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3976. The Golden Calf

Exodus 32:1-33:6

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James Wilson

... Almighty God. People: But the love in our hearts can reflect the love of Christ. Leader: Then let our hearts be joined in worship and song before our God! All: Blessed be the name of the Lord! Collect O God, in Your love You have given us a gift we cannot measure nor can it be truly captured in any worldly symbol. Your love is best contained only in our hearts. We thank You, Lord. In Christ we pray. Amen. Prayer Of Confession O Lord, You have warned us You would not tolerate our placing any god before ...

3977. Thanksgiving for Our Land

Deuteronomy 8:1-20

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James Wilson

... us give thanks for the wonderful blessings of God! People: For we have been given a wonderful land, rich and able to feed us. Leader: And our nation was founded on the principle of faith in God. People: But we have grown prosperous and not all remember God's gifts. Leader: Then let it begin with us and let us give thanks to our loving God. All: Blessed be the name of the Lord! Collect O God, You have blessed this land with abundance and You will continue if we will remember You are our God. Lord, we open ...

3978. The Season Of Renewal

Mark 1:1-8

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Wayne H. Keller

... of time, money, energy we spend trying to look presentable. Contrast this with the amount of time, money, energy we spend trying to get right with God. How much has to do with doing something to get right; how much has to do with receiving God's gift of grace? (Define grace as God's unearned, undeserved, unmerited, unconditional acceptance of us as we are right here, right now. Many who have sat in pews for years still have no concept of grace.) Now, invite the people, silently for three minutes, to let God ...

3979. The Season Of Expectancy

Mark 13:1-31, Mark 13:32-37

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Wayne H. Keller

... To Town." The second choir, from the rear of the sanctuary, will sing quietly, almost in a whisper, "O Come, O Come Emmanuel." Have the choirs sing these separately, so the congregation will experience the contrast. Following the singing, provide the gift of three minutes of silence. Pastoral Invitation Which message in which song commands your greatest attention at the beginning of Advent? Give the people an opportunity to raise their hands. Advent is the great getting-ready-moment for Christians as we ...

3980. The Season Of The Resurrection

John 10:1-21

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Wayne H. Keller

... life even when we aren't nice! MUSIC POSSIBILITIES Music for Preparation Medley of Easter hymns; or, "Sheep May Safely Graze" Hymn of Praise "I Sing the Mighty Power of God" Response to the Act of Taking Responsibility Any version of Psalm 23. Response to the Message with Children "Simple Gifts" Response to the Stewardship Challenge "A Folk Hymn" Hymn of Commitment "Sing Praise to God, Who Reigns Above" Music for Dismissal Medley of Easter hymns.

3981. The Vine and the Branches

John 15:1-17

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Wayne H. Keller

... our destructive and useless behavior.M: Thank you, Lord, for your pruning shears.P: The true vine, through God's Spirit, makes it possible for us to bear much fruit, healthy relationships, and to take on issues of justice.M: Thank you, Lord, for providing your gifts of pruning. Response Sing again, stanza 2 only, of "Like the Murmur of the Dove's Song." THE TEACHING Message with the Children of All Ages Bring in a master gardener, or someone who knows the process of pruning vines and cutting off dead ones ...

3982. No Longer Servants, but Friends

John 15:18--16:4

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Wayne H. Keller

... keeping, and with the breath of kindness, blow the rest away." Hymn of Commitment "Called as Partners in Christ's Service: Meditation "All friendship, the unconditional kind (that is the only kind of true friendship) does not begin between persons. It begins with the gift of God's friendship toward us" (WHK). John: "You are my friend if you do what I tell you to do." MUSIC POSSIBILTIIES Music for Preparation: Medley of Easter hymns; or, medley of popular songs on friendship. Hymn of Praise: "New Songs of ...

3983. The Season Of The Holy Spirit

Mark 7:1-23

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Wayne H. Keller

... in.) Response "Rejoice, You Pure in Heart" Invitation to the Act of Pardon (Pastor and Ministers) No matter what your past has been, your future is spotless, in the name of the Living God. Receive new life, beginning now! I mean it! Beginning now! Receive the gift! P: You have been set free to think and behave as Christ's people. M: We rejoice that this is possible through God's forgiveness. P: Rise up, then, as living persons. M: We do! (Your favorite praise word.) Choral Response (All the choirs) "Praise ...

