Noon-3:00 PM - Thrifts and Gifts

10:00 AM-3:00 PM - Thrifts and Gifts

8:30 AM - Choir Rehearsal

10:00 AM - In-Person and Virtual Worship

10:15 AM - Children's Worship

11:00 AM - Hanging of the Greens

11:00 AM - Fellowship

8:00 AM - Virtual Lectio Divina

1:00 PM - Mah Johngg

9:00 AM-1:00 PM - Pastor's Office Hours

8:30 AM - Choir Rehearsal

10:00 AM - In-Person & Virtual Worship

11:00 AM - Fellowship

11:30 AM - Bible Study

Bring your commitment cards for blessing.

Thrifts and Gifts will be closed November 28th and 29th so that our volunteers can enjoy time with their families over the long Thanksgiving day weekend. The Thrifts and Gifts team wishes you a Happy Thanksgiving!

Dig deeper and learn about the historical and literary contexts of the scriptures we hear during worship. Who are the stories about? Why do the gospels differ so much in how they tell Jesus’ origin/birth stories? What can we learn from them?

December 13, January 10

Help us serve an afternoon meal on the 2nd Saturday of each month! Please sign up at the trophy case. Have questions? Contact Karin Schwols at 970-218-8902 or karin.schwols45@gmail.com.

We are selling wreaths to help fund the youth's mission trips and La Foret camps. The wreaths are made from live evergreens and sustainably harvested. Want to order a gift for friends or family out of town? You can order online via the link https://giftitforward.com/fundraising-code/FIRSTCCO002. Gifts are shipped directly to the recipient via FedEx. For every online evergreen gift 15% will go to the fundraiser. Ten percent of the fundraiser will go to the fund for unhoused youth. If you have any questions please text or call Kim Leibbrand at (970) 646-5561.

Tuesdays, December 2 - January 6, 12 pm and repeated at 7 pm, on Zoom

Facilitated by Rev. Chuck Wright

Using daily readings from the Advent scriptures read in Sunday worship, and diverse art forms, participants will explore contemplative thought and practices to gain deeper understanding of our personal experiences with fear, the impact fear has in our lives, and individual strategies we can develop to use, overcome, and heal our fears.

All are welcome! For questions and more information about our Advent journey, please feel free to contact Chuck at wrightrev@aol.com

First Congregational Church will again be ringing the Salvation Army Red Kettle bells this year and needs volunteers. Our designated Saturdays to ring are December 6, 13, and 20 at the south King Soopers on Eagle Drive in Loveland.

We will also need counters for the kettles. Please call Mary (970-290-4152) for signups and location.

Please sign up to ring for your favorite time slot at the trophy case. Contact Mary Kauffman (970-290-4152) or Judy Bernard (970-689-8336) with any questions.

Slammin’ Famine (or Feed My Starving Children) is set for Saturday, February 14, 9 -11am. Our Mission and Outreach team has made a generous donation that will purchase food to pack and will feed many starving children. We need 26 ambitious people to fill the role of packing meals on February 14. Any youth under 18 need to be accompanied by adult.

Please sign up on the trophy case. Go to https://www.slamminfamine.org/ for more information about the program or see Brian Kukus with any questions.

The Loveland Homeless Center has been ok'd to reopen until April for 22 inside occupants and 22 outdoor tents which must be provided by the occupants. The Resource Center will accept donated tents for the outside. Ali Eleam will be collecting useable tents from our congregation for this purpose. Please call or text (303-457-0450) or just drive by (1020 W 31st St) and put your tents in her utility trailer in the driveway and she will take them to the resource center this week for their use - cold weather is here! Thanks.

A box is in the lower level entry to collect used prescription bottles for a local veterinarian who will recycle them to use for pet medicines. The labels MUST be removed before placing in the box. If you have questions, please call Elizabeth Endicott, (507) 440-4934.

We are collecting toiletry samples for the Community Kitchen. If you have any of those toiletries that you collect from hotel visits that you never get around to using, please feel free to drop them off in the basket  in Fellowship Hall.