Do you enjoy thought-provoking movies, popular releases, and “artier” films from the U.S. and abroad? We watch a film on our own. As a group, we discuss the movie of the month. This month, please watch Taxi Driver (1976) in advance and attend to discuss the movie. We hope you will join us. We meet regularly on the second Friday of each month.

Our Fall Food Drive is this week. Pick up a free grocery bag and shopping list after Worship and then fill it during the week with groceries and household items to help our neighbors in need. Your contributions will help fill the pantries run by Emergency Family Assistance Association (EFAA) and Boulder County AIDS Project (BCAP). Bring your donations to the little red wagon in the Link or to your local neighborhood leader; leaders and contact information are listed on the shopping list.

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.

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!

Join us for a variety of small-group Book Study opportunities this fall! Explore the impact of AI through The God Test by Robert Wright; discover the stories of women in Scripture in a Bible study led by Lianna; or discuss Running with Lions, Dr. Pius Kamau’s memoir about life, healthcare, and public health in Africa. For dates, details, reading schedules, and contact information, visit page 5 of our online Small Groups booklet. Plus, join us for the Small Groups Fair on Sunday, 9/20, 11:45 a.m. in Plymouth Hall.

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.

Join the Racial Justice Ministry for a potluck supper and conversation about our priorities for the coming year. Learn more about our work with the Interfaith Immigration Network, CU’s Center for African and African American Studies, and Right Relationship Boulder with Indigenous Tribes. Bring a dish to share and come help imagine how we can deepen our commitment to racial justice together.

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

In the UCC, we believe that God Is Still Speaking, and one way God speaks is through the Bible. On Sunday, September 20th, our congregation blesses and presents Bibles to our kindergarteners and third graders. Please let Lianna know if you have a child (or grandchild, godchild, close friend, etc) in those age groups who would like a Bible! Do you have an older child in your life who did not receive a Bible from us? Let us know about that too!

Choir is a special kind of teamwork where every voice matters. Gathering consistently helps our singers grow in faith, build confidence, make lasting friendships, and create beautiful music together. All kids and teens are welcome in our choir family, no experience needed.

Joyful Noise (Kindergarten–5th Grade): Sundays 9:30–10:15am

Faith Singers (6th Grade–High School): Sundays 11:45am–12:30pm

Sign-up today! We can't wait to make music together!

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 RSVP to Lianna by September 25th.

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

ook forward to worshiping together.

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!

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. 

The LGBTQ+ and Allies Ministry, the Mental Health Ministry (MHM), and the Board of Missions and Justice in Action (MJA) would like to thank all of you who donated to our Christmas in August Fundraiser for our Community Partner: RISE Against Suicide. Together we raised $3,744.88 which will help RISE in their mission to help youth at risk of suicide by removing the financial and social barriers to treatment, enabling them to find hope and healing. Thank you!

In Sunday’s Daily Camera, the Opinion Editor explored the proposed hotel at the Spruce Street parking lot and interviewed Chris BB about the role First Congregational Church plays in the life of downtown Boulder. Our church is more than a building. It is community infrastructure, a gathering place, and a home to ministries and organizations that serve our neighbors. Read the editorial and join the conversation about Boulder’s future.

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