January 2024

  • Five Gatherings on Wilderness, 11:30 am – 1:00 pm, in the Fireside Room February 18: Wilderness Prayer Vases and Poetry, a hands-on project to use during Lent, for all ages! Vases will be led by Jean Woessner and Poetry by Peggy Meinholtz. Participants are asked to please bring 1.5 to 3-inch smooth river rocks and…

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  • February 4 – February 18: Youth-led canned good drive, Middle School February 14: Youth are invited to attend the Ash Wednesday service March 3: Joint High School and Middle School outing March 24: Campfire and conversation for all youth (Middle School and High School) Our Church School children will be exploring finger labyrinths, among other…

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  • Into the Wilderness: Walk the journey of Holy Week 2024 with UCC

    Sunday, March 24: Palm Sunday Palm Sunday worship at 10:00 am in the Sanctuary and online. Thursday, March 28: Maundy Thursday At 6:00 pm in the Fireside Room: dinner with Holy Communion. Please sign up to attend the dinner, which is a simple but served meal. At 7:15 pm in the Sanctuary: Tenebrae service. Tenebrae…

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  • Into the Wilderness: Ash Wednesday February 14, 2024

    Enjoy a shared dinner (provided by the Congregational Connections ACT) and conversation with our congregation and the students at Emmaus Campus Ministry at 5:30 pm in the Fireside Room, followed by worship at 6:30 pm in the Sanctuary and online. With this service, we begin the season of Lent. We come to this service naming our…

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  • Fall 2022: Homecoming

    Fall 2022: Homecoming

    Our Fall 2022 theme, chosen by the Worship & Spiritual Life team and Bridge Pastor Courtney Arntzen, was “Homecoming. ” Questions asked included: We asked the congregation to create fabric panels using scrap and salvaged materials, which we stitched together to form the sides and roof of a wooden-framed house. The house sat in the…

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  • From members of the UCC Truth and Healing around Colonization Group: Over the past two years we have been educating ourselves on issues related to our country’s colonization and our Indigenous neighbors.  This has included book groups, guest speakers, trips to the CSKT Tribal headquarters in Pablo, discussion. For example, we have discussed several articles about Land…

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  • Family Promise Report Card!

    Family Promise Report Card!

    February 6th, 6:30pm – 8:00 pm at St. Paul Lutheran Church, 202 Brooks St, Missoula MT. Hear about what we have done this last year, what we are planning to do in 2024, and enjoy our time together! Stacy Pollard from Family Promise National will be joining us! All are welcome! RSVP with QR code…

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  • Into the Wilderness: Lenten Wednesdays

    Join us for a simple supper at 5:30 pm in the Fireside Room, followed by a half-hour service at 6:15 pm in the Sanctuary for the Wednesdays of Lent: February 21, February 28, March 6, and March 13. The service will consist of music, chants, silence, prayers of the community, and some readings. The chants…

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  • Into the Wilderness: Art Blog

    Into the Wilderness: Art Blog

    This is where we’ll share our creative reflections on wilderness. Some prompts to get you started: What does the phrase “into the wilderness” bring to mind? We’d love to see or read your journey. If you need more ideas to get started, you could choose one of the prompts below:”  – a time when you’ve…

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  • Fat Tuesday on Sunday

    Our church’s Congregational Connections team invites you to join them in a chocolate feast and celebration on Sunday, February 11th after church in the Fireside Room.  We will be providing the beverages and a chocolate fountain with various items for dipping. Fat Tuesday is the last celebration before entering the Lenten season for reflection and possibly…

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