|
|||||
 |
What: 4th Annual Blessing of the Bikes When: Sunday, May 3, 2009 — Directly after worship Where: Church parking lot It’s springtime and that means the annual Blessing of the Bikes event is near. All are welcome. Bikes, trikes, skateboards, wagons, unicycles, motorcycles, scooters and anything else on wheels. Join us in the [...]
Covenant in the Wilderness Jeremiah 31:31-34; Psalm 119:9-16 It is a good day to preach about covenants, because we have already spoken our congregation’s covenant together once this morning, and we will do it again We are honored to bring back Valerie Smith and Liberty Pike featuring Becky Buller for a concert in the sanctuary on Sunday, March 29 at 3:00. They are a nationally known bluegrass band based in Nashville, and Becky is an old friend of ours from St. James, Minnesota. String Fever (our local bluegrass band) [...] Last week the second and third grade students were our worship leaders, and they offered this prayer — one that is worth remembering and offering again … Dear God, You are always with us, even when bad things happen. You bless us with so many good things: Food, shelter, heat for our homes. [...] Each Wednesday during Lent we gather in our Fellowship Hall to enjoy delicious soup suppers together followed by a wonderful worship service. These events are always well attended and as you can see by the photos are multi generational. Please join us any Wednesday during Lent at 5:45pm.
[...]
Marty Hodel presents at our weekly Adult Education Forum last Sunday. His topic was “Simply Music”. We offer a wide variety of interesting Adult Education Forums each week after worship. [...] Who are these women and why are they just sitting there???? They are Sue Mieska and Mary Hakes your SCRIP coordinators. They are just sitting there waiting for YOU to purchase SCRIP cards after worship each Sunday. What is SCRIP….well read on you I will tell you.
Scrip is a term that means [...]
Healing in the Wilderness Psalm 107:1-3, 17-22; Ephesians 2:1-10 This is a sermon about sin. If I am going to preach honestly about these texts, it has to be a sermon about sin, but that raises several problems. Our Sunday School children in 4th, 5th, and 6th grade studied Psalm 19 last week, and wrote some modern parallels to those ancient words. You might want to look at Psalm 19 as you read their versions … God’s love is as powerful as the largest mountain or a thundering earthquake. God’s peace [...]
Guidance in the Wilderness Psalm 19; Exodus 20:1-17 The psalmist writes in our reading today about the wonders of the Law. The Law revives the soul, makes wise the simple, rejoices the heart, and enlightens the eyes. This is not usually the language we use to describe our relationship with our own country’s legal codes.
Promises in the Wilderness Genesis 17:1-7, 15-16 Psalm 22:23-31 In the United Church of Christ we often speak about covenants. In fact, our church is knit together by a whole series of covenants: Please click on the March 2009 Chronicle for church news and interesting events happening at First UCC this month!
Paths into the Wilderness Psalm 25:1-10 Mark 1:9-15 I have a funky piece of software that lets me search the texts of the hymns in the New Century Hymnal for specific words or phrases. It is a great help to me when I am trying to choose hymns that will reinforce and strengthen our understanding of the day’s Biblical text. It is often instructive (and rather frustrating) to learn what topics often appear in this collection of hymns, and which ones do not. This week, I searched for hymns with the words “wild,” “wildness,” and “wilderness.” |
Rev. Cindy Mueller and Rev. Dr. Bob Griggs
Click here to make a monetary donation to First UCC.
 |
|||
|
Copyright © 2012 FIRST UNITED CHURCH of CHRIST - All Rights Reserved |
|||||
United Church of Christ (national site)
When God makes an agreement with people, it is no ordinary contract. Covenants play an important part in our life as a church, and here’s what I had to say about them …
We are often uncomfortable talking about sin, but if we don’t acknowledge all the ways we are not the people we want to be, we separate ourselves from God’s mercy and loving care. So, here’s a sermon about sin …
We take the Ten Commandments so much for granted that it is sometimes difficult to remember that our faith ancestors considered them a gift and not a burden. Our seminary intern, Val Veo, explored that idea in her sermon last Sunday …
God’s covenant with Abraham and Sarah was really a set of extravagant promises — promises that we have inherited. Today I reflect about those covenants, and what they mean for us ..