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Providence News Today | 2 Min News | The Daily News Now!Little Compton's Claim to It's a Wonderful LifeLittle Compton, Rhode Island, is making a case for being the true inspiration behind the iconic town of Bedford Falls in Its a Wonderful Life. Local historian Marjory OToole points to the films writers, who summered in Little Compton, and argues that the main characters name and the towns name itself are tied to the area. She also notes that Pottersville, the films alternate reality, has been a real neighborhood in Little Compton for decades. The debate between Little Compton and Seneca Falls continues as OToole watches the movie in search of more hidden links.DNN | The Daily News...
2025-12-2401 min
Rhode Island PBS WeeklyJuly 20, 2025 - Inspiring Students in Central Falls / Rhode Island's Floating Classroom / Alpacas in Little ComptonOn this episode we take another look at Michelle San Miguel’s in-depth interview with educator David Upegui. Upegui, who grew up experiencing homelessness, has now received the nation’s highest honor for STEM teachers. He shares his unique outlook on how he has improved—and even saved—students’ lives. Then, we take a second look at the crew and students aboard Rhode Island’s iconic Tall Ship, the Oliver Hazard Perry. Finally we re-visit a Little Compton alpaca farm.
2025-07-2124 min
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2024-10-2100 min
Embrace The Full Audiobook Everyone Is Talking About — So Heart-Pounding!Little Compton Mysteries: Boxed Set, Books 1-3 by M K TurnerPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/2/audible/158389to listen full audiobooks.
Title: Little Compton Mysteries: Boxed Set, Books 1-3
Series: Little Compton Mysteries, Book 1-3
Author: M K Turner
Narrator: Lee Beddow, Perdita Lawton
Format: mp3
Length: 25 hrs and 3 mins
Release date: 10-07-24
Ratings: 5 out of 5 stars, 2 ratings
Genres: Private Investigators
Publisher's Summary:
Tom Large is an accountant, Liz Thorne, is his cleaner, and when Tom stumbles across the body of volunteer librarian, Denise Knight, the unlikely sleuthing duo find themselves hunting a murderer, and thereafter dragged into investigating other local crimes.
2024-10-071h 03Rhode Island PBS WeeklyMay 5, 2024 - Ticks in Rhode Island / Alpaca Haven in Little Compton/ Sheldon Whitehouse's campaignOn this episode, We revisit Michelle San Miguel’s report on the ever-growing tick populations in Rhode Island and the devastating and sometimes deadly diseases they bring. Then, we visit with a local farmer in Little Compton who, along with his wife is raising a large herd of alpacas for their fiber. Finally, on this episode of Weekly Insight, Michelle San Miguel and WPRI 12’s politics editor Ted Nesi talk about Sheldon Whitehouse’s fourth run for the U.S. Senate.
2024-05-0621 min
The Social Screenwriters PodcastScreenwriting From Outside Hollywood with Andy Compton (Special Guest Host - Gabe Braxton)Hey there, everybody! Doing something a little different on this episode--the screenwriter in the hot seat will be ME! With my good pal, Gabe Braxton, guest hosting. We talk about how I got into screenwriting, contest success, starting a screenwriting career from outside Hollywood, and more! Also, you can watch the full video podcast of this episode over on YouTube. Just search "The Social Screenwriters Podcast and you'll see my channel (Andy Compton). Please subscribe if you haven't! More video content to come this year. Say something nice on Twitter/Instagram and remember to tag us, @SocialWriterPod! If you'd...
2024-01-081h 59
Friday Friends with RI Elder InfoLittle Compton Wellness CenterToday we're chatting with Marsha Riccardi of the Little Compton Wellness Center!
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2022-09-1625 min
Should you watch this? with The Popcorn Priest115 - Big Trouble in Little China (1986) PT2Should you watch ‘Big Trouble in Little China’ from 1986? Part 2 of our 2 part review. "They told Jack Burton to go to hell...and that's exactly where he's going!" ... Well, that and an underground realm filled with creatures, Mortal Kombat characters and a floating eyeball brain that can lick his own eyes??? There is nothing like this our there before or since this came out and I hope that "The Rock" doesn't get his wish in remaking this. I hope Lo Pan haunts his dreams for that.
2022-05-1834 min
Should you watch this? with The Popcorn Priest114 - Big Trouble in Little China (1986) PT1Should you watch ‘Big Trouble in Little China’ from 1986? Part 1 of our 2 part review. "A Mystical, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Kung Fu, Monster, Ghost Story!" ... What what??? Hmm, I guess they are not wrong. In THIS pod you will be able to see things no one else can see. Do things no one else can do. Gas up, get your wife beater, (er, um I mean) your tank top, and ready your reflexes for this weeks review.
2022-05-1132 min
Sunday on the CommonsMountaintop Experiences | February 27, 2022www.ucclittlecompton.org | Support Our Ministry with $5 a Month
“The soul can split the sky in two
And let the face of God shine through”
–Edna St. Vincent Millay
A Prayer for Ukraine
Exodus 34:29-35
Luke 9:28-36
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2022-03-0417 minSunday on the CommonsIts Not Just About Winning Gold | February 20, 2022www.ucclittlecompton.org | Support Our Ministry with $5 a Month
“Rats and roaches live by competition under the laws of supply and demand; it is the privilege of human beings to live under the laws of justice and mercy.”
― Wendell Berry
A Prayer for Ukraine
1 Corinthians 1:18-24
Luke 6:27-38
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2022-02-2521 minSunday on the CommonsWhere Do We Go From Here? | January 23, 2022www.ucclittlecompton.org | Support Our Ministry with $5 a Month
“Compassion is the keen awareness of the interdependence of all things.” –Thomas Merton
1 Corinthians 12:12-31a
John 17:20-23
Special thanks to our new Interim Director of Music Raymond Buttero for the organ music this week.
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2022-01-2624 minSunday on the CommonsRemembering the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr | January 16, 2022www.ucclittlecompton.org | Support Our Ministry with $5 a Month
“There comes a time when one must take a position that is neither safe, nor politic, nor popular, but he must take it because conscience tells him it is right.”
--The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
Matthew 5:38-48
Special thanks to our new Interim Director of Music Raymond Buttero and to Deborah Johnson and Sarah Whitehead for lending their voices to this week's service.
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2022-01-2044 minSunday on the CommonsGod With Us: Baptism of Jesus | January 9, 2022www.ucclittlecompton.org | Support Our Ministry with $5 a Month
"“How about infant baptism? Shouldn't you wait until the child grows up enough to know what's going on?...
