LOUCC Podcast

Sunday, October 14

We continue “Weaving Spirit and story to discern our way forward.” This week, we hear from the prophet Amos, who challenges us to consider how our worship connects to justice and generosity in our lives.

Sunday, October 31

We continue our theme "Weaving Spirit and story to discern our way forward." This week we hear the story of King Solomon building a temple for God. We'll explore what it means to be the church--both in our building and beyond our building--as we reflect on this past year and a half and look to the year ahead.

Sunday, October 24

We continue our theme "Weaving Spirit and story to discern our way forward." This week we hear the story of the call of David and read a psalm attributed to David. We listen for how God looks at humans hearts and calls us to live into our true, authentic selves.

Sunday, October 17

We continue to explore our theme for 2021-2022 "Weaving Spirit and story to discern our way forward." This week we'll listen to the story of the call of Samuel. We'll explore how sometimes God calls us to both speak and to hear a word of truth, even if that truth is hard and even if that truth is directed to people or institutions we love.

Sunday, October 10

We hear the story of God providing manna to God's people in the wilderness. We listen for how this story resonates for us today--both as people who are living in liminal times, but also as people called to participate in an economy of enough-ness, where we can help provide daily bread to others. We hear stories from our own LOUCC history and a sister congregation, as we consider how God is calling us to meet tangible needs today.

Sunday, September 26

We continue in Year 4 of the narrative lectionary. This week we hear the story of the call of Moses. Hearing the cries of God's people, God responds by calling Moses into the work of liberation. Using Spirit and story, God invites Moses into a new way forward where he must live out his faith in his own generation. How can we open ourselves to Spirit and story as we listen for God's call in our lives?

Sunday, September 19

We continue in Year 4 of the Narrative Lectionary. This week we wrestle with the difficult story of Abraham being asked to sacrifice his son Isaac. Often interpreted as a story of faithfulness, could it be that it's a story of what not to do? Come join us as we try to listen for how this story speaks to our lives today.

Sunday, September 12

This Sunday we kick off our program year and begin Year 4 of the Narrative Lectionary. We hear the first story of creation from Genesis and listen for how we are invited to be co-creators with God of a just and flourishing world.

Sunday, August 22

We continue our summer worship series "Listening to the Spirit: Sharing our Stories of Faith." Each week we hear from a different member of the congregation about how the Spirit is working in their lives. This week our Moderator-Elect Rev. John Aney shares about how the Spirit is moving through liminality and pilgrimage.

Sunday, August 22

We continue our summer worship series "Listening to the Spirit: Sharing our Stories of Faith." Each week we hear from a different member of the congregation about how the Spirit is moving in their lives. This week Cheryll Simmerman shares about her journey of faith--from Methodism to the Bahá’í faith--and how the Spirit has shaped her understandings of unity and justice.

Sunday, August 15

We continue our summer series "Listening to the Spirit: Sharing our Stories of Faith." This week we hear from LOUCC member Pam Brown, who shares how the Spirit has moved in her life through community and creativity. She'll share samples of textile art she has made through the pandemic and how her art has opened up deeper conversations and connections.

Sunday, July 25

We continue on in our summer series “Listening to the Spirit: Sharing our Stories of Faith.” This week Connie Irwin connects her joy at creating quilts to God’s creativity in Genesis. Hear how Connie finds beauty and inspiration all around her in nature, and see slides of some of her work.

Sunday, July 18

We continue our summer series “Listening to the Spirit: Sharing our Stories of Faith.” This week Sue Zukas shares some of her experiences companioning her husband Don through health care crises, and how God and her community helped provide for them, giving what they needed each time.

Sunday, July 11

We continue our summer series “Listening to the Spirit: Sharing our Stories of Faith.” This week Quent Neufeld shares how God has been at work in his life from his days as a midwestern Mennonite farmboy through his career as an international broadcast journalist to courage in facing a difficult disease today.

