This Sunday is the first Sunday of Lent. The word Lent itself is derived from the old Anglo-Saxon word lencten which simply means “spring”. In the context of numerous and varied Christian traditions, Lent has waxed and waned in its significance, meaning and purpose. Most often these Lenten days have focused on introspection, repentance and new resolve to live in more life-affirming ways. These are sometimes called Lenten disciplines.
Read more →An interview with FUMC’s current Theologian-in-Residence Sarah Bloesch about her upcoming WOW workshops titled “In a Queer Embrace: Christ, the Cross, and Resurrection People”.
Read more →Congratulations to FUMC’s Seicento Baroque Ensemble for their successful debut at the Estes Park Music Festival. Read more here.
Singing is always appropriate: for times of joy and sadness and for times of doubt and great confidence. Spirituals and gospel music reflect these sentiments at high levels of the human psychological spectrum, especially due to its connection to the human spirit.
Read more →On Ash Wednesday we will have two special worship services. The first will be at noon in our church parlor. The second service is at 6 pm and will be held on our labyrinth. Both services will offer the opportunity to receive ashes and to hear the words “dust you are and to dust you will return” as ashes are placed on our foreheads. The act of receiving ashes and hearing those powerful words symbolize the idea that accepting our mortality, and embracing our finitude, are fundamental to our creating lives that are filled with meaning and purpose.
Read more →This coming Sunday is United Methodist Women (UMW) Sunday. Judy Hill will be our guest preacher and lead both our 9:00am. Adult Forum and an after-worship conversation about the upcoming General Conference of the United Methodist Church. Judy is the Lay Leader of our Rocky Mountain Conference (RMC) of the United Methodist Church and heads the RMC delegation to General Conference. You won’t want to miss this Sunday. Let me tell you why:
Read more →Yesterday on Ground Hog’s Day, Punxsutawney Phil emerged from his long winter’s nap in Pennsylvania only to see his shadow, thereby assuring us that we will have six more weeks of winter. This is not good news to me and so I comfort myself by saying Punxsutawney Phil knows nothing about our weather at the base of our beautiful mountains.
Read more →Our world needs communities that bring healing and wholeness to our world and that organize for justice, siding with those who are marginalized by dominant political systems, cultures and religious beliefs. That’s who we are!
Read more →Both our staff and volunteer leadership touch countless lives in countless ways, each and every day. Our ministry, mission and outreach grow stronger all the time because our leadership is engaging all kinds of people in meaningful ministry. Thanks to you all.
Read more →The FUMC Youth will be continuing their discussion of world poverty and hunger this evening (with help from youth group volunteers Alison and Jessie as I am all hopped up on cold medicine and sleep-deprived). So far, our youth have learned about wealth distribution in the world and facts about global hunger.
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We believe that human beings experience longing for meaning, purpose, connection to others and a desire for transcendence beyond oneself. From early in the history of humanity, religions emerged and evolved in response to that longing. But we also know that while the institutions spawned by religion have had many positive influences, they also at times have inflicted great pain...