(MK, 2020), One: How long, O Lord?ALL: How long must your lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people hide, afraid to come out to wholeness?One: How long, O Lord?ALL: How long must our Black, Latinx, and Indigenous siblings bear the scars our legacy of white supremacy and racism have left on this nation, on this world?One: How long, O Lord?ALL: Before the lament we carry in our souls is heard and comforted?One: Divine Beloved, we have trusted in your steadfast love.ALL: Our hearts have rejoiced at the promise of your mercy and compassion.One: This Open and Affirming Sunday, let us sing to the Lord, Our God. We must do our best to rediscover our transgender histories, cosmologies, myths, and stories. ALL: God, you have piled up stacks of blessing on those who believe, You stand ready and waiting for all who run to you to escape an unkind world. Prayer after CommunionALL: God of abundance, we give you thanks for the grace we experience at your Table. And so we dare to proclaim, with pride and faith, our truths: ALL: We believe in the power of love. One: Indeed, we give you thanks, our Divine Creator. Those of every generation who have faced violence, the breaking of relationships, the fading of hope when basic needs go unmet. Hymnary: An online hymn and worship music database for worship leaders, hymnologists, and hymn lovers alike. Pray with the Marshall Islands, February 26, 2023. Bring healing, bring peace.One: Jesus Christ, lover of all, may it be so. We see and experience the same realities today. We believe we are each valuable. In Jesus, the Sacredness of those on the margins of the world is centered and affirmed, the tables upended, love overcomes hate. Questions? Beloved people of God. All Belong Here The Many (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sJBEwqBfw3I). -More worship resources from the UCC: https://bit.ly/3Xz9fYJ *Into the Mystic with the Rev. We remember days of our past, heritage, and history as a testimony to the evolution of time and circumstance. Blessed are we when we celebrate that which the world turns away. Technical: Many links are active with current information even when my guiding link points toward an earlier year. Copyright Alydia Smith, 2022 In the midst of an oppressive power that seeks to fragment us, to make us insufficient and insignificant enough to document, to make us non-data, we must not forget our sources of knowing. And so to the One who is Love, we bring the prayers of our communities. Call to Worship (Psalm 31) One: On this Coming Out Day, I turn to you again, God. Christian rituals, in particular, reflect that our inward being manifests in outward doing. Names have the significance we assign to them. We can help you get situated. Help us to open our hearts to the world that you love. Forgive us, God, for breaking our covenants.Forgive us, God, for those moments when we stayed silent and ignored your command to speak.Forgive us, God, for those times when we witnessed harm and did not intervene.Forgive us, O God, for those moments when we forgot to act always in love for one another. We pause to remember the basic gifts of water, of trees, of beauty, of the land we gather upon. In this way, each day, we begin again in love. Its a new week and a new day. Songs for the Holy Other:This collection emerged from a desire to make queer hymns hymns by, for, or about the LGBTQIA2S+ community accessible to a wider range of congregations. Our major contributors represented a diverse chorus of voices through age, race, culture, and orientation. We pray for all who are suffering in the church and the world at the hands of white supremacy. The Christmas event is the gift of incarnation, mercy manifested, and love made visible. The National Offices have secured licenses for the use of curated recordings of individual compositions that are available for use by the local church setting. No further licenses are required. The distinct names attributed to the sacred meal Jesus instituted with his companions attests to more than denominational and doctrinal differences. For the earth that groans beneath us. 1300 E. 9th Street, Suite 1100 ( Directory for Worship, W-1.1001) Offered below are worship resources you may find helpful. Download the Bulletin Covers Planning Kit for 2023 [DOCX]. We participate in systems that privilege sameness and uproot difference. One: We grieve the reality of a broken church that has been used as a place of harm rather than a safe harbor. It has been crafted and offered by Conference Ministers from across the country, including our own Marilyn Kendrix. We yield to Spirit, offering what we have to the greater good. United Church of Christ Resources Anything and everything UCC: merchandise, books, resources, and more. Rend Our Hearts: 2023 Lenten (and Holy Week) Sermon Seeds Series. You also find ideas for your worship leaders, ushers and others who support your worship ministry. More inspiring worship ideas can be found on GatheringWorship.ca. When there is so much temptation to be selfish and careless, this day give us the strength to be kind and intentional. Whatever the background, names serve as a means of identification. Imagine the holy excitement of beholding the tangible, touchable, holdable presence of God. Blessed are