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April 26, 2026

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

ATTENTION:

We will have coffee hour at 9am on Easter morning.

Worship at 10am with Holy Communion.

On Easter we are adding a trumpet player to our worship music.

Come feel the energy and joy of worshipping together on Easter!

If you want to attend worship online you can go to FACEBOOK- hopeuccmacomb or via our church website- hopeuccmi.com.

Sunday School: This week we are continuing to tell the story of what happened after the resurrection.

No Confirmation this Sunday.

Please return your blessing bag with your gift. The funds raised will go to help local families in need.

Pastor Meg had her phone hacked. She will never ask you for donations without contacting you and letting you know it is a legitimate request.

May 7th- You are invited to attend the Kiwanis’s Prayer Breakfast at Hope Church. Prayer service is at 8am with a free pancake breakfast to follow. Please sign up by calling the church or on sign up sheet on the welcome table.

Please continue to support our ministries. We need your support to help us move forward and serve others! If you haven’t tried giving online and would like to try it, click on this link to go directly to the website http://hopeuccmi.com/giving/

We celebrate the presence of God, and we remember our joy comes from our Lord.

May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit. Romans 15:13

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.