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2301. Monologue: Silent Silas

Acts 15:22-35

Drama

Robert F. Scott

... of the apostles, the elders, and the whole church. We chose carefully, and Silas was one of our men. Silas was well received, for he was far more than a letter-carrier. He spoke as a prophet, taught the believers, encouraged and strengthened them. He stayed there some time, bringing peace to that church; they gave him a loving send-off when he came home to Jerusalem. Silas' next big step came when Paul sent for him. Paul and Barnabas had planned another mission, but they split over taking Mark with ...

2302. Monologue: A Slave, A Jailer, A Child Of God

Acts 16:16-40

Drama

Robert F. Scott

... why she was praying with the Jewish women, seeking a most high God. “The Lord opened her heart to listen eagerly to what was said by Paul. When she and her household were baptized, she urged us, saying, 'If you have judged met be faithful to the Lord, come and stay at my home.' "That's how it went for a while: Paul and Silas preaching in the city every day, going out to the place by the river to pray, and teaching the believers more about Jesus. But then they ran into trouble. Luke said, “We met a slave ...

2303. Carry Your Cross

Mark 8:31--9:1

Children's Sermon

Brett Blair

... are doing: It's hard to carry a cross isn't it? (response) How far do you think you could walk with this cross on your shoulders? (response) Jesus said that each of us has a cross and we should pick it up and carry it.When they are finished stay around the cross. What happened as you tried to carry the cross? (response) Christians experience a lot of pain. Sometimes we have to give up our toys and give them to others. When someone is mean to us we need to be kind to them. If we have extra money ...

2304. Breakfast in Galilee

John 21:1-14

Sermon

Robert Allen

... Philippines. Some years ago, I came to the United States to study law. My first night on campus, a student came to see me. He said, 'I've come to welcome you to the campus and to say that if there is anything I can do to help make your stay here more pleasant, I hope you'll call on me.' Then he asked me where I went to church and I told him I was a Catholic. He said, 'Well, I can tell you where the Catholic church is, but it's not easy to find. It's quite a ...

2305. The Butterfly Rock

Acts 10:23b-48

Sermon

Carl Jech

... Surveys have shown, however, that many people would actually prefer death to be the end! For a variety of reasons I'm sure, it seems that many would prefer not to "meet their Maker," not to face the prospect of eternal life! They would prefer to stay in their cocoons. They would prefer not to change. They would prefer to avoid growing pains. They would prefer, as psychologist Erich Fromm used to say, to "escape from freedom" and from life. The message of the Resurrection does not call us to a smug security ...

2306. And Forgive Us Our Trespasses, As We Forgive Those Who Tresp

Matthew 6:12

Children's Sermon

Wesley T. Runk

... going to get you into trouble? If any of those things have ever happened to you, then you know what an awful feeling it is to be somewhere that you are not supposed to be. I had a neighbor who had a sign in his yard that told everyone to stay out. His sign looked something like this: (Hold up the NO TRESPASSING sign.) Can you read this? It says NO TRESPASSING. Do you know what that means? It means that you had better not come into the yard or he will cause you a lot of trouble. In our Lord ...

2307. Fighting Fear

Acts 9:1-19a

Children's Sermon

Wesley T. Runk

Object: None Have you ever had to do something that made you afraid just to think about it? Maybe your teacher or the principal of the school asked you to stay after school and you were afraid because you didn't know why he wanted to see you. Or do you know a big bully? A big bully is someone who likes to pick on people who are smaller and not as strong as he is. Those kinds of people can ...

2308. Rejoice! It's Lent

Joel 2:1-11

Sermon

Carl Hoefler

... said, "Don't you know that we don't laugh in church during Lent?" "Why?" asked the boy. "Because lent is a time when we remember that Jesus died for us," responded the father. "Is Jesus dead?" inquired the son. "No," answered the father, "Jesus died, but he didn't stay dead. He rose from the grave and is living in you and me right now." The little boy thought for a moment, and then he said, "I think - I think it must have been - the Jesus alive in me that made me laugh." Because Jesus lives in us, we face ...

