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What are human beings Connecting United Church of Christ (UCC) congregations, lay leaders, and clergy with the resources they need for healthy and vital ministry in their contexts. You also find ideas for your worship leaders, ushers and others who support your worship ministry. We hope these links will assist your worshipping community. Worship Ways; Sermon Seeds; Synod 33 Worship Videos; Music and Liturgical Arts; Stewardship & Generosity Resources; Ministerial Excellence, Support & Authorization (MESA) History, Polity, and Theology; Search and Call; Ministerial Profiles; Ministry Opportunities; Manual on Ministry; Column. Let our hearts and minds hear the message of love and hope delivered on Calvary.God of all truth and goodness, help us to set aside shame,Shame that has no advantage. Other Resources In this way, each day, we begin again in love. These are guidelines approved by the 2022 annual meetings for the year 2023: To see the boundary trainings happening within the Conferences, visit www.ucctcm.org/boundaryawareness. Help us to open our hearts to the world that you love. One: Though we may be afraid Though we will be at risk ALL: God calls us to courage! We move from concentrating on the event of Christ in the world and shift to the impact of being in Christ in the world. How shall we ready ourselves and participate in the coming of Christ in the world? A mass choir of gifted singers representing faith communities from around the globe sings Credo, an anthem from The Gospel Mass by composer Robert Ray Jr. So that all know love, safety, belonging, and dignity. ALL: We all suffer when any LGBT person is oppressed, excluded, or shamed.One: When justice is denied to any of us, justice is denied to all of us.ALL: Until we are all free, none of us are free.One: May we work to build a world where all people are affirmed with love. And so we dare to proclaim, with pride and faith, our truths: ALL: We believe in the power of love. Some members of that choir included Leah Laird, Tim Trussel-Smith, Jennifer Mills Knudtsen, Lee Hull Moses, Douglas Ann Cartwright, Allison Lanza, Daphne Gascot Aries, and Cara Gilger. Anticipation is best accompanied by preparatory action. For questions regarding Worship Ways, please contact Rev. We pause now for a moment to allow you to silently or vocally offer your own prayers. O Come, Advent, a video resource including an Advent Candle-Lighting song and ritual from United Church of Canada and United Church of Christ. Many links are active with current information even when my guiding link points toward an earlier year. When Jesus washed the feet of the disciples, he demonstrated his perspective on their relationship; they surrendered to his act of servitude. We Are Marching In the Light of God, TFF 63 / ELW 866 . Advent Unwrapped (Collaboration with the United Church of Canada) https://united-church.ca/worship-theme/advent-unwrapped. UCC Open and Affirming Coalition | Worship Worship for Pride Month and ONA Sunday Worship Resources for Open and Affirming Sunday A recording of our virtual National 2020 Open and Affirming Service is available YouTube. When there is so much temptation to be selfish and careless, this day give us the strength to be kind and intentional. Free us from hidden traps. Location Maps Each week, youll find that Sundays Lectionary texts and Sermon Seeds, a reflection on the focus text from the. Amen (Religious Institute), Prayer of Intercession One: Long ago in Galilee there were many who were sick and suffering, isolated and oppressed. Responding to recent gun violence, Pastor Mitchell Young offered this Prayer for Monterey Park Shooting Victims. Where we share in joy or concern, let us respond together, God, hear our prayers., For all the queer, trans, and intersex children and youth across the globe. This service was created and edited by Kimi Floyd Reisch. They point to the multiplicity of experiences engaged in the single act: community formation, thanksgiving, and remembrance are internalized aspects named Communion, Eucharist, and the Lords Supper. There are several ways to become a pastor in the UCC, we will guide you through the process that works best for you. Even if you have to go underground, if you have to stop your transition, if you cannot come out, if you have to go stealth it is okay. Rooms are available for booking between 8am and 10pm each day. ONE: May we delight in the ways you have created us: diverse, unique, surprising, and beautiful. 