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December 4, 2016 Isaiah 40:5, 18-31 Rev. Kristen J. Kleiman   I want to thank Kyle, our music director, for suggesting we use Handel’s Messiah for our Advent theme. Not only are we blessed with hearing outstanding music, but I feel really blessed to have learned more about... Read More →

When Julie Andrews sings: “Raindrops on roses; And whiskers on kittens; Bright copper kettles; And warm woolen mittens;” she is singing about her favorite things, but the song could just as well be entitled “my comforting things” because just the thought of her favorite things... Read More →

November 20, 2016, Thanksgiving Sunday Colossians 1:11-20 Psalm 117 Rev. Kristen J. Kleiman As people of faith, Thanksgiving is a wonderful opportunity to give thanks to God for our families, our jobs, our homes, our friends, our health, our freedoms, our peace. As... Read More →

October 30, 2016 1 Kings 17:1-16 2 Corinthians 9:7-8 Rev. Kristen J. Kleiman   Tomorrow night, children all over our country will dress up in costumes and go door-to-door saying “Trick or Treat”. Tonight, those same children will go to sleep dreaming of the mounds and mounds... Read More →

October 23, 2016 2 Samuel 7:1-17 Psalm 100 Rev. Kristen J. Kleiman   My mother, well my parents, have had a rough couple of weeks. First, it looked like the dryer was dying, but then it turned out to be the refrigerator. The cable has been alternating between fuzzing out the... Read More →

October 2, 2016 Exodus 12:1-13, 13:1-8 Luke 22:14-20 Rev. Kristen J. Kleiman   Get your shoes on, your cloak tucked up into your belt, and your traveling staff at the ready; get set, to eat the Passover lamb; annnd run. It sounds more like one of those alternative 5k runs... Read More →

September 25, 2016 Genesis 37:1-8, 17b-22, 26-34, 50:15-21 Luke 6:35 Rev. Kristen J. Kleiman   The story of Joseph, the 11th born son of Jacob, is a story that encompasses 13 chapters of the book of Genesis and has more drama in it than an episode of the ‘Young and the... Read More →

September 4, 2016 Ruth 2:1-16 Rev. Kristen J. Kleiman   On this Labor Day weekend, when we honor and benefit from those who fought for workers’ rights, we remember that long before unions and the industrial revolution, God was telling us of the need for rest in our lives, of... Read More →

August 28, 2016 Ruth 1 Rev. Kristen J. Kleiman   While First Corinthians 13, “Love is patient, love is kind” is by far the most popular Bible passage read at weddings, this passage from Ruth is often used as well. As brides and grooms pledge their lives to one another, these... Read More →

August 7, 2016 Psalms 27 & 40 Rev. Kristen J. Kleiman   Growing up, there was one person I believed embodied the life and way of Jesus Christ more than anyone else and that was Mother Theresa. From an early age, she felt called to spread the good news of Jesus Christ,... Read More →