Vancouver United Church of Christ

06/14/2026

Sunday Worship Service for June 14, 2026

Scripture: Romans 5:1-8

Link to the scripture from BibleGateway.org:
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Romans%205%3A1-8&version=NRSVUE

Worship Participants:

Officiant: Rev. Steve King
Announcements: Jan Foulke
Worship Leader: Jeanie Beary Stolle
Musicians: Christopher Schindler, Tyler Martin, Jan Foulke
Broadcast Technicians: Eric Pykonen, John Marquardt, Ruth King

Credits:

Scripture quotations are from the New Revised Standard Version, Updated Edition. Copyright © 2021 National Council of Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved worldwide. ~ Call to Confession and Benediction by Rev. Steve King ~ Call to Worship, Prayer for Illumination (edited), and Confession Liturgy from The Abingdon Worship Annual edited by Mary J. Scifres and B.J. Beu. Copyright © Abingdon Press. Used by permission.

Streamed with permission under One License #739784-A. All rights reserved:

Lead Me Lord, arr. Chuck Marohnic, Contributors: Chuck Mahronic, Tune: © 1998 Hope Publishing Company. ~ #73 Enter, Rejoice, and Come In, Words and music Copyright ©1992 Louise Ruspini, Harmonization Copyright © 1993 The Pilgrim Press. ~ I Have Seen Jesus In You. ~ #459 Come O Fount of Every Blessing, Contributors: Pilgrim Press. Text: © 1993, Pilgrim Press, The. ~ #82 Go, My Children, with My Blessing, Contributors: Jaroslav J Vajda, Welsh traditional; arr. Ralph Vaughan Williams.

Public Domain:

#4 Joyful, Joyful We Adore You. ~ #473 Blessed Assurance. ~ Flutes by Jean-Francois Dandrieu. ~ Toccata in G minor by Johann Pachelbel.

06/09/2026

https://dandelionteahouse.com/pages/pride-block-party

Dandelion Teahouse and Apothecary. A family owned tea shop selling hand made skincare and self care products in Downtown Vancouver, Washington.

06/07/2026

Sunday Worship Service for June 7, 2026

05/31/2026

Sunday Worship Service for May 31, 2026

Scripture: Psalm 78:1-8

Link to the scripture from BibleGateway.org:
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm%2078%3A1-8&version=NRSVUE

Worship Participants:
Officiant: Kaye Kip
Announcements: Marilynn Jones
Worship Leader: Brenda Gaston
Musicians: Christopher Schindler, Tyler Martin,Chancel Choir
Broadcast Technicians: Eric Pykonen

Credits:

Scripture quotations are from New Revised Standard Version, Updated Edition. Copyright © 2021 National Council of Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved worldwide. ~ Call to Worship by Thom Shuman. ~ Prayer for Illumination by Thom Shuman and Rev. Steve King. ~ Offering Invitation and Prayer of Dedication by Rev. Steve King. ~ Benediction by Rev. Heather A. Moody. Used by permission.

Streamed with permission under CLI License #11672828. All rights reserved:

Make a Joyful Noise by Allen Pote, © 2005 Hope Publishing Company.

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#470 Golden Breaks the Dawn by Frank W Price, Te-ngai Hu Tune/Text: © 1977 Chinese Christian Literature Council. ~ Higher Ground, Contributors: Hayes / Oatman, Text: Johnson Oatman and Mark Hayes, © 2006 Lorenz Publishing Company. ~ #476 My Life Flows on in Endless Song, Contributors: Doris Plenn, Text: © 1957, Sanga Music Group. ~ #277 Holy, Holy, Holy, Contributors: Reginald Heber. Text: © 1993, Pilgrim Press, The. ~ #479 God Is My Shepherd, Contributors: Lavon Bayler, Text: © 1992, Pilgrim Press, The. ~ Bunessan, arr. David Schack. ~ Holy, Holy. Holy, arr. Robert Kreutz.

Public Domain:

Prince of Peace by J.S. Bach. ~ #812 Amen, traditional Danish. ~ #478 I’ve Got Peace Like a River (verse 1), African-American spiritual.

05/24/2026

Sunday Worship Service for May 24, 2026

Scripture: Acts 2:1-21

Link to the scripture from BibleGateway.org:
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Acts%202%3A1-21&version=NRSVUE

Worship Participants:

Officiant: Rev. Steve King
Announcements: Marilynn Jones
Worship Leader: Steve Bloodworth
Musicians: Christopher Schindler
Broadcast Technicians: Eric Pykonen, Ruth King

Credits:

Scripture quotations are from New Revised Standard Version, Updated Edition. Copyright © 2021 National Council of Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved worldwide. ~ Call to Worship by Joanna Harader. ~ Benediction by Rev. Heather A. Moody. ~ Prayer for Illumination by Rev. Christopher Ney. ~ Affirmation of Faith excerpted from Song of Faith of the United Church of Canada (2006). http://www.united-church.ca/beliefs/statements/songfaith. ~ Offering Invitation (edited) and Prayer of Dedication by Rev. Dr. Cheryl A. Lindsay.

Streamed with permission under One License #739784-A. All rights reserved:

#476 My Life Flows on in Endless Song, (verse 1), Contributors: Doris Plenn. Text: © 1957, Sanga Music Group. ~ #488 Be Still, My Soul, Katrina von Schlegel, 1752, Jean Sibelius 1855; alt. ~ #81 God Be with You, Contributors: Jeremiah E Rankin, Text: ©2014, Wayne Leupold Editions.

