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 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…
Sermons at Union Congregational Church Preached by The Reverend Gail L. Miller, Pastor May 27, 2018 Trinity Sunday John 3:1-17 Romans 8:12-17 Trinity = Love Church = Love The Trinity – God the Father, God the Son, God the Holy Spirit – can be difficult to wrap our minds around. So I thought I’d share…
Sermons at Union Congregational Church Preached by The Reverend Susan Scott, Guest Preacher July 2, 2017 Fourth Sunday after Pentecost Romans 8:26-30 Drinking in Life, Part 2 If I had to pick just a few chapters of the Bible to take with me to a desert island, Romans 8 would definitely be on the list!…
It began a week ago Saturday with shooting of Michael Brown in Ferguson MO and the ensuing events and escalating commentary. Then there was Robin Williams’ suicide on Monday; Lauren Bacall’s death on Wednesday; Market Basket standoff ultimatums offered and ignored. And that’s just here in the United States…. And when I read the assigned Bible readings for today – I just…