by info@firstuc.org | Jan 25, 2021 | Everyday Announcements, Sunday Announcements
I don’t know about all of you, but Derek’s sermon really spoke to me on Sunday. In the Christian faith, we often hear a lot about the unique gifts God instills within our lives in service to others. In Derek’s words: “God calls us differently...
by info@firstuc.org | Jan 11, 2021 | Everyday Announcements, Sunday Announcements
Clarity of Vision By the time you read this, I’ll have had one cataract removed, and a new lens inserted into one eye. If all goes to plan, the other eye will be done Tuesday. I don’t remember not being able to see the board in my third grade classroom, but I’ll...
by info@firstuc.org | Jan 4, 2021 | Everyday Announcements, Sunday Announcements
Monday Musings: Star Gifts As the new year begins and we enter the season of Epiphany (we celebrated its start during worship yesterday though the Festival of the Epiphany isn’t actually until Wednesday, January 6), I once again invite you to receive a star gift. For...
by info@firstuc.org | Dec 7, 2020 | Everyday Announcements, Sunday Announcements
Ever since I was a child, my favorite part of the Christmas season has been the songs, the hymns, the carols. When I was a young girl, I had a book that included the lyrics to a great many Christmas carols, and I studied it diligently that I might commit them all to...
by info@firstuc.org | Nov 30, 2020 | Everyday Announcements, Sunday Announcements
Advent has officially begun. Do you have everything you need? Of course not. We are in the middle of a pandemic, and things are not as they should be. As I think about my own Advent this year, I’m reminded of the quandary I’m often in when packing for a trip,...
by info@firstuc.org | Nov 16, 2020 | Everyday Announcements, Sunday Announcements
Over the past few months I have shared a couple of times that something I have been doing when I have some free brain-space is learning to paint. To be more precise, I have been painting as an absolute beginner and amateur; I’m not enrolled in an art...