Easter Sunday Sermon - March 27, 2016

Rev. Peg Williams delivers Easter Sunday sermon, March 27, 2016

Easter Sunday Videos - 2016

Processional

Anthem

Offertory

Hallelujah Chorus

The sermon and children's sermon are available also.

Youth Sunday - 2016

The annual Youth Sunday event was held on March 20, 2016. The youth of the church presented the entire 10:30 worship service. The video here shortens some of the longer parts of the service that involved little speaking, and the singing of the hymns is omitted. But the essence of the service is retained in this 34-minute film.

Special thanks to Karen Withem for help with the filming. Because of the rapid back and forth usage of the two pulpits, it's impossible to get a good video with a single camera. Karen's knowledge of how to handle such situations and her steady camera in the back of the sanctuary made this film possible. Enjoy!

-- Lavon Page

Sermon - March 13, 2016

The sermon entitled Jericho: Zacchaeus: Welcoming vs. Inviting Revisited was given by Rev. Peg Williams.

Scrapbooks

The three major pieces of CUCC history are

• The United Church of Raleigh Scrapbook that was assembled around 1959. The United Church of Raleigh was the old "downtown" church which moved to the present location in 1969.
• A collection of Remembrances assembled in 1981 as part of the 100th Anniversary celebration. Church Historian Ann Elleman conducted tape recorded interviews with a large number of church members. Susie Sapp then transcribed the recorded interviews into printed format. (The location of the original cassette recordings is unknown.) 
• The 100th Anniversary Scrapbook (1981) which was made available in spring 2015 for the first time.

A Narrative of the Church

This is a film narrative about Community UCC and the various ancestral branches that have led to the present day church. It is not a history, in that it doesn't seek to explain or interpret nor is it anywhere close to being the full story of the church. It's a narrative based on church artifacts and recollections that have been collected and preserved over the years. Many of the anecdotes in the film are taken from the Remembrances available elsewhere in this archive.

Let me emphatically say that this is not an "official" church production. The choice of subject matter is almost entirely mine. Unquestionably, there are folks who would have selected other content. I will avoid the usual disclaimer "all the opinions expressed herein are my own", because in fact none of the opinions expressed in the film are my own. The characters selected are speaking for themselves in their own words. So the personal touch that I have provided is only in the selection of material, not in the interpretation of it.

This is not a promotional video for the church. It shows the bumps in the road along with the things we like to brag about.

You will find the newspaper clippings to be more readable if you watch the video fullscreen and at the highest resolution your Internet connection will support. Presently Vimeo sets the initial resolution automatically based on assessment of your bandwidth. But there is a manual override. And Vimeo supports fullscreen viewing. The picture to the right shows how to access the resolution settings and how to activate fullscreen viewing.

The entire film is 67 minutes long. It's broken up into four parts of varying length. All four parts are available below.

-- Lavon Page

-- January 2016

Part 1 (Length: 12 min.)



Part 2 (Length: 16 min.)



Part 3 (Length: 19 min.)



Part 4 (Length: 20 min.)

Paul Klemmer Memorial Service

A memorial service for Paul Klemmer, son of Ed and Ruth Klemmer, was held at the church on January 9, 2016. The video below shows the entire service (46 min.). This video may also be viewed at YouTube.