Rev. Teresa (TJ) Mack

UNION CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH OF HANCOCK We respect tradition — and we welcome inclusive language about people and expansive language about God.   Please pray using words most meaningful to you. Open and Affirming of ALL God’s Children  December 14, 2025 at 10:00 a.m. - JOY - Third Sunday of Advent   Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83936359115?pwd=1aQdppqVbvKTZKBi9DQWXgaNVVbhtZ.1 Meeting ID: 839 3635 9115 Passcode: 776780   The first pew in front of the pulpit has b

Hancock UCC Weekly Messenger for December 14, 2025 The King shall come when morning dawns, And light triumphant breaks; When beauty gilds the eastern hills, And life to joy awakes.   Choir rehearsals are at 9:10 on Sunday mornings. All are welcome!   The Emmaus Center Christmas gifts for the giving tree in the Fellowship Hall need to be returned to the church, unwrapped and with the tags attached by Sunday, December 14th. The Outreach Committee will deliver the gifts on Monda

View today's sermon on our YouTube channel: Recording not available. Isaiah 11:1-10   New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 11  A shoot shall come out from the stump of Jesse, and a branch shall bear fruit out of his roots. 2  The spirit of the Lord shall rest on him, the spirit of wisdom and understanding, the spirit of counsel and might, the spirit of knowledge and the fear of the Lord. 3  His delight shall be in the fear of the Lord. He shall not judge by what his e

UNION CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH OF HANCOCK We respect tradition — and we welcome inclusive language about people and expansive language about God.   Please pray using words most meaningful to you. Open and Affirming of ALL God’s Children Communion Sunday - Dec. 7, 2025 at 10:00 a.m. - PEACE - Second Sunday of Advent Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83936359115?pwd=1aQdppqVbvKTZKBi9DQWXgaNVVbhtZ.1 Meeting ID: 839 3635 9115 Passcode: 776780   The first pew in front of th

Hancock UCC Weekly Messenger for December 7, 2025 As a green bud in the springtime is the sign of life renewed, so may we be signs of oneness ’mid earth’s peoples, many hued. As a rainbow lights the heavens when a storm is past and gone, may our lives reflect the radiance of God’s new and glorious dawn.   Choir rehearsals are at 9:10 on Sunday mornings. All are welcome!   Sunday we will share Holy Communion .  For those who will receive the sacraments at home, please prepare

View today's sermon on our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G0gFC8AEdGE . Listen for the Word of God in Isaiah 2:1-5 New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2  The word that Isaiah son of Amoz saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem. 2  In days to come the mountain of the Lord’s house shall be established as the highest of the mountains and shall be raised above the hills; all the nations shall stream to it. 3  Many peoples shall come and say, “Come, let us go

UNION CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH OF HANCOCK We respect tradition — and we welcome inclusive language about people and expansive language about God.   Please pray using words most meaningful to you. Open and Affirming of ALL God’s Children  November 30, 2025 at 10:00 a.m. - HOPE - First Sunday of Advent Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83936359115?pwd=1aQdppqVbvKTZKBi9DQWXgaNVVbhtZ.1 Meeting ID: 839 3635 9115 Passcode: 776780   The first pew in front of the pulpit has bo

Hancock UCC Weekly Messenger for November 30, 2025 Heaven's hope awaken With a Baby's cry Still his voice breaks Through the night Rejoice Peace on Earth has come   Choir rehearsals are at 9:10 on Sunday mornings. All are welcome!   Please plan on joining Pastor TJ this Advent Season for this lively study focusing on Advent scriptures and the wonders of birds.  We will meet on Thursdays Dec. 4th, 11th, and 18th at 2 p.m. in the Fellowship Hall and on Zoom.   Chris Ross has a

View today's sermon on our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1P3gbctQ5Og . November 23, 2025 at Hancock UCC Rev. John Fiscus – Associate Conference Minister – Maine Conference UCC Ecclesiastes 3:1-11  New International Version   There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under the heavens:  a time to be born and a time to die, a time to plant and a time to uproot,  a time to kill and a time to heal, a time to tear down and a time to build,

UNION CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH OF HANCOCK We respect tradition — and we welcome inclusive language about people and expansive language about God.   Please pray using words most meaningful to you. Open and Affirming of ALL God’s Children   Welcoming our Associate Conference Minister - Reverend John Fiscus November 23, 2025 at 10:00 a.m. - Twenty-fourth Sunday after Pentecost Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83936359115?pwd=1aQdppqVbvKTZKBi9DQWXgaNVVbhtZ.1 Meeting ID: 8

