Annual Theme

Each September during Homecoming worship, AHCC clergy reveal the theme they have carefully and prayerfully discerned will guide worship, programs and events for the program year (September – June). These themes are meant to offer people both focus and freedom; it focuses the community on a common vision while at the same time gives each person the freedom to explore what God is revealing to us as individuals.

From Generation to Generation

The theme for the 2024-25 program year is “From Generation to Generation.”

The stories, scriptures, and traditions of the Christian faith have been passed down to us throughout the generations. Like a tapestry woven throughout time, the Biblical story weaves us in – to remember how God has shown up in the past, to continue the work of collective liberation, and to behold the presence of the holy in flesh and bone, Jesus.

This year through worship, programming, and service, we will consider what our ancestors and those who came before us passed on for us to continue? What are we being called to generate or bring forth in this moment? And what about who we are now do we want to pass on to the next generation?

From Generation to Generation reminds us of the ways our lives, histories, actions, and stories are interconnected and woven together. The work of God is always unfolding – in and through us. This year, may you remember that you belong—to a story etched into the wrinkles of time, to generations that have come before and will come after, to a love that will not let you go.

Some past themes have been “To Know and Be Known” (2023-24) focused on the need for connection; and “On Earth As It Is In Heaven” (2022-23) as we endeavored to bring about God’s vision for us into the world; “Making All Things New” (2021-22) which comes from the Book of Revelation and tells the story of John’s apocalyptic prophecy; “For Such a Time As This” (2020-21) inspired by the story of Esther, a young Jewish woman who finds favor with the king, becomes queen, and risks her life to save the Jewish people; and “Wading Into Deeper Waters” (2019-20) from the book of Isaiah and the promise that God is with us through trials and difficulties.