Youth Group 

The youth group meets on the first and third Fridays of the month from 6-8 pm and on the third Sunday from 4-6 pm.

Check out the new web site at http://www.lukegrobe.com/First-Congregational-Youth.html  for Youth Group activity this winter and also join us on Facebook.

Sunday School

Open Age Learning Opportunities began on Jan. 15. Join us in the Fireside Room (Grades 2-12 and adults). We'll gather for a scripture reading and a song and the choose from several different learning experiences. Please see Church Happenings for each week's schedule.

Confirmation Class

The group's meeting time will be changing this spring. Please see Pastor Luke Grobe for more information.

Youth participate in the Middle School retreats at La Foret in the fall and spring, mission projects, all-church events, and youth group.

During the worship service on the last Sunday of the month, youth participate in communion bread baking in the Fellowship Hall kitchen.

Pastor Luke Grobe and the CE Board designed this process to enhance group development as well as faith formation.

High School

Join the group for Faith Conversations on Sunday mornings in Room 10 at 9 am.

Crop Walk 

Every year Church World Service and local congregations team up and raise money to end hunger around the world by hosting CROP Walk. It started in 1947 as a way for Midwest farmers to help out our brothers and sisters in postwar Europe and Asia. It stands for Christian Rural Overseas Program, and it's changed a lot since 1947, but the mission is exactly the same - an effort to ensure that all of our brothers and sisters can have enough food to feed their families.

Thanks to all who donated and to the walkers for supporting the Crop Hunger Walk on Oct. 23, 2011. We raised $1,275! Special thanks to our team captain, Pastor Luke Grobe and all the CROP fundraisers and walkers including: Linda Kopecky, Samuel King, Eli King, Michelle-Nicholle Calareso, Suzanne Cifelli, Linda Cetrulo, Nicole Reynolds, Asia Jensen, Bonnie Kueffner, Orion Kueffner, Tonya Ambrose, and Tanner Ambrose.

See http://www.churchworldservice.org/site/TR?team_id=58606&fr_id=13376&pg=team.

La Foret Retreats

La Foret Retreats are provided by the Rocky Mountain UCC Conference. La Foret is located near Colorado Springs in the Black Forest. Fall Retreat dates in 2011:

Youth register for the retreats with Pastor Luke Grobe at least one week before the event. Visit http://www.rmcucc.org/camps/campshome.htm to learn more about La Foret Camps or http://www.laforet.org.

Service Projects

Various activities during the year include: Souper Bowl offering, homeless lockout, OUR Center lunches, and Christmas caroling to shut-ins.

Instrumental Ensemble

Youth are invited to participate in the Instrumental Ensemble with practice on Sunday evenings at 6 pm in Room 10. The group participates in worship services periodically. Call director, Tony Porter, at 303-772-7498 for more information.

Our Whole Lives Sexuality Education

"To offer sexuality education in a congregation is to acknowledge that human sexuality is simply too important, too beautiful, and too potentially dangerous to be ignored in a religious community." - Rev. Lena Breen

A full team of trained youth facilitators is available for this intensive inquiry into sexuality as it affects all of our lives. Two OWL classes offered in 2010 included: Grades 4-5 - with Dr. Louis Krupnick and Dr. Haven Howell and Grades 6-8 - with Tony Porter and Lysa Burianek. 

The mandatory parents' meeting provides an overview of the course, including material covered in both age groups, expectations for participation, and parent decisions about some content pieces. For information on the OWL program values and assumptions see:

http://www.ucclongmont.org/content/documents/OurWholeLivesSexualityEducation2010.pdf.