Welcome to the United Church of Sun City
Pastor's Post
All are welcome at United Church each Sunday at 10 am
for the worship and praise of God.
Greetings,
Every January,
I’m struck by how quiet
the world feels for just a moment.
The holiday bustle slows,
the decorations come down, and everything looks a little bare, but also a little fresh. It’s like creation has taken a deep breath and is waiting for us to the same.
We often talk about the new year as a blank page, and while that might be a cliché, it’s not wrong. There’s a sacredness to beginnings. God seems to enjoy them.
“I am about to do a new thing,” God says through Isaiah. “Now it springs forth—do you not perceive it?” (Isaiah 43:19, a, and b). The invitations isn’t just to witness something new, but to pay attention to the subtle signs of grace breaking through in places we might have overlooked last year.
Freshness doesn’t always come wrapped in grand resolutions or big, bold changes. Sometimes it comes in quieter ways: a renewed sense of gratitude, a relationship mended, a burden slowly melting, a new curiosity about where God may be leading next. It might come through forgiveness extended or received. It might arrive as a whisper rather than a shout.
As a church, this is a time to look forward, to ask how God’s newness might shape us and guide us. What new ministries might take root? What acts of generosity might blossom? What unexpected joys might break through in our daily routines.
As 2026 begins, I invite you to notice the newness God is offering. God is still speaking, still creating, and still inviting us two join in the work of fresh beginnings.
I look forward to it all with you!
Peace,
Pastor Brady
United Church of Sun City, a congregation of the United Church of Christ, has the distinction of being the first church to be established in a Del Webb retirement community. Organized in 1960, United Church has been serving Sun City and the surrounding area since at the current location of 107th Avenue and Sun City Blvd.
Today, with an atmosphere of inclusion and care and with respect for diverse theological thought, the goal of United Church is to create a church family, while nurturing individual and collective spiritual development through meaningful biblically based worship, music, education, fellowship, and involvement of members and friends. United Church strives to provide wider community service, social justice, and responsible stewardship.
Senior Pastor Rev. Brady Abel, the United Church staff, and the entire congregation extend a special invitation to everyone for Sunday worship. All are welcome!
We're a lively congregation where age is a number and life is a gift.
- a fabulous music program
- a varied and stimulating activities program
- meaningful mission and creative outreach
- thought-provoking sermons and wonderful worship
New to United Church of Sun City? Check out our Visitors Page or watch to a recent sermon. Read our ONA statement.
In short, we're a community where people come to be part of family who worship, work, and have fun together.
The United Church of Sun City was the first church established in Sun City, Arizona. We have a well-deserved reputation for excellence in programming and warmth in our welcome. But we aren't stuck in the past! We know God is still speaking, and we are still listening! Come see for yourself.
Wherever you are on life's journey, you are welcome here!
United Church of Sun City
United Church of Sun City
11250 N. 107th Avenue, Suite 105
Sun City, AZ 85351-4002 MAP
(Corner of 107th Ave. & Sun City Blvd.)
Phone 623-933-0058
Email office@uccsc.com