Aug. 29, 2001 Pastor Rich Knight Central Congregational Church, UCC Matthew 10:5-16                                                                 5 These twelve Jesus sent out with the following instructions: “Go nowhere among the Gentiles, and enter no town of the Samaritans, 6 but go rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel. 7 As you go, proclaim the good news, ‘The […]

   Pastor Rich Knight Central Congregational Church May 16, 2021   I’m very grateful to our staff, our leaders, all our committees, all our members and friends who participated in the church and its ministries this past year. It was a year we’ll never forget. It’s easily been one of the most meaningful, challenging and […]

  Pastor Rich Knight Central Congregational Church May 9, 2021   Psalm 119:71-72 It is good for me that I was humbled so that I might learn your statutes. The law of your mouth is better to me than thousands of gold and silver pieces.   II Corinthians 12:6-10 But if I wish to boast, […]

   April 25, 2021 Pastor Rich Knight                                                                          Central Congregational Church   Holy Scripture: Matthew 28:20 – Remember, I am with you always, even to the end of the age.” I John 1:9 – If we confess our sins, he who is faithful and just will forgive us our sins and cleanse us from all […]

  Pastor Rich Knight Central Congregational Church April 18, 2021   Scriptures about Caring for God’s Creation   In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth . . . God saw all that he had made, and it was very good.        – Genesis 1   The heavens are telling the glory of God; […]

  Pastor Rich Knight Central Congregational Church April 4, 2021 – Easter Message   Matthew 28:1-10 After the sabbath, as the first day of the week was dawning, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary went to see the tomb. And suddenly there was a great earthquake; for an angel of the Lord, descending from heaven, came […]

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 Jan. 31, 2021      Mark 10:46-52 46 They came to Jericho. As he and his disciples and a large crowd were leaving Jericho, Bartimaeus son of Timaeus, a blind beggar, was sitting by the roadside. 47 When he heard that it was Jesus of Nazareth, he began to shout out and […]

  Pastor Rich Knight Central Congregational Church Jan. 24, 2021                                           Zechariah 4:8-10   The year is 519 BC. The Israelites have spent 70 years in exile in Babylon and now they’ve returned to rebuild their homeland and especially their holy Temple. A guy named Zerubbabel was in charge of the project. The way to […]

  Pastor Rich Knight  Central Congregational Church January 10, 2021       I think I’ve told you before about the annual meeting of the Russian Orthodox Church, held in 1917. The big issue at that meeting was the liturgical color for Advent – should it be purple or blue? The Kingdom of God doesn’t […]