Public Domain:

Now Pray We to the Holy Spirit by Dietrich Buxtehude. ~ #85 I Woke Up This Morning, African-American traditional. ~ Prelude and Fugue No. 2 in C Minor, WTC I, by J.S. Bach BWV 847. ~ Come, Creator Spirit, Gregorian Chant. ~ #478 I’ve Got Peace Like a River (verse 1), African-American spiritual. ~ Veni Creator Spiritus by Dom Paul Benoit.

05/17/2026

Sunday Worship Service for May 17, 2026

Scripture: Acts 1:1-11

Link to the scripture from BibleGateway.org:
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Acts%201%3A1-11&version=NRSVUE

Worship Participants
Officiant: Rev. Steve King
Announcements: Marilynn Jones
Worship Leader: Jan Foulke
Musicians: Christopher Schindler, Tyler Martin, Chancel Choir
Broadcast Technicians: Eric Pykonen, John Marquardt, Ruth King, Chris King

Credits:

Scripture quotations are from New Revised Standard Version, Updated Edition. Copyright © 2021 National Council of Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved worldwide. ~ Call to Worship, Prayer of Confession, and Assurance of Pardon by Rev. Mindi Welton-Mitchell. Used by permission. ~ Prayer for Illumination and Call to Confession by Rev. Steve King. ~ Offering Invitation and Prayer of Dedication by Rev. Dr. Cheryl A. Lindsay.

Streamed with permission under CLI License #11672828. All rights reserved:

How Can I Say Thanks. 1971 Bud John Songs, Inc. (Admin. by Capitol CMG Publishing)

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Spirit of the Living God by Daniel Iverson. Copyright © 1935, 1963 Birdwing Music (A Dic. Of the Sparrow Corp.) All rights administered by Sparrow Corp. All rights reserved. Used by permission. ~ Can We Sing the Darkness to Light? By Kyle Pederson. © 2019, Walton Music Corporation. Contributors: Kyle Pederson. ~ My Life Flows on in Endless Song. Contributors: Doris Plenn. Text: © 1957, Sanga Music Group. ~ Hush, Hush, Somebody’s Calling My Name.

Public Domain:

Watchman's Song by Edvard Grieg ~ For the Fruit of All Creation. (c) 1970 Hope Publishing Company. Contributors: Fred Pratt Green. ~ Amen No. 6 by Tyler Martin. ~ Estampie, Anonymous (ca. 1350). ~ I’ve Got Peace Like a River. African-American Spiritual. ~ Lucem Tuam by John Redford

05/10/2026

Sunday Worship Service for May 10, 2026

Scripture: Psalm 139:1-18
Link to the scripture from BibleGateway.org:
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm%20139%3A1-18&version=NRSVUE

Worship Participants:
Officiant: Rev. Steve King
Announcements: Marilynn Jones
Worship Leader: Jeanie Beary Stolle
Musicians: Dr. Christopher Schindler, Tyler Martin, Chancel Choir
Broadcast Technicians: Eric Pykonen, John Marquardt

Credits:

Scripture quotations are from New Revised Standard Version, Updated Edition. Copyright © 2021 National Council of Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved worldwide. ~ Call to Worship by Katherine Hawker. Used by permission. ~ Prayer for Illumination from https://northchurchindy.wordpress.com/. Used by permission. ~ Offering Invitation and Prayer of Dedication by Rev. Dr. Cheryl A. Lindsay. Used by permission. ~ Benediction by Rev. Heather A. Moody. Used by permission.

Streamed with permission under One License #739784-A. All rights reserved:

Our Song Shall Rise to Thee by Joseph R. Martin, (c) 2013 Hope Publishing Company. Contributors: Joseph M. Martin ~ I Heard My Mother Say. Traditional Spiritual. ~ Little Drop of Heaven by Pepper Choplin. ~ My Life Flows on in Endless Song. Contributors: Doris Plenn. Text: © 1957, Sanga Music Group. ~ Like a Mother Who Has Borne Us. Contributors: Daniel Bechtel. ~ Mother and Child by George F. McKay. ~ I Come to the Garden Alone. Text: 89 55 7 with refrain; C. Austin Miles, 1868-1946. Music: C. Austin Miles. Contributors: GARDEN.

Public Domain:

Canon in D by Johann Pachelbel. ~ Amen No. 6 by Tyler Martin. ~ I’ve Got Peace Like a River. African-American spiritual ~ Virgo Dei Genitrix by Marcel Dupre.

05/03/2026

We are sharing the recording of the 2026 UCC Earth Summit from April 25th

We’ve also included links below to the Keynote and Panel discussions if you’d like to jump straight to those specific segments!

Full recording: https://youtu.be/HIwbRepZPQU

🎤 Keynote: https://youtu.be/r2gfbJkjW3Q

👥 Panel Discussion: https://youtu.be/8lsJ0wFAIHo

04/29/2026

Sermon Sunday, April 26, 2026

Scripture Reading:
John 10:1-10

Link to scripture in New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition:
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=John%2010%3A1-10&version=NRSVUE

About Vancouver UCC:

Our mission is to follow Christ in faith, worship with creativity and joy, and lead our community by example.

Rooted in Christian tradition yet open to growth, we commit to nurturing spiritual development, serving others with love, reaching out to people of every race, background, and orientation, and working for justice, peace, and the care of creation.

We believe in God the Creator, Jesus Christ who embodies divine love and forgiveness, and the Holy Spirit who moves with us on our journeys.

We affirm that every person is on a unique spiritual path and that all people—regardless of identity, experience, or belief—are beloved children of God.

Wherever you are on life’s journey, you are welcome here.

More information at www.vanucc.org

04/26/2026

This afternoon, as I was on my way out, I caught a glimpse of sunlight in our sanctuary, which was only visible from a certain angle with the lights out. It intersected the banner in a significant and meaningful way.

Always look for the bright light even in the darkest of times.

Eric P.