The shooting at the Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh horrified and saddened our church community. The following message and blessing was mailed to Boulder-area synagogues and Jewish community centers. FUMC members Jean Hodges and Barbara Middleton authored the letter, and our Deacon, Rosalee Blake, wrote the blessing. “Do not be daunted by the […]
Come and see The Dress Series: Personal Narratives, a fiber art exhibit by artist-in-residence and longtime FUMC member Barbara Olson! The Dress Series will hang in our sanctuary gallery through January 27, 2019. To learn more about Barbara and her work, visit her website. There will be a First Friday reception celebrating The Dress […]
It’s that time of year again! Every autumn, folks from FUMC Boulder help out our friends at Community Food Share by gathering at Community Food Share’s warehouse in Louisville to help sort all the donated and collected food! Community Food Share is Boulder and Broomfield Counties’ largest food bank. Food Sorting at Community Food […]
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 […]
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 […]
Welcome Home Sunday was September 9, 2018! This special Sunday was the first day of our new children’s Sunday School year (new curriculum and schedule this year!) and was also our Chancel Choir’s first Sunday back after their summer break. After church, we all enjoyed an ice cream social on the patio. The weather was […]
As the seasons change, many folks do some closet cleaning. If you come across like-new clothes you no longer need, please consider bringing them to church for the Fall Clothing Drive, organized by our youth. The youth group is, once again, collecting new and slightly-used WARM clothing to bring to the Nederland Clothes Closet/Food Pantry […]
Dr. Celene Lillie, our church’s Director of Adult Education and Spiritual Formation, is also a Biblical scholar and author of the book The Rape of Eve: The Transformation of Roman Ideology in Three Early Christian Retellings of Genesis. Over 6 Monday evenings this fall, September 10–October 15, 7:00-8:30 PM in the youth room (second floor), […]
First United Methodist Church has been blessed to be the beneficiary of a major bequest from the estate of longtime FUMC member Thelma Haydon (1913-2017), who died last year at age 103! Half of the bequest was designated for the Endowment Fund, and the other half is undesignated. In order to be good stewards of […]
On two upcoming Sundays, August 12 and 26, come to two special Forum programs (9:00 am in the church parlor) entitled “Facing Futures: Dark, Winsome, Bright, and Violent,” led by author, professor, pastor and returning Theologian-in-Residence (TIR), Dr. Hal Taussig. These 75-minute sessions combine spiritual exercises, conversation, and the reading of a recently-discovered early Christ […]