those who stay. What are 'Location Folders'? It is not that trans people have never existed, it is that we have been erased and taken out of history. Free us from hidden traps. Link here to weekly scripture readings, prayers, and public domain art based on weekly texts. To live into Gods extravagant welcome and advocate for justice. May the peace of Christ be with you, Trapped by a siege of despair over the events of the world, I panicked. He was humble yet grounded in your love for him. You can search or browse hymns by title, tune, meter, key, scripture reference, and more. The United Church of Christ search and call web page suggests the Interim Ministry Network as a source for Interim training. I am still overwhelmed parenting adults with disabilities. ALL: God, hear our prayers. Fabulous One. The church was founded in a purpose that is grounded in embrace, liberation, resistance, and community. For the ones who never tasted the freedom they fought for. For forgiveness. Write, paint, photograph, sing, dance, pray, celebrate, love, gather, protest, and speak your truth. May the Spirit guide us all to a place of love, a place of full affirmation. Every flower that blooms, every animal that delights, every body of water that sustains our lifeall part of your good works. Please consider your contribution. To maintain ministerial standing, UCC authorized ministers must complete the following: (Black Hills, Dakota Oahe, Prairie Lakes, and Two Rivers Associations). There is sacredness and divinity in understanding the deep meaningfulness of coming into our being. You grant newness of life as we share in Christs resurrection. All materials can be found on the Conferences Vimeo channel. There are several ways to become a pastor in the UCC, we will guide you through the process that works best for you. The Working Preacher site offers an introduction to the Narrative Lectionary, sermon preparation, and worship service planning preparation. No person, no institution, no force of evil could extinguish the work of your hand. On the night of his arrest, he gathered around table with his companions.He took bread, blessed it, broke it, gave it to his disciples and said, This is my body which is given for you.Do this in remembrance of me., He did the same with the cup after the supper, saying,This cup that is poured out is the new covenant.. Iowa ConferenceNebraska ConferenceSouth Dakota ConferenceOur CommitmentsFind a ChurchNew to the Conferences? When does breaking news compel rewriting Sunday's sermon? You are loved, cherished, and one of Gods children. Learn More Spiritual Directors Find a Spiritual Director to help you process experiences and grow in your faith, ministry, and leadership. These resources come from all settings of the UCC; they are written by pastors, educators, musicians and covenanted ministry staff members. Of hope in the grip of evil. Too many in the world still ridicule those who are lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, nonbinary, asexual, and intersex. Your child did not see outcasts, but only your own people. So that you may fill yourself with it. Anything and everything UCC: merchandise, books, resources, and more. (Revised from Religious Institute), Continue to serve with faith and love,Depart from this time today committed to sharing the best of yourself,Through generosity of time and resources,Meeting the needs of others, both spoken and unspoken, seen and unseen, heard and unheardAs the God of healing has healed us,Let us go now and share that compassion with the world,Let us go and greet our beloved transgender, bisexual, lesbian, and gay siblings,Our Black, Latinx, Indigenous, siblings,Sharing the good news that they are seen, they are heard, they are Beloved. Divine because it is Gods gift to us. In the margins, in the hard, in the alone you are there too. Where we share in joy or concern, let us respond together, God, hear our prayers., For all the queer, trans, and intersex children and youth across the globe. (KFR, 2020, inspired by Psalm 89), Holy One of Blessing, eternally we co-create ourselves in your love.All companionship orientations;All gender identities and expressions;All ways of having family.We celebrate LGBTQ+ peoples everywhereKnowing that many are still not safe to come out;To be free;To live life abundantly.Heal all who are ill in body, mind, heart or spirit.Bind up all wounds and provide adequate care.Extinguish any stigma people are enduring.We celebrate because everyone should be celebrated.We are your body on earth.May our love and hope be sent on the wings of this prayerTo all who need refreshing, affirmation, and loves embrace.May it be so. Shame that does not reflect the good news, that we have been given eternal life.Let us be obedient to the work Jesus entrusted to us,Let us hear his teaching, and through it learn how we are to treat one another.Hear this prayer of our hearts, O God. Blessed are the worshipers, Praying from closets, Pulpits, pews, and hardship. 