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SUMMARY:"The Yoke of Freedom"
DESCRIPTION:Jul 05 2026 Bulletin with communion \n  \nRipley Church Meetings: \n\nBoard of Deacons: August 2nd @ 10:00 am – Office\nBoard of Trustees: Monday\, July 13th @  5:30 pm – Office\n\n  \nRipley Mission/Church/Community Involvement: \n\nQuilting:  Thursday\, July 9nd @ 9:00 am\n\nSaturday Soul Stitching – Saturday July 11th @ 9:00 am\n\n\nNoisy Offering – July 26th – ThreeHouse Collaborative (Campus Ministry)\nVBS is still looking for volunteers August 3-6.  Please let Christy\, Becky\, Lindsey or Jim know if you are interested.\n\n  \n\nRUCC Volunteer @ Tama County Fair – Tue. July 14th – 10:00 am – to 3:00 pm\n\nSign up to Volunteer is on the counter in the church Kitchen\nDo you like to bake? Pies/Bars needed for that day.\nQuestions contact Patty Calderwood 319-269-7286\n\n\n\n  \nCollection for Junkman/Knobel Center – Pathways – June/July \n\nCollection of items to be donated to the Residential Center\n\n\nTowels – Gently Used is Acceptable\, Twin Size Linens\n\n\nFurniture – Gently Used is Acceptable\n\nIf you have something to give we should contact them to make sure that it is acceptable and meets their needs.\n\n\nCleaning Products\n\nDish soap\, dishwasher soap etc\n\n\nMale and Female Hygiene Products\n\nSoap and Shampoo/Conditioner Toothbrushes and toothpaste \nfeminine hygiene products NO Razors please\n\n\nRecreational Items – Gently Used is acceptable\n\nBags game or pool table\, Board games\, 1000 piece jigsaw puzzles\, Art/painting supplies\n\n\nContact Laura for Questions – 319-239-3188\n\n  \nWinding Stairs Festival – Aug. 7th\, 8th\, 9th \n\nRipley Hosts Sunday worship and fellowship after at the Memorial Bldg\nTraer United Presbyterian Church hosting community breakfast at UPC\n\n \nPlan now to attend this special event at Ripley: Recently\, Ripley UCC voted to call Pastor Jim as our settled minister. This is the last step of an 8 year ordination process for Jim\, and the first step of a lifelong ordained journey. To mark the occasion\, our church is hosting a Service of Ordination and Installation on Saturday\, August 1st\, followed by a potluck supper at Taylor Park. You are all invited.
URL:https://ripleyucc.org/event/the-yoke-of-freedom/
LOCATION:Sunday Service at Ripley UCC\, 400 South Main Street\, Traer\, IA\, 50675
CATEGORIES:Sunday Service
ORGANIZER;CN="Pastor Jim Coppoc":MAILTO:jimatripley@gmail.com
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SUMMARY:"Good Soil"
DESCRIPTION:Jul 12 2026 Bulletin \n  \n Ripley Church Meetings: \n\nBoard of Deacons: August 2nd @ 10:00 am – Office\nBoard of Trustees: Monday\, July 13th @  5:30 pm – Office\n\n  \nRipley Mission/Church/Community Involvement: \n\nQuilting:  Thursday\, July 16th @ 9:00 am\n\nSaturday Soul Stitching – Saturday August TBD @ 9:00 am\n\n\nNoisy Offering – July 26th – ThreeHouse Collaborative Campus Ministries\nVBS is still looking for volunteers August 3-6.  Please let Christy\, Becky\, Lindsey or Jim know if you are interested. \n\nNEXT WEEK! \n\nRUCC Volunteer @ Tama County Fair – Tue. July 14th – 10:00 am – to 3:00 pm\n\nWe can use a few more Volunteers\nSign up is on the counter in the church Kitchen\nDo you like to bake? Pies/Bars needed for that day.\nQuestions contact Patty Calderwood 319-269-7286\n\n\n\n  \nCollection for Junkman/Knobel Center – Pathways – June/July \n\nCollection of items to be donated to the Residential Center\n\n\nTowels\, twin linens\, furniture (ask first)\, cleaning products\, hygiene products (no razors\, recreational items\, etc.\nGently used is acceptable\n\n\nContact Laura for Questions – 319-239-3188\n\n  \nService of Ordination/Installation! \n\nOn Saturday\, August 1\, at 4:00 pm\, Ripley will host clergy and lay members from Central Iowa and beyond for Pastor Jim’s ordination and installation as our settled minister.  You are all invited to share in the moment.  A potluck at Taylor Park follows\, with music by Charles Michels\, III.\nIf you’d like to help with the potluck part of this\, please let Jim know.\n\n  \nWinding Stairs Festival – Aug. 7th\, 8th\, 9th \n\nRipley Hosts Sunday worship and fellowship  at the Memorial Bldg\nService starts at 10:30am\n\n  \nTHANK YOU to Kathy\, Lindsey and Becky for all the work they put into our Free Sale\, and thank you to all who donated.  