Hancock UCC Weekly Messenger for November 23, 2025 Sing to the Lord of harvest, / sing songs of love and praise; with joyful hearts and voices / your alleluias raise. By God the rolling seasons / in fruitful order move; sing to the Lord of harvest / a joyous song of love. Choir rehearsals are at 9:10 on Sunday mornings. All are welcome! On Sunday, November 23rd , Associate Conference Minister, Rev. John Fiscus, will deliver the Message from our pulpit. We will have a special

View today's sermon on our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_EYEPgCbf6E . Isaiah 65:17-25 – New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 17  For I am about to create new heavens and a new earth; the former things shall not be remembered or come to mind. 18  But be glad and rejoice forever in what I am creating, for I am about to create Jerusalem as a joy and its people as a delight. 19  I will rejoice in Jerusalem and delight in my people; no more shall the so

UNION CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH OF HANCOCK We respect tradition — and we welcome inclusive language about people and expansive language about God.   Please pray using words most meaningful to you. Open and Affirming of ALL God’s Children   November 16, 2025 at 10:00 a.m. - Twenty-third Sunday after Pentecost Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83936359115?pwd=1aQdppqVbvKTZKBi9DQWXgaNVVbhtZ.1 Meeting ID: 839 3635 9115 Passcode: 776780   The first pew in front of the pulpit

Hancock UCC Weekly Messenger for November 16, 2025 Lead us forward into freedom; from despair your world release, that, redeemed from war and hatred, all may come and go in peace. Show us how through care and goodness fear will die and hope increase.   Choir rehearsals are at 9:10 on Sunday mornings. All are welcome!   Meditation continues every Friday morning at 9:00 am at the Union Congregational Church until next July, when it moves back to the HP Chapel. Reach out to Past

View today's sermon on our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AAgp8za3lUA . Psalm 98 – The Message, adapted 98  Sing to God a brand-new song. God has made a world of wonders! God rolled up Their  sleeves, God set things right. 2  God made history with salvation, God showed the world what They  could do. 3  God remembered to love us, a bonus ~ To God’s dear family, Israel—indefatigable love. The whole earth comes to attention. Look—God’s work of salvation! 4  Sho

UNION CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH OF HANCOCK We respect tradition — and we welcome inclusive language about people and expansive language about God. Please pray using words most meaningful to you. Open and Affirming of ALL God’s Children Annual Giving Sunday November 9, 2025 at 10:00 a.m. - Twenty-second Sunday after Pentecost Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83936359115?pwd=1aQdppqVbvKTZKBi9DQWXgaNVVbhtZ.1 Meeting ID: 839 3635 9115 Passcode: 776780   The first pew in f

Hancock UCC Weekly Messenger for November 9, 2025 O love of God, our shield and stay Through all the perils of our way! Eternal love, in Thee we rest, Forever safe, forever blest.   Choir rehearsals are at 9:10 on Sunday mornings. All are welcome!   Meditation continues every Friday morning at 9:00 am at the Union Congregational Church until next July, when it moves back to the HP Chapel. Reach out to Pastor TJ or Alison Boden with any questions. ( aboden3321@gmail.com , 609-

View today's sermon on our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xxpQQkyZRCc . There's no written sermon from today's service.

UNION CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH OF HANCOCK We respect tradition — and we welcome inclusive language about people and expansive language about God. Please pray using words most meaningful to you. Open and Affirming of ALL God’s Children Transformed BY GOD’S LOVE    We offer a warm welcome to our Guest Minister Rev. Linette George November 2, 2025 at 10:00 a.m. - Twenty-first Sunday after Pentecost Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83936359115?pwd=1aQdppqVbvKTZKBi9DQWXga

Hancock UCC Weekly Messenger for November 2, 2025 Why not change the world? / Why not count the cost? Why not surrender all we are / To seek and love the lost? It all begins with kindness / And the change within the heart So, why not change the world? / Why not make a start?   Daylight Savings Time ends Sunday, November 2 at 2:00 AM. Don’t forget to set your clocks back before going to bed Saturday night.         Choir rehearsals are at 9:10 on Sunday mornings. All are welcom