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 “A Year of Little Easters”

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 11, 2025


Date: September 7th, 2025 (13th Sunday after Pentecost) Message Delivered at: Charlotte Congregational Church (UCC) Key Text(s): Matthew 28:1-10 This message was preached during our church’s annual “Gathering Sunday.” A busy Sunday filled with Blessing of our Sunday School, reception of new members, and Holy Communion. It also marked the begining of my Sabbatical.

 “A Taste for Bitter Honey”

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 31, 2025


Date: August 31st, 2025 (12th Sunday after Pentecost) Message Delivered at: Charlotte Congregational Church (UCC) Key Text(s): Psalm 81:1 & 10-16

psalm taste bitter honey
 “Everything”

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 17, 2025


Date: August 17th, 2025 (10th Sunday after Pentecost) Message Delivered at: Charlotte Congregational Church (UCC) Key Text(s): Matthew 25:31-46

 “Invitations, Not Answers”

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 3, 2025


Date: August 3rd, 2025 (8th Sunday after Pentecost) Message Delivered at: Charlotte Congregational Church (UCC) Key Text(s): Matthew 13:31-32, 33 & 44

 “Flock of Hope”

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 20, 2025


Date: July 20th, 2025 (6th Sunday after Pentecost) Message Delivered at: Charlotte Congregational Church (UCC) Key Text(s): Romans 12:9-21

 “The Plumb Truth”

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 13, 2025


Date: July 13th, 2025 (5th Sunday after Pentecost) Message Delivered at: Charlotte Congregational Church (UCC) Key Text(s): Amos 7:7-17

 “By the Marks”

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 29, 2025


Date: June 29thth, 2025 (3rd Sunday after Pentecost) Message Delivered at: Charlotte Congregational Church (UCC) Key Text(s): Acts 6:1-7

 “Just Breathe…”

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 15, 2025


Date: June 15th, 2025 (1st Sunday after Pentecost) Message Delivered at: Charlotte Congregational Church (UCC) Key Text(s): Acts 2:42-47

 “Then They Remembered…”

Play Episode Listen Later May 25, 2025


Date: May 25th, 2025 (6th Sunday of Easter) Message Delivered at: Charlotte Congregational Church (UCC) Key Text(s): Luke 24:1-9

 Climate Change: ‘Befriend, Tend and Mend’*

Play Episode Listen Later May 18, 2025


Date: May 18th, 2025 (5th Sunday of Easter) Message Delivered at: Charlotte Congregational Church (UCC) Key Text(s): Matthew 5:1-2 * For this title and sermon, I am indebted to Rabbi Ora Nitkin Kaner and the 2024-2025 EcoPreacher cohort of the BTS Center and Lexington Theological Seminary

 “Borne on Vulture’s Wings”*

Play Episode Listen Later May 4, 2025


Date: May 4th, 2025 (3rd Sunday of Easter) Message Delivered at: Charlotte Congregational Church (UCC) Key Text(s): – Genesis 15:9-11 – Leviticus 11:13 – Jeremiah 15:1-3 – Micah 1:16 – Luke 17:31-37 *Title taken from a chapter on vultures in “Consider the Birds: A Provocative Guide to Birds of the Bible,” by Debbie Blue

 “Holy Spirit?”

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 27, 2025


Date: April 27th, 2025 (2nd Sunday of Easter) Message Delivered at: Charlotte Congregational Church (UCC) Key Text(s): John 20:19-23

 “Al-le-lu-ia!”

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 20, 2025


Date: April 20th, 2025 (Easter Sunday) Message Delivered at: Charlotte Congregational Church (UCC) Key Text(s): Luke 24:1-12

 “Parable of the Path”

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 30, 2025


Date: March 30th, 2025 (4th Sunday in Lent) Message Delivered at: Charlotte Congregational Church (UCC) Key Text(s): John 5:2-9

 “God Sympathy, People Sympathy”

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 2, 2025


Date: February 2nd, 2025 (4th Sunday after Epiphany) Message Delivered at: Charlotte Congregational Church (UCC) Key Text(s): Jeremiah 1:4-10

 “A Personal Mission Statement”

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 26, 2025


Date: January 26th, 2025 (3rd Sunday after Epiphany) Message Delivered at: Charlotte Congregational Church (UCC) Key Text(s): Luke 4:14-21

