God Loves Like a Mother

 Pastor Rich Knight Central Congregational Church May 12, 2019   Mother’s Day  Two passages this morning from the Prophet Isaiah”  Isaiah 49:13-17 13Sing for joy, O heavens, and exult, O earth; break forth, O mountains, into singing! For the Lord has comforted his people, and will have compassion on his suffering ones air jordan 1 mid outlet. 14But Zion said, “The Lord has forsaken me, my […]

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The Faith of Our Confirmands

Excerpts from Confirmation Papers – 2018-2019   To have faith means to believe God has a presence in your life. Every day I am inspired to serve God because I know that this world was created to spread His kindness and love to others through us. So I serve in order to do God’s work […]

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Easter People

      Pastor Rich Knight Central Congregational Church April 28, 2019 Romans 6:1-11 I Peter 1:1-9   During the week after Easter and on the Sunday after Easter I like to reflect upon these type of questions:  – What difference does it make? -What difference does the Resurrection of Christ make for our lives?  […]

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Surveying the Wondrous Cross

  Pastor Rich Knight Central Congregational Church April 14, 2019  Palm Sunday I Corinthians 1:18-25 For the message about the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God. For it is written, “I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and the discernment […]

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All Kinds of Prayers

“Let Us Pray” Sermon Series Pastor Rich Knight Central Cong. Church April 7, 2019 Ephesians 6:18 (NRSV) Pray in the Spirit at all times in every prayer and supplication. To that end keep alert and always persevere in supplication for all the saints.   NIV –  And pray in the Spirit on all occasions with all kinds of […]

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Be Still and Know

  Pastor Rich Knight Central Congregational Church March 31, 2019 Psalm 46 Notes before the passage: The Book of Psalms is the prayer book of the Bible. It was the hymnal of the Israelites. It’s written in poetry. So instead of saying, “When your world is falling apart,” the poet writes – “Though the mountains […]

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Tackling Racism

 Pastor Rich Knight Central Congregational Church Feb. 24, 2019 Gospel Music Sunday   I want to briefly highlight 3 scriptures that are extremely important for us today. Genesis 1:26-27 Then God said, “Let us make humankind in our image, according to our likeness . . . . So God created humankind in his image, in […]

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Do Your Job!

Pastor Rich Knight Central Congregational Church Feb. 3, 2019 – Super Bowl Sunday! I Corinthians 12:4-31 I Corinthians 12 reads like a pep talk at a staff meeting, combined with a Personnel Manual. It’s very organizational. As you listen to it, think how far the early Christians have come. They started as a Band of […]

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