Juniper Formation

05/20/2026

We're hiring: Bookkeeper & Accounting Services.

We are movement leaders and people in ministry committed to radical love and justice for the diversity of God's creation. Our ministry and financial model prioritize people and relationships. Know someone who'd be a great fit?

This is a remote position. Proposals due June 8. Learn more by reviewing the full description on our website. L!nk in first comment below.

04/13/2026

Monday, 5:30pm MT. Register now and join us!

https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/ODhzyQIiQRaThk2txB_sAw

Please join Wash Park UCC and Mutual Aid Sanctuary on Monday, April 13 at 5:30pm MT via Zoom for a conversation with Rev. Dr. Rebecca Voelkel, Pastor for Justice Ministries at Lyndale UCC in Minneapolis.

Rev. Rebecca will share lessons learned from her congregation as they prepared for and responded to Operation Metro Surge. If you are wondering about best practices for protecting and caring for immigrant members or neighbors, we invite you to come glean some lessons learned with us.

Registration is required and limited to 100 participants. Register here:
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/ODhzyQIiQRaThk2txB_sAw

04/06/2026

"That's just the way things are."

We've heard it. Maybe even said it ourselves.

But then the earth begins to shake. The stone rolls away.

And Easter comes to interrupt that lie.

Because if death is not final, then what is?

Read Rev. Dr. Jenny Whitcher's Easter sermon: "Resurrected Christ: God's Nonviolent Uprising." L!nk in the comments below.

03/30/2026

What would it look like for you to follow Jesus publicly? Not just in belief, but also in courage.

Read Rev. Dr. Jenny Whitcher's full Palm Sunday sermon. Link in comments below.

02/13/2026

In the spirit of all of our traditions, that call us to strengthen relationships, act out of love and in solidarity with community, and be a voice for justice and peace, we invite Colorado Clergy to join us to meet this moment to cocreate the Colorado Clergy Alliance.

Our faith calls us to protect the dignity of every human being, to build networks of care, and to create spaces of belonging for all. Join us in building community, supporting our neighbors, and affirming the worth of every person.

Read the full invitation via the l!nk in the comments.

01/28/2026

Our faith calls us to challenge systemic oppression, and Juniper Formation urges you to take action in support of our imm!grant neighbors.

The Senate is preparing to v0te on a bill this week that would provide 🧊 with an additional $6.2 billion+ and 50,000 more detention beds. Contact your Senators now to demand they v0te NO on increased funding for 🧊.

Read how to take action by following the l!nk in the comments.

01/16/2026

What do we do when we are being told that protesting violence is the same as the violence itself? Or that blowing whistles is a threat?

Last week, nine of us gathered, clergy and ministers from UCC, ELCA, UMC, and Mennonite traditions, at the Colorado Springs City Council meeting. We shared testimonies in support of the MLK Day declaration, asking the Mayor and City Council to protect the constitutional rights of all residents from federal overreach.

The truth is, there is never a 'right' time and place to speak truth to the powerful. They will never want to hear it. But we are called to speak anyway. We are called to use our voices and whistles and words to make a ruckus in the streets, in the halls of power, on the internet, wherever injustice is happening.
Because the powerful listen to disruption. They listen to lost revenue. They listen to the upsetting of the status quo.

Each of our actions has the potential to create other actions and possibility. We must act. We must be brave. We must work in community. We must have moral clarity.

Read the full blog post by clicking the l!nk in the comments below.

12/22/2025

This December, members of the Juniper Formation Leadership Team are sharing daily reflections through the Daily Ripple app and Substack.

Join us as we explore the Advent themes of hope, peace, love, joy, and Christmas.

Last week’s reflections were written by Katelin Champion (she/her), a lay leader on Juniper Formation’s Leadership Team.

Love as Radical Inclusion. Read the posts at the l!nk in the comments.

12/18/2025

🌟✨Donor Reflection ✨🌟

Why Rev. Dr. Jenny Whitcher, Ph.D (she/her) gives monthly to Juniper Formation…

“I want a different world and a different Church for my sons. I want my sons to grow up in a loving, grace-filled, justice-seeking, peaceful, joy-filled world, and that is not what life is like for so many.

I donate to Juniper Formation, as a place in this world where we are collectively working towards new ways of being together, challenging our institutional biases, seeking to live out the Gospel, to walk in the way of Christ in a world that lulls us into believing that what we experience is normal. Nothing about greed, Christian N@tionalism, patriarchy, racism, homo- and trans-phobia, sexism, xenophobia, classism, destruction of the environment, and all the hatred and violence is acceptable. That is not who we are called to be and it is killing us all.

I want life for my sons, and I want a life-giving world for all children, youth, and adults. So I'm cocreating it with others, doing the work, and yes, donating monthly, because we have to put our resources where they will bear the fruits of love that we all so desperately seek.”

Join Jenny and make a one-time donation or a recurring monthly donation. If you donate before midnight on December 31st, a generous donor will match all new gifts or increases in gifts (both recurring and one-time gifts) made to Juniper Formation!

This matching gift allows generous new and increased donations to go twice as far for Juniper Formation’s mission to prophetically reimagine the Church.

Donate by clicking the l!nk in the comments below.

12/11/2025

🌟✨Donor Reflection ✨🌟

Why Bry Brannan (they/them) gives monthly to Juniper Formation…

“I donate monthly to Juniper Formation as one of the ways to be part of the collective efforts to sustain the relational, soulful, and justice-seeking ministries of this ecumenical church.

The bimonthly Gathering nourishes and challenges me to embody my faith. The Gathering space is rooted in song, Scripture, sacrament and Spirit-led conversations. One week we reflected on how we experience a gender-expansive God and the next week we engaged each other on why conversations about reparations for the legacy of slavery can be hard to have at an individual and societal level.

These are the small group conversations I’ve longed to have in church. I invite you to join me and my spouse Camille in making a monthly contribution as you’re able to support the people who bring the ministry of Juniper Formation to life.”

Join Bry and their spouse Camille (they/them) and make a one-time donation or a recurring monthly donation,

And if you donate before midnight on December 31st, a generous donor will match all new gifts or increases in gifts (both recurring and one-time gifts) made to Juniper Formation!

This matching gift allows generous new and increased donations to go twice as far for Juniper Formation’s mission to prophetically reimagine the Church.

Donate by clicking the l!nk in the comments below.