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https://vimeo.com/1144291195 This stream and recording is for the December 14, 2025 service of Hope UCC entitled Christmas Pageant “Magnificat.” The message is based on the readings of Mary Runs to Share the Good News and “Mary’s Song.” The hymns are “Awake! Awake, and Greet the New Morn,” VU 59 “Joy to the World,” and VU 697 “O for a World.” Other music includes “Holly and the Ivy,” “Lo, How a Rose E’er Blooming,” “Jingle Bells,” “Band on the Housetop,” “Breath of Heaven,” a

https://vimeo.com/1141843706 This stream and recording is for the December 7, 2025 service of Hope UCC entitled What Child Is This? Beyond the Lullaby “The Silent Word.” The message is based on the readings of Luke 1. The hymns are “Star Child,” and “Let There Be Peace on Earth.” Other music includes “Sussex Carol,” “Light a Candle,” “Away in a Manger,” “Hallelujah,” “Let There Be Peace on Earth,” and “Deck the Halls.”

https://vimeo.com/1139827481 This stream and recording is for the November 30, 2025 service of Hope UCC entitled What Child is This? Beyond the Lullaby "King of Kings". The message is based on the readings of Lamentations 3 and Luke 2. The hymns are VU 334 “All Hail the Power of Jesus’ Name,” and VU 335 “At the Name of Jesus.” Other music includes “O Come, O Come Immanuel,” “Be a Candle of Hope,” “Almost There,” and “See Amid the WInter’s Snow.”

https://vimeo.com/1137446465 This stream and recording is for the November 23, 2025 service of Hope UCC. The message, entitled “I Agree to Give and Receive Thanks,” is based on the readings of Luke 17 and “‘G’ is for Gratitude” by Patricia Adams Farmer. The hymns areVU 227 “For the Fruit of All Creation,” and VU 236 “Now Thank we All Our God.” Other music includes “Let All Things Now Living,” “For the Autumn Sky,” “Simple Gifts,” “For the Beauty of the Earth,” and “For the Fr

https://vimeo.com/1135089854 This stream and recording is for the November 16, 2025 service of Hope UCC. The message, entitled “I Agree to Look for Blessings in Disguise,” is based on the readings of Isaiah 11 and Scott Russell Sanders. The hymns are VU 288 “Great is Thy Faithfulness,” and VU 559 “Come, O, Fount of Every Blessing.” Other music includes “Branson de la Torche,” “Musette,” and “Trumpet Tune” by Michael Praetorius.

https://vimeo.com/1132939507 This stream and recording is for the November 9, 2025 service of Hope UCC. Jeff Ottum supplies the Stewardship Moment. The message is based on the readings of Philippians 4 and Geri Larkin. The hymns are VU 352 “I Danced in the Morning,” VU 266 “Amazing Grace,” VU 238 “How Great Thou Art,” and “We Are One in the Spirit.” Other music includes “Morning Has Broken,” “Spirit of Gentleness,” “Wind Beneath My Wings,” “How Can I Keep From Singing?” “On

https://vimeo.com/1130682037 This stream and recording is for the November 2, 2025 service of Hope UCC. The message is based on the readings of Ephesians 4 and “O God of Truth.” Allison Haus provides the Stewardship Moment. The hymns are VU 706 “Give Thanks for Life,” VU 479 “Draw Us in the Spirit’s Tether,” and 376 “God, We Thank You for Our People.” Other music includes “Thine Forever, God of Love, Come, My Soul, With Every Care,” “For Everyone Born,” “Grand Peace, We Pray

https://vimeo.com/1128642990 This stream and recording is for the October 26, 2025 service of Hope UCC. The message is based on the readings of A Jewish Prayer, A Thought to Contemplate from Angelus Silesius, Spiritual Advice from James Conlon, A Spiritual Understanding of Diversity by Melannie Svoboda, A Buddhist Practice by Jean Smith, and Luke 14. The hymns are UM 2236 Gather Us In, and VU 606 “In Christ There Is No East or West.” Other music includes “Prelude to the Dance

https://vimeo.com/1128522378 This stream and recording is for the October 19, 2025 service of Hope UCC. The message is based on the readings of 1 Corinthians 12 and “People of the Seventh Fire” by Robin Wall Kimmerer. The hymns are VU 232 “Joyful, Joyful We Adore You,” and VU 238 “How Great Thou Art.” Other music includes “How Great Thou Art,” “Let the Whole Creation Cry,” “This Little Light of Mine,” and “In Thee is Gladness.”

