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4401. The Upside Down Cup

Luke 6:17-26

Children's Sermon

Brett Blair

... they? (response) No, I think it would be all right if I just turned it upside down a little bit, don't you? (response) As you speak these next words turn the jar over causing a few coins to strike the tray: I don't think anything will happen -- continue pouring -- oh, no! Pour the coins slowly making as much racket as possible. Leave just a few coins in the jar. Application: [While holding the jar before them say:] Jesus says it would be good for you shake the jar if you are poor, because you will have the ...

4402. I'll Do Better Next Time

Luke 13:1-9

Children's Sermon

Brett Blair

... ) Okay, I'll remember that. The roof belongs on the top of the house. I'll do better next time. Well, what about the sun? It's just shining! (response) What? (response) While they are shouting out it's square or it's supposed to be round, continue with your thoughts. I don't understand. (response) Interrupt them. No, look, it's shining nice and bright and making the grass grow. (response) What's wrong? (response) You mean, it's not supposed to be square? (response) It's supposed to be round? (response) Okay ...

4403. Be One

John 17:20-26

Children's Sermon

Brett Blair

... . So I thought I would try to bring the dollar together, so I started carrying around these. Take the nickels from your other pocket and drop them slowly on the tray. The dollar has been a little easier to keep up with. Some of them still get lost, and they continue to make quite a bit of noise. They're still a bit of burden though. Remove the nickels from the tray. I thought it would be easier if the dollar could be carried around like this. Start dropping the dimes. Drop a dime at a time. They don't make ...

4404. Choices

Drama

J. B. Quisenberry

... had almost given up when they came to an inn on the edge of town. The inn keeper repeated the phrase that Joseph had heard so many times - "No Room." (Mary and Joseph and the Inn Keeper and his wife should pantomime the conversation as the reader continues.) The usually quiet carpenter could not stand any more. Mary hadn't complained, but he could see how tired she was. "There must be something!" he argued, "My wife is expecting, and the journey has been so hard on her!" The inn keeper's wife could see ...

4405. Seek Good, Not Evil (That You May Live)

Amos 5:1-17

Sermon

Paul W. F. Harms

... which by their very nature oppress, put the poor at a disadvantage, operate with technical and legal rights while violating the moral. It has been too easy for us to do band-aid work with a good conscience while structures and systems have continued to victimize. We have talked about the violence in schools, for example, but what about the violence of the schools? There is violence within companies, but what about the violence of companies? In recent days more than one company that has served a community ...

4406. Beasts, Saints and Chaos

Daniel 7:15-28, Daniel 7:1-14

Sermon

Paul W. F. Harms

... it. In his epistles, Paul addresses the members of the congregations as saints, people called as saints; notice, not just to be and become saints, but they are saints even as he addresses them. Even the congregation at Corinth, guilty of a most grievous sin, continuing in that sin even as Paul writes, he addresses as saints. Do we need more evidence? The list of heroic saints in the eleventh chapter of Hebrews is not ours: Noah, who got drunk at the end of the ark trip; Abraham, to save his life ...

4407. A Faith, A Farm And A Family

Ruth 1:1-22

Sermon

John P. Rossing

... we need to live from day to day. This morning's story reminds us of three of the most important blessings God gives us: a way to make a living, family and friends to love us and support us, and faith to keep us going in expectation that God will continue to bless us.

4408. Affecting Eternity

Romans 12:1-8

Eulogy

Richard F. Bansemer

... a teacher, of course.She was related to you in many ways, and to all of us as a friend. Those of us who knew her knew she was committed. She taught us that by what she did, not by what she said. On behalf of ____________, may we all continue to learn our lessons well by I~ollowing closely the teaching of Rabboni, teacher.

4409. Revised Edition

Psalm 71:1-24

Eulogy

Richard F. Bansemer

Death After a Stroke The meditation text is Psalm 71:6: "Upon thee I have leaned from my birth; thou art he who took me from my mother's womb. My praise is continually of thee." The elderly often impress us with two qualities seldom found among the young: trust and simplicity. These characteristics are almost always the exclusive gift of the aged, for they alone have spent their lifetime learning how to combine the two into a style of living. In the many ...

