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Dear Church,

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

You’ll know it’s this week’s service, because the preservice loop slides will be GREEN

We are wearing masks in the building to keep everyone extra safe.

YOU NO LONGER NEED A RESERVATION - JUST COME!!

SUNDAY SCHOOL BEGINS THIS WEEK For Elementary aged children! We hope to add a preschool class and older youth class in a few weeks.

If you plan to join us on-line, you can come to this page and CLICK HERE TO JOIN ANY OF OUR LIVESTREAMED FACEBOOK SERVICES. This will take you directly to worship. The church website is up to date! hopeuccmi.com

This week’s music is attached at the link below.

The Beacon Newsletter is available at the church and on at the website on the "NEW HERE" tab.

We need volunteers to help host lemonade time. Please contact the church office if you are able to help.

We will have lemonade outside after worship, weather permitting.

Hurricane Relief - Hope Church is joining with the UCC to provide help to families impacted by the storms in 2021. The impact of Hurricane Ida devasted families living in its path. You can give by:

1 Noting on the memo line of your check

2 Use a labeled envelope

3 Giving online and using the drop down box labeled hurricane relief.

What are you dealing with this week? The Lord is near to all who call on him in truth. Psalm 145:18

UPCOMING EVENTS

Sunday School - Sept 26th

Please see the Events TAB for additional items.

Thank you for continuing to support the ministries of Hope Church with your pledges and donations. You can give securely online thru our website. If you haven’t tried giving online and would like to try it, click HERE to go directly to our secure giving page.

Visitation with the family of “Andy” on Sunday at A.H. Peters Funeral Home on Mack Avenue in Grosse Pointe Woods from 2-8 pm. Visitation at Hope Church 12-1 on Monday, September27th. Celebration of Life Service for Andy will be at 1 pm.

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.