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Feed. Be Fed.

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“A Year of Little Easters” 11.09.2025

Date: September 7th, 2025 (13th Sunday after Pentecost) Message Delivered at: Charlotte Congregational Church (UCC) Key Text(s): Matthew 28:1-10 This message was preached during our church’s annual “Gathering Sunday.” A busy Sunday filled with Blessing of our Sunday School, reception of new members, and Holy Communion. It also marked the begining of my Sabbatical.

“A Taste for Bitter Honey” 31.08.2025

Date: August 31st, 2025 (12th Sunday after Pentecost) Message Delivered at: Charlotte Congregational Church (UCC) Key Text(s): Psalm 81:1 & 10-16

“Everything” 17.08.2025

Date: August 17th, 2025 (10th Sunday after Pentecost) Message Delivered at: Charlotte Congregational Church (UCC) Key Text(s): Matthew 25:31-46

“Invitations, Not Answers” 03.08.2025

Date: August 3rd, 2025 (8th Sunday after Pentecost) Message Delivered at: Charlotte Congregational Church (UCC) Key Text(s): Matthew 13:31-32, 33 & 44

“Flock of Hope” 20.07.2025

Date: July 20th, 2025 (6th Sunday after Pentecost) Message Delivered at: Charlotte Congregational Church (UCC) Key Text(s): Romans 12:9-21

“The Plumb Truth” 13.07.2025

Date: July 13th, 2025 (5th Sunday after Pentecost) Message Delivered at: Charlotte Congregational Church (UCC) Key Text(s): Amos 7:7-17

“By the Marks” 29.06.2025

Date: June 29th, 2025 (3rd Sunday after Pentecost) Message Delivered at: Charlotte Congregational Church (UCC) Key Text(s): Acts 6:1-7

“Just Breathe…” 15.06.2025

Date: June 15th, 2025 (1st Sunday after Pentecost) Message Delivered at: Charlotte Congregational Church (UCC) Key Text(s): Acts 2:42-47

“Then They Remembered…” 25.05.2025

Date: May 25th, 2025 (6th Sunday of Easter) Message Delivered at: Charlotte Congregational Church (UCC) Key Text(s): Luke 24:1-9

Climate Change: ‘Befriend, Tend and Mend’* 18.05.2025

Date: May 18th, 2025 (5th Sunday of Easter) Message Delivered at: Charlotte Congregational Church (UCC) Key Text(s): Matthew 5:1-2 * For this title and sermon, I am indebted to Rabbi Ora Nitkin Kaner and the 2024-2025 EcoPreacher cohort of the BTS Center and Lexington Theological Seminary

“Borne on Vulture’s Wings”* 04.05.2025

Date: May 4th, 2025 (3rd Sunday of Easter) Message Delivered at: Charlotte Congregational Church (UCC) Key Text(s): – Genesis 15:9-11 – Leviticus 11:13 – Jeremiah 15:1-3 – Micah 1:16 – Luke 17:31-37 *Title taken from a chapter on vultures in “Consider the Birds: A Provocative Guide to Birds of the Bible,” by Debbie Blue

“Holy Spirit?” 27.04.2025

Date: April 27th, 2025 (2nd Sunday of Easter) Message Delivered at: Charlotte Congregational Church (UCC) Key Text(s): John 20:19-23

“Al-le-lu-ia!” 20.04.2025

Date: April 20th, 2025 (Easter Sunday) Message Delivered at: Charlotte Congregational Church (UCC) Key Text(s): Luke 24:1-12

“Parable of the Path” 30.03.2025

Date: March 30th, 2025 (4th Sunday in Lent) Message Delivered at: Charlotte Congregational Church (UCC) Key Text(s): John 5:2-9

“God Sympathy, People Sympathy” 02.02.2025

Date: February 2nd, 2025 (4th Sunday after Epiphany) Message Delivered at: Charlotte Congregational Church (UCC) Key Text(s): Jeremiah 1:4-10

“A Personal Mission Statement” 26.01.2025

Date: January 26th, 2025 (3rd Sunday after Epiphany) Message Delivered at: Charlotte Congregational Church (UCC) Key Text(s): Luke 4:14-21

“A Letter to MLK 2025” 19.01.2025

Date: January 19th, 2025 (2nd Sunday after Epiphany) Message Delivered at: Charlotte Congregational Church (UCC) Key Text(s): 1 Corinthians 12:1-11 Delivered on MLK Sunday 2025

“Goodbye, Umbrella” 12.01.2025

Date: January 12th, 2025 (First Sunday after Epiphany) Message Delivered at: Charlotte Congregational Church (UCC) Key Text(s): Luke 3:15-17 and 21-22

“Filling the Manger” 24.12.2024

Date: December 24th, 2024 (Christmas Eve) Message Delivered at: Charlotte Congregational Church (UCC) Key Text(s): Luke 2:1-20 This brief meditation was delivered at the 5pm Christmas Eve service of Charlotte Congregational Church (UCC)

“Smoothing” 08.12.2024

Date: December 8th, 2024 (2nd Sunday in Advent) Message Delivered at: Charlotte Congregational Church (UCC) Key Text(s): Luke 3:1-6

“Not Weighed Down” 01.12.2024

Date: December 1st, 2024 (1st Sunday in Advent) Message Delivered at: Charlotte Congregational Church (UCC) Key Text(s): Luke 21:25-36

“Something God Alone Can See” 17.11.2024

Date: November 17th, 2024 (26th Sunday after Pentecost) Message Delivered at: Charlotte Congregational Church (UCC) Key Text(s): Isaiah 43:16-21

“Incline My Ears” 10.11.2024

Date: November 10th, 2024 (25th Sunday after Pentecost) Message Delivered at: Charlotte Congregational Church (UCC) Key Text(s): Mark 12:38-44

“Permissions for God’s Silence, Distance” 20.10.2024

Date: October 20th, 2024 (22nd Sunday after Pentecost) Message Delivered at: Charlotte Congregational Church (UCC) Key Text(s): Job 23:1-9, 16-17

“Our Hands” 13.10.2024

Date: October 13th, 2024 (21st Sunday after Pentecost) Message Delivered at: Charlotte Congregational Church (UCC) Key Text(s): Acts 3:1-10 This week we begin our 2025 Annual Stewardship Campaign, celebrating the ways we’re using “Our Hands” at CCC.