3984. The Season Of The Holy Spirit

Mark 13:1-31

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Wayne H. Keller

... to debate dates, rather than sharing the gospel, beginning in our own home, and among our fellow church members. (Pause.) I invite us to seek forgiveness for the times that we talk about the church program, or pastor, or people than to share the gift of life. (Pause.) Conclude with a prayer which incorporates these thoughts. Response Introduce the hymn with words similar to these: Despite all of our game-playing around the return of Jesus, consider the words of this hymn: "At the Name of Jesus." (See Lent ...

3985. The Season Of The Holy Spirit

Mark 4:35-41

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Wayne H. Keller

... of our own storms. Introduction to the Act of Forgiveness We say that we want the peace which Christ promises. Yet, we spend so much of our day rushing here and there, to and fro. Christ invites us to claim his peace, beginning now. Receive the gift. Response "O God of Love, O God of Peace" CELEBRATION THROUGH THE WORD Message with the Children of All Ages Invite someone who has been in rough, even dangerous, waters. Ask that person to describe the thoughts and feelings of such an event. Allow that person ...

3986. The Season Of The Holy Spirit

John 3:1-21

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Wayne H. Keller

... are often called the confusers. Are we willing to get clarity from God's Spirit, instead of deciding that being a growing Christian is just too much work? If we want forgiveness for our laziness, God gives it. That's God's promise. Receive God's gift. For those who receive God's promise, those who take it seriously, in the name of Jesus the Christ, I declare the forgiveness of your laziness. Minister: God, we thank you for your promise. We believe you. And now we are better equipped to seek forgiveness ...

3987. The Season Of The Nativity

Matthew 25:31-46

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Wayne H. Keller

... 's name can respond. (5) We cannot escape responsibility toward these issues; for either we contribute negatively to the problems by doing nothing, or positively by becoming part of the solution. Which choice will you and I make? CELEBRATING OUR GIFTS Stewardship Challenge Either reread the scripture or the poem. Have the pianist or organist or guitarist play appropriate background music, perhaps one of Bob Dylan's songs. Read slowly and deliberately. CELEBRATING OUR DEPARTURE Hymn of Commitment "Here I Am ...

3988. All Saints

Isaiah 25:1-12, Revelation 21:1-27, John 11:38-44, John 11:17-37

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E. Carver McGriff

... . 1. When Christ enters in, we can find newness of life. 2. This happens in several ways but requires a positive decision on our part to accept Christ. 3. Prayer plays a major role in this process. 4. Such revival always does two things: it restores the gift of joy, and it summons us to service of others. ADDITIONAL ILLUSTRATIONS Gypsy Smith, a nineteenth century evangelist, told of the time he came home early, when a young man, so he could spend some time with his toddler son. As part of their play, he put ...

3989. All Creation Yawns

Romans 13:8-14

Sermon

Frank Luchsinger

... we choose, we may rise to the voices of warning and alarm; or we may wait ... to be lifted by the sun -- when I can, I prefer my awakening to come by the sun. The light of dawn gently calling me to life, allowing me to embrace the gift of a new day. Toward the end of his life, Henrik Ibsen said to a friend: "He who wishes to understand me must know Norway. The magnificent, but severe natural environment surrounding people up there in the north, the lonely, secluded life -- the farms miles apart ... That is ...

3990. Welcoming Christ

Romans 14:1--15:13

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Frank Luchsinger

... Luke 24:13-35). When "No Vacancy" or "No Room" is converted into welcoming, hospitable grace, "fearful strangers can become guests revealing to their hosts the promise they are carrying with them." Welcoming grace diminishes the distinction between guest and host and allows sharing of gifts precious.4 Welcome Brings Glory To God A couple of years ago on a Saturday morning at 8:30 a.m., shattered car window glass was everywhere and the back seat empty. A shocked Julia Whalen, fresh from an early morning hair ...

3991. Defining The Mission

Luke 4:14-30

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Charles H. Bayer

One of the marvelous gifts I have been given is the capacity to tell at a glance what somebody is like. I have no trouble seeing a person for the first time and identifying all her faults. What is more, in a split second I can tell you what she ought to be doing. Like ...

3992. Mary Ponders

Luke 2:1-7, Luke 2:8-20

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Charles H. Bayer

... all? There was little time for the rest so precious to a new mother. From the hillsides had come shepherds -- strange first visitors -- who reported that divine messengers had magically appeared to them out of the sky, insisting they go to Bethlehem and see the gift of God wrapped in swaddling clothes. They had come -- and gone -- and now Mary was quite alone. Joseph had walked to town to accomplish the legal work they had come to do. Caesar had demanded that everyone sign up to expedite the collection of ...

