Help Wanted: Church Administrator
The Community Congregational Church of Manitou Springs seeks to hire a Church Administrator. The job is part-time, 15-30 hours a week, depending on workload and deliverables. Pay begins at $18/hour. Responsibilities include: *Manage the church office, Including office work, bulletins, files, membership data, contact info, office reception, coordinating office volunteers, etc. *Marketing deliverables, including facilitateContinue Reading
An Open Letter from our UCC National Officers
Long before the Supreme Court decision in Roe v. Wade, the United Church of Christ, by action of the General Synod, affirmed the right of every individual to follow their personal religious and moral convictions regarding their reproductive healthcare. We continue to stand by this conviction today. This religious and moral agency includes the autonomyContinue Reading
PRIDE Sunday in Manitou — Join us! Wear Rainbow Colors
Join us Sunday at 10am MT online on Facebook for our live-stream worship service AND inside our sanctuary for in-person worship. Come join us for Pride Worship at 10am Sunday June 26th and then walk down to Soda Springs Park for Manitou Pridefest. Come dressed for the competitions! Come AS you are, and WHO youContinue Reading
Hymns and Songs through the Ages
Come join Eva Cavaillé-Coll and Danny White on First Fridays this Summer as they teach Hymns and Songs throughout the different periods of music. Learn the forms of the music, and composers, and sing excerpts of the hymns of each period Upcoming Events July 1 at 6pm Baroque and Classical Periods at Manitou Community ChurchContinue Reading
Juneteenth – Free at Last!
Come, let us draw near to worship God, the great liberator.Those whom God sets free are free indeed.God brought God’s people out of bondage in Egypt; Adonai is the great liberator.Those whom God sets free are free indeed.God makes chains shatter and seas part. Barriers to freedom are not of God; they are tools of greed, domination, andContinue Reading
Join us Sunday at 10am MT online on Facebook for our live-stream worship service.
Our health experts now say that most of Colorado is experiencing a rapid increase in COVID and our own congregation has experienced that fact, including your pastor. Given that, we have chosen to be pro-active in protecting our congregation and will have our worship service online only this week. Look for our online worship atContinue Reading
Pastor Gaye’s Retirement Letter to the 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,Continue Reading
From Our Moderators
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 itContinue Reading
Creation as Abundant Life
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,AndContinue Reading
Creation as Mother
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,Continue Reading