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John 20:19-31, Acts 2:14a, 22-32, 1 Peter 1:3-9

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First Lesson: Acts 2:14a, 22-32 Theme: The early church proclaims Christ's resurrection Call to Worship Pastor: The first generation Christians did not hesitate to preach the good news of Christ's resurrection. People: They knew what they had seen; and they knew God had sent them to tell others what he had done in Christ. Pastor: God is still doing a mighty work through his church. We, too, must witness to God's redemption for our world. People: God give us strength and wisdom to share our resurrection ...

277. Easter 3

Luke 24:13-35, Acts 2:14a, 36-41, 1 Peter 1:17-23

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First Lesson: Acts 2:14a, 36-41 Theme: Peter preaches repentance and baptism Call to Worship Pastor: If we were to be honest in our confessions, our sins would accuse us of being enemies of Christ. People: Sin has possessed us, but we long to be set free in order to love and serve our Lord. Pastor: The church continues to proclaim God's eternal truth: Repent and be baptized in the name of Jesus. People: We believe in Jesus; and are convinced he will forgive us, and enable us by the Holy Spirit to be ...

278. Easter 4

John 10:1-10, Acts 2:42-47, 1 Peter 2:19-25

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First Lesson: Acts 2:42-47 Theme: Fellowship of believers Call to Worship Pastor: Christ's church is a fellowship of believers who care for one another as brothers and sisters. People: God has made us a family of brothers and sisters to share in each others joys and sorrows. Pastor: The church is a family where each must feel loved, and each must share their love with others. People: May Christ's church always be a fellowship wherein we manifest the caring love for one another that Christ has shared with ...

279. Sixth Sunday of Easter

John 14:15-21, Acts 17:22-31, 1 Peter 3:13-22

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First Lesson: Acts 17:22-31 Theme: The message of salvation is preached to the Gentiles Call to Worship Pastor: The good news of Christ is that all people have been called to salvation. People: God has promised and is faithful to his promises. Jesus came to set all people free from sin. Pastor: All who believe in him whom God raised from the dead are set free from sin's power. People: We are free by the grace of God! May our risen Lord enable us to live in the grace of God! Collect Almighty Father, who ...

280. Ascension

Luke 24:46-53, Acts 1:1-11, Ephesians 1:15-23

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First Lesson: Acts 1:1-11 Theme: The ascension of Jesus Call to Worship Pastor: Jesus, whom God raised from the dead, was taken into heaven as his disciples watched. People: The ascension of Jesus was the crowning event in his ministry. Pastor: It was also the beginning of a new ministry for the church. The whole world became a mission field in which the church is sent to be witnesses of the risen Lord. People: God help us accept our mission, that we may prepare our world for our Lord's final triumph when ...

281. Seventh Sunday of Easter

John 17:1-11, Acts 1:6-14, 1 Peter 4:12-14; 5:6-11

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First Lesson: Acts 1:6-14 Theme: Prayer Call to Worship Pastor: After Jesus' ascension, the Apostles often gathered to pray together in expectation of the Holy Spirit. People: Prayer is God's way of opening our hearts to his love and power. Pastor: We are strengthened when we pray together, because it unites us with God our Father, and binds us together as brothers and sisters in Christ. People: May God move us to be a praying congregation, open to the inspiration of the Holy Spirit. Collect Heavenly ...

282. First Sunday After Pentecost

Deuteronomy 4:32-40, 2 Corinthians 13:1-10, 2 Corinthians 13:11-14, Matthew 28:16-20

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First Lesson: Deuteronomy 4:32-40 Theme: Remember what God has done Call to Worship Pastor: God reveals himself to us, that we may know he is with us. People: God redeems us from sin, that we may know he loves us. Pastor: God calls us to respond with faith and obedience, that he may know we trust him. People: We remember many wonderful experiences God has given us. We give ourselves in sincere devotion to his will. Collect Father in heaven, who created us in your image, and who redeems that image in us ...

283. Proper 4

Matthew 7:24-29, Matthew 7:15-23, Romans 3:21-31, Genesis 12:1-8

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First Lesson: Genesis 12:1-9 Theme: Faith to follow God Call to Worship Pastor: God has called us to leave behind a life without purpose, and become his people. People: Our faith assures us God will bless us with his love and kindness. Pastor: God calls, not only to bless us, but that he may bless others through us. People: May we follow in faith, and rejoice in the life God is calling us to live. Collect Sovereign Lord, who calls us to be your people: Grant us the faith to respond to your bidding; that ...

