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What is WCAF?
Our 2014 Easter billboard
Do you enjoy the socializing you get at church, but think the information you’ve gotten from the church just doesn’t make sense?
Lots of atheists started out just like you, silently questioning the religious myths and ideas the Church fed followers throughout their childhood that just didn’t always seem right or fair, or make sense.
It’s not your imagination.
Most religious teachings, rituals and dogma don’t make sense when you think about them.
Our winter, 2017 billboard on I-70 Business Loop
WCAF supporters believe it is better to arrive at logical conclusions based on verifiable facts than to base conclusions on lore, mythology and blind faith.
And that’s where WE come in.
We are Western Colorado Atheists and Freethinkers, western Colorado’s first and longest-established, openly secular community and advocacy group.
Our History and Mission:
Western Colorado Atheists and Freethinkers (WCAF) was formed in February, 2007 in Grand Junction, Colorado to add a long-missing secular voice to the community dialogue in western Colorado. Our goals are:
1) To inform and educate the public in Western Colorado about atheism,
2) To promote atheism through public and community activities,
3) To actively preserve and promote the wall of separation between church and state, and
4) To promote acceptance of atheism as a valid, rational belief system.
Meet Up with Other Atheists, Agnostics & Freethinkers
WCAF’s December 24, 2019 billboard at Rimrock Marketplace in Grand Junction.
WCAF provides western Colorado’s atheists, agnostics, humanists and freethinkers with a way to connect, share information, enjoy social activities, develop new friendships and enjoy freethinking conversation. We are a registered 501(c)3 nonprofit group with the IRS and a registered charity in good standing with the State of Colorado. All donations to WCAF are tax deductible. To donate, click here.
The public is welcome to attend our meetings to chat, ask questions, make new friends or just listen in. One thing we guarantee is that when we talk, we will make sense and we will never try to convince you of anything using lore or mythology. We will never demand that you believe something that can’t be proven with verifiable facts.
Meetings
George Carlin once said “I’ve begun worshipping the Sun for a number of reasons. First of all, unlike some other gods I could mention, I can see the Sun. It’s there for me every day. And the things it brings me are quite apparent all the time: heat, light, food, a lovely day. There’s no mystery, no one asks for money, I don’t have to dress up, and there’s no boring pageantry. And interestingly enough, I have found that the prayers I offer to the sun and the prayers I formerly offered to God are all answered at about the same 50-percent rate.”
(from George Carlin, Brain Droppings)
WCAF generally meets regularly on the first Sunday of the month at 4:00 p.m. at the Coffee Trader, in Grand Junction 2655 Patterson Rd., on the patio in back in nice weather and inside in inclement weather. In winter months we may meet in a meeting room at the Mesa County Public Library’s downtown branch in Grand Junction. Everyone is welcome at our meetings. In the event of a holiday weekend, we may delay the meeting a week, or occasionally we may meet at a different location to mix it up if the coffee bar changes its hours or something else unforeseen happens. Call (970) 823-2663 to confirm meeting dates and times.
Montrose Group
In 2024, Montrose Freethinkers started meeting weekly at 10:30 a.m. on Sundays in the Lobby Grill at Montrose Regional Health located at Nevada and S. 3rd Street. Please call Clay at (970) 901-2917 to check on the date, time and location of their meetings prior to attending.
Check out our FREE WCAF Student Brochure for middle school-aged kids: WCAF MS Brochure-D51-Revised2
How to support WCAF at little to no cost to you:
As of January, 2020 you can also now easily support WCAF by donating part or all of your state tax income refund to WCAF!
Do you shop at City Markets or another Kroger-owned market?
You can support WCAF for free every time you shop for groceries!
Just visit CityMarket.com, start an account and then click on the Community Rewards link at the bottom of the screen. Link your Value Card number to WCAF as your preferred charity. Find us by searching on “Western Colorado Atheists and Freethinkers,” or use our designated City Market charity number, UQ215. After that, every time you shop and use your Value Card, City Market/Kroger will make a small donation to WCAF, at no extra charge to you! And these small donations really do add up. In the last quarter of 2024, we had 31 families participating in the Community Rewards Program and earned WCAF $247 in donations, up from $110 in the first quarter when we started the program in 2019.
PayPal Giving Fund
Yet one more way to donate to WCAF is through PayPal’s Giving Fund. PayPal will now pass on 100% of your donation when you donate to WCAF through their Giving Fund.