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December 25 2022 - Christmas Day

Sermon: "The Gift" - Larry Atkins

Scripture: Luke 2: 29-40

Link to full service here.

December 24 2022 - Christmas Eve

Link to 5 pm service here.

Link to 10 pm service here.

10 pm sermon: "Making Meaning" - Rev. Martin Riekert

 

December 18 2022:

"A Surprising Christmas Pageant"

Link to full service here.

December 11 2022:

Sermon: “The Power of Anticipation” - Rev. Jack Soper

Scripture: Isaiah 35: 1-6 and Luke 1: 46b-55

Link to full service here.

December 10 2022:

Christmas Concert

Music Director: Jackson Carruthers

Link to full concert here.

 

December 4 2022:

Sermon: "Luke Pushed Them Onto the Stage" - Rev. Martin Riekert

Scripture: Luke 2: 15-20

Link to full service here.

November 27 2022:

Sermon: "A Populist Performative Profession" - Rev. Martin Riekert

Scripture: Matthew 4: 12-17

Link to full service here.

November 20 2022:

Sermon: "Simply Gratitude" - Rev. Martin Riekert

Scripture: 1 Peter 2:1-10

Link to full service here.

 

November 13 2022:

Sermon: "In the Lynn Social Security Office" - Rev. Martin Riekert

Scripture: Deuteronomy 15:7-11, Mark 14:3-9

Link to full service here.

 

November 6 2022:

Sermon: "Suffering Is Human" - Rev. Amy Bruch

Scripture: Philippians 1:21-30 and II Corinthians 12:9-10

Link to full service here.

October 30 2022:

Sermon: "A Missing Word Recovered" - Rev. Jack Soper

Scripture: Romans 8:28

Link to full service here.

October 23 2022:

Sermon: "Commandments for Relationship" - Rev. Amy Bruch

Scripture: Exodus 19:3-7: 20: 1-17

Link to full service here.

 

October 16 2022:

Sermon: "The Common Ground Excluding the Common Good" - Rev. Martin Riekert

Scripture: Galatians 2:11-14

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October 9 2022:

Sermon: "It Should Be Hazy" - Rev. Martin Riekert

Scripture: Matthew 9:14-17

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October 2 2022:

Sermon: "He Left a Table" - Rev. Martin Riekert

Scripture: Matthew 9:9-13, I Corinthians 11:17-26, 33-34

Link to full service here.

 

September 25 2022:

Sermon: "What Are You Doing Here?" - Rev. Martin Riekert

Scripture: I Kings 19:11-15

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September 18 2022:

Sermon: "My Neighbor's Keeper" - Rev. Amy Bruch

Scripture: Matthew 25:31-40 and Romans 12:1-2 and 9-13

Link to full service here.

 

September 4 2022:

Sermon: "In the Capitol, On Times Square, In the Supreme Court, In ..." - Rev. Martin Riekert

Scripture: Proverbs 1:20-33, Matthew 5:21-26

Link to full service here.

 

August 28 2022:

Sermon: "Only GPS" - Rev. Martin Riekert

Scripture: Matthew 13: 51-53

Link to full service here.

 

August 21 2022:

Sermon: "Aosdana" - Rev. Amy Bruch

Scripture: Jeremiah 6:16a and Hebrews 11:8-16

Link to full service here.

 

August 14 2022:

Sermon: "Burning Faith in a Dry Time" - Rev. Teri Motley

Scripture: Isaiah 5:1-7, Luke 12:49-56

Link to full service here.

 

August 7 2022:

Sermon: "Living the Faith of Christ" - Rev. Jack Soper

Scripture: Galatians 2:15-21, 3:23-29

Link to full service here.

 

July 31 2022:

Sermon: "More Than Yes or No" -Rev. Marti Soper

Scripture: John 3:1-16

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July 24 2022:

Sermon: "Knocking on Heaven's Door" - Rev. Rev. Beth Horne

Scripture: Psalm 138:1-8, Luke 11:1-13

Link to full service here.

