Claremont United Church of Christ

How did you come to learn about the faith? We all have people, books, or experiences that shaped our own understanding of Christianity. Join Pastor Jen as we track the journey of our own faith.

These two books of history are seldom read because the stories they contain are mostly repeats from the historical books that come before. In this sermon, Pastor Jacob suggests that we cannot practice our Christian faith without understanding how we live out that faith in our own historical context.

Nehemiah contains the story of the people of Israel after they return from exile and are trying to rebuild their city. Pastor Jen teaches us the wisdom we can learn from their rebuilding efforts and how each person simply rebuilt their small part of the city.

The books of 2 and 3 John almost did not make it into the canon of Scripture because they are so short and lack context. Is there something we can learn from these letters that contain less than 300 words each? Pastor Jacob suggests that these letters capture in part what it is like to do ministry during a pandemic.

We kick off our series on "The Unread Books," that Pastors Jen and Jacob have not used for sermons in these last four years with Obadiah. What does this prophet have to say for our times?

St. Theresa is often lifted up as a saint extraordinaire, but there were many criticisms of her work in her lifetime, and she herself experienced periods of intense spiritual darkness. In this period of spiritual darkness for our country, Pastor Jacob calls for us to take stock of our own flaws so that we can humbly work to bring ourselves out of the chaos.

Join Pastor John as we learn about Christina the Astonishing and how her life can be a lesson to us about the work of resurrection we need to do to combat systemic racism in our country.

The most famous line of Julian of Norwich's writing is, "All shall be well. All shall be well. And all manner of things shall be well." But how can we think that anything will be well as our country confronts two major public health crises in Covid-19 and racism. Learn how our ability to confront the worst parts of ourselves can set us on the path toward wellness.

St. Jan Martin de Porres Velázquez may be the nicest man you ever hear about. But that still didn't stop him from experiencing terrible racism throughout his life. Pastor Jen shares how its time to stop making excuses for the systemic racism in our country.

Join Pastor Jacob as he explores the legacy of Oscar Romero and the importance of liberation theology.