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Sunday on the Commons
by United Church, Little Compton
Weekly podcast of sermons from the United Congregational Church of Little Compton, Rhode Island. Most weeks will feature our Senior Pastor, the Rev. Rebecca Floyd Marshall, in the pulpit, but guest preachers step in from time to time as well.
Episodes
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Mountaintop Experiences | February 27, 2022
www.ucclittlecompton.org | Support Our Ministry with $5 a Month “The soul can split the sky in two And let the face of God shine through” –Edna St. Vincent Millay A Prayer for Ukraine Exodus 34:29-35 Luke 9:28-36 Give to the Offering
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Its Not Just About Winning Gold | February 20, 2022
www.ucclittlecompton.org | Support Our Ministry with $5 a Month “Rats and roaches live by competition under the laws of supply and demand; it is the privilege of human beings to live under the laws of justice and mercy.” ― Wendell Berry A Prayer for Ukraine 1 Corinthians 1:18-24 Luke 6:27-38 Give...
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Where Do We Go From Here? | January 23, 2022
www.ucclittlecompton.org | Support Our Ministry with $5 a Month “Compassion is the keen awareness of the interdependence of all things.” –Thomas Merton 1 Corinthians 12:12-31a John 17:20-23 Special thanks to our new Interim Director of Music Raymond Buttero for the organ music this week. Give to...
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Remembering the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr | January 16, 2022
www.ucclittlecompton.org | Support Our Ministry with $5 a Month “There comes a time when one must take a position that is neither safe, nor politic, nor popular, but he must take it because conscience tells him it is right.” --The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Matthew 5:38-48 Special thanks to...
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God With Us: Baptism of Jesus | January 9, 2022
www.ucclittlecompton.org | Support Our Ministry with $5 a Month "“How about infant baptism? Shouldn't you wait until the child grows up enough to know what's going on?... When it comes to the forgiving and transforming love of God, one wonders if the six-week-old screecher knows all that much…
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Subversive Wisdom | Jeremy Langill | August 15, 2021
www.ucclittlecompton.org | Support Our Ministry with $5 a Month "You do not have to be good. You do no have to walk on your knees for a hundred miles through the desert repenting. You only have to let the soft animal of your body love what it loves. Tell me about despair, yours, and I will tell…
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Faith is Getting in the Boat | August 8, 2021
www.ucclittlecompton.org | Support Our Ministry with $5 a Month Psalm 107:23-32 John 6:15-21 Give to the Offering | Watch the video version of this service. We gratefully recognize the talents of the Spindle Rock River Rats who played for us this morning.
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Satisfied | August 1, 2021
www.ucclittlecompton.org | Support Our Ministry with $5 a Month Gracious God, it would have been enough if you had given us life and breath, but you also gave us hearts to love and hands to build and pray and hold each other. You gave us imagination and ingenuity. You gave us minds to choose and…
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Space for Silence | Sermon from July 25, 2021
www.ucclittlecompton.org | Support Our Ministry with $5 a Month “Not all of us are called to be hermits, but all of us need enough silence and solitude in our lives to enable the deeper voice of our own self to be heard at least occasionally.” ― Thomas Merton Psalm 131 Mark 6:30-34; 45-46 Give to...
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“Unbearable Words” | Guest Minister: Rev. Dr. Richard L. Floyd | July 11, 2021
www.ucclittlecompton.org | Support Our Ministry with $5 a Month “What I love about the Bible is that the story isn't over. There are still prophets in our midst. There are still dragons and beasts. It might not look like it, but the Resistance is winning. The light is breaking through. So, listen...
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“Re-imagining the Vision” | Guest Minister: Rev. Dr. Patricia Kogut | July 4, 2021
www.ucclittlecompton.org | Support Our Ministry with $5 a Month “May we think of freedom not as the right to do as we please, but as the opportunity to do what is right.” - Peter Marshall Scripture Reading 1: Isaiah 11:6-9 — Read by Maria Comery Scripture Reading 2: Matthew 13:24-30, 36-45 — Read...
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“Our abundance, their need.” | Guest Minister: Rev. Dr. Richard L. Floyd | June 27, 2021
www.ucclittlecompton.org | Support Our Ministry with $5 a Month “The Dead Sea in the Middle East receives fresh water, but it has no outlet, so it doesn't pass the water out. It receives beautiful water from the rivers, and the water goes dank. I mean, it just goes bad. And that's why it is the...
