Today we celebrate the life of Martin Luther King, Jr. We will also hear the story of Jesus calling his first disciples from John 1:43-51. Jesus is from Nazareth, but one of Jesus’ first disciples asks, “Can anything good come from Nazareth?” Ouch! Well, let’s find out together. Prelude Adam: God be with you. All:…
Today is the first Sunday of Epiphany, the season after Christmas. In the original Greek of the New Testament, the word epiphany means, “manifestation.” The season of Epiphany invites us to open our hearts and minds to where God’s presence is manifesting in our lives and in the world. Print Bulletin Prelude Adam: God be with you. All: And also with you. Welcome…
Happy New Year! Many of us have a tradition of watching movies during the New Year, which reminds us that the stories we tell ourselves are so important. The movies, tv shows, children’s stories, and even the news provide us with a story, a worldview, that structures our lives. This has been the case from the…
Today we continue to learn about the Christmas story. Mary and Joseph bring the baby Jesus to the Temple after he is born and they meet a man, Simeon, and a prophetess, Anna. Both proclaim the baby will grow to be someone who will dismantle the status quo. Worship with us today as we continue…
Join us for our candlelit Christmas Eve Carol Sing-Along in 2020 Zoom style! You can download the song sheet at this link.
It’s Christmas Eve and this evening we will read the story, light the Advent Candles and the Christ Candle, and listen to beautiful music. Following our service you can watch our online Christmas Carol Sing-Along at this link. Merry Christmas 2020 style!
This year’s Christmas pageant includes many of your favorite Christmas carols, along with Mary and Joseph, shepherds, kings, emperors, a transgender angel, and plenty of twists and turns. As always, everyone is invited in on the fun at Clackamas United Church of Christ. Print Bulletin Prelude Adam: God be with you. All: And also with…
print bulletin Prelude – Away in a Manger, played by Jean Herrera Adam: God be with you. All: And also with you. Welcome and Announcements – Adam Ericksen Lighting of the Peace Candle – Erika Beseda and Adam Adam: Our tradition at CUCC is to light a peace candle at the beginning of each…
Today we will light the Advent Candle of Peace. Advent peace is not a passive sitting back and letting things happen. No. Advent peace is a protest. It proclaims that things are not right. And it works to make things right. Everyone is welcome at Clackamas United Church of Christ. So we invite everyone to come and join the protest movement that…
Today is the first Sunday of Advent. Advent means “Coming.” Amy will light the Advent Candle of Hope. Advent is a time of preparing ourselves for the coming of Christ at Christmas and for the coming of God every moment of our lives. Everyone is invited. You are loved just as you are and just as you are becoming. Prelude Adam: God…