Community UCC eNews
April 23, 2020
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Community UCC is an inclusive and progressive Christian Church doing social justice, environmental faithfulness, interfaith collaboration and spiritual formation to help ourselves and others grow in faith, hope and love.
The Church and Office will be closed until the City of Fresno's "Shelter in Place" advisory is lifted.
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Sunday Sermon — Zoom and Facebook Live
(not at church, for now)
On Sunday, April 26, Robin Carlson
will deliver a sermon titled “
Love of Creation
” based on Genesis 1:1-25
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See below for details of how we will "do church" for now.
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Instructions for Zoom worship
For upcoming worship services, we will do a Zoom meeting, so we can see each other's faces even as we are apart. Zoom is a videoconferencing interface available for video and audio conferencing, chat, webinars and more.
Links to the Zoom worships will go out each Wednesday in a separate email just to church members, to ensure security. Look for "Zoom links" in that email subject line.
Lisa will continue to provide Facebook Live on Sundays at 10:30 a.m., by capturing her computer screen during the Zoom worship.
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Voting now open for our pastoral candidate
Dear Congregation,
Here is the link
for you to vote on-line regarding Julia Penner-Zook following her call sermon last Sunday, April 19. If you were unable to access the service, you can still choose to vote based on your knowledge of Julia as a member of our church and her past sermons. You also received a letter with a tear-off vote that you can mail in.
Mail-in votes must be received by Monday, April 27
. Thank you all for your participation in this important process during these difficult days.
Gratefully,
Your Search Team
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Stewardship Campaign 2020: Four Great Loves
This year's Stewardship Campaign
– Four Great Loves – kicks off on April 26 and will culminate on Stewardship Sunday, May 17. Each week will feature a different theme and different speaker:
- April 26 – Love of Creation, featuring Sharon Powers-Smith
- May 3 – Love of Neighbor, featuring Janet Capella
- May 10 – Love of Children, featuring Doug Hoagland
- May 17 – Love of Church, featuring Julia Penner-Zook
Community UCC conducts an annual Stewardship drive each spring to ask church members and supporters what they will bring to the mission of the church by completing a
financial pledge form
and
Time and Talent sheet
for the following fiscal year, from July 1, 2020 to June 30, 2021.
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Share your announcements with us
These are strange times in our world and we grieve the loss of being able to come together as a congregation to share special milestones. If we can announce your special news during our weekly announcements at the beginning of worship
– a birthday, graduation or even more somber tidings – please contact Amy Kilburn to let her know.
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Living the Questions
10 a.m. Monday, April 27
We will resume the Living the Questions study at 10 a.m. Monday, April 27, via Zoom. We will do Session 17: Incarnation: Divinely Human, since that is where we left off. Contact Robin if you need a link to the Zoom meeting (or check the email to church members that went out on Wednesday with Zoom links for this week).
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In each week's eNews, we include a news article from our larger denomination,
United Church of Christ
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to show the faithful work being done in other places.
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UCC tree campaign helping planet 'restore itself,' even during pandemic
In Pennsylvania, a retired United Church of Christ minister saw his 100-tree donation as something he could do for God's creation while sheltering at home during the
coronavirus pandemic
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In Wisconsin, a congregation gave money to plant 200 trees to encourage its members to "do one thing" for the environment. In Colorado, a church chipped in enough for 200 trees as part of its "Whole Earth Church" ministry.
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Happy Birthday and Anniversary to all who are celebrating this month!
April Birthdays
1
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Sharon Powers
2
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Elise LeBeau
4
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Sierra LeBeau
5
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Megan Fazio
7
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David Wall
8
– Rosie Hinojosa
9
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Niki Ruffin
10
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Nancy Tackitt
11
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Everette Newport
17
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Katharine Chaffin
21
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Leland Virag
24
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EJ Hinojosa
25
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Jake Tilley
April Anniversaries
3
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Steve and Marie Edwards
16
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Jeff and Cheryl Jones
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Upcoming Church Events
- We will resume listing events after things get back to normal. For now, events have either been cancelled or will be rescheduled.
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eNews deadline is 10 a.m. Wednesdays
CUCC eNews is a weekly publication distributed every Thursday.
Deadline for submitting announcements is 10 a.m. Wednesdays
(and earlier is appreciated).
Please send your announcements to Marilyn at
office@communityucc.com
. Lisa Boyles (lisamboyles12@gmail.com, 559.244.9502) is the eNews editor and communications liaison for our church.
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We've updated our Joyful Giving page to reflect the many ways members can help support our Church's missions and operations, especially needed in these critical and uncertain times.
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The Church and Office will be closed until the City of Fresno's "Shelter in Place" advisory is lifted.
Phone: 559.435.2690
Email: office@communityucc.com
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