When it comes to the forgiving and transforming love of God, one wonders if the six-week-old screecher knows all that much less than the archbishop of Canterbury about what's going on.”
–Frederick Buechner
We're reviving the podcast for 2022!
Genesis 1:1-5
Matthew 3:13-17
Special thanks to our new Int...
2022-01-1416 min
Sunday on the CommonsSubversive Wisdom | Jeremy Langill | August 15, 2021www.ucclittlecompton.org | Support Our Ministry with $5 a Month
"You do not have to be good.
You do no have to walk on your knees
for a hundred miles through the desert repenting.
You only have to let the soft animal of your body
love what it loves.
Tell me about despair, yours, and I will tell you about mine.
Meanwhile the world goes on.
Meanwhile the sun and the clear pebbles of the rain
are moving across t...
2021-08-1722 minSunday on the CommonsFaith is Getting in the Boat | August 8, 2021www.ucclittlecompton.org | Support Our Ministry with $5 a Month
Psalm 107:23-32
John 6:15-21
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2021-08-1021 minSunday on the CommonsSatisfied | August 1, 2021www.ucclittlecompton.org | Support Our Ministry with $5 a Month
Gracious God, it would have been enough if you had given us life and breath,
but you also gave us hearts to love and hands to build and pray and hold each other.
You gave us imagination and ingenuity.
You gave us minds to choose and to perceive and to dream.
You gave us senses-- to taste and feel and see and smell and hear.
You gave us this earth with oceans and mountains, season and rhythms, dawnings a...
2021-08-0518 minSunday on the CommonsSpace for Silence | Sermon from July 25, 2021www.ucclittlecompton.org | Support Our Ministry with $5 a Month
“Not all of us are called to be hermits, but all of us need enough silence and solitude in our lives to enable the deeper voice of our own self to be heard at least occasionally.” ― Thomas Merton
Psalm 131
Mark 6:30-34; 45-46
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We gratefully recognize the talents of Sue Rousseau who filled on organ this morning for us.
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2021-07-2722 minSunday on the Commons“Unbearable Words” | Guest Minister: Rev. Dr. Richard L. Floyd | July 11, 2021www.ucclittlecompton.org | Support Our Ministry with $5 a Month
“What I love about the Bible is that the story isn't over. There are still prophets in our midst. There are still dragons and beasts. It might not look like it, but the Resistance is winning. The light is breaking through. So, listen to the weirdos. More than anyone else in Scripture, they remind us that those odd ducks shouting from the margins of society may see things more clearly than the political and religious leaders with the inside track. We ignore them at our own peril. Listen to...
2021-07-1153 minSunday on the Commons“Re-imagining the Vision” | Guest Minister: Rev. Dr. Patricia Kogut | July 4, 2021www.ucclittlecompton.org | Support Our Ministry with $5 a Month
“May we think of freedom not as the right to do as we please, but as the opportunity to do what is right.” - Peter Marshall
Scripture Reading 1: Isaiah 11:6-9 — Read by Maria Comery
Scripture Reading 2: Matthew 13:24-30, 36-45 — Read by Sarah C. Whitehead
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2021-07-0445 minSunday on the Commons“Our abundance, their need.” | Guest Minister: Rev. Dr. Richard L. Floyd | June 27, 2021www.ucclittlecompton.org | Support Our Ministry with $5 a Month
“The Dead Sea in the Middle East receives fresh water, but it has no outlet, so it doesn't pass the water out. It receives beautiful water from the rivers, and the water goes dank. I mean, it just goes bad. And that's why it is the Dead Sea. It receives and does not give. In the end generosity is the best way of becoming more, more, and more joyful.” ― Desmond Tutu, The Book of Joy: Lasting Happiness in a Changing World
Scripture Reading 1: 2 Corinthians 8: 7-15 — Read by Harry...
2021-06-2737 minSunday on the Commons“A Service on Haiti” | Guest Minister: Shirley Hardison & Jonas Azolin | June 20, 2021www.ucclittlecompton.org | Support Our Ministry with $5 a Month
“Life’s hard in Haiti right now. And the hardest thing is that the future does not lie with one person.” -- Edwidge Danticat
“We must all find the spirit to help better humanity! We all have it inside us to contribute something to the cause of humanity!” --Timothy Pina: Hearts for Haiti: Book of Poetry and Inspiration
Scripture Reading 1: Psalm 138 — Read by in Creole by Jonas Azolin & in English by Shirley Hardison
Scripture Reading 2: Matthew 14: 13-21 — Read by Shirley Hardison
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2021-06-2036 minSunday on the Commons“A Cinderella Story” | Guest Minister: Rev. Dr. Richard L. Floyd | June 13, 2021www.ucclittlecompton.org | Support Our Ministry with $5 a Month
Paul wrote to the church in Corinth, "Not many of you were wise by the world's standards, not many were powerful, not many were of noble birth. But God chose what is foolish to shame the wise; God chose what is weak in the world to shame the strong . . ." (1 Corinthians 1:26-27)
Scripture Reading 1: 1 Samuel 15:34 - 16:13 — Read by Linton Harrington
Scripture Reading 2: Mark 4:26-34 — Read by Sue Talbot
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2021-06-1332 minSunday on the Commons“In God We Trust” | Guest Minister: Rev. Dr. Richard L. Floyd | June 6, 2021www.ucclittlecompton.org | Support Our Ministry with $5 a Month
“Religion is never a good force per se, but merely the final conflict between human self-esteem and divine mercy, and the one is as frequently victorious as the other.”—Reinhold Niebuhr
Scripture Reading 1: 1 Samuel 8: 4-11, (12-15), 16-20, (11:14-15) — Read by Shirley Hardison
Scripture Reading 2: Mark 3:20-35 — Read by Prudence Fallon
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2021-06-0638 minSunday on the Commons"Can These Bones Live?" | Guest Minister: Rev. Beverley Edwards | May 30, 2021www.ucclittlecompton.org | Support Our Ministry with $5 a Month
“Hope begins in the dark, the stubborn hope that if you just show up and try to do the right thing, the dawn will come. You wait, you watch, and work: You don’t give up.” - Anne Lamont
Scripture Reading 1: Ezekiel 37:1-14 — Read by Sarah C. Whitehead
Scripture Reading 2: Acts 2:1-4,14-18 — Read by Kelly Rebeiro
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2021-05-3042 minSunday on the Commons“When the Spirit comes”| Pentecost Sunday | May 23, 2021www.ucclittlecompton.org | Support Our Ministry with $5 a Month
"Without Pentecost the Christ-event - the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus - remains imprisoned in history as something to remember, think about and reflect on. The Spirit of Jesus comes to dwell within us, so that we can become living Christs here and now." —Henri Nouwen
Scripture Reading 1: Acts 2:1-21 — Read by Charlie Thomas
Scripture Reading 2: John 15:26-27; 16:4b-15 — Read by Sue Talbot
