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4501. Epiphany 8

Mark 2:18-22, Mark 2:13-17

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Dennis Koch

... of serving, or new approaches to routine tasks ...we become unsettled and nervous. We know that new wine cannot be placed into old wineskins and that unshrunk cloth cannot be sewn onto old garments. This does not work. Jesus calls us to faith. This faith enables us to formulate "new" responses to old patterns of living. This faith can be applied to lives which are constantly changing. This does work! This faith makes all things "new." Amen.

4502. Lent 2

Mark 8:31--9:1, Mark 9:2-13

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Dennis Koch

Gospel Note In this account of Jesus' response to Peter's confession of him as the Messiah, it is clear that Jesus is contradicting in no uncertain terms the triumphal expectations that Peter invested in that title. Jesus points out not only that he himself must suffer, but that his true disciples will have to take up their ...

4503. Prayer for Mark 9: 38-50

Mark 9:38-41

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Dennis Koch

Gospel Note The first of the loosely related sayings contained here speaks to the issue of authorization or credentials. Instead of an anticipated institutional response "He who is not with us is against us." Jesus opts for blurring such distinctions, and even hints at a high doctrine of grace. Liturgical Color Green Suggested Hymns O Jesus, I Have Promised Lord Keep Us Steadfast In Your Word O Master Let Me Walk With You Oh, Praise ...

4504. True Greatness: Servanthood Not Status

Mark 10:35-45

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Dennis Koch

Gospel Note Mark often uses the disciples to represent the attitudes of his own contemporary church. Here we have them vying for positions of prestige in glory. Jesus' response hints that suffering takes precedence over glory, that positions in glory are granted by a higher authority, and that in any case such quibbles belong to the world. Christian greatness, it seems, is a matter of servanthood, not status. Liturgical Color Green Suggested Hymns God, Who Stretched The Spangled Heavens ...

4505. Proper 9

Mark 4:35-41

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Dennis Koch

... their need for you and their resistance to the truth. We need the constant guidance of your Holy Spirit. Help us to watch for opportunities to share the hope and power of the good news. Do not allow us to give up when we are frustrated by the lack of response. Help us to remember that you prepare hearts to be receptive. Use us to reach through the unbelief of others. Amen.

4506. Trinity Sunday

John 3:1-21, Matthew 28:16-20

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Dennis Koch

Gospel Note The story of Nicodemus brings together the basic elements of the later creedal formula, not in some abstract, philosophical discourse, but rather in response to the very practical, existential question of salvation. Thus the Spirit is God's regenerating power "from above," the Son (of man) is the proper object of faith, and the Father is the loving parent behind the whole plan for human redemption. Liturgical Color White Suggested Hymns Father Most Holy ...

4507. Advent 1

Mark 13:32-37, Mark 13:1-31, Psalm 80:1-19

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B. David Hostetter

... parent, who allows us enough room to get ourselves into trouble when we follow undisciplined instincts. Too often we are more like people who claim no affinity to you than like a people who bear your name. Forgive our tendency to slough off responsibility for our decision. Excuse the incompleteness of many of our confessions. We trust you still because of Jesus Christ, your Son. Amen. Declaration of God's Forgiveness Hear the Good News! God has given you grace and peace in Christ Jesus, and enriched ...

4508. Easter Sunday

Mark 16:1-20, John 20:10-18, John 20:1-9, 1 Corinthians 15:1-11, Acts 10:23b-48, Psalm 118:1-29

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B. David Hostetter

CALL TO WORSHIP (responsively)This is the day on which the Lord has acted: let us exult and rejoice in it. We shall not die, but live to proclaim the works of the Lord. PRAYER OF CONFESSION God of the sabbath rest, God of Easter Sunday, God of everyday hear our confession. Embarrassment often ...

4509. Easter 5

Acts 8:26-40, Psalm 22:1-31, 1 John 4:7-21, John 15:1-17

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B. David Hostetter

... joined us to you in a living relationship that spans all human differences and will survive beyond the grave. We give you hearty thanks and unceasing praise for your love is beyond all imagining. Amen. PRAYER OF DEDICATION Giving God, receive what we give to you in response to the loving gift of Jesus, your divine Child, so that we may be assured that you know of our love for you however small in comparison with your gifts to us. Amen. PSALM 22:25-31 From you comes my praise in the great congregation; my ...

