Pastor Rich Knight July 16, 2023 Exodus 17:8-13 – the setting is that the Israelites are in the wilderness. It’s two months after their escape from Egypt. Perhaps in the year 1445 BC. Amalek is mentioned in this passage. He was the grandson of Esau. Remember the Jacob and Esau story, where Jacob stole […]
Pastor Rich Knight Central Congregational Church, UCC Father’s Day, June 18, 2023 We’re going to look at 2 Old Testament stories today. Here’s something to remember about Old Testament stories: The Bible doesn’t tell us what should have happened. The Bible tells us what actually happened, and we’re supposed to figure it out […]
This sermon is dedicated to Linn Flint, Our incredible Office Administrator for the past 20 years. We celebrated her ministry and retirement on May 14, 2023. Pastor Rich Knight Central Congregational Church, UCC May 14, 2023 I was going to read a passage from II Chronicles 3. In the essence of […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Pastor Rich Knight Central Congregational Church Feb. 16, 2020 Before I read the passage I want to let you know that I’m going to ask […]
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 […]