18 Mar 2021 0 Comment

Join Us for Holy Week and Easter

Sunday, March 28: Palm/Passion Sunday Worship 10:30 a.m. on YouTube We will begin by remembering Jesus’ triumphal entry into Jerusalem, and then turn to join Jesus in the Garden of Gethsemane for prayer. In preparation for this...
16 Mar 2021 0 Comment

…As Yourself

Author: Pedro S. Silva II He said to him, “‘You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind.’  This is the greatest and first commandment. And a second is like it: ‘You shall...
9 Mar 2021 0 Comment

Let’s Lighten Up

Author: Carolyn Gard   I had a sweatshirt with a similar picture on it. I enjoyed wearing it, and got a lot of smiles. Except for once. A man came up to me and told me it was heresy and that I was going to Hell. I simply walked...
4 Mar 2021 0 Comment

Global Day of Climate Action

March 11, 2021  Many free opportunities are available on this designated day where grassroot organizations of diverse religious and spiritual backgrounds are joining together to sound the climate alarm. 11th Hour Calling on March...
2 Mar 2021 0 Comment

Tears For The Living

Author: Nicole Speer But Jesus turned to them and said, “Daughters of Jerusalem, do not weep for me, but weep for yourselves and for your children. ~Luke 23:28 The weight of our collective cross feels particularly heavy this Lenten...
17 Feb 2021 0 Comment

Family Stories

Author: Nancy Wade I will perpetuate your memory through all generations; therefore the nations will praise you for ever and ever. Psalm 45:17   Family stories I heard as a child have stayed with me. My Dad’s family in...
16 Feb 2021 0 Comment

To Act Justly…

Author: Mark Pickett God has shown you what is good. What does God require of you? To act justly, to love mercy and to walk humbly with your God. Micah 6:8 Margot and I moved to Colorado from North Carolina nearly two years ago....
11 Feb 2021 0 Comment

How Do You Pay Your Pledge?

Log in to your profile in Realm (https://onrealm.org/firstcong/SignIn), and click on the “Giving” tab. If you already have a recurring, scheduled donation, at the top of the screen click on the “Scheduled” button. The active...
9 Feb 2021 0 Comment

Meditation on a Potato

Author: Amy Ostwald Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your minds, so that you may discern what is the will of God—what is good and acceptable and perfect. For by the grace given to me I say to...
2 Feb 2021 0 Comment

Gifts of Grace

Gifts of Grace Author: Nicole Speer Proverbs 27 tells us the best friends are those who are not afraid to wound us in the service of helping us become the people we strive to be. By this measure, God has blessed me with an abundance...