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“A Service on Haiti” | Guest Minister: Shirley Hardison & Jonas Azolin | June 20, 2021
www.ucclittlecompton.org | Support Our Ministry with $5 a Month “Life’s hard in Haiti right now. And the hardest thing is that the future does not lie with one person.” -- Edwidge Danticat “We must all find the spirit to help better humanity! We all have it inside us to contribute something to…
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“A Cinderella Story” | Guest Minister: Rev. Dr. Richard L. Floyd | June 13, 2021
www.ucclittlecompton.org | Support Our Ministry with $5 a Month Paul wrote to the church in Corinth, "Not many of you were wise by the world's standards, not many were powerful, not many were of noble birth. But God chose what is foolish to shame the wise; God chose what is weak in the world to...
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“In God We Trust” | Guest Minister: Rev. Dr. Richard L. Floyd | June 6, 2021
www.ucclittlecompton.org | Support Our Ministry with $5 a Month “Religion is never a good force per se, but merely the final conflict between human self-esteem and divine mercy, and the one is as frequently victorious as the other.”—Reinhold Niebuhr Scripture Reading 1: 1 Samuel 8: 4-11, (12-15),...
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"Can These Bones Live?" | Guest Minister: Rev. Beverley Edwards | May 30, 2021
www.ucclittlecompton.org | Support Our Ministry with $5 a Month “Hope begins in the dark, the stubborn hope that if you just show up and try to do the right thing, the dawn will come. You wait, you watch, and work: You don’t give up.” - Anne Lamont Scripture Reading 1: Ezekiel 37:1-14 — Read by...
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“When the Spirit comes”| Pentecost Sunday | May 23, 2021
www.ucclittlecompton.org | Support Our Ministry with $5 a Month "Without Pentecost the Christ-event - the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus - remains imprisoned in history as something to remember, think about and reflect on. The Spirit of Jesus comes to dwell within us, so that we can…
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“Sent” | Guest Preacher: Rev. Dr. Richard L. Floyd | May 16, 2021
www.ucclittlecompton.org | Support Our Ministry with $5 a Month “Prayer is commission. Out of the quietness with God, power is generated that turns the spiritual machinery of the world. When you pray, you begin to feel the sense of being sent, that the divine compulsion is upon you.”— E. Stanley...
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“You did not choose me but I chose you.” | Guest Preacher: Rev. Dr. Richard L. Floyd | May 9, 2021
www.ucclittlecompton.org | Support Our Ministry with $5 a Month "There is no perfect congregation, just the ones we've got, full of imperfect people that God loves and calls to be the Church." Rev. Dr. Richard L. Floyd Scripture Reading 1: Psalm 98: 4-9 — Read by Ron Tammaro Scripture Reading 2:...
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Abiding in God's Love | Guest Preacher: Rev. Lindsay Popperson | May 2, 2021
www.ucclittlecompton.org | Support Our Ministry with $5 a Month I know that I have life only insofar as I have love. I have no love except it come from Thee. Help me, please, to carry this candle against the wind. - Wendell Barry Scripture Reading 1: 1 John 4:7-21 — Read by Shirley Hardison...
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I am the good shepherd | Third Sunday after Easter | April 25, 2021
www.ucclittlecompton.org | Support Our Ministry with $5 a Month “We have all things and abound; not because I have a good store of money in the bank, not because I have skill and wit with which to win my bread, but because the Lord is my shepherd.” ― Charles Spurgeon Scripture Reading 1: Psalm 23…
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Unfinished Business, Unfinished Christians | Second Sunday after Easter | April 18, 2021
www.ucclittlecompton.org | Support Our Ministry with $5 a Month “Jesus's resurrection is the beginning of God's new project, not to snatch people away from earth to heaven, but to colonize earth with the life of heaven. That, after all, is what the Lord's Prayer is about. The resurrection…
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Who Will Roll Away the Stone? | First Sunday after Easter | April 11, 2021
“In the depths of winter, I finally learned that within me lay an invincible summer.” - Albert Camus Scripture Reading 1: Isaiah 25:6-9 — Read by Linton Harrington Scripture Reading 2: Mark 16:1-8 — Read by Prudence Fallon Give to the Offering | Watch the video version of this service. We...
