About Us 2 2

November 9, 2025

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

The November Beacon Newsletter is available at the church and online.

THIS SATURDAY-Food Pantry- 11/8 Volunteers needed 9-12

November 16th- Church wide Thanksgiving Potluck following worship. Sign up at church or call the office.

Peanut Butter and Jelly- please bring donations to place on our Thanksgiving worship table. Regular size jars.

(Kroger has buy 1 get 1 free this week of store brand)

CHRISTMAS TOY COLLECTION- Please bring your donation between November 2nd- December 7th

HALLOWEEN CANDY: We are accepting donations of extra candy to make goodie bags for food pantry recipients.

November 16th Motown Soup will be at Hope UCC selling their products - They help support our Food Panrty every year - more info coming soon.

We need your financial support. We approve the budget, and we need your help reaching our 2025 goal. Please pray about the amount you are able to give.

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/ .

Focusing on God’s goodness helps us know peace during turbulent times.

I remain confident of this; I will see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living. Wait for the Lord; be strong and take heart and wait for the Lord. Psalm 27:13-14 (NIV)

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.