we are open and affirming but our doors are still closed due to the danger to our vulnerable members.  pastoral services are available by phone and facebook.

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​GUERNEVILLE COMMUNITY CHURCH - UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST
12060 Highway 116, Guerneville, CA
Mailing address:  
PO Box 765, Guerneville, CA 95446
Pam Tinnin, Pastor   707-921-8078
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​We are currently having church at home
during this difficult time. Pastor Pam is preaching
​in her kitchen and we are watching at home.
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​"Though I may not be here with you, I urge you to answer the highest calling of your heart and stand up for what you truly believe. In my life I have done all I can to demonstrate that the way of peace, the way of love and nonviolence is the more excellent way. Now it is your turn to let freedom ring.”    John Lewis

​ "Fight for the things that you care about, but do it in a way that will lead others to join you.” ​RBG

“Do Our Hearts Burn Within Us?”
   Pamela J tinnin   
september 27, 2020

It’s Pastor Pam Tinnin, Guerneville Community Church-UCC, Guerneville, California. With the pandemic restrictions still in place, I present my messages in my own kitchen. We call it Kitchen Church. This week I have been inspired by so many people who are doing their best to maintain under truly tough circumstances. No matter what happens, they reach out with kindness to others, put aside their own fear and anxiety to respond courageously in the worst of circumstances. Even when they’re dealing with grief and loss, they don’t forget that others are hurting, too, and do what they can to comfort them. They are reminders that holiness rests within each person. If we learn to see with our hearts,  we can find a glimpse of the Holy One, the living proof that the spark of God resides within each of us. Being flawed human beings, we may not recognize holiness when we see it, but when we open our hearts to that presence we must treat each other, whether family, friends or strangers, with nothing less than unconditional love. In the book of Luke beginning at chapter 24, verse 13, two disciples walking the road to a village called Emmaus are joined by a stranger. Although they do not recognize him at first, their lives are changed forever by the encounter.​
Our hearts burned within us
This poem is so powerful in describing that the holy exists in each person. It’s an intro to my message. Blessings all and Namaste, Pam

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​   GUERNEVILLE COMMUNITY CHURCH 
   125TH ANNIVERSARy  celebration
     POSTPONED

            IN 1894, SEVERAL GUERNEVILLE AREA FAMILIES CAME TOGETHER WITH A MUTUAL DESIRE TO FORM A CHURCH. THE SANTA ROSA EPISCOPAL CHURCH OFFERED THEM THE OPPORTUNITY TO BECOME A MISSION CHURCH, BUT THE GROUP DECLINED, YEARNING FOR A CHURCH OF THEIR OWN. 
           ON APRIL 9, 1895 THE NEWLY ORGANIZED CHURCH REQUESTED ADMISSION INTO THE SONOMA ASSOCIATION OF CONGREGATIONAL CHURCHES. ON APRIL 26, 1895 THE ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION WERE ESTABLISHED FOR THE CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH OF GUERNEVILLE AND FINALIZED AT THE COUNTY COURTHOUSE IN SANTA ROSA.  
IMMEDIATELY, WORK BEGAN ON THE ORIGINAL CHURCH ON FIRST STREET IN GUERNEVILLE. FOR SEVENTY YEARS THE CONGREGATION WORSHIPPED AT THAT LOCATION.
           IN 1965 THE CONGREGATION MOVED INTO THE NEW CHURCH THEY BUILT ON ARMSTRONG WOODS ROAD. OVER THE YEARS THE CHURCH BECAME KNOWN AS THE GUERNEVILLE COMMUNITY CHURCH. ITS OFFICIAL NAME REMAINS THE CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH OF GUERNEVILLE. 
          BY 2018 THE CHURCH STRUGGLED WITH THE FACT THAT THE BRIDGE, THE ONLY VEHICLE ACCESS TO THE CHURCH SITE, WOULD HAVE TO BE REPAIRED OR REPLACED COSTING HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS. THE FINAL BLOW CAME IN FEBRUARY 2019 WITH A FLOOD THAT DECIMATED THE PROPERTY. THE CHURCH HAD BEEN FOR SALE FOR SOME TIME, BUT AFTER THE FLOOD A SALE SEEMED IMPOSSIBLE. ON MAY 16, OWNERSHIP WAS TRANSFERRED TO THE LOCAL GRADE SCHOOL.
          MIRACULOUSLY, IN JULY OF 2019 THE CONGREGATION FOUND THE PERFECT MEETING PLACE AT 12060 HIGHWAY 116 JUST TWO MILES FROM GUERNEVILLE.
          WITH GREAT EXCITEMENT, WE HAVE BEEN LOOKING FORWARD TO CELEBRATING OUR 125TH ANNIVERSARY AS AN ACTIVE CONGREGATION ON APRIL 26, 2020. THE CHURCH’S HISTORY HAS BEEN PART OF GUERNEVILLE HISTORY. SADLY, PLANS HAVE BEEN POSTPONED DUE TO THE PANDEMIC OF 2020.
​          WE LOOK FORWARD TO THE DAY WHEN WE CAN HAVE A GRAND CELEBRATION AND INVITE THE COMMUNITY TO JOIN US.