Ripley United Church of Christ

Father's Day
2025-06-15 | IA

Soul Stitching
2025-06-14 09:00 - 14:00 (America/Chicago) | Ripley UCC Fellowship Hall, 400 South Main Street, Traer, IA, 50675
Join the Ripley Stitchers!

Christian Hands Across Traer Food Pantry Meeting - find out more!
2025-06-12 18:00 - 20:00 | Traer United Presbyterian Church, 307 Walnut Street, Traer, IA, 50675, United States
Christian Hands Across Traer Food Pantry Meeting
When: June 12, 2025 @ 6PM
Who: Interested community members and current volunteers
Where: Traer United Presbyterian Church – 307 Walnut St.
Pizza will be served.
RSVP: Text Jay Whannel 319-231-223

Patchwork warms hearts
2025-06-12 09:00 - 14:30 | Ripley UCC Fellowship Hall, 400 South Main Street, Traer, IA, 50675
See what the Ripley Stitchers are all about ! All are welcome to visit or join in the fun of fellowship and purpose. Questions? Contact Jane Knoop at 319-478-8156

Cleaning out ? Downsizing? Too much fabric and not enough time? We can help with that! Contact Jane at 319-478-8156

Blessing of the Quilts
2025-06-08 09:00 - 10:00 | Ripley Church, 400 South Main Street, Traer, IA, 50675
During service today we will be Blessing the Quilts. Our quilts are stitched together with a mission of serving others in need. Ripley Stitchers come together in purpose and fellowship as they take small pieces of fabric and stitch them into lovely quilts. The quilts are then provided to such areas as Americans for Independent Living, Cedar Valley Hospice, Salvation Army, Black Hawk Veterans, Sunrise Hill Care Center, Mercy One, Sleep in Heavenly Peace to name a few.

If you know of someone in need of warmth for body and soul, please reach out to Jane Knoop at 319-478-8156.

“Speaking the Same Language”
2025-06-08 09:00 - 10:00 | Sunday Service at Ripley UCC, 400 South Main Street, Traer, IA, 50675
Jun 8 2025 Bulletin

Patchwork Warms Hearts
2025-06-05 09:00 - 14:30, 2025-05-29 09:00 - 14:30 | Ripley UCC Fellowship Hall, 400 South Main Street, Traer, IA, 50675

“Bearing Witness”
2025-06-01 09:00 - 10:00 | Sunday Service at Ripley UCC, 400 South Main Street, Traer, IA, 50675
Jun 01 2025 BulletinJ
un 01 2025 Communion

"On Sacraments"
2025-05-28 09:00 - 10:00 | Sunday Service at Ripley UCC, 400 South Main Street, Traer, IA, 50675
May 25th Bulletin.docx

Missions Committee Meeting changed to May 27th
2025-05-27 18:30 - 20:00 | Ripley South Office, 400 South Main Street, Traer, IA, 50675
Patty Calderwood presents SIHP with a monetary gift from RUCC Missions.

Patchwork Warms Hearts
2025-05-22 09:00 - 14:30 | Ripley UCC Fellowship Hall, 400 South Main Street, Traer, IA, 50675
Join the mission – join the fellowship of those who stitch.
See how small pieces of fabric come together to create a blanket of warmth for heart and soul.
Enter at the North door 9 am or after. Stop in – stay awhile – join fellowship .

Questions? Contact Jane Knoop at 319-478-8156

"The Gentiles”
2025-05-18 09:00 - 10:00 | Sunday Service at Ripley UCC, 400 South Main Street, Traer, IA, 50675
May 18th Bulletin

Open Mic Night at The Parsonage! Charles Michels III!
2025-05-14 18:30 - 20:30 | The Parsonage, 513 4th Street, Traer, IA, 50675, United States
The 2025 Series is just getting started!

The Parsonage Series 2025 Schedule

Follow The Parsonage on Face Book!

Board of Deacons Meet
2025-05-11 10:30 - 11:30, 2025-04-13 10:00 - 12:00 | Ripley South Office, 400 South Main Street, Traer, IA, 50675

“Resurrection”
2025-05-11 09:00 - 10:00 | Sunday Service at Ripley UCC, 400 South Main Street, Traer, IA, 50675
May 11 Bulletin

Mother's Day
2025-05-11 | IA
Happy Mother’s Day

Soul Stitching
2025-05-10 09:00 - 15:00 | Ripley UCC Fellowship Hall, 400 South Main Street, Traer, IA, 50675
Stop in! Check out the Mission for 2025! Bringing warmth to body and soul through patchwork! Contact Jane Knoop with questions at 319-478-8156

