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1276. Proper 9

2 Kings 5:1-14, Psalm 30:1-12; 66:1-20, Isaiah 60:10-14, Luke 10:1-24, Galatians 6:1-16

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Julia Ross Strope

... the kingdom of heaven. With money and talent and skills, we manifest Divine hospitality. With a gentle manner and kind demeanor, we make Holy love conspicuous. As the plates/baskets come to you, give what you can to expand the health of the planet. Doxology "The Lone, Wild Bird" The ends of earth are in God’s hand, The sea’s dark deep and far-off land. And I am yours! I rest in you. Great Spirit, come, and rest in me. Prayer Of Thanksgiving God of Feet and Hands — we are grateful for the ways ...

1277. Proper 10

Deuteronomy 30:9-14, Psalm 25:1-10; 82:1-8, Amos 7:7-17, Luke 10:25-37, Colossians 1:1-14

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Julia Ross Strope

... in good times, we share our rejoicings! Hurrah! Yippee! Hallelujah! Offertory Statement With your own sense of what is appropriate and helpful, this is the moment when you can respond with generosity to Holy Generosity so that tangible goodness continues in this place. Doxology "The Lone, Wild Bird" The ends of earth are in God’s hand, The sea’s dark deep and far-off land. And I am yours! I rest in you. Great Spirit, come, and rest in me. Prayer Of Thanksgiving Creating God — we are glad that we are ...

1278. Proper 11

Genesis 18:1-10a, Psalm 15:1-5; 52:1-9, Amos 8:1-12, Luke 10:38-42, Colossians 1:15-28

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Julia Ross Strope

... ? Jesus? Our faith family needs to pay our bills, to offer help, and to enrich our journeys. You will have a response to the inner voice just as the Bible characters did to the situations they ran into. As you respond, may your psyche be satisfied. Doxology "The Lone, Wild Bird" The ends of earth are in God’s hand, The sea’s dark deep and far-off land. And I am yours! I rest in you. Great Spirit, come, and rest in me. Prayer Of Thanksgiving God of Mary and Jesus — your voice beckons us to make time ...

1279. Proper 12

Genesis 18:20-32, Psalm 85:1-13; 138:1-8, Hosea 1:2-10, Luke 11:1-13, Colossians 2:6-19

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Julia Ross Strope

... Pray,” he said, “that we would have the daily food we need.” We have other needs, as well. In our culture, it takes money to buy what we need and what we want; it takes money, time, and skills to sustain ministry here. Give what you can. Doxology "The Lone, Wild Bird" The ends of earth are in God’s hand, The sea’s dark deep and far-off land. And I am yours! I rest in you. Great Spirit, come, and rest in me. Prayer Of Thanksgiving Holy One — we are grateful for the teachings of Jesus and for his ...

1280. Proper 13

Psalm 107:1-9, 43, Hosea 11:1-11, Luke 12:13-21, Colossians 3:1-11

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Julia Ross Strope

... learning to be tolerant of the ambiguities. We need this sanctuary, this place of holy quietness, to ask, listen, and respond to the Spirit. Give what you can to maintain this building, to minister to the neighborhood, and to reach out beyond our city. Doxology The Lone, Wild Bird (v. 2, modified), tune: PROSPECT The ends of earth are in God’s hand, The sea’s dark deep and far-off land. And I am yours! I rest in you. Great Spirit, come, and rest in me. Prayer Of Thanksgiving Holy One — we are grateful ...

1281. Proper 14

Psalm 33:12-22, Isaiah 1:1, 10-20, Luke 12:32-40, Hebrews 11:1-3, 8-16

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Julia Ross Strope

... of faith; some we invest in society by helping feed those who are hungry; some we invest in medical mission projects; some we invest in the education of the next generation. We take a few minutes to pass baskets to receive your investment for today. Doxology "The Lone, Wild Bird" The ends of earth are in God’s hand, The sea’s dark deep and far-off land. And I am yours! I rest in you. Great Spirit, come, and rest in me. Prayer Of Thanksgiving Investing God — we thank you for making your home, your ...

1282. Proper 15

Psalm 80:1-2, 8-19, Isaiah 5:1-7, Luke 12:49-53, Hebrews 11:29--12:2

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Julia Ross Strope

... to know ourselves and to relate to God. We are soothed during the painful parts of life and in good times, we share our rejoicings! Hurrah! Yippee! Hallelujah! Offertory Statement Let our generosity be part of our reputation. The baskets are coming your way. Doxology "The Lone, Wild Bird" The ends of earth are in God’s hand, The sea’s dark deep and far-off land. And I am yours! I rest in you. Great Spirit, come, and rest in me. Prayer Of Thanksgiving God of Isaiah and Jesus — we are thankful that you ...

