August 3 – Eighth Sunday after Pentecost

10:30 AM, Worship with Holy Communion in Sanctuary and Livestream

Psalm 49:1-9 | Luke 12:13-21

This week’s readings challenge us to place our trust entirely in God. God does provide, and often God provides for others through us. How does life under the reign of God empower us to live in trust that we will have enough, not only for ourselves but also to share with the community?

Sunday Worship Bulletin

ERUCC also holds a healing worship service with Holy Communion at 8:30 AM.

July 27 – Seventh Sunday after Pentecost

10:30 AM, Worship with Holy Communion in Sanctuary and Livestream

Psalm 85  |  Luke 11:1-13

Prayer is at the heart of discipleship. Prayer is at the heart of our relationship with God. The readings for today lift up God’s nature of love and compassion; they assure us of God’s readiness to hear and attend to our prayers. As we pray, we know God more fully, and as we know God more fully, we pray confidently and with persistence.

Sunday Worship Bulletin

ERUCC also holds a healing worship service with Holy Communion at 8:30 AM.

July 20 – Sixth Sunday after Pentecost

10:30 AM, Worship with Holy Communion in Sanctuary and Livestream

Psalm 52 | Luke 10:38-42

The call to take up the role of discipleship encompasses a call to ground our daily living in the word of God. Each day, there are opportunities to hear and follow God’s word, if only we pause and listen. The action of faithful discipleship is informed by reflection on Christ and the way of God’s realm.

The ERUCC Summertide Choir will sing.

Sunday Worship Bulletin

ERUCC also holds a healing worship service with Holy Communion at 8:30 AM.

July 13 – Fifth Sunday after Pentecost

10:30 AM, Worship with Holy Communion in Sanctuary and Livestream

Amos 7:7-15  |  Luke 10:25–37

This week’s readings invite us to consider how love and compassion are the essence of living faithfully. They call us to shape our lives according to God’s justice and mercy, striving for relationships that enable community. God’s word has ultimate authority and responding to God’s call for justice and compassion is everything.

The Rev. David Cooney will preach and lead worship. The ERUCC Summertide Choir will sing.

Sunday Worship Bulletin

ERUCC also holds a healing worship service with Holy Communion at 8:30 AM.

July 6 – Fourth Sunday after Pentecost

10:30 AM, Worship with Holy Communion in Sanctuary and Livestream

2 Kings 5:1–14  |  Luke 10:1–11, 16–20

Naaman expects a grand healing, but God’s grace comes through a humble messenger and a simple act. These readings challenge us to move beyond our comfort zones and listen to voices we often overlook. As Jesus sends his followers out, he calls us to practice humility, rely on others, and share peace without expecting control. Following Christ means letting go of privilege and pride—and opening ourselves to the transforming power of God’s unexpected ways.

We will share in communion at the chancel rail. The ERUCC Summertide Choir will sing.

Sunday Worship Bulletin

ERUCC also holds a healing worship service with Holy Communion at 8:30 AM.

June 29– Third Sunday after Pentecost

10:30 AM, Worship with Holy Communion in Sanctuary and Livestream

2 Kings 2:1–2, 6–14 | Luke 9:51-62

In Luke 9:51–62, Jesus and the disciples are on the journey to Jerusalem. The disciples, angry when a village does not welcome them, want to call down fire from heaven, an echo of the Elijah story in 2 Kings 1:9–12. Jesus shows them a new way, teaching them, and us, to love our enemies. Jesus reminds us of the cost of picking up the mantle of discipleship. Other loyalties must be set aside, and there can be no turning back when we make a commitment to follow Jesus.

The Senior Choir will sing.

Sunday Worship Bulletin

ERUCC also holds a healing worship service with Holy Communion at 8:30 AM.

June 22 – Second Sunday after Pentecost

10:30 AM, Worship with Holy Communion in Sanctuary and Livestream

1 Kings 19:1-4, (5-7), 8-15a | Galatians 3:23-29

This week’s readings invite us to turn our whole selves – body, mind, and spirit – toward God, who envelops us in grace. God nourishes and sustains us and reaches out to us in the depths of our despair or aloneness. There are challenges in being faithful; God delights in each one of us and supports us as we journey in God’s presence. In Galatians 3:23–39, Paul is responding to challenging questions from those who say gentile converts must keep all the demands of the Jewish law. Paul argues that, by baptism, we are all children of God through faith and heirs of the promise to Abraham. There is no distinction between Jew and Gentile. All are one in Christ.

The Senior Choir will sing.

Sunday Worship Bulletin

ERUCC also holds a healing worship service with Holy Communion at 8:30 AM.

June 15 – Trinity Sunday

10:30 AM, Worship with Holy Communion in Sanctuary and Livestream

Proverbs 8:1-4, 22-31 | John 16:12-15

On this Trinity Sunday, the texts remind us that God dwells in community as Creator, Wisdom, and Spirit. How then do we live as people who are in community with all Creation? We celebrate the faith and hope that the Creator’s love pours into our lives by Christ and the Holy Spirit. We are invited to join with Wisdom in a dance of delight and celebration of God’s activity and to hear Wisdom’s prophetic call to revere all that God has created.

The Senior Choir will sing.

Sunday Worship Bulletin

ERUCC also holds a healing worship service with Holy Communion at 8:30 AM.

June 8 – Pentecost Sunday

10:30 AM, Worship with Holy Communion in Sanctuary and Livestream

Genesis 11:1-9 | Acts 2:1-21

On Pentecost Sunday, Christians around the world celebrate the formation of the church when the Holy Spirit called people into community as Christ’s body and blessed them with universal understanding of languages. Some theologians describe Pentecost as the Church’s birthday. Others describe it as a “big bang” that brought the Church into being, for just as God’s Spirit came rushing into the world over the waters of creation, in Acts 2, God’s Spirit rushes into the world to gather and transform God’s people.

So where does that leave us? If we are willing to be amazed, Pentecost is one of the most awe-inspiring days in our Christian calendar. If we are willing to be transformed, it is an opportunity to be renewed in energy and faithfulness toward the work of God’s kingdom on earth when all people will experience true liberation and boundless love.

Spirit will share in music leadership this morning. We will receive the Strengthen Our Church Offering.

Sunday Worship Bulletin

ERUCC also holds a healing worship service with Holy Communion at 8:30 AM.

June 1 – Pride Sunday

10:30 AM, Worship with Holy Communion in Sanctuary and Livestream

Psalm 27:1-2, 5, 10-14  |  Acts 16:16-34

Pride Sunday is a celebration of the image of God in everyone and the diversity of humanity. In the beginning, when God breathed the breath of life in us, God blessed us and called us very good. There is no better way to celebrate the fact that we were created in the image of the Divine than by being unapologetically ourselves and becoming the people God called us to be: authentic, whole, complex, and made to love.

This Sunday, we will share in communion at the chancel rail, and we will honor and celebrate the many ways Trish Coffey and Kelly Esslinger have enriched our music ministry on their final Sunday as staff members. The Senior Choir will sing and the Cambridge Handbell Choir, Chancel Handbell Choir, and Children’s Music and Movement will offer special music.

Sunday Worship Bulletin

ERUCC also holds a healing worship service with Holy Communion at 8:30 AM.