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October 13, 2024

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

The October Beacon Newsletter is available online, via email or printed!

Upcoming Events:

10/19 - Saturday Trunk or Treat- 4pm. Decorate your car for kids to get candy!

10/20-Childrens Sabbath/Bible Sunday and Baptism in Worship

10/27– Sunday Congregational Meeting to Approve the 2025 Church Budget. Copies of the budget will be available this week. The meeting is in-person only.

October 27th- Laity Sunday- Looking for members to help with worship. See Pastor Meg if interested.

Do you enjoy coffee hour? We need bakers and some clean up help! Please sign up or speak with Pam Steffens.

Do you know that most churches are struggling financially? Many are closing or limiting their ministries. We are blessed to have your commitment. Please keep making your giving a priority. We need to work together!

We need your offerings and gifts to be able to maintain the church and serve our members and the community. Please pray about what kind of support you are able to offer.

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 turn to the scripture for guidance about how to live a life that honors God. “Do not neglect to do good and to share what you have, for such sacrifices are pleasing to God.” Hebrews 13:16

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.