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Christ is Risen! Allelulia! Easter Sunday 2021 | April 4, 2021
www.ucclittlecompton.org | Support Our Ministry - Give $5 a month “Maybe you have to know the darkness before you can appreciate the light” -Madeleine L’Engle Romans 6:3-11 - Read by Charlie Thomas John 20:1-18 - Read by Shirley Hardison Give to the Offering
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Palm Sunday! March 28, 2021
www.ucclittlecompton.org | Support Our Ministry - Give $5/week All glory, laud, and honor to you, Redeemer, King, to whom the lips of children made sweet hosannas ring. You are the King of Israel and David's royal Son, now in the Lord's name coming, the King and Blessed One. To you before your...
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Bonus: Journeys Through the Wilderness | Marking One Year of the Pandemic
www.ucclittlecompton.org | Support Our Ministry - Give $5/week “What makes the desert beautiful,' said the little prince, 'is that somewhere it hides a well...” ― Antoine de Saint-Exupéry On Sunday, March 14th, we marked one year since we began virtual worship due to the pandemic. During the...
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Gifts in the Wilderness | Fifth Sunday of Lent | March 21, 2021
www.ucclittlecompton.org | Support Our Ministry - Give $5/month “The word patience means the willingness to stay where we are and live the situation out to the full in the belief that something hidden there will manifest itself to us.” ― Henri J.M. Nouwen Numbers 21:4-9 - Read by Colonel Ron...
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Cleansing the Temple | Third Sunday of Lent | March 7, 2021
www.ucclittlecompton.org | Support Our Ministry - Give $5/month “I imagine Lent for you and for me as a great departure from the greedy, anxious anti-neighborliness of our economy, a great departure from our exclusionary politics that fears the other, a great departure from self-indulgent...
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Compassion | Second Sunday of Lent | February 28, 2021
www.ucclittlecompton.org | Support Our Ministry “We must learn to regard people less in the light of what they do or omit to do, and more in the light of what they suffer.” ― Dietrich Bonhoeffer Isaiah 49:8-16 - Read by Karen Corrigan, Deacon Mark 8:31-37 - Read by Maria Comery, Deacon
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Through the Wilderness | First Sunday of Lent | February 21, 2021
www.ucclittlecompton.org | Support Our Ministry “...Perhaps this blessing became the path beneath your feet, the desert that stretched before you, the clear sight that finally came.” --Jan Richardson Psalm 25:1-10 - Read by Nancy Dymecki (Deacon) Mark 1:9-15 - Read by Jennifer Thomas
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Ash Wednesday | February 17, 2021
www.ucclittlecompton.org | Support Our Ministry “Human nature vigorously resists grace because grace changes us and the change is painful.” --Flannery O’Connor A series of Readings: Ashes, a Sign of Creation (read by Kayla Oliveira, youth member) Psalm 8 (read by Mae Pacheco, youth member)…
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Another Chance | Guest Preacher the Rev. Dr. Richard L Floyd | February 14, 2021
www.ucclittlecompton.org | Support Our Ministry “Repentance is not something God demands of you before He will take you back and which He could let you off if He chose; it is simply a description of what going back is like.” --C. S. Lewis Isaiah 55:1-9 - Read by Harry Switzer (Deacon) Luke 13:1-9…
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Faith is an Action Verb | February 7, 2021
www.ucclittlecompton.org | Support Our Ministry “It is when the church gives itself away in radical acts of service and compassion, expecting nothing in return, that the way of Jesus is most vividly put on display.” --Rob Bell 2 Corinthians 3:1-6 (read by Karen Corrigan, Deacon) Mark 2:13-17…
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Confronting Our Demons | January 31, 2021
www.ucclittlecompton.org | Support Our Ministry “Confront the dark parts of yourself, and work to banish them with illumination and forgiveness. Your willingness to wrestle with your demons will cause your angels to sing.” --August Wilson The stories of Jesus casting out demons in the Gospels are...
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Your Calling | January 24, 2021
www.ucclittlecompton.org | Support Our Ministry “The place God calls you to is the place where your deep gladness and the world’s deep hunger meet.” --Frederick Buechner Psalm 139:1-6, 13-18 - Read by Russell Bodington (Deacon) Mark 1:14-20 - Read by Nancy Dymecki (Deacon) Special thanks this…
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A Service in Honor of Rev Dr Martin Luther King Jr | January 17, 2021
www.ucclittlecompton.org | Support Our Ministry “Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.” --The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Join us as we hear from the writings of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Amos 5: 16a; 21-24 -...
