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Children's Sermon

Brett Blair

Exegetical Aim:To teach that even though the Kingdom seems inconsequential it has ultimate influence. Props: Glass of water colored by dark food coloring. Another glass the same size with a small amount of liquid bleach. You may want to do this over a tray to avoid damaging the carpet. Please practice this before performing it. You want to use as little bleach as possible to achieve the desired r...

2202. The Big Influence of Small Things

Children's Sermon

Brett Blair

Exegetical Aim: To teach that even though the Kingdom seems inconsequential it has ultimate influence. Props: Glass of water colored by dark grape food coloring. Another glass the same size with a small amount of liquid bleach. You may want to do this over a tray so that any accidents don’t bleach the carpet. Please practice this before performing it. Good morning. There is a story that Jesus to...

2203. Power of Faith

Bulletin Aid

James Wilson

Call To Worship Leader: Let us come together all who would serve the God of Abraham and Moses. People: And by what name did Abraham or Moses serve? Leader: The Great I AM, the Almighty God, Creator of all the Universe! People: And are we, who are so small, known by the Creator of the Universe? Leader: Hear the word Christ came to bring: God knows us and loves us each one. All: Blessed be the name ...

2204. Kingdom Of Heaven Parables

Drama

Dallas A. Brauninger

Suggestions: Use in ordinary sequence with the scripture readings. Speakers: 6 readers - mixture of ages Key: 1 = narrator 2 = male reader 3 = male reader 4 = female reader 5 = male reader 6 = female reader 1: [Jesus] put before them another parable: 2: "The kingdom of heaven is like a mustard seed that someone took and sowed in his field; it is the smallest of all the seeds, but when it has g...

2205. You Are Bigger Than You Think

Children's Sermon

Wesley T. Runk

Object: A mustard seed or any tiny seed that can be passed out to the children. Good morning, boys and girls. Have you ever thought about how small you are when you compare yourself to the whole world? Just think: there is only one of you in this whole world, and God thinks that you are important. You are more important than a big building or a jet airplane or a mountain or even an ocean! To God,...

2206. Positive Faith

Children's Sermon

King Duncan

Object: a transparent bowl of water, a vial of food coloring, a spoon Good morning, boys and girls. Have you ever played with food coloring? It's pretty fun, isn't it? It's amazing how just a little tiny bit of food coloring can spread its color so quickly. For instance, let's say I take this bowl of water. The water is clear, no color to it, right? Now I'll just put 2 or 3 drops of food coloring...

2207. How Does Your Garden Grow?

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

By the end of July the bounty of a backyard summer garden finally starts to really produce. The earlier, “lighter” crops — peas, lettuces, baby carrots — give way to the rich ripe produce of high summer. Tomatoes, cucumbers, cherries, blueberries, raspberries, corn on the cob, string beans, radishes, spinach — all the stuff that makes for great “sides” at every summer barbecue. Backyard farmers re...

2208. What Is Heaven Like?

Sermon

Brett Blair

I believe we human beings have a perception problem. We often think we have the proper perspective on an issue when in fact we are way off. There's a charming story that Thomas Wheeler, one time CEO of the Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company (a.k.a. MassMutual), tells on himself: He and his wife were driving along an interstate highway when he noticed that their car was low on gas. Wheele...

2209. Why We Need the Pledge of Allegiance

Sermon

Wayne Brouwer

When I was in high school, a new music teacher came to town. He was fresh out of college and full of ambition. But here he was, stuck in a very rural community where people didn't put up with (as they called it) "long-haired music," either from the Beatles or Beethoven. Still, he was determined to teach us good music. We were going to sing selections from Handel's Messiah for our Christmas concer...

2210. Surprised By Joy

Sermon

Donald Dotterer

Let us pray: O God our heavenly Father, in many ways we seek to know you so that we might find the true riches of life. Hear now thy servants who desire to learn of your love and glory. In the name of Jesus we pray, Amen. The Christian author C.S. Lewis, in an autobiography which he has titled Surprised by Joy, tells of his conversion to Christianity. This book is an account of how Lewis, an acco...

2211. The Kingdom for Which We Long

Sermon

J. Howard Olds

We’ve a story to tell to the nations, That shall set their hearts to the right. A story of truth and mercy, A story of peace and light. For the darkness shall turn to dawning, And dawning to noonday bright. And Christ’s great kingdom shall come on earth, A kingdom of love and light. Do you believe that? We come to the second petition in the Lord’s Prayer this morning and it may take the greatest...

2212. Professor Of Paradox

Sermon

Roger G. Talbott

Once upon a time, a strange old man came to a small village. He carried a mixing bowl and a wooden spoon. This sight was odd enough to cause the people of the village to notice what the old man did next. The old man took the bowl to the plowed field next to the village and he put some dirt into the bowl until it was about half full. Then he went to the village pump and filled it with water to abou...

2213. The Mustard and the Cedar

Sermon

Lori Wagner

Prop: Photo or painting of an image with multiple figures within it. [You can start out interactively showing people the picture and asking them to find the image within it.] Anyone look at a photo of an art piece with multiple image possibilities? Our eyes are trained to see one familiar image. But if someone points out another, all of a sudden, our vision takes in the new image, and our whole ...

