Sermons at Union Congregational Church Preached by The Reverend Gail L. Miller, Pastor March 19, 2017 Third Sunday in Lent John 4:1-42 Well…Now That’s a Deep Subject This long story can be summarized by seven two-word phrases: Scorching heat. All alone. Daily grind. Unexpected encounter. Spiritual truth. Abandoned jar. Powerful influence. And yet we know…
Sermons at Union Congregational Church Written and Preached by The Reverend Dr. M. Elizabeth Waters March 12, 2017 Second Sunday in Lent John 3:1-17 Nick at Night After the evening gathering of Pharisees, Nick stalls a bit to keep from walking home with the usual crew via the well traveled route. He has a plan,…
Sermons at Union Congregational Church Preached by The Reverend Gail L. Miller, Pastor March 5, 2017 First Sunday in Lent Genesis 2:15-17, 3:1-7 Matthew 4:1-11 Tempted! The way we read the Bible in church was never the way it was intended to be read – either by the ancient Israelites or Jesus’ followers or the…
Sermons at Union Congregational Church Preached by The Reverend Gail L. Miller, Pastor February 19, 2017 Seventh Sunday after Epiphany Matthew 5:17, 38 – 48 His Kingdom – Our Hearts Jesus begins this discussion by bolding declaring (v.17) that every promise of God, the whole of the Old Testament, indeed God’s plan for the universe,…
Sermons at Union Congregational Church Preached by The Reverend Gail L. Miller, Pastor February 12, 2017 Sixth Sunday after Epiphany Deuteronomy 30:15-20 Matthew 5:16-17, 21-37 But I Say to You… Some of us are rule followers – others not so much. Some laws are obviously for our benefit and the benefit of society: You’re not…
Sermons at Union Congregational Church Preached by The Reverend Gail L. Miller, Pastor February 5, 2017 Fifth Sunday after Epiphany Matthew 5:1-16 Promise? Command? You are the salt of the earth. You are the light of the world. How do we hear these familiar words of Jesus? What do they mean for us as those…
Sermons at Union Congregational Church Preached by The Reverend Gail L. Miller, Pastor January 22, 2017 Third Sunday after Epiphany 1 Corinthians 1:10-18; Matthew 4:12-23 Being and Doing The question for today is: How do we become followers of Christ? It was also the question last week, and we have in these two weeks two…
Sermons at Union Congregational Church Preached by The Reverend Gail L. Miller, Pastor January 15, 2017 Second Sunday after Epiphany Psalm 40:1-11; 1 Corinthians 1:1-9; John 1:29-42 See and Tell When we read the Bible and hear easy to understand stories like this one from John, sometimes it’s fun to consider not just WHAT is…