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Creation Care Worship Resources Use worship services and resources on Earth Day, or on any other day throughout the year when your congregation celebrates the wonder of creation 2020 Earth Day Worship Resources Healing our Earthly Home Worship service order (Word) Healing our Earthly Home Worship service order (PDF) We move from concentrating on the event of Christ in the world and shift to the impact of being in Christ in the world. Read this document from Heather Kimmell, General Counsel to the UCC, to better understand. what are human beings (Enfleshed), We Know the Love of God: A Reflection On the Trans Day of Remembrance, https://thehymnsociety.org/resources/songs-for-the-holy-other/, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sJBEwqBfw3I. FESTIVALS/SPECIAL DAYS (includes Creation). You were our refuge through all times of change,When the world seemed harsh and strange.We followed your lead even when the path was obscured, the way to grace hidden behind our own fear. They are available in full and in pieces. This collection emerged from a desire to make queer hymns hymns by, for, or about the LGBTQIA2S+ community accessible to a wider range of congregations. ). Worship Ways; Sermon Seeds; Synod 33 Worship Videos; Music and Liturgical Arts; Stewardship & Generosity Resources; Ministerial Excellence, Support & Authorization (MESA) History, Polity, and Theology; Search and Call; Ministerial Profiles; Ministry Opportunities; Manual on Ministry; Column. It is to become vulnerable and malleable. Amen. One: We hold in this space, those who have endured the worst of what the world has to offer. We Know the Love of God: A Reflection On the Trans Day of Remembrance by the 2018/19 Transgender Seminarian Cohort: Davd E. Patio and Ezra Fairley-Collins, Jude Johnson, Greyson Kentopp, Erica Saunders, Cole Williams. Office of Public Policy & Advocacy in Washington D.C. Hear the prophetic call to live in the radiance of God and do the simple if difficult things required of those who claim and are claimed by the Holy One. Learn more and join a Community of Practice today! For questions regarding Worship Ways, please contact Rev. Through your grace you reach out to us. Each week, youll find that Sundays Lectionary texts and Sermon Seeds, a reflection on the focus text from the. Our thanks to Rev. Advent Unwrapped (Collaboration with the United Church of Canada) https://united-church.ca/worship-theme/advent-unwrapped. Love of the world. Resource Booker, replacing Web Room Bookings, is a web application allowing UCC staff & students to makead-hoc room bookings. Colorful Creator58: Spirit of Love106: My Heart Sings Out with Joyful Praise175: O Christ, the Healer, We Have Come177: God of Change and Glory207: Just as I Am249: Peace I Leave with You, My Friends274: Womb of Life, and Source of Being286: Spirit, Spirit of Gentleness351: I Was There to Hear Your Borning Cry362: When Love is Found388: Help Us Accept Each Other391: In the Midst of New Dimensions392: En Santa Hermandad (United by Gods Love)402: De Colores (Sing of Colors)433: In the Bulb There is a Flower437: We Shall Not Give Up the Fight461: Let Us Hope when Hope Seems Hopeless467: Mothering God, You Gave Me Birth471: What a Covenant495: Called as Partners in Christs Service502: Dear God, Embracing Humankind511: I Love My God, Who Heard My Cry524/525: This Little Light of Mine576: For the Healing of the Nations581: Lead Us From Death to LifeOther Sources. Your bookings will appear in the My bookings screen in a calendar view. Copyright 2023 UCC Resources. Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) - Worship Resources Follow the Lectionary Worship Resources In worship the faithful offer themselves to God and are equipped for God's service in the world. For those fighting to recover from illness, coronovirus and others. Find resources for your weekly services including liturgy, music suggestions, prayers and sermon starters as well as ideas for special services and those in settings outside the church. Fluid and ever becoming One. develop a liturgy for an annual renewal of your ONA covenant. Free material for developing your worship services, prayers, and more. Celebrate: World Communion Sunday Resources World Communion Sunday is coming up on October 2, 2022. Bulletins and read-only versions of the service are also availalbe. The Trans Seminarian Leadership Cohort is a 5 year old collaborative program of the National LGBTQ Task Force, the Freedom Center for Social Justice in Charlotte, NC and the Center for LGBTQ and Gender Studies in Religion at the Pacific School of Religion, Together A Prayer for 2020 Transgender Day of Remembrance in a Pandemic by The Rev. Cleveland, Ohio 44114, The longest season of the liturgical calendar are filled with Sundays called Ordinary Time. It begins with Trinity Sunday and ends with the Reign of Christ. Every bit of love that is out there, God has guided you to find it. We reject that which is different, force it to be silent, or pretend that it does not exist. The United Church of Canada L'glise Unie du Canada. We are praying for you. One: Blessed God! We're pleased to share the insights of four UCC congregations who have found successful and innovative ways to worship online. We believe that our togetherness is transformative. Contact. Additional assembly song may reflect the theme and text of the day. 5. Yes, Resource Booker is available from any PC or mobile device using any browser. So that all know love, safety, belonging, and dignity. Check