Eureka Christian Church

Reflecting Christ's Light from Our Doorsteps to the Ends of the Earth

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December 30, 2018 – Lessons and Carols

Order of Service listed below:

Opening Hymn: “Once in Royal David’s City”

Bidding Prayer

Lord’s Prayer

Gloria

First Lesson: Genesis 3: 8-19

Carol: “Good Christian Friends, Rejoice”

Second Lesson: Isaiah 9: 1-7

Carol: “like a child”

Third Lesson: Isaiah 11: 1-9

Carol: “All Earth Is Waiting”

Fourth Lesson: Micah 5: 2-4

Carol: “Infant Holy, Infant Lowly”

Fifth Lesson: Luke 1: 26-38

Carol: “Sing of Mary, Pure and Lowly”

Sixth Lesson: Matthew 1: 18-25

Carol: “Emmanuel, Emmanuel”

Seventh Lesson: Luke 2: 8-20

Carol: “Twas in the Moon of Wintertime”

Eighth Lesson: Matthew 2: 1-11

Carol: “What Child Is This?”

Ninth Lesson: John 1: 1-14

Carol: “Down to Earth”

Festival Worship Service

First Sunday after Christmas

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April 15, 2018 – Youth Led Worship

Exodus 3: 1-12

Moses was keeping the flock of his father-in-law Jethro, the priest of Midian; he led his flock beyond the wilderness, and came to Horeb, the mountain of God. There the angel of the LORD appeared to him in a flame of fire out of a bush; he looked, and the bush was blazing, yet it was not consumed. Then Moses said, ‘I must turn aside and look at this great sight, and see why the bush is not burned up.’ When the LORD saw that he had turned aside to see, God called to him out of the bush, ‘Moses, Moses!’ And he said, ‘Here I am.’ Then he said, ‘Come no closer! Remove the sandals from your feet, for the place on which you are standing is holy ground.’ He said further, ‘I am the God of your father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.’ And Moses hid his face, for he was afraid to look at God. Then the LORD said, ‘I have observed the misery of my people who are in Egypt; I have heard their cry on account of their taskmasters. Indeed, I know their sufferings, and I have come down to deliver them from the Egyptians, and to bring them up out of that land to a good and broad land, a land flowing with milk and honey, to the country of the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Amorites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites. The cry of the Israelites has now come to me; I have also seen how the Egyptians oppress them. So come, I will send you to Pharaoh to bring my people, the Israelites, out of Egypt.’ But Moses said to God, ‘Who am I that I should go to Pharaoh, and bring the Israelites out of Egypt?’ He said, ‘I will be with you; and this shall be the sign for you that it is I who sent you: when you have brought the people out of Egypt, you shall worship God on this mountain.’

Proverbs 19: 21

The human mind may devise many plans, but it is the purpose of the LORD that will be established.

Third Sunday of Easter

Youth Led Worship

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March 29, 2018 – Maundy Thursday

In the Upper Room

In the Upper Room: We Gather Together

In the Upper Room: Mine, Mine Was the Transgression

In the Upper Room: Do This in Remembrance of Me

In the Upper Room: Kneels at the Feet of His Friends

In the Upper Room: They’ll Know We Are Christians by Our Love

In the Upper Room: Go to Dark Gethesemane

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February 14, 2018 – Ash Wednesday

Romans 5: 1-5

Therefore, since we are justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have obtained access to this grace in which we stand; and we boast in our hope of sharing the glory of God. And not only that, but we also boast in our sufferings, know that suffering produces endurance, and endurance produces character, and character produces hope, and hope does not disappoint us, because God’s love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit that has been given to us.

Ash Wednesday

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December 24, 2017 – Christmas Eve

Christmas Eve service – – Come to the Manger

Encounter Emmanuel: Worship the Beloved

Encounter Poverty: A Stable-Place Sufficed

Encounter Humility: Enough for Him

Encounter Simplicity: What Can I Give Him?

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New Doors are Finally Here!

It is a day of great celebration, as the new doors for the center and south entrances have arrived at ECC. There is a little prep work still to be done before they are hung, but we’re in the home stretch. The old metal doors will soon be history. If you are interested in helping to hang them, please contact Steve Colburn.

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Godly Play Training Coming to Central Illinois

On March 10-12, 2017 Eureka Christian Church (DoC), Eureka, IL will be hosting a CORE Godly Play training. To register, go to http://www.godlyplayfoundation.org/godly-play-training/. For additional information, contact Rev. Amy Sue Johnson at 309-467-2369 or at education@eurekachristian.org.

