🕊️We’re demonstrating for peace and protesting the US strikes against Iran

Bring a candle, signs or symbols of peace to the corner of Alton and Culver 🕯️

In war, we all lose: in a world full of noise, let peace be our loudest voice

Calling all Young Adults for Sacred Sunday: Brunch & Belonging

March 1st at 12:30pm

The first Sunday of every month, YAs will be meeting at the Woodbridge Village Center for brunch as an extension of Communion. Come chill and make connections in a fun and welcoming space!

Calling all elementary school kids! - During second service Sunday School this week, we will walk to the Woodbridge Village Center and enjoy a sweet treat. We will leave toward the end of coffee hour and return at the end of second service. Make sure to bring money for a treat!

First Sunday of Lent

All are welcome!

We offer two Sunday services: a Traditional Service at 9:30 a.m. and a Contemporary Service at 11:15 a.m. Adult Sunday School is offered during the 11:15 a.m. service. The traditional service features our amazing Chancel Choir singing wonderful anthems tied to the morning’s theme. The contemporary service is more casual, led by an energetic praise group composed of our choral interns. We welcome you to come as you are and dress according to your personal style.

Sunday services typically include: information about church events, music, prayer, meditation, and a message from the pastor. We celebrate communion on the first Sunday of each month, and everyone is welcome to partake. Our services are also streamed live on Facebook.

Join us for an Inclusive, Artistic, Embodied Worship with Community

✨The Gospel Project presents ✨
Holy Ground: Disabled Voices, Sacred Stories
📆Saturday, February 28, 2026

As part of The Gospel Project, Holy Ground: Disabled Voices, Sacred Stories invites us into an evening shaped by disabled lives, stories, and spiritual insight. This gathering centers voices too often excluded or sidelined in faith spaces, lifting them up as sacred witnesses whose stories deepen and transform how we understand God, community, and ourselves.

🍽️We begin with a shared meal at 5:30pm, followed by the worship gathering at 7:00pm. As always with The Gospel Project, the table comes first. Community is formed through food, conversation, and presence before we move into music, storytelling, scripture, and prayer.

🎶📖We are honored to welcome the return of the Peppermint Ridge Choir, whose music reflects joy, dignity, and deep community, embodying what it looks like when belonging is practiced and every voice is invited to participate fully. The evening will also feature Rev. Erin Beardemphl, whose pastoral and theological work alongside the Peppermint Ridge community invites the Church to listen more carefully to disabled experience as a source of spiritual truth and theological insight.

💃🏼🎭We are also honored to welcome Straight Up Abilities, an inclusive performing arts organization where artists of all abilities learn, create, and perform together. Through dance, theater, and expressive movement, their work centers access, dignity, and joy, reminding us that creativity is a shared language and that the Spirit moves most freely when every body is invited into the dance.

🎤Our keynote speaker, joining us from St. Louis, is Rev. Barbara “Bobbie” Blunt, an itinerant elder in the African Methodist Episcopal Church and Pastor of Buren Chapel A.M.E. Church in Herculaneum, Missouri. A seasoned pastor, chaplain, and community healer, her ministry bridges pulpit, hospital, and street-level outreach, grounded in embodied care, justice, and the sacred worth of every person.

🎵We are also honored to welcome Marleena Barber, a vocalist, cabaret artist, educator, and disability advocate whose work is shaped by lived experience. Her artistry offers audiences a powerful encounter with creativity, presence, and the sacred textures of disabled life.

🌱Joining the lineup is Helena Donato-Sapp, a young artist, poet, and disability justice advocate whose work centers intersectionality, embodiment, and belonging. Through her creative voice and public witness, Helena challenges ableism and invites communities to listen more deeply to disabled wisdom.

🕯️Through music, testimony, scripture, and theatrical storytelling, the night explores how God is revealed through bodies and minds that move through the world differently. Rather than asking how disability can be cured or overcome, this gathering asks what disabled life reveals about God, belonging, and grace.

🤍This evening affirms a simple truth: every embodied life speaks of God. Difference becomes a teacher without being demanded. Access becomes a spiritual practice rather than an afterthought. Community becomes the place where all are seen, heard, and welcomed at the table.

♿This gathering is planned with accessibility and multiple ways of participation in mind. ASL interpreters and childcare will be available.