2309. The Symphony of God

Acts 5:17-42

Sermon

Carl Hoefler

... the church and to do something spectacular for the Lord - which, more than likely, includes most of us here this morning. We are ordinary people who live ordinary lives. We go to work at the office, or at the factory, or at the mill, or at the store, or we stay at home and work. We clean house and cook meals. We raise our children. We try to live as decent and as useful lives as possible. However, we are not leaders. We are petrified to speak in public. We believe in Christ. We love God. But, when we pray ...

2310. God is About to Strike

Acts 9:1-19a

Sermon

Carl Hoefler

... adopt an air of sophistication. We become blase; this causes us never to get excited about anything. Far too often, we go through life anxiously looking in the rear-view mirror to see what others are thinking about us; thus, all the while, we stay in second gear and never shift into high. No danger here! Only dullness. The power of the Word of God never converts into enthusiastic actions in our lives. Far too quickly, we short-circuit it into carefully worded, well-guarded, and conservative expressions of ...

2311. God's Forgiving Love

Luke 15:11-32

Bulletin Aid

Carl Hoefler

Call to Worship Pastor: God has many children. Some of us are out in sin and he is anxiously waiting for us to return. People: Others of us have stayed by him, but are unable to appreciate his love for our brothers who chose to leave. Pastor: God's love is the same for each of us, and we all need his forgiveness. People: May we discover God's forgiveness, and choose to be in his presence. Collect O God, ...

2312. Contentment in Christ

1 Timothy 6:11-21, 1 Timothy 6:3-10

Bulletin Aid

James Wilson

... they have nice clothes. Leader: Yet if we have food and cover for this day, we have what is needed. People: But the standards of the world and our hearts are greater than this. Leader: The world does not hold eternity, and Christ had not even a place to stay. All: Blessed be the name of the Lord! Collect Almighty and loving God, in Christ You showed us that contentment is not built on the things of this world. Give us the courage and strength, Lord, to seek Your standards and not the world's. In Christ we ...

2313. Who Lives In You?

Luke 13:31-35

Illustration

Lee Griess

... their specific warning, went swimming in a polluted stream near their home and came back with an infection that brought with it a raging fever. Because of the possibility it might be contagious, Paul was put in a separate room and Sammy was told to stay away from him. Paul eventually pulled through the crisis, but, while he was still sick, one morning the family found Sammy asleep in bed with Paul, the two of them breathing into each other's faces. And sure enough, Sammy caught the disease. The fever ...

2314. Our Chaotic Life

Luke 13:1-9

Illustration

This notice appeared in the window of a coat store in Nottingham, England: "We have been established for over 100 years and have been pleasing and displeasing customers ever since. We have made money and lost money, suffered the effects of coal nationalization, coat rationing, government control and bad payers. We have been cussed and discussed, messed about, lied to, held up, robbed and swindled. The only reason we stay in business is to see what happens next."

2315. We Prefer Justice to Mercy

Luke 15:11-32

Illustration

Lee Griess

... our right. We are much like the elder brother who preferred justice to mercy. We have worked for what we have (or so we think), and it's unfair that everyone else should not have to do the same. We have earned God's favor (or so we think) by "staying at home." We have merited his acceptance by the good life that we live. So how dare God receive and accept our sinful brother who has returned home saying he's sorry.

2316. Preaching Because We Have Something To Say

Sermon

James Angell

... Sunday morning delivery. I picked up the Saturday paper to read how a young civil rights worker had been murdered in Mississippi. Although the next day there were reports of the tragic effect on his family and an increasingly traumatized nation, the sermon stayed mostly as it was. I have never overcome feelings of failure about what I said that morning. In another parish with a considerable retirement-age constituency, I preached an autumn sermon titled "The November Years." For some it came out sounding as ...

2317. Make Way For Poets Of The Heart

Sermon

James Angell

... world. Which is why we went. To see how those disciples could attract and apply to anyone healthy and fascinated by life's stunning variety. But on the tour bus that day (the 40 of us had been invited to look around and stay for dinner) one began to feel a mysterious, secret attraction. The inward journey. The career of the soul. Discoveries about God that lie deeper than attending services. Anything that could call up lifelong, life-separating commitment. It was the mystery that prompted Thomas Merton ...