3993. Moving At The Speed Of Light: Unknown Apostles

1 Corinthians 2:6-16

Sermon

Frank Luchsinger

... life into every breast, sets the stars in the heavens and the planets on their course. "No one comprehends the thoughts of God except the Spirit of God. Now we have received not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit which is from God, that we might understand the gifts bestowed on us by God" (1 Corinthians 2:11-12). Then, too, we serve a Savior, who for a time was unknown to Paul and who must ever become more real for us. Even in his own time, the Savior's own people, in his own church, said, "By what ...

3994. The Song Of Angels--And The Son Of God

Isaiah 9:1-7

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Thomas A. Pilgrim

... . Thanks be to God! 1. John Killinger, The Salvation Tree (New York: Harper & Row Publishers, 1973), p. xiv. 2. Wallace D. Chappell, The Trumpet's Certain Sound (Nashville, Tennessee: Wallace Chappell Ministries, Inc., 1987), p. 17. 3. James W. Moore, Christmas Gifts That Always Fit (Nashville, Tennessee: Dimensions For Living, 1996), p. 52. 4. Charles L. Allen and Charles L. Wallis, Christmas, "Childhood" by John Erskine (Old Tappan, New Jersey: Fleming H. Revell Company, 1977), p. 14. 5. William J. Bausch ...

3995. The Divine Advocacy

John 16:5-16

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Maurice A. Fetty

... he did not slow down, he was going to have his heart attack before he achieved his goals. The living Spirit of Christ reminded us of the sin of presumption wherein we think we must build a paradise of our own, rather than receive it as a gift from God. The Spirit of the humble, self-sacrificing Christ convicts us of our pride wherein we must declare our self-worth in God's eyes by overwhelming achievement and success. It is this Spirit which stands over against brazen, selfish sensuality. It is this Spirit ...

3996. The Better Part

Luke 10:38-42

Sermon

John G. Lynch

... and stretch themselves to what is ahead. But the lukewarm and the hypocrites, he said, think they have already chosen what is best. "They forget what is before them and fall back into what is behind them, and there they rest and snore."1 Good listeners. That's what Jesus gifts us to be. As good listeners we press forward and forget the things that are behind. We reach out, with our ears open, to what God is calling us to be in the future. He will speak to us in many persons and in many ways. He will bring ...

3997. The Politics Of The Saints

Luke 6:17-26

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Larry R. Kalajainen

... s why on All Saints' Sunday, we don't primarily remember the great heroes and heroines of the faith, but we remember the ordinary Christians who have been part of our own company of saints. We remember how they struggled to live faithfully; we remember their gifts which they offered to the service of Christ and to the rest of God's people. We remember their humility, their love, their service. And in remembering them, we find courage and faith to try, however difficult it may be, to be faithful ourselves in ...

3998. A House of Prayer

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John R. Brokhoff

... next room is for the thanksgiving and praise. We have been blessed beyond measure and therefore to thank and praise God is in order. Before we begin our prayer, we need to review how good God has been to us. If we are bereft of blessings, our greatest gift is Jesus who loved us enough to die for us. Go to the next room for the confession of sins. Sin separates us from God. Sin erects an impenetrable curtain which prevents us from seeing God. The separation prevents our hearing the voice of God. We come out ...

3999. You Can Be Well Fed

1 Corinthians 11:17-34

Sermon

Michael B. Brown

... for your sake (not the other person's)." Even if those who have hurt us would come on bended knee apologizing profusely, it would do nothing to change the past. Forgiveness is not so much something we do for others, the Simons write, but rather a gift that we give to ourselves. Joy, serenity, peace, laughter and bright futures can be ours simply by letting go of the back-breaking burden of resentment (Consult pp. 20-21 of the Simons' book.) Their work is a beautiful reminder that to become like Jesus, to ...

4000. The Christmas Sign

Isaiah 7:1-25

Sermon

Paul E. Robinson

... But Ahaz couldn't do it. The reason he gave was a clear example of false deference to the Lord. "Oh, I couldn't!" More likely it just wouldn't be the same to ask for a particular sign. That would be like having your parents ask you what gift they should surprise you with on Christmas morning! If you tell them, it takes away the surprise! I can remember the three of us boys as children, sneaking downstairs at 6:30 on Christmas morning. The tree was dark until we plugged in the lights, splashing the wrapping ...

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