Music

First Congregational UCC Choir

The First Congregational UCC choir is directed by Chris L. Tate and accompanied by Rob Tate.  Choir rehearsals are at 7:15 p.m. on Thursdays in the Sanctuary and at 9 a.m. on Sunday mornings.

Summer Music

Each summer members and friends of First Congregational UCC offer their talents for the summer music spots that take place in the absence of the choir.  Director Chris Tate sees that each Sunday is filled with an instrumental, vocal and or small group or large group or a combination of the above mentioned. Thanks to all who share their talents.

The Combo Band and Children's Worship

Youth participate in The Combo Band on Sundays at 6 p.m. in the Chapel. The band, directed by Tony Porter, practices on Sunday evenings through out the year, and participates in special music worship services. No music experience is necessary.

Children's Worship includes singing accompanied by leader Roberta Courtney and her guitar.

The Sanctuary at First Congregational UCC is home to the Longmont Chorale and the Wednesday Music Club's Christmas Vespers service. Piano recitals are performed here through out the year.

March Featured Artist - Tim Ellis

"I was born in Fort Scott, Kansas, and at an early age moved with my parents to New Orleans. I was raised in the Crescent City and steeped in spicy southern culture where I learned the art of Photography. I'm married and have 4 children. Just before Hurricane Katrina raised the flood waters that ravaged New Orleans and our home, we evacuated to Longmont, Colorado, where we now live and photograph the people and treasures of this area."

"Chartres Street "

Kathleen Reilly is the Art Coordinator for the C.E. Board. For information call 303-776-9243.

News from Our Church Library

We have three exceptional new titles this month, plus a number of really good gift books. Be sure and take this opportunity to read:

• True Compass by the late Senator Edward M. Kennedy. No matter your political convictions, you will enjoy this memoir of a very flawed human being who used his position of privilege to further the cause of justice for those with little power. His deep faith played a central role in the strength he found to persevere.

• Robin R. Meyers' Saving Jesus From the Church: How to Stop Worshiping Christ and Start Following Jesus calls seekers and believers alike to leave belief about Christ behind in favor of becoming imitators of Jesus, ... re-creating faith communities freed from hypocrisy and filled with hope."

• In A Case for God, Karen Arnstrong's brand new book, this noted author "cautions us that religion was never suppose to provide answers that lie within the competence of human reason... That the task of religion is to 'help us live creatively, peacefully, and even joyously with realities for which there are no easy explanations.'" Drawing on her great knowledge of the lengths humans have gone to experience a sacred reality that they call by many names, such as God, Brahman, Nirvana, Allah, or Dao, Armstrong makes a powerful argument for using the insights of the past to build a faith that speaks to our dangerously polarized age.