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October 5, 2025

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

This is World Communion Sunday.

We join with Christians around the globe and share this sacred meal.

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

THIS SUNDAY UCC NEIGHBORS in NEED SPECIAL OFFERING- Use the envelope or mark on memo line, online use Neighbor in Need drop box.

Get Involved: Pet Blessing-10/4- THIS Saturday 2pm at the church

Food Pantry- Saturday 10/11 from 9-12. Volunteers needed

Bible Sunday- Do you have a family member in 3rd grade or above that would like to receive a Bible? See Pastor Meg

Trunk or Treat- Please sign up to pass out candy or bring in a donation of candy.

In-person Congregational Meeting- October 26th following worship. We will vote on the 2026 Budget. Members in good standing need to attend.

The church needs your financial support. At a time when many churches are closing their doors, we are blessed to work together to keep ministry alive. Please pray about what kind of support you are able to offer. You can give on-line or in-person.

Looking to improve your relationships? Ephesians 4:32 “Be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving each other, just as in Christ God has forgiven you.”

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.