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Homecoming 2022

Homecoming 2022 You are invited to the UUCCHC 2022 Homecoming service on September 11. In the spirit of the Homecoming tradition, everyone who has ever been a friend or member of UUCCHC–past, present, and future–is invited to this special Sunday service. Rev. Joel will be delivering a sermon titled “Apocalypse. Now?” Masks are required upstairs … Continue reading Homecoming 2022

Another Unsung Hero

… Our Legacy with Rev. W. Edward Harris Rev. Ed Harris was a passionate civil rights and political activist, an engaging writer and poet, a wise mentor and teacher, and a man generous with joy. He was also the founding minister of UUCCHC. This sermon will explore his life, accomplishments, and path to Danville, Indiana.

Coal, Curses, and Collision

Join us as we celebrate Labor Day with a look at West Virginia. Few places exemplify extractive capitalism and the collusion of government with big business better than West Virginia’s coal industry. So profound is the impact on the land and people that some alternative means of explaining why things have gone as they did … Continue reading Coal, Curses, and Collision

Apocalypse. Now?

Is the world, to employ an American allegory of unclear origin, “going to hell in a handbasket?” Is our contemporary country and world especially fraught and more troubled then ever? Is the apocalypse now? Join us as we consider whether this is the beginning of the end…or perhaps not.

The Change We Hope to Bring

(This is a video sermon by Rev Phil Lund) Carey MacDonald told Phil Lund that outreach means much more than leaving literature around town. In fact, he said that he had recently published a blog post on the subject. “When you talk about what your congregation offers,” Carey wrote, “think ‘join our cause’ instead of ‘join … Continue reading The Change We Hope to Bring

Sheltering Wings At Danville

This is an organization that provides emergency housing and support, will be presenting on this day. Our collection plate will be passed this Sunday to benefit Sheltering Wings and a “Christmas in July” flyer. This will be distributed for the specific needs at Sheltering Wings throughout the month. Joel Reichenbach, the Foundations, Corporations, and Church Relations Officer … Continue reading Sheltering Wings At Danville

Truly Embracing ‘Our Whole Lives’

“To offer sexuality education in a congregation is to acknowledge that human sexuality is simply too important, too beautiful and too potentially dangerous to be ignored in a religious community.” Natalie Brake will share what inspired her to become a facilitator for Our Whole Lives: Sexuality Education and guide us as we consider together why comprehensive sexuality … Continue reading Truly Embracing ‘Our Whole Lives’

The Kindom of Creation

From slime molds to forest floors, counting crows to Happy the elephant, Scientists are beginning to understand more and more that intelligence and awareness are not the unique possessions of human beings or even the so-called higher mammals. Indeed, these qualities appear to be omnipresent in creation. Of course, many other cultures and ways of … Continue reading The Kindom of Creation