284. Proper 5

Matthew 9:9-13, Romans 4:1-25, Genesis 22:1-19

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First Lesson: Genesis 22:1-18 Theme: Faith and commitment Call to Worship Pastor: Life is a test of faith day after day. People: Day after day God proves himself worthy of our trust. Pastor: Each day God asks that we put him first in our lives, and give him our full surrender. People: We trust God to be all that he promises. May we be all that he asks of us. Collect O Lord, our great Provider, you have promised to be our God, and have called us to be your children. Give us the faith to let you be our God, ...

285. Proper 6

Genesis 25:19-34

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First Lesson: Genesis 25:19-34 Theme: Accepting our relationship to God Call to Worship Pastor: God has made it clear who we are, and whose we are. People: We are children of God, and we belong to him. Pastor: Yes, we are God's children by his choice. And he wants it to be our choice, too. People: May the way we live reveal our praise and thanksgiving for being a part of God's family! Collect Most merciful God: Like a father who provides for his family, and like a mother who nourishes her babies, you have ...

286. PROPER 8

Genesis 32:22-32

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First Lesson: Genesis 32:22-32 Theme: Struggling with past sin Call to Worship Pastor: Often our past gets in our way, hindering God's redeeming love and forgiveness. People: Our past bothers us, because much of it is contrary to God's will. Pastor: Struggling with our past is difficult, but God gives us victory through our Lord Jesus Christ! People: Praise God for a salvation that erases the sins of our past, and gives us a new life for the future with Christ Jesus our Savior! Collect God of mercy and ...

287. Proper 9

Matthew 11:25-30, Romans 7:7-25, Exodus 1:1-22

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First Lesson: Exodus 1:6-14, 22--2:10 Theme: Divine providence Call to Worship Pastor: Praise be to God for his presence in our past, present, and future! People: We look where we have been, and we see God's hand; we see where we are, and we know God is here. Pastor: Tomorrow is yet to be revealed, but it too, is designed by God to fulfill his plan for us. People: Praise be to God for his presence in our past, present, and future. Collect God of all ages, as your story unfolds, life becomes an exciting ...

288. Epiphany 5

Psalm 112:1-10, 1 Corinthians 1:18--2:5, Isaiah 58:1-14, Matthew 5:13-16, Matthew 5:17-20

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... those who live in it. Paul wants no one ever to forget this essential and theological truth. Matthew 5:13-20 This selection, gleaned from Jesus' authoritative teaching on the mountain, is well-suited as a reading for Epiphany and, also, for developing the Godly life-style theme of Isaiah. Jesus was actually informing the disciples as to what they had actually become because they had answered his call and followed him; they are to be like salt, a city on a hill, and a light in the world. The works that they ...

289. Proper 17 & Pentecost 15

Matthew 16:21-28, Romans 12:1-8, Exodus 19:1-25, Jeremiah 14:1--15:21, Jeremiah 20:7-18, Psalm 114:1-8, Psalm 63:1-11

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... after Jesus' ministry, continues to tell us. His presence in his Word makes a positive summit meeting possible - at Sinai, for Israel - and at Golgotha, for us. Romans 12:1-2 (R); 12:1-8 (E, L); 12:1-13 (C) - "The Christian 's Offering." 1. The Christian life-style - sacrifice. Paul understood what Jesus was talking about when he said, "Take up your cross and follow me." For him, the Christian life was a living sacrifice. 2. Transformed by the Word, not conformed to the world. That's how the Christian life ...

290. Pentecost 23

Exodus 22:16-31, Leviticus 19:1-37, Ruth 2:1-23, 1 Thessalonians 1:1-10, 1 Thessalonians 2:1-16, Matthew 22:34-40, Matthew 22:41-46, Psalm 1:1-6

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... wife. 1 Thessalonians 1:5b-10 (R, L) - "The Power in Example." 1. Paul and his companions offered the Thessalonians an example of Christian faith and life. 2. Moved by the Word and the Holy Spirit, the Thessalonians became imitators of that Christian life-style. 3. Their new life-style - a combination of faith, hope, and loving action - deeply moved other Greeks and became an example of the new life in Christ for them. 4. The story went out to all of their world. This shows us how they, and we, in one way ...

291. Epiphany 3

1 Corinthians 1:10-17, Isaiah 9:1-7, Psalm 27:1-14, Matthew 4:12-17

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... 's going to happen next. The disciples may have thought they knew, but they were in for many surprises. Proclamation of the Good News Consider this idea: Center the theme around "developing a style of life." The disciples went from one life-style to a radically different life-style, which 1. involved discipline 2. included freedom 3. incorporated adventure. Stewardship Challenge Suggestion: Emphasize the theme of the stewardship of life, with this statement, "A Christian is one who recognizes that he/she ...

