Sermons at Union Congregational Church Preached by Gary Gumuchian, Pastoral Intern February 17, 2019 Sixth Sunday after Epiphany Luke 6:17-26 Unjust Desserts Spring Training opened this week. I love baseball. No sport has such a rich history. It has its traditions, which border on the sacred. People can get downright metaphysical about baseball. I remember…
Sermons at Union Congregational Church Preached by The Reverend Gail L. Miller, Pastor February 10, 2019 Fifth Sunday after Epiphany Luke 5:1-11 Fishing with Jesus You may know this already, but fishing is not always easy! The story goes about the man who went on a three-day fishing trip. He caught absolutely nothing – no…
Sermons at Union Congregational Church Preached by Gary Gumuchian, Pastoral Intern February 3, 2019 Fourth Sunday after Epiphany Luke 4:16-30 Jesus Came for Who? People of God, give listen to these words, for I speak of the Good News of Jesus of Nazareth, Luke 4:16-30(NRSV) When he came to Nazareth, where he had been brought…
Sermons at Union Congregational Church Preached by The Reverend Gail L. Miller January 27, 2019 Third Sunday after Epiphany I Corinthians 12:12-31a The Body of Christ The Church at its best. We’ve all seen it I hope…rejoicing together, suffering together… The operative word here….TOGETHER! Then there’s the church at its worst! Perhaps you’ve also seen…
Sermons at Union Congregational Church Preached by The Reverend Gail L. Miller January 13, 2019 …
Sermons at Union Congregational Church Preached by The Reverend Gail L. Miller January 6, 2019 Epiphany Matthew 2:1-2 The Work of Christmas Today we celebrate the Feast of Epiphany which comes after we complete the 12 Days of Christmas. Epiphany literally means “shine upon,” and is the season when we hear about the ways Jesus…
Sermons at Union Congregational Church Preached by The Reverend Gail L. Miller December 24, 2018 Christmas Eve Christmas Eve 2018 Why He Came (An adaptation of Willa Cather’s short story, The Burglar’s…
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,…