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Easter Sunday – March 31, 2024 – 10:30 AM Worship Service

Easter Sunday – March 31, 2024 – 10:30 AM Worship Service

March 29, 2024 by Evangelical Reformed UCC in / /

Join Evangelical Reformed UCC’s 10:30 AM Worship Service in our Main Sanctuary and online.

March 24– Palm Sunday
“And I hope”

We might expect that, after denying Christ, Peter would cower in shame—or perhaps even run away
in an attempt to leave his past behind him. Instead, when he hears the news from the women, he
doesn’t dismiss them like the other disciples. He gets up and runs to the tomb. When he peers into the
empty tomb and sees the linen cloth, he is filled with awe. Even after the biggest failures, even after
the worst-case scenario has happened, can we run toward hope? Like Peter, will we keep going? Will
we keep looking for God in our midst?

The Senior Choir will sing, and we will have guest brass players.

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Click here to to VIEW the EASTER SUNDAY Worship Bulletin

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

Good Friday – March 29, 2024 – 7:30 PM Worship Service

Good Friday – March 29, 2024 – 7:30 PM Worship Service

March 29, 2024 by Evangelical Reformed UCC in / / /

Join Evangelical Reformed UCC for a Good Friday Worship Service at 7:30 PM in our Main Sanctuary and online.

March 29 – Good Friday
“Prone to leave the God I love””

John 13:31 – 19:30

On this Holy Day, we are paying close attention to how Peter acts in Jesus’ final hours. So much
happens in a short amount of time: Jesus predicts Peter’s denial, soldiers come and Peter draws his
sword, Jesus is arrested and Peter28 denies him, Peter denies Jesus again and again and the cock
crows, then Jesus is crucified and dies. Peter is prone to mess up, to fight, to deny, to leave, to seek
safety for himself. But aren’t we all? May we lament all the ways we are prone to leave the God we love.

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Easter – April 9, 2023 – 10:30 am Worship Service

Easter – April 9, 2023 – 10:30 am Worship Service

April 6, 2023 by Evangelical Reformed UCC in / / /

Easter

Seeking: Who are you looking for?

Matthew 28:1-10

Jesus, mysteriously appearing to Mary as the gardener, asks her: “Why are you weeping? Who are you looking for?” In the haze of grief, Mary can only see what is right before her—or in this case, what is not before her. It is  only when Jesus calls her by name that the veil is lifted and she beholds the resurrected Christ. On this Easter morning, who—or what—are you looking for? Why have you come to the tomb? What kind of Jesus are you looking for? What veils need to be lifted so we can recognize God’s resurrection wherever it occurs?

We will share pew communion during the 10:30 am service. Special music will be provided by a brass ensemble as well as our Senior Choir.

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Click here to to VIEW the April 9 Worship Bulletin

ERUCC also holds a worship service with communion and healing prayers at 8:30 am in historic Trinity Chapel, 10 W Church Street.

Good Friday – April 7, 2023 – Noon & 7:30 pm

Good Friday – April 7, 2023 – Noon & 7:30 pm

April 3, 2023 by Evangelical Reformed UCC in / / / /

Good Friday – A Service of Silence and Sorrow

Seeking: Why have you forsaken me?

Matthew 27:27-50

Jesus’ final lament gives voice to all those who have been forsaken— those who suffer injustice, those who are abandoned, those who are unjustly convicted. Instead of trying to answer this question with logic or theology, we are invited to live it, to sit with it. Sitting with this unsettling question unearths and unveils many more questions: What do we do in the face of unimaginable suffering? Can we sit in the silence of death and trust that God is there? Will we be in solidarity with those who suffer and grieve?

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Holy Thursday – April 6, 2023 – 7:30 pm

Holy Thursday – April 6, 2023 – 7:30 pm

April 3, 2023 by Evangelical Reformed UCC in / / / /

Holy Thursday

Holy Communion and Tenebrae Service in Main Sanctuary and Livestream

Maundy Thursday is an alternate name for Holy Thursday, the first of the three days of solemn remembrance of the events leading up to and immediately following the crucifixion of Jesus. The English word “Maundy” comes from the Latin mandatum, which means “commandment.” As recorded in John’s gospel, on his last night before his betrayal and arrest, Jesus washed the feet of his disciples and then gave them a new commandment to love one another as he had loved them (John 13:34).

This service has three main parts:

A Service of Light based on the traditional Vespers service in which we recognize Christ our Light

A Service of Holy Communion in which we are invited to participate as one of The Twelve at the Last Supper

A Service of Shadows: Tenebrae, in which we meditate on the Passion of Christ and experience in dramatic form the extinguishing of the Light

If you are participating in worship online, please have a plate with a piece of bread or cracker and a cup with grape juice, wine, or water. You may also consider adding a small bowl with water and a hand towel. During the service, you will be invited to lift the bread or cracker and the cup for a blessing.

Click here to WATCH the 7:30 pm Holy Thursday Service Live or On-Demand

Click here to to VIEW the Holy Thursday Worship Bulletin