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Advent is Clay

Happy New Year!  It’s the first day of the new church year, and as we begin Advent we can’t help noticing that the mood of the church season is different from the mood of the commerce around us.  Which brings us to clay …

Clay

Isaiah 64:1-9; Psalm 80:1-7 

Christmas is glitter, evergreens, poinsettias, wrapping [...]

What’s Happening: December Chronicle

Please click on the December 2008 Chronicle for church news and interesting events happening at First UCC this month!

Loving the King

This is the last Sunday of the church year, and is traditionally known as “Reign of Christ” or “Christ the King” Sunday.  What might that mean for us in a post-king-kind-of-world? …

Loving the King

Psalm 100 November 23, 2008; Matthew 25:31-46

This is a confusing time of year for those of us who live [...]

Getting Ready for Advent

As you and your family get ready for Christmas, I hope you will do more than wrap gifts and send greeting cards.  The church gets ready for Christmas by celebrating the season of Advent, a time of watching and waiting. 

Why not start a tradition of lighting Advent Candles each week to help mark the [...]

Parable or Prophesy?

The parable of the Talents is one of those familiar Bible stories that can easily become a cliche.  Today I took a different look at the story — one that is very contemporary.

Psalm 123; Matthew 25:14-30 

Extraordinary Opportunity

Let me ease your mind: this is not another stewardship sermon. I think it is very [...]

What Do Bridesmaids Have to Do With It?

Sometimes the Biblical texts assigned for a particular day seem to go together easily, sometimes they don’t.  Our seminary intern,Val Veo, was faced with verses from the Older Testament book of Joshua and the Newer Testament parable of the Wise and Foolish Bridesmaids.  Read how she wove these together …

Joshua 24:1-3a, 14-25; Matthew 25:1-13

This [...]

Hypocrisy Revisited

It is easy to be critical of people who say one thing and do another, but I think that sometimes hypocrisy might be a good thing — read why …

Hypocrisy Revisited

1 Thessalonians 2:9-13 Matthew 23:1-12

There is no criticism of Christianity that is harder to refute than the accusation that we are hypocrites. [...]

November 2008 Chronicle

Please click on the November 2008 Chronicle for church news and interesting events happening at First UCC this month!