292. Do I Dare Be Different?

Matthew 5:10; 10:1-42

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Wallace H. Kirby

... economic life. Their difference was lived out in the world. Paul did not write to the saints in the desert or to the saints in a monastery. He wrote to the saints in Philippi and Rome. Those Christians daily confronted their world with their different life-style. And the world couldn’t stand it. For the presence and life of the Christians were reminders of what life ought to be and a silent condemnation of the world as it was. In imagination and in spirit, we have listened to Jesus give some marvelous ...

293. No Withdrawal

Sermon

James Bjorge

... fire again." Is not this the parable of life? May the love of God so gloriously demonstrated at Christmas draw us back again and again to his side. As we are lured by the longings to live our selfish way, may the memories of a God-oriented Christmas style bring us back to the Master’s way. It was said of Mary, "But Mary kept all these things, pondering them in her heart" (Luke 2:18). Maybe that is the key. Mary saw and heard all those wonderful happenings that first Christmas. She, was determined not to ...

294. All Dressed Up and No Place To Go

Isaiah 61:1-11

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Thomas D. Peterson

... his many projects. We were present at the program featuring the chorus. I was so impressed with the number of youth who filed onto the risers that I counted them - roughly two hundred. Some spark in this teacher ignited a latent sense of beauty and style in them. One year he produced an extravaganza operetta. The show called for a ballroom scene. The latent fire of beauty came to life in the students. In the hallway, just before the performance, young girls and boys took great delight in parading up and ...

295. The Baptism of Our Lord

Genesis 1:1-2:3, Acts 19:1-22, Mark 1:1-8, Mark 1:9-13

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Paul A. Laughlin

First Lesson: Genesis 1:1-5 Theme: Waters of darkness, waters of light Exegetical note This creation story presupposes some sort of dark, primordial, watery chaos ("the deep") upon which God’s moving spirit and creating word brings light - imagery with powerful implications for a Christian sacramental theology of baptism. Call to Worship Leader: As in the beginning the Creator God stirred the waters of darkness with Spirit, People: MAY THE CREATOR GOD MOVE IN SPIRIT OVER OUR SOULS THIS HOUR. Leader: As in ...

296. Home Economy

1 Kings 17:7-24

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Alton F. Wedel

... far removed from the complexities of poverty in our society, the issues of world hunger, and the problems of production that it seems a legend, something out of this world. Things like this don’t happen any more. We would hardly want to teach this style of home economy in our home economics classes. Much to our regret and loss, God seems to have been sent off into space aboard Columbia and left to float there. It would be useless to concern him with our small concerns - those questions that keep popping ...

297. The Leadership Principles Of Jesus

Hebrews 5:11-6:12

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King Duncan

... of our most effective leaders have been great intimidators. It was said of General Andrew Jackson that he "got the most out of his men because they feared him more than they feared the enemy." David J. Mahoney, chairman of Norton Simon, is of that leadership style. Richard Beeson, president of Norton Simon's Canada Dry division, had been on the job only a few weeks when he talked to Mahoney about goals. Here's how he recalls the conversation. "I said to Mahoney, ˜Dave, we're a little bit below budget now ...

298. God's Plan For His World

Ephesians 1:1-14

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King Duncan

... can stay on his back." "Is he a driving horse, then?" the man asked. "No, he was hitched up once to a cart, but he made kindling wood of it," was the reply. "Well, what is he good for? Why is he here?" the man asked. The answer was, "Style, man, style. Just look at the picture he makes." The man went on to say, "Once I was in a church building and saw people clad in fine clothes coming into the morning service. I asked the preacher, `Are those people workers in the church?' `No,' he answered sadly. `Do they ...

299. Our Damascus Road Experience

Acts 9:1-19a

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King Duncan

... , "that I don't blame you. You were just doing your job." Meanwhile, the detail oriented knight had been staring thoughtfully at the jammed blade on guillotine. "Hmmm," he said aloud, "I think I see how this thing can be fixed!" Four distinct styles of personality. I'll let you choose your own category. St. Paul would definitely belong in the category for high dominance. There was nothing retiring about his personality. He was direct, forceful. Such folks are sometimes wrong, but never in doubt. They are ...

300. To Live Is To Dance

John 10:1-10

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Maxie Dunnam

... . People accused him of being a glutton. He loved a party. He associated with people from all walks of life and found meaning in those relationships. There was about him what the French call a joie de vie that was infectious. He had a style, a style that was identifiable and attractive and contagious. Here was a man, this Jesus, who stood in the midst of every baffling contradiction a person could know, held high every embarrassment this life affords within his own heart. The height of Heaven and the depth ...

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