Written by Bonnie S., a member of the 11th Hour Calling monthly bell ringing group calling for action on climate change. We offer ideas for climate action through saving water at four levels: 1.) PERSONAL 2.) FAMILY /FRIENDS 3.) LOCAL/COMMUNITY 4.) GLOBAL/ECONOMIC POLICY PERSONAL ACTION (from Bonnie S.) Water and the Spiritual Level 1. Respecting […]
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Lenna Kottke, Chair of our church’s Staff-Parish Relations Committee, gave this introduction of Rev. Mike Mather during his first worship service with us on Sunday, July 5, 2020. Our new Senior Pastor, the Rev. Michael “Mike” Mather, comes to us from the Indiana Conference, where, for the past 34 years, he has served two churches, […]
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If you weren’t able to join us on a Sunday morning for our Zoom worship service, you can still enjoy the recordings of the services. Sunday, August 9: 10th Sunday after Pentecost, Guest Co-Preacher De’Amon Harges (with Rev. Mike Mather), Celebrating Communion CLICK HERE to view/download the worship bulletin for the August 9 service. Sunday, […]
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Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, First United Methodist Church of Boulder has closed our building until further notice, and moved our worship services ONLINE. Join us on Sunday mornings at 10:30 am MDT via Zoom, an online meeting platform. To join our Zoom worship meeting, please CLICK HERE. The meeting ID number is 529 124 […]
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Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, we will postpone our ONE THING collection until we are able to meet in person again, and bring items to church. Thank you for your generosity so far, and we’ll continue with our collection as soon as we safely can. During Lent, our congregation is engaging with our community partners […]
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At our Charge Conference Celebration on Sunday, February 2, longtime FUMC member and FUMC’s Photographer-in-Residence, Richard Saxon, shared a video that he created from photographs of our church community taken during the past year. We thank Rich for this moving, beautiful, and fun retrospective of 2019 at First United Methodist Church of Boulder!
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Are you as frustrated as I am with our elected leaders and their inability to move the needle on climate change? So many things regarding the climate seem “big” and out of our control. Except, however, what we eat. The following image, from the University of Michigan, shows the carbon impact of various types of […]
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Now that the first residents are moving into the Attention Homes (AH) Apartments, on-going efforts to support them are underway. Our neighbors at St. John’s Episcopal Church, across Pine Street from FUMC, are opening their Whittier Pantry to AH Apartments residents to help them with toiletries and other household needs. The items most needed […]
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Bishop Karen Oliveto of the Mountain Sky Conference preached at First United Methodist Church of Boulder on March 5, 2017, our twentieth anniversary celebration of becoming a Reconciling Congregation, fully welcoming of LGBTQ people and their loved ones. After this uplifting service, the members and friends of First United Methodist Church came forth to speak […]
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We were delighted to participate in the 2018 Boulder Pridefest celebration in Central Park on Sunday, September 9, 2018. Our friends at Out Boulder County worked so hard to organize this event, and it was spectacular! The weather was beautiful, the entertainment was excellent, the food trucks were yummy, and the wide array of vendors […]
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