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https://vimeo.com/1124622190 This stream and recording is for the October 12, 2025 service of Hope UCC. The message is based on the readings of Matthew 18 and Rami Shapiro. The hymns are VU 389 “God is Here,” and VU 684 “Make Me a Channel of Your Peace.” Other music includes “How Can I Keep From Singing?” “Jesus Loves Me,” “Prelude in F,” and “Trumpet Rondo.”

https://vimeo.com/1122640876 The message is based on the readings of Matthew 7 and Daniel C. Matt. The hymns are VU 677 “O God of Every Nation,” VU “One Bread, One Body,” and VU 678 “For the Healing of the Nations.” Other music includes “Melodia Africana IV,” “Ubi Caritas,” “Melodia Africana II,” and “Irish Prayer.”

https://vimeo.com/1120607796 This stream is for the September 28, 2025 service of Hope UCC. The message provided by Rev. Dr. Cari Jackson is based on the readings of James 1 and Paul Tillich. The hymns are VU “Though I May Speak,” and VU 418 “Go Forth for God.” Other music includes “Shalom,” “Give to the Winds Thy Fears,” “With God Will Take Care of You,” “Accolade,” and “Come, All Ye Shepherds.”

https://vimeo.com/1118526686 This stream is for the September 21, 2025 service of Hope UCC. The message is based on the readings of 2 Corinthians 7 and Linda Graham. The hymns include VU 271 “There’s a Wideness in God’s Mercy,” and VU 602 “Blest Be the Tie That Binds.” Other music includes “Blessings,” “Dona Nobis Pacem,” “All Good Gifts,” “Nella Fantasia,” and “Broken Vessels.”

https://vimeo.com/1116569766 This stream is for the September 14, 2025 service of Hope UCC. The message is based on the readings of John 5. The hymns are VU 412 “This is the Day,” and “What a Friend We Have in Jesus.” Other music includes “Nun Bitten Wir / To God the Holy Spirit Let Us Pray,” “Nun Danket Alle Gott / Now Thank We All Our God,” “O Christ, the Healer, We Have Come,” “The Serenity Prayer,” “Exhale,” and “O Jesu Christe, Wahres Licht.”

https://vimeo.com/1114673020 This stream is for the September 7, 2025 service of Hope UCC. The message is based on the readings of Luke 4, Frederick Buechner and Elizabeth O’Connor. The hymns areVU 326 “O For a Thousand Tongues to Sing,” “God of all learning,” and VU 567 “Will You Come and Follow Me.” Other music includes “Nicea: Holy Holy Holy,” “Hear the Message We Are Now Proclaiming,” “A Filii et Filiae,” and “O Dass Ich Tausend Zungen Hatte Konig” byJohann Balthasar Koni

https://vimeo.com/1114673020 This stream is for the August 31, 2025 service of Hope UCC. The message is based on the readings of Luke 14 and Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat. The hymns are VU 595 “We Are Pilgrims (The Servant Song),” and VU 457 “As We Gather at Your Table.” Other music includes “Trumpet Tune” George Frederic Handel, “Adagio” Arcangelo Corelli, “Shche ne vmeria Ukrainy (Ukraine Has Not Yet Perished),” “Musette,” and “Trumpet March” Jeremiah Clarke.

https://vimeo.com/1110725836 This stream is for the August 24, 2025 service of Hope UCC. The message is based on the readings of Luke 13 and Micheal Lerner. The hymns are VU 619 “Healer of Our Every Ill,” and VU 352 “I Danced in the Morning.” Other music includes “Good, Good Father,” “Great Are You, Lord,” “Preludes for Solo Cello: 1 and 3,” “Carnival of the Animals: The Swan,” and Cello Suite No 1 in G Major: “Allemande.”

https://vimeo.com/1108852559 This stream is for the August 17, 2025 service of Hope UCC. The message is based on the readings of Luke 12 and Parker Palmer. The hymns are VU 660 “How Firm a Foundation,” and VU 716 “My Life Flows On.” Other music includes “Unchained Melody,” “Apres un reve,” “Teach Me Thy Song, O Lord,” and “Here I Am Lord.”

https://vimeo.com/1106895949 This stream is for the August 10, 2025 service of Hope UCC. The message is based on the readings of Hebrews 11 and John A Buehrens. The hymns are VU 707 “For the Faithful Who Have Answered,” and VU 417 “God, as We Rise to Leave.” Other music includes “I Remember,” “Wishing You Were Somehow Here Again,” “No One is Alone,” and “Light in the Piazza.”