United Church of Cohoes

This week, we conclude our Advent series, “The Redemption of Scrooge”, by looking at Scrooge’s encounter with the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come. We see that seeing a glimpse of sad future full of death and loneliness was the final push needed for Scrooge to embrace redemption. We then ask ourselves what would our futures look like without Jesus? Our main passages this week are Mark 14:32-36 and Matthew 27:46

Tonight, we continue our Thursday evening series on the Minor Prophets by walking through the book of Zephaniah. We examine how Zephaniah points out corruption at every level in Judah and we ask ourselves what does this look like today and how can we turn wrong into right?

This week, we continue our advent series “The Redemption of Scrooge”. For this installment, we will examine Scrooge’s encounter with the Ghost of Christmas Present. We see that the person that most reminds Scrooge of his pain and sorrow (Nephew Fred) is the person who is most activity trying to redeem him. This leads to the idea that God can take our fears and transform them into hope. Our main passage this week is Matthew 2:13-15.

This week, we continue our advent series “The Redemption of Scrooge”. For this installment, we will examine Scrooge’s encounter with the Ghost of Christmas Past. We explore the idea that we are often our own harshest critics. Why is it that the person we have the hardest time forgiving, is ourselves? Our main passage this week is John 4:7-17, 25-26.

Tonight, we continue our Thursday evening series on the Minor Prophets by walking through the book of Micah. We will examine the world into which Micah was speaking and look at the interesting extended metaphor Micah utilizes to talk about the people’s path away from their God.

This week, we break the social norms and start Christmas a little bit early! Our advent series this year is “The Redemption of Scrooge”. For our first installment, we will examine Scrooge’s encounter with his dead partner Jacob Marbly and what Jacob must teach him about how Scrooge should see the world. Our main passage this week is Luke 16:19-31.

This week, we look ahead to Thanksgiving, and we examine the idea of giving thanks to God. Nick explores the notion of ‘completing the circle of prayer’ by not only bringing our needs and desires to God but also thanking God when prayers are answered. Our main passage this week is Luke 17:11-19.

This week, we wrap up our series examining the 9 values of UCC by looking at how ‘Our Gifts Set Us on Mission.' We explore the idea that there is no perfect archetype person that God uses to spread the gospel, we can each show God’s love in our own unique way. Then we recap all our values and ponder the idea of what would living into these values look like. Our main passage this week is Matthew 28:16-20.

Tonight, we continue our Thursday evening series on the Minor Prophets by walking through the book of Jonah. We will examine just why Jonah was hesitant to prophesy the people of Nineveh and why he is so angry when God spares them. We will then ask ourselves, “how good at forgiveness are we?” Can we get to a place where we can forgive like God does?

This week, we continue our series examining the 9 values of UCC by looking at how ‘Generosity is our Heart’. We explore what it means to be generous, how it stretches far beyond dropping money in a plate. We also examine why we give of ourselves, how our generosity expands the reach of God and God’s love. Our main passage this week is Matthew 25:14-27.