First Congregational Church of Bellingham, UCC

06/02/2026

Correction to previous announcements:
NO Pickup Choir tonight. Rehearsals will be Sundays,
June 14 & 21 at 8:30 am.

05/31/2026

Sunday Worship May 31, 2026
"Time" Ecclesiastes 3:1-8

Music in this service:

“Let It Breathe on Me” by Magnolia Lewis-Butts (1941, alt.) © 1941 Bowles Music House.

“In the Bulb There Is a Flower” by Natalie Sleeth © 1986 Hope Publishing Company. Used under OneLicense -718199.

“Spirit of Life” by Carolyn McDade © 1981 Surtsey Publishing, renewed © 1993 Carolyn McDade. Harmonized by Grace Lewis-McLaren (alt.) © 1992 Unitarian Universalist Association. Used under OneLicense -718199.

“Spirit, Spirit of Gentleness” by James K. Manely (1978, alt.) © 1978 by James K. Manley. Tune SPIRIT Harmonization © 1993 The Pilgrim Press. Used under OneLicense -718199.

“Turn, Turn, Turn” by Pete Seeger. Published by Melody Trails Inc. BMI work ID 900426955. Used under CCS License #12615.

“All Beautiful the March of Days” by Frances W. Wile (1910, alt.) Tune FOREST GREEN Ralph Vaughan Williams (1906). Public domain.

All music is performed live by our musicians.

05/24/2026

Sunday Worship, May 24, 2026

"The Spirit Breathes Among Us" Acts 2

Music in this service:

“Let It Breathe on Me” by Magnolia Lewis-Butts (1941, alt.) © 1941 Bowles Music House.

“On Pentecost They Gathered” text by Jane Huber © 1981 Jane Parker Huber from A SINGING FAITH. Used by permission of Westminster/John Knox Press. Tune MUNICH from Neuvermehrtes Gesangbuch, Meiningen, 1693 harmonized by Felix Mendelssohn. Used under OneLicense -718199.

“Spirit of Life” by Carolyn McDade © 1981 Surtsey Publishing, renewed © 1993 Carolyn McDade. Harmonized by Grace Lewis-McLaren (alt.) © 1992 Unitarian Universalist Association. Used under OneLicense -718199.

“Spirit, Spirit of Gentleness” by James K. Manely (1978, alt.) © 1978 by James K. Manley. Tune SPIRIT Harmonization © 1993 The Pilgrim Press. Used under OneLicense -718199.

“Steal Away” arr. by Bill Ingram © Choristers Guild 2014. Used under OneLicense -718199.

“Now in the Days of Youth” words by Walter J. Mathams (1913, alt.), adapted by Sylvia G. Dunstan. Word alterations © 1992 The Pilgrim Press. Used under OneLicense -718199. Tune DIADEMATA by George J. Elvey (d, 1893).

All music is performed live by our musicians.

05/17/2026

Sunday Worship, May 17, 2026
"Commandment Companion” John 14:15-21

Music in this service:

"Love and Justice" words by June Christine Goudey, music by John Glenn Patron.

“Creator Spirit, Come, We Pray” by Rhabanus Maurus, d. 856. Translation © 1995, The Pilgrim Press. Tune DICKINSON COLLEGE by Lee Hastings Bristol, Jr. © 1969 Theodore Presser Company. Used under OneLicense -718199.

“Alleluia” by Jerry Sinclair © 1972 Manna Music, Inc. CCLI #16811. Used under CCS License #12615.

“Alleluia”chorus Tune LASST UNS ERFREUEN by Ralph Vaughan Williams (1901). Public domain.

“Hold on to the Plow” by David Fayram. Used with permission.

“We Are One in the Spirit” by Peter Scholtes © 1966 F.E.L. Publications, assigned 1991 to The Lorenz Corp. Used under OneLicense -718199.

All music is performed live by our musicians.

04/09/2026

A Call to Action from the United Church of Christ

03/26/2026

A Call to Action from the United Church of Christ

Each of us deserves quality healthcare that is respectful to our beliefs and personal circumstances. Congress has the opportunity to protect that right by passing legislation that ensures lifesaving medications remain available to people nationwide...

03/19/2026

A Call to Action from the United Church of Christ

Our faith calls us to honor the dignity and self-determination of every people, including the people of Cuba. Cuba has long been plagued by the strangle hold the United States has placed on it with the embargo and sanctions levied for the past 60...

03/04/2026

🙌🏾 As bombs continue to drop around the world, the children cannot run fast enough to escape the carnage visited upon them. The children are a part of the collateral damage of war, civil unrest, and the misguided notion that peace can be achieved with war or that a people should not exist because of who they are. Children are watching their parents and family members die. Children are being killed at an alarming rate in armed conflicts around the world.

The losses are staggering, so is the silence around the world. As people of faith, we must continue to advocate for the end of the war. We must be willing to demand the truth from the United States government and ask for the accountabilities for the killing of children who will be buried in a mass funeral.

-Rev. Dr. Karen Georgia A. Thompson
General Minister & President/CEO, UCC

👉🏾 Quote from her latest On My Mind Today blog entry: “Speak for the Children”
https://ow.ly/RVfb50Yp4HN

03/02/2026

A message from the Pacific Northwest Conference, United Church of Christ

In the wake of the bombing of Iran, we find ourselves again in that terrible space where events move faster than our moral clarity. Nations speak of deterrence. Commentators debate strategy. Markets react. And somewhere across the ocean, families grieve.

02/19/2026

Some action items from Faith Action Network

FAN Board Chair Jasmit Singh rallied our advocates on the House of Justice steps at IFAD last week. We now need you to rally to help keep our bills moving forward. Take action through sign-ons and townhalls described below.