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2001. Lent 1

Matthew 4:1-11

Bulletin Aid

Dennis Koch

... first Sunday in Lent, this passage speaks more clearly to the implications of the generic temptation that confronts every human where it touches us most closely: at the point of self-identity and self-definition. Liturgical Color Purple Suggested Hymns God The Father, Be Our Stay A Mighty Fortress Is Our God In Adam We Have All Been One Praise And Thanks And Adoration Guide Me Ever, Great Redeemer Lord, Keep Us Steadfast In Your Word Lord Of Our Life Lent 1 Jesus needed to face his temptation alone. He was ...

2002. Preserving vs. Promoting the Gospel

Matthew 25:14-30

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Dennis Koch

... than promoters of it. Liturgical Color Green Suggested Hymns Through The Night Of Doubt And Sorrow, Fight The Good Fight, The Day Is Surely Drawing Near, Lead On, O King Eternal, Dear Lord And Father Of Mankind, Come Down, O Love Divine, God The Father, Be Our Stay, Lord Jesus, Think On Me Prayer for Proper 28, Pentecost 26, or OT 33 Lord God, Creator of the universe, you are the Holy One in our midst. We give you honor and glory and praise! We joyfully acknowledge that you have blessed each person here ...

2003. Moses's New Job

Exodus 4:18-31

Sermon

Jerry Eckert

... doubts about yourself. Besides, if I had encouraged you too much, my father would have cut off the correspondence. Please know you go with my blessing. May God go before you by day and be with you by night. May Pharoah not hold you back. May you have courage, the staying power, to be God's person, no matter what happens. All my love and respect,Your Zipporah

2004. Tall Enough

Psalm 121:1

Children's Sermon

B. Kathleen Fannin

... woke up to my eighth birthday. It was wonderful actually to have a dream come true, especially since we had moved recently... "You see, we lived in a rented house, and when we moved, that refrigerator I was so sure I'd get tall enough to see the top of stayed behind. The refrigerator in the new place was TALLER than the old one. That meant I was going to have to wait longer and grow some more to be tall enough to see the top of the new one. "But finally the day came that I knew I was getting ...

2005. Happy Birthday!

Acts 2:1-13

Children's Sermon

B. Kathleen Fannin

... have red stoles this morning. The Holy Spirit breathed spirit -- new life -- into that group of Christians and the church was born. Now, what if this balloon didn't have an opening in it for me to blow into?" "Then you couldn't blow any air in. It would stay flat," the children answer. "That's right. And just as this balloon needs an opening for air, we need to have an opening for the Holy Spirit to enter us. We create that openness by coming to worship, by praying, by being aware of God, by asking God to ...

2006. Children Of God

1 John 3:1

Children's Sermon

B. Kathleen Fannin

... children, "I'd like to talk about this first. I think I AM somebody's child. My mom and my dad will always be my mom and my dad no matter how big or how old I become. I'm their child, no matter what. So, maybe I'll just stay here with you after all." As I settle back down, I ask, "What does it mean to be somebody's child?" "You have someone to call Mom and Dad," Susan suggests. "That's right," I agree. "What else?" As I pause, the children are silent, so I prompt them with ...

2007. Don't Lose Your Marbles!

2 Timothy 1:7

Children's Sermon

B. Kathleen Fannin

... to keep our cool, to make a choice to do the right thing -- to follow his example and respond to anger, hatred, and violence with love, understanding, and compassion. Sometimes the right choice is not an easy choice, and sometimes we need help to stay in control of ourselves. Who helps us do that?" "Our parents," Mary answers. "Jesus," Bobby says. "The church?" Jennifer asks. "Yes, our parents help us make right choices, as do Jesus and our church family," I affirm. "When we don't feel courageous or strong ...

2008. The Guy In The Ditch

Luke 10:36-37

Children's Sermon

B. Kathleen Fannin

... no matter how poor, how beaten, or how dirty he might be -- everyone is our neighbor. And it tells us that God's rules aren't the same as human rules. "You know, we have many roadmaps in our lives -- guides that tell us where to go, and how to stay on the path. But this story tells us that sometimes it's important to have enough courage to step off the path, to step outside the rules we know, if following the rules would make us act unkindly to another person. "Jesus acted outside the rules all the time. He ...

