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Transforming Lives & Impacting the Community
No matter who you are or where you are on life's journey, you are welcome here!
Lessons and Laughter: a special Worship experience of laughter and joy
UPCOMING EVENTS
Christmas Eve Candlelight Lessons and Carols
with harp and flute
Epiphany Celebration: "The Road Isn't Straight"
Sunday, 29 December, 10:00 am ​
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As we approach the end of the year, join us for a time of fun and laughter. The Christmas season is hallmarked by joy. The angels sing. The shepherds run. The star shines. Mary cherishes. Christ is born! In response to all this good news, we sing “Joy to the World!” with grateful celebration. Christmas extends from 25 December until 6 January so on the 29th our Christmas celebration of joy continues!
24 December, 5:30 pm
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Join us for Christmas Eve Candlelight Worship as we hear the Christmas story in word and in music. The readings will be interspersed with the angelic music of the harp and flute. We are starting early to make it easier for families with children and those who have plans for later in the evening. All ages and all people are welcome! Come and celebrate joy and peace and love come into our world and our lives!
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Sunday, 5 January, 10:00 am​
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Epiphany celebrates the journey of the Magi who followed the star to visit the child Jesus. We will reflect on the journeys and pathways in our lives as we celebrate God's guidance. We will each receive our Star Word for 2025, a word that we can use to guide our own journeys whether meditative or physical. Come and follow the star!
WELCOME
Join us in person for Sunday morning worship at 10:00 am
indoors or on our live-stream found on our YouTube Channel.
We understand that visiting a church for the first time is not always easy. The first step can be daunting, however, we’d love to welcome you and help you along the way! You’ll find our church is made up of people just like you, seeking a safe place for people to discover God and connect with others. We are proud to be an Open and Affirming to All congregation welcoming all people.
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YOUTH & FAMILY
MINISTRIES
We offer Faith Formation for children 3 years old through 6th grade every Sunday from 10:00 to 11:15 am. Children begin in worship with their families and then are dismissed for Faith Formation. We also have monthly programs for children and youth as well as an intergenerational family program each month.
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WORSHIP
For over 100 years, people of different faith traditions have turned to CCML as a place for worship, fellowship, education, music and service to the wider world. Honoring its rich history, CCML looks forward to growing and thriving in ministry, building on a century of Christian leadership and inclusive worship and programs.
Ukraine Emergency Appeal
Situation Report
On February 24, the Russian military attacked Ukraine. Hundreds of thousands of persons have already sought refuge outside of Ukraine. Others have remained in the country but are displaced from their homes. The humanitarian crisis is accelerating in Ukraine and in neighboring countries as the violence escalates and the number of people on the move multiplies.
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UCC Response
The United Church of Christ is appealing for support for refugees who have fled Ukraine to neighboring countries and for elderly and other vulnerable people who are displaced within Ukraine and unable to leave. As a member of the ACT Alliance, UCC support is being targeted to people most in need through humanitarian relief partners with a history of working in the region.
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For example, Hungarian Interchurch Aid has been working along the Hungary-Ukraine border for years. It is focusing its war relief in Ukraine to two border cities. In a 10-day span early in the conflict, it trucked 278 metric tons of food and non-food items into Ukraine for relief efforts there.
“We have 24-hour-a-day help on the Ukrainian side for people waiting to cross,” reported HIA communicators Daniel Fekete and Kristof Gancs. “The queue of cars waiting to cross into Hungary has at times reached 5-6 kilometers long. Some 200,000 refugees already have crossed into Hungary, and many more are expected.
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“It’s a rapidly changing situation. The number of people needing help will grow. We just heard of a place near Romania that needs help. We’ll go there,” they said.
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Aid also is being extended through Hungarian Reformed Church Aid, the relief agency of the Reformed Church in Hungary. The UCC’s long-term relationship with the Reformed Church in Hungary is held through the Europe and the Middle East Office of Global Ministries.
Gifts made to UCC Ukraine Relief Fund will provide shelter, food, and other care to war refugees and internally displaced people. It also will help refugees and asylum seekers from African, Middle Eastern and other countries who had sought refugee in Ukraine and now are twice displaced, as well as citizens of more than 125 other countries living in Ukraine.
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Uniting in prayer, action, and giving, we stand as a people of faith in love and compassion with the people of Ukraine and all who are affected, and with our global partners who are welcoming those driven from their homes.
