Archive for November 2024

Thanksgiving by Rev. Dr. Jay Marshall Groat – November 24, 202, at Mount Vernon, Ohio, based on I Thessalonians 5:12-22 I shared with you previously that I am part of a clergy peer group sponsored by our UCC local association, and I’ve been part of it for seven or eight years now. It’s a very…

Alabaster Jar by Rev. Dr. Jay Marshall Groat on November 17, 2024, at Mount Vernon, Ohio, based on Mark 14: 1-10 I served a couple churches in 17 years in the Chicago area. While we were there, we were members of various museums and one of them was the Art Institute of Chicago. Who’s been…

Ministry of Presence by Rev. Dr. Jay Marshall Groat on November 10, 2024, at Mount Vernon, Ohio, based on Mark 12: 41-44 So, this morning on this Stewardship Sunday, appropriately enough, one of our lectionary readings is what my Bible commentary says is, quote, the widow’s offering. In the tradition of the King James version,…

The Great Commandments by Rev. Dr. Jay Marshall Groat – November 3, 2024, at Mount Vernon, Ohio, based on Mark 12: 28-34 There was a theologian in the 20th century named Karl Barth. He was very well known. You don’t hear much about him anymore. I am of a generation where at my seminary we read…