Sunday, December 22, 2024 worship service featuring the UCH Handbell Choir and guest musician clarinetist Margaret Barsumian

Sunday, December 1, 2024 ~ The First Sunday of Advent

Psalter:  Psalm 16:5-11
Lessons:  
  "Be Watchful"  Luke 21:25-36
  "Celestial Music"  Poem by Louise Gluck

Reflections by Mitchell Kent and Beverly Little Thunder

Hymns:
  "All the Earth is Waiting"
  "O Come, O Come, Emmanuel"
  "Lo, How a Rose E'er Blooming"

Sunday, November 24 ~ Proper 29B

Psalter:  Psalm 93
Lessons:
  Revelation 1:4b-8
  John 18:33-37

Sermon:  "The Kin-dom of Christ"   Rev. Bill Neil, Guest Preacher

Hymns:
  "Rejoice, the Lord is King!"
  "O Day of Peace That Dimly Shines"
  "Crown Him with Many Crowns"

Sunday, November 10, 2024 ~ Proper 27B

Psalter ~ Psalm 146
Lessons:
  "The Widow's Mite"   Mark 12:38-44
  "Mysteries, Yes"  Poem by Mary Oliver

Homily  "People Watching at the Temple; Elections"   Rev. Jared Hamilton

Hymns:
  "Come  and Find the Quiet Center"
  "Tu Has Venido a la Orilla/Lord, You Have Come to the Lakeshore"
  "Be Still, My Soul"
  "My Life Flows On"

Sunday, November 3, 2024 - Proper 26B

Psalter ~ Psalm 119:1-8
Lessons:
  "The Shema" - Deuteronomy 6:1-9
  "The Greatest Commandment" - Mark 12:28-34

Homily ~ "Love is the Only Measure"  -  Rev. Jared M. Hamilton

Hymns:
  "Love Divine, All Loves Excelling"
  "Seek Ye First"
  "Let There Be Peace on Earth"

Sunday, October 27, 2024 ~ Proper 25B

Psalter:  Psalm 126
Lessons:
  "A Joyful Return"   Jeremiah 31:7-9
  "Jesus and Bartimaeus"  Mark 10:46-52
  "If Only People Envied Us"  Poem by Mahmoud Darwish

Homily:  "Necessary Identities, or, They Didn't Burn Witches, They Burned Women"
    Rev. Jared M. Hamilton

Hymns:
  "We Gather Together"
  "We Cannot Own the Sunlit Sky"
  "Guide Me, O Thou Great Jehovah"

Sunday, October 20, 2024 ~ Proper 24B

Lessons:
  "The Request of James and John"  Mark 10:35-45
  "Jesus as High Priest"   Hebrews 5:1-10
  "Paradox of Noise" by Gunilla Norris

Guest Musician:  Calvin Wuthrich

Excerpts from the song "One of Us" by Joan Osborne
  If God had a name what would it be?
  And would you call it to his face?
  If you were faced with Him in all His glory
  What would you ask if you had just one question?

  If God had a face what would it look like?
  And would you want to see
  If seeing meant that you would have to believe
  In things like heaven and in Jesus and the Saints
  And all the prophets?

  What if God was one of us?
  Just a slob like one of us
  Just a stranger on the bus
  Tryin' to make his way home?

"This I Believe" Presentations by Bob Forauer and Peggy Dippen

Hymns:
  "Come, Thou Fount of Every Blessing"
  "Help Us Accept Each Other"
  "Go, My Children, with My Blessing"

Sunday, October 13, 2024 ~ Proper 23B

Psalter:  Psalm 90
Scripture Lessons: 
  Amos 5:6-7, 10-15
  Mark 10: 17-31
Sermon:  "Justice at the City Gate"     Rev. Bill Neil
Hymns:
  "Let the Whole Creation Cry"
  "O Master, Let Me Walk with Thee"
  "God of Grace and God of Glory"