Pleasant Hill Community Church, UCC

Made for Glory by Vicki Kemper | published on Jun 11, 2022 When I look at your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars that you have established; what are human beings that you are mindful of them, mortals that you care for them? Yet you have made them a little lower than God, and crowned them with glory and honor. – Psalm 8:3-5 (NRSV) However you’re feeling today—hopeful or despairing, powerless or inspired, lonely or madly in love—there’s something the psalmist wants you to know. Whatever you’re doing today—marching for an end to gun violence, taking your kids to soccer practice, working a second job to make ends meet, or doing laundry and cleaning house—there’s something I want you to know. You were made for glory. Pleasant Hill Community Church, United Church of Christ, located at 67 Church Drive, Pleasant Hill, TN. We are an Open and Affirming, Whole Earth, Global Mission, Just Peace congregation of the United Church of Christ. With roots in the post-Civi...

Singing bowls have been around for thousands of years, and they are a common fixture in sound healing practices. Come join us on April 24 at Pleasant Hill Community Church, beginning at 3:00pm for a Cystal Bowl Concert. The concert will be performed by Diana and Ron Riggs All are invited to attend and learn some fascinating crystal bowl history while enjoying the beautiful music! Diana Riggs has an extensive musical background where she played piano, organ, and directed choirs to assist in she and Ron's music ministry. Their travels took them from Ohio to California and back to Little Rock, AR, where Riggs played in four different churches over 31 years. Riggs was Pleasant Hill Community Church's music director from December 2015 until November of 2021. Pleasant Hill Community Church, United Church of Christ, located at 67 Church Drive, Pleasant Hill, TN.  We are an Open and Affirming, Whole Earth, Global Mission, Just Peace congregation of the United Church of Christ.  Wi...

Pastor Houston, the interm Pastor of Pleasant Hill Community Church continues his Sermon Series Spirituality and the Twelve Steps. Sunday, March 20 with Steps 5 & 6. Join us in person or Facebook or YouTUbe . Click here to download a copy of the Service Bulletin . Using Richard Rohr ’s book Breathing Underwater as a foundation, Pastor Houston will lead our thoughts on how “The 12 steps” is a spiritual tool to help in your own personal transformation. Step 5 reads, "Admitted to God, to ourselves, and to another human being the exact nature of our wrongs." According to Rohr, "Nothing new happens without apology and forgiveness." Step 6 reads, "Were entirely ready to have God remove all these defects of character." Take a moment and think of a when you have truly let go and let God? Pleasant Hill Community Church is dedicated to the teachings and ministry of Jesus Christ and are a Just Peace, Open and Affirming, Whole Earth, Global Mission...

The Cross on display at Pleasant Hill Community Church , UCC is called the Cross of the Covenants and was given to the Church by Ed and Goldie Schneider. The following is from the flyer that came with the Cross, and during this time of Lent and with all that is occurring around the world we thought it would be nice to share. It is a relevant today as when William R. Simmons created the flyer. The Cross of the Covenants – What it is The Cross of the Covenants is actually a combination of symbols in itself, of time-honored use in the Christian Church . The familiar Celtic Cross ( cross and circle) attests to the death and resurrection; the Cross of the Covenants adds the important detail of the identity of Person: the Lord Jesus is the fulfillment of God’s promise to the people of Isreal to elevate a son of David to a throne that shall endure forever . Accordingly, the Cross of the Covenants includes the Star of David , the sign of the Old Covenant, even as the Cross is the s...

Pastor Houston, the interm Pastor of Pleasant Hill Community Church has announced his Sermon Series for March 6 – April 10 Spirituality and the Twelve Steps. Using Richard Rohr ’s book Breathing Underwater as a foundation, Pastor Houston will lead our thoughts on how “The 12 steps” is a spiritual tool to help in your own personal transformation. “The deepest and most important spiritual lessons I (have) ever learned came from a circle of drunks, fighting desperately not to drink today, whom I initially viewed as low-life, losers, and who ultimately came to be, for me, the oracles of God. The Twelve steps in no way diminished my appreciation for the gospel of Jesus Christ – quite the contrary- I am more convinced than ever of the reality of the gospel story.” — A quote from a 12 step movement member in A People’s History of Christianity , by Diana Butler Bass The Pleasant Hill Community Church is located at 67 Church Drive, Pleasant Hill, TN.  The church is a congregati...