Our Mission: "We are an inclusive Open and Affirming faith community reaching out with love, compassion, and justice.
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Thursday, December 24, 2020
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We will be collecting our annual special offering for the UCC Christmas Fund. Through these gifts, we support our retired clergy and those with medical (or other) emergencies. It's important for us to give to those servants who have given so much to our churches! Just mark your check 'Christmas Fund." or use the "GIVE" button on our website.
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A Message from Our Pastor and Teacher |
First Sunday After Christmas, December 27, 2020 ~ "Searching for the Light" A Dialog with Rev. Sarah Averette Phillips and Rev. Jill Kirchner-Rose
In the Gospel of John, the author proclaims, “The light shines in the darkness and the darkness has not overcome it.” In a Zoom call, Pastors Sarah Averette-Phillips and Jill Kirchner-Rose reflect on the year and question whether the light still shines… especially in 2020. After all, Covid deaths in the U.S. now top 330,000; the whole of creation groans as wild fires rage in the west and hurricanes grow in intensity in the south; and protests erupt as justice is not served. John never lived through 2020! Can John’s words hold meaning even during this year – one of the worst years on record? Join Pastors Sarah and Jill as they search for the light.
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New and Improved Access to Virtual Sunday Services and Special Events! |
It just got a whole lot easier to view RUCC Services and special events since we now have our own YouTube channel! You can even watch on your big screen TV, as many did for Feastings!
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Worship for Sunday, December 27 - First Sunday After Christmas |
Prelude: Infant Holy, Infant Lowly - Traditional Polish Carol
_____________________________________________ Sophia Ohanian and Zoe Petersen
Welcome and Call to Worship: ________________ ____________________Janet Wilson
Opening Hymn: #136 Jesus, Jesus What a Wonderful Child
________________________________ ___Led by the UCC National Office Singing Group
Opening Prayer: __ ____ ___________________________ _______ ______Janet Wilson
Children's Circle:__________________________________________Suzi Sternberg
Community Joys and Concerns:________________________Rev. Dr. Jill Kirchner-Rose
Special Music: O little Town of Bethlehem by Phillips Brooks ______________Joyful Noise
Scripture: John 1: 1 – 5 __________________________________________ Janet Wilson
Message: "Searching for the Light”
____________________________-Rev. Sarah Averette-Phillips and Rev. Jill Kirchner-Rose
Offertory: Merry Xmas (War Is Over) by John Lennon & Yoko Ono
_____________________________________________Sophia Ohanian and Zoe Petersen
Prayer of Dedication:---------------_______------------------------------------------_-- Janet Wilson
Closing Hymn: #154 Go Tell it on the Mountain ________________________________ ___________________________________ Led by the UCC National Office Singing Group
Time of Reflection: Rise Up Shepherd by Lloyd Larson___________ Rhymes with Orange
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Concerns:
- Prayers for Claudine, grandmother of Paul and Dante Welsh.
- Prayers for Mary, sister of Sue Hammond, who is facing some health challenges.
- Prayers for Joette Orman and Peter Tupou as Joette faces health challenges during these last few weeks of her pregnancy.
- Prayers for the family of Carol Bishop, sister of Rosemary Whitmer, who passed from life to Life.
- Prayers for Vera, aunt of Jennie Haney and sister of Mary Lou Haney, diagnosed with COVID
- Prayers for Charlie Seek challenged by diabetes related foot issues.
- Prayers for Greg Farrell, brother of Karen Walsh, who is undergoing radiation treatment for cancer.
- Nan Root requests prayers for her brother Richard who has COVID.
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Prayers for the family of Tim Best, son of Sally Cummings, who passed from life to Life on Dec. 12th. Sally requests prayers for the Best and Cummings families.
- Prayers for Mary Lou who is recovering from surgery.
- Prayers for Susi Jacobsen who is recovering from surgery. Susi would appreciate cards and phone calls.
- Prayers for Gloria Ebert who is facing heart challenges
- Carla Becerril requests prayers for her cousin Sally who is hospitalized with COVID.
- Carla Becerril requests prayers for Tim Brown who is hospitalized with COVID.
- Elizabeth Welsh requests prayers for her kitty, Salem, who is recoverying from surgery.
