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…
Sermons at Union Congregational Church Preached by The Reverend Gail L. Miller, Pastor November 13, 2016 Pledge Sunday Twenty-sixth Sunday after Pentecost Psalm 98 Luke 21:5-19 If you’ve had a chance to peruse the bulletin and look ahead, you’ll see that after the sermon, we’ll be singing Joy to the World. Joy to the World…
Common Cathedral preaching after the Harvest Fair (October 1)
How Great Thou Art 1 Thessalonians 4:16-17 For the Lord himself will come down from heaven, with a loud command, with the voice of the archangel and with the trumpet call of God, and the dead in Christ will rise first. After that, we who are still alive and are left will be caught up…
Several years ago, the Church Council (our church’s governing body), very aware of the needs we have as a church re: our building (accessibility issues and deferred maintenance needs), formed a Facilities Task Force, whose job was to assess the current state of our buildings and our needs for improvements. That list was long and…
There seemed to be a curious noise all around them… A strange, sweet, rustling, chattering noise… It was the noise of running water. All around them, though out of sight, there were streams chattering, murmuring, splashing… And his heart gave a great leap (though he hardly knew why) when he realized that the frost was over. And much nearer there was a…
In these weeks before Christmas, we’ve been making our way through the beloved Christmas carol, Joy to the World: And heaven and nature sing Repeat the sounding joy Far as the curse is found – and today we come to And wonders of his love. It is so interesting that one of the standard favorites of the Christmas carols, was NOT written…