Sermon: God’s Loving Paths
It was not long ago that we were wishing each other a Merry Christmas and celebrating the birth of the Christ Child and now we have begun the season of L...
Author: Fr. Peter
Prayer is a Verb
So here we are again, another mass shooting and more thoughts and prayers being sent all around. Now don’t get me wrong, thoughts and prayers are good I m...
Tribute for My Mother
My mother died on Thursday, February 8th and today, February 13th was her funeral. This is the sermon I preached on that occasion. I would like to begin this m...
Core Issues and Casting a Vision
For any organization to grow, they need to cast a vision. The process of determining that vision can be tedious but the result, hopefully, will set that group u...
Rules are Rules no Matter How Important the Game is
As a native New Englander I am a die-hard Patriots fan, well sometimes I get frustrated and change the channel, but in the end, I root for my team. The d...
Sermon: Source of Strength
Last Tuesday night we held a forum here at Bethany concerning the search for our new senior minister. We asked our Associate Conference Minister Don Remi...
When People Leave the Church
There are hundreds, perhaps thousands of books available on the concept of Church growth. There are as many strategies for growth as there are books. Church sp...
Leaning into the future
I serve as an Intentional Interim Minister in the United Church of Christ, and as such, I am only with a congregation for a brief period. My task is to work wit...
Is it time to dump the hymnal?
It has been said, but I am not sure by whom, that there are two things that bring people to a church, preaching and music. It has also been said, probably by th...
Sermon: The Power to Do
Mark 1:21-28 I am a firm believer in miracles. I have seen miracles happen first hand. Those of us who are Boston sports fans have seen many miracles, and perha...