Welcome to the United Church of Sun City
Pastor's Post
All are welcome at United Church each Sunday at 10 am
for the worship and praise of God.
Greetings,
Doesn’t it just seem like our
nation’s bicentennial, in 1976,
was last year? And yet this month,
on July 4, we celebrate America’s 250th birthday! Amazing!!
Well, this milestone got me thinking about the role of the church throughout our nation's history.
For 250 years, churches have gathered people for worship, taught children, comforted the grieving, cared for the poor, welcomed newcomers, and reminded communities that every person is a beloved child of God. Churches helped shape schools, hospitals, charities, and countless local organizations that continue to strengthen our nation today.
At the same time, the church's history is not perfect. There have been moments when churches courageously spoke truth to power and moments when they didn’t speak. There have been times when churches led the way toward justice and times when the church struggled to live up to the teachings of Jesus.
Perhaps that is because churches are made up of people, and as all of us people know, we can be wonderfully faithful one moment and challengingly human the next.
As we celebrate America's 250th birthday, let us give thanks for the good that has been accomplished while honestly acknowledging the work that remains. Faith calls us to do both.
The good news is that the story is not finished. The church's role in America is not confined to history books, dusty archives, or old photographs. It continues everyday and every year, anytime someone volunteers, visits a friend who is struggling, sings in the choir, attends Bible study, shares a meal, or offers a prayer for a neighbor.
In fact, while historians may debate the most important moments of the last two hundred fifty years, I have a hunch the Lord keeps an eye on simpler things: acts of kindness, words of encouragement, and communities that choose love over fear.
That means the next chapter of the church's story in this nation is still being written, just as it is being written right here at United Church of Sun City.
And if history teaches us anything, it is that God is not finished with the church - or with us - yet.
Happy 250th Birthday, America! And peace.
Pastor Brady
United Church of Sun City, a congregation of the United Church of Christ, has the distinction of being the first church to be established in a Del Webb retirement community. Organized in 1960, United Church has been serving Sun City and the surrounding area since at the current location of 107th Avenue and Sun City Blvd.
Today, with an atmosphere of inclusion and care and with respect for diverse theological thought, the goal of United Church is to create a church family, while nurturing individual and collective spiritual development through meaningful biblically based worship, music, education, fellowship, and involvement of members and friends. United Church strives to provide wider community service, social justice, and responsible stewardship.
Senior Pastor Rev. Brady Abel, the United Church staff, and the entire congregation extend a special invitation to everyone for Sunday worship. All are welcome!
We're a lively congregation where age is a number and life is a gift.
- a fabulous music program
- a varied and stimulating activities program
- meaningful mission and creative outreach
- thought-provoking sermons and wonderful worship
New to United Church of Sun City? Check out our Visitors Page or watch to a recent sermon. Read our ONA statement.
In short, we're a community where people come to be part of family who worship, work, and have fun together.
The United Church of Sun City was the first church established in Sun City, Arizona. We have a well-deserved reputation for excellence in programming and warmth in our welcome. But we aren't stuck in the past! We know God is still speaking, and we are still listening! Come see for yourself.
Wherever you are on life's journey, you are welcome here!
United Church of Sun City
United Church of Sun City
11250 N. 107th Avenue, Suite 105
Sun City, AZ 85351-4002 MAP
(Corner of 107th Ave. & Sun City Blvd.)
Phone 623-933-0058 Email office@uccsc.com