Category Archives: UCC NEws

It looks and smells like Christmas is coming now at church!

Dear Congregation, Advent Greetings to each of you! We began the season of Advent at CCC with the Hanging of the Greens in worship last Sunday.  We were reminded of the symbolic meaning for Christians of the decorations we use—the Advent wreath, evergreens, bells, mistletoe, crimsons, poinsettias, holly, and the manger. The Sanctuary is looking […]

NYE 2020: Unite Through the Extraordinary

UNITE THROUGH THE EXTRAORDINARY A Virtual GatheringJuly 25-26,2020 Although we cannot meet in person at Purdue, your ability to connect and encourage one another does not end. For UCC youth, young adults and ministry leaders in the immediate pandemic this gathering will bring us together for important conversations and activity. We will gather on July […]

Join the Poor People’s Campaign Digital Mobilization on June 20, 2020

In 1968, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. launched a Poor People’s Campaign believing that people joining together could create, “a new and unsettling force in our complacent nation.” Over the last two years, UCC members and congregations have been participating in the continuation of this work through the Poor People’s Campaign: A National Call for […]

Don’t Let Congress Pass the Zombie NAFTA Trade Bill

This Halloween, Don’t Let Congress Pass the Zombie NAFTA Trade Bill With the clock ticking on the legislative calendar, Congress is running out of time to pass the United States-Mexico-Canada Trade Agreement (USMCA), otherwise known as NAFTA 2.0. Although there are some good provisions in the agreement, as it currently stands the new deal remains […]

UCC Disaster Ministries offers Hurricane Dorian response, info, advice.

September 05, 2019Written by Hans Holznagel Dorian nears the southeastern United States with destruction in its wake in the Bahamas, the United Church of Christ Disaster Ministries team is offering information and advice to churches that want to help and to people who are bracing for the storm. Dorian has caused least 20 deaths and unprecedented property damage since making […]

Holy Week Schedule 2019

Lent and Easter Upcoming Events Palm/Passion Sunday, April 14th 9:00 a.m. Garden Chapel worship 10:30 a.m. Procession with palms from Kelsey Hall to the Sanctuary for worship  Maundy Thursday, April 18th 6:30 p.m. Mediterranean potluck dinner and Tenebrae service in Kelsey Hall with foot washing and Holy Communion Good Friday, April 19th 12:00 p.m. Community worship service at Cornerstone […]