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March 15, 2026

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

Meeting immediately after worship this Sunday to discuss the “Path to Palm Sunday” rally happening in East Lansing on March 29th.

Saturday 3/14- Food Pantry 9am-12 Helpers are always needed

Easter Altar Plants - The deadline to order tulips and lilies is 3/22. The cost is $15 per plant. Forms are located on the welcome table or in the Beacon.

Lenten Blessing Bags available. Donations will be used for Hope’s Good Samaritan Fund.

Lenten Book Study-Wednesdays in March at 7pm. There is no prep required. Join the Zoom Meeting: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86070767616?pwd=vi5H0XYukEFvIOd94QHAGMKpSK2DoQ.1 Meeting ID: 860 7076 7616 Passcode: hope

Our church is in need of your financial support. Please strive to make giving a priority. When we work together, we can fulfill our commitments. You can give your gift on Hope’s website-hopeuccmi.com or in-person.

March 15th One Great Hour of Sharing - on the fourth Sunday of Lent: This offering supports UCC partners worldwide with ministries that fund health, education and agricultural development, emergency relief, refugee ministries, and both international and domestic disaster response.

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

During our Lenten journey we seek God’s truth to both sustain and encourage us. I can do all things through him who strengthens me. Philippians 4:13

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.