Sermons at Union Congregational Church Preached by The Reverend Gail L. Miller December 23, 2018 Fourth Sunday of Advent Luke 1:11-17, 76-79 All in the Family: John the Baptist Luke, Chapter 1 11 Then an angel of the Lord appeared to him, standing at the right side of the altar of incense. When Zechariah saw…
Sermons at Union Congregational Church Preached by The Reverend Gail L. Miller December 16, 2018 Third Sunday of Advent Luke 1:39-56 All in the Family: Elizabeth and Zechariah (Jesus’ Aunt and Uncle) The Birth of John the Baptist Foretold In the days of King Herod of Judea, there was a priest named Zechariah, who belonged…
Sermons at Union Congregational Church Preached by The Reverend Gail L. Miller December 2, 2018 First Sunday of Advent Luke 1:26-38 All in the Family: Mary She was young and, no doubt…well…ordinary. Just a young girl with her life ahead of her. Perhaps she daydreamed about the carpenter she planned to marry…the wedding, their home,…
Sermons at Union Congregational Church Preached by The Reverend Gail L. Miller November 18, 2018 Twenty-Sixth Sunday After Pentecost Matthew 25:14-30 You Are Invited In Confirmation class this evening, we will begin looking at each person of the Trinity: God the Father, God the Son and God the Holy Spirit. We’ll start by considering…
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…