4510. Easter 7

Acts 1:12-26, Psalm 1:1-6

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B. David Hostetter

CALL TO WORSHIP (responsively)How awesome is God most high, great sovereign over all the earth! Christ has gone up with shouts of acclamation to the right hand of the throne of the eternal. Let us acclaim our God with shouts of joy, praising Monarch and Prince with psalms and fanfares. PRAYER OF CONFESSION ...

4511. Second Sunday of Epiphany

2 Corinthians 6:14--7:1, Psalm 139:1-24, Luke 4:14-30

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B. David Hostetter

Call to Worship (responsively) God's face shines upon us in Christ. Turn your face up to him in joy. Jesus shows God's way in the earth. Come to God on that path. The Spirit is God's saving power among all nations. Be uplifted by the inspiration of the Holy Spirit. Prayer ...

4512. Epiphany 4

Mark 1:21-28, Psalm 111:1-10, Deuteronomy 18:14-22

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B. David Hostetter

... of the Spirit in season. PRAYER OF CONFESSION One God, undivided in being, undiverted in purpose, we confess that we are often distracted from waiting on you. Whether married or single, we are easily attracted and engrossed by worldly things. When married or responsible for a family we may have additional cares that divide our minds, giving undue weight to the provision of daily bread and too little attention to what is good, what is seemly, what is true devotion to your work. Forgive faithless anxiety and ...

4513. Epiphany 5

Isaiah 40:1-31, Psalm 147:1-20, 1 Corinthians 9:1-27, Mark 1:29-34

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B. David Hostetter

... , animal. Receive the thanksgiving of all creation, the psalms of your people, the music of the birds, the sounds of all living things. Hear us wherever we gather to praise you name. Amen. PRAYER OF DEDICATION God of the Gospel, we share the responsibility of spreading the Good News, with pastors and elders, evangelists and teachers, healers and nurses, identifying with all sorts and conditions of people in order to communicate the word of your grace in Jesus Christ. Amen. PSALM 147:1-11, 20c Praise the ...

4514. Christmas 2

John 1:1-18, Ephesians 1:1-14, Psalm 147:1-20, Jeremiah 30:1--31:40

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B. David Hostetter

CALL TO WORSHIP (Responsively) Sing out your praises and say, God has saved his people. See how the Savior brings them from the end of the earth, The blind and lame among them, Women with childAnd women in labor, a great company. Young men and old shall rejoice, Then shall the girl show her ...

4515. The Set Face And The Turned Head

Luke 9:51-56, Luke 9:57-62

Sermon

Larry Powell

... rather than everyone foregoing the meal and contributing what we would have paid for the meal to world hunger. It is sad to tell, but we could not even get on the trail of the program, much less stay on the trail toward productive response. The only exhibition of tenacity related to a commitment in this instance was the stubborn insistence to maintain our own feeding schedule. The nature of true commitment was illustrated well enough, but the object was in contradiction to the lesson. Who is that walking ...

4516. Fleshing Out The Word

Luke 10:1-24

Sermon

Larry Powell

... the crusade team who had come as forerunners, the record would read quite differently. Having met with the team, I can confirm that they were excellent representatives for what they were promoting, proficient at what they were about, and assumed a tremendous personal responsibility for the success or failure of the mission. Because we have named the name of Christ, you and I are forerunners of the coming kingdom. We pray for the grace to be good representatives of what we proclaim, proficient in our witness ...

4517. So Close ... But Yet So Far

Luke 9:10-17

Sermon

Larry Powell

... jump out at us like sparks from a well-kindled fire. Christian friends, allow for the possibility that, although we have received the sacrament of holy communion many times, there is still more. More to ponder, more to experience. We partake of the sacrament: (1) in response to Christ's command. "... And when he had given thanks, he broke it (bread), and said, 'This is my body which is for you. Do this in remembrance of me.' In the same way also the cup, after supper, saying, 'This cup is the new covenant ...

