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3476. Easter Sunday

John 20:1-9

Bulletin Aid

H. Burnham Kirkland

... an eternal morning. Above the crosses of sin your deathless life shines, bursting through the tombs of death, and is reflected by the beauty of springtime. O Lord, you appeared to your disciples when the world seemed desolate. Quicken, we pray, your people everywhere with a sense of your eternal goodness which rises anew after evil has had its empty day. Roll away the stones of doubt and fear which keep us from a strong faith and a bold witness. We, who live in darkness, come to you beseeching you to show ...

3477. The Assumption Of Discipline

Matthew 6:1-4, Matthew 6:5-15, Matthew 6:16-18, Matthew 6:19-24

Sermon

John N. Brittain

... but to fulfill" (Matthew 5:17). The law and the prophets had perfectly set the stage for Jesus' ministry. And Jesus says "whenever you give alms," "whenever you pray," "whenever you fast," not "if" or "in the event you choose to," but "whenever." Almsgiving, charity in the modern sense of the word, is always open to abuse. It can be done in a hypocritical and self-serving manner. It can be a fertile area for graft and fraud. It was a scandal in Jesus' day as it sometimes is in ours that those charged with ...

3478. The Christian Journey III: The Desert

Sermon

John N. Brittain

... obtuse passage from 1 Corinthians 10, Paul explains his understanding of the Israelites' journey through the desert. Without dismissing the literal meaning of the story as a time of wandering in the wilderness, the apostle gives a symbolic reading so that this story makes sense both in terms of his own personal experience in Arabia and as a model for all Christians. Like them, all Christians are "under the cloud," that is, led by the Holy Spirit just as the Israelites were led by the pillar of cloud by ...

3479. "Is It Community Today?"

1 Peter 2:4-12

Sermon

Alex Gondola

... a single expression of caring around [me] ... I learned one overriding fact," he continued, "caring is a powerful force. If no one cares, you are truly alone." Christians are never truly alone. We are fortunate to receive God's gracious care through the church. The sense of that caring can give us the strength we need to endure. It needs to be community today because we need each other, because we all need the support and encouragement we receive in a truly caring church. Another reason it needs to be ...

3480. Pentecost: From Confusion To Communion In Christ

Sermon

Alex Gondola

... project. Didn't you read my memo? I've been keeping accounts, and you've overspent on parapets." And a bricklayer, who's working nearby, takes it all in and thinks to himself, "Executives! What we really need is a working man with some common sense in charge here." And so on. No real communication. No one really listening anymore. The Tower of Babel story tells us truth with a capital T. Sin confuses communication and destroys community. Sin drives people apart. Someone once pointed out that sin is what a ...

3481. Table Manners

Luke 14:1-14

Sermon

Alex Gondola

... the entire Godhead and Trinity ... Christ was born in me, his new Bethlehem, and sacrificed in me, his new Calvary, and risen in me ... (God) called out to me from his own immense depths. (The Seven Story Mountain, Image Books, pp. 273-274) Thomas Merton sensed the wonder of God's invitation to communion and received it joyfully. So should we. Gratitude is part of good table manners. This morning, can we thank God in our hearts for the blessing of being invited to the Lord's Supper? A second parable in ...

3482. Prayers for the Sundays After Easter

Bulletin Aid

Rolland R. Reece

... children. Lovers shoot each other. Family members abandon their parents and grandparents. Therefore, we turn to you, Sustainer of Life, for your behavior and affection are always the same. If we find no comfort in our society, let us find it in you. If our culture fails to make sense, are you not our wisdom? If the nations of our world fail to bring killing to an end, we trust you to be our source of peace. If we fail to protect the innocent, aren't you the one to swoop them up into your arms? We will not ...

3483. Wedding: With Communion

Bulletin Aid

Derl G. Keefer

... Wedding Songbook, a Hal Leonard Corporation, 1995) Communion Pastor: As a Christian couple, (Bride) and (Groom) would like to begin their marriage with communion to signify their love for God. This time will help set a pattern for their new journey and give them a sense of commitment to their holy God. We open to all who are members of God's family of faith, the meal of redemption. (Ushers will come and pass to the wedding party and members of the congregation the communion elements.) Pastor: Let us recall ...

