Cleveland Park Congregational UCC
Nurturing love of God and love of neighbor in the world
Sunday, July 21
10:30 am
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Rev. Will Thomas-Clapp, guest preacher
~ Luke 8:26-39 ~
First, I would like to say, thank you, for the opportunity to be here with you this morning. As you read in your bulletin, my name is Rev. Will Thomas-Clapp, and if you are visiting, don’t worry, I’m just visiting, myself. The late Fred Craddock, former professor of homiletics at Candler School of Theology, used to say that a sermon was the product of the conversation between a pastor and a
Rev. Ellen Jennings
~ Ecclesiastes 3:1-15 ~
Summertime, and the livin’ is easy,
Fish are jumpin’ and the cotton is high,
Your daddy’s rich and your mama’s good lookin’,
So, hush, little baby; don’t you cry.
One of these mornings, you’re gonna rise up singing
Then you’ll spread your wings, and you’ll take to the sky
But until that morning, there is nothing can harm you
With daddy and mama standin’ by.
Summertime. Do we spread our wings and take
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Rev. Ellen Jennings
~ Psalm 23; Acts 9:36-43 ~
This morning’s New Testament reading is about a woman, Tabitha (her name in Hebrew) or Dorcas (Greek). Do you know what it means? Gazelle! And, since names in scripture are rarely chosen at random, I imagine the young Tabitha as graceful, spirited, and free. Continuing to imagine (because there’s only one paragraph about her in the entire New Testament), I see Tabitha growing older marrying, having children, working as a seamstress,
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Rev. Ellen Jennings
~ Isaiah 41:17-20, John 2:13-17 ~
When I first listened to Holy Now, I cried. It was so close to my own experience of transformation it hit me right in the heart.
It used to be a world half there
Heaven’s second-rate hand-me-down
But I walk it with a reverent air
Cause everything is holy now
As I’ve said before, I grew up in a fairly moderate Episcopal Church. And my family was incredibly outdoorsy (we
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Rev. Ellen Jennings
~ Isaiah 55:1-3a, Luke 13:6-9 ~
I’ve never liked the fig tree parable. It makes me sad, and kind of mad at Jesus, who seems unduly harsh. I mean, isn’t he supposed to champion “the least of these?” And yet, this story features a character who threatens to cut down the little ficus simply because it’s not “productive” enough!
But then I remember: it’s a parable. It was never meant to be taken literally. This story
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Washington, DC 20016
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| Worship (all ages) | 10:30 AM |
| Sunday School (K – 6th) | 10:45 AM |
| Childcare | 10AM – Noon |