by Rev. Beverly Fest I recently took a course on the Franciscan Way, looking at the life and teachings of St. Francis of Assisi. Most people know St. Francis as a statue or birdbath for their garden. The guy who loved all the animals and birds. In fact he did! However, he also chose a […]
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In this short video, Rev. Mike Mather shares some thoughts about this year’s Boulder Pridefest! Here’s the sign Pastor Mike mentions in the video: Here are some more pictures from the Boulder Pridefest Motorcade on September 13, 2020, the culmination of this year’s Boulder […]
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From September 16-October 21, Dr. Hal Taussig returns for his twelfth Theologian-in-Residence at First Church Boulder. Although most of Hal’s previous series have focused on cutting-edge studies of the New Testament and recently discovered early Christ literature in the first 200 years, this fall’s sessions will have a different New Testament focus. This year’s series […]
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September 1, 2020 Dear Friends, I am new to Boulder and new to First Church, so this may sound strange for the newcomer to say, but I want to say this to you: I really miss standing in the sanctuary with you, lifting our voices in praise and joy, standing near one another, near enough […]
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If you weren’t able to join us on a Sunday morning for our online worship service, you can still enjoy the recordings of the services. Sunday, October 18: 20th Sunday after Pentecost, Rev. Michael Mather preaching CLICK HERE to view/download the worship bulletin for the October 18 service. Sunday, October 11: 19th Sunday after Pentecost, […]
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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. Worship With Us Join us for worship on Sunday mornings at 10:30 am MDT! There are 2 WAYS to participate. Worship With Us on Our Website (page will go live at […]
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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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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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