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January 28, 2018 Annual Meeting Mark 1:21-28 Rev. Kristen J. Kleiman   “I eat broccoli in my oatmeal.”   Do you ever say something and wonder, ‘Where did that come from? Who said that?’   I wonder if the man with the unclean spirit thought that after he said, “What... Read More →

January 21, 2018 John 1: 43-51 Rev. Kristen J. Kleiman Transforming the World with Christ’s Love   To work myself out of a job. When I was newly ordained, almost twenty years ago, now, that was what Roy Oswald told a workshop of pastors our goal in ministry should be – to... Read More →

January 14, 2018 John 1:35-42 Rev. Kristen J. Kleiman Transforming the World with Christ’s Love   Welcome to Epiphany! Do you have your Epiphany decorations up? No? Well, how about your Epiphany cards? Are they all ready to be sent? Well, at the very least, you must have... Read More →

December 24, 2017 Christmas Eve Luke 2:1-20 Isaiah 9:2-7 Rev. Kristen J. Kleiman   I hope by now you have done all of your Christmas shopping, because you are running out of time. Who knows though, maybe Amazon has overnight delivery by way of Santa’s sleigh. Personally, I’m... Read More →

December 17, 2017 Isaiah 55:1-13 John 4:13-14 Rev. Kristen J. Kleiman   “Thanks for showing me God, Mama.” Of all the sweet and meaningful lines in God Gave Us Christmas, that might just be my favorite. “Thanks for showing me God, Mama.” That is my wish for my ministry as a... Read More →

December 10, 2017 Ezekial 37:1-14 John 11:25-27 Rev. Kristen J. Kleiman   This passage from Ezekial, this passage about a valley of dry bones, is an odd one for Advent. Where are the angels? Where are Mary and Joseph? Where are the words of hope about a Messiah coming to... Read More →

December 3, 2017 Jeremiah 29:1, 4-14 John 14:27 Rev. Kristen J. Kleiman   Today is the first day of Advent, a four-week season to help us get ready for Christmas and the birth of the Christ child. Advent is a season of quiet reflection. Advent is a season of preparation.... Read More →

November 12, 2017 Commitment Sunday Isaiah 65:17-18 Luke 5:36-39 Rev. Kristen J. Kleiman   “Behold, I am making all things new”. Not my words. God’s words – as recorded in Revelations and in the prophet Isaiah, twice. From the 43rd chapter of Isaiah, “I am about to do a new... Read More →

November 5, 2017 Luke 12:13-21 Rev. Kristen J. Kleiman   37 pairs of shoes and 44 pairs of socks 10 boxes of pasta in my pantry and 11 Wendy’s honey mustard packets in my fridge And 124 sticks on my back porch, which Jack calls his “stick collection”. Okay, it might not be... Read More →

October 22, 2017 Philippians 2:1-11 Matthew 22:34-40 Rev. Kristen J. Kleiman   The church as we know it will be completely gone by 2050, according to Beth Ann Estock and Paul Nixon and their book Weird Church: Welcome to the Twenty-First Century. Actually, they write that... Read More →