Christopher Peterson is the new director of music at IUCC. He was introduced to the congregation after auditioning with the Chancel Choir and being interviewed by the search committee and Pastor Paul. Peterson is professor of music at California State University, Fullerton, where he directs the Concert Choir and the
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Mission and Service members journeyed to Tijuana, Mexico, to the Albergue Las Memorias HIV shelter. Their efforts are included in an article written by Stella Perez for Connection Voices, an e-newsletter for the Southern California Nevada Conference of the United Church of Christ.
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We’re getting closer! Our main driveway entrance (off Alton) will continue to be open on Sundays but will be closed during the week due to construction activity. We have about two more weeks until interior work will be completed. The meeting rooms got carpeted this week; the operable partitions will
Continue readingThe IUCC Chancel Choir’s Spring Concert 2018 celebrated all the things people love about IUCC: beautiful music sung from the heart and dedicated to our UCC designations. We are an
Continue readingWe care. That was the theme for both Pastor Paul’s sermon that highlighted the career of retiring church administrator Michael Spindle and the early service sermon from Pastor Sarah.
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Among those touring the new addition construction before Sunday night’s Spring Concert were Webelos Pac 654, who also achieved the fifth requirement for their Built It Adventure badges. They learned about a career in construction from their tour guide and our project manager, Jason Buchleitner. They also asked a lot
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Longtime administrator Michael Spindle will be leaving at the end of June. As difficult as it will be to replace him, the answer was under our own nose. Michael worked very well with Steve Swope, and he was sure that Steve would be a good “fit.” Our moderator, Renae, Admin
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May 4, 2018 Dear Friends, Please join us on Sunday, May 20th for our Annual Spring Congregational Meeting. The meeting will follow immediately after the 11:00 service. Highlights of the meeting will include: Discussion and voting on a proposed bylaws change, an update on the Building Project, ratification of
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The Rev. Paul Tellström began his sermon with a description of a 10-year-old and his mother talking about an active-shooter drill in schools and ties it to the procession into Jerusalem known as Palm Sunday and the rope around the donkey. What, he asks, is holding us back?
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The Rev. Ken Wyant and the Rev. Paul Tellström, senior pastor at IUCC, looked at all sides of the “aid in dying” issue during the Sunday sermon. A clip from NBC News about Brittany Maynard, whose story sparked the resolution offered at last summer’s UCC General Synod in support of
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