2318. Abner: The Clumsy Ox Who Is Our Friend

Luke 14:5

Children's Sermon

Wesley T. Runk

... since the rain and some of the holes were big enough for even an ox to fall into. You see the other animals knew Abner pretty well. Abner kind of agreed, but for a different reason. He knew that since this was the Sabbath day the men were not only staying away from the regular work but that they would be no where around to help him out of a hole if he got into one. Anyway Abner went out for his walk, being very careful where he took each step. He did very well too, for there had only been ...

2319. Benjamin: The Little Peoples Friend

Luke 19:28-38

Children's Sermon

Wesley T. Runk

... -one? What could you do if you were older that you can't do now? (Get some answers and try to lead them to the kind of jobs that they would have if they were older.) I see. If you were older you could have a job, go to work, stay up late, eat the kind of food you like and wash your hands and brush your teeth whenever you wanted to. Well, I can certainly see why you want to be older than you are today. But did you ever think of the things you might miss if you grew ...

2320. Reuben:The Rooster With a Reminder

Matthew 26:69-75

Children's Sermon

Wesley T. Runk

... fight, so good as a matter of fact that he actually cut off one of the soldiers ears. Jesus told him that this was not the way that Christians did things, and he healed the man who had lost his ear. Then Peter followed the soldiers and Jesus, but he stayed a long way back so that no one could see him. While Peter was standing by a fire trying to keep warm, a woman came up to Peter and asked if he was not a friend of Jesus. "No," Peter said, "I have never known him." Two more times people ...

2321. Don't Just Stand There! - Get Involved!

Luke 3:1-20, Matthew 6:19-24

Sermon

Dr. John Thompson Peters

... the young Roman Catholic nun in the Congo who was left behind in a small town after all the other white people had fled. For two days she cried, and finally sent a message to her superiors to ask, "What do I do?" The answer came back, "You stay and if necessary, you die." She stopped crying and went on with her work. Bishop Newbigin in telling the story asks, "Is that too harsh?" and answers his own question. "It would not be counted so in an earthly warfare, our warfare is not less serious, and a servant ...

2322. The Great Banquet Feast

Luke 14:15-24

Drama

Robert A. Lehmann

... : The servant returned and reported to his master what they had said. Solo 2: One said he bought a field and wanted to go to see it. Another said he bought some oxen and wanted to try them out. And another said he lust got married and had to stay home ... they all asked to be excused. Narrator: Then the master was very angry and said, Master: [To his servant] Go out quickly to the streets and lanes of the city, and bring the poor and crippled and blind and lame. Solo 4: Maybe they will appreciate it and ...

2323. The Good Samaritan

Luke 10:25-37

Drama

Robert A. Lehmann

... sun beat down, the heat worsened. Solo 3: And he lay there dying, Solo 1: [Echo] dying, Solo 2: [Echo] dying. Jesus: Now, by chance, a priest was going down the road. Solo 1: [In a hurry moves to DC] Oh, I'm late, I know I should never have stayed so long. Solo 4: [Groans as a dying man] Solo 1: What was that? [Looks] Oh, my! Someone over there ... [Pause] ... oh, what a bloody mess, the poor fellow must be dead. Solo 2: He needs help. Solo 3: He needs comfort and medical aid. Solo 2: He needs a ...

2324. The Ten Virgins

Matthew 25:1-13

Drama

Robert A. Lehmann

... ! It is too late!" Solo 3: You mean we can't enter? Solo 1: But we're ready now! Solo 4: Please, we're sorry! Solo 2: It is too late! [All three rapidly in disbelief] Solo 3: Too late? Solo 1: Too late? Solo 4: Too late? Jesus: So stay awake and be prepared, for you do not know the day nor the hour when the Son of Man will return. [Solos 1, 2, 3, 4 move as a group DC] Solo 1: Now is the time to prepare. Solo 3: Now is the time to be ready. Solo 4 ...

2325. The Call of the Disciples - James, A Fisher of Men

Matthew 4:23-25, Matthew 4:18-22, Matthew 4:12-17

Drama

Thomas Blowers

... the Passover meal, Jesus talked openly and calmly about his death but the more he talked the more unsettled we became. And later when we headed out for the garden singing hymns our voices quivered because we feared both for him and for ourselves. He really wanted us to stay awake and to keep vigil with him. But our fears made us drowsy, so we slept. We slept the heavy sleep of those who are afraid, of those who would rather sleep than have to face the light of day. And then it happened. Out of nowhere the ...

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