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Why we love our church . . .
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An Open Letter to Pastor Sean Harris from The Rev. Julie Peeples
This is an open letter to Pastor Sean Harris of Berean Baptist Church in Fayetteville, NC. The long campaign over Amendment One has resulted in many strong partnerships, new friendships, and a greater sense of community among those who remain dedicated to working for equality and justice for all. Sadly, it has also resulted in many negative and mean-spirited messages, including an hour-long sermon by Pastor Harris in which he advocated violence against children, encouraging parents to hit and punch their children for showing any tendencies toward being "effeminate" or "too butch," in his words. Though he later apologized for his word choice and said he was using hyperbole as Jesus did, his sermon, like others of his, was filled with derogatory speech which amounts to emotional abuse and a misuse of his authority. I felt compelled to respond.
» Click here to read the open letter to Pastor Sean Harris
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New Church Directory
 Sign up now to have your portrait made for our new directory. It's been eight years since our last directory and making the new directory a success depends on you! We need everyone in the church - both members and those who attend regularly - to sign up for a portrait session. Inclusion in the directory is absolutely free. The photographs are being made by Lifetouch, a professional photography studio. You will have the option of purchasing photos, but it is not required. Portraits are being made May 9-12.
» Click here to sign up online for your portrait session
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Amendment One Resources
Below are links to resources on North Carolina's Amendment One. You'll find both pdf and audio versions of Julie's recent sermon, "The Company We Keep: A Sermon on Amendment One," a white paper by Julie, "But What About the Bible: Homosexuality and Scripture," the text of Senate Bill 514 with a page of commentary on the bill's meaning, "Amendment One Text As It Will Appear on the Ballot," and "Stand Together," a document by NCCJ, the National Conference For Community & Justice of the Piedmont Triad, on how the bill would affect North Carolina.
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Visitor's FAQ - You Are Welcome Here
Congregational United Church of Christ is a warm, welcoming congregation that is always happy to receive visitors. To help you feel as comfortable and at-home as possible when you visit us, we've put together some information on what the Congregational experience is like, including what to wear, nursery and Sunday school hours, the worship service, communion, and more. Please note that Congregational is wheelchair accessible.
» Click here for our Visitor's FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions)
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Our Sunday Schedule
 Join us this Sunday for worship, Sunday school, or both! And if you want to share fellowship and refreshment after the service, join us for coffee hour in our Fellowship Hall (just follow the crowd to get there!). All are welcome.
Sunday School: 10:00 a.m.,
Worship: 11:00 a.m.
» Sunday school classes
» Directions to the church
» Contact us with any questions
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CUCC Sermons
 The Congregational United Church of Christ Sermons page has a growing collection of sermons from Julie Peeples, our Senior Pastor, Paul Davis, our Minister for Christian Education, and other guest preachers. You can listen to any sermon directly on the page by simply clicking on the small play button to the left of each sermon title. If you want to download a sermon to your computer, you can right click on the sermon title and save the sermon's MP3 file. You can also subscribe to the sermons as a Podcast!
» Click here for the Sermons page
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UCC Stillspeaking Daily Devotional
 The United Church of Christ offers free daily devotionals that are delivered to your e-mail inbox each morning. Each devotional focuses on a verse or two of Scripture and comes with a reflection and a prayer. The reflections are written by a variety of authors. To sign up, simply click on the link below.
» Click here to sign up for the devotional
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Extravagant Welcome, Justice, Peace, and Faith
The United Church of Christ is a blend of four key traditions - Congregational, Christian, Evangelical, and Reformed. Each of these traditions has left a mark on U.S. religious and political history, and together we have a history of more than three hundred years of extravagant welcome, justice, peace, and faith. To get a birds-eye-view of the UCC, look at UCC Firsts on the United Church of Christ website. For more in-depth information about our denomination, start exploring from the UCC home page.
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Women's Fellowship
 All women in the church are cordially invited to join the Women's Fellowship and a Circle and be an active participant in our church's ministry. Come and share your gifts, enjoy toe fellowship and help accomplish the mission.
» Click here for more info on Women's Fellowship and Circles
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Sermon: "Living Messages"
Last week, in the first part of this series on community, I spoke about the early church: how
they experienced great joy which stemmed from the shared conviction that they'd been freed
from fear, from shame, and from self-centeredness. As I prepared this second installment in
the series, a variety of situations surfaced as possible illustrations about community. I thought
about the Red Sox and their ability to work as a team and to overcome great obstacles, but
decided, why cause added pain for all you Rays and Yankees and Dodgers fans? Of course,
there is the political realm as well, but given the bombardment of ads and mailings and so on, I
figured we could all use a little break from such illustrations.
» Click here to read Rev. Julie Peeples' entire sermon (pdf)
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StillspeakingMoney Electronic Contributions
Many of you have asked if it could be possible to give to the church electronically. Now it is! Not only is it possible, electronic transfer of your contributions for the general operating budget is simple and easy! StillspeakingMoney is the automated giving program of the United Church Of Christ which allows you to authorize automatic deductions from your checking or savings account and funds will be transferred electronically to our church account.
» Click here to learn more about electronic giving
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