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Christmas Eve 2020
www.ucclittlecompton.org | Support Our Ministry Watch the video version of this service. Celebrate the arrival of Christ with us in a service full of beautiful music and wonderful readings from scripture. “God is in the manger, wealth in poverty, light in darkness, succor in abandonment. No evil...
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No Room in the Inn | Fourth Sunday of Advent 2020
www.ucclittlecompton.org | Support Our Ministry Watch the Video Version of this Service As Advent draws to a close, we remember the story of Mary and Joseph traveling to Bethlehem, where there was no room for them in the Inn. What does it mean to welcome the stranger and care for those in need?…
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How Can We Keep From Singing? | Third Sunday of Advent, 2020
www.ucclittlecompton.org | Support Our Ministry Watch the video version of this service On the Third Sunday of Advent, Mary's Magnificant reminds us that this season of waiting and anticipation is also a season of joy. And though we cannot sing together this year, let us still lift up our voices…
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Confession and Repentance | Second Sunday of Advent | December 6, 2020
www.ucclittlecompton.org | Support Our Ministry View the Video Version of this Service The stark image of John the Baptist, prophet in the wilderness, calling all who listen to repent, greets us on the Second Sunday of Advent. How should we understand the practices of confession and repentance…
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Ordering Our Lives | November 15, 2020
www.ucclittlecompton.org | Support Our Ministry Watch the video version of this service. Economy, Ecology, Ecumenism: they all come from the same Greek root word, Oikos, which means "household." At root, all of these things are about how we order our lives and our resources in relation to others....
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Entering the Conversation | November 8, 2020
www.ucclittlecompton.org | Support Our Ministry Watch the video version of this service. When we pray, we aren't giving God new information, we are opening ourselves up to the conversation God is already having. To hear what God is saying, we have to trust that God is already working and moving…
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A Service of Remembrance (Live) | All Saints Day | November 1, 2020
www.ucclittlecompton.org | Support Our Ministry Watch the video version of this service. This is audio from our in-person All Saints Service, honoring the lives of those who have died in our community in the past year. During the service, we lit candles in their honor, and if you are listening to...
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Being a Witness | October 25, 2020
www.ucclittlecompton.org | Support Our Ministry This week, we discuss what it means to give testimony to our faith. Special thanks to Sarah Whitehead for gracing us with her singing voice this week and to Tara Bradley and Carol Beach for their beautiful testimony. Watch the video version of this...
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Where Your Treasure Is | Guest Preacher: David Cleaver-Bartholomew | Oct. 18, 2020
www.ucclittlecompton.org | Support Our Ministry Watch the video version of this service. This morning we welcome the Rev. David Cleaver-Bartholomew as a guest preacher. David is the Associate Conference Minister for Stewardship and Financial Development at the Southern New England Conference of…
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Peace that Passes Understanding | October 20, 2020
www.ucclittlecompton.org | Support Our Ministry Audio version of our virtual worship service from October 20, 2020. Watch the full video version of the service here. We cannot be instruments of God's peace unless we experience that peace ourselves. Philippians 4:1-9 John 14:25-27 Images About...
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Blessing of the Animals (Live) | Oct. 4 2020
www.ucclittlecompton.org | Support Our Ministry In honor of St. Francis of Assisi, we held a special outdoor service and "blessing of the animals" on a farm overlooking Sakonnet River. Listen here to the audio version, or watch the full service (and see the cute animals) here. Psalm 96 Colossians...
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Cornerstones and Stumbling Blocks (Live) | September 27, 2020
www.ucclittlecompton.org | Support Our Ministry Audio recording from our live service on September 27, 2020. View the full length video version of this service. Simon Peter is, in back to back stories in the gospels, described both as the rock on which Jesus will build the church and a potential...
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In Our Time | Sept. 20, 2020
www.ucclittlecompton.org | Support Our Ministry Throughout history, Christians have had to make intentional, and sometimes sacrificial and even risky decisions to practice their faith in spite of their surrounding cultures. When it comes to the practice of the Sabbath, what will that look like…
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How to Swim (Live) | Sept. 13, 2020
www.ucclittlecompton.org | Support Our Ministry This was recorded live at our Beach Service (apologies for the wind noise in the recordings), during which we also did our annual "blessing of the backpacks" to recognize our kids as they head back to school in what will be a very different fall....
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Weekly podcast of sermons from the United Congregational Church of Little Compton, Rhode Island. Most weeks will feature our Senior Pastor, the Rev. Rebecca Floyd Marshall, in the pulpit, but guest preachers step in from time to time as well.
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