1283. Proper 16

Psalm 71:1-6, Isaiah 58:9b-14, Jeremiah 1:4-10, Luke 13:10-17, Hebrews 12:18-29

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Julia Ross Strope

... for the resources that help sustain it. We share the expenses of ministry on this street and through out the global village. In our work and play together, we learn to unbend and look each other in the eye and see the Christ. Share as you can. Doxology "The Lone, Wild Bird" The ends of earth are in God’s hand, The sea’s dark deep and far-off land. And I am yours! I rest in you. Great Spirit, come, and rest in me. Prayer Of Thanksgiving Holy One — we are grateful for money to make our way in the ...

1284. Someone Bigger than Phil

Hebrews 4:14-5:10

Sermon

King Duncan

... electric razor and took away the razor strop. Then furnaces took away the old woodshed. And along came taxes and the worries of it took away my dad’s hair and with that the old hair brush disappeared. And that’s why kids today are running wild: the old man has run out of weapons!” Some of you may have had parents who were quite harsh in their methods of discipline. Thankfully, parents have, for the most part, changed . . . For most of us, the image of “father” is one of kindness and accessibility ...

1285. Serving the King of Kings

John 18:28-40

Sermon

King Duncan

... Church of Elvis The Divine. Their picture of Elvis makes the furor sometime back of Madonna singing suspended from a cross in Russia look tame: Elvis is hanging on a cross made to look like a guitar. (2) Surely someone has let their sense of satire run wild, but who knows? We live in a crazy world. When people fail to believe in Christ, they begin to believe in all kinds of foolishness. That’s why this day is important. Today on this last Sunday of the church year before we begin the season of ...

1286. Holy Trinity

Psalm 8:1-9, Proverbs 8:1-4, 22-31, John 16:12-15, Romans 5:1-5

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Julia Ross Strope

... serve God and the church. This is one of them. The money you put in the basket and the time you use to teach, fix things, and listen to someone enhance our life together and make reaching out to others a bit easier. Give as you can. Doxology "The Lone, Wild Bird" The ends of earth are in God’s hand, The sea’s dark deep and far-off land. And I am yours! I rest in you. Great Spirit, come, and rest in me. Prayer Of Thanksgiving God of Languages and Buildings — we are glad for the ways you are ...

1287. Christmas Eve

Psalm 96:1-13, Isaiah 9:2-7, Luke 2:1-7, Titus 2:11-14

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Julia Ross Strope

... initiative on behalf of betrayed and tormented humanity.... — Jurgen Moltmannn, The Disarming Child Printed in Watch for the Light, Plough Publishing House, 2001 Carol To A Maid Engaged To Joseph Contemporary Reading This is the irrational season When love blooms bright and wild. Had Mary been filled with reason There’d have been no room for the child. — Madeleine L’Engle, The Irrational Season Carol The Angel Gabriel From Heaven Came Scripture Luke 2:1-20 (as a dramatic playlet) Narrator 1: I want ...

1288. Humor: The Most Difficult Case

Mark 10:46-52

Illustration

Billy D. Strayhorn

Two psychiatrists were talking, and one asked the other, "What was your most difficult case?" His colleague answered, "Once I had a patient who lived in a pure fantasy world. He believed that a wildly rich uncle in South America was going to leave him a fortune. All day long he waited for a make-believe letter to arrive from a fictitious attorney. He never went out or did anything. He just sat around and waited." "What was the result?" asked the first psychiatrist. "Well, ...

1289. Showing Faith

Mark 10:46-52

Illustration

James W. Robinson

... all the evidence she needed to convince her that she could entrust her very life to the medical and surgical teams. She entered the operating room calmly, and emerged cured. Was it not thus with Bartimaeus? He had never met Jesus. But the stories that circulated so wildly and widely spoke of a person with the compassion and skills of a great physician. He was not known to have turned anyone away. Rich and poor were alike to him, it was said. He had restored hearing to the deaf, speech to the dumb, health to ...

1290. Born at Bethlehem — Hope

Micah 5:1-4

Sermon

Derl G. Keefer

... light at the top.” She relates how breathtaking the view was from her vantage point. The ocean stretched out before her, and she could see the waves rolling to the shore. The wind tore at her clothes and the sun warmed her head and filled her with wild, joyful singing! “I felt as though I could fly, as though the Holy Spirit were in the strong gusts, ready to lift me off my feet into heaven.” Ellyn continues, “I stayed there as long as I dared. Knowing that my family would be waiting impatiently, I ...

1291. Did God Really Say...?

Romans 10:8-13

Sermon

Steven E. Albertin

... the devil could even appear in the attractive and the beautiful. For example, in the Genesis 3 story of the temptation of Adam and Eve the serpent, whom we are so quick to identify as the devil, is actually described as "more crafty than any other wild animal that the Lord God had made." In the New Testament when Jesus angrily speaks, "Get behind me, Satan," it is spoken not to some threatening enemy but to one of the innermost circle of his disciples: Peter. Where is the monster with the horns and ...

