This Week at Glade

This Week at Glade Church

(December 29, 2025 – January 4th, 2026)

     Glade Church, a United Church of Christ (UCC) congregation, is a progressive Christian community—welcoming, compassionate, and joyful—seeking to embrace all people wherever they find themselves in life.  We strive to discern God’s still-speaking voice through worship, study, fellowship, and service. We work for God’s peace and social, economic, and ecological justice. We seek a greater understanding of ourselves and others, recognizing that all persons are members of our one human family, God’s family.

Pastor Kelly is available for meetings on Mondays. Contact them at [email protected] to schedule an appointment.

Weekly Post-Service Fellowship

Please sign up to bring refreshments for our weekly post-service fellowship time. The signup sheet is posted outside the sanctuary or you can contact Sandra Bryant at [email protected] to sign up.

To Our House Volunteer Signups are OPEN!

Glade Church is hosting To Our House through January 10, 2026. Here’s the link to sign up to volunteer: To Our House 2025/2026

The online signup sheet currently has openings for:
Person in Charge PIC (make coffee, serve dinner, clean up, make lunches if necessary) on January 4, 5, 7 & 8
PM Driver (pick up van @ Glade, drive to University Mall, pick up guests & drive them back to Glade) on 1/8
Break Down (break down tents, pack all belongings into van and transfer to the next host) on Jan 10 (3 openings)
Our guests appreciate your care and support.  Thank you!

Food Pantry

Food Pantry donations collected at Glade are supplementing the Future Economy Collective Food Drive that’s distributed to Laundry Love guests on the third Sunday of each month. Donations of non-perishable food, diapers, baby wipes, menstrual products, disinfectant wipes and toilet paper are appreciated.

Volunteers are needed for Kids Church and Youth Group

There are leader slots available for youth, kids, and nursery. Youth Group is on the first and third Sundays of each month and Kids Church is on the second and fourth Sundays of each month during worship service. See Katie Morris to sign up to help serve our children.

Sunday January 4 from 2-4 PM and Thursday January 8 from 2-4 PM at North Main Laundromat.

Laundry Love has opportunities to volunteer.  This is a great way to put “Words” into “Actions” of faith and love. We do this at the laundromat on North Main across from the Y-Thrift Shop. Click below to volunteer!

VOLUNTEER FOR LAUNDRY LOVE

Laundry Love is Always Looking for Volunteers on 1^st & 3^rd Sunday & 2^nd & 4^th Thursday

Coffee & Devotion on Zoom — Wednesdays @ 10am

This virtual get-together meets at 10 a.m. on Zoom and lasts for about an hour for a time to meet people, share thoughts, hear a brief devotion, and join in prayer. This time of fellowship is open to everyone, it’s a time to gather for conversation, devotion and prayer. Come meet some people you may not know.

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89240288592?pwd=KzhRWlJiQTkzWWRlYTNuRkdPaUNqUT09 Meeting ID: 892 4028 8592 Passcode: 290014

Radical Conversations [RadCon] Meets Saturdays at 11:00 AM

Radical Conversations meets from 11:00-12:15 each Saturday morning at the church. This is a time for open discussion of a wide range of topics. RadCon is open to any and every interested individual.

Women’s Book Group Meets Third Mondays at 7 PM

The Women’s Book Group meets on the third Monday of each month at 7 PM in person and on Zoom for a discussion of the current book. The book for January is Grace by Dr. Suchitra Samanta, who will join the book club discussion on January 19^th. Contact Katie Morris at [email protected] for more information.

Do you have an item you’d like included in the weekly newsletter? Send info and pictures (if applicable) to Sandra Bryant at [email protected]

 UCC Purpose, Vision, and Mission Statements

 Purpose: To love God with all our heart, mind soul, and strength and our neighbor as ourselves. (From the Gospel of Matthew)

 Vision: United in Christ’s love, a just world for all.

Mission: United in Spirit and inspired by God’s grace, we welcome all, love all, and seek justice for all.