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May 4th, 10:30am: Pastor Aubra Love Preaching, Acoustic Band Performing!

May 4th, 10:30am: Pastor Aubra Love Preaching, Acoustic Band Performing!

Sunday May 4th, 10:30am
Pastor Aubra Love is Preaching!
Acoustic Band Performing!
Communion Sunday
Pledge Sunday

 

We are delighted to invite you to worship with Christ Congregational Church at 10:30am this Sunday May 4th — either in person or via Zoom. Pastor Aubra Love, Pastor Matt Braddock, Music Director Sam Wack, and CCC’s Congregational Giving Engagement Area Coordinator – Betsy Furlong, will lead us in an inspiring and contemplative worship, praise and communion service.

The music this Sunday will feature the CCC Acoustic Band Players — Jim Brown, Peder Maarbjerg (leader), Barbara Pearson, John Potts, Doug Redmond, Mary Scott, Paul Scribner, Sam Wack — alongside CCC’s Chancel Choir, and will include “God’s Choir in the Sky” by Ray Overholt, “Total Praise” by Richard Smallwood, “Dry and Dusty” by Brittany Haas, and “10,000 Reasons (Bless the Lord)” by Jonas Myrin & Matt Redman.

Betsy Furlong will be our Lay Reader this Sunday, reading “We dare to imagine a world…” by Linda Jonesand a reading from Scripture (Acts 9), before kicking off our 2025 Stewarship Season (see details below!) with some thoughts around: “Why is CCC my church? Why do I support it by pledging? My hope and blessing for our church…”.

At the heart of the service, Pastor Aubra Love will offer a Meditation:
“Dancing Through Grief” based on Psalm 30:11.

During the Offering portion of the worship service, we will have an opportunity to contribute to the Deacons Fund, as we do on Communion Sundays. The Deacons Fund is a separate fund from the Unified Budget and is used to support members of the church in times of financial need and is dispersed at the discretion of our Pastoral Team.

Finally, we will celebrate the Sacrament of Communion together, in the welcoming and inclusive way that is CCC’s tradition — as we celebrate people of all races, cultures, ages, abilities, sexual orientations, and gender identities.

All are welcome at this open table.
This is a time to breathe, to remember, and to receive.
Come as you are. There is room for you here.

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  • Here is the bulletin for this Sunday.

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After the worship service, everyone is invited to join our post-worship Coffee/Social Hour and our pre-Mother’s Day conversation with Pastor Aubra Love (including a book reading and signing) facilitated by Donna Whittlesey Miller, which will take place in the Chapel. 

Post-worship book signing and pre-Mother’s Day conversation, in-person only. Come, to laugh, lament and love our way to Mother’s Day. All our siblings are warmly invited (from babies to boomers), to explore your stories of being mothered, or mothering, or the absence thereof. You are wanted, here!

Books will be available after each service for signing and purchase.
Our Lactating God: The Embodied Amen

April 27th, 10:30am – Joseph and The Art of Meaning-Making

April 27th, 10:30am – Joseph and The Art of Meaning-Making

Don Bruns (CCC Treasurer and Youth Church School Leader, currently in his second year at Wesley Theological Seminary) and Claire Barry (CCC Spiritual Formation Coordinator) will lead an inspiring and uplifting worship service this Sunday April 27th (Seminarian Sunday).

Music this Sunday — led by the CCC Chancel Choir, Music Director Sam Wack, and Paul Scribner, percussion — will include: “Yonder Come Day,” a Traditional Georgia Sea Islands Spiritual, “Lift Every Voice and Sing” by James W. Johnson, “Grant Us Your Peace” by Felix Mendelssohn, and “Gaudeamus!” by Mary Lynn Lightfoot.

CCC youth — Sylvia Barry, Frances Pipa, and Keira Majarowitz — along with Claire Barry will be our lay readers this Sunday, reading passages from Scripture (Daniel 2, Genesis 37, Genesis 41, 45). After these readings, Don Bruns will lead us in a Prayer of Confession, based on Psalm 130, which reminds us that even when we feel lost, uncertain, or disconnected, we are not alone.

At the center of the service, we will have a Silent Meditation, while breathing a verse from Psalm 46:10:

(Inhale): “Be still, and know…”
(Exhale): “That I am God.”

Following the meditation, Don Bruns will offer a sermon, 
“Joseph and the Art of Meaning Making”. 

Join us after worship for Coffee Hour and a Community Meeting.

Here is the bulletin for this Sunday.