2023 UCC Yearbook & Directory $40.00. Pray with the Marshall Islands, February 26, 2023. Creation Care Worship Resources Use worship services and resources on Earth Day, or on any other day throughout the year when your congregation celebrates the wonder of creation 2020 Earth Day Worship Resources Healing our Earthly Home Worship service order (Word) Healing our Earthly Home Worship service order (PDF) ALL: God, hear our prayers. We have, at times, sided with political and religious powers that refuse to recognize your image in all people. They are available in full and in pieces. God is here to walk with you and lead you to a place where you can find peaceful rest. Repentance, reconciliation,and repair require an inward transformation of mind, body, and spiritrepresented by the heart. Its suitable for your service on Sunday, Nov. 22. We believe in solidarity with the suffering. We pray for all those who hunger for justice and liberation today. For those who are unsafe in their communities. Despite the abundance of life around us, we still turn to destruction. ALL: God, hear our prayers. Oh Holy Flame, spark of all creation,You who we greet as the Great Flame in our lives,Providing shining light for our visionAnd soothing warmth for our hearts;Help us be attentive witnesses todayTo the extraordinary wonder That walks among us Daily in grace. (Psalm 8:4 CEB). A life in the unity of the Trinity is one of being shaped and sent daily in the image and in the purpose of Holy Love. United Church of Christ Resources Anything and everything UCC: merchandise, books, resources, and more. (MK, 2020), One It is a gift to be able to give something away.ALL: We are called to be a part of something bigger than ourselves.One: Spirit of Love, look upon us now.ALL: Bless these gifts; those we can see and those we cannot.One: May our hopes come true for the better world we dream ofALL: As we work together in love. For forgiveness. (Lavon Baylor, 2014), Gracious God, you love all that you have created, and you celebrate the diversity of your creation. Find a Spiritual Director to help you process experiences and grow in your faith, ministry, and leadership. These are filtered into various categories at the top of the screen. Shame that does not reflect the good news, that we have been given eternal life.Let us be obedient to the work Jesus entrusted to us,Let us hear his teaching, and through it learn how we are to treat one another.Hear this prayer of our hearts, O God. (Helen Rose), Prayers of the PeopleOne: In the midst of all that keeps our spirits frantic, overwhelmed, or troubled, we pause. ALL: Be kind to us, O God, were sinking again. Bring healing, bring peace.One: Jesus Christ, lover of all, may it be so. On the night of his arrest, Jesus gathered around table with his chosen family, his companions, his friends. You give us strength to go on when we are troubled and discouraged. These resources come from all settings of the UCC; they are written by pastors, educators, musicians and covenanted ministry staff members. And be safe! Look for Sunday, festival and special UCC worship services here, organized by seasons of the Church Year. Ecumenical website offering approaches, exegesis, art on the weeks readings in RCL. To rend ones heart is to deliberately open ourselves to revitalized thoughts, attitudes, and emotions. Your child was the transgender child rejected and cast from their family for daring to Come Out as their true self. He confronted every power that belittled, marginalized, and oppressed. Copyright 2023 - The United Church of Canada. The Book of Worship has suggestions about how to mark this occasion in worship. You can access Resource Booker via https://www.ucc.ie/en/build/roombookings/resource-booker/. We move from concentrating on the event of Christ in the world and shift to the impact of being in Christ in the world. The United Church of Canada acknowledges that its buildings and ministries, from coast to coast to coast, are on traditional territories of Indigenous Peoples. +GATHERING+ . But we have not always honored the gifts you have given. We Know the Love of God: A Reflection On the Trans Day of Remembrance by the 2018/19 Transgender Seminarian Cohort: Davd E. Patio and Ezra Fairley-Collins, Jude Johnson, Greyson Kentopp, Erica Saunders, Cole Williams. What are 'Location Folders'? Our lives occupy inward and outward space. Download the Bulletin Covers Planning Kit for 2023 [DOCX]. Free material for developing your worship services, prayers, and more. ALL: God, hear our prayers. One: In silence we name within ourselves, the things we cannot bare to speak. A four year process for preaching on Sacred Scripture, developed by Luther Seminary in St. Paul, MN. For Health & safety reasons it is important that you do not exceed the capacity of a room when making a booking. Global . So, too, kindle within us powerTo not let pain deter usFrom struggling onwardIn justice and in peaceTo make the presentA different story. Celebrate: World