out the list below for a variety of ongoing continuing education opportunities. Don't forget to send us your submissions! Remind us that we are all born holy and deserve love and tenderness. (KFR, 2020), 3: Wakantanka Taku Nitawa (Many and Great, O God, Are Your Works)11: Bring Many Names28: For the Beauty of the Earth30. More inspiring worship ideas can be found on GatheringWorship.ca. Easter begins a new season. The number of rooms that show on the folder refers to the number of centrally booked rooms attached to that folder and notthe number of rooms available. GatheringWorship.ca is an extension of Gathering magazine: a space for worship leaders, by worship leaders. ALL: Come out, people of God! One: Embodied in us, your creation, we recognize our flesh in all its forms is made holy in You. Global . In this difficult time, trans siblings, hang on. Throughout your history with your people, you have reminded us that those whom the world sees as the least are the greatest in your eyes. (KFR, 2020), Together we defy the darkness by being the Light. Advent celebrates anticipation. We name that many of us wondered if you too had rejected us. In you, we are free from the pressure of our world to conformto all become like. As the fires of experience burn scorching hotIn the life of every Trans person,Grant that these fires may burst forthInto a world eager for the warmthOf the truth of abundant Trans Life and Thriving. You are sister, brother, and sibling. The Holy Spirit resurrects us and allows us to see our own sacred divinity. Worship resources include sermon ideas as well as complete sermons, a litany, unison prayers and more. Wider Church Ministries. Learn More UCC Polity curriculum Curious about what it means to be a part of the UCC? And so we turn to Jesus, who showed us what it looks like to live into our true selves as people of God. For Health & safety reasons it is important that you do not exceed the capacity of a room when making a booking. If serving UCC churches in Iowa, Nebraska or South Dakota, but have other denomination connections or in the process of becoming a UCC minister, we still appreciate the time tocomplete this form. Ive put my life in your hands. You can access Resource Booker via https://www.ucc.ie/en/build/roombookings/resource-booker/. We invite you to use some or several of these resources in your virtual or in-person worship. Experience the thrill of the mountaintop and the reluctance to return to the low and ordinary places where life and ministry really takes place. View the national settings collection of resources. Perhaps the most indicative and faithful to the season of Christmas is Emmanuel (God With Us). Tearing ones clothes was an outward sign of remorse and commitment to change. God chose to speak to us, to show us a way towards authenticity to show others the way toward the value of life, the destructiveness of rigid gender rules. Link to Transgender Day of Remembrance resources. Worship Ways. Start worship planning today: Find prayers, music, weekly inspirations, and more! If the spiritual transformation is missing, however, the actions become meaningless and a mockery. Together to Celebrate RCL-based contemporary music suggestions Curious about what it means to be a part of the UCC? (KFR, 2020), We are all one human family. Lectionary-based video sermons by some of Americas best preachers for use in worship, Bible study, small groups, Sunday school classes, or for individual use. 3. This resource may be used in whole or adapted based on your local traditions. In the Make a Booking screen in Resource Booker - If you want further details about an available room, click on the information icon which appears after each room name. We pray for all those who hunger for justice and liberation today. ALL: We all suffer when any LGBT person is oppressed, excluded, or shamed.One: When justice is denied to any of us, justice is denied to all of us.ALL: Until we are all free, none of us are free.One: May we work to build a world where all people are affirmed with love. Help us create a world where all queer, transgender, bisexual, lesbian, and gay people can flourish. ALL: We come today, a people mourning still our losses, still recovering from the ravages of the Covid-19 pandemic and the pandemic of institutionalized racism that has plagued our world for too many centuries.One: We come today, knowing you care for usALL: We come today, knowing that even when others reject us, your arms are open to offer comfort. To access weekly readings of the Revised Common Lectionary, click here. Anticipation is best accompanied by preparatory action. You can download from YouTube at youtu.be/-dTb7fc43Tk. In your love you created us. And why does it say there are several available but when I click on the folder it shows no room available? (Enfleshed, adapted by KFR, 2020), CommunionOne: Open your hearts to Love.ALL: We open our hearts to you, O God. To enter the system, you simply enter your username (this is your UCC email address) & password that you use to log onto your PC. Were proud to share with your congregation this video designed by Kimi Floyd Reisch for Transgender Day of Remembrance. You give us strength to go on when we are troubled and discouraged. A Just World for All UCC Identity & Resources UCC Yearbook and Directory, Access UCC Be the Church Justice & Witness Ministries Apparel Jewelry Gifts Banners & Posters Buttons - Justice & Witness Ministries 2022 UCC Yearbook & Directory $37.00 UCC Resources The UCC provides a set of Guides to Pastoral Search and Call, including this downloadable Notes for the Intentional Interim Minister. Confident of your commitment to wholeness and healing, we lift before you the wounds inflicted on your beloved queer and trans children. Discover new resources for you to bring into your worship services (music, litrugy, lectionsaries, etc). Narrative Lectionary:A four year process for preaching on Sacred Scripture, developed by Luther Seminary in St. Paul, MN. The work of the people of God continues Sunday by Sunday and throughout the year. Zion's UCC POTTSTOWN Zion's United Church of Christ welcomes all to a joint worship service on March 5 at Trinity United Church of Christ, 60 N. Hanover St., at 9:30 am. Garth Schumacher (The Congregational Church, Rochester), Chris Bonhoff (Plymouth Congregational), Eli'jah Carroll (Mayflower UCC), and Lucas Cervi (St. Paul's UCC) for sharing their wisdom and . Go now in hope. Our lives occupy inward and outward space. Bible study, worship, and song suggestions are available on their site. Copyright 2023 - The United Church of Canada. In stressful lives and a world in turmoil, Morning Prayer will reconnect you with God. We pause to remember our neighborsdistant and near. This day, when people are going hungry, give us bread to share. This service was created and edited by Kimi Floyd Reisch. A four year process for preaching on Sacred Scripture, developed by Luther Seminary in St. Paul, MN. This day, when people are angry and hurtful, give us forgiveness to offer. We believe in solidarity with the suffering. He sought out the despised and made them friends. Produced by Discipleship Ministries and United Methodist Communications for use on Heritage Sunday 2020, it is also appropriate to use for virtual worship celebrations of Pentecost, Trinity Sunday and confirmation. Their website features an extensive library of lectionary-based sermons in text and audio, video resources, and helpful blog posts, along with other helpful information for lay persons and pastors. For the ones who take risks, who dream, who feed and pray, who fight for bread and roses, both. Connecting United Church of Christ (UCC) congregations, lay leaders, and clergy with the resources they need for healthy and vital ministry in their contexts. For more information on how to make a recurring booking, please see theResource Booker User Guide. We reject our neighborsothering them for being different from us. A Community of Practice is a structured, facilitated small group of colleagues meeting regularly for mutual support, accountability, and learning. A document to help foster healthy behaviors and relationships in congregations. As we remember the violenceThat has destroyed so many lives Of people who you call Beloved,Grant us the strength and resolveTo look upon this great painIn reverence and sobriety,Without turning awayOr denying the realityOf this terror. Amen (Religious Institute), Prayer of Intercession One: Long ago in Galilee there were many who were sick and suffering, isolated and oppressed. UCC Resources | UCC Resources - United Church of Christ. Our understanding of gender can heal the wounds of this oppressive system, from which every person of every gender is punished for doing gender wrongly. That is the joy of Epiphany. All-age Worship (Uniting Church: SA) Center for Liturgy Sunday website lectionay-based preaching and prayer resources from St Louis University, USA Ministry Matters preaching and worship-leading resources, UMC, USA Music and the Arts - Links to music, art and multi media. The Holy Spirit is at work within and through us. On this page you will find recorded resources for worship, some services in their entirety and some just parts. How do I ensure the room I book is accessible? We move from concentrating on the event of Christ in the world and shift to the impact of being in Christ in the world. So much pain has been inflicted. Be prepared and committed to witness, testify, and demonstrate the realization of the kindom. In Christ, difference is seen again as you created it holy and beloved. For the freedom we have in Christ. Things are basically as they were in my last update, if not more difficult. Learn what scholarships are available to UCC: Scholarship application forms and grant applicationsopen online on Thursday, December 1st. Bible study, worship, and song suggestions are available on their site. (silence)Jesus Christ, lover of all,ALL: bring healing, bring peace. (MK, 2020), For all the great and wondrous things you have done for us, O God, we are grateful. The Holy Spirit is that which can transform our deepest anger, sadness, and loneliness into something new. Wider Church Ministries. Our transitions are spiritual quests, pilgrimagesof searching and discovering different parts of ourselves through surgery or gender affirming accessories/clothing/items, different gender expressions, new bodily sensations through hormonetherapy, and alternative ideological understandings of ourselves in relationship to others.