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November 17, 2024

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

THIS SUNDAY- Rev. Lillian Daniel will join us and she will share our message.

THIS SUNDAY- Church wide Thanksgiving Potluck following worship. If you forgot to sign up, you are welcome to attend! Please plan to bring a side dish to pass.

THIS SUNDAY- MOTOWN SOUPS will be selling their gift boxes following worship. Motown soups has generously supported our food pantry.

TOY COLLECTION- We will contribute to the FRASER LIBRARY TOY DRIVE. Please bring your donation between November 3rd- December 1st.

Can you help? Please consider what you can give or do to keep our ministry strong.

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 gratitude helps us to keep our hearts and minds in a positive place.

Praise the Lord. Give thanks to the Lord, for God is good; God’s love endures forever. Psalm 106:1

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.