A United Church of Christ Congregation
June 1,2022 Dear Maribeth, Lyn, and Manitou Community Church Congregation: With this letter I am announcing my retirement on August 1, 2022 from parish ministry and as Settled Pastor and Head of Staff of Community Congregational Church of Manitou Springs. I have two weeks of vacation, which I have not yet been able to take, […]
To the Congregation: With profound sadness, Council accepts Pastor Gaye’s letter of retirement. We very much appreciate her five years of service to this church and its people. Her joy, love of the congregation and passion for the Word will be deeply missed. Her tireless work in reviving our church and building relationships within it […]
All throughout this series we are turning to face all directions, symbolizing that our attention to God requires us to look all around us. Spirit of the Center, guardian of love,You who are the singing heart of the Universe,We ask you to be here now in this community,Help us to hear voices old and new,And […]
All throughout this series we are turning to face all directions, symbolizing that our attention to God requires us to look all around us. On this day, when our American “world” is trying to reconcile a sincere attempt to appreciate ALL that women give us: their bodies in pregnancy and birth, nurture, leadership, comfort, grace, […]
In this second week of our series on Creation Spirituality, we focus on the idea of “The Word of God Speaks…” creation as “scripture.” According to our ancient wisdom ALL of creation has a voice! Indeed, Mother Earth herself has a direct line of communication with God, such that when Cain murdered his brother, Abel’s spilled […]
During these Sundays between Easter and Pentecost, we are embarking on a 6-week worship journey into an exploration of Creation Spirituality—a theology that affirms God’s declaration that creation is “supremely good” (Common English Bible (CEB) translation) and that we are called to be that goodness in and for the world. I have learned of a […]
Join us Sunday at 10am MT online on Facebook for our live-stream worship service AND inside our sanctuary for in-person worship. Our Gospel reading is John 20:1-18 and you can download our Easter bulletin here. During the season of Lent, and this last week in Holy Week, we focused on growing gardens, tending the life […]
Join us Thursday at 6:30pm MT online on Facebook for our live-stream worship service for Maundy Thursday AND inside our sanctuary on Friday (anytime between 11am – 2pm) for a personal time of devotional worship. You can download our worship details for Thursday here, and download our worship details for Friday here.
We stand at the precipice of Lent and Holy Week. This day moves from shouting and praising to a time of crying and lament. The drama of the story of Jesus’ last week reads like the book of our lives. Feeling hopeful one moment, we plummet the next as we deal with disappointment, danger, and […]
The story of Jesus includes many moments around tables, as this was part of his ritual of relationship even to the last. In this fifth week of the Lent season, we will hear a story of love and devotion from the disciple Mary, directed at Jesus at the table. As we will see, Jesus tries […]