GRACE UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST (UCC)
"Serving Justice, Loving Kindness"
A United Church of Christ Congregation in Flemington, NJ
CONTACT/ FIND US:
  • We are located at 43 Park Avenue (Flemington Woman's Club), Flemington, NJ  08822.
  • Church Office & Mailing Address: Grace United Church of Christ; 18 Court St., Flemington, NJ  08822.
GRACE UCC:
Grace is "a church without barriers to God".  We strive to be a welcoming, open and affirming, inclusive congregation rooted in the ministry of Jesus Christ.  Together we seek to draw closer to God through worship, study, fellowship and mission.  Our shared desire to serve as "instruments of Christ's peace" keeps our commitment to social justice a central priority.  As a diverse family of faith, we join together with other members of the United Church of Christ affirming our commitment to "liberty of conscience and freedom of interpretation" relative to Scripture.
WORSHIP WITH US:
  • Worship celebrations are held every Sunday morning at 11:00 a.m.
(43 Park Avenue (Flemington Woman's Club), Flemington, NJ)
  • Communion is served each Sunday and all are welcome to the table.

Sunday, July 12, 2009: Worship Celebration- 11 a.m.
  • Scripture: Mark 6: 14-29
  • Meditation: Wanting What You Got by Rev. Susan B. Goodwin

Calendar of Meetings, etc.:
  • Next Coucil Meeting: Saturday, July 11 at 9 a.m.- church office.

Upcoming/ Ongoing/ Social Events:
  • Men's Breakfast: every month- usually the second Saturday of each month.

June 12, 2009; click for pictures from past events.

Upcoming/ Ongoing Mission Projects:

Christian Education:

Recent Articles/Items of Interest Submitted by Friends of Grace UCC:









For struggling farmers, hoes and shovels are lifelines of hope — tilling the soil, planting seeds, and clearing weeds. Here at Grace, with our pennies and nickels, we were able to give one set of seeds and tools. Seeds and tools are gifts that keep on giving!Cute and useful, chicks improve the diet and income of struggling farm families. Here at Grace UCC we were able to give a hundred chicks! With our little pennies and nickels, others are rebuilding their homes and their livelihoods. A CWS blanket not only provides needed protection, it brings a ray of hope to people when they need it most and reminds them they are not alone. You, the members, friends and visitors to Grace UCC, were able to donate ten of these blankets with “just” those pennies and nickels…When families and communities have been devastated by a disaster... basics like water jugs (or jerry cans, as they are called), allow them to carry clean water for drinking and cooking. Grace UCC was able to give eight of these water cans with those pennies and nickels.A shelter kit can mean the difference between life and death to a family displaced by a disaster...Grace UCC was able, with those pennies and nickels we all have in our pockets, in the car, in our drawers, to give one complete shelter kit. Imagine, an entire family housed with so little…Small loans provide start-up capital for women's groups to jump-start a business enterprise. Once the initial loan is repaid, it becomes part of a revolving loan fund for other women. Grace UCC was able to give one full loan for a woman to start her own business-with just those pennies and nickels.Rabbits can help struggling rural families increase their income. Rabbits are easy to care for and are famously prolific. Here at Grace UCC we were able to give, with those pennies and nickels, four pairs of rabbits and a two rabbit hutches.A water buffalo translates into increased income, better health, and the chance for children to go to school. Here at Grace we donated, to date, two buffaloes. And, we did so with those pennies and nickels. Thanks!Via the Smile Train organization, we at Grace were able to donate enough money for two surgeries. An example of this is with this girl named Shiva- here is the before pictue of her...and, here is the after picture. Two surgeries with those pennies and nickels. Thanks!Kiva LoanSolar Stove...Solar stoves are a great way to provide a reliable and sustainable source of clean energy. Your gift of a solar stove improves the environment and the lives of struggling farm families. At Grace UCC we were able to buy one stove with those pennies and nickels this February 2009.Oral Rehydration Therapy (ORT)...ORT helps prevent dehydration brought on by diarrhea -- the cause of death for two million children a year in the developing world...Here at Grace UCC we were able to dontate enough packets to help 55 children! Thank you!Emergency Food Packages...A food package, like the ones we provided in Pakistan, contains emergency food supplies for a family of five for a month. We were able to donate (Feb., 2009) one emergency food package (enough food to help take care of a family of five for one month)...thank you!Water Filter...over 1 BILLION people around the world do not have access to safe drinking water. This clean water crisis causes the death of more than 10 million people per year- HALF of whom are children who lack the immune system to fight off waterborne diseases...cont. on next picture...to date (06-2009)...six filters have been purchased and distributed to six different families who now have access to clean drinking water- thanks to you and your efforts...and those pennies and nickels....thank you!
Pennies and Nickels: One of the mission projects at Grace UCC is our “Pennies and Nickels” program.  Members and friends bring their loose change to church on Sunday mornings and place it in the silver “Change Bowl”.  Below are just some of the items we have been able to buy, many through Church World Service (CWS), via this simple program- one by which we are turning some of our smaller possessions into larger ones for those in need…
Click on the pictures below to see a slide show of some of what Grace has been able to purchase to date.
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Iguana Coffeehouse; June 12, 2009
On Eagles' Wings
Baptisms
A Rockin' Postlude
Getting ready to walk...The walk begins...with Duncan and Bill carrying the banner...We walked around Flemington...Even into the streets....Duncan, Bill, Dorothy and Gabrielle...Heather, Emma and Lynda....The Grace UCC contingent...Nancy, Dan, Gabrielle, Duncan, Heather, Emma, Dorothy, Lynda, Bill, Kelly and Alex...thank you and what a great group and a great church!A prayer was said at the end...to work for peace...Amen!
Grace UCC joined a Peace Walk sponsored by the The Community Diversity Council of Hunterdon County on June 14, 2009...click below to start the slide show...thanks to all for a wonderful show of peace for everyone...
Grace UCC joined the Relay for Life event on June 19, 2009...thanks to Alice (our team captain) and all who supported this event...a great cause...and we raised, at this point, more than $2,000.00...in addition to those shown below, Bill, Vassie and Mira were also a part of the walk- a big thank you to all!
Lighting the luminarias....In this picture: Alice (our captain), Mary Kate, Isabella, Dan, Gabrielle, Sue, Nancy....and ?????