Sermons from the Congregational Church in Exeter (UCC): Recent Episodes
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Every fall we start to think about the budget for next year. That means every fall the congregation is asked to give. Pastor Emily Heath talks about stewardship and generosity in this call to giving.
On All Saints’ Sunday, with a little help from JK Rowling, Pastor Emily Heath talks about what it means to build our lives on a firm foundation.
The final sermon in a four-part series on the Protestant Reformation. The legacy of the Reformation didn’t end with Luther and Calvin. God had “more light” left to break forth, and even we are called to the work of re-forming the church.
Part three of a four-sermon series on the Protestant Reformation. John Calvin often gets a bad rap, but Calvin’s ideas about God’s love and grace are worth looking at again.
Part Two in a four-sermon series on the 500th anniversary of the Reformation. Today’s sermon focuses on Martin Luther and what it meant to be courageous in the face of the powers that be.
In the first series of a four sermon series on the 500th anniversary of the Reformation, Pastor Emily Heath talks about a scared young man named Martin Luther, and how he learned that God loved him.
Everyone knows the story of Jonah. But, did it really happen that way? Pastor Emily talks about true stories, and why they keep getting told, even when the facts don’t quite add up.
When Jesus crossed the lines to a woman by the well, he offered her something new. Pastor Emily Heath talks about how Living Water becomes the source of all that is good for those who seek God.
After a summer away, we’re back! As a new church program year starts, Pastor Emily Heath talks about the Greatest Commandment and what it means for our life together.
Shakespeare once wrote, “There is a special providence in the fall of the sparrow.” To put that in 21st century terms, if God knows how a sparrow is flying, doesn’t that mean that God knows everything we are facing as well? Pastor Emily challenges us to take Jesus words about how to lose our life seriously, and to put fear aside, trusting that we are worth more than many sparrows.
It’s our first summer service of 2017, and we’re looking at the story of Abraham and Sarah. When Sarah was told she’d have a child, her first response was to laugh off the possibility. How many times do we laugh at what is possible, instead of believing that God might be doing something new?
The Holy Spirit taught the disciples to speak new languages. 2,000 years later, we still have languages to learn. Rev. Emily C. Heath talks about translating our faith in new ways.
On Ascension Sunday, Christopher Breen preaches about what it means to follow Jesus, even when we stop looking up.
Six young people made the decision to be confirmed on Sunday. Hear the two rules they had to follow in Confirmation class, and why they matter for all of us. A note on the recording: it began a little early, but you can hear us honoring one of our high school grads at the start.
Stephen was the first Christian martyr. But martyrs aren’t always what we think. God calls us to be witnesses in the world, and to one another.