 “A Letter to MLK 2025”

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 19, 2025


Date: January 19th, 2025 (2nd Sunday after Epiphany) Message Delivered at: Charlotte Congregational Church (UCC) Key Text(s): 1 Corinthians 12:1-11 Delivered on MLK Sunday 2025

 “Goodbye, Umbrella”

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 12, 2025


Date: January 12th, 2025 (First Sunday after Epiphany) Message Delivered at: Charlotte Congregational Church (UCC) Key Text(s): Luke 3:15-17 and 21-22

 “Filling the Manger”

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 24, 2024


Date: December 24th, 2024 (Christmas Eve) Message Delivered at: Charlotte Congregational Church (UCC) Key Text(s): Luke 2:1-20 This brief meditation was delivered at the 5pm Christmas Eve service of Charlotte Congregational Church (UCC)

 “Smoothing”

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 8, 2024


Date: December 8th, 2024 (2nd Sunday in Advent) Message Delivered at: Charlotte Congregational Church (UCC) Key Text(s): Luke 3:1-6

 “Not Weighed Down”

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 1, 2024


Date: December 1st, 2024 (1st Sunday in Advent) Message Delivered at: Charlotte Congregational Church (UCC) Key Text(s): Luke 21:25-36

 “Something God Alone Can See”

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 17, 2024


Date: November 17th, 2024 (26th Sunday after Pentecost) Message Delivered at: Charlotte Congregational Church (UCC) Key Text(s): Isaiah 43:16-21

 “Incline My Ears”

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 10, 2024


Date: November 10th, 2024 (25th Sunday after Pentecost) Message Delivered at: Charlotte Congregational Church (UCC) Key Text(s): Mark 12:38-44

 “Permissions for God’s Silence, Distance”

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 20, 2024


Date: October 20th, 2024 (22nd Sunday after Pentecost) Message Delivered at: Charlotte Congregational Church (UCC) Key Text(s): Job 23:1-9, 16-17

 “Our Hands”

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 13, 2024


Date: October 13th, 2024 (21st Sunday after Pentecost) Message Delivered at: Charlotte Congregational Church (UCC) Key Text(s): Acts 3:1-10 This week we begin our 2025 Annual Stewardship Campaign, celebrating the ways we’re using “Our Hands” at CCC.

 “Filling the Chalice”

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 6, 2024


Date: October 6th, 2024 (20th Sunday after Pentecost) Message Delivered at: Charlotte Congregational Church (UCC) Key Text(s): 1 Corinthians 11:23-26

 “Circle of Care”

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 22, 2024


Date: September 22nd, 2024 (18th Sunday after Pentecost) Message Delivered at: Charlotte Congregational Church (UCC) Key Text(s): John 13:33-35 During this service we relaunched our “Circle of Care” ministry to give structure to our church’s overall “culture of care,” as we ask one another: “what are you going through?”

 “Tending the Fire”

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 15, 2024


Date: September 15th, 2024 (17th Sunday after Pentecost) Message Delivered at: Charlotte Congregational Church (UCC) Key Text(s): James 3:1-12

 “In Love with the Beloved”

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 8, 2024


Date: September 8th, 2024 (16th Sunday after Pentecost) Message Delivered at: Charlotte Congregational Church (UCC) Key Text(s): Psalm 146

 “As Many Creatives as Possible”

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 2, 2024


Date: September 1st, 2024 (15th Sunday after Pentecost) Message Delivered at: Charlotte Congregational Church (UCC) Key Text(s): Exodus 31:1-11 Delivered on the Sunday before Labor Day, 9/1/2024

 “Fragrant”

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 11, 2024


Date: August 11th, 2024 (12th Sunday after Pentecost) Message Delivered at: Charlotte Congregational Church (UCC) Key Text(s): Ephesisans 4:25-5:2

fragrant ephesisans
 “Even Though”

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 21, 2024


Date: July 21st, 2024 (9th Sunday after Pentecost) Message Delivered at: Charlotte Congregational Church (UCC) Key Text(s): selected readings about discernment

 “Sifting Well”

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 7, 2024


Date: July 7th, 2024 (7th Sunday after Pentecost) Message Delivered at: Charlotte Congregational Church (UCC) Key Text(s): selected readings about discernment

 “Holy Disappointment”

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 30, 2024


Date: June 30th, 2024 (6th Sunday after Pentecost) Message Delivered at: Charlotte Congregational Church (UCC) Key Text(s): Luke 23:44-46

 “It is Healing?”