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Calling All Instrumentalists!
Pick Up Music This Sunday

The Intergenerational Orchestra will be playing during the service on Sunday, May 11th. All instrumentalists are welcome, from beginner to advanced. I will hand out music on Sunday, April 27 (after worship), and our first rehearsal will be Sunday, May 4th after the service. Hope you will be able to join us!  –Sam Wack, Director of Music

March 9 Worship

March 9 Worship

Join Us This Sunday March 9 at 10 AM DST* 
combined worship service with SSUMC

*Be sure to take Daylight Savings Time into account this weekend!
 
The pastors of CCC and SSUMC will lead a combined worship service this First Sunday in Lent, March 9th, in the main sanctuary at SSUMC at 10 AM. CCC’s Chancel Choir and SSUMC’s Choir will sing together during the worship service this Sunday. SSUMC is located at 8900 Georgia Avenue.
 
Like last Sunday, Child Care for children 5 and under will be available in the sanctuary “Pray Ground” area. Sunday School for age 4 through 1st grade, and Children’s Chapel for 2nd grade through 5th, is also available. (If you have any questions about childcare or church school, you can reach out to Kristen at brown.jk@verizon.net, or Lindsay at lindsayv@cccsilverspring.org.)
 
The service will be live-streamed via the SSUMC website, Facebook, and YouTube pages. Please note, we will NOT use our CCC Zoom link this week.
 
Here is the bulletin for this Sunday

Join us after worship in the Chapel for a “Family Gathering” for CCC and our Women’s History Month Author Event & Post-Worship Conversation.

In a post-worship sharing, Pastor Aubra Love will offer an author event by reading from her recent work. Her book, Our Lactating God: The Embodied Amen is currently in pre-release and available for pre-order from Pilgrim Press and all other book outlets. The book reading will be followed by a conversation facilitated by Pastor Matt Braddock. We will gather after morning worship in the SSUMC Chapel to chat and chew with a gathering of our CCC folks on this second Women’s History Sunday. CCC Men are warmly encouraged to participate.

March 2 Worship Materials

March 2 Worship Materials

THIS Sunday, March 2 | Communion and Transfiguration Sunday | 10 AM combined worship with SSUMC!

The pastors of CCC and SSUMC will lead a combined worship service this Communion Sunday, March 2nd, in the main sanctuary at SSUMC at 10 AM. The service will be live-streamed via the SSUMC website, Facebook, and YouTube pages. Please note, we will NOT use our CCC Zoom link this week.

The pastors of CCC and SSUMC will lead a combined worship and communion service this Transfiguration Sunday, March 2nd, in the main sanctuary at SSUMC at 10 AM. CCC’s Chancel Choir, SSUMC’s Choir, and Bowie State Gospel Choir will all sing together this Sunday. CCC’s Erma Barron will serve as Lay Reader this Sunday, reading from Exodus 34. CCC and SSUMC volunteers will pair up to assist with and serve communion. (Gluten free and pre-wrapped communion is also available.) Like us, SSUMC sets an open and welcoming communion table. Children and infants are invited to participate. At the heart of our communion liturgy this Sunday will be this refrain: 

Let justice roll, roll down like water and righteousness like a
flowing stream. Let justice roll, roll down like water, and
righteousness like a flowing stream.

SSUMC is located at 8900 Georgia Avenue. While there, come check out how our new office spaces are coming along! Thanks to our amazing volunteers, we have made tremendous progress in the past week.
 
Like last Sunday, Child Care for children 5 and under will be available in the sanctuary “Pray Ground” area. Sunday School for age 4 through 1st grade, and Children’s Chapel for 2nd grade through 5th, is also available. 

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The service will be live-streamed via the SSUMC website, Facebook, and YouTube pages. Please note, we will NOT use our CCC Zoom link this week.

February 23 Worship Materials

February 23 Worship Materials

 



THIS Sunday, Feb 23 | 10 AM worship with SSUMC
 
The pastors of CCC and SSUMC will lead a combined worship service this
Sunday, February 23rd, in the main sanctuary at SSUMC at 10 AM. CCC’s
Chancel Choir and SSUMC’s Choir will also sing together this Sunday.
 
SSUMC is located at 8900 Georgia Avenue. While there, come check out how our new office spaces are coming along!
 
As a heads up, Governor Moore is planning on attending worship with us
that day. Please be prepared for the presence of police and security
that day. While planning to offer a welcome during worship, this is not a
campaign event for the Governor.
 
Our friends from Journey Films, the documentarians present at our final
service at 9525, will also be in attendance, capturing this “full
circle” moment for our congregations.
 
Child Care for children 5 and under will be provided by Dwelley Gardner
and Kristen Brown with familiar toys in the sanctuary “Pray Ground”
area. Sunday School for age 4 through 1st grade, and Children’s Chapel
for 2nd grade through 5th, is also available. (If
you have any questions about childcare or church school, you can reach
out to Kristen at brown.jk@verizon.net, or Lindsay
at lindsayv@cccsilverspring.org.)
 
