Scripture: Matthew 23: 1-12Lesson: Church Failure Blessings and grace to you all this week, the first week of November! November, at UPA, is Stewardship, so starting this Sunday you’ll begin to read and hear “asks” for a “pledge” for our budget year 2024. A pledge is not a donation! It’s a promise of what
Scripture: Matthew 22:34-46Lesson: Love in Theory Whhhhyyyy is it so hard to love our neighbor as we love ourselves? I mean, in theory, we know that this is the right thing to do. And in theory we can say (I say this all the time!) that we love the divine being that one
Scripture: Jeremiah 31:15-22Lesson: Rachel Is Weeping The question in so many of our hearts this week has been, from where do we find hope? We are, after all, a people of hope who don’t believe that death ever has the last word. Problem is that having faith in the victory of life over death
Lesson: Isaiah 11:1-2, 5-6, 9 Message: All God’s Children I hope you all are ready to have some fun in worship! This Sunday we’ll be celebrating God’s impossible, world-flipping love for all of creation by BLESSING OUR ANIMALS! Matt and I fought to the end over who would get to preach this one and
Lesson: Philippians 2:1-13 Message: Saved From What? This week I’ve decided to stray from the Gospel readings for a week in favor of a passage from the Apostle Paul’s letter to the Philippian church. When I read anything from this particular letter I find it helpful to remember that Paul was writing from
Lesson: Matthew 20:1-16 Message: “Love isn’t fair” Our Scripture this week is a difficult one as it throws us again into a space of cultural “fairness” at the expense of divine grace. Last week we heard Jesus’ words on forgiveness and witnessed to the disciple’s struggle to understand this infinite, agape love
Dear UPA families, I look forward to seeing you for our Welcome Back this Sunday!! Pei and I, along with our high school volunteers Grace and Charlotte, look forward to leading a Sunday School lesson during church on “Who and What is God?” We have a new “Prayground” in the
Lesson: Romans 13:8-14, Matthew 18:15-20Message: Why We Do What We Do WELCOME BACK!!This Sunday is UPA’s Welcome Back Sunday when we “Welcome Back” all of our families and friends from a summer of travels, connecting with family, relaxing, and renewing our energies. It’s when we start up our Sunday School programming for children
ALL NEWTON UCC WORSHIP SERVICE! WORSHIP BEGINS AT 9:30AM. This week we be worshiping together with all of our Newton UCC churches in one place! Join the congregations of Eliot Church, Newton Highlands Congregational Church, United Parish of Auburndale, Second Church and Union Church in Waban at Newton Highlands Congregation Church 54
Lesson: Genesis 25:19-34Message: Kids And Their Antics Good morning and blessings of summer to you all! It is officially mid-summer and I can only hope you are all resting, spending time with family, neighbors and friends, and generally rejuvenating your spirit! In my house we’ve had an abundance of (and in some cases unexpected)