URL:https://ripleyucc.org/event/good-soil/
LOCATION:Sunday Service at Ripley UCC\, 400 South Main Street\, Traer\, IA\, 50675
CATEGORIES:Sunday Service
ORGANIZER;CN="Pastor Jim Coppoc":MAILTO:jimatripley@gmail.com
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SUMMARY:"Good Soil"
DESCRIPTION:Jul19 2026 Bulletin \n Ripley Church Meetings: \n\nBoard of Deacons: August 2nd @ 10:00 am – Office\nBoard of Trustees: Monday\, July 13th @  5:30 pm – Office\n\n  \nRipley Mission/Church/Community Involvement: \n\nQuilting:  Thursday\, July 16th @ 9:00 am\n\nSaturday Soul Stitching – Saturday August TBD @ 9:00 am\n\n\nNoisy Offering – July 26th – ThreeHouse Collaborative Campus Ministries\nVBS is still looking for volunteers August 3-6.  Please let Christy\, Becky\, Lindsey or Jim know if you are interested.\n\n  \nCollection for Junkman/Knobel Center – Pathways – June/July \n\nCollection of items to be donated to the Residential Center\n\n\nTowels\, twin linens\, furniture (ask first)\, cleaning products\, hygiene products (no razors\, recreational items\, etc.\nGently used is acceptable\n\n\nContact Laura for Questions – 319-239-3188\n\n  \nService of Ordination/Installation! \n\nOn Saturday\, August 1\, at 4:00 pm\, Ripley will host clergy and lay members from Central Iowa and beyond for Pastor Jim’s ordination and installation as our settled minister.  You are all invited to share in the moment.  A potluck at Taylor Park follows\, with music by Charles Michels\, III.\nIf you’d like to help with the potluck part of this\, please let Jim know.\n\n  \nWinding Stairs Festival – Aug. 7th\, 8th\, 9th \n\nRipley Hosts Sunday worship and fellowship after at the Memorial Bldg\nCommunity Breakfast at Traer United Presbyterian Church  –  supporting Food Bank & CHAT.   If you would like to volunteer\, please contact Ronda Pususta.\n\n 
URL:https://ripleyucc.org/event/good-soil-2/
LOCATION:Sunday Service at Ripley UCC\, 400 South Main Street\, Traer\, IA\, 50675
CATEGORIES:Sunday Service
ORGANIZER;CN="Pastor Jim Coppoc":MAILTO:jimatripley@gmail.com
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SUMMARY:"Heaven Grows"
DESCRIPTION:July 26 2026 Bulletin with quilt blessing.docx \n  \n  \n Ripley Church Meetings: \n\nBoard of Deacons: August 2nd @ 10:00 am – Office\nBoard of Trustees: Monday\, July 13th @  5:30 pm – Office\n\n  \nRipley Mission/Church/Community Involvement: \n\nQuilting:  Thursday\, July 30th @ 9:00 am\, Thursday Aug. 6th @ 9:00 am\n\nSaturday Soul Stitching – Saturday August 15th @ 9:00 am\n\n\nNoisy Offering – July 26th – ThreeHouse Collaborative Campus Ministries\nVBS is still looking for volunteers August 3-6.  Please let Christy\, Becky\, Lindsey or Jim know if you are interested.\n\n  \nRed Sand Sunday \n\nTODAY\, after fellowship\, we will join the Methodists across the street for pouring of Red Sand at 10:30\, followed by a presentation by Chains Interrupted to raise awareness around human trafficking.\n\n  \nCollection for Junkman/Knobel Center – Pathways – June/July \n\nCollection of items to be donated to the Residential Center concludes this week. Thank you to all who donated.\n\n  \nService of Ordination/Installation for Jim Coppoc! \n\nSaturday\, August 1\, at 4:00 pm @ Ripley\n\nClergy and lay members from Central Iowa and beyond will join in the ordination and installation of Pastor Jim as our settled minister.  You are all invited to share in the moment.\nPotluck at Taylor Park to follow\, with music by Charles Michels\, III.\n\nBurgers\, Beans\, table service and drinks will be provided. If you’d like to bring a side or dessert feel free – but your presence is all that is requested. \n\n\n\n\n\nWinding Stairs Festival – Aug. 7th. 8th\, 9th \nRipley to Host Community Worship Service: Sun. Aug 9th at the Memorial Bldg \n\nHelp is needed to provide Cookies\, Bars and assistance to serve – sign up in the kitchen\n\n  \nVerona Staker Service of Remembrance \n\nVisitation tomorrow\, 7/27\, from 9-11am.\nService at 11:00 with reception to follow at the Memorial Building\nhttps://www.kruse-phillips.com/obituaries/verona-staker for details\n\nRipley United Church of Christ \nCelebration of Worship \n  \nJuly 26th\, 2026 \nProper 12 \n  \nWelcome and Announcements \nPrelude and Candle Lighting \n  \nPraise and Invocation (Psalm 105:1-4): \n  \nOne:  O give thanks to the LORD; call on his name; make known his deeds among the peoples. \nMany:  Sing to him\, sing praises to him; tell of his wonderful works. \n  \nOne:  Glory in his holy name; let the hearts of those who seek the LORD rejoice. \nMany:  Seek the LORD and his strength; seek his presence continually. \n  \nCall to Worship: \n  \nOne:  Let us worship in the presence of a just and loving God. \nMany:  Amen \n  \n*Opening Hymn: “Enter\, Rejoice and Come In” (black hymnal #73) \n  \nConfession \nOne:  Our Gospel proclaims the Kingdom of Heaven is near! \nMany: We fail to see God working in the world around us.  We fail to do our part to bring his kingdom near. \n  \nOne:  All our God asks is that we come with the faith of a
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LOCATION:Sunday Service at Ripley UCC\, 400 South Main Street\, Traer\, IA\, 50675
CATEGORIES:Sunday Service
ORGANIZER;CN="Pastor Jim Coppoc":MAILTO:jimatripley@gmail.com
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