👉 RSVP for the FREE event here:

https://forms.gle/frZT2ccTW1Hv6gZY7 

Calling all young adults ~ Each young adult should bring their own book, audiobook, or podcast and we will silently read together for an hour. Then, we will spend time together sharing what our books are about what we've learned!

Meeting at Hola Adios Coffee Shop in Tustin.

ESL (English as a Second Language) Conversation classes at Irvine UCC from IUCC’s DEI Committee

Every Wednesday morning from 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. Free!

Click Here to Sign Up!

We are offering weekly classes where English learners can improve their English skills by having real-life conversations in a caring and supportive environment. We hope that these English conversation classes will help all neighbors overcome language and cultural barriers and empower everyone to live out their lives with greater confidence and success. At the same time, the IUCC community will be enriched and strengthened as we show God’s love for our neighbors in practical ways. These classes will serve as an opportunity to learn about each other’s cultures, connect with each other and form meaningful relationships.

We need the help of IUCC members to spread the word out about these classes to the community. Please forward the above flyer to your friends, neighbors, and others in your social network.

Anyone who’s interested in coming to the FREE class can sign up online using the QR code or click here to sign up. To access the flyer in your preferred language, click here: English, Chinese,

Flyer Versions (with QR code):
English
Español
中文

Calling all parents and guardians! The Parents Comma Group is meeting on 2nd Sundays and sharing a meal together over lunch.

Childcare is provided at IUCC!

Adults - meet at the tables at the Woodbridge Village Center

First Sunday of Lent

All are welcome!

We offer two Sunday services: a Traditional Service at 9:30 a.m. and a Contemporary Service at 11:15 a.m. Adult Sunday School is offered during the 11:15 a.m. service. The traditional service features our amazing Chancel Choir singing wonderful anthems tied to the morning’s theme. The contemporary service is more casual, led by an energetic praise group composed of our choral interns. We welcome you to come as you are and dress according to your personal style.

Sunday services typically include: information about church events, music, prayer, meditation, and a message from the pastor. We celebrate communion on the first Sunday of each month, and everyone is welcome to partake. Our services are also streamed live on Facebook.

🎲 Games & Grub Social 🎯

♟️Join us for a relaxed, joyful evening of board games, card games, and good food. Bring your favorite game or just show up ready to play. All ages are welcome, and friends are encouraged to come along.

📆Friday, February 20 at 6:30pm

📍 Plumer Hall at IUCC

Come for the games. Stay for the community.

12:00pm - 1:00pm - Drive-Thru Ashes

7:00pm - Ash Wednesday Service

Lent is a time for reflection, renewal, and drawing closer to the heart of God—a season not of shame, but of grace; not of scarcity, but of deepening faith. In our progressive Christian community, we embrace this season as an opportunity to listen, to question, and to walk together in love. With open hearts and open minds, we journey to discover where God’s Spirit is leading us next.

ESL (English as a Second Language) Conversation classes at Irvine UCC from IUCC’s DEI Committee

Every Wednesday morning from 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. Free!

Click Here to Sign Up!

We are offering weekly classes where English learners can improve their English skills by having real-life conversations in a caring and supportive environment. We hope that these English conversation classes will help all neighbors overcome language and cultural barriers and empower everyone to live out their lives with greater confidence and success. At the same time, the IUCC community will be enriched and strengthened as we show God’s love for our neighbors in practical ways. These classes will serve as an opportunity to learn about each other’s cultures, connect with each other and form meaningful relationships.

We need the help of IUCC members to spread the word out about these classes to the community. Please forward the above flyer to your friends, neighbors, and others in your social network.

Anyone who’s interested in coming to the FREE class can sign up online using the QR code or click here to sign up. To access the flyer in your preferred language, click here: English, Chinese,

Flyer Versions (with QR code):
English
Español
中文

We come together as a church to weigh on matters of our church

When - 10:30am between first and second service

Where - Hybrid - in the Sanctuary and Zoom (check e-blasts for info)

Together, we will vote to approve the 2026 budget and celebrate and exercise the power of congregational polity that makes our church community unique.

Click here for Zoom Info

Your voice and presence are vital as we set the course for the year ahead!

All are welcome as we honor Fat Sunday!

