Sermons at Union Congregational Church Preached by The Reverend Gail L. Miller November 11, 2018 Twenty-fifth Sunday After Pentecost Mark 12:38-44 The Widow’s Might There’s an old Seinfeld episode in which George Costanza frequents a take-out pizza place – the kind with the tip jar at the cash register – and every time he…
Sermons at Union Congregational Church Preached by The Reverend Gail L. Miller November 4, 2018 All Saints Sunday I John 3:1-3 Romans 3:21-24 Everyday Saints Saints have had a long, important, and ever-changing role in the history of the church. In the first three hundred years after Christ died, a saint was someone who was…
Sermons at Union Congregational Church Preached by The Reverend Gail L. Miller October 28, 2018 Reformation Sunday Romans 3:19-28 Looking Back ~ Looking Forward “Tradition, Tradition!” Tevye sang in Fiddler on the Roof. And in that song he extolled the blessings and value of holding fast to that which has gone before. I love tradition…
Sermons at Union Congregational Church Preached by The Reverend Gail L. Miller October 14, 2018 Twenty-First Sunday after Pentecost Mark 1:14-20 Fourth in a four-part series on Change Romans 12:2 Embracing Change: What’s Next For Us? Sometime within the last year, I mentioned in a sermon a church in Wisconsin where we go every summer to…
Sermons at Union Congregational Church Preached by The Reverend Gail L. Miller October 7, 2018 World Communion Sunday Luke 10:38-42 Third in a four-part series on Change Engaging Change – Making Choices The past two weeks, we’ve looked at different aspects of Change: Encountering Change – What Can We Learn? Experiencing Change – Experiencing…
Sermons at Union Congregational Church Preached by The Reverend Gail L. Miller September 30, 2018 Nineteenth Sunday after Pentecost John 12:23-27 Second in a four-part series on Change Experiencing Change: Experiencing Loss This summer one of you suggested that I preach on the topic of CHANGE – and, in particular, what it means for a church…
Sermons at Union Congregational Church Preached by The Reverend Gail L. Miller September 23, 2018 Eighteenth Sunday after Pentecost Ephesians 4:20-24 Mark 2:23-27 Romans 12:2 First in a Series of Four Sermons on Change Encountering Change: What Are We Learning? Ephesians 4:20-24 That, however, is not the way of life you learned when you heard about…