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Worship with us.Join us as we worship together in real time on Facebook Live at 10:45 a.m. Central on Sunday (no login required). The service will also be posted to our YouTube channel before 10:45 a.m. each Sunday.
If you are having difficulty accessing the online services, please don't be shy. Reach out to our church office so we can assist. We are also happy to send you a copy of the sermon via U.S. mail or e-mail.
Schedule for Communion on Oct. 4th
Communion at Home: 10:45 a.m. during our regular online worship service (bring your own elements)
Drive Through Communion: 12:15-12:30 p.m. OR 1:00-1:15 p.m.
Communion on the Lawn: ***advance sign up required*** Group A
Group B
In case of inclement weather, an announcement will be made on our website, e-mail list, and social media on Sunday morning.
Important Information for Communion on the Lawn
For Communion on the Lawn: please bring a face mask and lawn chairs/blanket for your family. When you arrive, please stay in or right next to your car until the parking lot greeter invites you to proceed to the sign in table. At the sign in table you will sanitize your hands, pick up prepackaged communion elements, and the usher will assist you in finding your assigned spot (marked by a cone). We will have two “seatings” - Lawn Group A at 12:00 p.m. and Lawn Group B at 12:45 p.m. See detailed schedule above.
As we continue to learn more about the coronavirus, we are learning more about how we can safely be together. Our congregational leadership has carefully planned traffic flow and requirements for Communion on the Lawn with community health in mind. We ask that everyone carefully read the health guidelines when you sign up. When you reserve your spot, you are agreeing to care for the health of others by following the guidelines. If you have any questions, please reach out to the church office. Sign up for Communion on the Lawn at uccmanhattan.org/sign-ups OR by calling the church office. We've made a short video tutorial to help you with the online sign up process. Health Requirements for Our Gathering
Video Tutorial for Using Online Sign UpVideo Walk-Through for Communion on the LawnVideo Walk-Through for Drive Through CommunionAnnouncements:
Worship with us.Worship with us. Join us as we worship together in real time on Facebook Live at 10:45 a.m. Central on Sunday (no login required). The service will also be posted to our YouTube channel before 10:45 a.m. each Sunday.
If you are having difficulty accessing the online services, please don't be shy. Reach out to our church office so we can assist. We are also happy to send you a copy of the sermon via U.S. mail or e-mail. ![]() Cassidy Moreau is leading another anti-racism discussion group via Zoom and you're invited to participate. The group will begin September 25th at 7:30 p.m. via Zoom. They will be reading How to Be an Antiracist by Ibram Kendi. For more details, contact Cassidy. The Kansas-Oklahoma Conference of the UCC gathers in October each year. Our congregation sends our authorized ministers and lay delegates each year. This year, the gathering is happening ONLINE which means ANYONE in our congregation who wants to attend part or all of the gathering can do so for free. Pretty neat!
Events will be happening throughout the week, beginning Monday, Oct. 5th and ending with a special all-conference worship service on Sunday, Oct. 11th (you don't need to register for the worship service). You can see the schedule and fill out a registration form on the Annual Meeting website. You will want to register as a VISITOR and there will be no cost to you. Several of the speakers are folks that Pastor Caela has known personally for a number of years and they are GREAT speakers. We will also be gathering with our German partners from Baden. We hope you'll take advantage of this unique opportunity. Please contact Pastor Caela if you have any questions. Announcements:
Worship with us.Worship with us. Join us as we worship together in real time on Facebook Live at 10:45 a.m. Central on Sunday (no login required). The service will also be posted to our YouTube channel before 10:45 a.m. each Sunday.
If you are having difficulty accessing the online services, please don't be shy. Reach out to our church office so we can assist. We are also happy to send you a copy of the sermon via U.S. mail or e-mail. We continue to be so thankful for everyone who is a part of our Second Helping meal every Sunday evening. We serve a carry out hot meal and a sack lunch to anyone who needs is every Sunday at 6:00 p.m. This effort takes many, many people working behind the scenes to plan the menus, procure the groceries, prepare the lunches, bake homemade desserts, cook the food, and serve it. Whew! There are many ways to be involved with Second Helping - from coming in to cook to cooking at home, buying supplies or making a cash donation. If you'd like to get involved, please let us know. Our planning team reports that numbers of meals being served has gone up a bit in the past month. In August we 257 meals for guests, 91 meals for the Pawnee Crisis Stabilization Center, and 243 lunch bags. That’s 348 hot meals and a total of 591 meals. In August we also received a lot of food donations. Yay! We received large food donations from local partners as well as members of our congregation who regularly purchase supplies for lunches. Thank you to everyone who donated in August. To make a cash donation to the Second Helping, please donate via PayPal and indicate "Second Helping" in the memo OR mail your check to 700 Poyntz, Manhattan, KS 66502 with "Second Helping" in the memo. Here are some photos of all those wonderful food donations this past month! ![]()
Pastor Caela is on vacation this week and we are going on a road trip together for worship this Sunday. We will be worshiping with Plymouth Congregational Church (UCC) in Lawrence. Like us, Plymouth is a part of the Kansas-Oklahoma Conference of the UCC and is a progressive, Open & Affirming congregation that believes following Jesus means standing up for justice and advocating for those on the margins.
How to worship this weekend: Plymouth's service will be livestreamed here at 9:30 a.m. on Sunday morning. If you prefer to worship at our regular time of 10:45 a.m. you can visit Plymouth's website to watch the service when you're ready. Note: Plymouth will be celebrating Communion this Sunday, so please bring something to eat and something to drink. How to fellowship this weekend: We will still gather for our regular Zoom Fellowship Hour at 11:45 a.m. in our regular Fellowship Zoom room. We hope you can join us for a time of conversation and connection! Even with all of the challenges of 2020 it can be uplifting to take advantage of some of the things we can do now that we couldn't before...worshiping online with another congregation 75 miles from here is certainly one of those things. As we head into the weekend, we hope you'll enjoy some sacred music from Mary Ellen Sutton. Click below to hear "My Soul Magnifies the Lord" by Pachelbel. Announcements:
Worship with us.Worship with us. Join us as we worship together in real time on Facebook Live at 10:45 a.m. Central on Sunday (no login required). The service will also be posted to our YouTube channel before 10:45 a.m. each Sunday.
If you are having difficulty accessing the online services, please don't be shy. Reach out to our church office so we can assist. We are also happy to send you a copy of the sermon via U.S. mail or e-mail. Our friends at Plymouth UCC in Lawrence are inviting anyone in the Kansas-Oklahoma Conference to join them for an online class using the UCC's White Privilege Curriculum. Space is limited, so please sign up soon if you're interested. Classes will be on Wednesday evenings beginning September. 16th. You'll find all the information you need and can sign up here.
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