This Sunday we come together as ONE. Join us as we mark the last Sunday before Lent with joy, laughter, and a full heart. Fat Sunday is a beautiful threshold moment in the church year. We celebrate before we enter the reflective season of Lent. Pastor Sarah is also back from Sabbatical!

Come ready for warmth, community, and a spirit of celebration as we gather at the table and in worship.

The Congregational Meeting will then take place after the 9:30am service with Coffee Hour and Fellowship to follow.

Normally we offer two Sunday services: a Traditional Service at 9:30 a.m. and a Contemporary Service at 11:15 a.m. Adult Sunday School is offered during the 11:15 a.m. service. The traditional service features our amazing Chancel Choir singing wonderful anthems tied to the morning’s theme. The contemporary service is more casual, led by an energetic praise group composed of our choral interns. We welcome you to come as you are and dress according to your personal style.

Sunday services typically include: information about church events, music, prayer, meditation, and a message from the pastor. We celebrate communion on the first Sunday of each month, and everyone is welcome to partake. Our services are also streamed live on Facebook.

♥️✨Valentine’s Day Bingo✨♥️

Proudly presented by IUCC and hosted by Cucu Chanel and her Drag Queen Divas!

Buy Tickets : Here

This is one of our most joyful, over-the-top nights of the year. Whether you’re wildly in love, happily single, or showing up with a tender or broken heart, this is the perfect way to celebrate the holiday. Come as you are. Love in all its forms is welcome here.

Wear red and bring your Valentine spirit. Bold, sweet, sassy, or ironic. We love it all.

• 📆 Friday, February 13, 2026, 7:00 pm

• 📍 Irvine United Congregational Church - 4915 Alton Parkway, Irvine, CA 92604 – Plumer Hall

💵 $30 Entry Fee - includes access to all Bingo games and the show!

• 🎁GREAT PRIZES!

• 🎤GREAT PERFORMANCES!

• 🍽️GREAT FOOD & DRINK!

• 🖊️ Dobbers, 🍕food, and 🍹beverages will be available for purchase.

• ⚠️Must be 18+ to play

• 🔴Red attire encouraged (but not required!)

• 🚪Doors open at 6:30 pm – Limited capacity!

💝 Valentine-themed treats & surprises throughout the night! 💌

❓Questions? - Email Pastor Craig at iucc@iucc.org

Monthly Prayer Group – All Are Welcome

Join us on the second Wednesday of each month at 6:30 PM in the Peace Room for a time of shared reflection and spiritual practice. At IUCC, we believe in the power of prayer—and we recognize that it looks different for everyone. This group is open to all and offers a space to explore a variety of ways to pray, whether through silence, words, movement, or stillness. Together, we seek a deeper, conscious connection with the Sacred—something greater than ourselves.

No experience necessary. Just come with an open heart.

ESL (English as a Second Language) Conversation classes at Irvine UCC from IUCC’s DEI Committee

Every Wednesday morning from 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. Free!

Click Here to Sign Up!

We are offering weekly classes where English learners can improve their English skills by having real-life conversations in a caring and supportive environment. We hope that these English conversation classes will help all neighbors overcome language and cultural barriers and empower everyone to live out their lives with greater confidence and success. At the same time, the IUCC community will be enriched and strengthened as we show God’s love for our neighbors in practical ways. These classes will serve as an opportunity to learn about each other’s cultures, connect with each other and form meaningful relationships.

We need the help of IUCC members to spread the word out about these classes to the community. Please forward the above flyer to your friends, neighbors, and others in your social network.

Anyone who’s interested in coming to the FREE class can sign up online using the QR code or click here to sign up. To access the flyer in your preferred language, click here: English, Chinese,

Flyer Versions (with QR code):
English
Español
中文

A forum for those who have questions or want to get in deeper about the IUCC budget before next week’s Congregational Meeting.

The Congregational Packet and Zoom call in information will be available via E-Blast

Join us for a Sunday that celebrates creation, evolution, climate, and the beauty of learning together as we welcome scientist Dr. John D. Patterson

At IUCC, we don’t fear science. We embrace it as a way to see God’s world with honesty and wonder. Join us for Evolution Sunday🌍🧊

John is a postdoctoral researcher in Earth System Science at UC Irvine, studying atmospheric and polar ice data to better understand how Earth’s climate and trace gases have changed over the last century and exploring molecular hydrogen variations over time. Whether you’re a science nerd, a person of deep faith, or someone who just loves a good conversation, you belong here.

