What’s new and exciting at First United Methodist Church Boulder.
Our neighbors at St. John’s Episcopal Church (across the street from FUMC) run the Whittier Neighborhood Pantry out of their church to help folks in our neighborhood with food security. St. John’s is expanding the Whittier Neighborhood Pantry to accommodate clients from the Attention Homes Apartments; move-in is now being planned for October 2019. Members […]
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On September 20th, three days before the UN Climate Summit in NYC, young people and adults will strike all across the United States and the world to demand transformative action be taken to address the climate crisis. Millions of us will take to the streets to demand a right to a future, and you are […]
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Be part of the 11th Hour Bell Ringing for Climate Change! Join members of the Green Faith Alliance and FUMC’s Green Team to ring our church bell each month for focused action on climate change. The plan is to do this every 11th day at the 11th hour for 11 minutes through this year (we […]
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In the book Embracing Wholeness: An Earth Perspective For Covenantal Living, Jessica Stonecypher begins with an affirmation that everything that God has created is good. It is our world around us that God has created, and it is abundant and magnificent. It is not possible to honor the holy spirit without honoring the world that […]
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Boulder Pridefest is coming up on Sunday, September 8, from 11:30 AM to 6:30 PM in Boulder’s Central Park. This fantastic, fun annual celebration of the LGBTQ community is organized by our partners at Out Boulder County. Our church will have a table at Pridefest this year, […]
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Our church library is a great resource for learning more about climate change, and the connection between our faith and our stewardship of the Earth. One example: Praying with the Earth: A Prayerbook for Peace by John Philip Newell. Here’s an excerpt: May the deep blessings of earth be with us. May the fathomless soundings […]
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Dr. Hal Taussig, Professor Emeritus of New Testament at Union Theological Seminary, will once again be with us as a Theologian-in-Residence (TIR) on two upcoming Sundays: 8/18 and 9/1. On both mornings, Hal will lead Forum at 9:00 AM, and preach during our 10:30 AM service. Hal’s topic, building off of our summer Voices of […]
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Be part of the 11th Hour Bell Ringing for Climate Change! Join members of the Green Faith Alliance and FUMC’s Green Team to ring our church bell each month for focused action on climate change. The plan is to do this every 11th day at the 11th hour for 11 minutes through this year (we […]
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This is urgent: the majority of recyclables in the United States have to be thrown away. Several non-profit sites, GrownNYC.org to name one, point out that eighty percent of recycling in the USA is thrown away because of contamination. With contamination, recyclables cannot be processed into new and clean material. Here is a list of […]
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Want to have some fun? All members and friends of the FUMC community are invited to participate in the Fellowship Potluck groups. It’s a great opportunity to meet new people in the church or to get better acquainted with old friends. Each potluck group consists of four couples and/or singles who meet once in the […]
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