From Our Pastor Rock Fremont

Reformation Sunday
Leviticus 19:1-2, 15-18; Psalm 1; 1 Thessalonians 2:1-8; Matthew 22:34-46 

Remember to Wear RED and join us this Sunday as we celebrate Reformation Sunday!

As the United Church of Christ today, 500 plus years after the start of the Reformation, what is its significance to us? Why even observe it? The UCC constitutional preamble states:

“The United Church of Christ … claims as its own the faith of the historic Church expressed in the ancient creeds and reclaimed in the basic insights of the Protestant Reformers. It affirms the responsibility of the Church in each generation to make this faith its own in reality of worship, in honesty of thought and expression, and in purity of heart before God.”

—Preamble to the Constitution of the United Church of Christ.

There are a number of reasons we should observe the day. The themes of the Reformation remain the great themes and principles of our own faith today. The great separation that occurred in the church remains with us. Our fractured denominations have entered into dialogue and cooperative activities that have brought us closer together. Today we may observe Reformation Day with a sense of moving toward unity and community. It is an opportunity to repent of the sins and excesses of the past and to celebrate our common faith, even if we still cannot celebrate around a common table. Reformation today can represent healing of old wounds as, together, we all work to build and strengthen the church and love one another as Christ has loved us.

In Unity,

Pr. Rock