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March 1, 2026

We gather in person and online. Join us at 10 a.m. on Sundays via Facebook: hopeuccmacomb or IN-PERSON.

Check out the March Beacon Newsletter for details on upcoming events! Edited version online and email & hard copies are at the church.

March Lenten Series- We will meet All 4 Wednesdays in March on Zoom at 7pm - No prep needed come and join our series based on the Nooma short videos.

Zoom Link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86070767616?pwd=vi5H0XYukEFvIOd94QHAGMKpSK2DoQ.1

Meeting ID: 860 7076 7616 Passcode: hope

Dollars for Donuts Fund Raiser - March 8th During Coffee Hour - We will raise funds to pay for Petting Zoo and special instrumental music for Easter Sunday. Our goal is $700.00

Reminders:

If you would like to have altar flowers, please contact the church office or sign up on the board in Fellowship Hall.

Please sign up to be a liturgist!

Please sign up to bring a treat for coffee hour. Sign-up sheets are on the welcome table. We need more people to participate!

Reverend Reginald Lancaster died on 2/21/26

Visitation: at Swartz Funeral Home from 3:00-5:00 PM on Sunday, March 1st.

Service: 225 West Court Street at United Methodist Church in Flint, at 11:00 AM on Monday, March 2nd. Visitation 10am Monday at church until the time of the service. For more info: swartzfuneralhomeinc.com

As we begin our Lenten journey, we seek God’s truth to sustain us. "Rejoice in hope, be patient in tribulation, be constant in prayer." Romans 12:12

The United Church of Christ (UCC) is a distinct and diverse community of Christians that come together as one church to join faith and action. With over 5,000 churches and nearly one million members across the U.S., the UCC serves God in the co-creation of a just and sustainable world. The UCC is a church of firsts, a church of extravagant welcome, and a church where "…they may all be one" (John 17:21).

The Church of Firsts

Since 1957, the United Church of Christ has been the church of firsts, weaving God’s message of hope and extravagant welcome with action for justice and peace. Together, we live out our faith in ways that effect change in our communities. The UCC's many "firsts" mean that we have inherited a tradition of acting upon the demands of our faith. When we read in Galatians: "There is no longer Jew or Greek, there is no longer slave or free, there is no longer male and female; for all of you are one in Christ Jesus"—a demand is made upon us. And so we were the first historically white denomination to ordain an African-American, the first to ordain a woman, the first to ordain an openly gay man, and the first Christian church to affirm the right of same-gender couples to marry. We were in the forefront of the anti-slavery movement and the Civil Rights movement. Our response to the demands of our faith is woven into the history of our country.

A Church of Extravagant Welcome

Today, we continue to change lives throughout the world. We work alongside more than 200 mission partners. We labor ceaselessly to fight injustice, in the United States and abroad. We instill our vision into our youth and young adults, forging leaders who will imagine new dreams. And we sustain and develop church leaders, pastors, and our local churches to live their faith in exciting new ways. We believe in a God that is still speaking, a God that is all-loving and inclusive. We are a church that welcomes and accepts everyone as they are, where your mind is nourished as much as your soul.

We are a church where Jesus the healer meets Jesus the revolutionary, and where together, we grow a just and peaceful world.