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2021-05-2332 minSunday on the Commons“Sent” | Guest Preacher: Rev. Dr. Richard L. Floyd | May 16, 2021www.ucclittlecompton.org | Support Our Ministry with $5 a Month
“Prayer is commission. Out of the quietness with God, power is generated that turns the spiritual machinery of the world. When you pray, you begin to feel the sense of being sent, that the divine compulsion is upon you.”— E. Stanley Jones
Scripture Reading 1: Psalm 1 — Read by Sue Talbot
Scripture Reading 2: John 17: 6-19 — Read by Maria Comery
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2021-05-1628 minSunday on the Commons“You did not choose me but I chose you.” | Guest Preacher: Rev. Dr. Richard L. Floyd | May 9, 2021www.ucclittlecompton.org | Support Our Ministry with $5 a Month
"There is no perfect congregation, just the ones we've got, full of imperfect people that God loves and calls to be the Church." Rev. Dr. Richard L. Floyd
Scripture Reading 1: Psalm 98: 4-9 — Read by Ron Tammaro
Scripture Reading 2: John 15:1-8 — Read by Prudence Fallon
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2021-05-0930 minSunday on the CommonsAbiding in God's Love | Guest Preacher: Rev. Lindsay Popperson | May 2, 2021www.ucclittlecompton.org | Support Our Ministry with $5 a Month
I know that I have life only insofar as I have love.
I have no love except it come from Thee.
Help me, please, to carry this candle against the wind.
- Wendell Barry
Scripture Reading 1: 1 John 4:7-21 — Read by Shirley Hardison
Scripture Reading 2: John 15:1-8 — Read by Nancy Dymecki
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2021-05-0530 minSunday on the CommonsI am the good shepherd | Third Sunday after Easter | April 25, 2021www.ucclittlecompton.org | Support Our Ministry with $5 a Month
“We have all things and abound; not because I have a good store of money in the bank, not because I have skill and wit with which to win my bread, but because the Lord is my shepherd.” ― Charles Spurgeon
Scripture Reading 1: Psalm 23 — Read by Sarah C. Whitehead
Scripture Reading 2: John 10:11-18 — Read by Harry Switzer
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2021-04-2534 minSunday on the CommonsUnfinished Business, Unfinished Christians | Second Sunday after Easter | April 18, 2021www.ucclittlecompton.org | Support Our Ministry with $5 a Month
“Jesus's resurrection is the beginning of God's new project, not to snatch people away from earth to heaven, but to colonize earth with the life of heaven. That, after all, is what the Lord's Prayer is about. The resurrection completes the inauguration of God's kingdom. It is the decisive event demonstrating that God's kingdom really has been launched on earth as it is in heaven. The message of Easter is that God's new world has been unveiled in Jesus Christ and that you're now invited to belong to it...
2021-04-1832 minSunday on the CommonsWho Will Roll Away the Stone? | First Sunday after Easter | April 11, 2021“In the depths of winter, I finally learned that within me lay an invincible summer.” - Albert Camus
Scripture Reading 1: Isaiah 25:6-9 — Read by Linton Harrington
Scripture Reading 2: Mark 16:1-8 — Read by Prudence Fallon
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We gratefully recognize the talents of our congregation without which this would not be possible.
We’d like to thank the following for their talents this morning:
Guest Minister: Rev. Beverley Edwards
Musicians: Andrea Desilets, Michael Bahmann, Your Favorite Brass Quintet, Shirl...
2021-04-1845 minSunday on the CommonsChrist is Risen! Allelulia! Easter Sunday 2021 | April 4, 2021www.ucclittlecompton.org | Support Our Ministry - Give $5 a month
“Maybe you have to know the darkness before you can appreciate the light” -Madeleine L’Engle
Romans 6:3-11 - Read by Charlie Thomas
John 20:1-18 - Read by Shirley Hardison
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2021-04-0421 minSunday on the CommonsPalm Sunday! March 28, 2021www.ucclittlecompton.org | Support Our Ministry - Give $5/week
All glory, laud, and honor
to you, Redeemer, King,
to whom the lips of children
made sweet hosannas ring.
You are the King of Israel
and David's royal Son,
now in the Lord's name coming,
the King and Blessed One.
To you before your passion
they sang their hymns of praise;
to you, now high exalted,
our melody we raise.
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2021-03-3029 minSunday on the CommonsBonus: Journeys Through the Wilderness | Marking One Year of the Pandemicwww.ucclittlecompton.org | Support Our Ministry - Give $5/week
“What makes the desert beautiful,' said the little prince, 'is that somewhere it hides a well...” ― Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
On Sunday, March 14th, we marked one year since we began virtual worship due to the pandemic. During the service, Rev. Rebecca interviewed a number of our members about their experience of the past year, reflecting on our own "Journeys Through the Wilderness." We're sharing those interviews here now as a bonus episode. During this conversation, you will hear from (in order of appearance): Rev. Reb...
2021-03-2526 minSunday on the CommonsGifts in the Wilderness | Fifth Sunday of Lent | March 21, 2021www.ucclittlecompton.org | Support Our Ministry - Give $5/month
“The word patience means the willingness to stay where we are and live the situation out to the full in the belief that something hidden there will manifest itself to us.” ― Henri J.M. Nouwen
Numbers 21:4-9 - Read by Colonel Ron Tammaro, Deacon
James 5:7-11 - Read by Nancy Dymecki, Deacon
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2021-03-2125 minSunday on the CommonsCleansing the Temple | Third Sunday of Lent | March 7, 2021www.ucclittlecompton.org | Support Our Ministry - Give $5/month
“I imagine Lent for you and for me as a great departure from the greedy, anxious anti-neighborliness of our economy, a great departure from our exclusionary politics that fears the other, a great departure from self-indulgent consumerism that devours creation. And then an arrival in a new neighborhood...” --Walter Brueggemann
Psalm 69:30-34 - Read by Shirley Hardison, Deacon
John 2:13-22 - Read by Pru Fallon, Deacon
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2021-03-0725 minSunday on the CommonsCompassion | Second Sunday of Lent | February 28, 2021www.ucclittlecompton.org | Support Our Ministry
“We must learn to regard people less in the light of what they do or omit to do, and more in the light of what they suffer.” ― Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Isaiah 49:8-16 - Read by Karen Corrigan, Deacon
Mark 8:31-37 - Read by Maria Comery, Deacon
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2021-02-2825 minSunday on the CommonsThrough the Wilderness | First Sunday of Lent | February 21, 2021www.ucclittlecompton.org | Support Our Ministry
“...Perhaps this blessing became the path beneath your feet,
the desert that stretched before you,
the clear sight that finally came.”
