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Community Called Hope
Community of Hope is an Open and Affirming
community of faith.
We celebrate all races, abilities, creeds, socioeconomic statuses,
religious upbringings, gender identities, and sexual orientations.
 We
come together
As people on a journey,
Respectful of our diversity
Supportive of our callings and
committed to learning
what it means to be the body of Christ
in the world today.
We celebrate all races, abilities, creeds, socioeconomic statuses,
religious upbringings and sexual
orientations.
For more information contact the church office: (608)836-1455.
Worship in Community of Hope
Sunday Worship at 10:15 am
Worship Online at
Community of Hope's YouTube channel.
Worship at 9:30 am, with “Mix & Mingle” beginning at 9:15 am. Click
here for Zoom access or dial in: 1-312-626-6799, Meeting ID: 521815249#;
Password: 943018#.
Worship is also live-streamed on Community
of Hope UCC YouTube channel if you prefer not to use Zoom.
Oct 18: This Sunday we continue our
Season of Creation worship series with Rainbow Covenant Sunday, where we
will consider our covenant to care for Earth using the rainbow symbol to
witness our promises.
Preparing for Worship
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Set your worship space with a candle and an object
from nature.
Email prayer requests
to Pastor Sonja no
later than 9:30 am Sunday. Email birthday or anniversary
announcements to our co-moderators Betty Custer and Tina Hogle.
Oct 26: This is
the final week in our Season of Creation worship series. We will be
worshiping with the Wisconsin Conference by watching a worship video from
the Conference Creation Care Team. You are invited to worship via our Community
of Hope UCC YouTube channeland tune into a Zoom fellowship time
afterward. We’ll provide that link next week.
Additional Chances!
Remember that, even though we most encourage you to gather in worship at
10:15, the videos remain available at our YouTube channels afterward, so you
can go back and catch Holy Week services you missed, or join in with our
partner congregation’s worship for an MCC experience! Here is the YouTube
channel link:
Community of Hope UCC.
Midweek Evening Prayer: Wednesdays
At 8:45pm on Wednesdays, join your pastoral staff for a
brief, reflective wind-down to your evening, with focus on scripture, quiet
time, and song. Find it in videos on www.facebook.com/madisonchristiancommunity.
You don’t need a Facebook account to watch, but do if you’d like to comment
with greetings or prayer requests. You can also find it to watch later, if
live doesn’t work for you.
Click here for the 9-23-20 edition.
Weekly Bible Readings
Within the Worship-to-Go booklet are some general Bible reading options, but
if you’d specifically like to connect with what is read in worship and
reflect on those.
Four Strategic Directions
View PowerPoint presentations highlighting the ministries of the MCC and its
Four Strategic Directions. Click on a link below to download.
1) Deepen people’s connections to God and encourage practices that feed
their spirits and equip them for their life journeys.
Click here.
2) Strengthen and Build relationships within mcc, and foster an open and
welcoming environment.
Click here.
3) Care for creation and help others to do so as well.
Click here.
4) Focus on meaningful partnerships that work for justice and enhance
the
quality of life for people around us.
Click here.
Links of Interest
To learn more about the
United Church of Christ follow these links:
Our Denomination: www.ucc.org
Some UCC Firsts:
http://www.ucc.org/about-us/ucc-firsts.html
The Wisconsin Conference -
http://www.wcucc.org/
The Southwest Association -
http://www.wcucc.org/associations/southwest-association/
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 Our
Roots
In 1957, four denominations rooted in the Protestant Reformation joined
together to form the United Church of Christ. Its member churches live in a
loving covenant with one another and with God as revealed in Jesus Christ
and empowered by the Holy Spirit. This covenant preserves the autonomy of
the local congregation. The unity that we seek requires neither an
uncritical acceptance of any point of view nor a rigid formulation of
doctrine. We believe in responsible freedom—we embrace individual
expressions of faith, and the individual questioning and seeking of God’s
presence in our lives. We believe that we are called to minister to others
and seek to live as disciples of Jesus Christ, God with us.
Worship
at Community of Hope, UCC
10:15 am During the School Year
9:30 am Memorial Day-Labor Day
Community of Hope, UCC
Worships in the Covenant Room
MCC Worship includes
Prairie Roots
led by our own Prairie Reckoning Group
Taizé Service
Hymn Sing Service
*Prairie Roots: Formerly known as "Prairie
Reckoning," we have chosen a new name that reflects who we currently are and
what we currently do: we play "roots" music (country, roots-rock, folk,
bluegrass, R&B and blues) that is rooted in our Christian faith. In
addition, we like the symbolism - knowing the amazingly deep and complex
root systems of prairies.
What Are Others Saying About Us?
Four videos were created for our
Stewardship Campaign featuring
people who use our building talking about how the presence of the MCC makes
a difference to them. Click here to
view these videos.
 
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