- MaCall Potter requests prayers for her kitty, Lucy, who is facing health challenges
- Lisa Dewey requests prayers for her father who sustained a head injury.
- Prayers for Danny and family, cousin of Jennie Haney, who has been diagnosed with COVID.
- Barbie Fiske-Phillips requests prayers for Sonja, who was diagnosed with COVID
- Judith Turian requests prayers for Jill Bressler as she undergoes treatment for lung cancer and for Judith's close friend Terri, who is unable to travel to be with Jill because of COVID.
- Kenneth Lee requests prayers for his father and sister who contracted COVID-19.
- Prayers for Armando, family member of Carla Becerril, who is diagnosed with COVID.
- Prayers for Drew Morgan who underwent knee surgery on Nov. 23rd.
- Prayers for Lois, sister of Mary Lou Haney, who has COVID.
- Prayers for Ruth Jordan who is facing health challenges.
- Prayers for Millie Mahoney, friend of Chris Nicoloff, hospitalized with COVID.
- Prayers for Gene, a friend of Bonnie Pierce, who is a Nurse Practitioner and contracted COVID.
- Prayers for Sue Wallace who is recovering from surgery for the replacement of an aortic heart valve.
- Prayers for Leslie, sister of Barbie Fiske-Phillips, who is living through degenerative disks and vertebrae pain.
- Ongoing prayers for parents, teachers, students navigating online school.
- Prayers for Dick Ault, who is awaiting knee replacement surgery.
Ongoing Concerns:
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Barb, friend of Carla Becerril
Gretchen and Aaron Andrews
Carla Becerril
Les Budai
Diane Campbell
Diane, Sister-in-Law of Heather King
Carol Chaney
Precia Gwenhwyfer Courtney-Hveen
Cousin of Rick Cruz
Gloria Ebert
Norma Erickson
Betty Gayle
Ronan Godfrey
Jerry Greenfield
Emma Grimauld
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Katia Hage
Beki Hill
Jody Hoelle
Harriet Holt, Beki Hill's mother
Mark Alan Johnson, friend of Nancy Hotaling
Kim Johnson, friend of Gretchen Andrews
Jenny, Sister of Jules Rattray
Emily Jones
Hank Kirchner
Leslie, sister of Barbie Fisk-Phillips
Amber McGuigan
Bill McIntyre
Amy McQulillian, friend of Gretchen Andrews
Larry Minor
Missy, friend of Rosemary Tuohy
Sarah Montez
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Mary Mortensen
Maria Montana
Carmen & Jim Neafsey
Kristin Farmer Preslica
Steve, Brother of Julie Phillip
Nancy Rojas
Adolph Romero
Joan Roth
Spencer, friend of Stacey Greene
Doris Stockton, Kathi Roth's Grandmother
Heather Tee
Arika Torres
Rosemary Tuohy
Vasquez Family
Helga Vroom
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Reflection of the week from the RUCC Racial Justice Team
MLB's news release referred to [their decision to add Negro League statistics to baseball's official record] as "correcting an oversight." But the Negro Leagues were not the result of an "oversight," and to frame their exclusion as such is stunningly offensive. It was a deliberate system. The major leagues destroyed a half-century of Black baseball history, and baseball history in general, with one unrelenting purpose in mind: to do their part in reinforcing Black inferiority to the rest of the country.”
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RUCC Book Group Will Meet on Zoom Sunday, January 3 at Noon |
The RUCC Book Group will meet early in the New Year on Sunday, Jan. 3, on Zoom at noon, to discuss favorite books, and to make reading selections for the upcoming year. There will be no book presentation, but anyone interested is invited to join us, as we talk about books we would like to read or present. Kathie Blakley will be the Facilitator for the meeting.
The Zoom info is found elsewhere in The View.
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Epiphany Cards Arriving in Your Mail Soon -- Wait til January 3 to Open! |
There is a special tradition at Redlands United Church of Christ. On the first Sunday of the New Year, we receive an Epiphany word to guide, center, maybe comfort, or perhaps challenge us in the year ahead. Since we are unable to meet in person this year, you will receive an Epiphany word in the mail. Please do not open the envelope until we gather for worship on January 3rd at 10:30 a.m. There will be a designated time in the service to open your envelope with the Epiphany word in it.
