Rev. Teresa (TJ) Mack

View today's sermon on our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v6RdlryrTf8 . Isaiah 58:1-12 New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition, adapted 58  Shout out; do not hold back!  Lift up your voice like a trumpet!Announce to my people their rebellion, to the house of Jacob their sins. 2  Yet day after day they seek me and delight to know my ways,as if they were a nation that practiced righteousness and did not forsake the ordinance of their God; they ask of me r

View today's sermon on our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=arum_3xqX7Q . Micah 6:1-8 New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 6  Hear what the Lord says: Rise, plead your case before the mountains, and let the hills hear your voice. 2  Hear, you mountains, the case of the Lord, and you enduring foundations of the earth, for the Lord has a case against his people,    and he will contend with Israel. 3  “O my people, what have I done to you? In what have I

View today's sermon on our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U0ZnTy6VBl4 . Matthew 4:12-23         New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 12  Now when Jesus heard that John had been arrested, he withdrew to Galilee.  13  He left Nazareth and made his home in Capernaum by the sea, in the territory of Zebulun and Naphtali,  14  so that what had been spoken through the prophet Isaiah might be fulfilled: 15  “Land of Zebulun, land of Naphtali,    on the road

View today's sermon on our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HO46WW_7EhY . Isaiah 49:1-7 New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition (with revised pronouns) 49 Listen to me, O coastlands; pay attention, you peoples from far away!The Lord called me before I was born; while I was in my mother’s womb I was named. 2  The Lord made my mouth like a sharp sword; in the shadow of their hand I was hidden; The Lord made me a polished arrow; in their quiver I was hidden

View today's sermon on our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DdZsXnBvlhU . Isaiah 42:1-9  New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition The Servant, a Light to the Nations 42 Here is my servant, whom I uphold, my chosen, in whom my soul delights;I have put my spirit upon him; he will bring forth justice to the nations. 2  He will not cry out or lift up his voice or make it heard in the street; 3  a bruised reed he will not break, and a dimly burning wick he will

View today's sermon on our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uMP9wwJA4kA . Good Morning, and once again, welcome to worship. I am very grateful to TJ and the Deacons and staff here at Hancock.  It has been a while since I’ve been to worship here, and it feels good to be back.  My name is Jeff Jeude, my wife and I live in Corea, and we are now members of the Unitarian Universalist Church of Ellsworth.  I first met TJ when I was serving Prospect Harbor United Met

View today's sermon on our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ksIxl0Gb7UI There's no written sermon for today's service available.

View today's sermon on our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mwgPspVEDQM . Matthew 1:18-25 New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 18  Now the birth of Jesus the Messiah took place in this way. When his mother Mary had been engaged to Joseph, but before they lived together, she was found to be pregnant from the Holy Spirit.  19  Her husband Joseph, being a righteous man and unwilling to expose her to public disgrace, planned to divorce her quietly.  20  Bu

View today's sermon on our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7NLgiR6nrJs . Psalm 80:1-7, 17-19 New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 1  Give ear, O Shepherd of Israel, you who lead Joseph like a flock! You who are enthroned upon the cherubim, shine forth 2  before Ephraim and Benjamin and Manasseh. Stir up your might, and come to save us! 3  Restore us, O God; let your face shine, that we may be saved. 4  O Lord God of hosts, how long will you be angry w

View today's sermon on our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jwfQgGD4IVA . Isaiah 35:1-10 New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 35  The wilderness and the dry land shall be glad;     the desert shall rejoice and blossom;like the crocus  2  it shall blossom abundantly     and rejoice with joy and shouting. The glory of Lebanon shall be given to it,     the majesty of Carmel and Sharon. They shall see the glory of the Lord,     the majesty of our God.  3 

View today's sermon on our YouTube channel: Recording not available. Isaiah 11:1-10   New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 11  A shoot shall come out from the stump of Jesse, and a branch shall bear fruit out of his roots. 2  The spirit of the Lord shall rest on him, the spirit of wisdom and understanding, the spirit of counsel and might, the spirit of knowledge and the fear of the Lord. 3  His delight shall be in the fear of the Lord. He shall not judge by what his e

View today's sermon on our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G0gFC8AEdGE . Listen for the Word of God in Isaiah 2:1-5 New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2  The word that Isaiah son of Amoz saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem. 2  In days to come the mountain of the Lord’s house shall be established as the highest of the mountains and shall be raised above the hills; all the nations shall stream to it. 3  Many peoples shall come and say, “Come, let us go

View today's sermon on our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1P3gbctQ5Og . November 23, 2025 at Hancock UCC Rev. John Fiscus – Associate Conference Minister – Maine Conference UCC Ecclesiastes 3:1-11  New International Version   There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under the heavens:  a time to be born and a time to die, a time to plant and a time to uproot,  a time to kill and a time to heal, a time to tear down and a time to build,

View today's sermon on our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_EYEPgCbf6E . Isaiah 65:17-25 – New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 17  For I am about to create new heavens and a new earth; the former things shall not be remembered or come to mind. 18  But be glad and rejoice forever in what I am creating, for I am about to create Jerusalem as a joy and its people as a delight. 19  I will rejoice in Jerusalem and delight in my people; no more shall the so

View today's sermon on our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AAgp8za3lUA . Psalm 98 – The Message, adapted 98  Sing to God a brand-new song. God has made a world of wonders! God rolled up Their  sleeves, God set things right. 2  God made history with salvation, God showed the world what They  could do. 3  God remembered to love us, a bonus ~ To God’s dear family, Israel—indefatigable love. The whole earth comes to attention. Look—God’s work of salvation! 4  Sho

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View today's sermon on our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VeTdqfHX19M . Luke 18:9-14 – New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition He also told this parable to some who trusted in themselves that they were righteous and regarded others with contempt: “Two men went up to the temple to pray, one a Pharisee and the other a tax collector. The Pharisee, standing by himself, was praying thus, ‘God, I thank you that I am not like other people: thieves, rogues, adu

View today's sermon on our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CmrIBD-be40 . We are Called…How Do We Respond? Good morning Beloved People of God;  Good morning blessed people of the Maine Conference-- As we celebrate this weekend as the church… together…in covenant with each other and with our God;  working with one another for a unified vision and mission,  while embracing the richness of our diversity. We have come a long way this year as the church together— W

View today's sermon on our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3T8YGo6RIQc , Luke 17 – New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 11  On the way to Jerusalem Jesus was going through the region between Samaria and Galilee.  12  As he entered a village, ten men with a skin disease approached him. Keeping their distance,  13  they called out, saying, “Jesus, Master, have mercy on us!”  14  When he saw them, he said to them, “Go and show yourselves to the priests.”

View today's sermon on our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Fehjnp_sIg&t=691s . Psalm 133:1  - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 1  How very good and pleasant it is when kindred live together in unity! 1 Corinthians 12:12-27  - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 12  For just as the body is one and has many members, and all the members of the body, though many, are one body, so it is with Christ.  13  For in the one Spirit we were all bapt