News: Join the Summer Sunday Group "Back to Mayberry": click here for more info
 Welcome. . .
Just as Jesus welcomed all, so we welcome you to First Congregational United Church of Christ in Eagle River, Wisconsin. We are a family of faith located in the beautiful Northwoods of northern Wisconsin, and are an open community of Christians who welcome you
-- wherever you are on life's journey!
If you want a closer relationship to God in Christ, come to experience worship among other seeking and growing followers. Give praise and thanksgiving to God, and learn how God is at work in your life at Sunday services at 7:30 and 10 a.m. each Sunday. During the summer, we will have blended worship (a mix of traditional & contemporary) every second Sunday of the month at the 10 a.m. service, with singing beginning at 9:50a.m.!! YOU are welcome!!
We are located at the corner of First and Division Streets in Eagle River, Wisconsin...
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If you cannot be present in worship, read a recent sermon by clicking here.
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Family-friendly worship is at the center of our life together.
We hold two worship services each Sunday morning at 7:30 a.m. and 10 a.m.
During Summer 2010, we will have a "blended" worship service at 10 a.m. every second Sunday of June, July, August and September. Singing begins at 9:50 a.m., so join us then!
During the school year, there is Sunday School for children and youth between the worship services, beginning at 9 a.m.
From young to old, there is a place for you in this faith fellowship....
The "Living Water" of the Baptismal Font - through baptism, we come to Christ, who is the Living Water, and enter Christ's Church
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A Shared Witness
News Flash: The letters of the Apostle Paul, sent to churches throughout the region of Asia Minor in the first century, were not e-mailed, faxed or texted to individual church members. They were sent to corporate bodies of believers and they were always read aloud in the collective settings of Christians, gathered together. The letters of Paul were never intended to be read by individuals in isolation. They always evoked a shared witness, and shared hearing and a shared reflection.
Asking for Help
It's better to give than receive but the best givers are good receivers. Otherwise giving is one-sided and leads to resentment. We act as though others need us more than we need them and miss what they have to give.
Address: 5715 Broken Spirit
Where does God dwell? Where is God to be found? If you're looking for God, where should you look?
The Best Choice You Never Heard Of
I often tell people that our congregation is "the best choice you never heard of." In olden days and ways, I would have said we are marching to Zion. Our congregation'and many others'remind of nothing so much as the Isner/Mahut tennis match at Wimbledon. It was the longest game of tennis ever played'and in it, everybody wins. You can't possibly say that someone who stayed in that long a match LOST. When you last that long, you don't lose.
What Doesn't Change?
If faith in Jesus is thought to have become weaker and narrower than it used to be, our vision is limited to the northern and western parts of the globe. In the south and east, Jesus is a rising star.
Love Endures
In his famous hymn to love, the Apostle Paul says that love 'endures all things.' Endurance is not one of the sexier spiritual virtues. It sounds like a lot of work, and not always pleasant work at that.
An Appeal to the Heart
Many of us have been taught to believe that the word of God is utterly immutable and eternally unchangeable. According to Scripture, 'The grass withers and the flowers fade, but the word of God stands forever.' Consequently, when God speaks, we are only to submit and obey. Any other response to God's word would be sinful and sacrilegious. So we have been taught.
Urgency
In seminary we were taught to pretty much disregard words like the ones that begin this passage, "The end of all things is near." "Early Christians," we were told, "expected the Second Coming of Christ and the end of history to happen very soon. But we know that didn't happen."
Get the Download
When your computer begins to run a bit slow and you get a pop-up window notifying you of an upgrade and asking if you want to download it now, do you think to yourself, 'I don't have time today. I'll do it later'' You put it off . . . and off . . . and off. Eventually your application grinds to a near halt. You now have no choice but to download the upgrade.
Improvising
Improvisation is when you don't have enough information to do anything but just take the next step. Actors say the secret to improvisation is to go only as far as you have to and not a step or second further. No justifications, explanations, exclamations. No 'ahems' or throat-clearings. Just one step forward.
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 First Congregational United Church of Christ
Mailing Address: P.O. Box 1385, Eagle River, WI 54521
Location: 105 N. First Street, Eagle River, WI 54521
Telephone: 715-479-8501 Fax: 715-479-4287
Contact us: click here
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Indiana conference sets tone for 2011 international peace summit
Led by Justice and Witness Ministries board and staff representatives, 10 UCC members were among more than 150 participants in late July at an ecumenical peace conference titled "Peace Among the Peoples: An Ecumenical Peace Conference on Overcoming the Spirit, Logic and Practice of Violence."
Unified Governance Working Group finds consensus
Phil Porter of the Unified Governance Working Group (UGov) has issued the following update on the group's progress toward fulfilling a General Synod 27 request to bring a proposal for a single UCC governing board before the July 2011 assembly in Tampa Bay, Fla.
New Church Leadership Institute refuels think tank of new, revitalizing churches
The Rev. Dr. Carol Vaccariello clearly appreciated the validation she received in sharing her perspective at the New Church Leadership Institute 2010 conference Aug. 9-13 in Decatur, Ga.
UCC theologian, BWF architect, Donald Bloesch dies at 82
UCC theologian, the Rev. Donald G. Bloesch, died Aug. 24, 2010, at the age of 82 in Dubuque, Iowa.
UCC-hosted conference explores global church's impact in confronting racism
How can the global church challenge racism when its manifestations take on such different forms in various places around the world?
Pilgrim Press author adds sparkle to church revitalization efforts
The Rev. Paul Nixon spoke with a passionate clarity during his visit to the UCC national offices in downtown Cleveland last week when he said bold vision and unwavering witness require an unmistakable sparkle.
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