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  Worship on Sundays

  In-person regular Sunday morning worship is presently suspended due to the Coronavirus Pandemic. However, our church is still open because WE are the chuch. Each Sunday we still participate in LIVE, interactive worship on Zoom at 10am and you are welcome to join us. The details on how to join in each Sunday's virtual worship can be found below (and are usually posted by Friday morning). 

  What is Zoom worship like? Watch a recording of past Zoom worships HERE.

  Want to know what to expect at a typical in-person Sunday morning worship? Click HERE.

  Looking for our core beliefs and values? Click HERE.

   

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  This Sunday at UCCSV - 8/2/20

  Making a New Way: Lessons from Walking The Camino de Santiago

  Most of us dream of places we may never get to visit but these places can offer us lessons.  This Sunday we will focus on one such place, The Camino de Santiago.

  For our Sunday journey to The Camino, please bring:

  A candle and lighter

  Bread and wine/juice for Communion

  A small stone

  Rev. Suzanne Adele Schmidt will deliver our message.

  Join Zoom Meeting
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  Meeting ID: 844 7075 7726
  Passcode: 20874
  
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  The bulletin for this week can be found HERE.
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  Summer Worship Series: Virtual Vacations with God

  Vacations or rest days help us to reset and recharge ourselves. They comfort us and give us happy memories. They are what we dream about as we countdown to them and what we remember with joy when the vacation or our days away are done and life calls us back to normality. These moments, either at places we love, doing activities we enjoy, or with the people we love, soothe us during times of trauma and give us strength to live through what is to come. It is a special kind of irony then that in the midst of a pandemic, one of the major traumas of our lives, many of us will not get these experiences that we so desperately need. So how then, can we still get that rest and reconnection that we need, the balm to our burnt out and grieving souls that we require, if we are to stay sane and mentally healthy during this time? For the rest of the summer on Sunday mornings we’re going on these mini-retreats/vacations, if you will, to consider what these places and activities help us to do and how we can find even a small piece of that to recreate here at home.

  7/12/20 - The Beach
  7/19/20 - The Mounatins
  7/26/20 – Visiting Family and/or Friends
  8/2/20 – The Camino de Santiago (or Places We’d Love to Go but Probably Won’t) led by Rev. Suzanne Adele Schmidt
  8/9/20 – Visiting Different Churches
  8/16/20 – The Forest
  8/23/20 - Cities/Museums/Famous Landmarks
  8/30/20 – Traveling for Events (Weddings, Family Reunions, etc.)
  9/6/20 - The Lake or River
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  Black Lives Matter

  As a church community we declare that "Black Lives Matter". We reject racism in all its forms. We work towards being the church in the world by promoting justice, standing with the oppressed, and loving our neighbor. While we have much work to do on ourselves in terms of our own biases, and in dismantling the structures of our society that uphold white supremacy, we know we are not alone in this work and God is equipping us and empowering us even now to continually do better.

  To understand more about why it's important to proclaim that black lives matter we invite you to read this article published by our denomination: https://www.ucc.org/justice_racism_black_lives_matter.