4410. Step Four - Courage

Mt 26:69-75 · Acts 9:1-9 · Ps 139:1-6

Sermon

John A. Terry

... is that one last piece of evidence detective Paul Drake brings in, and in an instant the plea of innocence becomes an admission of guilt. Paul had been fighting and fighting and fighting against the Way of Christ, but as he dealt with the saints, the evidence continued to mount against what he was doing with his life. The last piece of evidence came in, and then the surrender. He who had intended to enter Damascus with an avenging fury was led by the hand, blind and helpless. For three days - a holy number ...

4411. Work and Worship

Luke 10:38-42

Children's Sermon

Brett Blair

... and all. When I am done eating I have to sweep and mop and vacuum, don't I? (response) What? (response) Isn't that what I am supposed to do on Sunday morning in church? (no) It's not? What am I supposed to do? (response) You may want to continue questioning them. What else can I do in church? (response) You mean I don't have to work all the time? (response) When I come to church I can stop hold up the pot and ladle all this? I can be still and think about God and how much he ...

4412. Magic Prayers

Luke 11:1-13

Children's Sermon

Brett Blair

... it's turning a strange color. I know it sounds strange, but it actually looks as if it's turning gray. So if you could stop that. Amen. Well, that ought to about do it! Hold up the wallet and check to see if the money has magically appeared. Continue to look through the wallet and say to yourself: What happened? (response) There's no money in here. Now address the children. What happened? Why didn't I get any money? (response) Your guess is as good as mine as to what the children will answer -- be on your ...

4413. Bound for Glory

Hebrews 13:1-25

Children's Sermon

Tim Carpenter

... you to hold on to the end of the yarn and throw the ball to someone across from you. Now, you hold on to the yarn and pass it to someone else. Then that person will hold on to the yarn and pass it to someone else. This will continue until you have a web formed in between the children. The adult helpers should help keep the yarn going. Now what do we have? (response) Everyone is connected together. Watch this ... Pick someone. I want you to sit down while the others remain standing. Have the child sit down ...

4414. Scene 4 - Finding a Room

Drama

Nancy Steltz

(Mary and Joseph approach from the back of the room and speak when they are halfway to the stage.) Mary: Joseph, could that be Bethlehem just ahead? Joseph: Yes, at last. (Mary and Joseph continue to walk slowly toward the stage. All other Scene 4 characters take their places on stage. The visitors, beggars, and merchants yell appropriately.) Mary: It looks so crowded. Joseph (Knocking on door): Do you have room for us? Innkeeper 1: There's no more room in here. This place is ...

4415. Here Comes The King

Luke 19:28-44

Sermon

George Bass

... sneakers - groped hesitantly for the metal stairs. A first glance was sent out, cautious, covert: not a gaze that claimed propriety over the near landscape. Nor a joy-filled glimmer. Just eyes that twinkled behind the dull mask of the refugee." And he continues, "The silence and slow motion of the arrivals enveloped those who received them, too. Before our eyes an entire culture was uprooted from its life source and brought here, to be replanted." "Most of all," the writer comments, "and with that silence ...

4416. Oh Me of Little Faith

Matthew 14:22-36

Sermon

Johnny Dean

... pushing at his back, but fearing nothing. Jesus knows the danger, but he comes to join his disciples, to accompany us through the storm and save us from the waves. Does this mean that the storm will stop if we keep our focus on Jesus? Maybe not. The storm may continue, sometimes for what might seem like a long time. But through the spray and the splash of the waves, Jesus will be there, calling out to us, "Take heart, it is I; do not be afraid." No matter where we are, no matter what storm of life we have ...

