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Matthew 28:18-20 Acts 2:41-42, 46-47 Rev. Kristen J. Kleiman Devoted. They devoted themselves to eating together, to fellowship, to prayer, to the apostles’ teaching. They were devoted because these practices, Christ’s way, helped them step out of the unhealthy status quo, and... Read More →

September 29, 2024 Deuteronomy 6:4-9 Acts 2:41-47 Rev. Kristen J. Kleiman   We have such easy access to the Bible and God’s Word that we often take it for granted. We can overlook how important it is to our lives as Christians and our life as a Christian community, to be... Read More →

September 22,2024 Philippians 4:6-7 Acts 2:41-47 Rev. Kristen J. Kleiman   ‘Pray about everything. Thank God for everything. Then you will experience God’s peace, which exceeds anything we can understand.’ (unknown) I don’t remember where I read this version of Philippians.... Read More →

September 15, 2024 Acts 2:41-47 Ecclesiastes 4:9-12 Rev. Kristen J. Kleiman   Fellowship. It’s such a churchy word. No other part of our society uses it. And yet, it’s a really important churchy word. Fellowship is key to following Jesus. He modeled it from the very... Read More →

September 8, 2024 Acts 2:37-47, The Message Rev. Kristen J. Kleiman   Despite what you may have heard, I did not go into the ordained ministry for the cheesecake. It was lemon squares. I just graduated up to cheesecake when I was called here to FCC Bristol. Honestly though,... Read More →

September 1, 2024 Acts 16:6-15 Rev. Kristen J. Kleiman   The movie “Mamma Mia”, based on the music of Abba, begins with a young woman named Sophie singing, “I Have a Dream” as she sails off to make her dream come true. Sophie’s dream, at the beginning of the movie, is to... Read More →

August 25, 2024 Mark 10:13-16 Rev. Kristen J. Kleiman   Over the course of our vacation, I had the opportunity to watch six movies, part of three more, read four books, and listen to one. Even better, I watched two of those movies while lying in a pool!  It’s my new vision... Read More →

July 21, 2024 Exodus 2:1-10 Rev. Kristen J. Kleiman   “Love as powerful as your mother’s for you leaves it’s own mark. To have been loved so deeply, … will give us some protection forever.” (Albus Dumbledore, Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone, Page 216) Throughout the... Read More →

July 14, 2024 Ruth 1:1-18 Rev. Kristen J. Kleiman   Even though this passage from the book of Ruth is about a mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, strangely enough, it is a recommended passage for weddings.  I am going to guess that that is because the Bible has very little to... Read More →

July 7, 2024 John 8:3-11 Rev. Kristen J. Kleiman   So I don’t think it will surprise you to learn that this story of the woman caught in adultery doesn’t show up in any of the children’s Bibles we own at church. You might even wonder why this is someone’s favorite Bible... Read More →