Spirituality and Nursing
This sermon was a dialogue between Pastor Brooks and Barbara McCracken. Barbara is Clinical Manager of Care Management at Southwest Washington Medical Center. To listen to this sermon, click here.
Continue readingFinding Your Song: Letter from the Pastor
Dear Church Family and Friends, In his most recent book Mirrors: Stories of Almost Everyone, the world-renowned Uruguayan writer Eduardo Galeano writes of the unacknowledged, though often stolen and plagiarized,
Continue readingThe Story of Jonah: A Dramatic Interpretation
To listen to this sermon, click here. First Hebrew Scripture Reading-Jonah 1:1-6 Second Hebrew Scripture Reading-Jonah 1:7-17 What follows is the script for a play that featured Claudia Martin as
Continue readingJack Bauer: A Spiritual Role Model?
Dear Church Family and Friends, I have to admit I am sucker for television shows and movies that are full of suspense and political intrigue. Last month marked the end
Continue readingChild Welfare: Our Nation’s Moral Report Card
To listen to this sermon, click here. Hebrew Scripture Reading—Psalm 72: 1-7 The famous Irish playwright George Bernard Shaw once called upon his readers to imagine their “whole country as
Continue readingThe Moral Lessons of Stories
To listen to this sermon, click here. Hebrew Scripture Reading-Leviticus 19: 33-34 When a stranger resides with you in your land, you shall not oppress the stranger. The stranger who
Continue readingThe Market: God or Devil?
First New Testament Reading-Philippians 2: 1-11 Second New Testament Reading-Acts 4: 32-37 To listen to this sermon dialogue by economist John Fite and Pastor Brooks, click here.
Continue readingHands Across the Sand
The Mission and Outreach ministry at First Congregational UCC is co-sponsoring a local gathering as part of an international day of action on June 26th. Throughout the world, people will
Continue readingHiking in God’s Cathedral
On Saturday, July 10th, our church hiking group will head to Ramona Falls. Hiking books describe the hike as a moderate 7 mile hike with an elevation gain of 1000
Continue readingFind Nathan…Party…Find Nathan Again
To listen to this sermon, click here. (Unfortunately, there were technical difficulties last Sunday, so one must increase the volume in order to hear the sermon.) Hebrew Scripture Reading-2 Samuel
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