Topic: Gratitude
Celebration Sunday
This Sunday, we celebrate our volunteers and commission our leaders for the coming year.
Blessings CPA
Thanksgiving
Giving and Receiving
We will look at the ways giving-receiving are one action, and the importance of receiving…well.
Choose Your Own Adventure – Sermon Text
So – here we are. My last sermon with you. And we’re both setting off on new adventures. Now it may not seem like that to you – after all, this isn’t necessarily an adventure of your own choosing – but here’s something important that I have learned: when something happens, you have a choice: … Continue reading Choose Your Own Adventure – Sermon Text
Simply Pray – Sermon Text
Let us pray. Now… some of you instantly bowed your head a bit, maybe you closed your eyes. Perhaps you took in a deep breath as you waited to hear how I started the prayer and to whom I addressed it. Others of you did that, but you also groaned a little inside, because you … Continue reading Simply Pray – Sermon Text
Less Is More
Linda Anderson returns to offer some wise words and loving insight on simplicity.
With These Hands of Mine – Sermon Text
This sermon was delivered at a Maundy Thursday service, held at Clinton Memorial AME Zion Church in Greenport, NY, on Thursday, April 13, 2017. Sometimes the gentle moments are the most striking. There’s a lot to grab our attention this week: the crowds at the gates of Jerusalem… the anger of the Pharisees… the … Continue reading With These Hands of Mine – Sermon Text
Where the Rich People Sit – Homily
Our story (The Table Where Rich People Sit by Byrd Baylor) reflects the kind of gratitude we all wish for – not just to be grateful in a resigned way but to be grateful in a proud way. The family in our story doesn’t have a lot of material goods, but they are rich in … Continue reading Where the Rich People Sit – Homily