--Jan Richardson
Psalm 25:1-10 - Read by Nancy Dymecki (Deacon)
Mark 1:9-15 - Read by Jennifer Thomas
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2021-02-2128 minSunday on the CommonsAsh Wednesday | February 17, 2021www.ucclittlecompton.org | Support Our Ministry
“Human nature vigorously resists grace because grace changes us and the change is painful.” --Flannery O’Connor
A series of Readings:
Ashes, a Sign of Creation (read by Kayla Oliveira, youth member)
Psalm 8 (read by Mae Pacheco, youth member)
Genesis 2:4-9 (read by Nancy Demenicki, Deacon)
Ashes, a Sign of Mortality (read by Prudence Fallon, Deacon)
Genesis 3:8-13, 17-19 (read by Ty Polasek, youth member)
Psalm...
2021-02-1717 minSunday on the CommonsAnother Chance | Guest Preacher the Rev. Dr. Richard L Floyd | February 14, 2021www.ucclittlecompton.org | Support Our Ministry
“Repentance is not something God demands of you before He will take you back and which He could let you off if He chose; it is simply a description of what going back is like.” --C. S. Lewis
Isaiah 55:1-9 - Read by Harry Switzer (Deacon)
Luke 13:1-9 - Read by Charlie Thomas (Deacon)
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2021-02-1432 minSunday on the CommonsFaith is an Action Verb | February 7, 2021www.ucclittlecompton.org | Support Our Ministry
“It is when the church gives itself away in radical acts of service and compassion, expecting nothing in return, that the way of Jesus is most vividly put on display.” --Rob Bell
2 Corinthians 3:1-6 (read by Karen Corrigan, Deacon)
Mark 2:13-17 (read by Prudence Fallon, Deacon)
"The Summons" performed by Andrea Desilets (Jr. Choir Accompanist)
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2021-02-0727 minSunday on the CommonsConfronting Our Demons | January 31, 2021www.ucclittlecompton.org | Support Our Ministry
“Confront the dark parts of yourself, and work to banish them with illumination and forgiveness. Your willingness to wrestle with your demons will cause your angels to sing.” --August Wilson
The stories of Jesus casting out demons in the Gospels are often difficult for us to wrap our minds around. Let's explore one of these stories and see what it says to us today.
Psalm 27:1, 4-9 - Read by Karen Corrigan, Deacon
Mark 1:21-28 - Read by Linton Harrington, Deac...
2021-02-0124 minSunday on the CommonsYour Calling | January 24, 2021www.ucclittlecompton.org | Support Our Ministry
“The place God calls you to is the place where your deep gladness and the world’s deep hunger meet.” --Frederick Buechner
Psalm 139:1-6, 13-18 - Read by Russell Bodington (Deacon)
Mark 1:14-20 - Read by Nancy Dymecki (Deacon)
Special thanks this week to Andrea Desilets, our guest musician on the piano.
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2021-01-2427 minSunday on the CommonsA Service in Honor of Rev Dr Martin Luther King Jr | January 17, 2021www.ucclittlecompton.org | Support Our Ministry
“Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.”
--The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Join us as we hear from the writings of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Amos 5: 16a; 21-24 - Read by Linton Harrington, Deacon
Readers of MLK Readings: Prudence Fallon, Harry Switzer, Charlie Thomas, and Catherine Sawoski, and Rev. Rebecca
2021-01-1741 minSunday on the CommonsChristmas Eve 2020www.ucclittlecompton.org | Support Our Ministry
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Celebrate the arrival of Christ with us in a service full of beautiful music and wonderful readings from scripture.
“God is in the manger, wealth in poverty, light in darkness, succor in abandonment. No evil can befall us; whatever men may do to us, they cannot but serve the God who is secretly revealed as love and rules the world and our lives.” -Dietrich Bonhoffer
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2020-12-2546 minSunday on the CommonsNo Room in the Inn | Fourth Sunday of Advent 2020www.ucclittlecompton.org | Support Our Ministry
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As Advent draws to a close, we remember the story of Mary and Joseph traveling to Bethlehem, where there was no room for them in the Inn. What does it mean to welcome the stranger and care for those in need? Who might we be entertaining, unawares?
Hebrews 13:1-3, 5-6, 16 - Read by Col. Ron Tammaro, Deacon
Luke 2:1-7 - Read by Maria Comery, Deacon
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2020-12-2027 minSunday on the CommonsHow Can We Keep From Singing? | Third Sunday of Advent, 2020www.ucclittlecompton.org | Support Our Ministry
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On the Third Sunday of Advent, Mary's Magnificant reminds us that this season of waiting and anticipation is also a season of joy. And though we cannot sing together this year, let us still lift up our voices in song.
Isaiah 35:1-10 - Read by Harry Switzer, Deacon
Luke 1:46-55 - Read by Karen Corrigan, Deacon
Special Thanks to Al and Cindy Lees, the Advent Family this...
2020-12-1322 minSunday on the CommonsConfession and Repentance | Second Sunday of Advent | December 6, 2020www.ucclittlecompton.org | Support Our Ministry
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The stark image of John the Baptist, prophet in the wilderness, calling all who listen to repent, greets us on the Second Sunday of Advent. How should we understand the practices of confession and repentance for our lives today?
