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Showing 1951 to 1975 of 4971 results

1951. Advent 4

Luke 1:47-55 or Psalm 80:1-7, Micah 5:2-5a, Luke 1:39-45, Hebrews 10:5-10

Bulletin Aid

Julia Ross Strope

... We recognize people who make the way easier for us like John did for Jesus. We recognize teachers whose wisdom follows us all our lives — like Jesus’ Sermon on the Mount and his vivid parables. We are grateful for God’s coming to earth and for the care that Mary and Joseph gave to Jesus. During this hour, we listen for fresh ways to embody the Holy and to receive the love offered us. Amen. Call To Confession (Leader) Sin separates us from God and from one another — whether it be action, attitude, or ...

1952. Rich Man, Poor Man

James 2:1-13

Sermon

King Duncan

... petition, we implore You to hear us. Lord, be good to us. Christ, make things easy for us. Lord, deliver us from the necessity of doing anything [ourselves].” (4) Amen. Do you get the satire in that prayer praying for the poor, but praying that God will take care of them so we won’t have to bother with them ourselves? Our closeness to God is reflected in how we treat those less fortunate than ourselves. And the truth is that some of us are really not that close to either God or our fellow man. We will ...

1953. Easter 5

Psalm 148:1-14, John 13:31-35, Acts 11:1-18, Revelation 21:1-6

Bulletin Aid

Julia Ross Strope

... heaven available on earth. Through life and death, God is with us. Offertory Statement God is among us. These walls need our care and so does the neighborhood beyond these walls. Let us share the cost by pooling our money and our expertise. Doxology "Praise ... to individuals who are serving evil and terror. Reveal the goodness of this world and the rewards that come when humans care for one another. We pray for peace through the world, in people’s psyches, in national capitals, among tribal leaders. Halt ...

1954. Easter 7

Psalm 97:1-12, John 17:20-26, Acts 16:16-34, Revelation 22:12-14

Bulletin Aid

Julia Ross Strope

... to endure being consciously human. Our bodies ache, our minds slow down, society is not kind, violence is everywhere, and our souls long for your satisfying Spirit. Soothe our bodies. Shape our attitudes and our hopes so that our children and grandchildren honor you in caring for the earth and all its creatures. Amen. Benediction Life is not a dead end; It is a surprising journey to God. Say “Yes” to life; Laugh each day and unwind the threads of the world. Notice new life around each corner. Make new ...

1955. Lent 5

Psalm 126:1-6, Isaiah 43:16-21, John 12:1-11, Philippians 3:4b-14

Bulletin Aid

Julia Ross Strope

... emotional support? What would it look like within the faith family to make resources available as well as a beautiful building? According to John, might the church’s goals to feed the hungry and promote justice outside the faith family be secondary to caring for those within the membership? The poor are always with us, Jesus reminds his first-century friends. Contemporary Affirmation (Unison) The Holy comes to us in many different ways. God continues to create in and around us, leading us to food for our ...

1956. L4G Live For God

Mark 10:17-31

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... ’t understand the Europeans’ urge to “own” the land upon which they lived. They knew their time would come and go and the land would still be there. The world and all that it has to offer us is God’s estate, God’s trust. We are to care-take, to “trustee” God’s creation and to invest in God’s creatures. We are trustees not of bank accounts or land grants or mineral rights. We are trustees of the relationship we have been freely given by Jesus — to be in relationship with him, to be in ...

1957. Someone Bigger than Phil

Hebrews 4:14-5:10

Sermon

King Duncan

... this devoted pastor! Why do we come to the throne of grace? Usually, it is “so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need.” That is what Christ teaches us about God’s nature and character: God is approachable; God understands and cares about us in our time of need. But there is one thing more to remember: We have access to that throne of grace only because of what Christ did for us on the cross. We did not receive God’s grace because of any merit on our part. We received ...

1958. Proper 19

Psalm 14:1-7, Jeremiah 4:11-12, 22-28, Luke 15:1-10, 1 Timothy 1:12-17

Bulletin Aid

Julia Ross Strope

... of neighborliness and hospitality. We long for wise men and women who will not enhance themselves at the expense of others. Empower us to be peace-makers, peace demonstrators, here on this street. Mothering God — children and adults on every continent need care and protection from evil and abuse. Children and adults in every nation need nurture and healthy foods. Work among politicians and us to provide these basic necessities of life for those in need. Beckoning God — we want to participate with your ...