Our service will be live-streamed via the SSUMC website, Facebook, and YouTube pages. Please note, we will NOT use our CCC Zoom link this week.
 
Here is the bulletin for this Sunday, which has been prepared by SSUMC.
 
After the service, you are invited to attend a Black History Month Lecture with Guest George Derek Musgrove, Ph.D., this Sunday at 11:30 a.m. in the SSUMC sanctuary.

February 16 Worship Materials

February 16 Worship Materials

Join us this Sunday February 16th at 10:30am Via Zoom
for the Third Sunday of Black History Month!

We hold fast to dreams, O God,

for when dreams go, life is a barren field

frozen with snow.

So thaw the frost of fear,

kindle the fire of hope,

and strengthen us to build, to love, to dream

and never let go.

We invite you to worship with us. Christ Congregational Church is an inclusive community of spiritual seekers where we honor and celebrate people of all races, cultures, ages, abilities, sexual orientations, and gender identities.

Worship will be via Zoom only this Sunday. Cheryl Simmons, our Lay Reader, will lead us in an opening prayer based on “Dreams” by Langston Hughes (excerpted above), and will read selections from the Psalms on the theme of breath and breathing. Pastor Matt will offer a sermon this week based on Luke 6:17-26. 

Jesus stood among the people—

among the poor, the hungry, the weary, the rejected,

and lifting his voice, he declared:

 

Blessed are you who are poor,

for God’s dream is yours. 

Blessed are you who hunger now,

for you will be fed with abundance.

 

Blessed are you who weep now,

for joy is coming, and your tears will be wiped away.

Music Director Sam Wack will lead us in worship with songs like “I Need Thee Every Hour” and “Every Time I Feel the Spirit”. Come as you are and find connection, hope, and grace in our welcoming spiritual community.

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February 9 Worship Materials

February 9 Worship Materials

Celebrate online Sunday worship
 
Join us this Sunday February 9th at 10:30am Via Zoom
for the Second Sunday of Black History Month!

Holy One,

In a world that moves too fast,

where news cycles spin and hearts race,

where the weight of injustice and grief can leave us breathless,

we come to You. 

We are delighted to invite you to worship with us. Christ Congregational Church is an inclusive community of spiritual seekers where we honor and celebrate people of all races, cultures, ages, abilities, sexual orientations, and gender identities.

Worship will be via Zoom only this Sunday. Pastor Aubra and Pastor Matt will lead us in worship — and Carlean Ponder, Justice and Witness Engagement Area Coordinator and our Lay Reader this Sunday, will lead us in prayer and will read selections from the Psalms on the theme of breath and breathing. 

Every breath is an opportunity for praise, a reminder of God’s presence in our lives.


Pastor Matt will share a sermon entitled Sermon, “Breathe, Just Breathe”, based on John 20:21-22. Music Director Sam Wack will lead our musical worship experience, including “Steal Away,” a traditional Spiritual. Come as you are and find connection, hope, peace, and grace in our welcoming spiritual community.

Here is the bulletin for this Sunday (Zoom only)

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February 2 Worship Materials

February 2 Worship Materials


Black History Month Begins

Join us for Zoom-ONLY online worship on Sunday February 2 at 10:30 AM, as we celebrate Communion together and kick off Black History Month! Lay Reader Estelle Franklin leads us in prayer and readings from scripture, Musical Director Sam Wack leads our musical worship experience, and Pastor Aubra shares a homily, “Who, me?” based on Luke 4:21-30.

Join us for Virtual Communion

We celebrate the radical hospitality of Jesus by having a wide open communion table. This means that everyone, without exception, is invited to participate in the sharing of Communion. Grab something solid and something liquid to represent the Bread of Life and the Cup of Blessing as we share in our virtual celebration.

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January 26 Worship Materials

January 26 Worship Materials

Celebrate online Sunday worship

Please join us this Sunday, January 26, at 10:30 AM on Zoom for an inspiring and inclusive worship experience with Christ Congregational Church. This week, we’ll explore the theme “Jesus the Healer” through scripture, reflection, and music, led by Pastors Matt Braddock and Aubra Love, Sam Wack, and Ann Marshall. Come as you are and find connection, hope, and grace in our welcoming spiritual community.

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Jan 5 Worship Materials

Jan 5 Worship Materials

We invite you to join us on Jan 5 for our epiphany celebration with the Sacrament of Communion. Communion at CCC is open to all! Worship begins at 10:30 in person and on Zoom.

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