First Congregational UCC, Platteville

06/10/2026

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Second Sunday after Pentecost https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7whceW0jeyo Sunday Worship 6.7.26

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06/05/2026

🙏🏾 Dear God in Heaven,

God of Love and Peace and Compassion, open the hearts of the faithful.

Let the eyes of their heart be opened to be able to see the Christ within all people. Amen.

-Daniel
Rustburg, VA

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06/05/2026

Happy Pride Month Siblings,

🌈 BIG NEWS! 🌈

We are overjoyed to officially announce that Rev. Derek Terry has been appointed Executive Director of the Open and Affirming Coalition of the UCC! 🎉

Rev. Terry has faithfully served our Coalition as Program Director and most recently as Acting Executive Director for over a year while leading with compassion, vision, and an unwavering commitment to extravagant affirmation.

Under his leadership, we have:
✨ Continued certifying congregations as Open and Affirming
✨ Expanded partnerships across faith communities & conferences
✨ Grown deeper connections throughout the UCC and beyond

Rev. Terry is a servant leader, a fierce advocate for LGBTQIA+ people and communities, and a living example of faith and justice in action. We are so honored to have him leading the organization and the movement officially!

As we celebrate this exciting news during Pride Month, we invite you to celebrate with us by supporting the work of the Open and Affirming Coalition through Give OUT Day, the nation's largest day of giving for LGBTQ+ organizations.

Your gift helps sustain LGBTQ+ affirmation, advocacy, leadership development, educational resources, and communities where people can find belonging, hope, and courage.

Make your Give OUT Day gift:
https://www.giveoutday.org/story/39a45g

Please join us in congratulating Rev. Derek Terry and helping us continue building a world where LGBTQ+ people are fully welcomed, affirmed, and celebrated.

Congratulations, Rev. Terry! The movement is stronger because of you.

Please join us in celebrating and welcoming Rev. Derek Terry as our Executive Director!

06/05/2026

Quote of the Week:
“Nobody nowadays thinks that Jesus was a political activist concerned with political power, but the people who did have political power, the temple priesthood and the Roman colonial authorities, were very concerned about him: they knew that he was a threat, they had him crucified because he was a threat. Do not imagine that when the world sees how these Christians love one another, it will be lost in admiration. When it sees how these Christians love one another, the world usually goes for it’s gun. As Jesus promised: the world will hate you. I’m talking of course, of the real love that expresses itself in action, not in inane cheerfulness, or a feeling of benevolence. Of course every society is some attempt by human beings to live together in friendship, and cooperation, and to this extent is a good and God-given thing. The trouble is that we build friendship with some at the expense of others. The democracy of Athens floated on a sea of slaves. The wealthy make a society in which there is a kind of friendship and cooperation but a society from which the poor are excluded - that is why they are poor. And because they are excluded they have to be kept down, kept in their place, by fear and lies and force. The precarious stability of ‘civilization as we know it ‘would be profoundly threatened by a serious outbreak of love.”

~Herbert McCabe O.P. , “God, Christ, and Us” p. 12-13

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