2214. Proper 11

Bulletin Aid

B. David Hostetter

READINGS Psalter - Psalms 105:1-11, 45b First Lesson - Jacob works for Laban to obtain two wives, Leah and Rachel. Genesis 29:15-28 Second Lesson - The Holy Spirit inspires our prayers in the bosom of God's family. Romans 8:26-39 Gospel - We hear more of the shorter parables of Jesus. Matthew 13:31-33, 44-52 CALL TO WORSHIP Leader: The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. People: And a...

2215. Proper 12, Pentecost 10, Ordinary Time 17

Bulletin Aid

Amy C. Schifrin

Litany Of Confession Leader: In the name of the Father, and of the Son, + and of the Holy Spirit. All: Amen. Leader: We come to you in our weakness, O Lord, not knowing how to pray as we ought. All: We hold on to the things around us, expecting them to bring us happiness, expecting them to give us life. Leader: We pray that your mighty Spirit would breathe in us, that we might let go of all that k...

2216. Face-to-Face with the Kingdom

Sermon

Tom Garrison

Several years ago I came to one of those "moments of truth" in my life that enabled me to see more deeply into myself and into the challenge of the Christian gospel. Interestingly enough, the issue at stake was my emotional attitude toward the weather. In order to appreciate this situation, you need to realize that all my life I have had a special affection for snow. Of all the seasons of the year...

2217. The Tiny O-Ring

Illustration

The Shuttle program was once grounded for several weeks due to cracks in the fuel line. We are reminded about the tiny rubber o-ring about three-tenths of an inch wide. To look at a tiny o-ring that small would not impress anyone. And yet decades ago two of those rings were placed in the aft field joint of the Solid Rocket Booster to stop gases from escaping. Whether it was the unusually cold weat...

2218. The Desire to Win

Illustration

Staff

Legend has it that Vince Lambardi, one time coach of the Green Bay Packers said, "Winning isn't everything; it's the only thing." While it is true that Lombardi hated to lose, he never said that. Red Sanders the coach of UCLA said it. What Lombardi actually said was, "Winning isn't everything but wanting to win is."

2219. A Working God

Sermon

R. Kevin Mohr

As I originally prepared this sermon the news was breaking about the tragedy in Charleston, South Carolina in 2015, with the Honorable Reverend Pinckney and eight of his parishioners gunned down in the historic black Emmanuel A.M.E. church. But this tragic act couldn’t be conveniently blamed on Islamic extremists. No! This time the perpetrator in custody had the blasphemous audacity to pretend to ...

2220. Jesus’ Recipe for a Kingdom Style Feast

Sermon

Lori Wagner

Every musician or literary master knows that the secret of an award-winning composition is in its ability to resonate. Once you write a piece, you must then let it go, so that others can discover it, bond with it, make it their own. Cooking works in much the same way. A good recipe is adaptable by the beholder. The idea and primary ingredients remain much the same. But the meal can be changed, da...

2221. Making a Meaningful Difference

Illustration

Greg Nelson

Buck Williams was one of basketball's most relentless and enduring rebounders. He was a top power forward for over a dozen NBA seasons, one of only eight players to achieve 16,000 points and 12,000 rebounds in his career. His honors and achievements were many: NBA Rookie of the Year, NBA All-Star, All-Pro, All-Defensive Player, in the NBA Finals twice. An amazing career! But most importantly, Buc...

2222. The Holy Grail

Illustration

J. Howard Olds

In Tennyson's tale of the Holy Grail, a knight searches high and low for that which lasts for eternity and gives ultimate meaning. He comes upon a singing brook, with deep meadows and wonderful fruit trees. But even as he ate the fruit, it turned to dust, for no feeding of the flesh could still his deepest hunger. Riding on, he saw a home, its opened door a promised welcome and in the door there w...

2223. The Mustard Weed

Illustration

William L. Dols

The Roman naturalist, Pliny the Elder, who died in 79 AD while investigating the eruption of Mount Vesuvius, writes: "Mustard grows entirely wild, though it is improved by being transplanted: But on the other hand when it has once been sown it is scarcely possible to get the place free of it, as the seed when it falls germinates at once." Pliny describes in great detail the medicinal uses of the ...

2224. Comfort, protection, and Safety Seed

Illustration

Jerry Goebel

The mustard seed can get stuck under the tip of a fingernail. It is so small that you could grasp it in your palm and not feel it. Yet, from the smallest seed grows a shrub as large as a tree; it is not just tall but is also wide. It was known as the poor man's fence providing shade and protection at no cost. It kept predators out and children in. The mustard plant was thick providing nests for bi...

2225. Small Miracles

Children's Sermon

Brian L. Harbour

A pastor told a children’s story one morning at the worship service. He had a sack full of acorns that he had picked up at his house. With the children gathered around him, the pastor peeked into the sack and said, “I have a miracle in this sack. How many of you children would like to hold a miracle in your hands?” All the hands shot up, of course, so he gave to each one of them an acorn. The...

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