United Church of Cohoes

This week, we kick off our Summer Series, Theater and Theology, where we examine deep Biblical themes in some of our favorite movies. First up, is X-men: Days of Future Past. We will see the story of Mystic and how her quest for vengeance has consequences beyond anything we could ever imagine. Then, we compare her story to the tale of Joseph, who also had to make a choice between vengeance and mer...

This week, we pause for a moment to reflect back on the first half of 2026. We will reexamine our UP-IN-OUT goals from January and think of ways we can keep moving forward with them for the remaining part of this year. Our main passage this week is Matthew 22:37-40.

This week, we continue our series walking through the Gospel of Mark. Jesus wraps up this parable section by talking about the mustard seed. From such a small seed the large mustard tree (or toothbrush tree!) grows. So it is with our walks. The smallest steps forward are to be celebrated. The smallest things we do for others can make the biggest impacts. How can we move the kingdom of Heaven from...

This week, we continue our series walking through the Gospel of Mark. Jesus continues teaching in parables, and this time it is about a farmer watching things grow. It reminds us that we are not the ones responsible for anyone’s salvation—that’s God’s job. Our Job is to love people and provides safe spaces where they can see the love of God. Our main passages this week are Mark 4:26-29.

This week, we continue our series walking through the Gospel of Mark. Jesus tells the people that they will be judged in the exact same way we judge people. In essence, Jesus is saying that however we display God to others, is the God we will get in return. How does the way we portray and represent God impact how others see God? Our main passages this week are Mark 4:21-26.

Tonight, we continue our Thursday night series ‘Women of the Bible’, by examining the story of Huldah. We examine questions of faith and repentance and how this Prophet from Judah reminded the king and all of us what it means to love God.

This week, we continue our series walking through the Gospel of Mark. We look at a section where Jesus is confronted by his family. We will look at what does Jesus mean by family? What does family look like? We see just how important it can be to have a spiritual family and how we as the church can live into that model of living. Our main passages this week are Mark 3:31-35.

This week, we continue our series walking through the Gospel of Mark. We look at a section where Jesus is confronted by both his family and religious leaders. Jesus invokes the cultural memory of civil war to ask the people if they think he is of God or of Satan. We examine just what the ‘unforgivable sin’ is and what it shows us about God. Our main passages this week are Mark 3:20-30.

Tonight, we continue our Thursday night series ‘Women of the Bible’, by examining the story of The Shunammite Woman from 2 Kings 4 and 8. We will look at what it means to trust God and how we can who faith like her and partner with God on the Great mission of redeeming all things.

This week, we continue our series walking through the Gospel of Mark. We transition to a section of Mark that revolves around calling and sending out the 12 apostles. We will examine how Jesus brought together people from all walks of life (and people who probably didn’t even like each other!) all for the furtherment of his mission of love and grace. Our main passages this week are Mark 3:7-19.

Tonight, we continue our Thursday night series ‘Women of the Bible’, by examining the story of Ruth. We will explore the ideas of loyalty and love and then see how those ideas spread when we live them out in our daily lives.

Tonight, we continue our Thursday night series ‘Women of the Bible’, by examining the story of Abigail. We will see how God used Abigail as a calm voice and mentor toward David in a moment of sinful anger. We will ask, “what roles positive mentors play in our lives today?”

This week, Nick steps in as we continue our series walking through the Gospel of Mark. We examine another controversy Jesus stirs up by not fasting at “appropriate times.” We will look at fasting as a whole but also how it relates to the metaphor of the new and renewed wine-skins. We will ask ourselves how fasting can being us closer to Jesus. Our main passages this week are Mark 2:18-22.

Tonight, we continue our Thursday night series ‘Women of the Bible’, by examining the story of Deborah and Jael. We will explore the role these two played in the defense of the Northern Tribes of Israel and how Jael becomes a model of strength and remembered so fondly.

This week, we continue our series walking through the Gospel of Mark. We examine another controversy Jesus stirs up by eating with tax collectors and sinners. We will explore how we are to bring this idea into our lives today and how we can shine the love of Christ to those around us. Our main passages this week are Mark 2:13-17.

Tonight, we continue our Thursday night series ‘Women of the Bible’, by examining the story of Rahab. We will explore the role she played in the earliest days in the promised land. Then we will see how the New Testament writers held her up as a pillar of faith.

This week, we jump back into our series walking through the Gospel of Mark. We enter a section of the story where Jesus starts to put himself at odds with the religious establishment of the day. We examine the idea that Jesus has authority for forgive all sins but also care about our individual problems and worries. Our main passages this week are Mark 2:1-12.

Tonight, we kick off our new Thursday night series ‘Women of the Bible’, by examining the story of Miriam. We will explore some of the main passages that tell the story of Miriam. We will see how powerful a leader and prophet she is, but also how she struggled with pride and jealousy as well.

This week, we celebrate Easter! We look at the story of the dry bones from Ezekiel, and we see how that story came to glorious fruition with Jesus’ resurrection. We examine how sometimes we need to see small moments of hope before we can understand our ultimate hope Our main passages this week are Luke 24:1-10.

This week, we continue our Lent series, “Into the Wilderness.” Today, we examine how wilderness times can be moments of comfort. We will explore the idea that comfort most ready comes from receiving hope—hope from God. There are many examples of God sending angles to comfort people and provide hope. How can we take part in this long tradition of being a messenger of God send to comfort and give ho...

This week, we continue our Lent series, “Into the Wilderness.” Today, we examine how wilderness times are often times of doubt. We will explore why doubt has been so vilified by the church over the years. We look at how Jesus handed cases of doubt and then ask how do we embrace the idea of doubt as a way for us to grow? Our main passages this week are Mark 9:2—25.

Tonight, we conclude our series on the Minor Prophets by diving into short book of Malachi. We examine how this book lays out some troubling behaviors by the people, but how it points to a coming home for all. We will conclude by briefly looking at the major themes that ran throughout the entire corpus of the minor prophets.

This week, we continue our Lent series, “Into the Wilderness.” Today, we examine how wilderness times are often times of dependence. We will explore the notion that being dependent on God is not a bad thing, how over time we learn that God will be there for us in all the small ways we often don’t see; that just like the Children of Israel learned to depend on their daily bread we too have to learn...

Tonight, we continue our series on the Minor Prophets by diving into short book of Joel. We examine how this book walks the line of prophecy and apocalyptic literature. We then ask ourselves why this shift happened and what we do in moments when new do not see God moving as we would like.

This week, we continue our Lent series, “Into the Wilderness.” Today, we examine how wilderness times are often the times when we are challenged the most. We will explore the idea that temptations are simply shortcuts that are presented to us that pull us off the path God wants us to be on. Our main passages this week are Matthew 4:1-11.