Don’t forget to save the date for this FREE workshop on Saturday, March 30, 2019! Our church landscape is changing exponentially, and it can be difficult to follow the latest church best practices—let alone vet them and put them into practice! In 2019, how can our churches do their best work in being the church? In… Read More
This past Wednesday, Dec. 12, First Plymouth Congregational UCC and First Universalist Unitarian (both in Englewood, CO) hosted their Candlelight Vigil to Remember All Victims of Gun Violence to honor the thousands of people killed or wounded in America each year due to improper use of guns. Daryl Schreiber, our current Executive Admin (and new Manager… Read More
Dear Friends and Colleagues in the Rocky Mountain Conference, I don’t know how many times during my sabbatical I stopped to give thanks for your extreme kindness and generosity in providing a time of rest for your Conference Minister. I came to regard this time as the space between the heart beats—that precious time of… Read More
This November, Mike McHargue—also known as “Science Mike,” author of Finding God in the Waves and host of both The Liturgist and Ask Science Mike podcasts—will be at First Congregational Church in Greeley! View Event Flier On Saturday, November 3, Science Mike will give two talks—at 10am and 2pm—focusing on contemplative spirituality in the Christian tradition. On… Read More
The body is a unit, though it is comprised of many parts. And although its parts are many, they all form one body. So it is with Christ. For in one Spirit we were all baptized into one body, whether Jews or Greeks, slave or free, and we were all given one Spirit to drink.… — Corinthians 12:12 Right now, families—including young children—are being separated… Read More
Hello, Rocky Mountain Conference! The Conference Office will be closed today (Wednesday, August 30) due to predicted baseball in the area, which includes a high chance of hot dogs, nachos, and scattered peanut shells. In other words, the office has combined all of its staff birthday celebrations into one event! We appreciate your understanding. We’ll be… Read More
The First Congregational Church of Eastlake (Denver Metro) is offering a Healing Service on Saturday, March 25, at 10 a.m. The service will take place at the church (directions); Pastor Linda Crump-Bertrum will preside. The service is open to anyone regardless of their church affiliation—they need not be members of the Eastlake Church to attend. At… Read More
Photo credit: Rob Carlson Congregations Alive! 3 began last Thursday afternoon, and concluded Saturday afternoon, with more than 160 registrants gathered to learn, connect, and worship. Thursday began with a much-lauded Opening Worship with Rev. Lee Anne Bryce. Afterward, guests participated in Boundary Training offered by Rev. Dr. Tracey Dawson (UCC Parker Hilltop), multiple workshops led by clergy… Read More
Until we prioritize the urgency of building positive relationships within and among people of all races and cultures, we’ll continue to experience hatred, despair, death, and ignorance in our communities. Along with being an issue of ethics, it’s literally a matter of life and death, as we see over and over again. The answer seems to… Read More
At Annual Meeting 2016 in Salt Lake City, UCC Parker Hilltop (Parker, CO) was honored for achieving the national UCC’s Accessible 2 All (A2A) designation. At that time, they were only the fourth UCC church in the nation to earn this designation—another one of the four being First Congregational UCC in Boulder. On Saturday, October… Read More
