Job and Trust

    Pastor Rich Knight Central Congregational Church Feb. 6, 2022 Selections from Job   An Outline of the Book of Job Prologue – Job Is Tested (1-2 written in prose) Job’s Soliloquy (3) The Great Debate: 1st Cycle of Speeches (4-14) The Great Debate: 2nd Cycle of Speeches (15-21) The Great Debate: 3rd Cycle […]

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Job’s Trauma and Ours

  Pastor Rich Knight Central Congregational Church, UCC Sept. 5, 2021  Job 1:13-22 One day when his sons and daughters were eating and drinking wine in the eldest brother’s house, 14 a messenger came to Job and said, “The oxen were plowing and the donkeys were feeding beside them, 15 and the Sabeans fell on them and carried them […]

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The Christian Literacy Project

Pastor Rich Knight Central Congregational Church Feb. 21, 2021   II Peter 1:16-18 (Some parts of scripture are stories that were told and retold over many, many years and eventually written down by those with no firsthand knowledge of the events. Notice in this passage that it’s written by an eyewitness, Peter.)  For we did […]

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The Meaning of the Ashes

Pastor Rich Knight Central Congregational Church Feb. 17, 2021 – Ash Wednesday     Of all our holy days and holidays Ash Wednesday is the most blunt and the most honest.   Remember that you are dust, and to dust you shall return. Oh, and Happy Ash Wednesday!    Can you think of another holiday […]

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The Grasshopper and the Maker

  Alisa Knight, M.Div. August 9, 2020   I Kings 19:1-13 Ahab told Jezebel all that Elijah had done, and how he had killed all the prophets with the sword. 2 Then Jezebel sent a messenger to Elijah, saying, “So may the gods do to me, and more also, if I do not make your life like […]

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Out of Your Comfort Zone

  Doug Drake, Ast. Scoutmaster, Troop 74 Feb. 9, 2020 Scout Sunday   Many of you saw the signs on the edge of the pews requesting that you sit alphabetically rather than wherever you might normally sit. How does it feel to be sitting in a different spot? A little unnerving? A little uncomfortable? It’s […]

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Mindful Christianity

  Pastor Rich Knight Central Congregational Church Sept. 8, 2019 Isaiah 6:1-8   Our scripture lesson this morning is from the Prophet Isaiah. Many of the books of the prophets contain a “Call Story”, a time in their lives when God spoke very clearly to them that they had a special job to do. Let’s […]

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Series: “Going to the Beach with God” Because big things happen on beaches in the Bible!   Pastor Rich Knight Central Congregational Church July 7, 2019 Exodus 14 The traditional date for the Exodus is around 1450 BC., Although many scholars today favor a later date. 13th Century BC. Some scholars believe the body of […]

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Where’s the Beach?

Series: “Going to the Beach with God this Summer” Pastor Rich Knight Central Congregational Church June 30, 2019 Genesis 6:5-22   We’re going to look at the story of Noah this morning. It’s of course one of the most famous stories in all the Bible, and for children, it’s likely to be their best-known story […]

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