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 16, 2024


Date: June 16th, 2024 (3rd Sunday after Pentecost) Message Delivered at: Charlotte Congregational Church (UCC) Key Text(s): Matthew 4:23-5:3 This sermon was preach as part of the annual healing service of Charlotte Congregational Church (UCC) in Charlotte, VT

 “Messy, Imperfect”

Play Episode Listen Later May 5, 2024


Date: May 5th, 2024 (6th Sunday of Easter) Message Delivered at: Charlotte Congregational Church (UCC) Key Text(s): Mark 5:21 and 25-34

 “Unceasing Prayer: Loving One Another”

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 21, 2024


Date: April 21tst, 2024 (4th Sunday of Easter) Message Delivered at: Charlotte Congregational Church (UCC) Key Text(s): 1 John 3:16-24 Part 3 of a 3-part sermon series: “Unceasing Prayer”

 “Unceasing Prayer: Table & Word”

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 14, 2024


Date: April 14th, 2024 (3rd Sunday of Easter) Message Delivered at: Charlotte Congregational Church (UCC) Key Text(s): Luke 24:26b-38 Part 2 of a 3-part sermon series: “Unceasing Prayer”

 “Unceasing Prayer: Breathe”

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 7, 2024


Date: April 7th, 2024 (2nd Sunday of Easter) Message Delivered at: Charlotte Congregational Church (UCC) Key Text(s): 1 Thessalonians 5:16-18 and John 20:19-23 Part 1 of a 3-part sermon series: “Unceasing Prayer”

 “Guiding Light”

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 3, 2024


Date: March 31st, 2024 (Easter Sunday) Message Delivered at: Charlotte Congregational Church (UCC) Key Text(s): John 20:1-18 Happy Easter!!

 “The Lovely Bouquet”

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 3, 2024


Date: March 3rd, 2024 (Third Sunday of Lent) Message Delivered at: Charlotte Congregational Church (UCC) Key Text(s): Exodus 20:1-17

 “Radical Candor”

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 25, 2024


Date: February 25th, 2024 (Second Sunday of Lent) Message Delivered at: Charlotte Congregational Church (UCC) Key Text(s): Mark 8:34-38

 “Lifting”

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 18, 2024


Date: February 18th, 2024 (First Sunday of Lent) Message Delivered at: Charlotte Congregational Church (UCC) Key Text(s): Psalm 25:1-10

 “Ascend, Encounter, See”

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 11, 2024


Date: February 11th, 2024 (Epiphany 6/Transfiguration) Message Delivered at: Charlotte Congregational Church (UCC) Key Text(s): Mark 9:2-8

 “This Liberty”

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 28, 2024


Date: January 28th, 2024 (Epiphany 4) Message Delivered at: Charlotte Congregational Church (UCC) Key Text(s): 1 Corinthians 8:1-13

 “Learning to Let Go”

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 21, 2024


Date: January 21st, 2024 (Epiphany 3) Message Delivered at: Charlotte Congregational Church (UCC) Key Text(s): 1 Corinthians 7:29-31

 “A Certain Kind of Fire”

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 14, 2024


Date: January 14th, 2024 (Epiphany 2) Message Delivered at: Charlotte Congregational Church (UCC) Key Text(s): 1 Samuel 3:1-10

 “Afloat on the Loving Breath of God”

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 7, 2024


Date: January 7th, 2023 (Epiphany 1) Message Delivered at: Charlotte Congregational Church (UCC) Key Text(s): Genesis 1:1-5 and Mark 1:4-11

 “One Word”

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 24, 2023


Date: December 24th, 2023 (Christmas Eve) Message Delivered at: Charlotte Congregational Church (UCC) Key Text(s): The Christmas Story

 “Field Guide to Waiting”

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 3, 2023


Date: December 3rd, 2023 (First Sunday in Advent) Message Delivered at: Charlotte Congregational Church (UCC) Key Text(s): Psalm 25:1-10

 “Thanks-Wondering”

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 19, 2023


Date: November 19th, 2023 (25th Sunday after Pentecost) Message Delivered at: Charlotte Congregational Church (UCC) Key Text(s): Luke 17:11-19

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