by Rev. Karen Kinney | Dec 14, 2025
I invite you this morning to put yourself into the place of Jeremiah and Mary. Both young, both visited by messengers carrying the word of the Lord, both filled with fear from those words. In Jeremiah’s case, we see the word of the Lord coming down to him to tell him...
by Rev. Karen Kinney | Dec 12, 2025
A MESSAGE FROM REV. KAREN KINNEY: GATHERING IN COMMUNITY Grace and peace to you, In the coming week we will have two opportunities to experience Advent worship together in community. This Sunday, Dec. 14, we will gather for one service at 10 a.m. in Fellowship Hall....
by Rev. Karen Kinney | Dec 5, 2025
Over the course of my 40-year nonprofit and ministry career, I have experienced some doubt about whether or not the work I was doing really made a difference. Even now, I look at our world and think – too many are without homes or food or jobs or education. Sometimes...
by Rev. Karen Kinney | Dec 5, 2025
A MESSAGE FROM REV. KAREN KINNEY: IS IT WORTH IT? Grace and peace to you, This Second Sunday of Advent, we again explore hope and fear from the perspective of John the Baptist – not the John of the wilderness, but the John who sits in prison put there by Herod of...
by Rev. Karen Kinney | Nov 30, 2025
Over the next four weeks, we are going to take an Advent journey where we will explore fear and hope. What do you fear? Are you able to name those fears? Do these fears paralyze you or dominate the way in which you live your life? Do they become settled within you so...
