Installation of Pastor Jenny Shultz-Thomas

Rev. Jenny Shultz-Thomas was installed officially as pastor and teacher of CUCC on August 20, 2017.

CUCC photographer Suzette Roach took photos of the worship service and the reception.

The videos of the service are split into two parts. Part 1 is the worship service that preceded the Rite of Installation, and Part 2 is the rite itself. Each video is about 45 minutes in length. These videos may be viewed full-screen or viewed directly at YouTube.

Part 1 (Worship)

Part 2 (Installation Ceremony)

King Awards 2017

On April 23, 2017 the annual Carolyn and Cy King Awards were presented during 10:30 worship. The recipients were Alan and Ruth Reberg and Joan McAllister.

Easter Sunday - 2017

This video features the Easter Sunday sermon delivered by Pastor Jenny Shultz-Thomas on April 16, 2017.

Lenten Sermons - 2017

Rev. Jenny Shultz-Thomas previews the sermons for the Lenten season during the period March 5 - April 9, 2017. The clips were filmed by Karen Withem and friends on March 2, 2017.

Preview for March 5, 2017   Download sermon (mp3 audio)


Preview for March 12, 2017 - Download sermon (mp3 audio)


Preview for March 19, 2017 - Download sermon (mp3 audio)


Preview for March 26, 2017 - Download sermon (mp3 audio)


Preview for April 2, 2017 - Download Youth led worship service (mp3 audio)


Preview for April 9, 2017 - Download sermon (mp3 audio)

Sunday Morning Worship - January 15, 2017

January 15, 2017 marked the first Sunday with Rev. Jenny Shultz-Thomas serving as Senior Pastor at Community UCC. The videos below show the sermon from that special Sunday, along with the Children's Sermon led by Śānti Matthews.

Children's Sunday School Projects

Thanks to the bequest of CUCC member Art Eckels, the children’s program at CUCC has had a consistent component of teaching justice. The Community Outreach Ministry was given the privilege of discerning how to use Art’s gift to further CUCC’s “working for social justice” mission. In the fall of 2002, they decided to split his gift: half for a Habitat for Humanity house and half as seed money for a staff person to “encourage the growth of CUCC’s children and youth as the next generation of justice people.” (Read a story about the seed money and a thunderstorm.) The congregation acknowledged this generous gift in passing the 2003 budget.

Anne Bailey Zschau arrived at CUCC in March 2003 and has been serving as the Children’s Sunday School Coordinator ever since, building into the children’s program experiences working for justice with their talents and their money.* Through the Rotation Church School program, CUCC’s children had been involved in service projects connected thematically to each rotation, but Anne Bailey’s innovation was to invite them to vote from a short list of options to select their service projects. At first the children voted for a new project every few months. Over time, they settled into a spring, summer, and fall project rhythm. Some years the children voted to continue their support of the same service project for another semester. We aren’t sure what year the voting began, but we know it was in place by 2007.

Full document: Children's Sunday School Justice Projects
(compiled by Jane Smith, August 2016, updated October 2017)

Welcoming Sunday - 2016

Welcoming Sunday is held in early September each year. It's sort of a kick-off event for the beginning of fall and the end of summer.  Susan Maleszweski, Nancy Stoddard, and Sue Cottle headed up a magnificent kitchen crew that supplied and coordinated the food for the event. And many of the church ministries staffed information and activity tables. More than 90 people attended the event.

These photos are from September 11, 2016. You can click the little expander button at the bottom of the slideshow (4 arrows pointing outward) to view the slide show in full screen mode.