by FCCofOldLyme | Sermons
The Jesus We Left Behind Steve Jungkeit The First Congregational Church of Old Lyme Text: Luke 2: 41-52 January 10, 2021 In 1964, Shusaku Endo, a Japanese novelist I revere, published a book entitled The Girl I Left Behind. It’s the story of a young man whose...
by FCCofOldLyme | Sermons
On Brave and Startling Truths: Home by Another Way Sermon: On Brave and Startling Truths: Home by Another Way January 3rd, 2021 Matthew 2:1-12 “They left for their own country by another road.” Matthew 2:12 * * * * * The pandemic has brought out my inner...
by FCCofOldLyme | Sermons
When I Waked, I Cried To Dream Again Steve Jungkeit The First Congregational Church of Old Lyme Texts: Psalm 126; Joel 2: 28; Matthew 1: 18-25 December 20, 2020 One of the curious features of the Christmas narratives in the Bible is how often important...
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For Unto You Steve Jungkeit The First Congregational Church of Old Lyme Texts: Luke 2: 1-20 December 13, 2020 Last week found us in a prison cell with Dietrich Bonhoeffer, where, in 1943, he wrote about the quiet Christmas he was preparing to celebrate that year. ...
by FCCofOldLyme | Sermons
17 December 1943 Steve Jungkeit The First Congregational Church of Old Lyme Text: Philippians 2: 1-11 December 6, 2020 “No doubt it will be a very quiet Christmas everywhere, and the children will remember it for a long time to come.”[1] So said Dietrich...
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Advent Meditation: Learning the New Song Rev. Laura Fitzpatrick-Nager The First Congregational Church of Old Lyme Text: Luke 1:5, 8-25a, 78-79 November 29, 2020 “The Commonplace is shot through now with new glory…despite all the crassness, life is saved by the singing...
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Silken Threads of Thanks Steve Jungkeit The First Congregational Church of Old Lyme Texts: Luke 17: 11-19; Psalm 100 November 22, 2020 O Sinner! Consider the fearful danger you are in…you hang by a slender thread… -Jonathan Edwards, “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry...
by FCCofOldLyme | Sermons
What are You Looking For? Steve Jungkeit The First Congregational Church of Old Lyme Texts: Matthew 4: 18-22; John 1: 35-38 November 15, 2020 Some individuals and families have acquired pandemic dogs. We’ve emphatically resisted. Not because the kids...
by FCCofOldLyme | Sermons
A Sprig of Hope Steve Jungkeit The First Congregational Church of Old Lyme Texts: Genesis 7-8, Selected Verses; John 14: 1-2 November 8, 2020 The waiting is the hardest partEvery day you see one more cardYou take it on faith, you take it to the heartThe waiting is...
by FCCofOldLyme | Sermons
The Gospel of Kinship: All Things are Inventions of Holiness Rev. Laura Fitzpatrick-Nager The First Congregational Church of Old Lyme Text: Isaiah 33:2; Mark 3:31-35; John 15:12 November 1, 2020 “All things are inventions of holiness — some more rascally than...
by FCCofOldLyme | Sermons
Everlasting Arms Steve Jungkeit The First Congregational Church of Old Lyme Texts: Exodus 14 (selected verses); Deuteronomy 33: 27a; I Thessalonians 5: 12-22 October 25, 2020 Some years ago, I had the experience of trying to finish a long trail hike...
by FCCofOldLyme | Sermons
Deceptive Divines: Learning To See through the Mud Steve Jungkeit The First Congregational Church of Old Lyme Texts: Mark 8: 22-26; I Corinthians 13: 9-12 October 18, 2020 There’s a curious scene that unfolds at the end of a novel called The Gospel...
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Living in the Spread: The Violence of Language and the Word Become Flesh Steve Jungkeit The First Congregational Church of Old Lyme Texts: Genesis 11: 1-9; John 1: 1-5, 14; Revelation 13: 5-8, 10b October 11, 2020 “Speech has power and few people realize that words do...
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How Firm a Foundation #2: The Art of the Blessing Laura Fitzpatrick-Nager The First Congregational Church of Old Lyme Text: Isaiah 30: 21; Matthew 5:1-12 October 4, 2020 This day already feels quite full and it’s only just after 11:00! Maybe you can...
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A Firm Foundation for a World on the Brink Steve Jungkeit The First Congregational Church of Old Lyme Text: Psalm 139: 1-10; 23-24; Luke 19: 10 September 27, 2020 For the Son of Man came to seek out and to save the lost.-Luke 19: 10 Large colonial era...
