Nicole Lamarche is a minister in the United Church of Christ, a spiritual creative and a faith-based organizer and community leader. She currently serves as Pastor of Community United Church of Christ in Boulder, CO.
She is a dreamer and a doer, a partner and a parent, a lifelong member of the United Church of Christ, and ordained minister since 2005. She served two congregations in Massachusetts before co-creating what is now called Urban Sanctuary San Jose.
Committed to building a just world for all beyond the walls of sacred spaces, Nicole was a member of the Interfaith Tent at Occupy Oakland as part of Occupy Wall Street. In San Jose, she supported efforts to ban fracking in California and was a member of People Acting in Community Together working on the movement for Black Lives, the Rapid Response Network, Night Walk and more. She is currently a co-conspirator with the Colorado Poor People’s Campaign and a member of the Faith Leaders Caucus of Boulder County with Together Colorado.
She also works closely with Colorado Faith Communities United to End Gun Violence, GreenFaith and more.
Nicole is dedicated to fresh expressions of spirituality and loves the church as a place for each person to be seen, to belong and to be actively engaged in building a just world for all creation.
Nicole served churches in New England, before co-founding a congregation of progressive Christians, agnostics, spiritual independents and other people of conscience in Silicon Valley, now called Urban Sanctuary San Jose. She is dedicated to fresh expressions of spirituality, the search for meaning and religious community.
Nicole earned a BA in International Studies from the University of Arizona in Tucson, AZ. In 2003, she won the title of Miss California and went on to earn Fourth Runner-up at Miss America. In 2005, Nicole earned her Master of Divinity and a MA in Theology with a focus on Feminist and Process Thought from the Pacific School of Religion and the Graduate Theological Union in Berkeley, CA.

“People with power will use their position to convince us to vote against our own interests and to mistrust the margins and the voices that are not centered, but that doesn’t mean the ones on the sidelines are wrong. When any leader of any political party or group claims that their policies are especially blessed by God, beware. We should celebrate any politician that is willing to become unelectable for the sake of a Higher Love!”
– Rev. Nicole Lamarche
- Devoted Dreamer
- Spiritual Leader
- Prophetic Preacher
- Prayerful Pastor
- Religious Innovator
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Media - Articles & Video

About the Ministry
by Connie Larkman | published on Jun 14, 2021
Boulder Church Collects Guns, Turns Them Into Gardening Tools
Op Ed by Reverend Nicole
Boulder Daily Camera, by Charlie Brennan, April 3, 2021
Guest Opinion: The Rev. Nicole M. Lamarche: Holding onto hope
Interview with Reverend Nicole
Boulder Daily Camera, by Charlie Brennan, March 23, 2019
Being a Spiritual Entrepreneur in Silicon Valley
Sermons & Teachings
Outside the Tomb
Outside the TombExcerpts from a New Day’s Lyric by Amanda GormanJohn 20:1-18April 20, 2025Nicole M. Lamarche Welcome again thank you for choosing to celebrate Easter
Approaching the Path
Approaching the Path Excerpts from The Fire Next Time by James Baldwin and Luke 19:28-40April 13, 2025By Nicole M. Lamarche Thank you again for being
Your Ways
Isaiah 55:1-9 and Excerpts from Followers, Not Admirers by SorenKierkegaardMarch 23, 2025By Rev. Nicole M. Lamarche Welcome again, however you are connecting, in whatever shape
Confronting the Devil
March 9th, 2025By Nicole M. Lamarche I invite you to join me as you are moved as we pray Psalm 19 together. I have a confession
When a Cloud Came and Overshadowed
March 2, 2025By Rev. Nicole M. Lamarche Welcome again in whatever shape you are in, with whatever you are holding or feeling. May this time be
Love Your Enemies
Love Your Enemies Feb 26 Luke 6:27-38 and This Morning I Pray for My Enemies by Joy Harjo Sunday February 23, 2025Nicole M. Lamarche Welcome