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We know life is busy, so if you have to miss a Sunday but don't want to miss a sermon, check out the videos of recent sermons posted below. And if you're looking to find out more about what and how we believe at The Congregational Church of Needham, UCC, here's an easy and risk-free way to do just that. Take a listen and then think about joining us LIVE! via Zoom some Sunday soon.  Check out our complete catalog of sermon videos on YouTube here.

Grounded Worship Series 2/8
Creation: A Family History
February 21, 2021

The Bible is full of dysfunctional family histories: Jacob and Esau, Joseph and his brothers, David and Bathsheba. But behind them all is the story of the conflict between humanity and the rest of creation. Because animal, mineral, vegetable, we are one family, children of the same God. What if we saw the rest of the creation as neighbors, friends, siblings, rather than competitors or property? If this pandemic season has taught us anything, it's that we're a part of creation and not apart from. (Acts 17:22-28)

Lent is a season in the life of the church for reflection, when we intentionally sift our lives, all that we do and leave undone, looking to build upon all that is life-giving, for ourselves and our neighbors, and leave behind all that is not. It's a time to sink our roots deeper into God's good soil and grow from there.

...Now Available as a Podcast!

In an attempt to make our weekly sermons more accessible and more useful to you, we're now posting them as an audio-only podcast we're calling "Yes, We're Open! Living Faith with Needham UCC." You can find the podcast and subscribe to it on all your favorite podcast services including iTunes, Spotify, Stitcher, and others. (If you can't find it on your favorite service, let us know and we'll put it there.) So now it's even easier to listen around the house or in the car and even share a favorite sermon with someone you think might like to hear it. 

More Recent Sermons

Grounded Worship Series 1/8
What is Church for?
February 21, 2021
​Lent is a season in the life of the church for reflection, when we intentionally sift our lives, all that we do and leave undone, looking to build upon all that is life-giving, for ourselves and our neighbors, and leave behind all that is not. It's a time to sink our roots deeper into God's good soil and grow from there. This Lent, to help us get grounded again, we'll re-examine some core concepts in our faith and ask how they may lead us to that abundant life which is God's intention for all creation--or not. First up, this week we'll talk about the call of the Church, especially in relation to our call as individual Christians, and ask What is Church for, anyway?

Insight
February 14, 2021
Peter joins Jesus on the mountaintop and witnesses the moment of transfiguration, a moment that moves Peter first to fear and then inspires him to act. We'll remember our own mountaintop moments and reflect on how they make us feel, how they can keep us going, and how we can use that to build bridges. (Mark 9:2-9) - The Rev. Maddie Foster

Rest
February 7, 2021
All our systems and schedules aside, rest isn't a might or maybe once everything else gets done. Rest is a have-to, a necessity, literally baked into the way God makes us. Even Jesus needed to take time off and away from his mission to quite literally save the world, so we can, too. Which is fine to say in this pandemic moment, but how, exactly? How do we rest? And what kind of rest do we really need? Because per @thenapministry, rest is an act of resistance. (Mark 1:29-39).