Scripture: 1 Samuel 18: 1-7; 2 Samuel 1:26 Jill A. Kirchner-Rose, MDIV, DMIN October 9, 2016 I want to thank everyone who attended the worship service last week at Mentone UCC. It was an uplifting service, indeed. At a time when racial tensions are high in our country, it was so good to gather around…
Scripture: 2 Samuel 9: 1-13 Jill A. Kirchner-Rose, MDIV, DMIN October 2, 2016 First, I would like to say thank you to Mentone United Church of Christ for hosting us this morning. You came in July and led us in an inspiring, moving, spirit-filled worship service. And ever since members of Redlands United Church of…
Scripture: 1 Samuel 17:41-50 Jill A. Kirchner-Rose, MDIV, DMIN September 25, 2016 This past April, our RUCC book group read the book, The Secret Chord, by Geraldine Brooks. The Secret Chord is a historical novel based on the life of King David. One of the members of the book group made the comment that she…
Scripture: Exodus 17:11-13, Revelation 21:5 Jill A. Kirchner-Rose, MDIV, DMIN September 4, 2016 Labor Day weekend is often a time to fire up the grill and watch baseball. Baseball may begin in the spring, but it blossoms in the summer. Baseball is called America’s favorite past time. A few weeks ago, our church went on…
Scripture: Mark 7: 24-30 Jill A. Kirchner-Rose, MDIV, DMIN August 28, 2016 In my 20 plus years of ordained ministry, I have never preached on today’s scripture passage. I have never even attempted to preach on it. Why? It doesn’t make any sense to me. The Jesus I have come to love and follow and…
Scripture: Psalm 139:7-12, Luke 16:19-31 Jill A. Kirchner-Rose, MDIV, DMIN August 14, 2016 A man from Chicago was traveling to Florida for a vacation. His wife was delayed and was going to join him the next day. When he arrived at his hotel, he saw that his cell phone battery had died so he decided…
Scripture: 1 Corinthians 13 Jill A. Kirchner-Rose, MDIV, DMIN August 7, 2016 The news recently has been heart-breaking for police officers so I thought I would share a light-hearted story about a police officer. A woman was tailgating a man in front of her. The man in front of her came to a yellow light,…
Scripture: Luke 15: 1-6 Jill A. Kirchner-Rose, MDIV, DMIN July 24, 2016 Is there anyone here playing Pokemon Go? Pokemon Go has quickly become a cultural phenomenon. In the first week of its release, there were 21 million users making it the most popular app in U.S. History. In Pokemon Go, the whole world is…
Scripture: Book of Philemon Jill A. Kirchner-Rose, MDIV, DMIN July 17, 2016 The last two weeks I have been preaching on “Sabbath”. The first week was “Sabbath for the body”. Last week was “Sabbath for the soul.” I still have two more sermons on Sabbath to preach – “Sabbath for the mind” and “Sabbath for…
Scripture: John 10:30, “In My Soul” by Rabia of Basra (8th c. Sufi Mystic) Jill A. Kirchner-Rose, MDIV, DMIN July 10, 2016 Larry Rose posted a moving story on the RUCC Facebook page yesterday. The story is about an African-American woman who walked into a convenience store to pick up a Power bar. There were…