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.


CLICK HERE TO HELP WITH HAITI RELIEF

Habitat for Humanity Workday Site Project- Saturday, February 13, 2010.

Sunday, February 14, 2010: Worship Celebration- 11 a.m.
  • Scripture: Luke 9:28-36 (37- 43).
  • Meditation: In the Presence of the Divine by the Reverend Daniel J. Lundquist.

ASH WEDNESDAY WORSHIP, FEBRUARY 17, 2010: 7:30 P.M.
 

Christian Education:
                                MEETS AT THE CHURCH OFFICE- 18 COURT ST.
                                MEETS AT THE  SHAKER CAFE- 31 MAIN ST.
        MEETS AT THE CHURCH OFFICE- 18 COURT ST.

Upcoming/ Ongoing Mission Projects:
  • SAFE Communities of Light; Warming Station.

Calendar of Meetings, etc.:
  • Council Meeting: Saturday, February 6, 2010 at 9 a.m.- church office.

Upcoming/ Ongoing Social Events:
-To benefit Anderson House.
-Click here to see flyer for 04-17-2010 Anderson House benefit.
  • Men's Breakfast: every month- usually the second Saturday of each month.
-However, the Men's Breakfast in Feb. will be on the fourth
Saturday of the month- Feb. 27.
-Held at the Country Griddle in Flemington at 8 a.m.
-Currently being set up for March through June, 2010.

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!Feeding America- provides food for the over than 18 million American children who are in great food need. Grace UCC was able to suport one child during the summer of 2009 with those pennies and nickels.After months of drought, families struggle eat. Where grain is the community’s food staple, hunger can be averted until the rains return, and the fields pour forth with new crops. Here at Grace we were able to purchase (Nov., 2009), six months worth of grain for families struggling to eat.Assist the survivors of the 7.0 earthquake that struck Port-au-Prince, Haiti on Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2010. Your gift will help the people affected by this disaster as Church World Service works to provide life-saving supplies now and essential assistance as they rebuild.Another Kiva loan- this one for 25.00 was given on February 1, 2010...pennies and nickels and loans...they keep on giving and giving. Thank you!Another Kiva loan- this one for 75.00. 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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Postlude; Nov. 22, 2009
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!
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...
Worship celebrations are held every Sunday morning at 11:00 a.m.
(43 Park Avenue [Flemington Woman's Club], Flemington, NJ)
Some "Bruce"...
There but for fortune go you or go I....

Do you read the Bible literally?
Yes
Sometimes yes and sometimes no
No, but I take it seriously
No


Men's Choir; Dec. 13, 2009
Kimberly and Sarabeth; Dec. 13, 2009
The leadership: Christine O.- coming on council; Bill T.- Fin. Sec.; Duncan T.- Moderator; Pastor Sue; Bruce W.- Treasurer; Pastor Dan; Mike S.- coming on; Jeanne T.- Deacon; Geoff M.- Sec.; Ed F.- coming on; Dorothy F.- Pianist; Charlie M.- Deacon; (not pictured: Elaine D.- Vice-Moderator).With Sherry T.- Association Conference Minister of the New Jersey Association of the Central Atlantic Conference of the United Church of Christ (ACM of NJA of CAC of UCC).The shirts....Cutting the birthday cake together....The birthday cake- five years!
PICTURES FROM BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION
(December 13, 2009)                                                     ------->
(Click on picture to start slideshow.)
Another Day in Paradise
Prayer given by Ed Fimbel to begin the Grace UCC council meeting on January 9, 2010:

Dear Lord: Give us the courage to cry and the strength to laugh....Give us the wisdom to see and the patience to listen... Give us the insight to find a way and the energy to make things happen...Let us not be afraid to stand alone as well as stand together...with these gifts we are building a community and sowing the seeds for a better world...Amen 
Haiti
-“No one expects anyone to sell a house,” said Hannah, now a high school junior who hopes to become a
nurse. “That’s kind of a ridiculous thing to do. For us, the house was just something we could live without. It
was too big for us. Everyone has too much of something, whether it’s time, talent or treasure. Everyone
does have their own half, you just have to find it.”
New Voting Members; 02-07-2010
Prelude on February 7, 2010
Pearl Jam's Just Breathe...