Communion Sunday Resources World Communion Sunday is coming up on October 2, 2022. Too many still fail to see that we are Beloved, made in your image. It is not that trans people have never existed, it is that we have been erased and taken out of history. We must write the stories of our trans elders and trans visions of a trans past. He sought out the despised and made them friends. In many of our traditions, a covenant (like the covenant of baptism) is a vow that should be renewed every year. Happy World Communion Sunday! [PDF] 2022 Lectionary for Year C. [PDF] 2021 Lectionary for Year B. 2. Hour by hour I place my days in your hand, safe from those who would harm me. Blessed are those Who hunger and thirst for justice For they will be satisfied. Link here to weekly scripture readings, prayers, and public domain art based on weekly texts. The form and content of the service focus on the dual themes of sin and death in the light of God's redeeming love in Jesus Christ. (KFR, 2020, based on Romans 6), God, your child Jesus taught us to welcome each other, but welcome often seems too little in this world.Welcome, without affirmation, becomes an empty promise,Devoid of the lesson that to truly welcome each other means to see the face of God in each other.We commit to affirm all lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people,Welcoming them and Affirming them as Gods beloved creations.You taught us that whoever welcomes a prophet in the name of a prophet will see a prophets reward;That whoever welcomes a righteous person in the name of a righteous person will receive the reward of the righteous.We know that until we are all free, none of us can be free, And we commit to co-creating that world of welcome and affirmation until all people can access that promise. To enter the system, you simply enter your username (this is your UCC email address) & password that you use to log onto your PC. ALL: God, you have piled up stacks of blessing on those who believe, You stand ready and waiting for all who run to you to escape an unkind world. Love of the world. This raises questions of how to use content from hymnals online properly. You can view a list of all your bookings under 'Accepted' in this section. God chose to speak to us, to show us a way towards authenticity to show others the way toward the value of life, the destructiveness of rigid gender rules. Ive put my life in your hands. Sincerely, Alydia Smith (on behalf of the Gathering Worship Team) P.S. So that you may fill yourself with it. Joy given by and through you. Easter begins a new season. (KFR, 2020), Call to Worship One: Strange One. Jesus Christ, lover of all, ALL: bring healing, bring peace. More inspiring worship ideas can be found on GatheringWorship.ca. Credit abbreviations: Kimi Floyd Reisch (KFR), Mak Kneebone (MK). Learn what scholarships are available to UCC: Scholarship application forms and grant applicationsopen online on Thursday, December 1st. When you use 'Refine search' it filters all rooms to show only the rooms that are available at your preferred time/date. For those experiencing economic hardship. All Rights Reserved. We're pleased to share the insights of four UCC congregations who have found successful and innovative ways to worship online. Do you use this website weekly? Here are some tips to help you get started. Welcome! In your name, we pledge to go out to share these blessings with the world. For the ones who take risks, who dream, who feed and pray, who fight for bread and roses, both. The emptiness of the tomb demonstrates the power of what has been left behind as well as previews the promise ahead. In the many names of Love, may it be so. Learn more and join a Community of Practice today! Hymnary: An online hymn and worship music database for worship leaders, hymnologists, and hymn lovers alike. (Lavon Baylor, 2014; edits by KFR, 2020), God, we come before you in these mortal bodies,Pledging that we will become instruments of peace, love and hope.Christ called us to serve as disciples to all nations, to all people.We commit to serving without fear, learning how to serve as Jesus served,Seeing the beloved-ness of your people, people set free from sin through the sacrifice of the Cross.Let us be instruments to glorify you, O God. 1 " Celebration rises, up from the deep places, One Great Hour of Sharing (OGHS) 2023 Special Offering from $0.00. ORUCC Worship Resources for Sunday Feb 12th by Orchard Ridge UCC February 11, 2023 ORUCC Worship Resources for Sunday Feb 5th by Orchard Ridge UCC February 4, 2023 ORUCC Worship Resources for Sunday Jan 29th by Orchard Ridge UCC January 28, 2023 ORUCC Worship Resources Our understanding of gender can heal the wounds of this oppressive system, from which every person of