Epiphany words will be mailed to each member. If you are not a member, but would like to receive an Epiphany word, please contact the church office at (909) 793-3520 or email Nancy ([email protected]) and we will mail one to you.
Please note that Pastor Jill did not select the Epiphany word for you. A word was “randomly” placed in the envelope – but, of course, is anything truly random with the Holy Spirit? Happy New Year!
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Your Scrip Tip for the Week |
eGift Cards Still Available
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Schedule a special delivery: Send an eGift card right to a loved one’s email inbox. When you check out on Shop.ShopWithScrip.com, select the box next to “Make this a gift?” and you’ll be prompted to enter the recipient’s name and email address, and add a personalized note. They’ll get the email with a link to view and print their eGift card.
- Get eGift cards instantly (for your own shopping): They’re immediately sent to your account and you can access them right on your phone with the RaiseRight™ mobile app.
Next Physical Card Order – Orders for physical gift cards will due January 10. Please contact Jennifer at [email protected] if you would like to place an order but cannot place the order online. If there is enough interest, we can setup a table to accept in-person orders outside the church doors on January 10. But only if there is interest!
Thanks to everyone who has supported RUCC through the scrip/gift card program this year!
To learn more about the scrip/gift card program, which allows RUCC to benefit while you do your regular gifting and shopping, please read the
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Last Chance for Art, for Heaven's Sake! Silent Auction - Bidding Ends TODAY, December 24!
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The Art, for Heaven's Sake! show site will remain up for the coming months, however the sales with a percentage going to AFHS are ending. We will begin receiving checks from artists and can offer an accounting within weeks. We appreciate the generosity of those who purchased art through our site.
Special kudos to Sondra Hodson, who made it all happen. Without her we could not have offered our on-line show. We are also grateful to the artists who donated work for the silent auction. All in all, we achieved our goal of presenting a 2020 show and of keeping this wonderful tradition alive in this year of social distancing.
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Virtual Winter Camp Has Programs for Everyone |
The SCNC Outdoor Ministries and Youth and Young Adult Ministries Teams
would like to invite all ages to join our upcoming
Virtual Winter Camp!
Theme: The Mountain Top: "I've Seen The Promised Land"
Join us during MLK weekend as we take a look through the lens of Dr. King and envision what we want our world to look like. In his final speech, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. spoke about the mountaintop and how God led him to see the promised land. During this weekend of virtual camp, we will be grounding ourselves in the ideology that before we can create a better world we first have to envision what it would look like and there is no better place to start than within our own communities.
This year we are opening Winter Wonder Camp to ALL.
This will be an intergenerational weekend retreat for all ages.
The retreat will include 3 days of virtual programming that includes some of your favorite camp activities. We will have workshops for all ages. We will also have family crafts and cooking activities. You will also receive a box for you and your family. The box will include programming material, a winter camp t-shirt, and more Pilgrim Pines swag!
Dates: January 16-18, 2021
Investment:
$110 for first participant
$25 each additional participant
Special note from Pastor Jill: The church will pay half of the registration cost.
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UPCOMING DATES TO REMEMBER |
- Continuing through December: Art, for Heaven's Sake
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December 17 - Prayer Polygon at 7:30 p.m.
- January 2 - Sacred Saturday
- January 3 - Epiphany Sunday with Angel Cards.
____________-_ _Book Club at 12:00 p.m. on Zoom
- January 7 - Prayer Polygon at 7:30 p.m.
- January 12 - Prayer Polygon at 7:30 p.m.
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This week at RUCC...Virtually on almost every device! |
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RUCC Staff
Senior Pastor: Rev. Dr. Jill Kirchner-Rose
Honorary Minister of Arts and Worship: Rev. Erin Beardemphl
Music Director: Jim Tong
Accompanist: Sophia Ohanian
Children's Education Director: Susi Jacobsen
Director of Youth and Young Adult Ministries: Vacant
Office Manager: Nancy Sheets
Child Care: Vacant
Caretaker: Vacant
Phone: (909) 793-3520
Staff and Other Emails
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