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Luke 10:25-37

Drama

Robert A. Lehmann

... : And there he lay, upon that dusty, hard road, wounded, bleeding, unconscious. Solo 1: Dying Solo 2: [Echo] Dying ... Solo 3: [Echo] Dying ... Solo 4: [Echo] Dying ... Narrator: His only hope rested in some compassionate soul who might happen to pass by, soon... Solo 1: But no one came; Solo 2: Surely, soon, someone, Solo 3: Someone to care. Solo 4: And the 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 ...

2. The Sower

Matthew 13:1-23

Drama

Robert A. Lehmann

... without understanding, the evil one comes and carries off what was sown in his heart: This is the man who received the seed on the edge of the path. Solo 3: It really didn't take root, Lord! Solo 1: I just didn't understand what I was supposed to do with the seed. Solo 4: I let it lay there hoping something would happen to it. Solo 2: But then he came and grabbed it away. Solo 5: The one who received it on the patches of rock is the man who hears the word and welcomes it at once with joy, but he has ...

3. The Unforgiving Servant

Matthew 18:21-35

Drama

Robert A. Lehmann

... 000,000) and he could not pay the debt, so his Lord ordered him: Solo 3 (Lord): You and your wife and your children and all that you own will be sold and from this, payment will be made to me. Solo 4: He's losing everything. Solo 2: Losing all. Solo 4: I'm glad it's him and not me. Solo 2: But all that money. Solo 4: No hope of repaying that. Solo 2: That's unbelievable. Narrator: But the servant fell on his knees imploring him: Solo 1 (Servant 1): Please, have patience with me and I will eventually pay you ...

4. The Warrior Messiah Conquers the Two Beasts and Their Followers

Revelation 19:1-21

Teach the Text

J. Scott Duvall

... of God. Illustrating the Text Christ’s return is the center of our hope. Quote: The Long Journey Home, by Os Guinness. If we are not careful, our hope for the Lord’s return can be dulled by diversion. Guinness comments: Modern ... shower. Maybe she’s stood up for karaoke and forced a tear or two with “You are the Wind beneath My Wings.” Singing solo can be fun. But there is something incredible, transcendent, about singing one of the great chorales with an exceptional choir. A journey through The ...

5. Eternal Echo Of Easter - Part 1

Matthew 28:1-10

Drama

Esther R. Russ

... you! (He holds the robe close to his heart while he sings "I Stood at Calvary.") 14. "I STOOD AT CALVARY" - Marcellus’ Solo 15. THE BURIAL - Scripture Reading, Luke 23:50-56 16. "I, MARY OF MAGDALA" - Reading "HIS WONDERFUL LOOK OF LOVE" - Choir ( ... his Father. I ran joyfully to Mary’s house, my heart filled with song Jesus was alive! He had come to fill my sad heart with hope! I had looked into his wonderful face again! I would carry the memory of his look of love in my heart forever! (Choir or female ...

6. Worship and Wonder

John 1:1-14

Sermon

John E. Harnish

... will be. When we all see Jesus We'll sing and shout the victory. I have a hunch we aren't going to complete the journey solo. It's only in community that we discover what God has in mind for us. So we gather…we welcome, we include, we receive all persons ... all of his pain and all of his brokenness With all the sorrow of his life With all the guilt and regret and grieving I hope that little Methodist church will be a place where even Ennis Del Mar can be gathered into the Body of Christ. Our mission is to ...

7. Lost in Wonder, Love and Praise

Matthew 1:18-25

Sermon

John E. Harnish

8. Gifts: Standing on the Promises

Malachi 4:10

Sermon

John E. Harnish

... , it is the next generation who completes the journey." Now here is the word for the church. She says: "No one completes the journey solo. It is only as a community that we discover the fullness of God's plan for us." [1] The old gospel songwriters and revival ... of his pain and all of his brokenness With all the sorrow of his life With all the guilt and regret and grieving I hope that little Methodist church will be a place where even Ennis Del Mar can be gathered into the Body of Christ. Our mission is ...

9. Will The Real Saints Please Stand Up

Esther 4:1-17

Sermon

John E. Harnish

... , it is the next generation who completes the journey." Now here is the word for the church. She says: "No one completes the journey solo. It is only as a community that we discover the fullness of God's plan for us." [1] The old gospel songwriters and revival ... of his pain and all of his brokenness · With all the sorrow of his life · With all the guilt and regret and grieving I hope that little Methodist church will be a place where even Ennis Del Mar can be gathered into the Body of Christ. Our mission is ...

10. Gathered In, Sent Out

1 Corinthians 15:1-11, Ephesians 4:1-16

Sermon

John E. Harnish

... , it is the next generation who completes the journey." Now here is the word for the church. She says: "No one completes the journey solo. It is only as a community that we discover the fullness of God's plan for us." [1] The old gospel songwriters and revival ... of his pain and all of his brokenness With all the sorrow of his life With all the guilt and regret and grieving I hope that little Methodist church will be a place where even EnnisDel Mar can be gathered into the Body of Christ. Our mission is to ...