Patchwork Warms Hearts
2025-05-08 09:00 - 15:00 | Ripley UCC Fellowship Hall, 400 South Main Street, Traer, IA, 50675
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Stop in! Check out the Mission for 2025! Bringing warmth to body and soul
patchwork! Contact Jane Knoop with questions at 319-478-8156

Growth and Conversion”
2025-05-04 09:00 - 10:00 | Sunday Service at Ripley UCC, 400 South Main Street, Traer, IA, 50675
May 04 2025 Booklet Bulletin with communion

“Doubting Thomas, and the Rest of the Story”
2025-04-27 09:00 - 17:00 | IA
Apr 27 2025 Bulletin

“Rise With Him”
2025-04-20 09:00 - 10:00 | Sunday Service at Ripley UCC, 400 South Main Street, Traer, IA, 50675
April 20, 2025 Bulletin Easter
“Easter 2020” (excerpt)
by Malcolm Guite

And where is Jesus, this strange Easter day?
Not lost in our locked churches, any more
Than he was sealed in that dark sepulcher.
The locks are loosed; the stone is rolled away,
And he is up and risen, long before,
Alive, at large, and making his strong way
Into the world he gave his life to save,
No need to seek him in his empty grave.
…
This poem was written during the COVID epidemic. The poet felt isolated, even from his church, where he could not worship in person or take communion. These words serve as a reminder that Christ is living and present, and his Spirit moves among us, wherever we are in the moment.
This Easter, know that you are never alone. You have this church, our beloved community. More than that, you have the love of God. Christ is risen. He is risen indeed. And we rise, together, with him.

Easter Morning Breakfast
2025-04-20 08:00 - 09:00 | Ripley UCC Fellowship Hall, 400 South Main Street, Traer, IA, 50675
Join all at Ripley UCC for Easter Morning Breakfast!

Good Friday Service with Great Litany
2025-04-18 19:00 - 20:00 | Ripley Church, 400 South Main Street, Traer, IA, 50675
Apr 18 2025 Bulletin Good Friday

My God, My God, why have you forsaken me?
by Andrea Skevington
You felt your generous heart forsaken,
you felt the absence of the one who helps,
who was beside you, in the beginning,
who knew you from before first light.
We know too well the sparseness
of your isolation, without light,
and companionless,
in the darkness of our own long night.
And yet, within our dark, we find you there,
Find you have waited for us long days, and years,
while our poor eyes have
grown accustomed to the dark,
have learned at last to see you through our tears.
So as you know our pain and feel it,
you break our separation with your own.
Help us see the forsaken all around us,
invisible and in darkness, but seen by you.
May we seek each other in the dark,
May we have courage to cry out,
like you, and so be found.

Maundy Thursday Service “Foot Washing in the 21st Century”
2025-04-17 19:00 - 20:00 | Ripley Church, 400 South Main Street, Traer, IA, 50675
April 17 2025 Bulletin Maundy Thursday

(No meal for Maundy Thursday)
Meetings:

Board of Deacons: – Sunday, May 11th @ 10 am – Office
Board of Trustees: Tuesday May 13th @ 5:30 pm – Office
Mission Committee: Wednesday June 4th @ 6:30 – Office

Mission/Church/Community Involvement:

Quilting – Thursday April 24th @ 9:00 am

Soul Stitching is May 10th @ 9:00 am

Lenten Project – raising funds for Storks Nest for donation for diapers, wipes etc.
Noisy Offering – Storks Nest – Lent Offering for 2025 – April 27th

Religious Education

Confirmation will be scheduled Spring/Summer 2025 for youth aged 13 and up. Please see Jim if you know a young person who might be interested.

Holy Week Plans:

Sunday April 20th – Easter

Easter Breakfast Serving starts @ 8:00 am in the Fellowship Hall
Easter Morning Church Service @ 9:00 am

Easter Plants in Memory of your Loved Ones:

Let Patty know if you’d like an Easter plant in memory of a loved one. $18.00 each

Community Men's Lenten Breakfast at Clutier Community Church
2025-04-16 07:00 - 08:00 | Clutier Community Church, 301 3rd St., Clutier, IA, 52217
Start your day at Clutier Community Church for Community Men’s Lenten Breakfast!

Board of Trustees Meet
2025-04-15 17:30 - 19:00 | Ripley South Office, 400 South Main Street, Traer, IA, 50675

“Marching Into Jerusalem”
2025-04-13 09:00 - 10:00 | Sunday Service at Ripley UCC, 400 South Main Street, Traer, IA, 50675
Apr 13 2025 6 sided Bulletin
Liturgy of the Palms

Communion Sunday for April
2025-04-13 09:00 - 10:00 | Sunday Service at Ripley UCC, 400 South Main Street, Traer, IA, 50675
April Communion Date Change