Psalm 85:1-2, 8-13
Mark 1:1-8
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2020-12-0828 min
Not Too Deep with Grace HelbigArden Myrin - Little Miss Little Compton: A MemoirRecorded: November 5, 2020 The hilarious Arden Myrin joins me this week! We bond over both having been interns at Conan and talk about how she got started in comedy, her podcast “Will You Accept This Rose?” about the Bachelor franchise, and her debut book “Little Miss Little Compton: A Memoir” - available now! Follow Arden: www.twitter.com/ardenmyrinwww.instagram.com/ardenmyrinCheck out our website: www.nottoodeep.com
2020-11-231h 05Sunday on the CommonsOrdering Our Lives | November 15, 2020www.ucclittlecompton.org | Support Our Ministry
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Economy, Ecology, Ecumenism: they all come from the same Greek root word, Oikos, which means "household." At root, all of these things are about how we order our lives and our resources in relation to others. What does living in God's household look like? How are we meant to order our lives and our resources?
Galatians 6:1-10
Acts 2:14;32-33;36-47
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2020-11-1526 minSunday on the CommonsEntering the Conversation | November 8, 2020www.ucclittlecompton.org | Support Our Ministry
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When we pray, we aren't giving God new information, we are opening ourselves up to the conversation God is already having. To hear what God is saying, we have to trust that God is already working and moving in our lives and world.
Psalm 25
Galatians 5:22-25
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2020-11-0834 minSunday on the CommonsA Service of Remembrance (Live) | All Saints Day | November 1, 2020www.ucclittlecompton.org | Support Our Ministry
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This is audio from our in-person All Saints Service, honoring the lives of those who have died in our community in the past year. During the service, we lit candles in their honor, and if you are listening to this at home we invite you to similarly light a candle in honor of your loved ones lost, whether this year or in year's past. Get your candle ready and light it with us as you listen to recognize their life.
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2020-11-0126 minSunday on the CommonsBeing a Witness | October 25, 2020www.ucclittlecompton.org | Support Our Ministry
This week, we discuss what it means to give testimony to our faith. Special thanks to Sarah Whitehead for gracing us with her singing voice this week and to Tara Bradley and Carol Beach for their beautiful testimony.
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2 Timothy 1:1-14
Acts 1:6-9;12-14
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2020-10-2531 minSunday on the CommonsWhere Your Treasure Is | Guest Preacher: David Cleaver-Bartholomew | Oct. 18, 2020www.ucclittlecompton.org | Support Our Ministry
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This morning we welcome the Rev. David Cleaver-Bartholomew as a guest preacher. David is the Associate Conference Minister for Stewardship and Financial Development at the Southern New England Conference of the United Church of Christ (our denomination) and is speaking to us today about stewardship in our local church.
Luke 12:13-34
Thrift Shop Auction
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2020-10-1828 minSunday on the CommonsPeace that Passes Understanding | October 20, 2020www.ucclittlecompton.org | Support Our Ministry
Audio version of our virtual worship service from October 20, 2020. Watch the full video version of the service here.
We cannot be instruments of God's peace unless we experience that peace ourselves.
Philippians 4:1-9
John 14:25-27
Images About Spiritual Fulfillment
Thrift Shop Auction
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2020-10-1123 minSunday on the CommonsBlessing of the Animals (Live) | Oct. 4 2020www.ucclittlecompton.org | Support Our Ministry
In honor of St. Francis of Assisi, we held a special outdoor service and "blessing of the animals" on a farm overlooking Sakonnet River. Listen here to the audio version, or watch the full service (and see the cute animals) here.
Psalm 96
Colossians 1:15-20
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2020-10-0628 minSunday on the CommonsCornerstones and Stumbling Blocks (Live) | September 27, 2020www.ucclittlecompton.org | Support Our Ministry
Audio recording from our live service on September 27, 2020. View the full length video version of this service.
Simon Peter is, in back to back stories in the gospels, described both as the rock on which Jesus will build the church and a potential "stumbling block" trying to trip others up. What's the difference between the two? And how do we come to be part of building up the church in our own lives and faiths together?
1 Peter 2:1-12
Matthew 16:21-28
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2020-09-2925 min
Access Top-Rated Full Audiobooks in Biography & Memoir, MemoirsLittle Miss Little Compton: A Memoir by Arden MyrinPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/415158to listen full audiobooks.
Title: Little Miss Little Compton: A Memoir
Author: Arden Myrin
Narrator: Arden Myrin
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 7 hours 19 minutes
Release date: September 29, 2020
Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.33 of Total 3
Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 2
Genres: Memoirs
Publisher's Summary:
Comedian and actress Arden Myrin delivers a hilarious and heartfelt memoir about navigating adulthood and her rise on the comedy scene despite an unconventional upbringing. Arden Myrin is the product of not one, but two hasty decisions. Her paternal grandparents ran off and got married twenty-four hours after they met. Arden's parents did...
2020-09-297h 19
Ask Ronna48 - Little Miss Little Compton Returns with Arden MyrinRonna's got her coffee. (Bryan)'s got his Crystal Light (and vodka?). We're ready to go! After a thorough rundown of Catherine Zeta-Jones' insane backyard hat dance on Instagram, we welcome back our first "repeat customer" to The Carriage House, actress and comedian Arden Myrin! In addition to her podcast WILL YOU ACCEPT THIS ROSE?, she also has a new book called LITTLE MISS LITTLE COMPTON that is an absolutely delightful read! Arden helps us answer questions about navigating the line between self care and self pity after a bad break-up, what to do when you're continuously overpaid at w...
2020-09-221h 53Sunday on the CommonsIn Our Time | Sept. 20, 2020www.ucclittlecompton.org | Support Our Ministry
Throughout history, Christians have had to make intentional, and sometimes sacrificial and even risky decisions to practice their faith in spite of their surrounding cultures. When it comes to the practice of the Sabbath, what will that look like for us today?
Exodus 3:1-15
Romans 12:9-21
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2020-09-2023 minSunday on the CommonsHow to Swim (Live) | Sept. 13, 2020www.ucclittlecompton.org | Support Our Ministry
This was recorded live at our Beach Service (apologies for the wind noise in the recordings), during which we also did our annual "blessing of the backpacks" to recognize our kids as they head back to school in what will be a very different fall.
Psalm 119:34-40
1 Corinthians 9:24-27:
“Do you not know that in a race the runners all compete, but only one gets the prize? So run in such a way as to win. 25 Athletes practice self-discipline in everything.
They do it...
2020-09-1625 minSunday on the CommonsSabbath | Sept. 6, 2020www.ucclittlecompton.org | Support Our Ministry
Why the Sabbath may be the most important of the Ten Commandments and how to practice it today.
