Phoenix United Church of Christ

12/22/2017

Journey to Bethlehem: The Christmas Story told through slides and carols. Dec 24 4:00 pm at Phoenix UCC, 1280 N. French Rd Amherst, 14228

09/21/2017

New Vision Congregational Church in Yulee, Florida is a progressive church where all can worship without discrimination and where questions are as welcome as answers. We are a member of the United Church of Christ, known for its attention to social justice and welcome of all people.

08/23/2017

This we believe

In an exceptional show of solidarity, theologians and spiritual leaders of the United Church of Christ's seven seminaries and their colleagues are uniting as signatories on this call to action, denouncing "the profound moral evil of white supremacy" and urging all Christians to make concrete change…

08/12/2017

United in Spirit and inspired by God's grace, we accept all, love all, and seek justice for all. We are the United Church of Christ.

07/15/2017

Join us for worship at 10 AM on July 16 at 238 Hawthorne Ave Town of Tonawanda, 14223

04/08/2017

For your journey this week, here is a poem by Ann Weems “Holy Week.”

Holy is the week…

Holy, consecrated, belonging to God…

We move from hosannas to horror

with predictable ease

of those who know not what they do.

Our hosannas sung,

our palms waved,

let us go with passion into this week.

It is time to curse fig trees that do not yield fruit.

It is time to cleanse our temples of any blasphemy.

It is time to greet Jesus as the Lord’s Anointed One,

to lavishly break our alabaster

and pour perfume out for him

without counting the cost.

It is a time for preparation…

The time to give thanks and break bread is upon us.

The time to give thanks and drink of the cup is imminent.

Eat, drink, remember:

On this night of nights, each one must ask,

as we dip our bread in the wine,

“Is it I?”

And on that darkest of days, each of us must stand

beneath the tree

and watch the dying

if we are to be there

when the stone is rolled away.

The only road to Easter morning

is through the unrelenting shadows of that Friday.

Only then will the alleluias be sung;

only then will the dancing begin.

04/05/2017

My heart is breaking.

A prayer from Maren Tirabassi...

Music of sadness, improv on Psalm 150

Pray for Syria.
Pray for Syria in churches and synagogues and mosques;
pray for Syria under a sky of warplanes!
Pray for Syria in the wake of chemical warfare;
pray for Syria with the music of our sadness!
Pray for Syria with Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons;
pray for Syria with the UN Security Council!
Pray for Syria with discussions in Brussels.
Pray for Syria with the hopes of children!
Pray for Syria with open doors for refugees;
pray for Syria with clanging open doors for refugees!
Let everything that breathes pray for Syria!
Pray for the breathing of Syria!
Those who cannot breathe,
cannot praise God.

01/20/2017

No matter who you are or where you are on life's journey you are welcome in the United Church of Christ

12/26/2016

Dolly was one of our visitors on Christmas Eve

12/24/2016

Come, Immanuel

Come, Immanuel, God with us to be.
Come down from paradise and occupy
this dirty stable of humanity.
Come and live rough, as we do: come and die.

Come and be lonely as an orphaned child.
Come to where grief is harvested and stored.
Come to where empty agèd minds run wild.
Come to the hospice and the cancer ward.

Come, flee from tyrants as a refugee.
Come, be betrayed by those you counted friends.
Come and be tortured with no amnesty.
Come as the means to justify all ends.

Come and be broken like a Christmas toy.
Come, be completely human—then we’ll know
your sorrow may bring hope of lasting joy
and God above is God with us below.

Written for the carol service at St John’s, West Ealing in 2003. Immanuel is Hebrew for God with us.

11/03/2016

This Sunday, Nov. 6, will be a day of remembering our loved ones, people and animals, who have passed into God's embrace. Please bring a candle to place on the altar.