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May 1

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Flowers for David

WSU professor, Dr. David Warner, was severely injured by several people as he attempted to intervene in an altercation just a block from the church.  If you’d like to help raise funds for his medical costs, here are a few ways:  

  • Buy a flower from displays at Zoe Underground Cafe (basement of the Interfaith House) and Cafe Moro, with other sites in the near future (we hope :) ) Suggested donation is $5.oo.
  • Help make flowers.  Graduate student Charise De Berry thought up this great idea and we are helping her to expand and give more people the opportunity to donate.  So,we would like to keep these displays full and we could use some help making these simple felt flowers.   Please dive right in and bring any flowers you make to the church.  At this time, we think we need purple, yellow, and blue flowers most (the red are made slightly differently and there are a number of people working on them at this point).   We have extra felt at the church, along with a little table in the Fireside room where you could sit and work if you prefer that to home.

Wavy rosette in Blue, Purple, Yellow

Apr 18

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Our Prayers Reach Out…

Prayer for Boston

 by the Rev. Susan A. Blain

O Holy One, O Lover of Cities:

Your children in Boston cry out to you.   

Your children throughout the world echo their cry: Hear our prayer.   

A day of peace and celebration undone by violence;

A community of hospitality and playfulness scattered in fear.

Your children in Boston cry out to you.   

Your children throughout the world echo their cry: Hear our prayer.   

So much pain and confusion, so many questions:

Be with us as a balm of healing.   

So much courage and kindness, so much diligence in duty:

We find in such goodness your shelter of hope.

Come now, Healer, and use us as instruments of new life for Boston:  You are Love,  

help us love.   

You are Comforter,

    help us comfort.

You are Justice,  

   help us do justice.

You are Mercy,  

   help us show mercy.   

You are Forgiveness,  

help us forgive.   

You are Builder,  

   help us rebuild.

 

Let your vision for a City of safety and joy be known again in Boston,

and in all the communities of the world.

Your children in Boston cry out to you.   

Your children throughout the world echo their cry: Hear our prayer.   

We pray all this in the name of your Child Jesus

-­‐-­‐Word who dwells among us wherever we build community—

Wounded Healer;  Risen Savior;  Maker of All Things New.

 

Apr 18

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Neighborhood Garden Project Underway

Edible Landscape!

Given the recent violence in our neighborhood, now is a great time to come together to work for something positive with our neighbors. We do have consent of the owners of the parking lot directly across Campus Ave, to plant a garden in the “green” space on the corner of Campus and Ruby. Already, WSU Students including Jonathan Handy, students in the Multicultural Student Center, as well as members of Farmhouse Fraternity, are willing to help work
to make this happen.  

Please let Chip or Kristine know if you are interested in helping out with this project, which is more than just growing food for the greater good*, it is an opportunity to get to know our immediate neighbors.

*CCUCC is now a contributor to Backyard Harvest’s Grow for the Greater Good program!

Apr 18

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Seeds of Healing

Friday, April 19 4-6 p.m.

Cultural Studies students and other community activist invite you to join together this Friday, April 19th (tomorrow!) from 4-6 pm. We will be sharing conversation, light food (dessert), the drum (WAZZU Singers), and making “Flowers for Dave” (sold by donation with proceeds going into Dr. Dave Warner’s Medical Fund)

Organizers will continue to focus on Dave’s healing as well as creating a safe space to share thoughts and concerns.  Those of us who call CCUCC home can help with that by being here and helping provide some cookies and other deserts!  If you are able, drop something by the church anytime tomorrow (Friday) or bring something with you if you are attending.
Please spread the word to your friends,families, anyone who knows David, and all community members who are interested in creating safer environment.  Everyone is welcome.

Mar 31

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Faith,In Sundays–Serving our Community

Members and friends of CCUCC will gather at 10:30 on Sunday, April 28 for a brief  service of music, prayer, and sending out.  Then we will engage in service with a variety of service projects for all ages and abilities.

-including:

  • Sing-a-long at Bishop Place Apartments Social Room.  Please gather at Bishop rather than at CCUCC.  Join residents and members of the Choir for hymns and inspirational songs.

How to prepare:  Come with appropriate clothing for the project you choose.  Come with a smile.  Come without your own to-do list (think of this one as God’s).  Come ready to make new friends as we do service together!

We’ll be doing this on the last Sunday of every month, so join us to make a difference.  Bring your friends.  Everyone is welcome!  (and we’ll need all the help we can get!)  This is the first time we’ve tried anything like this, so we’ll experiment together and hopefully as the year goes on, these opportunities to serve together will become even fuller and richer!  We welcome feedback!

As the old UCC bumper sticker says:

“To believe is to care.  To care is to do.”

Have ideas for future projects in the wider community and want to help us make them happen?  Leave them here!

Dec 19

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December 24, 5:30 PM

Gather together on this special night to experience the hope present in the birth of Jesus.  We’ll share the music of carols, hear the ancient story anew, and light our candles to shine forth God’s hope. Childcare is available.

Dec 19

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The Longest Night

Thursday, December 20, 7:00 pm

Christmas can be a painful time for some. It may be the first Christmas without loved family members or friends who have recently died. Our society’s emphasis on family and togetherness can highlight the loneliness of those who are separated from loved ones. The anguish of broken relationships, the insecurity of unemployment, the weariness of ill health, the pain of isolation – all these can make us feel very alone in the midst of the celebrating and spending. Many of us need the space and time to acknowledge our sadness and concern. We need to know that we are not alone. The Longest Night provides an opportunity to do that with ritual, reflection, and singing.

On Thursday, Dec. 20, 7:00 p.m. you are invited to gather with people from the Moscow/Pullman area to remember the light of God’s presence in the midst of the darkness.  This quiet service will provide ample time to reflect, remember, and hold onto hope, with beautiful keyboard and harp music.

Childcare is provided.

Dec 12

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Learning Community Christmas Program

Sunday, December 16

Come experience  ”A Super Christmas” with our children and youth as they provide a different take on the ancient story.  Dress rehearsal on Saturday, December 15 at 10:30 am at the church.  Every child is invited to participate and can find a costume by arriving a bit early on Sunday morning.

Nov 29

Advent Workshop

Advent Workshop

Sunday, December 2 following worship

Everyone is invited to join in making holiday crafts including Advent wreaths, ornaments, and a variety of other things to help us begin the season of Advent.  Members of the Board of Christian Education have planned the projects and provided lunch as well.  Kids can start right in after worship.  Adults are invited to attend the Congregational Meeting in the sanctuary, then come down to Fellowship Hall for the festivities (and sustenance)

Nov 1

Get Out the Vote- Thursday, November 1, 5:30-8:30pm

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Our faith teaches us to care about what happens to the whole family of creation.  Because of the values and hope we learn from Jesus, stories of our faith, and our lived experience with one another, we become deeply engaged with issues that make a difference in the lives of our brothers and sisters.  And while our political system often reflects the brokenness of the human family, we allow others to dictate the outcome of these issues if we don’t participate by voting.

Please vote.  And if you, too, feel strongly about encouraging people to vote, come and join in a Get Out the Vote evening at the church in conjunction with Washington United for Marriage.  Join us Thursday, November 1.  The church will be open 5:30-8:30 p.m.

For more information on faith and voting, see the UCC’s Our Faith, Our Vote site.

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