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Why we love our church . . .
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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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Update on CUCC Support for Haiti
The response of our members and friends has been overwhelming. To date, monetary contributions in the amount of $4,845 have been collected and sent on in support of relief efforts in Haiti. In addition, generous donations of baby and hygiene items have made it possible for us to ship eleven Baby Care Kits and 161 Hygiene Kits to those in need!
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Congregational Welcomes the International Civil Rights Center & Museum
"Fifty years ago, the F.W. Woolworth building in Greensboro, N.C., stood as a reminder of segregated life in the south. Today, the building stands as a monument to the power of human courage and its ability to bring about social change. The International Civil Rights Center & Museum is more than just a building designed to house historical exhibits and artifacts. It is a place to witness, to experience and to discuss how to affect social change in our own nation and around the world." - from the International Civil Rights Center & Museum Web Site.
» Find out more about the International Civil Rights Center & Museum
» Find out about the United Church of Christ's historical commitment to human and civil rights
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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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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: 9:45 a.m.,
Worship: 11:00 a.m.
» Sunday school classes
» Directions to the church
» Contact us with any questions
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Sermon: "Healing Happens"
I would give anything to have a youtube video of that moment between Jesus and the
Syrophoenician woman. To see their faces, their expressions right at the moment when this
little exchange takes place. Was Jesus angry? Scowling because his labor day weekend at the
lake got interrupted? Was he shocked that these people still didn’t understand he had come
for the sake of true children of God, the Hebrew people? Or was there just a hint of a smile, as
though he is acknowledging the prevailing attitudes, repeating what he’s heard and mocking
them?
» Click here to read Rev. Julie Peeples' entire sermon (pdf)
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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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Men's Prayer Breakfast
 The Men's Prayer Breakfast meets every Friday at Oakcrest Family Restaurant at 7:00 AM to share a bite and conversation. The line-up varies from week to week as schedules permit and no one has an assigned seat. The food is average to good, but the conversation is exceptional. Topics from spirituality to motor oil are heard over the rattle of silverware.
» Click here for more info and a map to the restaurant
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Julie Receives Antoinette Brown Award!
At every United Church of Christ General Synod since 1975, the Antoinette Brown Award has been given to two clergywomen who "exemplify the contributions that women can make through ordained ministry, have provided outstanding ministry in a parish or other church related institutions, including women in specialized ministry, and have a sensitivity concerning the challenges and possibilities of women in ministry and advocacy on behalf of all women in the church." On June 29, 2009 our Senior Pastor, Julie Peeples, received this award!
» Click here to see photos from the presentation
» Click here to read Irwin Smallwood's introduction (pdf)
» Click here to see the brochure from the presentation luncheon (pdf)
» Click here to read more about the award and Julie
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New Orleans Mission Trip
Our 2009 New Orleans Mission Trip traveled to New Orleans on August 9, worked Monday through Friday, and returned safely to us on August 16. Many thanks to everyone who contributed funds for the trip, and many thanks to those who prayed for folks on the trip. If you would like to see news and pictures from the trip, you can go to this site:
» http://sites.google.com/site/congregationaluccworktrip2009/
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Julie in Israel
Julie Peeples (along with Terry Moore-Painter and the others) visited Israel between December 1 and 11. At the web site linked below, you will find some of Julie's thoughts, trip news, and a collection of excellent photos.
» Click here for info from Julie's trip to Israel
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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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Important Southern Conference Documents
An Economic Justice Covenant, Community Investing, and Community Investing Options are two resolutions plus a supporting document passed by the Southern Conference Annual Meeting in June 2008. New Occasions Teach New Duties is a document written by Conference Minister Steve Camp and presented for study in the Southern Conference churches for the next six months. For this last document, local churches are invited to offer feedback to Steve and the Conference Board of Directors. Please note that these documents are in portable document format (pdf), which requires Adobe's free Acrobat Reader. If you don't have the Acrobat reader installed on your computer, you can download it from Adobe's site: Click here to download free Adobe Acrobat Reader.
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Sermon: "Making Space"
Not too long ago, there was yet another powerful installment on the series I love on National Public Radio, This I Believe; I hope some of you listen to that. This time the person sharing was a parent from Michigan named Ann Karasinski. She spoke simply yet powerfully of the hopes and dreams she'd had for her child, her daughter Katie, and how those hopes and dreams had not included the heroin addiction that became their family's nightmare. » Click here to read Rev. Julie Peeples' entire sermon (pdf)
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