4518. But God Can

Luke 7:11-17

Sermon

Larry Powell

... a youth." What a pity. God was not simply calling him to address a tribe or a community, or even a district, but raising him up to be a witness to the "nations." How could God commit such an obvious mistake as to place so staggering a responsibility upon a youth? We can almost hear Jeremiah thinking, "I cannot command listeners, I cannot pronounce prophetic words, and I cannot conceive how you could possibly use me." And then it is as if God addressed Jeremiah's reluctance by replying, "I know you can't ...

4519. What "They" Say

Luke 9:18-27

Sermon

Larry Powell

... ; "I don't really know who is right, but what Larry is saying sounds more like what mother and daddy believe than what you say." The question was not, "What do your parents believe?" but "What do you believe?" The reply was a classical "They say" response. It is always easier to repeat than to think, isn't it? Christian friends, you and I have studied the Bible. We have read and listened to other people's beliefs concerning Christ. We know what John Wesley believed. We know what Billy Graham believes. We ...

4520. The Infinite Becomes An Infant

Matthew 1:18-25

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John R. Brokhoff

... shock and disillusionment he had when he learned Mary was pregnant? How could this be when he was celibate? How could she be so unfaithful to him? He planned to divorce her privately. Then God stepped in and solved the mystery. God himself is responsible for her pregnancy through the conception by the Spirit. Likewise, the incarnation may give some of us problems. How could the infinite God become a finite human? How could the holy become sinful? It blows our minds. It seems preposterous and impossible. But ...

4521. Homework Is a Duty

Luke 17:10

Children's Sermon

Wesley T. Runk

... they come home instead of doing their homework. But still we must do it. It is our duty. How many of you know what the word "duty" means? (Let them answer.) Most all of you know the word "duty." It is when we have something to do that is our responsibility, something that we do not receive special thanks for doing. It is something that is expected. I think that there are things like that between us and God. There are some things that are our duty to God, and we should not expect God to send us a special ...

4522. Jesus' Job Description

Matthew 11:4-5

Children's Sermon

Wesley T. Runk

... people are mothers. I thought that we might make a list of some of the things that your mother does, and then we can all see how busy she is. You tell me what your mother does for you and I will make a list on the chalkboard. (Invite some responses and prod where necessary with some things that they may not think about.) That is quite a list. And we have forgotten a lot of the things that a mother does every day. I know this, if I showed this list of things to someone who was not here this ...

4523. A Seeking Savior

Luke 10:1-24

Sermon

W. Robert McClelland

... . Paul, therefore, his faith fixed firmly on Christ - can boast, "If God be for us, who is against us (Romans 8:31)?" Predestination is credited to John Calvin, that dour reformer of Geneva. But the idea that God seeks out sinners and takes full responsibility for their salvation did not originate with him. Thomas Aquinas writes of the doctrine. Indeed, long before Calvin was a gleam in his father's eye, Augustine spoke of our election to salvation, as did also the apostle Paul. The doctrine, has of course ...

4524. Living The Alternatives

Luke 17:1-10

Sermon

W. Robert McClelland

... not as important as mentally imaging the body as healthy. Faith in this sense is imaginative vision that sees what medical science and others are not yet able to see. To visualize that which is not, is a uniquely human possibility. Human responsibility - stewardship, if you will - for our planet and our individual lives rests on our capacity for envisioning alternative possibilities to existing realities. That is why it is crucial to be intentional about what we visualize. We are always imagining a future ...

4525. Sharing Shalom

Luke 12:13-21

Sermon

W. Robert McClelland

... to put through not only college, but graduate school. Or aging parents to care for. But at some theoretical point on a monetary continuum it is possible to draw a line and say, "Enough! I can live with this amount and meet my responsibilities and fulfill my financial obligations." Everything beyond that figure, whether it be a million dollars, a half million, a hundred thousand, or a mere fifty thousand, everything beyond that point is surplus and can be given away without jeopardizing your own Shalom. The ...

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