🏈🥫Also this Sunday - Souper Bowl Food Donation drive - bring canned food to tackle hunger in our community

All are welcome!

We offer two Sunday services: a Traditional Service at 9:30 a.m. and a Contemporary Service at 11:15 a.m. Adult Sunday School is offered during the 11:15 a.m. service. The traditional service features our amazing Chancel Choir singing wonderful anthems tied to the morning’s theme. The contemporary service is more casual, led by an energetic praise group composed of our choral interns. We welcome you to come as you are and dress according to your personal style.

Sunday services typically include: information about church events, music, prayer, meditation, and a message from the pastor. We celebrate communion on the first Sunday of each month, and everyone is welcome to partake. Our services are also streamed live on Facebook.

Let’s Tackle Hunger! - Bring donations of canned food to support our neighbors.

The kids and youth of IUCC are hosting a food drive for our local food bank! You can get your own decorated bag to fill in the weeks before.

Collecting Feb 8th during both services

Music in Common Concert - Free and open to all!

Saturday, February 7, 2026 • 7:00 PM • Irvine United Congregational Church

Join in! - Let Us Know You’re Coming

By popular demand, Music in Common returns to IUCC with their Black Legacy Project! If you missed them the first time, now is your chance to experience an evening of powerful music, honest conversation, and community connection. 🙌🏾❤️

Music in Common strengthens, empowers, and connects communities through the universal language of music. Their work is built on two simple truths: it is hard to hate up close, and music can change the world. 🌍🎤🎶

Music in Common’s Black Legacy Project is a musical celebration of Black history, created to spark racial harmony, build bridges, and deepen partnership. The show entertains, educates, and inspires with reimagined songs, original music, spoken word, and multimedia. Audiences journey through history while reflecting on today’s Black-White race relations in the U.S., experiencing music as a force for human connection and social change. A screening of the Black Legacy Project documentary short will open the event. 🎬🎵

This evening at IUCC will be uplifting, interactive, and rooted in shared humanity. Bring your friends, your curiosity, and your whole self. 🫱🏾‍🫲🏿🎹✨

🕊️Free Admission — All Are Welcome 
📅Saturday, February 7 • 7:00 PM
📍Irvine United Congregational Church 

See a clip here!

Get Your Free Tickets Here

Take a break and enjoy a well-deserved night off while your kids have a blast! This event is the perfect opportunity for parents and guardians to unwind and relax while the kids will be having fun.

Note - Dinner (pizza) is provided

ESL (English as a Second Language) Conversation classes at Irvine UCC from IUCC’s DEI Committee

every Wednesday morning from 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. Free!

We are offering weekly classes where English learners can improve their English skills by having real-life conversations in a caring and supportive environment. We hope that these English conversation classes will help all neighbors overcome language and cultural barriers and empower everyone to live out their lives with greater confidence and success. At the same time, the IUCC community will be enriched and strengthened as we show God’s love for our neighbors in practical ways. These classes will serve as an opportunity to learn about each other’s cultures, connect with each other and form meaningful relationships.

We need the help of IUCC members to spread the word out about these classes to the community. Please forward the above flyer to your friends, neighbors, and others in your social network.

Anyone who’s interested in coming to the class can sign up online using the QR code or click on the link provided. Classes are FREE. To access the flyer in your preferred language, click here: English, Chinese,

Flyer Versions:
English
Español
中文

Calling all Young Adults for Sacred Sunday: Brunch & Belonging

February 1st at 12:30pm

The first Sunday of every month, YAs will be meeting at the Woodbridge Village Center for brunch as an extension of Communion. Come chill and make connections in a fun and welcoming space!

It’s Scouts Sunday!

IUCC is a proud supporter of inclusive scouting programs that are open, welcoming, and safe for everyone. Join us as we recognize and celebrate the scouting troops that are hosted here.

The scouts help lead the service, there will be a special message from Rev. Joe Dressler, and girl scout cookies during Communion.

All are welcome!

