Christ Congregational United Church of Christ Miami

Traveling Light

June 14, 2020 Second Sunday After Pentecvoxt Preparation for Worship: "We need to be the church that serves and loves people now, today, exactly where they are. Until then, we are simply managing decline." Kellen Roggenbuck, 21st century CALL TO WORSHIP Leader: Rejoice people of God! Celebrate the life within u, and Christ's presence in your midst! People: Our eyes shall be opened! The present will have new meaning, and the future will be bright with hope. L: Rejoice, people of God! Bow your heads before the One who is our wisdom and our strength. All: We place ourselves before our God, that we may be touched and encouraged by... Read more →

Made In God's Image

June 7, 2020 Trinity Sunday. This Is Good. Genesis 1: 1 - 2:4a In this,the first creation story of our scripture, the first words are often translated "in the beginning..." A better translation would be "in a beginning...." From the very first words of our holy book, we receive a reminder that we always have the chance to try again. One of the most enduring and astonishing promises of our faith is that we are made in God's image. If that is so , we are also creators. and, if the scripture to be believed, then we have the chance to begin and begin, over and over again. Use (the... Read more →

A Good Life In A Good World

Trinity Sunday - June 7, 2020. Preparation for Worship: "If I had the influence of the good fairy who is supposed to preside offer the christening or all children I should ask that her gift to each child in the world wold be a sense of wonder so indestructible that it would last throughout life, as an unfailing antidote against the boredom and disenchantment of later years, the sterile preoccupation with things that are artificial, the alienation from the sources of our strength." Rachel Carson, 20th century CALL TO WORSHIP Leader: Let us worship the eternal God, the Source of Love and Life. People: Let us worship Jesus Christ, the... Read more →

Pentecost Sunday: Strengthing the Church Offering

Pentecost Sunday------- May 31, 2020 THE ACTS OF THE APOSTLES 2: 1 - 21 All of them were filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other tongues* as the spirit enabled them. Acts 2:4 You might have heard someone joke, "King James English was good enough Jesus and it's good enough for me." Today we tell the story about the first day this small ragtag group of followers of Jesus became a church, the church we still are today. It is our story. do you notice that this is not a story about everyone suddenly speaking the same language? It is a story about everyone speaking, all... Read more →