HOPE
WEEKLY UPDATE
From our Pastor
June 22, 2025
We gather in person and online. Join us at 10 a.m. on Sundays via Facebook: hopeuccmacomb or IN-PERSON.
THURSDAY-JUNE 19th- Blood Drive Cancelled! Please Go to redcrossblood.org to find a location to donate blood.
SUNDAY- June 22nd - Graduation Sunday - We will recognize the class of 2025
SUNDAY- June 22nd - Ecclesiastical Council for LaToya Young at 3pm at Hope. Come support LaToya as she takes this step on her Ordination path.
Baseball Game - Join the church for a Jimmy Johns Game on July 27th. Tickets are $15. You can purchase tickets for the next 2 weeks.
SUNDAY SCHOOL - We have a sign-up sheet for this summer’s classes. Please consider teaching so we can continue the program through the summer.
CAMP CARING - Registration now open! Details in the Beacon!
Please continue to support the church. We have maintenance and program expenses, and we need your support! You can give online or in person.
We turn to the scripture for strength.
Fear not, for I am with you; be not dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you, yes, I will help you, I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.” Isaiah 41:10
WHO IS UCC
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.
Staff
Rev. Meg Wilson (Pastor)
Gail Fellman (Admin. Assistant)
Board of Trustess
Kirk Schoenherr (President)
Nancy Burnham (Vice President)
Terry Hillman (Treasurer)
Jim Wilson (Secretary)
Rick Cole
Nancy Fay
Cindy Greening
Brad Lusk
Carrisa Spear
Sunday School
Music Ministry
Deborah Frontczak (Music Director)
Denise Kildea (Accompanist)
Patrick Baker (Organist)
JOIN US THIS WEEK
WORSHIP SUNDAYS AT 10:00 am