11. Growing Up

1 Corinthians 13

Sermon

John E. Harnish

12. Called to be a Christian Community: Cracked Pots and Clay Jars

2 Corinthians 4: 1-18

Sermon

John E. Harnish

13. Grasshopper Religion

Numbers 13:25-33, 14:1-10

Sermon

John E. Harnish

... , it is the next generation who completes the journey." Now here is the word for the church. She says: "No one completes the journey solo. It is only as a community that we discover the fullness of God's plan for us." [1] The old gospel songwriters and revival ... of his pain and all of his brokenness · With all the sorrow of his life · With all the guilt and regret and grieving I hope that little Methodist church will be a place where even EnnisDel Mar can be gathered into the Body of Christ. Our mission is ...

14. Praising God on an Oatmeal Box

2 Samuel 6:12-23

Sermon

John E. Harnish

... , it is the next generation who completes the journey." Now here is the word for the church. She says: "No one completes the journey solo. It is only as a community that we discover the fullness of God's plan for us." [1] The old gospel songwriters and revival ... of his pain and all of his brokenness · With all the sorrow of his life · With all the guilt and regret and grieving I hope that little Methodist church will be a place where even Ennis Del Mar can be gathered into the Body of Christ. Our mission is ...

15. One Thing

Sermon

Raymond Gibson

... me very personally until a few months ago when I found myself with a solo-singing role in a church-sponsored musical. Singing solos has never been a task I responded to with much enthusiasm. Like many preachers, I can do an adequate job ... philosophy of Alcoholics Anonymous, and has enabled that splendid organization to help countless men and women enslaved to alcohol find strength and hope for living again. That is exactly what Paul meant when he said, "But one thing I do ..." It is also exactly ...

16. What In The World Are We Doing Here?

Micah 6:1-8

Sermon

King Duncan

... could be no visual contact between the two of them. On the night of the performance, when the time came for the flute solo, the flutist counted perfectly and came in precisely at the right time. The light, lilting notes floated out beautifully across the theater. ... that God seeks in us. So, what in the world are you doing here? Whatever else you are involved in, I hope you are engaged in these three simple but courageous activities: doing justice, loving kindness, and walking humbly with God. 1. Edward ...

17. Put on Some Clothes

Colossians 3:1-17

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... means opening up to the power and presence of the Prince of Peace. It means allowing Christ to transform and transfigure your solo humanity into a group harmony. There is a Scottish “first footing” prayer to bring in the New Year. You can find it ... ones’ self, that peace “bakes the cake” it fully infiltrates into everything done and said, acted or thought. “Peace” is not a hoped for possibility but a real-time reality. How this peace, this new being born of Christ, is revealed to the world is ...

18. Wedding: Second Marriage With Children

Bulletin Aid

Derl G. Keefer

... may they know that their lives will center in each other and in you. May their hearts sing for joy and happiness now and forever! Amen. Solo: "Grow Old With Me" (by John Lennon) Pastor: (Groom), do you take (Bride) to be your wife as you begin your marital journey? Do you promise ... rings from the Best Man and Maid of Honor) Pastor: The circle of this ring symbolizes the never-ending trust, hope, and love that (Groom) and (Bride) have for one another. Pastor: (Groom), place this ring on (Bride's) finger and ...

19. Job Feels under Attack by God

Job 16:1-17:16

Teach the Text

Daniel J. Estes

... 3:17–19 and 7:9 (cf. Ps. 6:5), death is viewed as a shadowy and joyless semi-existence in which the dead are trapped. Job’s hope will not come in his death, for the grave cannot restore to him a sense of family. Theological Insights Job feels that he has been treated so ... solitary confinement after being shot down on his first mission over Hanoi. He had already completed twenty-three solo missions over Vietnam. Karaagac quotes McCain as saying, “It’s an awful thing, solitary. It crushes your spirit ...

20. Set An Extra Place

Ephesians 1:15-23

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... piece, emotionally powerful, structurally perfect." By the way, "Chaconne" is also considered one of the most difficult violin solos ever written. Can you guess what happened? Did busy commuters suddenly stop in their tracks, mesmerized by ... people can't change the world. But each of us can change the circumstances for at least one other person. We can give someone else hope and a future with hope. If we do it and inspire others to do it, not only we are making a difference but it won't be long before we' ...

21. Salt and Light

Matthew 5:13-16

Sermon

... readings, and sit quietly during the sermon. Then again, others may yell out a certain hymn they would like to sing, ask to sing a solo, come forward to kneel during most any part of the service for a moment of prayer, or come forward and stand beside me while I am ... her a ride to and from church. In June, the youth came to the Institute to present their musical. We had hoped thirty patients would attend. Seventy showed up. Amazingly, the people were attentive and responsive. Only a few walked out. Later, ...

22. Eternal Echo Of Easter - Part 2

Matthew 28:1-10

Drama

Esther R. Russ

... you have a recorder with an echo chamber, it is very effective to put the voice of God (In the Beginning) and of Christ (The Eternal Hope) on a wide echo. Pounding the Nails Try various things until you find a sound that sounds authentic to you. We used a heavy piece of ... crucifixion scene. PROVIDING CHORAL ARRANGEMENTS The following list of musical suggestions contains those settings, for choir and/or solo, which have been used effectively in this choral drama. The number in each case indicates its placement ...

