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217 6th Street
Downtown Ames, Iowa
PHONE: 515-232-9323
EMAIL: uccames@midiowa.net
No matter who you are or where you are on life's journey, you are welcome here!
We are a just peace and open and affirming church
FACILITIES
-Nursery during Sunday School and Worship
-Wheelchair accessible
-Elevator at west entrance
-Ramp at east entrance
-Parking on street west of church and in city lot to east.
-Hearing enhancers
OFFICE HOURS
Monday - Friday
8:00-12 PM; 12:30 -3:30 PM
-Large-print bulletins
-Air-conditioning
LOCATION
Downtown at the northeast corner of Sixth Street and Kellogg Avenue.
STAFF
- Rev. Paul A. Johnson, Interim Minister
- Hannah Hannover, Children & Youth Minister
- Becky A. Bridges, Secretary
-Lesley Lackore, Music Director
-Karen Stewart, Organist
PRAYER REQUEST OR JOY SHARE
CALENDAR
NEWSLETTER
QUESTIONS & ANSWERS
THEOLOGIAN IN RESIDENCE
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We welcome you
to join us at
United Church of Christ, Ames!
Sunday Morning Schedule:
9:00 a.m. - Continental Breakfast
9:30 a.m. - Sunday School Classes
Pre-K through 6th grade meet in the Parlor.
Youth Group meet in the Youth Room.
Learning Center meet in Fellowship Hall.
Worship Service is at 10:45 a.m.
Nursery care is provided during the Sunday School hour and worship.
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Lenten Season Soup Supper followed by the Lenten Devotional:
5:45 p.m. - Lenten Soup Supper
6:30-7:15 p.m. - Lenten devotional service in sanctuary: "Messages from the Movies"
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COMING UP:
Theologian-in-Residence Weekend
April 2-3, 2011
"Islam: Rumor and Reality"
with
Dr. Ingrid Mattson
(for details about the program, click on “Worship & Music” at the top of the Home Page)
Dr. Mattson is Director and Professor at the Macdonald Center for the Study of Islam and Christian-Muslim Relations at Hartford Seminary in Connecticut. She is the immediate past president of the Islamic Society of North America.
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AMOS: Please join the AMOS (A Mid-Iowa Organizing Strategy) Youth and Education Research Team and other interested community members in an interactive session of sharing results of our interviews with 21 educators and service providers in our community, discussing priorities and deciding on next steps to close gaps in our current systems.
AMOS Youth & Education Research Team Results-Sharing Session on gaps, barriers and ideas for improving at-risk student intervention in Ames, 7-8:30 pm, Thursday, April 14, 2011, at the Ames High School Cafeteria.
Goals of the session: 1)Increase awareness and understanding of gaps, barriers, ideas and the role of AMOS and the community for at-risk student intervention in Ames. 2)Enhance community participation and ideas for solutions. 3)Commit to next steps – AMOS and others
AMOS provides a way for community members to organize around issues in which they share an interest. Made up of 28 interdenominational groups and organizations, eight in Ames, AMOS pursues an agenda with multiple issues and responds to the concerns and pressures citizens feel. The top youth and education concern voiced in house meetings of hundreds of Ames citizens in fall, 2009 was youth at risk of dropping out of our system. Please join us in creating collaborative solutions.
For more information: http://amosiowa.org/node/103
Holy Week Events – 3 Downtown Churches
Maundy Thursday, April 21, at First United Methodist
Church, 516 Kellogg Avenue
7 p.m. service, Paul Johnson from United Church of
Christ preaching
Mary Jane Button-Harrison from First Christian
leads communion
Good Friday, April 22 -- Third Annual Walk in the
Way of the Cross from Bandshell Park, Sixth and Duff to
downtown Ames, begins at 12 noon
Easter -- Sunrise service at 7 a.m. at First Christian
Church, 611 Clark Avenue
Fred Lewis from First United Methodist Church
preaching
Paul Johnson and Hannah Hannover from United
Church of Christ lead communion
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In keeping with the life and teaching of Jesus Christ, we joyfully and unconditionally welcome all people of any age, gender, race, culture, ability or sexual orientation into our community of faith and affirm the worth of all people as unique individuals made in God's image.
We are open to the unique gifts that each person brings and invite each one to participate in the life of our church.
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"Never place a period where God has placed a comma"
-- Gracie Allen
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