Below are worship resources to sustain and strengthen our faith during this time when our care for all of God's people calls us to practice social distance and to connect in new ways.Click on the pictures below to access the video content.Share it with family and friends.

"Grace at Home" will continue to be sent out indefinitely. Grace CCC will begin worshiping in person again with precautions in place on Sunday, July 12.

Happy Father's Day
"My Dad Says"
fun skit guys video honoring Father's
"As the Deer"
worship song
Father's Day Blessing
We give our thanks, Creator God, for the fathers in our lives. This Father's Day we remember the many sacrifices fathers make for their children and families, and the ways--both big and small--they lift children to achieve dreams thought beyond reach.

So too, we remember all those who have helped fill the void when fathers pass early or are absent;
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grandfathers and uncles, brothers and cousins, teachers, pastors and coaches, and the women of our families.

For those who are fathers, we ask for wisdom and humility in the face of the task of parenting. Give them the strength to do well by their children and by You. In Your Holy name, O God, we pray. Amen.


Sermon by Sarah Zuniga,
second year MDiv student

We give thanks for opportunities to teach and learn as a congregation. The Grace board has been discussing the possibility of welcoming a seminary student to serve and learn at Grace this year to help them grow in ministry even as they sow seeds of growth in our church. Thank you for praying about this possibility as we move forward and discern God's plan.
Learn the Lord's Prayer in Sign Language
Children's song and lesson
Thank you in advance for sharing your gifts, tithes, and offerings with Grace Community Christian Church if you are in a position to give financially. Consider making an extra gift to support new Disciples of Christ churches. You may give online below, mail in a check, or drop off your offering to the church office on Mondays at 6:30pm.

 Jesus tells us that God loves us so much that “even the hairs on your head are counted.” For some of us, God has to do less counting than for others! But the messa ge is clear: God knows us intimately and loves us, not in spite of who we are, but because of who we are. Jesus tells us that it is in the sharing of our livelihood that we find true life. “Those who lose their life for my sake will find it.” Let us collect and bless our tithes and offerings.

Offering prayer
Heavenly Father, Loving God, you know us and you love us, and care for our every need. Each day, you wake us up and encourage us to try again to be your servants. This day we give you our offerings as a way of recommitting our lives to your service. Amen.

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Opening Prayer
It is good to be together, God, on the screens, with our family of faith, together listening for your voice, united by your Spirit. In this time of worship tell us about your kingdom of kindness so that we can seek it. We want to walk with you, humbly, closely, daily. Speak to us your words of comfort and presence, turn to us and be gracious to us, show us a sign of your favor as we give you our hearts in worship. Amen.


Prayer of relationship

There is no one like you, God of the listening heart. There is no one like you, God of steadfast love. There is no one like you, God of all people. 

Jesus Christ, conqueror of sin's power:
into our deepest pain where life has bottomed out, you dare to enter;
when we cry out with fear, you cradle our hearts; when we face death,
you stride out of the grave, pointing the way to the kingdom.

Spirit of the forsaken and bearer of compassion: you are the mist shimmering over the valleys, stirring the waters of creation; you are the dew bathing the flowers every morning,
anointing us with resurrection's grace.

God in Community, Holy in One,
hear us as we pray as we have been taught, (The Lord's Prayer)
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Scripture - Matthew 10:24-39
24 "A disciple is not above the teacher, nor a slave above the master; 25 it is enough for the disciple to be like the teacher, and the slave like the master. If they have called the master of the house Beelzebul, how much more will they malign those of his household! 26 "So have no fear of them; for nothing is covered up that will not be uncovered, and nothing secret that will not become known. 27 What I say to you in the dark, tell in the light; and what you hear whispered, proclaim from the housetops. 28 Do not fear those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul; rather fear him who can destroy both soul and body in hell. 29 Are not two sparrows sold for a penny? Yet not one of them will fall to the ground apart from your Father. 30 And even the hairs of your head are all counted. 31 So do not be afraid; you are of more value than many sparrows. 32 "Everyone therefore who acknowledges me before others, I also will acknowledge before my Father in heaven; 33 but whoever denies me before others, I also will deny before my Father in heaven. 34 "Do not think that I have come to bring peace to the earth; I have not come to bring peace, but a sword. 35 For I have come to set a man against his father, and a daughter against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law;
36 and one's foes will be members of one's own household. 37 Whoever loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me; and whoever loves son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me; 38 and whoever does not take up the cross and follow me is not worthy of me. 39 Those who find their life will lose it, and those who lose their life for my sake will find it.

Grace Community Christian Church
2770 Montgomery Road
Aurora, IL 60504
www.graceccc.org
630.898.7990