OUR Worship





expressing the beauty of holiness through Exaggerated love of god



Our worship services unapologetically follow the dynamic traditions of the Black Church, various parts of the United Church of Christ, as well as other communities following the teachings of Jesus Christ.



Worship Service



sundays 11 AM Sanctuary





1st SUNDAY: Communion

2nd SUNDAY: Baby Baptism

3rd SUNDAY: Youth Sunday - Youth Leadership Amplified

4th SUNDAY: Adult Baptism


learn about
communion & Baptism

BiBLE
STUDY



sundays 9:30 AM – 10:30 AM Sanctuary





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Prayer & Praise with the Pastor



One Monday* PER MONTH @ 6:30 PM
Sanctuary





A monthly worship experience designed to help foster deeper relationships with God and community. Worshipers gather for an unscripted, unrestrained time in prayer and worship.

*Check social media announcements or CONTACT US for the next Monday evening service.



Come As You Are (CAYA)



First Wednesday of the month @ 7:00 pm
Sanctuary





A unique worship experience that focuses on issues, concerns, and struggles we all deal with. Worship and God’s Word come alive with a band and praise team. One hour of Power!



HOLY COMMUNION & Baptism





In the United Church of Christ our two most enduring symbolic Christian sacramental practices are Baptism and Holy Communion. These sacraments are instituted by Christ himself, and therefore, binding upon the church practice, standing as unique expression of our tradition, faith, and call to live as “united” people in the world. A sacrament is a symbol of one’s faith expressed as a celebration, memorial or an act of obedience. Acceptance of and participation in both sacraments are outward symbols of an inner change wrought by the Holy Spirit.



HOly Communion





In Holy Communion, a Christian community joins with millions of other communities, across space and time, to remember the life, works and sacrifice of Jesus (the Christ). As Jesus and his original apostles did a long ago in the first century of the Common Era, Christians take bread to symbolize Jesus’ gift of his body and a beverage to symbolize Jesus’



gift of his blood and share, together, the ingestion of both. As in baptism, what happens in communion is a mystery. The bread does not become actual flesh. The drink does not become actual blood. However, something transformative takes place. Holy Communion, is celebrated as a fellowship meal with Christ as its center.



Communion is a symbolic ritual in which Christians remember the final meal that Jesus shared with His disciples before His betrayal, arrest, and crucifixion. By receiving the Lord’s Supper, the Christian community participates in the suffering and death of Christ, and looks to the future for Christ’s return in glory.



Baptism





For us in the United Church of Christ, people are baptized as either adults or children and Baptism, with the water and the Holy Spirit is the mark of their acceptance in to the “care” of Christ’s church, the sign and seal of God’s forgiveness and acceptance, and the initiation of their new life in the faith. Baptism is a symbolic initiation into the Christian faith, where by a person is incorporated into the Universal Church. The water, words and actions of the sacrament are visible signs that convey the Christian’s burial and resurrection with Jesus Christ.



The invocation of the Holy Spirit upon the water and upon the candidates, is an affirmation that it is God who takes the initiative in the Sacrament.


“Baptism is both God’s gift and our human response to that gift.” Baptism is a sign and seal of our common discipleship. Through Baptism, Christians are brought into union with Christ, with each other and with the church of every time and place.



Baptism is open to all who wish to receive this blessing.


We welcome, everyone — members and non-members, children and adults—to receive this sacrament.


Nazarene baptizes during our Sunday service; the congregation, representing the whole church of Jesus Christ, promises to “welcome, support and love” the newly baptized person.



ADULT & BABY BAPTISM





For more information on getting baptized, please speak to or send a message to Rev. Ross.












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NAZARENE

CONGREGATIONAL

UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST



506 MacDonough Street, Brooklyn, New York 11233