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This Church Is Going Viral For Their Openness And Their Sign Game Is Epic (35 New Pics)
Love, faith, hope, and wit are what keep us going when all other lights go out. They’re a quintessential part of being a human being. And there’s always room for a smile, a word of praise, and a dash of optimism. Especially during the most difficult of times.
Openness, wholesome support for everyone no matter their journey, and light comedy are exactly what the Clackamas United Church of Christ preaches, showing that religion can be radically inclusive, not just divisive. Masterminded by Reverend Adam Ericksen, the church spreads its Christian message through witty and heartwarming signs.
Reverend Adam told me that his goal is to show that they're a church that believes that "God loves all people and invites us to work for a more just world as we share that love with others." Read on for Bored Panda's full interview with the pastor about the church's goals, how the flock has adapted to the Covid-19 pandemic, and people finding faith in difficult times.
It sounded only fitting to do this after Easter, so we’ve collected some of the best new signs from the Milwaukie-based church to share with you, dear Pandas. You’ll also find Bored Panda’s earlier article about the church right over here. Spread love, not hate.
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Anggi Santika 5 years ago
If you use any holy books (you name it, bible, quran, tipitaka, vedas, etc) to justify violence, abuse or slavery, you are using it wrong. Period.
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Vicky Zar 5 years ago
I learned something new today about my own country. We have a law protecting transgender people. You can change your name and gender on your birth certificate for example (to female, male or even diverse!). And we have this law since 1980!!!!! I am so proud of my my country right now.
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RoseTheMad 5 years ago (edited)
Jesus was a person of colour. YES. HE WAS AN ARAB JEW FOR F***S SAKE.
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John Montgomery 5 years ago
This feels like message to insurance companies as much as it is to people.
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Sam T Godfrey 5 years ago
Nobody is born angry, or racist, or religious, or anything not yet learned. The only thing we are born with is curiosity. Oh, an hunger, too. We're are all born hungry!
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Lauren Caswell 5 years ago
This! Call ppl out when you hear casual racism (I do, some ppl don't like it but tough). I'm white so ppl seem to think I will say nothing or enjoy the "joke" or comment. I don't. I will always say something. I've made a lot of ppl unhappy but f**k them tbh
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Jessica Bertram 5 years ago
oh, this one hurts, and it is so true. "pull yourself up by your bootstraps" only succeeds if you have boots. But we as a country look down on those without boots...our cultural priorities are so backwards. we worship the rich and kick the poor. We should be trying to equalize it all.
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Deborah Hale 5 years ago
If you see something wrong and do nothing to try and fix it, you are complicit.
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Pterodactyl C. Bishop 5 years ago
If you are Christian - you are (and definitely should be) working to be more and more like Christ...so being Christian should be being Christlike. If you are Christian and are not like Christ, something's the matter.
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Michelle Carlson 5 years ago
Jesus flipped tables because poor people who couldn't afford to bring their sacrificial animals from their own flocks were being charged extortionate prices. Why do you think He said they had made His Father's house a 'den of thieves'?
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Carole Reid 5 years ago
Not after January 6, 2021. There is no doubt that these insurgents are loyal to Trump and not American.
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Terd Fergison 5 years ago
Unless that foreigner worships a different god. The bible is huge book full of contradictions. I agree with caring about foreigners, and you don't need religion to tell you that.
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Michelle Carlson 5 years ago
Totally accurate in today's church mindset. The OT is full of times when God the Father told us to take care of the alien, the stranger among us.
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Donkey boi 5 years ago
Now to be fair, I can't multiply food like he could. But I'm happy to help where I can.
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Mary Peace 5 years ago
We are all sinners, because we all do things wrong. Sorry if you didn't want to hear that, but it's the reason Jesus went to the cross on Good Friday. You can ignore this but it's the whole point of the Gospel.
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Chicken Nugget 5 years ago
The Christian faith is beautiful; unfortunately, too many people use it as an excuse for hatred and bigotry. The whole point of the faith is to love: Jesus said that one of the most important of the Ten Commandments is to love your neighbor as yourself. That means two things to me. One: love your neighbor. Love them platonically or romantically or however, but loving them -- no matter the gender, no matter the form of love -- is better than not loving them. Two: in order to love others as yourself, you must first love yourself. So if that means not conforming to 'normal' genders and gender stereotypes, that's fine. 'Above all, love each other deeply, because love covers over a multitude of sins' (1 Peter 4:8).
Yeah, you heard 5 years ago
What a fabulous, wholesome post. I'm an atheist, and never before have I agreed so much with messages from a church. If we can all practice what these guys preach, the world will be a better place, for people of all faiths and none. ♡♡
J_C 5 years ago
I'm an atheist that grew up going to the UCC summer camp not far from this church (friends invited me one summer & I ended up going all through high school - it was amazing!). The UCC is the most welcoming, open faith with the kindest people I've ever encountered. My atheism was never an issue - their biggest message was always just to be a good person & love one another.
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Donny Cromwell 5 years ago
Milwaukie, OR. Suburb of Portland. Good luck affording a home anywhere near Portland. It gotten pretty ridiculous.
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Chicken Nugget 5 years ago
The Christian faith is beautiful; unfortunately, too many people use it as an excuse for hatred and bigotry. The whole point of the faith is to love: Jesus said that one of the most important of the Ten Commandments is to love your neighbor as yourself. That means two things to me. One: love your neighbor. Love them platonically or romantically or however, but loving them -- no matter the gender, no matter the form of love -- is better than not loving them. Two: in order to love others as yourself, you must first love yourself. So if that means not conforming to 'normal' genders and gender stereotypes, that's fine. 'Above all, love each other deeply, because love covers over a multitude of sins' (1 Peter 4:8).
Yeah, you heard 5 years ago
What a fabulous, wholesome post. I'm an atheist, and never before have I agreed so much with messages from a church. If we can all practice what these guys preach, the world will be a better place, for people of all faiths and none. ♡♡
J_C 5 years ago
I'm an atheist that grew up going to the UCC summer camp not far from this church (friends invited me one summer & I ended up going all through high school - it was amazing!). The UCC is the most welcoming, open faith with the kindest people I've ever encountered. My atheism was never an issue - their biggest message was always just to be a good person & love one another.
Load More Replies... Donny Cromwell 5 years ago
Milwaukie, OR. Suburb of Portland. Good luck affording a home anywhere near Portland. It gotten pretty ridiculous.
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