for all ages to volunteer together – come for a full day or just an hour or two. Please bring a drill, saw, shovel or rake to help us get all the work done. Contact Brenda Laartz to sign up and click here for more info.

Come as you are and stay a while. After worship, join Jill and Bob von Trebra, and Chris Braudaway-Bauman at a restaurant on Pearl Street. We’ll gather around a table to share good food, good company, and good conversation. Whether you’re new or have been here awhile, there’s a place for you. We'll meet in the Link after Worship. RSVP to Bob von Trebra.

See the Colorado Heart Gallery banner in the Link and the lower south Lobby and visit the websites, COLORADO HEART GALLERY and Raise The Future, to learn about children and youth across our state who are waiting for permanent, loving families through adoption. These two organizations work together to connect youth in foster care with caring adults who can become lifelong sources of stability, belonging, and support. We invite you to pause, learn their stories, and hold these young people in prayer.

Contemplative Camp has been an annual event for more than 40 years. Experience a week of learning about, and practicing contemplative prayer (also known as Centering Prayer or meditation) in the beautiful natural setting of La Foret Conference & Retreat Center near Colorado Springs. There are also opportunities for reading and discussions, walking the labyrinth, and hiking. Comfortable accommodations are available in the new Lapp Lodge. Visit the La Foret website at or talk to Bob von Trebra for more information.

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