The youth of First Church have organized some giving opportunities. Please consider these ongoing ways to give and change lives this holiday season! Warm Winter Clothing Collection As you are cleaning out your closets, please consider donating slightly used warm clothing items. Our youth will be collecting these through December (and perhaps even into early […]
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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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Congratulations to our partners at Attention Homes: construction of the Attention Homes Apartments is complete! The Apartments received their Certificate of Occupancy this past week. In fact, the first residents have already moved in! Your help is still needed! There is an Amazon Wish List for items that are still needed to stock these brand […]
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Every November, our partners at Attention Homes host the Sleep Out on our church lawn. This important fundraiser gives participants a taste of what homeless youth experience sleeping on the streets as they spend the night sleeping outside. Sleepers raise funds for Attention Homes by having family and friends sponsor their participation. On Thursday, […]
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Join us for Fall Kickoff Sunday! After summer travels and adventures, let’s come back together as a church family to celebrate fall and new beginnings. Come at 9:00 AM for Forum to hear an update on the Attention Homes Apartments from Chris Nelson, Executive Director of Attention Homes. A new year of Children’s […]
Read MoreOur partnership with Attention Homes to build affordable housing for at-risk young adults on our church property is coming up for review by the Boulder Planning Board on Thursday, May 18. This meeting is a very important hurdle for our project, and your support is needed, both at the meeting and in the time leading […]
Read MoreFirst United Methodist Church’s Perspective on the Attention Homes Project Support for the Homeless First and foremost, the Church supports Attention Homes Apartments because it is consistent with our core values and mission to support the disadvantaged and disenfranchised. Consistent with these ideals, we currently offer, at our Church building, assistance that reaches over a […]
Read MoreOur friends at Attention Homes, an agency that provides shelter and other vital support services to homeless and runaway youth, are getting ready for their 5th annual Sleep Out for Homeless Youth event on Thursday, November 10th. First United Methodist Church of Boulder is proud to partner with Attention Homes for this important community event. […]
Read MoreOn Sunday, August 14, at 12:00 noon, please come to an urgent Congregational Meeting in our sanctuary about our proposed housing partnership project with Attention Homes. At the August 2nd Boulder City Council meeting, the City Council made it very clear that though they support the Attention Homes/FUMC project to provide housing and supportive […]
Read MoreOur church and Attention Homes want to partner to bring stable, transitional housing with supportive services to our downtown Boulder neighborhood, where they are needed most. The housing would be built on what is now our church parking lot (parking for our church would move underground). The next step in the process of moving our […]
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