1292. Meal of Death

1 Corinthians 11:23-26

Sermon

Steven E. Albertin

... a far cry from the simple, plain table that you will find in the sanctuary of many American Protestant churches. I suspect that most American Christians today are more comfortable with a table than with an altar. An altar brings to mind grotesque images of some wild, dark-skinned natives isolated in the darkness of a remote jungle offering a bloody sacrifice of an animal to placate an angry god. We are much more comfortable with the image of a dining room table. At the dining room table we are the friendly ...

1293. A Bloody Sacrifice

Hebrews 10:16-25

Sermon

Steven E. Albertin

... to be. This crucifixion, this execution, saved the world. A missionary in Kenya wrote of an experience he had thirty years ago, the closest thing he ever saw to a crucifixion. It happened one day at a government outpost in an isolated rural region of that wild and untamed country. I happened to be leaving the small frame office building which also served as the police station, when I saw a lot of people running toward the office. Leading them was a man running from a woman holding a knife in her right ...

1294. An Uncomplicated Gospel

Galatians 1:1-10

Sermon

April Yamasaki

... the triumph of the little guy in America. But on another level, it is very much a story about grace — the trainer who rescued a horse that was going to be destroyed and somehow found himself as well; the horse Seabiscuit who was too small and thought to be too wild to ride but when treated well became a record breaker, a jockey who was too big and blind in one eye but was allowed to continue riding, an owner broken by the death of his son and the failure of his marriage but who found new purpose. A common ...

1295. The Winning Word

Nehemiah 8:1-3, 5-6, 8-10

Sermon

Derl G. Keefer

... led the best-of-seven series against the New York Mets, 3 games to 2, and had a two-run lead with two outs in the bottom of the tenth inning. New York came back to tie the game with three straight singles off Calvin Schiraldi and a wild pitch by Bob Stanley. The next batter was Mookie Wilson, who fouled off several pitches before hitting a routine ground ball to Buckner at first base. The ball rolled under Buckner's glove, through his legs, allowing the winning run to score and forcing a seventh game, which ...

1296. God All Along

Acts 9:1-6 (7-20)

Sermon

David J. Kalas

... , and he is making the 135-mile trip from Jerusalem to Damascus for a deliberate and expressed purpose. He and his companions are sort of a posse, tracking down dangerous criminals in order to bring them to justice. But this is not a scene from the Wild West. No, these men from Jerusalem are a theological posse, if you will, and the criminals they seek are heretics — "any who belonged to the Way" (v. 2). We would better recognize both those heretics and their pursuer by different names. The so-called ...

1297. Help From Habakkuk?

Habakkuk 1:1-4, 2:1-4

Sermon

R. Kevin Mohr

... listen to the news anymore. It doesn't matter which network you watch, everywhere you turn it's the same old bad news: natural and manmade disasters, the continuing conflicts in the Middle East and in Iraq and Afghanistan, medical miscues, entertainers gone wild and self-destructive, sports heroes disappointing us. Then there's a federal government that often seems to be, at best, incompetent or, at worst, corrupt. What makes it even more depressing is that at least 51% of us voted those currently in the ...

1298. When We Are Uncertain about The Future

Genesis 15:1-12, 17-18

Sermon

King Duncan

... ve known that Social Security would not provide enough income to take you for the rest of your life. So you have been saving. You have been investing. But the rates on Money Market accounts have been almost nonexistent the last few years. And the Stock Market has been wildly erratic. The value of your home equity took a tremendous hit a few years back and it still has not made it back to the plus side of the ledger. And so you are becoming fearful. How will you ever keep up with the pace of inflation? Does ...

1299. When We Feel Lost

Luke 15:11-32

Sermon

King Duncan

... him. You’ve been there. In Jesus’ story the younger son says to his father, “Father, give me my share of the estate.” So the father divides his property between his two sons and the younger one sets off for a distant country and there squanders his wealth in wild living. After all his wealth is gone there’s a severe famine in the country, and this young man’s in trouble. He’s hungry. So he hires himself to a local farmer who sends him to his fields to feed pigs, which is the worst job in the ...

1300. When We Feel Unwanted

Luke 19:28-44

Sermon

King Duncan

... help on the farm is crucial, it is believed that a typical male baby will, over a lifetime, contribute more to the household than a typical girl baby. This idea has led to perhaps millions of girl fetuses being aborted in China. This has produced a wildly skewed gender gap between the number of little boys born in that society and little girls. As young people move into cities, this skewing of genders may very well lead to some other dire issues. Time will tell. A similar phenomenon takes place in India ...

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