2009. The Merciful

Matthew 18:21-35

Sermon

John A. Terry

... see you and your family sitting up front in church tomorrow." The next morning, they were there, facing all of the painful humiliation, paying all the emotional cost of being there. The pastor could have ignored him and the congregation shunned him. They could have stayed home alone with the shame and guilt. Instead, they were welcomed back and the one who was lost became found. Mercy was needed and mercy was shown. The quality of mercy is such that while considering a person dead wrong in what one has done ...

2010. Jesus And The Disciples

Mark 10:17-31

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Jerry Eckert

... of us women would not have been able to keep track of them if it had not been for Philip and Andrew. They volunteered to be "life guards." Being twelve and about to do their bar mitzvahs, they were ready to act grown up. They organized a race. Only Bartholomew stayed in the shallows. He couldn't swim. Judas could and so could the little girl. Andrew started them off and Philip stood at the finish line. It was a good race. But the winner was a surprise. It wasn't Peter or Simon, the two biggest boys. It was ...

2011. God, The Son

Matthew 2:1-12

Drama

Jerry Eckert

... for the coming of the Messiah, the Son of God? A whole nation shaping up, and waiting to let God be their king! Jerry: Uh, Marshall, that's fairly vague. Marshall: No, it's not. A typical sermon would be like this: Hey, you dummies, what do you want? To stay out of hell? Is that why you came? What are you scared of? You believe in God, right? You show that off once in a while. I've seen you doing your religious bit, but you're still scared. You can't live with your doubts. You can't live ...

2012. Zacchaeus

Luke 19:1-10

Drama

Jerry Eckert

... in for their safety and kept us at home. We heard later that Jesus had proceeded to Jerusalem, chased the cheaters out of the Temple, and a week later, was put on trial and executed. It was a very bad time for us. Tensions were very high. We all stayed home for weeks, skipping the trip to Jerusalem we should have taken for Passover. At Pentecost, we decided to risk it and went to Jerusalem as we were supposed to. While we were there, Dad heard a man named Peter preach about Jesus. That day, he joined Peter ...

2013. Pilate's Sign

Drama

Jerry Eckert

... symbolic victory. Visitor: A what? Local: A symbolic victory. That's like when you score a basket with two seconds left but you still lost by twenty points. Visitor: Pilate didn't lose. Jesus did ... Could Pilate have really won? Local: Yes, he could have stayed in the judgment seat and declared Jesus innocent. Visitor: But why didn't he? Local: Forgot he had the power? Personality conflicts with his bosses and with the leaders here? Visitor: Maybe he just had a bad day? Local: Maybe he figured the leaders ...

2014. Feeding the 5000

Mark 6:30-44

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Richard A. Jensen

... Gentiles. After the first feeding miracle Jesus gets in the boat with the disciples and goes "...to the other side, to Bethsaida ..." (6:45). Mark 6:46 places Jesus in Gennesaret. In 7:24 Jesus moves to the region of Tyre and Sidon followed by a stay in the Decapolis, 7:31. Throughout this section, that is, Jesus is in the land of the Gentiles. There have also been efforts to interpret the differing numbers of leftover loaves as signs of a Jewish and a Gentile feeding. The twelve baskets of leftovers (6:43 ...

2015. Third Sunday of Easter

Luke 24:36b-48

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RobertT D. Ingram

... ." Set these four pictures in a window pane type of display, or work them into a montage. Then reproduce them for the bulletin covers. Anthems and Special Music Alleluia! Jesus Is Risen Awake, Arise, Lift Up Your Voice Christ Is Risen! Shout Hosanna! Peace Be Unto You See What Love Stay With Us Organ and Other Keyboard Music The Day of Resurrection Thine Be the Glory This Joyful Eastertide

2016. Hard Steps

John 6:60

Children's Sermon

... lots and lots of rules. They had rules for everything! But Jesus said there is only one rule - love God, love your neighbor and love yourself. That sounds easy, but some of Jesus' friends thought it was way too hard. So they turned around and went home. They could have stayed and learned how to love, but their steps went the other way. Your steps follow Jesus because you are right here to learn about Jesus a little bit at a time. That's part of the adults' job - to see that you learn a little at a time and ...