Sunday, June 27

This service was originally held on Zoom. We continue our summer series "Listening to the Spirit: Sharing our Stories of Faith." Each week we hear from a different member of the congregation about how the Spirit is moving in their life. This week our Director of Faith Development Katie Diaz will share her perspective about the importance of the church being a community that is bound together by the guidance of the Spirit. This was Katie's last Sunday with us at LOUCC.

Sunday, June 20

We continue our summer series "Listening to the Spirit: Sharing our Stories of Faith." Each week a different member of the community shares about how the Spirit is moving in their lives. This week we hear from our Moderator-Elect, Kathi Rise, as she speaks about her growing prayer life.

Sunday, June 13

We continue our summer series "Listening to the Spirit: Sharing our Stories of Faith." Each week, we'll hear from a different church member about how the Spirit has moved in their lives. This week we hear from LOUCC member Jan Standlea, who shares how the Spirit is speaking to her through Pride, communion, and gender-neutral bathrooms.

Sunday, May 30

Director of Faith Development Katie Diaz preaches on the story of creation from Genesis--how we are created in the image of God and called to engage with each other as God's beloved. S

Sunday, June 6

We kick off our summer worship series "Listening to the Spirit: Sharing our Stories of Faith." Each week during the summer, we'll hear a reflection from a member of our congregation about when they have been guided by the Spirit, led in a new way forward, or what they have learned about themselves and their faith during this time of pandemic. By hearing each other's stories, we will listen for the Spirit in our own lives, glean the wisdom of our community, and continue to discern how God is call...

Sunday, May 23

Sunday, May 16

We hear from Paul's letter to the Galatians, a community facing conflicts related to diversity. Paul reminds them that, even in their uniqueness, through Christ they are all beloved and they all belong. We listen for how we embody and share that message today.

Sunday, May 9

We continue to hear about the growth of the early church. Drawing from a passage in Acts, we explore how the early church wrestles with change, seeks to listen to the Spirit, and discerns a new way forward. We listen for the parallels in our time, as we discern our way forward in this pandemic time of upheaval and change.

Sunday, April 25

A special Earth Day celebration. Rev. Dr. Janet Parker is our guest preacher, invites us to consider how our faith invites us to work for climate justice.

Sunday, April 18

We continue in the gospel of Luke and hear about Jesus' post-resurrection encounter with two disciples on the Emmaus Road. We'll listen for how, even after death, Jesus invites his disciples to deeper practices of faith, and how it is in living like Jesus that we recognize Jesus in our midst.

Sunday, April 4 Easter

We celebrate the good news of the resurrection! Drawing from Luke's account of Easter morning, we'll listen for how God is calling us into new life and a new way forward!

Sunday, March 28

We begin our worship celebrating Jesus' entry into Jerusalem. We'll then shift into a portion of passion story as we hear how Jesus prepares to confront the powers that be. Together we'll listen for courage and resolve as we seek to find a new way forward, particularly in the face of violence and suffering in our lives and world.

Sunday, March 21

We continue our Lenten theme "A New Way Forward" and our journey through the Gospel of Luke. This week we hear three stories about seeing--and how Jesus calls us into deeper ways of seeing God, ourselves, and our neighbors.

Sunday, March 14

We continue our Lenten theme “A New Way Forward.” This week we hear a vision of Isaiah about healing for the world and a challenging parable from Jesus about wealth and the barriers that wealth often creates. We’ll hear a sermon from one of our UCC national officers, Associate General Minister for Wider Church Ministries and Co-Executive for Global Ministries Rev. Dr. Karen Georgia Thompson, as she offers a global perspective on how we are called—as the larger church—to help alleviate global pov...

Sunday, February 21

We begin our Lenten journey with our Lenten theme "A New Way Forward." Together, we'll be listening for how God is calling us to live into this season of our lives and world. We'll start this Sunday with Jesus' parable of the Good Samaritan. How is God calling us into action as we seek to care for the most vulnerable in our society? Who needs our love? And from whom do we receive compassion?

Sunday, February 14, 2021

We welcome our Conference Minister, Rev. Tyler Connoley, as our guest preacher. Tyler will be preaching on the Gospel of Matthew and Jesus' command to travel light, as a reminder that we need one another on the journey of faith.