Support Groups for grief and caregivers meet every month. These groups are always open to new participants, including first time visitors and folks 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.

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 Linda Kowatch.

Fellowship of the Grape will celebrate the merry month of May on Friday, May 23th from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. We will be hosted by Marci and Tony Leveridge at 2098 Willow Brook Circle, Erie. Tony and Marci have requested wines from the Northwest, white or red. As usual, couples bring a hearty appetizer and a bottle of wine, singles bring either. All those over 21 are welcome. Non-alcoholic beverages will be provided.

FCC's Racial Justice Ministry is excited to support the Jerusalem Youth Chorus in two concerts coming to Colorado: Saturday, May 31, at 7:00 p.m. at Mountain View United Methodist Church, 355 Ponca Place, in Boulder, and another in Denver, Sunday, June 1, at 4:00 p.m., Park Hill United Methodist Church, 5200 Montview Blvd. JYC is a choral and dialogue program in Arabic, Hebrew, and English for Palestinian and Israeli youth in Jerusalem. For tickets click here and use code JYCHOPE for a 15% discount. Click on JYC for more info on the mission of the choir.

Join us for worship on Mental Health Sunday, June 15 at 10:00 a.m.

as we live into being a WISE (Welcoming, Inclusive, Supportive, and Engaged) Congregation. Our WISE Covenant says, "We believe that all people are beloved by God, and if a person has a mental health challenge that person has a right to be seen as a person first.”

On this Sunday before the July 4th holiday, our worship is an extended prayer for our country. We welcome Mark Udall, former U.S. Senator from Colorado (2009-2015) as our preacher. Church member and former Congressman David Skaggs will join him in leading worship. In these days as our democracy is being challenged in surprising ways, this morning serves both as a confession of the ways we have fallen short of living our ideals and as a renewal of our aspirations and hope.

We extend our deepest sympathy to the family and friends of JC Lodge. JC died this past Sunday, May 11, 2025, at his home. He was a member of First Congregational since 1988. Arrangements are being made for a memorial service to be held at First Congregational Church in the coming weeks.

Anne Martinez hosts two music classes for children ages 0-5, their parents, and caregivers in our church nursery. Join us at either 10:00 or 10:45 a.m. The nursery is open from 10:00 to noon for families and children to use before or after a music class. This drop-in group is free and available to the wider community.

We are in need of 25 plastic buckets (3-5 Gallon) for ARTS Camp. If you are able to lend or donate one or more buckets, please bring to church by Sunday, May 25 and drop off in the main office. Mark clearly with your name if you want it returned to you after camp is over, and THANK YOU!

The LGBTQIA+ and Allies Group has designed a shirt with the phrase Love Is Love on the front and the First Cong logo on the back. We wanted to have a shirt we can wear to Open and Affirming (ONA) Sunday, PRIDE, and other events showing people that First Cong is a safe place to worship for ALL of God’s children. We are not raising funds but are just providing a way to give testimony to God’s love. If you would like to order one, click here.

Each Sunday after worship we meet in Plymouth Hall (or The Link

on Soup Kitchen Sundays) for a time of fellowship, coffee and treats. Please consider providing 2-3 dozen baked or packaged cookies, or

2 loaves of fruit breads or 20-30 pieces of coffee cake, etc., to be shared at Fellowship Hour. Contact Wendy Hall if you have questions or are unable to sign up using the link. Thanks for sharing your sweet love with one another!

Thanks to donors thus far who've contributed to the new book exchange! Take time to stop by and browse the shelves to see if there is something of interest to you. Two tall shelves create the "Book Nook" in the west stairwell of the FAITH Center and a smaller shelf sits outside Plymouth Hall. Help yourself! Have questions or future donations? Contact Jane Thomas or Patricia Whitaker.

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