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 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 Susan Scott, Guest Preacher February 4, 2018 Fifth Sunday after Epiphany Matthew 6: 25-33 1 Corinthians 9:24-27 Running with Focus and Passion Do you ever stop yourself and wonder “What is the point of the things I am doing? Am I simply going through the motions, checking off tasks, filling up my time,…
Sermons at Union Congregational Church Preached by The Reverend Gail L. Miller, Pastor January 7, 2018 Epiphany Sunday Matthew 2:1-12 What Gifts Shall We Bring? One of the popular images of Christmas is that of the wise men travelling by camel through a starlit night. One star dominates the sky as they arrive on the crest…
Sermons at Union Congregational Church Preached by The Reverend Gail L. Miller, Pastor October 8, 2017 Eighteenth Sunday after Pentecost Matthew 7:1-5, 23:27-28 Love the Sinner, Hate the Sin (based on the book Half Truths, by Adam Hamilton) This is the third of the four Christian clichés we’re looking at this fall. And I know I’ve said this one! It sounds so right,…
Sermons at Union Congregational Church Preached by The Reverend Gail L. Miller, Pastor September 24, 2017 Sixteenth Sunday after Pentecost Matthew 6:24-34 Psalm 139 Do Not Worry About These Things For several years a woman had been having trouble getting to sleep at night, because she feared burglars. One night her husband heard a noise in…
Sermons at Union Congregational Church Preached by The Reverend Gail L. Miller, Pastor September 10, 2017 Fourteenth Sunday after Pentecost Deuteronomy 30:19-20 Matthew 21:33-41 Everything Happens For A Reason? This is the first of four sermons in a series I like to call Christian Clichés. I’ve been thinking on these for a couple years, and then…
Sermons at Union Congregational Church Preached by The Reverend Gail L. Miller, Pastor August 13, 2017 Tenth Sunday after Pentecost Matthew 14-22-33 Here He Comes! Gary is a computer analyst in his mid 40s. He has been married and divorced three times. After a year of dating a woman named Anne who was also divorced…