 

July 17 2022:

Sermon: "A Midsummer Prescription" - Rev. Amy Bruch

Scripture: Luke 11: 1-13

Link to full service here.

 

July 10 2022:

Sermon: "Jesus Can Make Short People TALL" - Rev. David Woods

Link to full service here.

 

July 3 2022:

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June 26 2022:

Sermon: "Make me a Blessing" - Rev. Judith Brain

Link to full service here.

 

June 19 2022:

Sermon: "God the Father" - Rev. Judith Brain

Link to full service here.

June 12 2022 (Blessing of the Animals):

Sermon: "Still a Lot to Learn" - Rev. Amy Bruch

Link to full service here.

June 5 2022:

Sermon: "Supper Is Ready" - Rev. Judy Brain

Link to full service here.

May 29 2022:

Sermon: "The Call of the Comma" - Rev. Judy Brain

Link to full service here.

 

May 22 2022:

Sermon: "The Rock Tumbler of Life" - Rev. Amy Bruch

Link to full service here.

 

May 15 2022:

Sermon: "Reaching Out - A Caregiver's Story" - Mr. Larry Atkins

Link to full service here.

 

May 8 2022:

Sermon: "Mothers and the Art of Faith" - Pastor David Woods

Link to full service here.

 

April 24 2022:

Sermon: "Holy Mysteries - Singularity Earthlings and Is-ness" - Rev. Amy Bruch

Link to full service here.

 

April 17 2022 (Easter):

Sermon: "You Should Know the Story By Now" - Rev. Martin Riekert

Link to full service here.

 

April 10 2022:

Sermon: "Amy's Alternative Homily" - Rev. Amy Bruch.

Link to full service here.

 

April 3 2022:

Sermon: "Walking in the Shoes on the Other Feet" - Rev. Martin Riekert

Link to full service here.

 

March 27 2022:

Sermon: "The Runaway Bunny" - Rev. Amy Bruch.

Scripture reading: Luke 15: 1-3, 11b-32

Link to the full service here.

March 20 2022:

Sermon: "Sakura" - Rev. Martin Riekert

Link to full service here.

March 13 2022:

Sermon: "A Ray From On High" - Rev. Martin Riekert

Link to full service here.

March 6 2022:

Sermon: "When Weakness Becomes Power" - Rev. Susan P. Mitchell

Link to full service here.

February 27 2022:

Sermon: "This Blank Canvass" - Rev. Amy Bruch

Link to full service here.

February 20 2022:

Sermon: "Buried in Obscurity" - Rev. Martin Riekert

Link to full service here.

February 13 2022:

Sermon: "Horseradish and Mustard" - Rev. Martin Riekert

Link to full service here.

February 6 2022:

Sermon: "Give Us a Break, Man" - Rev. Martin Riekert

Link to full service here.

January 30 2022:

Sermon: "An Old Dog and New Tricks" - Rev. Martin Riekert

Link to full service here.   

12/30/2018: "Preach the Gospel At All Times and If Necessary Use Words"-

                                                                                                       Larry Atkins

12/23/2018: "Spiraling Out of Control"  - Rev. Martin Riekert

12/09/2018: "Passing of the Peace" - Rev. Martin Riekert

12/02/2018: "Silence" - Rev. Amy Bruch

11/25/2018: "The Stories We Tell" - Rev. Martin Riekert

11/18/2018: "This Blessedness" - Rev. Martin Riekert

11/11/2018: "America The Beautiful" - Rev. Martin Riekert

11/04/2018: "Words From Afar": - Rev. Martin Riekert

10/21/2018: "We Keep You In Our Prayers": - Rev. Martin Riekert

10/14/2018: "The Hawk Just Sat There": - Rev. Martin Riekert

10/07/2018:  "Living in Community": - Rev. Amy Bruch

09/30/2018:  "The Narrow Ridge": - Rev. Martin Riekert

09/23/2018:  "Investing In God's Mission": - Rev. Dr. Jonathan New

09/16/2018:  "Won't You Be My Neighbor?": - Rev. Amy Bruch

09/02/2018:  "The More Things Change.": - Rev. Martin Riekert

 