1959. Proper 20

Psalm 79:1-9, Jeremiah 8:18--9:1, Luke 16:1-15, 1 Timothy 2:1-7

Bulletin Aid

Julia Ross Strope

... data about evil tarnishes our joy. Fear steals our confidence. With the fire of your Spirit, reveal the changes we need to make in order to be cocreators with you. With fruits of your Spirit, nourish our souls so we can be benevolent people who care about the earth and the poor of the world. Give us courage to travel the path you set before us. Amen. Sermon Idea Civilizations rise and fall. Often the “enemy issues” have to do with the morals, poverty, affluence, and apathy of the citizens. David ...

1960. Formula for Eternal Life

1 Corinthians 15:35-38, 42-50

Sermon

Richard Gribble

... . He works as a cook, among many other tasks, for a local school. There is actually little that George does not do. He is the one who washes, irons, and mends the students' clothes, cleans the dormitory, fixes what is broken, does the grocery shopping, and takes care of the outside yard. In short, George is a servant in the classic sense of that word. He serves the students and often the faculty and staff of that school from morning until after 8 p.m. each day. He rides his bicycle to work over the dusty ...

1961. A Bloody Cheer!

Philippians 2:5-11

Sermon

Steven E. Albertin

... to us in our lives. This is not the God, the church, and the religion we wanted. I remember Ed. He was a middle-aged member of my congregation who one day was stunned to find out that he had ALS, Lou Gehrig's Disease. For years he was tenderly cared for by his wife. I used to visit them almost weekly and watch how he was gradually wasting away. I was there on his last day in his last hour as he gasped for breath and finally choked. He was dead, far short of the three score and ten we ...

1962. A Glimpse of Glory

Revelation 21:10-22 - 22:5

Sermon

Steven E. Albertin

... a saint. But I ask them again, "Does anyone here think he or she is a saint?" Certain of the right answer and that they have learned their lesson well, no one raises a hand. Okay, now it is time for the punch line. "Class, I want you to listen carefully. I want all of you to raise your hands." And they all stare at one another ... in disbelief. What is the pastor doing? Has he gone off the deep end? This doesn't make any sense. Did I not just show them and Sarah that no one is a saint ...

1963. Thicker Than Blood

Galatians 3:23-29

Sermon

April Yamasaki

... see Christ in others. Live As If A child playing make-believe might act as if he were a dinosaur or as if she were an airplane. At other times, their make-believe might be more realistic as they pretend to be shopkeepers or doctors or teachers or take care of their own baby doll children. Some of this make-believe is pure fantasy — the child will never really be a dinosaur or an airplane. But some of this pretend play is actually rehearsal for their future lives as adults. It's a kind of practice for when ...

1964. The Things Close to Your Heart

Mark 13:1-31

Sweet

Leonard Sweet

... 'twas painful trying, Now 'tis perfect trust; Once a half salvation, Now the uttermost. Once 'twas ceaseless holding, Now He holds me fast; Once 'twas constant drifting, Now my anchor's cast. Once 'twas busy planning, Now 'tis trustful prayer; Once 'twas anxious caring, Now He has the care. Once 'twas what I wanted, Now what Jesus says; Once 'twas constant asking, Now 'tis ceaseless praise. Once it was my working, His it hence shall be; Once I tried to use Him, Now He uses me. Once the power I wanted, Now ...

1965. The Temple of Doom and the Bridegroom

Mark 13:1-31

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

1966. The Sinner And The Sinned Against

1 Kings 17:1-24

Sermon

Stephen P. McCutchan

... that the term for ravens can mean Arabs. We are either experiencing God's love through a miracle of animal behavior or through the power of God's love to heal the human barriers that separate us. The next thing we learn from the story is that God's care does not mean we are free from danger and suffering. Even though at first he was fed by the ravens or Arabs and had water to drink at the Wadi Cherith, eventually that resource also dried up and Elijah was faced with the problem of survival. Not only that ...

1967. What God Expects From Worship

Isaiah 1:1, 10-20

Sermon

Chrysanne Timm

... and holiness of the Lord in the forefront of the people's minds and hearts. They were established to continually remind God's people of his ready provision and faithfulness. They were intended to remind the people of the Lord's passion for justice and care for the suffering. These sacrifices were meant to restore people to community when they sinned against one another and to reconcile them to the Lord when they forgot his purposes in favor of their own. So why did the Lord no longer take delight in ...

