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June 25th Strafford Action Supporting Black Lives Matter and a Just and Fair America Our congregation will be participating in a Strafford action organized by Susan Cloke. It will take place on the month anniversary of the murder of George…
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Category: Church News, Ending Racism, Fulfilling Our Vision, Mission News
Tags: Action, Anti-racism, Beloved Community, Justice, Nonviolence, Oneness, Struggle, The Way of Love, Transforming the World
Finding Our Way Through the Worst Rev. Thomas Cary Kinder United Church of Strafford, Vermont May 10, 2020 Fifth Sunday of Easter, Psalm 84; John 14:1-14 [You can watch a video recording of this sermon at the end of…
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Category: On Line Services, Past Sermons
Tags: Centering Prayer/Contemplative Practice, Faith, Following the Way, Hope, Inner Transformation, Kenosis, Nonviolence, Oneness, Prayer, Struggle, The Way of Love, Transforming the World
Lead Us in the Paths of Righteousness Rev. Thomas Cary Kinder United Church of Strafford, Vermont May 3, 2020 Fourth Sunday of Easter, Good Shepherd Sunday Psalm 23; John 10:11-16 [You can watch a video recording of this sermon…
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Category: On Line Services, Past Sermons
Tags: Action, Calling, Caring for God's Creation, Centering Prayer/Contemplative Practice, Climate Change, Developmental and Spiritual Growth, Faith, Following the Way, Hope, Humility, Inner Transformation, Justice, Kenosis, Nonviolence, Oneness, Prayer, Struggle, The Golden Rule, The Way of Love, Transforming the World, Vision
Go to the Land That I Will Show You Rev. Thomas Cary Kinder United Church of Strafford, Vermont March 8, 2020 Second Sunday in Lent Psalm 121; Genesis 12:1-4a; John 3:1-21 How are we ever going to find our…
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Category: Past Sermons
Tags: Calling, Caring for God's Creation, Centering Prayer/Contemplative Practice, Developmental and Spiritual Growth, Faith, Following the Way, Hope, Inner Transformation, Lent, Nonviolence, Transforming the World
Choose Life So That You and Your Descendants May Live Rev. Thomas Cary Kinder United Church of Strafford, Vermont February 16, 2020 Sixth Sunday after Epiphany Deuteronomy 30; Sirach 15; I Corinthians 3:1-9; Matthew 4:12-5:12 The future of the…
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Category: Past Sermons
Tags: Calling, Caring for God's Creation, Centering Prayer/Contemplative Practice, Developmental and Spiritual Growth, Faith, Following the Way, Inner Transformation, Justice, Nonviolence, Oneness, Prayer, The Way of Love, Transforming the World
God Has a Dream Rev. Thomas Cary Kinder United Church of Strafford, Vermont January 19, 2019 Second Sunday after Epiphany, Martin Luther King Jr. Sunday Isaiah 49; Luke 4:14-21 We as a nation must undergo a radical revolution of values….
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Category: Fulfilling Our Vision, Past Sermons, Pastoral Letters
Tags: Action, Beloved Community, Calling, Caring for God's Creation, Developmental and Spiritual Growth, Following the Way, Hope, Inner Transformation, Nonviolence, Oneness, Struggle, The Golden Rule, The Way of Love, Transforming the World, Vision
“New Things I Now Declare” Rev. Thomas Cary Kinder United Church of Strafford, Vermont January 12, 2019 First Sunday after Epiphany, Baptism of Christ Psalm 29; Isaiah 42:1-9; Matthew 3:13-17 The passage from Isaiah sounds like God narrating a home…
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Category: Past Sermons
Tags: Action, Calling, Caring for God's Creation, Centering Prayer/Contemplative Practice, Developmental and Spiritual Growth, Hope, Humility, Inner Transformation, Journey of the Universe, Justice, Kenosis, Metanoia, Nonviolence, Oneness, Transforming the World
Dear neighbors, I am making a personal appeal to you. Jesus, John the Baptist and the ancient Hebrew prophets before them were all part of a nonviolent movement to change human civilization to be the realm of God on earth,…
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Category: Church News, Pastoral Letters
Tags: Action, Caring for God's Creation, Climate Change, Developmental and Spiritual Growth, Golden Civilization, Hope, Nonviolence, Struggle, The Golden Rule, The Way of Love, Transforming the World
“I Will Teach You the Way You Should Go” Rev. Thomas Cary Kinder United Church of Strafford, Vermont November 3, 2019 Twenty-first Sunday after Pentecost, All Saints Day Sunday Psalm 32; Luke 6:20-31 We just heard Luke’s version of the…
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Category: Past Sermons
Tags: 12 Steps, Action, Calling, Caring for God's Creation, Centering Prayer/Contemplative Practice, Climate Change, Developmental and Spiritual Growth, Faith, Following the Way, Hope, Inner Transformation, Nonviolence, Oneness, Peace, Resilience, The Church, The Golden Rule, The Way of Love, Transforming Suffering, Transforming the World
Love Over Fear Rev. Thomas Cary Kinder United Church of Strafford, Vermont September 29, 2019 Sixteenth Sunday after Pentecost Psalm 146; I John 4:16b-21; Luke 16:19-31 The founder of Dartmouth’s Religion Department died recently. Fred Berthold was a wise and…
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Category: Past Sermons
Tags: Action, Calling, Caring for God's Creation, Centering Prayer/Contemplative Practice, Climate Change, Developmental and Spiritual Growth, Following the Way, Golden Civilization, Hope, Inner Transformation, Nonviolence, Oneness, Peace, The Way of Love, Transforming the World
