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Getting Through Anxious Times Rev. Deadra Ashton, Rev. Thomas Cary Kinderand Members of the CongregationUnited Church of Strafford, VermontAugust 8, 2021 Eleventh Sunday after Pentecost You can read or download the scriptures here: 8-8-21 Service Readings You can watch the…
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Category: On Line Services, Past Sermons
Tags: Centering Prayer/Contemplative Practice, Courage, Developmental and Spiritual Growth, Faith, Grief, Hope, Inner Peace, Inner Transformation, Loss, Peace, Prayer, Resilience, Struggle, Transforming Suffering, Transforming the World, Transition, Wilderness
Happy Are Those Who Live in the House of God Rev. Thomas Cary KinderUnited Church of Strafford, VermontAugust 1, 2021 Tenth Sunday after Pentecostfrom Psalm 84; from Isaiah 11:1-9; Matthew 5:3-9 You can read or download the scriptures here: 8-1-21…
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Category: On Line Services, Past Sermons
Tags: Calling, Developmental and Spiritual Growth, Following the Way, Grief, Hope, Inner Peace, Inner Transformation, Journey of the Universe, Light, Loss, Peace, Prayer, Promised Land, Rest, Struggle, Transition, Vision, Wilderness
Remembrance and RestRev. Thomas Cary KinderUnited Church of Strafford, VermontJuly 25, 2021 Ninth Sunday after PentecostExodus 12:14, 17; Deuteronomy 5:12-14b, 15; Matthew 11:28-30; Psalm 126 You can read or download the scriptures here: 7-25-21 Service Readings You can watch the…
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Category: On Line Services, Past Sermons
Tags: Climate Change, Following the Way, Grief, Hope, Inner Peace, Inner Transformation, Light, Loss, Prayer, Rest, Struggle, Transition, Vision, Wilderness
Liberated and SentRev. Thomas Cary KinderUnited Church of Strafford, VermontApril 11, 2021 Second Sunday of EasterJames 1:16-27; John 20:19-31You can read or download the scriptures here: 4-11-21 Service Readings You can watch a video recording of this Call to Worship…
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Category: On Line Services, Past Sermons
Tags: Action, Calling, Faith, Following the Way, Inner Peace, Justice, Peace, Resurrection, The Way of Love, Transforming the World, Vision
We invited the Rev. Deadra Bachorik Ashton to reflect on what we as a people need right now, after all we have been through in 2020, in order to nurture our spiritual, emotional, psychological and physical health. Deadre is a…
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Category: Advent Resources, Church News, Past Sermons
Tags: Calling, Centering Prayer/Contemplative Practice, Developmental and Spiritual Growth, Grief, Hope, Inner Peace, Inner Transformation, Light, Loss, Resilience, Transforming Suffering, Transforming the World
Which would feel better to you: to be anxious, tense, fretting, enslaved to obsessive thoughts and compulsive behavior, despairing…or as calm as you can be under the circumstances, resting in quiet trust, finding a place of inner peace even in…
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Category: Advent Resources, Church News, Contemplative Training, Fulfilling Our Vision, Pastoral Letters
Tags: Action, Centering Prayer/Contemplative Practice, Developmental and Spiritual Growth, Following the Way, Inner Peace, Inner Transformation, Journey of the Universe, Oneness, Prayer, The Way of Love, Transforming Suffering, Transforming the World
“My Feets Is Tired but My Soul Is Rested”Rev. Thomas Cary Kinder United Church of Strafford, VermontOctober 25, 2020 Twenty-first Sunday after Pentecost Deuteronomy 34:1-5, 10; I Corinthians 9:24-25; Philippians 3:13b-14; Luke 18:1-8 [You can watch a video recording of…
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Category: On Line Services, Past Sermons
Tags: Action, Calling, Faith, Following the Way, Hope, Inner Peace, Prayer, Resilience, Struggle, The Way of Love, Transforming Suffering, Transforming the World, Vision
Only Light Can Do ThatRev. Thomas Cary Kinder United Church of Strafford, VermontOctober 11, 2020 Nineteenth Sunday after Pentecost Isaiah 25:6-9; Philippians 4:1-9; Matthew 5:3-16 [You can watch a video recording of this sermon at the end of this text…
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Category: On Line Services, Past Sermons
Tags: Action, Anti-racism, Calling, Following the Way, Hope, Inner Peace, Justice, Light, Nonviolence, Oneness, Peace, Struggle, The Way of Love, Transforming the World, Vision
Sentinel, Do Not Fret Rev. Thomas Cary Kinder United Church of Strafford, Vermont September 6, 2020 Fourteenth Sunday after Pentecost Ezekiel 33:7-11; Psalm 37:1-9; Matthew 6:5-6, 24, 27-34 [You can watch a video recording of this sermon at the end…
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Category: On Line Services, Past Sermons
Tags: Beloved Community, Death and Dying, Developmental and Spiritual Growth, Faith, Following the Way, Grief, Hope, Humility, Inner Peace, Inner Transformation, Light, Loss, Oneness, Resilience, Resurrection, Struggle, The Way of Love, Transforming Suffering, Transforming the World, Vision
Do Not Let Your Hearts Be Troubled vs. Jesus Wept Rev. Thomas Cary Kinder United Church of Strafford, Vermont August 2, 2020 Ninth Sunday after Pentecost John 11:25-36; 14:1-6a, 27 [You can watch a video recording of this sermon at…
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Category: On Line Services, Past Sermons
Tags: Beloved Community, Death and Dying, Developmental and Spiritual Growth, Faith, Following the Way, Grief, Hope, Humility, Inner Peace, Inner Transformation, Light, Loss, Oneness, Resilience, Resurrection, Struggle, The Way of Love, Transforming Suffering, Transforming the World, Vision
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