2017. The Angry Jar

Ephesians 4:31

Children's Sermon

... , it says instead of all the anger, to be kind and live in love. That sounds like something I could do. But it's hard to be kind all the time. Sometimes we get angry. Our verse doesn't say not to get angry. I think it means don't stay angry all the time. Maybe what we need to do is open up the jar (demonstrate) and let all the anger out. Then we can be kind and live in love.

2018. I Do

Ephesians 5:31

Children's Sermon

... when it is boiled in water. Many people eat rice to survive. Throwing rice is a way of saying to the bride and groom that we hope your love will grow and your marriage will survive. Do all marriages survive? (Let them respond.) No, sometimes people don't stay married. It's very sad when people aren't married anymore. But when brides and grooms get married, they commit their lives to each other. That means that they plan to love each other forever; in good times and bad times. It takes a lot of work to ...

2019. What Does Jesus Expect of Us?

Mark 8:27-38

Sermon

Donald Macleod

... where to put their values in life. All of them seem urged to pioneer against the tremendous odds of disease, poverty, and human ignorance of this universe. Daily they say "No" to every temptation to give up, to quit. Something within them compels them to go on, to stay on, and to out-think the mysteries of his farflung world. And what of Christianity and the servants of its faith? Jesus still says: "He who would save his life shall lose it; and whoever loses his life for my sake and the gospel's will save ...

2020. Mission Ready!

Mark 6:7-13

Sermon

Charles R. Leary

... us is so precious that not a moment of it dare be wasted. That’s urgency! And that is putting quality high above quantity! Avoid excess take the bare essentials; and be a wise user of time. The third part of being mission ready: “Wherever you are welcomed, stay; If people do not welcome you, leave, and shake the dust off your feet.” Again, what is Jesus saying? Don’t get hung up on intellectual and moral arguments. Tell your story and go on. Don’t waste your energy reacting to people. Don’t be ...

2021. What’s Going on at Your House?

Mark 3:31-35

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Charles R. Leary

... , your churchlife, your national citizenship, your racial and ethnic and biological prejudices from one perspective, God’s perspective of love. What’s going on at your house? If you’re already a believer in Christ, test your commitment to make sure it stays genuine. If you’re not sure about your belief, give Jesus a good consideration. He’ll provide the compelling and unifying commitment you need to get through the shakeups, the explosions, and the traumatic effects of life. Thank you, Jesus, for ...

2022. Celebrating the Marvel of Growth

Mark 4:30-34, Mark 4:26-29

Sermon

Charles R. Leary

... and truth, and watch it grow and blossom into lives that exude love and grace to all who meet you. Now to the four points about how to make the marvel of growth work for you. Point one: You cannot force growth. The memory of the 1988 summer drought will stay with us a long time. The prior winter had left some dead spots in our lawn. Early I hired a young man to thatch the yard, prepare the dead spots with topsoil and sow grass seed. I paid him for a good job. I watered the spots but the grass ...

2023. There Is Healing in the Touch

Mark 5:21-43

Sermon

Charles R. Leary

... the doctor’s touch, the nurse touch, the mother touch, the father touch. Eventually we, the grandparents, touched. Now when I visit her house, I put out my hands to receive this child. She reaches her hands and she comes into my arms. She may stay only an instant until she returns to her mother, but she has learned the feel of touching grandpa again. Second, being touched in tender, caring ways can be healing. In many homes children are fortunate to have their need for touching or what some professionals ...

2024. Jesus: An Extension Cord

John 20:19-23

Children's Sermon

Wesley T. Runk

... days in the Christian Church. All over the world people who call themselves Christian are celebrating the Day of Pentecost. This is the day that the Holy Spirit was first known to all of Jesus' disciples. The Holy Spirit visited the disciples while they were staying in a room outside the city of Jerusalem. It was quite an experience, but one that Jesus promised them would happen after he left earth and went back to live with his Father. Speaking of the Father reminds me of something that Jesus said one ...

2025. The Proof is in the Holes

John 20:24-31

Children's Sermon

Wesley T. Runk

... know that this is what happened to Jesus when they crucified him. They drove nails into his hands and into his feet. It hurt badly. Jesus died with those nails in him and they only took them out after he died. Then they put Jesus in his grave where he stayed until God brought him back to life. Not everyone believed that Jesus was made alive again by God. One of his disciples did not believe it, even after some of the other disciples had seen Jesus and told him about it. The man's name who did not believe ...

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