Deuteronomy 5:12-15
Matthew 12:1-8
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2020-09-0620 min
Big Talk on Little RockEp. 16 - Van Compton - VolleyballVan Compton sits down with host Trey Schaap and discusses what she has seen in her 33 years at Little Rock and how she made the transition from coaching basketball to coaching volleyball. She explains how they recruited a 6-foot-5 middle blocker in the last recruiting class and tells how there are more women’s volleyball players in the United States than a certain prominent sport (listen to find out which one!). Compton also recalls playing the Razorbacks in Barnhill Arena last year, on the potential of this year’s freshman class and discusses what was so special about the 2014 Trojan team...
2020-09-0100 minSunday on the CommonsThis is It | August 30, 2020www.ucclittlecompton.org | Support Us
How well do your stated values measure up to how you actually live your life? When push comes to shove, what really matters?
Exodus 1:8-1:22 | Exodus 2:1 - 2:10
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2020-08-3024 minSunday on the CommonsThe Gift of Leadership in a Difficult Time | An Interview with Col. Ron Tammaro, RI National Guardwww.ucclittlecompton.org | Donate to Our Ministry
As we continue through this unprecedented time across the world, we are asking what it means to live out our faith today, and in particular how to practice the various gifts God gives us. Rev. Rebecca is basing the next several Sunday's of worship around a series of interviews she is doing with members of our congregation and community about how they are using their gifts in the world. To complement our virtual worship services, which you can find on our website and church YouTube page, we're bringing you the...
2020-06-1032 minSunday on the CommonsSunday on the Commons Corona Virus Updatewww.ucclittlecompton.org | Donate to Our Ministry
We are following the guidance of the CDC and shutting down all of our in person gatherings for the next several weeks. This means no live worship, and therefore no "regular" sermons to post here in this podcast. However, we are creating "virtual worship experiences" and "virtual classes," so keep an eye on our website for those. Here are the first two:
- Virtual Worship, 3-15-20
- Virtual Sunday School Lesson, 3-15-20
We may post audio of some of these events here...
2020-03-1800 minSunday on the CommonsWhen You Can't Fix It (Special Episode)www.ucclittlecompton.org | Donate to Our Ministry
This message is from a few weeks ago. Originally, we were not going to publish it because it dealt with a number of personal and tragic losses in our community. But given everything that is going on in the world right now, a message on how to handle loss and tragedy may be exactly what some of you need to hear. So even though you may not know the names of the people mentioned in this message, we hope that you still find in it a word of comfort and...
2020-03-1014 minSunday on the CommonsBelovedwww.ucclittlecompton.org | Donate to Our Ministry
Explore what it means to be 'children of God' and why this identity of ours is so important to remember as we begin our Lenten journeys.
First Reading: 1 John 3:1-2
Second Reading: Matthew 3:16-4:11
Special Music in this episode by our own Michael Bahmann (Piano) and Jennifer and Cooper Thomas (Violin and Cello, respectively):
Prelude: “Allegro from Trio VI in D Major” ― Haydn
Postlude (included in entirety): “Allegro Con Spirito” — Mozart
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2020-03-0324 minSunday on the CommonsA Case for Love | February 9, 2020www.ucclittlecompton.org | Donate to Our Ministry
For Christians, loving our enemies is not an option, it is a command from our God.
First Reading: Micah 6:1-8
Second Reading: Matthew 5:38-48
Revolutionary Love TED Talk
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2020-02-1123 minSunday on the CommonsRevolutionary | February 2, 2020www.ucclittlecompton.org | Donate to Our Ministry
Jesus' sermon on the mount, especially the litany of "Beatitudes," is one of the most well-known passages in Scripture. Many of its lines are familiar to us: "Blessed are the poor in Spirit..Blessed are those who hunger...Blessed are the peacemakers..." These blessings are not quaint platitudes, but a radical claim about the movement of God's Kingdom come. Jesus intends for these blessings to disorient us, to disrupt the status quo, and turn everything on its head. In this message, we take a fresh look at Jesus' beatitudes. What ble...
2020-02-0628 minSunday on the CommonsTurn Toward the Light | January 26, 2020 | Alex Floyd Marshall, Substitute Preacherwww.ucclittlecompton.org | Donate to Our Ministry
We have a choice in how we direct the movement of our lives. One option is to flee from the darkness of our world, to hide, letting fear guide us. The other is to turn toward the light, to follow its shining, letting faith guide us.
Alex steps in for this sermon to read Rev. Rebecca's words after she woke up with a stomach bug.
First Reading: Psalm 89:1-2, 13-15
Second Reading: Matthew 4:12-23
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2020-01-2814 minSunday on the CommonsConsider the Stars | January 19, 2020www.ucclittlecompton.org | Donate to Our Ministry
After a couple of weeks away, Rev. Rebecca is back, sharing reflections with us about the stars, her time at a conference in Arizona, and the season of Epiphany. Let's listen!
First Reading: Isaiah 40:26, 28-31
Second Reading: John 1:1-14
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2020-01-2426 minSunday on the Commons"Emanuel" | Third Sunday of Advent | December 15, 2019www.ucclittlecompton.org | Donate to Our Ministry
This week, we mark the third Sunday of Advent, waiting for Emanuel, God with Us, to come. Let's listen as Rev. Rebecca explores with us what it means for God to be with us in our time, to bend near and touch our earth, our lives, and our hearts.
First Reading: Genesis 26:23-25
Second Reading: Matthew 1:18-25
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2019-12-1815 minSunday on the Commons"Heads Up" | Guest Preacher: The Rev. Dr. Richard L. Floyd | December 1, 2019, First Sunday of Adventwww.ucclittlecompton.org | Donate to Our Ministry
This week, we welcome back the Rev. Dr. Richard Floyd to share with us a sermon on the First Sunday of Advent. Let's listen as he invites us to consider how God may be working in our own lives and in the life of this broken and yearning world.
First Reading: Isaiah 2:1-5
Second Reading: Matthew 24:36-44
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2019-12-0328 minSunday on the Commons"Give Thanks" | Who's My Neighbor? Lessons on Life and Faith From Mr. Rogers | Nov. 24, 2019www.ucclittlecompton.org | Donate to Our Ministry
This Sunday was Thanksgiving Sunday, where we marked the end of our stewardship season by consecrating the pledges we've received and where we reflect on our many blessings. Let's listen as Pastor Rebecca speaks about Jesus' call to love God through acts of gratitude.
