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“We here resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain”: Reflections on Memorial Day Carleen Gerber The First Congregational Church of Old Lyme Texts: Exodus 3:1-12; Acts 2:17; John 15:5-17 May 29, 2021 The celebration of Memorial Day began in...
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The Heart of a Heartless World Steve Jungkeit The First Congregational Church of Old Lyme Texts: Luke 1: 46-55; Luke 3: 1-3, 10-14; Acts 2: 1-4, 43-47 May 23, 2021 Churches around the world today mark what is called Pentecost Sunday, the 7th week after Easter. ...
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Why Church? Steve Jungkeit The First Congregational Church of Old Lyme Text: I Corinthians 12: 14-26 May 16, 2021 It’s been a full service – more than full – and so I’ve promised to be very brief. If some Sundays the wish is to swing for the fences, other...
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On Feeding, Mothering & Miracles Rev. Laura Fitzpatrick-Nager The First Congregational Church of Old Lyme John 6: 1-14 May 9th, 2021 Next month, we’ll be attending the graduation of our godson Emmet from Northwestern University. I keep flashing on images of him...
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You Took My Joy, I Want It Back Steve Jungkeit The First Congregational Church of Old Lyme Texts: Luke 15: 1-10; Matthew 13: 44-46 May 2, 2021 I don’t want you anymore, you took my joy.I don’t want you anymore, you took my joy.You took my joy, I want it back.You...
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But Deliver Us from Evil Steve Jungkeit The First Congregational Church of Old Lyme Texts: Matthew 17: 14-20; Matthew 6:9-13 April 26, 2021 What I wish to offer today amounts to an extended meditation on words we say every week in our worship service in the Lord’s...
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A Sacrament for the Weary[1] Steve Jungkeit The First Congregational Church of Old Lyme Texts: Mark 6: 1-13; Matthew 11: 28-30 April 18, 2021 There’s a book that generations of parents have read to their children. If parents haven’t been the ones reading it, then...
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Know Their Names: Witnessing on Lyme Street Sermon: Know Their Names: Witnessing on Lyme Street Luke 24:13-35 Habakkuk 2:11a 4/11/21 I stood on the lawn with my nephew, Fitz, and witnessed with joy his 9th birthday party drive-by a few weeks ago. He was dressed in...
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You are Not a Ghost Steve Jungkeit The First Congregational Church of Old Lyme Texts: Luke 24: 1-12; 36-43 April 4, 2021: Easter Sunday We’ve been waiting for you. We’ve been preparing for this moment for a while now, getting ready for your arrival. We had to figure...
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One Breath Steve Jungkeit The First Congregational Church of Old Lyme Texts: Mark 11: 1-11; I Corinthians 2: 9-12 March 28, 2021 Here’s a scene that occurs with some frequency every time my kids are swimming at a pool. It’s a scene that bears upon Palm Sunday, and...
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Against Purity (For Complexity)[1] Steve Jungkeit The First Congregational Church of Old Lyme Texts: Genesis 3: 22-24; Matthew 12: 1-14; John 8: 2-11 March 21, 2021 There is something that I have been turning over in my mind for a long time now, a tasty morsel of...
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“It is I you have been looking for”: Meditations on the Pandemic, the Book of Ruth and the Practice of Kindness beyond Borders The Rev. Laura Fitzpatrick-Nager The First Congregational Church of Old Lyme Texts: Ruth 1:1-22 March 14th, 2021 I begin this morning with...
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Wheels of Justice: Stories from the Deep North, Part VII Steve Jungkeit The First Congregational Church of Old Lyme Texts: 2 Samuel 6: 1-5, 14-19; Matthew 13: 1-9 March 7, 2021 Our Wheels journey is rolling into its final stops today. We’ll be visiting two places...
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Wheels of Justice: Stories from the Deep North, Part VI Steve Jungkeit The First Congregational Church of Old Lyme Texts: Acts 9: 1-19 February 28, 2021 We’re coming in for a landing on our Wheels of Justice series – a mixed metaphor, I know. We can actually see the...
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Wheels of Justice: Stories from the Deep North, Part V Steve Jungkeit The First Congregational Church of Old Lyme Text: John 3: 1-10 February 21, 2021 One of the most famous, if least understood, stories in all of the New Testament, takes place under cover of night. ...
