Sunday, October 10: Welcoming Others as God Welcomes You SCRIPTURE READING -Genesis 1:1-2:4a This week begins our “Welcome All” unit/practice. The first unit of our yearlong “Follow Me” curriculum/worship calendar was a general introduction to the idea of being…
Today, we welcome Frank Lenox, who will lead our Sunday worship, and share thoughts on faith with/out action. Scripture today is James 2:1-10; 14-17
John 8: 1-10 — “Woman, has no one condemned you?” It’s Jesus’ famous question to the woman being scapegoated by the men to whom Jesus suggested, “Anyone without sin should be the first to throw a stone.” What “stones”…
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Rev. Dr. Jan Gregory-CharpentierKingston Congregational ChurchMarch 21, 2021Jeremiah 31:31-34John 12:20-26 Necessary Losses When I was in seminary, I enrolled in a pastoral care course called“Recovery from Bereavement.” I expected we would be learning and talkingabout loss of life and…
Rev. Dr. Jan Gregory-CharpentierKingston Congregational ChurchMarch 14, 2021Ephesians 2:4-10John 3:16-21 The Wideness of Mercy You’ve seen in at football games, painted on signs held by fans in the endzone. You’ve perhaps seen it on bumper stickers, billboards or emblazoned…
Rev. Dr. Jan Gregory-CharpentierKingston Congregational ChurchMarch 7, 20211 Corinthians 1:18-25John 2:13-22 Blessed Disturbance For about twenty-five years now a unique and important act of defiant memory has been emerging in streets across Europe, originating in Germany:Stolpersteine, or “stumbling stones”…
Genesis 17:1-7, 15-16; Ps 22:23-31; Mark 8:31– 38. Lose your life to save it, and other wholly and holy impractical advice for the Lenten journey. Abraham and Sarah had to leave home to arrive there. Jesus points the disciples…
Effective March 1, 2022 Dear KCC Friends and Family, As the surge from the Omicron variant of the coronavirus is abating, KCC is adjusting its COVID protocols as of March 1st. We will return to pre-Omicron measures: masks are required indoors for…
Rev. Dr. Jan Gregory-CharpentierKingston Congregational ChurchFebruary 21, 2021Genesis 9:8-17Mark 1:9-15 Ah, Wilderness We read a portion of these same verses six weeks ago when wecelebrated the Baptism of Christ Sunday, and on that day I, and amedley of your…