On the Run: When Your Past Catches Up To You
Pastor Jen kicks off the new sermon series with the story of Jacob and Esau. Are we unnecessarily running from our past mistakes?
Claremont United Church of Christ
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Solo Homiletic Performance & Voiceless Mass
The 2022 Pulitzer Prize-winning composition will be featured at a special service next Sunday, October 30 at 10am, along with a homiletic solo performance by the composer. Free admission. Earlier this year, Raven Chacon became the first Native American co
Blessing of the Animals
Pastor Jen reminds us of the perfect balance God intended for creation and invites us to make small choices every day to restore that balance in ourselves and in our world.
ONA Sunday 2022
Rev. Dr. Jacob Buchholz: God knows that sometimes we need to be reminded of our identity, we need to be reminded of who we are. On this Open and Affirming Sunday, hear these words from Isaiah: You have been created by God, redeemed by God, named by God, a
Noticing God
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World Communion Sunday: All Nations Under God
Our Scripture reading today is one of the most religion-shattering, mind-expanding, belief-challenging statements in the Bible. It reminds us on this World Communion Sunday, that when we come to God's table, we will be sitting by those we least expect to
Parables: Jesus The Storyteller - The Parable of the 10 Wedding Attendants
Pastor Jen closes our sermon series on the parables of Jesus by considering the meaning of the Parable of the 10 Wedding Attendants. What can we learn from the 5 foolish and 5 wise attendants? What might it mean for us to always have some extra lamp oil i
Parables: Jesus the Storyteller - The Laborers in the Vineyard
Jesus encourages his listeners to dig deeper into the parables, and indeed, some of the parables are confusing and seem to have multiple interpretations. Join Pastor Jacob as he proposes two different ways to understand the Parable of the Laborers in the
Parables: Jesus the Storyteller - The Good Samaritan
Jesus tells the parable of the Good Samaritan to illustrate how our faith should compel us to perform acts of kindness and compassion, not avoid them. The love of the Other invites us to consider how we are called to put our faith into action.
Parables: Jesus the Storyteller - The Parable of the Prodigal Son
The Parable of the Prodigal Son could also be called the Parable of the Prodigal Father for the lavish, wasteful love that he showers on his wayward son. Pastor Jen takes us deeper than we have gone before into one of our favorite parables.
Parables: Jesus the Storyteller - The Parable of the Lamp
In one of Jesus' parables, he seems rather worried that people will light a lamp and then hide it. But who would ever do that? In today's sermon, Pastor Jacob charts the history of light in Jesus' time and explores the ways we often hide the light within
Parables: Jesus the Storyteller - The Baptism of Clementine Jubilee Strickland
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