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At Rincon you can be yourself. Honest

Grounded in openness, with respect and justice for all, Rincon Congregational United Church
of Christ is a welcoming and progressive Christian community that believes in a God who is 
more about grace than judgment.  Inspired by meaningful worship and teaching, we strive 
to be God's heart and hands in action, seeking to be living examples of Christ's abundant love.

All who come to worship God are always welcome!  Together we seek to love the world and
to embrace others as Jesus did.  Therefore, everyone is invited into full membership regardless 
of age, race, ethnic origin or worldly condition.  Also, we are an Open and Affirming
congregation, welcoming lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgendered persons to the full life and 
ministry of this church.

Location:
122 N Craycroft Road
Tucson, AZ 85711
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Phone: 520-745-6237
E-mail:
Office@Rinconucc.org

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Sunday mornings at 10:30 am

Christian Education
Adult Bible Study Thursdays at 10:00 am
Children's Church school Sundays at 10:30 am

 

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God is Our Shade
Stephen Van Kuiken
Rincon Congregational Church
Tucson, Arizona
July 25, 2010

 

 

 
A man has made at least a start on discovering the meaning of human life when he plants shade trees under which he knows full well he will never sit. 
                                                        
—Elton Trueblood

 

Reading: Isaiah 25:1-5

 
I’ve never lived in the desert before. And when Jenn and I visited a couple time last summer, it was my first experience with the heat.
 
And I’ve never been able to connect much with all the talk in the Bible about the desert. There is a lot of that kind of talk, by the way. The entire Bible is set in the desert—in the Middle East—Egypt, Israel, Palestine. The God of the Bible is a Desert God.
 
When scriptures talk about the Israelites “wandering in the wilderness” for 40 years, for example, it was talking about the desert.
 
Same thing when Jesus went to the wilderness to fast and to pray—he went into the desert. John the Baptist, Jesus’ friend, lived in the desert.  Continue reading
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Donna HarrisonDirector of Church Administration (520) 745-6237 
Dr Alexander TentserAccompanist (520) 323-1174 
John AngiuloDirector of Christian Education (520) 745-6237 
Katie Geran, M.S., R.N.Faith Community Nurse (520) 574-1153 
Rev. Stephen Van KuikenPastor (520) 745-6237 
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