4417. The Pop Quiz

Matthew 16:13-20

Sermon

Johnny Dean

... you. Maybe we can look together. Would you like that?" For now, we see "through a glass, dimly," as Paul wrote. But one day, someday, we will understand fully what it means to confess that Jesus is the Messiah, the Son of the Living God. Until that day, we must continue our daily journey of faith, taking one shaky step at a time. And we must not be afraid to ask questions or to admit that we don’t have all the answers. I’ve got news for you: we don’t even know all the questions yet. AMEN

4418. Another Tricky Question

Matthew 22:15-22

Sermon

Johnny Dean

... about $7000. But the jewelry, the combination of the silver and the gems, has an estimated worth of over five million dollars! Do you know where the jewelry was found? It was buried about 18 inches beneath the dirt floor of a cottage that has been continuously inhabited for 500 years. People had been living within reach of a treasure, but for centuries they did not know that it was there. How many people are living ignorantly in Eshtemoa today? How many are living right on top of the greatest treasure that ...

4419. Home for Christmas

Luke 2:1-7

Sermon

Johnny Dean

... we can imagine, and there we will be held and comforted and loved. That promise speaks directly to the child that lives in each one of us. We don’t need psychologists to tell us that what children fear most is abandonment, because that’s the very thing we adults continue to fear most of all. There is no dread so terrible as the fear that everyone we know and love will go away and leave us alone. Perhaps that’s why the longing for home is greater at Christmas than at any other time. "I’ll be home for ...

4420. But I Don't Wanna!

Genesis 12:1-8

Sermon

Joann Hary

... that God loved us so much that God sent his only begotten Son that whosoever believes in Him, should not perish but have everlasting life. For God sent not His son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through Him might be saved. Perhaps as we continue our journey in life and the other side of our heart pokes through and says, "I don't wanna ..." we need to take a few moments to ponder where we would be if our Lord and Savior had said, "But I don't wanna. Let them take care of themselves ...

4421. Humility

Luke 3:1-20, Isaiah 40:1-31

Drama

Martha L. Leach

... , "This is my beloved Son in whom I am well pleased." That clinched it. It was then I knew this man was the Promised One. I have heard he has not only taught about God's love to many but he also has healed many. Moses: Are you going to continue to preach and baptize now that you've seen the Messiah? John: I know I'm nearing the end of my life. It's only a matter of time before Herod arrests me and, yes, may even put me to death. I've been openly critical of Herod and his ...

4422. Commitment

John 19:17-27

Drama

Martha L. Leach

... , and had a chance to get to know one another. Jesus was committed to dying so that we might have life - even those of us who died before he came. The commitments you and I have made are insignificant when compared to Jesus. But he expects us to continue to love, care, teach, and witness so all will know about his saving grace. Peace be with you, John! John: Till we meet again! Narrator: Two friends, spanning the ages, have shared the joy and hope of salvation through Jesus' death on the cross. Here are two ...

4423. Service -- Rahab and Mary of Bethany

John 12:1-11

Drama

Martha L. Leach

... : Mary, this is the greatest news of all. The Messiah has come and he has conquered death. Mary: He left a command for us, too. To have faith in him and his promise is most important, but he made it clear that we have a job to do. We must continue to serve by witnessing to all humankind and by feeding both body and soul of our neighbors both near and far away. In your heart, Rahab, you knew how best to serve your God and you did it with great courage and faith. Rahab: I can now see that service ...

4424. Oh, Lord, It's Hard To Be Humble

Luke 18:9-14

Sermon

Johnny Dean

... What’s going on when Jesus invites Zaccheus (another tax collector) down out of the sycamore tree and goes to his house for dinner? What’s going on when God allows His Son to be nailed to a cross to die a criminal’s death at Calvary? And we continue to ask that question in many circumstances today. If you were to visit St. Jude’s Children’s Hospital in my hometown of Memphis, you would see a lot of really good work going on. But you would also see child after child being escorted down the hallway ...

4425. Where is the Nearest Sycamore Tree?

Luke 19:1-10

Sermon

Johnny Dean

... an interviewer that she had spent most of her life wanting to look like someone else! Actor Don Knotts (Deputy Barney Fife on the Andy Griffith show) said that he wanted a "body transplant." Plastic surgeons make millions of dollars a year and health clubs continue to advertise, "You can be a whole new you in just a matter of months!" The manufacturers of exercise equipment tell us, "This could be YOUR body!" Yeah, right, Jake! We live in a society that preaches that the one solution to all the problems ...

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