08/26/2018:  "To Paint an Office": - Rev. Martin Riekert

08/19/2018:  "CCT Seed Vault": - Rev. Amy Bruch

08/12/2018:  "Deep Blue" - Rev. Martin Riekert

 

07/29/2018:  "How We Lost The Sky" - Rev. Martin Riekert

07/22/2018:  "Illumination" - Rev. Amy Bruch

07/15/2018:  "Jesus OnThe Border" - Rev. Roger A. Lier

07/08/2018:  "Some Things You Can Fix and Some Things You Cannot Fix"-

                                                                                                Larry Atkins

07/01/2018:  "Holding It Together Redux" - Rev. Martin Riekert

06/24/2018:  "Holding It Together" - Rev. Martin Riekert

06/17/2018:  "Nunuku's Law"  - Rev. Martin Riekert

06/03/2018:  "There Is No Such Question" - Rev. Martin Riekert

 

05/27/2018:  "You Can't Get There From Here" - Rev. Martin Riekert

05/20/2018:  "Developing Superpowers" - Rev. Amy Bruch

05/06/2018:  "I Appeal To You To Be Conformed To This World" -

                                                                                            Rev. Martin Riekert

04.29.2018:  "The Zebra Man" - Rev. Martin Riekert

04/22/2018:  "Let Us Sing" - Rev. Martin Riekert

04/15/2018:  "Going It Alone" - Dr. T. Richard Snyder

04/08/2018:   "How Can You Not Get That" - Rev. Martin Riekert

04/01/2018:  "Eating Alone" - Rev. Martin Riekert

 

03/25/2018:  "Looking Beyond, Seeing Underneath" - Rev. Martin Riekert

03/11/2018:  "Korban" - Rev. Martin Riekert

03/04/2018:  "Holding Eastern Goutha while Celebrating Heat Pads" -

                                                                                            Rev. Martin Riekert

02/25/2018:  "Perpetual Euphoria" - Rev. Martin Riekert

02/18/2018:  "Do You See the Problem" - Rev. Donald Remick

02/11/2018: "A Sausage of Angel and Beast" - Larry Atkin

02/04/2018:  "Feasting Like Disciples" - Rev. Amy Bruch

01/28/2018:   "FEMA and Beyond" - Rev. Martin Riekert

01/21/2018: "Falling Together" - Rev. Amy Bruch

01/14/2018:  "Not through the Telescope" - Rev. Martin Riekert

01/07/2018:  "Epiphany...and then?" - Rev. Martin Riekert

12/31/2017:  "Christmas Spirit?" - Larry Atkins

12/24/2017:  "Signs Tell the Story" - Rev. Amy Bruch

12/10/2017:  "Meatless Meatballs, Sneetches, and other Stories" -

                                                                                          Rev. Amy Bruch

12/03/2017:  "The Killing Fields" - Rev. Martin Riekert

 

