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Courage in the Struggle Rev. Thomas Cary Kinder United Church of Strafford, Vermont September 20, 2020 Sixteenth Sunday after Pentecost Jonah 3:10-4:11; Philippians 1:21-30 and Matthew 14:22-33 [You can watch a video recording of this sermon at the end of…
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Category: On Line Services, Past Sermons
Tags: Action, Calling, Caring for God's Creation, Centering Prayer/Contemplative Practice, Climate Change, Grief, Hope, Inner Transformation, Justice, Kenosis, Resilience, Struggle, The Church, The Golden Rule, The Way of Love, Transforming Suffering, Transforming the World, Vision
Call to Worship He is risen! He is risen indeed! In him was life, and the life was the light of the world. The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness does not overcome it. Hallelujah! “LENT IS OVER!”…
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Category: Church News, On Line Services, Past Sermons
Tags: Calling, Caring for God's Creation, Developmental and Spiritual Growth, Faith, Following the Way, Hope, Inner Transformation, Light, Resurrection, The Church, The Way of Love, Transforming the World
What: “Responding with 2020 Vision to the Climate Crisis” sponsored by four Unitarian Universalist congregations in the Upper Valley When: Saturday, January 11, 2020, from 12:30-4:30 PM Where: At the Norwich Unitarian-Universalist church at 320 Rt. 5 South, across from…
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Gratitude and Hope Rev. Thomas Cary Kinder United Church of Strafford, Vermont November 24, 2019 Twenty-fourth and Last Sunday after Pentecost, Reign of Christ Sunday, Thanksgiving Sunday Psalm 95, Philippians 4:4-9; Matthew 6:19-33 The Benedictine monk, Brother David Steindl-Rast, says,…
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Category: Past Sermons
Tags: Action, Beloved Community, Calling, Caring for God's Creation, Centering Prayer/Contemplative Practice, Climate Change, Developmental and Spiritual Growth, Faith, Following the Way, Gratitude, Hope, Inner Transformation, Journey of the Universe, Resilience, Struggle, The Church, The Golden Rule, The Way of Love, Transforming Suffering, Transforming the World, Vision
In the Wilderness Prepare the Way Rev. Thomas Cary Kinder United Church of Strafford, Vermont November 10, 2019 Twenty-second Sunday after Pentecost, Advent Preparation Sunday Isaiah 40:1-11 and selected verses from Isaiah 60, Mark 1 & 13 and Luke 1…
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Category: Past Sermons
Tags: Action, Calling, Caring for God's Creation, Centering Prayer/Contemplative Practice, Developmental and Spiritual Growth, Faith, Following the Way, Hope, Inner Transformation, Journey of the Universe, Oneness, Struggle, The Church, 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
Whoever Finds Me Finds Life Rev. Thomas Cary Kinder United Church of Strafford, Vermont September 22, 2019 Fifteenth Sunday after Pentecost Proverbs 8; Matthew 10:16-20; Luke 16:1-13 “Wisdom is an ancient tradition…at the headwaters of all the great sacred paths….
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Category: Past Sermons
Tags: Caring for God's Creation, Centering Prayer/Contemplative Practice, Climate Change, Developmental and Spiritual Growth, Faith, Following the Way, Hope, Inner Transformation, Kenosis, Metanoia, Nonviolence, Oneness, The Church, Transforming the World
Dear Church Family, Dietrich Bonhoeffer said, “Silence in the face of evil is itself evil. Not to speak is to speak. Not to act is to act.” Bonhoeffer was a Christian pastor, theologian and seminary professor in Nazi Germany on…
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Category: Church News, Fulfilling Our Vision, Mission News, Pastoral Letters
Tags: Action, Calling, Caring for God's Creation, Following the Way, Golden Civilization, Hope, Justice, Nonviolence, Oneness, The Church, The Golden Rule, The Way of Love, Transforming the World
Why We Can’t Wait Rev. Thomas Cary Kinder United Church of Strafford, Vermont June 30, 2019 Third Sunday after Pentecost Psalm 16; I Kings 19; Luke 9:51-62 We just heard one of the strangest passages in the Bible, and yet…
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Category: Past Sermons
Tags: Action, Calling, Caring for God's Creation, Developmental and Spiritual Growth, Following the Way, Hope, Journey of the Universe, Nonviolence, Oneness, The Church, The Way of Love, Transforming the World
Creating a New Civilization: God’s Realm on Earth, Part II Rev. Thomas Cary Kinder United Church of Strafford, Vermont June 23, 2019 Second Sunday after Pentecost Psalms 42 & 43; Romans 12:1-2; Luke 4:14-30; John 15:9-17 Many Christians do not…
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Category: Past Sermons
Tags: Action, Calling, Caring for God's Creation, Centering Prayer/Contemplative Practice, Golden Civilization, Hope, Nonviolence, Oneness, Resilience, The Church, The Golden Rule, The Way of Love, Transforming the World