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Shrove Tuesday Pancake & Sausage Dinner & Talent Show. What a fun night of fellowship, food and entertainment awaits everyone who attends. All are invited for the fun. If you have a talent you want to showoff, please sign up on the sheet at the rear of the church sanctuary. Your talent act must be around two minutes or less and appropriate for church & families. The evening starts at 5:30pm.

Rev. Dr. William J. Wassner will conduct his first official church services on Sunday March 6th at 9:00am and 10:30am. Please come and participate in these important milestone events in the POUCC history. Meet Pastor Bill and his wife Lisa between services 10:00am-10:30am during the Fellowship Coffee Meet & Great.

Sheri Bueller, New POUCC Moderator, announces an All Church Team Meeting for Saturday February 6th between 10am - Noon. All church members and friends are invited to attend this kickoff session for committees, teams and boards to plan out the next year. Refreshments will be served. POUCC relies on the many volunteers to manage all its church activities, missions, facilities maintenance and events. This a great chance to serve others and have fun in a fulfilling meaningful way. Everyone is invited!

Barbara Pountain, Thrift Store Team Leader, announced today that the store has broken the $300,000 income mark for the first time. This is extraordinary news! The Thrift Store has been a key blessing to our church and the surrounding community since it was launched. Not only does it provide income for church functions and missions but it also provides thousands of donations per year to needy people and groups around the greater Daytona Beach area. The Thrift Store is staffed by all volunteers. This incredible group of people freely donate their time and smiles to making the Thrift Store a welcome place to visit and shop. The inventory is constantly changing and many people comment that it is the cleanest and neatest thrift store in the entire area. We are truly blessed to have such a wonderful asset in our church supported by the best team of volunteers that any church could possible want to have.

SPECIAL CHURCH MEETING APPROVES THE CALLING OF NEW PASTOR

At a special POUCC Church Membership Meeting held on January 2nd, the membership voted to approve Dr. William J. Wassner as its new called senior pastor. Dr. Wassner comes to POUCC from South Bend, Indiana where he has been the senior pastor at St. Peter's United Church of Christ since 2001. His selection is the result of an intense search conducted over a one year period of discernment and evaluation by a special nine member POUCC Pastoral Search Committee appointed in late 2009. As called pastor, Dr. Wassner, is bringing a dynamic forward thinking energy and special excitement for the future on how POUCC can be a life altering positive force in the lives of its members and the community in which it serves. He will be joined by his wife Lisa and is scheduled to officially start in his new position on March 1, 2011. Pastor Bonnie Lipton, who has been POUCC's very popular supply pastor since September 2009, will continue her senior pastor duties until February 6th.

CHURCH COUNCIL ANNOUNCES SPECIAL CHURCH MEETING

The POUCC Church Council formally announces that a special church wide meeting will be held on Sunday January 2, 2011 to meet, hear and vote on the Candidate Nominated to be our new Senior Pastor. This special meeting is scheduled for 11:15am and will be preceded by a special 8:30am Reception and a 10:00am ALL church service that includes communion. Everyone that is a member and/or friend of POUCC is encouraged to attend on this very important day in our church's history.

CHURCH MUGS ARE AVAILABLE!

The Stewardship Committee under the Deacons Team has created a wonderful new coffee mug highlighting the unique & beautiful wall mural on the church sanctuary wall. This 15 oz. mug will be a treasured part of your daily life as it provides inspiration and reflection for your day. Mugs can be obtained at the church either through the church office or on occasion between the two Sunday morning services. Get you mug or a set of mugs. Don't forget your friends and relatives! Mugs are $10.00 each or four for $36.00.  

BURNING THE MORTGAGE!

On April 11, 2010, between the 9:00am and 10:30am church services, POUCC members and friends celebrated the "Burning of the Church Building Mortgage".

In a campaign started by Pastor Bonnie Lipton in January 2010, members and friends of POUCC generously donated funds totally over $30,000, which was enough to completely payoff the mortgage.

Watch a short video of the ceremony (Click Here)

February  09, 2009

Long time POUCC member MAC MacDONALD makes racing news Click Here 

September 7, 2009

Pastor Jim Willis Retires

After forty years of ministry in churches from New England to Arizona to Florida, Jim Willis has retired.

He and wife Barbara will be pursuing a life of "nature" and creativity at their new home in South Carolina.

We are excited for their future and wish them the best of luck with all our prayers in their new life adventures.

January 21, 2010

Permanent Pastor Search Committee Installed

A search for a permanent pastor is one of the most spiritual ministries in the church. This group has the task of selecting a new pastor through a process using prayer, wisdom, sensitivity, and an awareness that God may be calling upon them to serve in this capacity.

This committee will be seeking support from other church members as it works to identify, review and select a new pastor ready to meet the present and future needs of Port Orange United Church of Christ.

Please feel free to provide this committee suggestions. The Search Committee operates in complete confidence but will keep all membership informed as to its progress on a timely basis.

Search Committee (L-R) Jack Hilgenberg, Dalen Mills, Bob Brewster, Bonnie Morisset, Janna Thompson, Sheri Buller (Chair), Susie Greiff, Sandy Kransi and Jackie Gaither