A World without War
Members of First Congregational UCC put their faith into action when they joined the March 15th peace march and rally in Portland. The event marked the 5th anniversary of the
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New Testament Reading John 4: 6-30, 39-42 In our Bible Study this past week, Kathleen Williams astutely raised the question of how the story of the Samaritan woman at the
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. July 24-28, 2008 University of Tennessee Knoxville, Tennessee
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New Testament Reading John 3: 1-15 Now there was a Pharisee named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Judeans. He came to Jesus by night and said to him, “Rabbi, we
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Hebrew Scripture Genesis 3: 1-7 Now the serpent was more crafty than any other wild animal that the Lord God had made. He said to the woman, “Did God say,
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New Testament Reading: Matthew 17: 1-9 Six days later, Jesus took with him Peter and James and his brother John and led them up a high mountain, by themselves. And
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For two weeks, I served as a professor for a group of seminary students who traveled from their school in Berkeley, California to both Uganda and Rwanda. The course focused
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Acts 28: 7-15 Now in the neighborhood of that place were lands belonging to the leading man of the island, named Publius, who received us and entertained us hospitably for
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