every gender is punished for doing gender wrongly. Go now in hope. Iowa ConferenceNebraska ConferenceSouth Dakota ConferenceOur CommitmentsFind a ChurchNew to the Conferences? There is sacredness and divinity in understanding the deep meaningfulness of coming into our being. For laughter. For those who have yet to repent. Those of every generation who have faced violence, the breaking of relationships, the fading of hope when basic needs go unmet. We can help you get situated. Amen. We use cookies to ensure that we give you the best experience on our website. Questions? Curious about what it means to be a part of the UCC? We are here to create a new humanity which values every life: the life of every person in an immigrant caravan, the life of every child taken from their parent at the border, the life of every trans woman, especially trans women of color, fighting to survive, the life of every trans person, period. ALL: We come today to celebrate our deliverance from that despair and to give thanks to you, Loving God; We know you God, God who takes care of all who stay close to them. Fill our hearts with a pride rooted in resistance to all that seeks to destroy. Independence Day is not on the liturgical calendar for lots of reasons mainly it is a holiday for only one country even though countries besides the United States have an independence celebration or national day of some sort. We pray in gratitude for all that nourishes and sustains us. One: Our God is a god of resurrection. Be strong. We reject that which is different, force it to be silent, or pretend that it does not exist. And so we turn to Jesus, who showed us what it looks like to live into our true selves as people of God. Things are basically as they were in my last update, if not more difficult. Dr. Cheryl A. Lindsay, Minister for Worship and Theology (lindsayc@ucc.org). The world may let us down, but you wont drop us, youll never let us down. Songs for the Holy Other: Hymns Affirming The LGBTQIA2S+Community (https://thehymnsociety.org/resources/songs-for-the-holy-other/). We believe that our togetherness is transformative. FESTIVALS/SPECIAL DAYS (includes Creation). Trapped by a siege of despair over the events of the world, I panicked. We come. Together to Celebrate RCL-based contemporary music suggestions Link to Transgender Day of Remembrance resources. As you sent me into the world, so I have sent them into the world. (John 17:18 CEB). In this difficult time, trans siblings, hang on. We invite you to use some or several of these resources in your virtual or in-person worship. Please find these recordings here. Our transitions are spiritual quests, pilgrimagesof searching and discovering different parts of ourselves through surgery or gender affirming accessories/clothing/items, different gender expressions, new bodily sensations through hormonetherapy, and alternative ideological understandings of ourselves in relationship to others. One: Those who are thirsty, come to the fount that will not dry up.ALL: We bring our thirst here to be quenched.One: Those who are weary, Spirit is a ready refuge.ALL: We bring our weariness that we might find rest.One: Those who feel lost, come to the One who knows the way.ALL: Lead us by the hand, by our hearts, and by hope. The Sacrament of Holy Communion is a taste of the Kin-dom of God. For the gifts of beauty and friendship, shared meals, and art, and love. Office of Public Policy & Advocacy in Washington D.C. Write, paint, photograph, sing, dance, pray, celebrate, love, gather, protest, and speak your truth. Worship Resources from Global Ministries Youth and Children Resources from Global Ministries Family and Children's Ministries Baptism Certificates Reconciliation Ministry (various) Pastoral/Leadership Grants & Scholarships History Ecumenical Financial Publications Additional Resources Find a Disciples congregation near you. Discover more worship and music resources for all your needs! It reminds us that the days to come offer promise and a future with possibilities. Amen. In Jesus, the Sacredness of those on the margins of the world is centered and affirmed, the tables upended, love overcomes hate. It can be a challenge figuring out something new. and may your study be prayer. Imagine the holy excitement of beholding the tangible, touchable, holdable presence of God. Cleveland, Ohio 44114, The longest season of the liturgical calendar are filled with Sundays called Ordinary Time. It begins with Trinity Sunday and ends with the Reign of Christ. Start worship planning today: Find prayers, music, weekly inspirations, and more! No further licenses are required. The ultimate guide to making sermons digital, part 1, Lent: A season of baptismal storytelling. Teach us to weave our lives together.