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Can We Grow Antiracism Here?

By Gail George It can be humbling, even gut-wrenching, to have your eyes opened to the ways you’ve been racist, to realize the soul-breaking burden our Black brothers and sisters have borne. Yet that’s what a group of Urbandale UCC members did when they read and...

A Cool Congregation! UUCC Recognized by Interfaith Power and Light.

A Cool Congregation! UUCC Recognized by Interfaith Power and Light.

Urbandale UCC is one of five national winners in the "Cool Congregations" Award from Interfaith Power and Light, for reducing electrical spending by 40% and gas expenditures by 20% through energy-conscious activity and investment. Along with United Church of Santa Fe,...

Follow Jesus!

Pastor Dave's Sermon from January 19, 2020: "Follow Jesus!"

Listen to the Voice

Pastor Dave's Sermon from January 12, 2020: "Listen to the Voice"

UUCC Youth Address Climate Change

This week the Adult Spiritual Formation class learned how youth are working to influence adult decision makers to take action about climate change.  UUCC congregation member Leah G., age 15, shared her passion about making the world safer for her generation by locally...

A Christmas Play

"A CHRISTMAS PLAY" : by the preschool to 5th graders on Sunday, December 17.

Stewardship Sunday

The pews of Urbandale UCC were alive with the joy of giving this past Sunday! During the service we heard from liturgist Mark Siegel about how one's attitude towards giving can evolve over time, and Kevin Hanson shared some of his 'Favorite Things' about our church...

Pastor’s Blog and Sermons

Ponderings from your Pastor…January, 2020

“I’m reminded of your authentic faith, which first lived in your grandmother Lois and your mother Eunice. I’m sure that this faith is also inside you. Because of this, I’m reminding you to revive God’s gift that is in you through the laying on of my hands. God didn’t...

Ponderings from your Pastor: December 2019

“Suddenly, a great assembly of the heavenly forces was with the angel praising God. They said, ‘Glory to God in heaven, and on earth peace among those whom God favors.’” (Luke 2:13-14, The Common English Bible) Song is one of the things I like best about this time of...

Ponderings from your Pastor

From The Call August, 2019 “And why be anxious about clothing? Learn a lesson from the way the wildflowers grow. They don’t work; they don’t spin. Yet I tell you, not even Solomon in full splendor was arrayed like one of these.” (Matthew 6:28-29, The Inclusive Bible)...

Pastor’s Ponderings

“My message and my preaching weren’t presented with convincing wise words but with a demonstration of the Spirit and of power. I did this so that your faith might not depend on the wisdom of people but on the power of God. (I Corinthians 2:4-5, The Common English...

Pastor Dave’s Pondering: Our 25th Anniversary

A voice told him, “Get up, Peter! Kill and eat!” Peter exclaimed, “Absolutely not, Lord! I have never eaten anything impure or unclean.” The voice spoke a second time, “Never consider unclean what God has made pure.” (Acts 10:13-15, The Common English Bible) The...

Ponderings from your Pastor

"Going into the tomb, they saw a young man in a white robe seated on the right side; and they were startled. But he said to them, “Don’t be alarmed! You are looking for Jesus of Nazareth, who was crucified. He has been raised. He isn’t here. Look, here’s the place...

Pastor Dave’s Pondering: Searching and Searching

Going into the tomb, they saw a young man in a white robe seated on the right side; and they were startled. But he said to them, “Don’t be alarmed! You are looking for Jesus of Nazareth, who was crucified. He has been raised. He isn’t here. Look, here’s the place...

April Fools!

For the message about the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God. (I Corinthians 1:18, The New Revised Standard Bible) I have talked to a number of pastors, some of whom have been at this a lot longer than...

Pastor Dave’s Ponderings

Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who doesn’t need to be ashamed and who correctly handles the word of truth. (II Timothy 2:15, The Inclusive Bible) In relating my spiritual journey, I am always careful to include the origins of my deep...

Leadership Blog

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