First Reading: Psalm 111
Second Reading: Luke 17:11-19
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2019-11-2724 min
ParaAmeraLittle Compton Rhode IslandStrange fireballs in the sky, hovering orbs, sound quakes, and mysterious stone slabs. These are just some of the things the people of Little Compton have witnessed over the last few hundred years. Are these UFOs or something else?
2019-11-0610 minSunday on the Commons"St. Fred" | Who's My Neighbor? Lessons on Life and Faith From Mr. Rogers | Nov. 3, 2019www.ucclittlecompton.org | Donate to Our Ministry
This Sunday Rev. Rebecca returned to her sermon series about Mr. Rogers for All Saints Sunday. Let’s listen to a reflection on what it means to be a “Saint” in our Protestant tradition and how Fred Rogers was emblematic of this calling.
First Reading: Hebrews 13:1-3, 7-8, 15-16
Second Reading: Matthew 14:13-21
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2019-11-0521 minSunday on the CommonsBonus! Kid's Lead Worship: The Call of the Disciples Skit | From the ctober 27th 2019 Worship Servicewww.ucclittlecompton.org | Donate to Our Ministry
Last Sunday we had a children and youth led worship service at UCC Little Compton. Hear a play/skit put on by our kid's that incorporated many of the elements of our worship together. Special thanks to Eileen Manchester for co-Directing this with Alex.
In Case Yo Missed It: Breaking News: Jesus Calls Disciples
Play Based on This Text: Luke 5:1-11
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2019-11-0309 minSunday on the Commons"No Big Deal, Just Change the World" | Guest Sermon by Alex Floyd Marshall | Oct 27, 2019www.ucclittlecompton.org | Donate to Our Ministry
This Sunday: we had a children-and-youth led service and Alex gave our sermon and our confirmands did the readings. Let’s listen and reflect on the story of Jesus calling the disciples.
Video: Breaking News: Jesus Calls Disciples
First Reading: Luke 5:1-11
Second Reading: Matthew 9:9-13
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2019-11-0117 minSunday on the CommonsBonus: Peter Fallon Stewardship TestimonyDuring stewardship season we invite members of our congregation to share stories of how the church has impacted their lives and why they are choosing to support our ministry. Our first testimony this year is from Peter Fallon, the co-chair of our board of deacons.
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2019-10-2809 minSunday on the CommonsGenerous | October 20, 2019www.ucclittlecompton.org | Donate to Our Ministry
This week is the beginning of our stewardship season here at UCC Little Compton, and so Pastor Rebecca discusses the most difficult topic for American Christians to talk about: money. Let's listen as she shares her own struggles with this topic and our faith's call to generosity.
First Reading: Malachi 3:1-5, 7-10
Second Reading: Matthew 6:19-34
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2019-10-2232 minSunday on the Commons"Winning" - Who's My Neighbor? Lessons from the Life and Faith of Mr. Rogers | Oct. 13, 2019www.ucclittlecompton.org | Donate to Our Ministry
This week Pastor Rebecca continues her sermon series on the life and faith of Fred Rogers. We’ll hear how he emulated Jesus’ understanding of what “winning” and “success” looks like when Jesus said: “the last shall be first and the first shall be last.” Let’s listen!
First Reading: 2 Timothy 4:6-8, 16-18
Second Reading: Matthew 20:1-16
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2019-10-1622 minSunday on the Commons"Look to the Children" | Who's My Neighbor? Lessons from the Life and Faith of Mr. Rogers, Ep. 2 | Sept. 29, 2019www.ucclittlecompton.org | Donate to Our Ministry
This Sunday we continue our sermon series on the life and faith of Mr. Rogers. We'll look more closely at Mr. Roger's ministry to children and how he took very seriously Jesus' call to "welcome the little children" and bless them.
Also, Friday October 4th at 5:30pm we will be kicking off a new program: “First Fridays” - a family dinner and game night at the church. All are welcome, we hope you’ll join us. Learn more at our website, www.ucclittlecompton.org
First Reading: Mark 9...
2019-10-0324 minSunday on the Commons"Good Neighbors" | Who's My Neighbor: Lessons on Life and Faith From Mr. Rogers, Ep. 1www.ucclittlecompton.org | Donate to Our Ministry
This Sunday we begin a sermon series titled "Who's My Neighbor: Lessons on life and faith with Mr. Rogers." Fred Rogers was ordained by the Presbyterian church to a special ministry--teaching children on television. For 30 years, he ignored the cultural trends and TV norms and managed to inspire generations of children to follow a path of loving kindness. We begin this week with a reflection on what it means to be a neighbor, inspired by Mr. Roger’s ministry and drawn from the text of Jesus’ parable about the Good Samarit...
2019-09-2424 minSunday on the Commons"The Cost" | September 8, 2019www.ucclittlecompton.org | Donate to Our Ministry
Dietrich Bonhoeffer once said: “Costly grace is the gospel which must be sought again and again and again, the gift which must be asked for, the door at which a man must knock. Such grace is costly because it calls us to follow, and it is grace because it calls us to follow Jesus Christ. It is costly because it costs a man his life, and it is grace because it gives a man the only true life.”
Let’s listen as we explore the cost of following Jesus a...
2019-09-1218 minSunday on the CommonsHow to Sabbath | September 1, 2019www.ucclittlecompton.org | Donate to Our Ministry
Labor Day was established in honor of the workers and tradespeople of our nation as a day of celebration and a day of rest. Our faith has much to say about the value of carving out a day of rest each week. In fact, setting aside a day of rest (the sabbath) is one of the ten commandments. Why is rest so central to our faith? What does it mean to "sabbath" in our times? Let's listen as we explore our scripture's wisdom on ways to honor the sabbath and d...
2019-09-0623 minSunday on the CommonsGod Is In This Place and I Did Not Know It | August 18, 2019www.ucclittlecompton.org | Donate to Our Ministry
From Jacob's pillow to the Road to Emmaus, people of faith have found God in unexpected places. Perhaps you, too, have had an experience like this of God's presence showing up somewhere you didn't expect to find it. Let's listen as Rev. Rebecca reflects on these experiences, including her own recent experience while listening to Yo-Yo Ma perform Bach's Unaccompanied Cello Suites at Tanglewood.
Also, next week, Sunday, August 25th, everyone is invited to join us for “Beach Sunday,” an outdoor service on the Little Compton Town Landing. At th...
