The First Church

4-19-19 (Good Friday): Who He Is

6-23: Jew or Greek

6-30: For Freedom

7-7: The Dust of Your Town

7-14: The Word Is Very Near

7-21: Hospitality

7-28: Jenny Williams's sermon:
For the Beauty of the Earth

8-4: How Can I Give You Up?

8-11: The Real Treasure

8-18: A Better Country

9-1: Repairer of the Breach

9-8: You Will Do Even More

9-15: A Broken Spirit

9-22: (not yet)

Partial Index

Micah

3:3 > 6-16-19 6:6-8 > 1-29-17, 2-11-18

Zechariah

4:6 > 7-15-18 9:9-10 > 8-19-18, 4-14-19

12:10 > 1-27-19

Luke

2:42-52 > 12-30-18 3:1-6 > 12-9-18

3:21-23 > 1-13-19 4:16-21 > 8-19 & 12-30-18, 2-3-19

4:24-30 > 9-9-18, 2-3-19 6:17-21 > 2-17-19

6:27-36 > 9-9-18, 2-17-19 7:50 > 10-7-18

8:15 > 10-7-18 8:17 > 2-17-19

9:52-55 > 1-28-18 10:5-11 > 7-7-19

10:18-20 > 8-26-18, 7-7-19 10:25-37 > 9-9-18, 7-14-19

10:42 > 4-7-19 11:50-51 > 3-17-19

12:13-21 > 8-4-19 12:32-36 > 8-4 & 8-11-19

13:1-5 > 3-17-19 13:20-21 > 9-8-19

13:31-35 > 3-17-19 15:8-10 > 9-15-19

15:11-32 > 3-31-19 17:21 > 8-12-18, 7-14-19

18:42 > 10-7-18 19:29-40 > 4-14-19

22:61 > 1-28-18 24:49-52 > 6-16-19

James

1:17-22 > 9-2 & 9-30-18, 7-14-19

2:12-18 > 9-9 & 9-30-18

2:9-11 > 10-7-18 3:1-6 > 9-16-18

3:16-17 > 9-23-18 4:1-8 > 9-23-18

5:13-20 > 9-30-18

Links to Pastor Steve's books

browse The Family Metaphor in Jesus' Teaching

browse Bullying in the Churches

a chapter from Problems with Atonement

excerpt from Sacrifice and Atonement: Psychological Motives and Biblical Patterns

Link to writings at ResearchGate.

Steve's email: sfinlan@bu.edu

Link to Steve's own website, with more sermons, book links, and research links.

Bible Studies:

Our Thursday morning study (10:30 am) is reading Daniel.
Our 6:30 pm Thursday study resumes on Sep. 5, starting with a brief recap of First Corinthians, then picking it up at
1 Cor 15:12.

There is so much to learn!

All are welcome. You do not need to be a Bible wizard.

The First Church. Established 1651.

29 Howard St., West Bridgewater, MA

Sunday worship, 10:00 a.m. (508) 587-3118

Different Bible studies on Thursdays at 10:30 a.m. and 6:30 p.m.

more sermons

Pastor

Sunday Worship Time

We are back to our normal meeting time of 10 a.m.

Our folks at the School on Wheels fundraiser, May 2019:

Pastor Steve Finlan (MTS, Boston University, 2013; Ph.D. University of Durham, 2004) began serving at First Church in August 2018. Some of his sermons are posted below.

United by love and guided by the teachings of Jesus,we maintain a

welcoming house for the worship of God.

We teach and study the Bible, and seek to build a mutually

sustaining and caring community of faith. Reflecting our

history, we have affiliation with both the UCC and the UUA.

READ A SERMON: Click on a title. A tab will open at far lower left of screen. Click on that to open the Word file.

2017:

1-29: The Pure in Heart

3-19: In Spirit and in Truth

10-22: Forgive, Hand It On

2018:

1-21: Pour Out Your Heart