3484. Wedding: Gift Of God (for a couple with a baby)

1 John 4:7-21

Bulletin Aid

Derl G. Keefer

... he/she watches your relationship. Your honesty, openness, and affection toward each other -- or the lack of them -- will be a powerful example for him/her. As you shower him/her with love, don't forget to keep showering love on each other too. It will add to his/her sense of security, and it will be an important way of passing on God's gift of love to him/her. On those days when you feel overwhelmed by all of this, when you are just not sure you have another loving action or word in you, remember that love ...

3485. Wedding: Building A Marriage (for a couple fixing up a house)

1 Corinthians 13:1-13

Bulletin Aid

Derl G. Keefer

... know what makes a house into a beautiful home and a marriage into a lifelong commitment? It is the love. Ultimately, it doesn't matter whether your house is furnished in early Salvation Army or in priceless antiques. Friends will want to come to your home when they sense that it is filled with love. Love that lasts is not something any of us can create on our own. It is a gift which God gives us to nurture and develop. Take care of the gift, (Bride) and (Groom). Remember to thank and honor the Giver. And ...

3486. Wedding: Miracles Of Marriage

1 Corinthians 13:1-13

Bulletin Aid

Derl G. Keefer

... Out of all the other women in the world, (Groom), you picked (Bride); out of all the other men in the world, (Bride), you picked (Groom). Somehow you recognized in one another those attributes and attitudes which not only attract you, but which somehow you sense will help each of you to be a better person. I think that is a miracle -- the miracle of recognition. Then there is the miracle of uniting. You are two separate individuals, with your own family traditions, your own habits and ways of doing things ...

3487. Watchman, Tell Us Of The Night

Isaiah 21:11-12

Sermon

David O. Bales

... nothing to do but to work more and try to keep Lawrence at home, but Lawrence -- the angry one, Lawrence, the walking prison, the one I knew least, Lawrence who turned pale when anyone asked him what he was going to be when he grew up, Lawrence who seldom made sense with what he said or did -- Lawrence at least told me he was leaving. A week after Noanie died Lawrence up and said he was going to the city to find his dad. "I said, 'You won't be finding him anywhere. He's long gone.' "He said, 'Maybe I ...

3488.

Drama

Betty Lynn Schwab

... and in three days be free. He also knew that he was the Bread of Life come down from heaven, bringing true freedom for all. Child: What does the unleavened bread mean for us today? Reader 2: As Christians we are called by Christ to live out -- with a sense of genuine urgency -- Christ's freedom. We are called to love God above all other people and things -- to love God more than our spouse or child, more than our job, more than our achievements, or money. When we love God that way, with all our heart and ...

3489.

Drama

Betty Lynn Schwab

... : What would the green herb mean for Jesus' disciples? Reader 2: The green herb reminds us of growth in springtime. It is the green of hope and renewal. When the Israelites were led out of Egypt, across the Red Sea and into the wilderness, they rejoiced with a sense of a new life given to them and a new land promised to them. Child: What would the green herb mean for Jesus? Reader 1: As Jesus ate his last supper with his disciples, Jesus knew that new life would come after his death and that the kingdom ...

3490. U-Turns Permitted

Joel 2:1-11

Sermon

Rodney Thomas Smothe

Let's just see where this road will take us. These words often spoken when we make a wrong turn, give a false sense of comfort. Our hope is that if we drive long enough we will come to a familiar place and once again regain our bearings. Sometimes our confidence in our own abilities and unwillingness to admit that we're lost, causes us to drive several miles out of the way before ...

3491. Truth And Its Consequences

Acts 5:17-42

Sermon

Rodney Thomas Smothe

... true and could be depended upon as truth. These godly men obeyed God rather than bow to the pressures of the religious rulers of the day. They feared God and believed that God would protect them in time of trouble. Courage, conviction, and a sense of destiny allowed these men to proclaim the good news of Jesus' resurrection in spite of great personal dangers. We now live in a world that is hostile to the teachings and example of Jesus Christ. Lawsuits, boycotts, protests, picketing, letter writing campaigns ...

3492. The Suffering Servant

Isaiah 51:17--52:12

Sermon

Rodney Thomas Smothe

... question that often springs forth is -- why me, why them? Numerous authors have written on the subject of human suffering, all with the intent of trying to bring some focus to what appears to be unexplainable events. Our understanding of human suffering can never make sense apart from our understanding of what the suffering of Christ means in our lives. Suffering is often thought of as punishment for something that we've done wrong rather than a redemptive act of God's love. "I must be suffering as a result ...