2019-08-2025 minSunday on the Commons"You Can't Take it With You" | Guest: Rev. Dr. Richard L. Floyd | August 4, 2019www.ucclittlecompton.org | Donate to Our Ministry
For his final sermon with us, the Rev. Dr. Richard Floyd spoke about the story Jesus tells in response to a man who asks him to settle a family feud over inheritance. As the saying goes, “You can’t take it with you!” So what do you do with it? Let’s listen and stretch our religious imaginations.
Also, next week Rev. Rebecca will be back in the pulpit from her maternity leave! And on Sunday, August 25th, everyone is invited to join us for “Beach Sunday,” an outdoor servi...
2019-08-0826 minSunday on the Commons"Ask, Search, Knock!" - July 28, 2019 | Guest: Rev. Dr. Richard L. Floydwww.ucclittlecompton.org | Donate to Our Ministry
One of Jesus's disciples said to him, "Lord, teach us how to pray." This pas Sunday we explored the theme of prayer. Rev. Dr. Richard Floyd's sermon inspired our religious imaginations with questions like: how shall we pray? How does God answer our prayers? Can we bargain with God? Do our prayers change God?
Also, it was Jazz Sunday! Special thanks to our guest musicians (who you can hear throughout this episode): Melchior "Meli" Bahmann (Piano), Dave Zinno (Bass), and Alex Chapman (Drums).
First Reading: Genesis 18:20...
2019-07-3141 minSunday on the CommonsTaking on the Mantle | Rev. Dr. Richard L. Floyd | June 30, 2019www.ucclittlecompton.org | Donate to Our Ministry
Who is Jesus? Albert Sweitzer famously remarked that "looking for Jesus is like looking down a well. You see only your own reflection: that Jesus remains a stranger and an enigma; there will never be one answer to this question" (The Search for the Historical Jesus). But there are things we do know about him that can help us understand his purpose and ministry. Last Sunday, Rev. Dr. Richard Floyd explored with us some of them, along with what they might mean for those who follow him.
First R...
2019-07-0828 minSunday on the CommonsThe God Who Still Speaks | The Rev. Dr. Richard L Floyd | June 16, 2019www.ucclittlecompton.org | Donate to Our Ministry
This week we welcome back the Rev. Dr. Richard Floyd, stepping in for Pastor Rebecca on maternity leave. This week is Trinity Sunday, and Rev. Floyd leads us in an exploration of the One, Holy, and Undivided Trinity. Let’s listen as he helps us poke our theological imaginations.
First Reading: Proverbs 8:1-4, 22-31
Second Reading: John 16:12-15
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2019-06-2122 minSunday on the CommonsGod Is Still Speaking | Pentecost Sunday | Guest Preacher: Rev. Dr. Beverley Edwards | June 9, 2019www.ucclittlecompton.org | Donate to Our Ministry
We are a week late getting this up due to a technical difficulty known as your editor having a newborn. Apologies!
Here is the sermon from June 9th by the Rev. Dr. Beverley Edwards on Pentecost Sunday, the day when God's Holy Spirit blessed the disciples with the power to prophesy in the name of Jesus Christ and to call people from every nation to join together in one holy communion which came to be called the Church.
First Reading: Psalm 104:24-33
Second Reading: A...
2019-06-1823 minSunday on the CommonsOpen Doors, Broken Chains | Guest Preacher the Rev. Dr. Richard L. Floyd | June 2, 2019www.ucclittlecompton.org | Donate to Our Ministry
Once again, while Pastor Rebecca is on maternity leave, we have the Rev. Dr. Richard L Floyd in our pulpit. This week he focuses on an exciting reading from Acts that could come from an action-adventure screenplay. Let's listen as he reflects on what makes us truly free and what makes us prisoners. Dr. Floyd will ask us: What are the chains we have yet to break? What are the locked doors we have yet to open?
First Reading: Acts 16:16-34
Second Reading: John 17:20-26
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2019-06-0622 min
Will You Accept This Rose?"STRAIGHT OUTTA LITTLE COMPTON!" With Sarah Colonna and Irene ChoiArden's Insatiable co-stars Sarah and Irene join Arden to discuss the fact that THE BACHELORETTE FILMED IN ARDEN'S GD HOMETOWN! Nothing says Rhode Island like going STRAIGHT TO MASSACHUSETTS! Chowdah! Lobstah! Male Strippah!- Arden wants to know why NO ONE IN LITTLE COMPTON told her about the filming!- Sarah thinks Hannah should just dry hump Luke P until the big O so she can get him out of her system!- Irene thinks that Kevin's sling was from a reenactor festival!All that plus........TWEET OF THE WEEK!
2019-06-051h 10Sunday on the Commons"By the River" | Guest Preacher the Rev. Dr. Richard L. Floyd | May 26, 2019www.ucclittlecompton.org | Donate to Our Ministry
Pastor Rebecca is on maternity leave, and this Sunday we have the Rev. Dr. Richard L. Floyd in our pulpit. He shared with us stories about two rivers, one a real river, where Paul meets a remarkable woman named Lydia, and the other, from the religious imagination of John the Divine, the beautiful river that flows by the throne of God in the heavenly city of the New Jerusalem. Let's listen as he connects these two stories and shares what they might mean for our life and faith today.
2019-05-3128 minSunday on the Commons"The Gardner" | Easter Sunday, April 21, 2019www.ucclittlecompton.org | Donate to Our Ministry
It's Easter, and we are celebrating! Today we remember the extraordinary claim of our faith: that God’s love is more powerful than the darkest darkness, more powerful than the worst we can do, more powerful even than death!
We begin with our children’s moment, discussing with our youngest members how God has never given up on humanity and how God transforms all the things we do, good and bad, into a new way to express God’s love for us.
Gospel Reading: John 20:1-18
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2019-04-2128 minSunday on the Commons"These Stones Would Cry Out" | Palm Sunday | April 14, 2019www.ucclittlecompton.org | Donate to Our Ministry
Holy Week begins this Sunday as we travel with Jesus into Jerusalem where he is hailed as the Messiah, the long-awaited King by cheering crowds waving palms. What is this strange palm parade about? And how does this same joyous crowd shouting Christ's praises on Palm Sunday end up shouting "Crucify Him!" just four days later?
Let’s listen as we remember the extraordinary claim of our faith--that God's love is more powerful than the darkest darkness, more powerful even than death.
First Scripture Reading: Philippians 2:5-11
2019-04-1423 min