Community Thanksgiving Service
Sun. Nov. 22
6:00 p.m.
St Joseph Catholic Church, Lake Orion
Oxford and Lake Orion will be coming together for a Community based Service for Thanksgiving. Refreshments will follow the service at St. Joseph Catholic Church.
All denominations are welcome to be part of this worship service.
STEM’S MISSION is to equip lay leaders, Christian educators, and licensed ministers to carry out their varied ministries through biblical study, spiritual formation and by developing leadership skills.
Classes are held six (6) times during the program year. Classes are held in the Lansing/East Lansing area. Each class begins on a Friday evening at 6:30p and runs till 9:30p; picks up on Saturday morning at 9:00a, and ends on Saturday afternoon at approximately 3:30p. Classes will meet at the Michigan Conference Center, United Church of Christ, unless otherwise noted.
For further information contact:
Anne McCauslin, STEM Dean
248-821-4669
Annemccauslin1@yahoo.com
The UCC’s new General Minister and President, the Rev. Geoffrey A. Black, recently sat down for a video interview with UCNews. In this first excerpt of a continuing series, he describes his spiritual journey and ministry experience along with his hopes and dreams for the UCC during his time as its leader.
“I hope we have a journey that is memorable, because we’ve all been engaged in moving the church forward,” Black said. “I’m certainly aware that I don’t have everything that it takes – that we are really dependent upon the Holy Spirit. I’m also aware that God has gifted us corporately with what we need to get the United Church of Christ to a different place that is consonant with our times and the needs of the people.”
To read more and watch the video visit:Get to know your G.M.P.
Updated information
18th Annual
For the Love of Leadership Event
January 9th, 2010
8:45a – 3:30p
First Christian Church 1001 Chester Rd. Lansing MI 48912
$20 per person ($30 after December 18, 2009)
Treasuring Gratitude: Living the 23rd Psalm “Because the Lord is my shepherd, I have everything I need.”
Keynote Speaker: Rev. Dr. J. Clinton McCann
Professor of Biblical Interpretation at Eden Theological Seminary in St. Louis
Check in the church office for Registration details
Information for a course on UCC History, Theology, & Polity
If you are looking for:
– A firm grounding in the history, theology, and polity of the United Church of Christ and the groups which contributed to its formation
– A sense of the “ethos” of the UCC
– An understanding of the UCC in its present state and in contemporary society
Then this class is for you!
Classes will be held at:
Ecumenical Theological Seminary 2930 Woodward Ave. Detroit MI 48230
Classes will meet for four (4) Saturday’s and one (1) Monday starting April 10th and ending May 24th.
Instructor:
David Cleaver‐Bartholomew
Fees for this course are:
For ETS 4 credits: $1375.00 For auditing this course: $800.00
For further information regarding this course please contact Marcia Fairrow at ETS – 313.831.5200 ext 208.
Come ponder together the lectionary scripture readings for the coming Sunday Worship.
We’ll be using the “Living the Good News” adult scripture journal as a guide. Copies of the journal are available for $6 and will be used for the duration of the bible study. Come s-t-r-e-t-c-h yourself and explore together.
For more information see a member of the Ministry Team: Liz Wilson, Ron VanderMeer, or Barbara Theurer.
Advent is a time of “getting ready”. 
Getting ready in our hearts to receive the Son of the living God. As we get ready for the mystery and wonder of Christmas we acknowledge Immanuel has much to share. Much to share with the world and with each other.
The Immanuel Ministry team invites you to participate in the creation of an Immanuel Advent Booklet for 2009. This booklet will be a collection of the Christmas memories submitted by Immanuel members and friends. Everyone is asked to be part of this collection of memories. Please share a favorite Christmas memory for our Booklet. Describe your memory in as much detail as you can.
Submit your memory by October 25, 2009 : Mail to: Immanuel Church Attn: Advent Booklet 1 Hovey Street Oxford, MI 48371 OR Put your copy of your memory in the plastic mailbox on the Immanuel Pastor’s office door.
Please mark: Attn: Advent Booklet OR email your memory to: Barbara Theurer ( btheurer@sbcglobal.net )
Thank you for sharing your story!!!!!
Immanuel Ministry Team
Jesus lived with the awareness that God is doing something, right here, right now, and anybody can be a part of it. He encourages his listeners to search, to question, to wrestle with the implications of what he was saying and doing. He inspired, challenged, provoked, comforted, and invited people to be open to God’s work in this world. Wherever he went, whatever he did, Jesus started discussions about what matters most, because for Jesus, God is always inviting us to open our eyes and join in.
NOOMA is a series of short films that explore our world from the perspective of Jesus. NOOMA is an invitation to search, question, and join the discussion. On October 18 we’ll be viewing and discussing the movie “Trees”, and then on October 25 we’ll be doing the same with the movie “Sunday”.
We want to know why we are here. If our lives really matter. How our religion is relevant to this life. Today. We want to understand what significance this minute, hour, week, month, and year has to our lives. To our world. We need a God who cares about this life, in this world, right now. We want to understand why everything we think, everything we say, and everything we do matters. We don’t want to just sit back and wait for something to happen or someday to come. We want to know if all the choices we make now will shape our world and lives for eternity. Because we want our lives to have meaning today, and our lives today to have meaning forever.
Christian Nurture for students in Grades 1 thru 5 will continue in Praise Place. Here, 
we listen to a Bible story told by a story teller, and spend time in private reflection wondering and responding to that story. We find and read the story from our classroom Bible, sing songs, and acknowledge the presence of Christ in our midst.
Our Bible stories for the month of October will be:
Come share the fellowship with us at rehearsals on Wed. evenings 7p.m. – 8:30p.m. Sunday worship “warmup” is 10:15 a.m. Come make a joyful noise unto the Lord!!!!
Our scheduled anthems include:
Thank you to Darnell Lynch for serving as choir accompaniest when Ann McKinley is unavailable. Bless you, Darnell!!!
Immanuel Congregational UCC 