11/26/2017:  "An Epistle of Straw" - Rev. Martin Riekert

11/19/2017:  "Deacons Stewardship Moment" - Mike Ierardi

11/19/2017:  "The Trick Is To Look Down" - Rev. Martin Riekert

11/12/2017:  "What Would A Good Day Look Like" - Rev. Amy Bruch

11/05/2017:  "Voices in the Dark" - Rev. Martin Riekert

10/29/2017:  "Mission Trip Reflections" - Members of the Mission Trip

10/22/2017:  "Politics,Sausage and Church" - Rev. Martin Riekert

10/15/2017:  "The Lion Has Roared" - Rev. Amy Bruch

10/08/2017:  "Groundhog Day" - Rev. Martin Riekert

10/01/2017:  "Rebel with a cause" - Rev. Martin Riekert

09/24/2017:  "Filling it in" - Rev. Martin Riekert

09/17/2017:  "Finding a balance" - Rev. Amy Bruch

09/03/2017:  "Perspectives on display"-Rev. Martin Riekert

08/27/2017:  "I Sing Behind the Plow" - Rev. Amy Bruch

08/20/2017:  "The Question" - Rev. Martin Riekert

08/13/2017:  "The Trajectory of Planet Nibiru" - Rev. Martin Riekert

08/06/2017:  "Legato" - Rev. Martin Riekert

07/30/2017:  "How We Die" - Rev. Martin Riekert

07/23/2017:  "What is Truth" - Rev. Amy Bruch

07/16/2017"A weird assessment" - Rev. Martin Riekert

07/09/2017:  "When Mukurob Fell..." - Rev. Martin Riekert

07/02/2017:  "Nothing against lepers but..." - Rev. Martin Riekert

06/25/2017:  "The More Things Change..." - Rev. Martin Riekert

06/18/2017: "Aha Moments" - Rev. Amy Bruch

06/04/2017:  "Unbearable mundaneness" - Rev. Martin Riekert

05/28/2017: "He prepares me for war..." - Rev. Martin Riekert

05/21/2017: "They're Telling Us- Are We Listening" -Rev. Amy Bruch

05/14/2017: "Holy Encounters Mary Elizabeth and Other Beloved"

                                                                                             - Rev. Amy Bruch

05/07/2017: "Faith: Understanding Verses Knowing" - Rev. William Main

04/30/2017: "Waiting for the knock on the door" - Rev. Martin Riekert

04/23/2017: "When in Rome..."  - Rev. Martin Riekert

04/16/2017: "After Three Endings Perhaps a New Beginning"

                                                                                        - Rev. Martin Riekert

04/09/2017: "The triumphant entry" - Rev. Martin Riekert

04/02/2017: "On the fast track" - Rev. Martin Riekert

03/26/2017: "Orchestra" -  Rev. Amy Bruch

03/19/2017: "It is what it is" - Rev. Martin Riekert

03/12/2017: "The Missouri Doctrine" - Rev. Martin Riekert

03/05/2017: "Nimble giants"  - Rev. Martin Riekert

02/26/2017: "Been there done that" - Rev. Martin Riekert

02/19/2017: "One way" - Rev. Martin Riekert

02/12/2017: "Why do it?"- Rev. Martin Riekert

02/05/2017: "Mysteries, Yes"- Rev. Amy Bruch

01/29/2017: "Seeing and Looking"- Rev. Martin Riekert

01/22/2017: "Everything and the Only Thing"- Rev. Martin Riekert

01/15/2017: "An Untimely Death and that Second Death"- Rev. Martin Riekert

01/08/2017: "The Mission"- Rev. Martin Riekert

01/01/2017: Act III:  "Grace and Authenticity"-Rev. Amy Bruch

12/11/2016:  A Shortage of Angels- Rev. Martin Riekert

11/20/2016:  Act II:  We Were Made for Times Like These- Rev. Amy Bruch

11/13/2016:  When the fog clears- Rev. Martin Riekert

10/2/2016:   Act I:  Wrestling- Rev. Amy Bruch

06/19/2016:  Rights of Passing - Rev. Martin Riekert

02/08/2015: The Passion and Politics of Islam- Raheel Raza

02/02/2014: The Curse of Unity? - Rev. Martin Riekert

09/29/2013: A Willingness to Look at Nothing- Rev. Martin Riekert

Join us for worship!

Sundays at 9:30 am

 In-person or via Zoom

The Congregational Church of Topsfield
9 East Common Street
Topsfield, MA 01983
Phone: (978) 887-2101
General email: office@topsfieldchurch.org

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The Church Office is in the Emerson Center at 9 East Common St. across from the Town Common.

Office hours are

Mon. – Fri. 10 AM – 1 PM and by appointment.

Summer Office hours are

Tues. - Thurs. - 10 AM - 1 PM and by appointment

            

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