The sacraments of baptism and communion are celebrated
frequently throughout the year. Worship services are enriched by our
50-voice choir.
This fall our worship services and preaching will be
inviting us to reflect on the vision of "Taking Love to hard places."
Our fall preaching series will be rooted in the song about the meaning
of love that is at the heart of Paul’s ministry, I Corinthians 13.
What is University Congregational United Church of
Christ? Who are we? How is God calling us? Challenging us? What is
the Good News and the Joyful Song that we know and that God has given us
to share with the world?
During the past year, our
church leadership has been looking very intentionally at these
questions. We have invited us as a congregation to reflect on who we
hear God calling us to be. We have learned a lot in this time:
We like
challenges.
We want
to make a difference in the world.
We are
willing to take on “the hardest stuff”.
Sometimes we get overwhelmed with the “work” and forget about the
grace and joy of our faith.
We honor
people wherever they are--believers, seekers and doubters.
We are
looking for a faith big enough for all our questions and all our
paths.
We see
love at the center of what we do and peace and justice work as an
outgrowth of that love.
Where do our passions come together? What do we
hear at the heart of who we are and who God is calling us to become?
We have heard a call: “taking Love to hard
places.”
As a church, we have a long history of bringing the
gospel to bear on the hardest issues of our day, and taking significant
risks for the sake of our ministry. We have felt proud of who we are
and how God is using us at such times. We are a large congregation with
many resources. We want to make a difference today. We want to be a
church that is about risk and passion and joy.
This fall, we want to invite us as a congregation
into dreaming about this vision for our future together. How would we
be different as a church if “taking Love to hard places” was at the
heart of our life together? Where would we go? What would we do? How
would we make that vision sing in our ministries together, in our city
and in the world?
We have heard a call at the heart of who we are as
church, and this fall we want to invite you to listen to that call with
us.
All three levels
of the building are wheelchair accessible. Assistive listening devices are
available.
Click on the
"Services" link on the left to learn the specifics of worship services at
University Congregational United Church of Christ.
Worship at University
Congregational United Church of Christ blends traditional and modern forms
of worship. Preaching relates Biblical faith to today's needs through
sermons that are relevant and engaging.