Between Sundays
Sermons, interviews, conversations, pastoral messages, and other faithful content to spark and delight from the pastors and people of United Church in Walpole (Walpole, MA)
Episodes
What happens when the faith we love becomes the faith we think we own?On World Communion Sunday, we turn to Jesus’ challenging parable of the vineyard in Matthew 21 and discover an invitation to a more humble kind of faith: one that honors the faith of others while remaining willing to question our own assumptions and traditions.Across denominations, cultures, and countries, Christians follow Jesus in remarkably different way...
Scripture: John 15:9–17Preacher: Rev. Anna FlowersJesus says, “I have called you friends.” We’ll explore friendship as sacred love built through showing up, sharing life, and bearing good fruit together.
Friends Who Carry Us
Scripture: Mark 2:1–12
Preacher: Rev. Anna Flowers
When one man cannot reach Jesus, his friends carry him. A Sunday about the people who show up, hold hope, and help us through hard things.
Scripture: John 1:35–46
Preacher: Rev. Anna Flowers
Jesus begins with a simple invitation: “Come and see.” Friendship begins by making room for invitation, connection, and belonging.
What would your life - and faith - be like if you scattered seeds of love, faith, and joy like a crazy gardener? Pastor Anna opens up the Parable of the Sower.
Matthew 13:1–9, 18–23
Preacher: Rev. Anna Flowers
Matthew 11:16–19, 25–30
Preacher: Rev. Anna Flowers
Jesus' invitation is beautifully simple: "Come to me... and I will give you rest." In a culture that celebrates busyness, what if rest isn't something we earn but something we receive? We'll discover how lives rooted in God's rest become resilient enough to weather every season.
Scripture: Genesis 22:1-14
One of the Bible's most challenging stories tells of Abraham preparing to sacrifice Isaac—only to discover that God provides another way. On Pride Sunday we reflect on what this story says to a church that refuses to sacrifice its LGBTQ+ children, family members, and loved ones.
Preacher: Rev. Anna Flowers
Testimonies: Karen Bilski and Shelly Demmon
Father's Day can bring gratitude, joy, grief, and complicated emotions. This Sunday we'll explore the story of Hagar and Ishmael—a story of family conflict, abandonment, and God's unwavering care for those who are cast aside. Together we'll consider what healthy fatherhood, faithful parenting, and God's compassion look like in the real world.Scripture: Genesis 21:8-21Preacher: Rev. Anna Flowers
Sarah laughs when she hears God's impossible promise. But what begins in disbelief becomes joy. As we continue our Abraham and Sarah series and hold Juneteenth in our prayers, we'll reflect on God's surprising grace and the ways hope can emerge where we least expect it.
Scripture: Genesis 18:1-15; Genesis 21:1-7
Preacher: Rev. Anna Flowers
Scripture: Genesis 12:1-9
As we begin our Abraham and Sarah journey, we'll hear God's call to Abram: "I will bless you... so that you will be a blessing." Together we'll celebrate the many ways God's blessing has flowed through our congregation during the past year and send our children, youth, graduates, and teachers into summer with gratitude and joy.
Preacher: Rev. Anna Flowers
Do you trust the future?
In a world shaped by rapid technological change, political uncertainty, and growing anxiety about what's next, it's easy to feel uneasy about the future. But what if the deeper question isn't whether we trust the future—but whether we trust the God who is still creating it?
On Trinity Sunday, we explore the creation story through the lens of the Trinity: a God who is not static, but constantly creating,...
Pentecost is the birthday of the Church — the moment the Holy Spirit took the divinity and power the world reserved for a chosen few and poured it out on everyone.
Tongues of fire rested on ordinary people. Fishermen. Followers. Outsiders. And suddenly the message was clear: God’s Spirit belongs to all flesh.
In a world still obsessed with power, prestige, wealth, and domination, what does it mean for the Church to live d...
In this sermon, guest preacher Rev. Casey Tinnin reflects on Jesus’ prayer for unity in John 17:1–11 and explores what it means to be one community made up of many voices, stories, and experiences. “One, Is Not Done” invites us to imagine unity not as sameness, but as a deeper belonging that makes space for difference, growth, and discovery. Through humor, insight, and hope, this message reminds us that the ...
Mother’s Day is full of joy, tenderness, gratitude, grief, and love. In this special dialogue sermon, Pastor Anna Flowers and Pastor Jaz reflect on Jesus’ promise in John’s Gospel: “I will not leave you orphaned.”
Together, they explore the meaning of abiding love, the role of the Holy Spirit as comforter and advocate, and the ways healthy spiritual community can nurture and sustain us through every sea...
“I am the way, and the truth, and the life…” — words that have brought both comfort and controversy for generations.
In this sermon, we take an honest look at John 14:6—wrestling with how it’s been used to exclude, and how it fits within Jesus’ broader message of love.
Again and again, Jesus teaches that the way to God is simple: love God and love your neighbor. So what does it mean when he ...
Easter sermon from Easter Sunday 2026 at United Church in Walpole. Preached by Rev. Anna Flowers.
Sermon by Rev. Jasmine Buchanan
We live in a world that constantly pulls us backward—through memories, nostalgia, and old versions of ourselves. But in Isaiah 43, God speaks to a people stuck in the past and says something surprising: “Do not remember the former things… I am doing a new thing.”
In this sermon, Rev. Anna Flowers explores what it means to stop looking for God where God used to be, and instead learn to notice the new ways God...
Eithne shares a testimony of Mary visiting her in a moment of profound grief.
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