Sept. 17, 2017 // Narrative Yr. 4.2 // First Congregational United Church of Christ, Ashland, Oregon // Rev. Christina G. Kukuk // “Words Can Do That: Naming God #1”; Genesis 16; Genesis 21:8-21 Intro One of my favorite Baptist preachers once described the story we just heard as a textbook example of family system dysfunction. …
OWL: Our Whole Lives Parents say: I was sooooo happy my child did OWL in 4th grade. I know it felt a little bit young for the information that was presented, which made me extra glad she did it as it would have taken me years to teach her about some of these things, and …
Sept. 10, 2017 // Narrative Yr. 4.1 // First Congregational United Church of Christ, Ashland, Oregon // Rev. Christina G. Kukuk // “Words Can Do That”; Genesis 1-19; Genesis 1:20-2:3 Intro “Let us remake the world with words…” For the past two weeks, we called one another to worship with a poem by Gregory …
Published on Aug 21, 2017 We want to add our voices to those who are speaking out against discrimination in all of its forms. Music is our voice. Written by Kim Griswell-Lowry and Neil Holland
August 20, 2017 // The Good Book? Series // First Congregational United Church of Christ, Ashland, Oregon // Rev. Christina G. Kukuk // “The View from 9,000 Feet”; Genesis 7:6-24; Genesis 8:13-22, 9:8-15 Intro When I reached the top of Atalaya Mountain two weeks ago, my first thought surprised me. Perhaps you’ve had a similar …
July 16, 2017/ Summer NL Lord’s Prayer 5// First Congregational United Church of Christ, Ashland, Oregon // Rev. Christina G. Kukuk // “Teach Us To Pray: Making Concession”; Psalm 103:8-13; Luke 11:1-13; Mark Berry version of Lord’s Prayer Intro Among the books in which I can lose myself for hours is PostSecret: Confessions on Life, …
2017 Church Retreat at Mountain Lakes Bible Camp
July 9, 2017/ Summer NL Lord’s Prayer 4// First Congregational United Church of Christ, Ashland, Oregon // Rev. Christina G. Kukuk // “Teach Us To Pray: Mundane Need”: “Give Us Today Our Daily Bread” by Michael Joseph Brown, Sojourner’s Bulletin; Luke 11:1-13; Sarah Dylan Breuer version of Lord’s Prayer Intro In the 1965 film …
June 25, 2017/ Summer NL Lord’s Prayer 3// First Congregational United Church of Christ, Ashland, Oregon // Rev. Christina G. Kukuk // “Teach Us To Pray: First Person Plural”: excerpt from She Who Is, by Elizabeth Johnson; Luke 11:1-13; Boston College IREPM version of Lord’s Prayer Intro Last summer, as we rode together the spiritual …
June 18, 2017/ Summer NL Lord’s Prayer 2// First Congregational United Church of Christ, Ashland, Oregon // Rev. Christina G. Kukuk // “Teach Us To Pray: Against the Disorder of the World”: “Kingdom of God,” by Frederick Buechner; Luke 11:1-13; New Zealand Prayer Book version of the Lord’s Prayer Intro I’m not sure what …
