Do Not Fear the Grief

Scripture: Isaiah 65: 17-25 and Luke 21:5-19 Listen to this service here A pastor once shared with me that she didn't want to start crying and feeling her grief because she felt like she would drown under the grief. She'd never come back. So she bottled it up, more and more shoved into her heart, …

Rainbows of Hope – Lent 1 – Feb 21st 2021

Feb 21st, 2021 Hear and/or see this service with by clicking here. ANNOUNCEMENTS- Next Sunday is my last Sunday with St. Michaels. I am a basket case of emotions. Happy and sad. Mourning and looking forward. Everything jumbled. And so in love with our community. CENTERING So for our centering today, we’re going to use …

Thanksgiving 2020 – Beauty Every Day

Love, love, love. Always.

Loving God; Vengeful God – St. Michael’s UCC Baltimore Ohio November 15th 2020

Listen to this sermon here Jump to the sermon text November 15th, 2020ANNOUNCEMENTS Fairfield County continues to be red for COVID-19. Therefore, our services will be physically distant as a way to lovingly protect one another’s health.The community thanksgiving service will be online. Please let Rev. Bruno know if you would like a DvD of …

Mother’s Day 2020

Younger saints here --> "Pup and bear" Younger saint's reflection After listening to Pup and Bear, what do you notice? Who is not your mother, but still cuddles you and keeps you safe? You may not be a mother, but can you still love and protect another too? Please pray with me: Mothering God, thank …

Mixed Up Inside

See this Video Here See the kid's chat here Announcements This is our offering for the food pantry this week. Did you know 1 in 5 Ohioans have filed for unemployment? And some who haven’t filed are still without income… such as many babysitters. How are we going to get through this crisis? As a …

Angry Christians

Ephesians 4:25-5:2 John 6:35, 41-51 I get irrationally angry sometimes over the most silly, trivial things. I was parking the other day. There were only 2 spots left in the little lot. One in front of the other. A car went down the first lane, I went down the second. Now we'd both have the …

Is There Worthless Religion?

James 1:17-27 Mark 7:1-8, 14-15, 21-23 Do you dare to turn on the news lately? Do you dare to listen or read the stories coming out of Southern Europe, the Balkans, and North Africa? There is a migrant crisis, so it is being called. These common words obscure the horror of what is actually going …