1968. From Death To Life To…

Jeremiah 4:11-12, 22-28

Sermon

Chrysanne Timm

... are dying of starvation and disease. Most, if not all of this starvation and suffering could be alleviated and prevented if we were all committed to living in harmony with God's will for creation. As stewards of God's creation, we are entrusted with the care of the environment. We are charged with the responsibility of fair distribution of its resources. We are called to provide for those who are at greatest risk — the "widows and orphans" of our world and our day. But as Adam and Eve, and the people of ...

1969. When There’s Nothing Left To Do But Mourn

Jeremiah 8:18—9:1

Sermon

Chrysanne Timm

... ? O that my head were a spring of water, and my eyes a fountain of tears, so that I might weep day and night for the slain of my poor people! — Jeremiah 8:22—9:1 The balm of Gilead for which Jeremiah pleads is the healing salve carefully extracted and refined from the resin of balsam trees of the territory of Gad. This balm was revered far and wide for its healing powers. The balm of Gilead is first mentioned in Genesis 37, as the cargo being carried by the caravan of Ishmaelites who bought Joseph from ...

1970. Shepherds Who Will Shepherd

Jeremiah 23:1-6

Sermon

R. Kevin Mohr

... Russia, and for the United States, not the turkey (as suggested by Benjamin Franklin, believe it or not!), but the bald eagle. For God's people, though, the most cherished and meaningful image was that of the shepherd, a rich combination of both power and gentle care. The metaphor of the shepherd was rooted in the nomadic past of God's people as well as in God's choice of Moses — himself a herder when he received the call — to lead the children of Israel out of Egypt and through the wilderness for ...

1971. Your Life as a Provenance of the Jesus Story

Luke 3:1-20

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... of God’s work and witness, and by paying attention to distinctive details of the time and place and persons. It is this attention to these details that opens today’s gospel text. For the third time now in his narrative, Luke takes the time to carefully connect the gospel story to the world in which it took place. In 1:5, 2:1, and now in 3:1-2, Luke provides names of rulers and regions, people and places, bringing to life both the geographic, political, and religious environments surrounding the gospel ...

1972. Turning Potholes into Mud Puddles on the Bethlehem Road

Luke 3:1-20

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... get us to Bethlehem. And unlike the NASA astronauts who will aspire to walk upon the surface of Mars, none of us take this walk alone. The road to Bethlehem is never a solitary journey. We have fellow travelers in faith and uncountable others who require our care and compassion along the way. We are all fellow-travelers on this journey. In fact, the real question is not whether life is all about the journey or all about the destination. The real question is who are you taking with you, who are you walking ...

1973. When We Are Uncertain about The Future

Genesis 15:1-12, 17-18

Sermon

King Duncan

... and preserving the family inheritance. Even more important, not having children made people very vulnerable in their old age with no one to care for them. And there would be no one to look after the funeral rites when you died, rites that were seen to ... his life. So he was afraid. A mature faith understands that though life is difficult, we are never beyond God’s loving and gracious care. Dr. Thomas G. Long tells of talking to a minister of a church in a dangerous part of the city. This pastor said he ...

1974. Kintsugi Vessels

1 Corinthians 12:12-31

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... led to the art of “kintsugi.” “Kintsugi” is a restoration process that seeks not to make broken ceramics as good as new, but to make them better than new. The broken pieces are first sealed together with a resin, which once it hardens is carefully buffed so that the offending crack is almost imperceptible to the casual eye. But that is just the first step. In “kintsugi” the repair lines are not disguised to the point of invisibility. Instead they are highlighted. The resin-repair line is boldly ...

1975. Collections or Connections?

Luke 24:1-12

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... said, "A special prayer for you." The young man took the stones, and began to sob. "The hurt, I never thought of that," said the teen. "I'm really sorry. I regret this decision. I'm sorry for all of the hurt that I caused you." "I care. Lots of people care about you," said Packard. Then Packard did something none of the people in the courtroom had seen before, she hugged the person who had upset her life. He squeezed her hard and sobbed. By now, everyone in the courtroom was crying. For years, many of them ...

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