WHAT IS GODLY PLAY? 

​The result of a lifetime of research and practice by theologian, author and educator the Rev. Dr. Jerome Berryman, the Godly Play® method is a curriculum of spiritual practice exploring the mystery of God’s presence in our lives. The Godly Play curriculum engages what is most exciting about religious education: God inviting us into—and pursuing us in the midst of—Scripture and spiritual experience. Godly Play practice teaches us to listen for God and to make authentic and creative responses to God’s call in our lives.

Godly Play is a creative, imaginative approach to Christian formation and spiritual guidance.
Godly Play has a Montessori foundation with 40+ years of research and practice.
Godly Play values process, openness, discovery, community and relationships.
Godly Play models the worship life, stories, symbols and rituals of Christian congregations.
Godly Play allows practitioners to make relevant and personal theological meaning.
Godly Play nurtures participants to larger dimensions of belief and faith through wondering and play.

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Welcome Back by Rev. Jennie Churchman

Oh wow!  Thank you for such a wonderful welcome back from my sabbatical!  Everything was just right.  From the “Welcome Back” message on the church sign, to the flowers sent anonymously, to the smiles and hugs, to the exuberant worship services.  And the church building itself!  My, you all worked so hard.  Everything is gleaming and shining and amazing!

It feels good to return to life in Eureka and at Eureka Christian Church.  Of course, part of me will probably long for the Camino for the rest of my life.  Such is the power of the experience; I think it never fully lets you go.  But I can say that it is nice to have a rhythm for my days again, and it is even better to get reconnected with you!  It is good to be back.

However, I do not come back the same.  I thought the Camino might change me.  I hoped it would.  I mean, seriously, you don’t want to walk 500 miles for nothing!  I suspect that I’ll keep discovering my post-Camino changes as life unfolds from Santiago on, but I am already aware of a few.

*I feel really strong.  (And more than just my leg muscles!)  I feel like I have claimed an internal power I’ve only tentatively danced around before.  I don’t know what that power will enable me to do, and I sure hope this feeling doesn’t go away, but for now I am aware of it more than I’ve ever been aware of it before.  And because of that,

*I have changed some old patterns of behavior.  Certainly that old, awful tape from childhood—“you’re not good enough; you’ll never be good enough.”  That’s not really new.  I’ve been successfully silencing that message for some time now.  But there are others.  Obsessive worries and irrational insecurities.  Lately when I’ve felt those rising, I have been able to say to myself, “You know what, Jennie.  You don’t have to be that way anymore.  You have the power to change your response.”  And I have.  Rather than spiraling down into those ridiculous pits, I’ve been able to say to myself, “Stop.  Be this way instead.”  I don’t know why I wasn’t able to do that before.  It really isn’t all that hard.  I think I just had to learn that I do have power and I can be stronger.

I am glad to be back among you, but I’m not really “back.”  I am instead a new creation, ready to see what God has in mind for me next.

 

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March 6, 2016 Cluster Service “Listen, Always”

Eureka Christian hosted a special Lenten service on March 6, as part of the Illinois Valley Cluster of Churches (Disciples of Christ) Lenten worship series. Our guest speaker this week was Will Compton, a freshman at Eureka College. Will is one of  EC’s Disciples Leadership Program Fellows, and also helps lead our Chi Rho and CYF youth groups.

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1 Samuel 3:1-10

Samuel’s Calling and Prophetic Activity
Now the boy Samuel was ministering to the Lord under Eli. The word of the Lord was rare in those days; visions were not widespread.

At that time Eli, whose eyesight had begun to grow dim so that he could not see, was lying down in his room; the lamp of God had not yet gone out, and Samuel was lying down in the temple of the Lord, where the ark of God was. Then the Lord called, “Samuel! Samuel!” and he said, “Here I am!” and ran to Eli, and said, “Here I am, for you called me.” But he said, “I did not call; lie down again.” So he went and lay down. The Lord called again, “Samuel!” Samuel got up and went to Eli, and said, “Here I am, for you called me.” But he said, “I did not call, my son; lie down again.” Now Samuel did not yet know the Lord, and the word of the Lord had not yet been revealed to him. The Lord called Samuel again, a third time. And he got up and went to Eli, and said, “Here I am, for you called me.” Then Eli perceived that the Lord was calling the boy. Therefore Eli said to Samuel, “Go, lie down; and if he calls you, you shall say, ‘Speak, Lord, for your servant is listening.’” So Samuel went and lay down in his place.

Now the Lord came and stood there, calling as before, “Samuel! Samuel!” And Samuel said, “Speak, for your servant is listening.”