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“The Specters that Haunt Us (and the Spirits that Heal)” The Rev. Dr. Steven Jungkeit Texts: Matthew 14: 22-27, Hebrews 11 and 12 (selected passages) A specter is haunting the United States. Or perhaps, specters, along with ghouls, goblins, skeletons,...
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“Have Done With Lesser Things” The Rev. Dr. Steven Jungkeit Texts: Genesis 35: 1-4 Our Scripture lesson this week picks up immediately after the story we considered a week ago. If Genesis 34 chronicles the terrible destruction unleashed by two of Jacob’s...
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“Cycles of Violence, Seeds of Regeneration” The Rev. Dr. Steven Jungkeit Texts: Genesis 34: (Selected Verses) “Cycles of Violence, Seeds of Regeneration” In 1984,...
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“C’mon the Table is Ready” The Rev. Laura Fitzpatrick-Nager Texts: Isaiah 11 :1-4, 6, 7-9, Jeremiah 8:11, John 14:27, Romans 12:18 October 6, 2024 On Wednesday of this past week, I found the world intruding on my peaceable kin-dom in...
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“For Where Your Heart Is…” The Rev. Dr. Steve Jungkeit Texts: Jeremiah 29: 11; Matthew 6: 19-21; Philippians 2: 12 For Where Your Heart Is… Today I’d like to speak in the most personal terms about what this community means to me. We’re...
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“Keeping the Dance Alive” The Rev. Dr. Steve JungkeitTexts: Psalm 30: 1-12; Ezekiel 37: 1-6 ‘Keeping the Dance Alive” Back in 1991, in the early years of our partnership with the Lakota community at Green Grass, David Good preached a sermon entitled “It’s...
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“Numbering Our Days: On Distraction, Boredom, and Creating an Inner Life” Dr. Steve Jungkeit Texts: Psalm 90 (selected verses); Romans 12: 2 Here’s something that happened this summer, something so ordinary and so universal that it scarcely merits...
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“Religion is for Lovers” Rev. Dr. Steve Jungkeit Texts: Matthew 5: 5-16; Hebrews 11: 1; 2 Corinthians 5: 7 To the welcome that you’ve already received this morning from Carleen and from Laura, let me add my own. It’s good to see so many of our families,...
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“Lessons Learned During a Period of Spiritual Dryness” Rev. Rebecca Crosby Texts: Psalm 77:1-3, Matthew 7:7-11, Mark 14:32-36 Lessons Learned During a Period of Spiritual Dryness In addition to our work granting scholarships and providing education in...
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“If There When Grace Dances: Notes on Festivities and Play” Rev. Steve JungkeitThe First Congregational Church of Old LymeTexts: Psalm 137: 2-4, I Corinthians 1: 25 Most summers over the past decade, our family has found a way to visit New Orleans, where I...
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“In Difficult Times You Should Always Carry Something Beautiful in Your Mind” (Pascal) Rev. Carleen R. GerberThe First Congregational Church Of Old Lyme, Ct.Text: Ezekiel 47:7-9 & 12, Proverbs 29:18(a) (King James Bible translation), Ephesians 1:16-19(a),...
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“Gathering the Fragments” Ashley Makar Texts: John 6:1-13 Sermon: “Gathering the Fragments” July 28, 2024 In our gospel reading for today, the disciples are troubled and stuck, convinced there’s not enough to...
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“In Life and Death, We Belong to God” Laurie McKnight Chaplain Texts: 2 Samuel 7:12, Psalm 89: 20,29, 36,37, Psalm 23:1-6 July 21, 2024 Good morning! My name is Laurie McKnight. I am an ordained teaching elder, a minister of word and sacrament in the...
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“Like A Seed” Rev. Cathy ZallThe First Congregational Church of Old Lyme July 14, 2024 Scripture: Mark 4:26- 32 [Jesus] also said, “The kingdom of God is as if someone would scatter seed on the ground, and would sleep and rise night and day, and the...
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“Reflections: Where Love Takes Us” Rev. Laura Fitzpatrick-Nager Sermon: “Centering Down and Looking Up” Text: Exodus 20:8-11 On my summer reading pile this season was an historical novel called, West with Giraffes. It is an epic read by author...