23. The Guest List

Luke 2:8-20

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... planning Christmas dinner or the Christmas family gatherings and start looking at the Guest List of who's going to be there. And the ones hope won't show up because nobody really wants them to be there. (It might not be right, but we all have those lists in our ... Silent Night." (2) B. A lot of what we see and hear during the world's Christmas frenzy is like that little boy's solo, discordant, wavering and off key but as the Church, we're like Johnny Costa, we weave the beautiful chords of the Songs of Heaven ...

24. Christmas Eve Candlelight Service

Bulletin Aid

Robert G. McCreight

... birth of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, may we be brought by the light through our darkness into the joy of new life and hope. The Lighting Of The Advent Candles Christmas Eve is precious in the eyes of the Lord and in our traditions as well. It is a ... a boy whom she was told to name Jesus, because he would save the people from their sin. (Light the fifth candle.) Solo: "O Holy Night" Narrator: A Galilean carpenter, a newborn child, some nearby shepherds were the unrehearsed actors in God's drama that ...

25. The Oneness of Twoness

Romans 14:1--15:13

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... professional or prosaic, in the choir/praise team there are always differing opinions about style, sound, song selection, and solos. In the end, however, all musical groups accomplish what Paul wanted for those Roman Christians two thousand years ... get it! CDs from Madonna, an X BOX, an I-pod Something was changing, something quite odd! Retailers promoted Ramadan and Kwanzaa In hopes to sell books by Franken & Fonda. As Targets were hanging their trees upside down At Lowe's the word Christmas - was no where ...

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1. The Good Samaritan

Luke 10:25-37

Drama

Robert A. Lehmann

2. The Sower

Matthew 13:1-23

Drama

Robert A. Lehmann

3. The Unforgiving Servant

Matthew 18:21-35

Drama

Robert A. Lehmann

4. The Warrior Messiah Conquers the Two Beasts and Their Followers

Revelation 19:1-21

Teach the Text

J. Scott Duvall

5. Eternal Echo Of Easter - Part 1

Matthew 28:1-10

Drama

Esther R. Russ

6. Worship and Wonder

John 1:1-14

Sermon

John E. Harnish

7. Lost in Wonder, Love and Praise

Matthew 1:18-25

Sermon

John E. Harnish

8. Gifts: Standing on the Promises

Malachi 4:10

Sermon

John E. Harnish

9. Will The Real Saints Please Stand Up

Esther 4:1-17

Sermon

John E. Harnish

... , it is the next generation who completes the journey." Now here is the word for the church. She says: "No one completes the journey solo. It is only as a community that we discover the fullness of God's plan for us." [1] The old gospel songwriters and revival ... of his pain and all of his brokenness · With all the sorrow of his life · With all the guilt and regret and grieving I hope that little Methodist church will be a place where even Ennis Del Mar can be gathered into the Body of Christ. Our mission is ...

10. Gathered In, Sent Out

1 Corinthians 15:1-11, Ephesians 4:1-16

Sermon

John E. Harnish

... , it is the next generation who completes the journey." Now here is the word for the church. She says: "No one completes the journey solo. It is only as a community that we discover the fullness of God's plan for us." [1] The old gospel songwriters and revival ... of his pain and all of his brokenness With all the sorrow of his life With all the guilt and regret and grieving I hope that little Methodist church will be a place where even EnnisDel Mar can be gathered into the Body of Christ. Our mission is to ...

11. Growing Up

1 Corinthians 13

Sermon

John E. Harnish

12. Called to be a Christian Community: Cracked Pots and Clay Jars

2 Corinthians 4: 1-18

Sermon

John E. Harnish

13. Grasshopper Religion

Numbers 13:25-33, 14:1-10

Sermon

John E. Harnish

... , it is the next generation who completes the journey." Now here is the word for the church. She says: "No one completes the journey solo. It is only as a community that we discover the fullness of God's plan for us." [1] The old gospel songwriters and revival ... of his pain and all of his brokenness · With all the sorrow of his life · With all the guilt and regret and grieving I hope that little Methodist church will be a place where even EnnisDel Mar can be gathered into the Body of Christ. Our mission is ...

14. Praising God on an Oatmeal Box

2 Samuel 6:12-23

Sermon

John E. Harnish

... , it is the next generation who completes the journey." Now here is the word for the church. She says: "No one completes the journey solo. It is only as a community that we discover the fullness of God's plan for us." [1] The old gospel songwriters and revival ... of his pain and all of his brokenness · With all the sorrow of his life · With all the guilt and regret and grieving I hope that little Methodist church will be a place where even Ennis Del Mar can be gathered into the Body of Christ. Our mission is ...

15. One Thing

Sermon

Raymond Gibson

16. What In The World Are We Doing Here?

Micah 6:1-8

Sermon

King Duncan

17. Put on Some Clothes

Colossians 3:1-17

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

18. Wedding: Second Marriage With Children