We offer two Sunday services: a Traditional Service at 9:30 a.m. and a Contemporary Service at 11:15 a.m. Adult Sunday School is offered during the 11:15 a.m. service. The traditional service features our amazing Chancel Choir singing wonderful anthems tied to the morning’s theme. The contemporary service is more casual, led by an energetic praise group composed of our choral interns. We welcome you to come as you are and dress according to your personal style.

Sunday services typically include: information about church events, music, prayer, meditation, and a message from the pastor. We celebrate communion on the first Sunday of each month, and everyone is welcome to partake. Our services are also streamed live on Facebook.

Join us for an Inclusive, Artistic, Embodied Worship with Community at The Gospel Project‍ ‍

Theme: Showing up as our Truest Selves

Launching Jan 31st and every last Sunday in Plumer Hall

Hear more from our own Pastor Craig

RSVP Here for the Free Dinner

This gathering isn’t about watching transformation from a distance. It’s about experiencing God together, listening for the voice of our still speaking God, and building community through honesty, artistry, and care. You’ll hear powerful acting that tells the truth of human experience, moving testimonials that sound like lived faith, and music, dance, and spoken word offered with full-hearted presence. We’ll be lifted by exceptional voices, energized by meaningful storytelling, and centered by preaching that both affirms and challenges us toward deeper compassion.

6:00pm Breaking Bread together

7:15pm Worship

Plumer Hall 4915 Alton Parkway, Irvine CA 92614

Child Care available

More Info:

The night will move through multiple artistic voices. Reverend James Fouther, representing the National Church and the Western Region Generosity Office, will lead praise and worship marked by joyful energy and grounded faith. Fuse Dance Company will offer the power of movement through a pas de deux called T-Shirts and Tanks. A staged scene from John Brittain’s Rotterdam will explore the transgender experience with honesty and care, naming the ache of being misread. Guest artists Oscar Aguilar and Salem Strikes will bring music and spoken word into the arc of the evening. And Johnny Eberhardt, as Cucu Chanel, will open and close the night with a message of inclusion, hope, and faith.

Pastor Craig Tyrl will be preaching a message that affirms who we have been and gently challenges who we are still becoming, reflecting on what it means to be Open and Affirming in a community that said “yes” 33 years ago, a history I love and deeply honor. The theme, Showing Up as Our Truest Selves Before God, names the heart of the night.

This gathering will explore what it means to bring our whole selves—our questions, our stories, our identities—into sacred space without fear, trusting that transformation happens when we are fully seen and truly welcomed.

Queer & Disabled Game Night hosted by Joy Dorko is back! Board games will be provided and feel free to bring your own.

All are welcome regardless of sexuality, gender, or ability.

ESL (English as a Second Language) Conversation classes at Irvine UCC from IUCC’s DEI Committee

every Wednesday morning from 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. Free!

We are offering weekly classes where English learners can improve their English skills by having real-life conversations in a caring and supportive environment. We hope that these English conversation classes will help all neighbors overcome language and cultural barriers and empower everyone to live out their lives with greater confidence and success. At the same time, the IUCC community will be enriched and strengthened as we show God’s love for our neighbors in practical ways. These classes will serve as an opportunity to learn about each other’s cultures, connect with each other and form meaningful relationships.

We need the help of IUCC members to spread the word out about these classes to the community. Please forward the above flyer to your friends, neighbors, and others in your social network.

Anyone who’s interested in coming to the class can sign up online using the QR code or click on the link provided. Classes are FREE. To access the flyer in your preferred language, click here: English, Chinese,

Flyer Versions:
English
Español
中文

🕊️Service & Sundaes 🍨

January 25th @ 5:30pm - 7:30pm

Calling all middle and high schoolers to gather and work on a mini service project while we snack on ice cream sundaes! We will gather in the Peace Room. Bring your favorite topping!

Note: We do not need whipped cream

New to IUCC? Curious about the UCC?

Join us for lunch and conversation this Sunday, January 25 at 12:15 p.m. in Plumer Hall.

Meet new people, hear real stories, and learn what makes IUCC and the United Church of Christ a community where questions are welcome, compassion leads, and everyone gets a seat.

Expect good food, honest conversation, and a few laughs. No pressure, no sales pitch, just people and stories.

Please RSVP by contacting membership@iucc.org.

We’d love to see you there!