United Church of Christ (national site)We always have a service of Carols and Stories on the Sunday after Christmas. The stories are mostly from children’s books, but of course children’s books are not just for children. [The links below are to amazon.com because that is the easier place to get information about these beautiful books — which you can [...]
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I was thinking about the way that the Roman Census set in motion all the events of Christmas, which got me to thinking about counting … and about who counts … Who Counts? Isaiah 9:2, 6-7 Luke 2:1-20 They went to be registered, to be listed in the record books of the Roman Empire. Mary [...] … from our 4th, 5th, and 6th graders, who wrote their own Christmas Pageant to share with the younger children in the Sunday School:
Many of our youngest members provided beautiful music on Sunday for the entire congregation to enjoy. The rose is often used as a symbol of Mary, the mother of Jesus. In this sermon I explored the image of the rose and what Advent lessons roses might teach us. Warning, though, when I was writing the sermon I lost track of how many roses I had named — so I think [...] If you are hoping to have a more meaningful Christmas with your family this year, consider sharing this simple service sometime on Christmas Eve. Take a few minutes for everyone to settle down, gather around your table, light a candle, and read the words of scripture that make this truly a “holy night.” You may [...] Want to liven up your Christmas caroling this year? How about singing an old standard (Irving Berlin’s White Christmas), but in LATIN? Here are the words, compliments of our music director Chris Brunelle (who also teaches classics at St. Olaf). Te decent nives, nox Christi, similliman praeteritis: renitet cacumen, in natum numen pubes gaudet phaleris. Te decent [...] I wish I could show you the John the Baptist tree ornament a member made me a couple of years ago — it is made of sandpaper. After all, John was a sandpaper person — rough, but in a way that prepares us for the coming of Christ. Here’s how I worked that idea [...] Each Sunday one of our members begins our worship service by welcoming everyone. Below is this week’s welcome.
Good Morning! Whatever has brought you to this place at this time, we welcome you, and hope that this hour we spend together in worship and prayer will refresh you and renew you for the [...] We are part of the United Church of Christ, a liberal protestant denomination of 5600 local churches and a million-and-a-half members. Want to know more about this big family of ours? I invite you to start reading United Church News. You can catch it anytime online — or set your RSS feed to pick [...] |
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