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🎠Let the Good Times Roll!
Shrove Tuesday & Mardi Gras Celebration at BUCC on Tuesday, February 17th at 6PM. Join us as we bring a taste of New Orleans to Bethesda for a joyful evening of food, music, and tradition!
Come enjoy:
🥞 A delicious
pancake buffet
🎶
Live New Orleans jazz music
ðŸŽ
Beads, masks, and festive fun
👑 An authentic
King Cake straight from New Orleans
Then, as the celebration winds down, we’ll shift into a meaningful moment together. We’ll parade from the Fellowship Hall to the Sanctuary, lay down our masks and beads, and enter into a reflective Ash Wednesday service (held Tuesday evening).
It’s a beautiful way to move from celebration to contemplation as we begin the season of Lent.
All are welcome — whether you’ve been part of BUCC for years or are visiting for the first time.
Come for the party, the service, or both. However you join us, we can’t wait to see you!
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Please sign up here:
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Welcome, Reverend Michael Streib!
BUCC is excited to welcome our new pastor, Reverend Michael Streib, to our congregation and community.
A native of southwestern Germany, Michael earned his equivalent of a bachelor’s degree in Protestant Theology from Heidelberg University in 2019. He moved to the United States the same year and went on to earn his Master of Divinity from Yale Divinity School, along with a Diploma in Congregational Ministry from Andover Newton Seminary at Yale Divinity School in 2022.
Michael’s ministry has been shaped by a deep commitment to thoughtful worship, meaningful community, and compassionate service. His ministry has focused on LGBTQ+ outreach and pastoral care, social justice work, as well as traditional ministry. We are grateful to welcome him to BUCC and look forward to this new chapter in the life of our church.
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Bethesda United
Church of Christ
We are a diverse and eclectic group of people at various places on our spiritual journey. We come from a wide range of countries, experiences, family structure, orientations, and backgrounds. We are adjusting to the changes that time thrusts upon us. We come together because we have found a community of support and strength, welcome and love.
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Visiting the Church
From the moment you walk through our doors, we hope that you feel God’s welcome from the people of Bethesda United Church of Christ. We are glad you found us and we warmly welcome you to worship with us. Whether you visit us on occasion, attend regularly, or formally make BUCC your church home by joining as a member, we hope that you will take advantage of the many opportunities to share in fellowship, serve our community, and grow in your spiritual journey.
If you are new to our church and would like to explore membership, the Welcome Team hosts Inquirers’ Gatherings several times a year as needed. This is an informal gathering for anyone who has questions about our congregation, the United Church of Christ, or even what it means to be a member of a church. It is an opportunity for us to get to know you better as well as for you to meet other newcomers to BUCC.
For those who choose to become members of BUCC, we have a brief welcoming ceremony during Sunday worship. After that, we like to introduce you to one other person in the congregation who will act as a “mentor” so that you may better get to know your new church.
Worship
Our community gathers for worship in the sanctuary each Sunday morning. Our time together is filled with music, prayers, regular communion, and a message or sermon.
Communion
On the first Sunday of the month, we celebrate communion as part of the worship service and remember Jesus’ last supper with the disciples. We welcome everyone who would like to receive communion
Choir
Everyone is welcome to join the choir for the season from September through June or just for a special holiday including Advent/Christmas and/or Lent/Easter. The choir primarily rehearses before worship at 9:00 a.m on Sunday mornings. There are a few after-service rehearsals at the beginning of the new season in the fall, before Advent, and before Lent.
We all share the desire to explore our individual faith with others doing the same.
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