3493. Christmas Letters

Drama

Karren Boehr

... occasionally at the letter in his hands. He is deeply moved and quietly excited) To my most humble Son of God: Welcome to earth. At last you have come ... For many years I, Simeon, have waited for this moment. In my bones, in my very being, I have sensed your arrival. Hungrily, I've searched the scriptures until the pages shredded in my hands for a time, a place. I've spent so many wakeless nights, many a restless day pleading for you to hasten. My Father, the world is weary, the Roman oppression so heavy ...

3494. Yes, It Becomes Unclean

Haggai 2:11-17

Sermon

Frank Ramirez

... were a pilgrim people bound together by a covenant. They were on their way to the promised land, and once they arrived they were supposed to be the light for the nations. And it's true. What infects one infects all. The laws of health begin to make sense. We are still a pilgrim people, bound together in the body of Christ, as we journey towards the kingdom. One body. The Law reminds us there are no "victimless" crimes, that our own personal pollution infects and affects everyone around us. We are one in the ...

3495. On The Twenty-Fourth Day

Sermon

Frank Ramirez

... are Roman and pagan; the date is ancient and pagan. I say bless them all. That's the beauty of our faith. We baptize our pagan past and bring it along with us! Eggs for easter, and bunnies? Sure. The signs of spring and fertility make sense as we celebrate rebirth and resurrection. That's the neat thing about our faith. We give up everything to follow Christ, and God gives it all back to us, in its proper perspective. Money, food, sex, and television -- there's nothing intrinsically evil about any of ...

3496. Is There Any Seed Left In The Barn?

Haggai 2:19

Sermon

Frank Ramirez

... as ludicrous. Stop? We're just getting started. Christmas is for the long haul. It's a season, not a day, and that requires some serious resolutions. Here are my Ten Commandments of Christmas: 1. Honor the Lord of the season -- not through deprivation or some misplaced sense of solemnity. We have been waiting all year for the king's arrival. This is a holiday. Keep it holy by celebrating with friends and family. 2. Let your gift giving be joyful. 3. You shall not be a slave to the greeting cards. 4. You ...

3497. God's Light Has Come

Isaiah 9:1-7

Bulletin Aid

James Wilson

... , let us worship together, all who know the risen Christ. People: For once we lived in darkness and there seemed to be no salvation. Leader: But in Christ God has sent us the light, the truth and the way People: That all might have salvation and walk with a new sense of life. Leader: Then let us worship this day and carry God's light into the world. All: Blessed be the name of the Lord! Collect O God, Creator of all of the Universe, we stand in awe when we realize You loved each and every one of us so ...

3498. No Longer Servants, but Friends

John 15:18--16:4

Sermon Aid

Wayne H. Keller

... was the greatest!" M: We say, "Amen!" to that! P: Jesus also says to us, "You are the greatest!" M: We say "Alleluia!" to that! Hymn of Praise "God of Compassion, in Mercy Befriend Us" Prayer of Praise Identify that servanthood involves lordship, in a sense, a topdog/underdog relationship; friendship involves an eye-to-eye relationship. ACTS OF CONFESSION Introduction to the Act of Confession John Ruskin once complained to a friend, "You're like all my other friends; you want to do me good, in your way, not ...

3499. The Calling of the First Disciples

Mark 1:14-20

Sermon Aid

Wayne H. Keller

... ) of the people, not the production of the pastor, church secretary, or musicians. So, as always, as God's evangels, we work and play in worship, in order to work and play in our vocation, education, socialization, and recreation. In one sense, the liturgy is to brainwash us. Let's understand: our math teacher brainwashes us with the multiplication table; our English teacher brainwashes us with the alphabet; our chemistry teacher brainwashes us with the valence chart. Now, we come to worship this Epiphany ...

3500. The Season Of Renewal

John 13:1-17

Bulletin Aid

Wayne H. Keller

... for the pastor: 1. Simulate the washing of the people's feet as they enter the sanctuary, by shining their shoes. Be prepared to have some reject the act; be prepared for the hostility of others. 2. The end is near -- Jesus knew it; disciples sensed it; clergy demanded it; people seconded it. 3. Judas pushed Jesus to fulfill Judas' expectations; Peter denied that he ever knew Jesus; Mark, scared to death, ran naked into the hills; disciples stood by helplessly in silence. Which best fits how you would have ...

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