A United Church of Christ Congregation
God is calling us… Out of the places we hide…Out of insecurity… Out of shame… Out from under that which silences love and justice.Come out, people of God!Though we may be afraid… Though we will be at riskThough the cross stands as a threatGod calls us to courage!Our God is a […]
I’ve decided to focus on three of my favorite Bible stories on my last three Sundays. So they will be as follows: July 3: Esther … (Esther 4:14) “For Such as Time as This”(not a direct link to Independence Day, but I will connect them) July 10: Hagar … (Genesis 16 & 21) “God Remained With Them”(God’s love […]
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 autonomy […]
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 you […]
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, and […]
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, […]
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 […]