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Luke 14:1, 7-14

Sermon

King Duncan

... . After that, status didn’t mean much to Howard K. Smith. Instead, he focused on living an upright life and no longer caring what others thought of him. (1) We all like to be recognized, don’t we, even if it’s only by Mickey Mouse? It’s one of the most human of desires. We all want to be somebody. Bernie Madoff certainly did. You’re familiar with that name. A few years ago Bernie Madoff operated the largest Ponzi scheme in world history. Through this scheme he committed the largest financial fraud ...

2. Distracted by Disappointment

Luke 24:13-35

Sermon

King Duncan

... not realize until it was time to leave the theme park is that the people who first designed the Disney theme parks did something quite creative. They hid discreet images of Mickey Mouse throughout all of the Disney parks and various attractions. The images are simple three connected, intersecting circles that look like the outline of Mickey’s head and ears but they are everywhere. They are etched into pavement, painted on the walls of rides, built into the fences, and arranged in the landscaping. Look for ...

3. SANTA CLAUS OR CHRIST?

Drama

G. William Genszler

... And we are the footlights - with beams of bright light To direct your attention from falsehood to right. Reader: ‘Twas the week before Christmas And all through our house Each person was stirring What chance had a mouse? Mouse: (center stage ... perhaps with pair of Mickey Mouse ears) Yes, I am the Mouse Who lived in this House Enjoying a bit of contentment But when Christmas draws near I bug out of here And nurse a deep sense of resentment (goes off) (Tall person carrying two branches of Christmas tree ...

4. Maturity In Christ

Colossians 1:27-28

Sermon

King Duncan

... World). (1) More people visit those three places than any other on earth. I'm not exactly sure what that says about us, but it's an interesting fact. I guess it means that the three most influential figures in the world are the Pope, Mohammad, and Mickey Mouse. Mickey Mouse represents the child in all of us. You've probably heard that joke about the man who asked his wife what she'd like for her birthday. "I'd love to be six again," she replied. So, on the morning of her birthday, he got her up bright ...

5. The Lord's Prayer: Thy Kingdom Come, Thy Will Be Done

Matthew 6:5-15

Sermon

Eric Ritz

... treasures? What would happen if a spaceship landed from another planet and their request to you was, "Take me to your leader." Who would you take them to? The Pope? Bill Clinton? Donald Trump? Madonna? Michael Jordan? Mickey Mouse? Judging from attendance figures released by Walt Disney, we could make a strong case for Mickey Mouse and family. Would anyone lead them to the Cross, to the church, to the Book and the Lord Jesus Christ? When it comes to commitment and the kingdom of God, the way of the Zoad and ...

6. Wake Up

John 20:1-18

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... a result of late night preparations and sunrise service celebrations. What galvanizes and mobilizes us more - Sleeping Beauty's empty castle or Jesus Christ's empty tomb? The mission of the church then, is to make Jesus Christ as magical and mystical as Disney has made Mickey Mouse. Wake up, church! Christ is risen from the dead! Wake up to the power the risen Lord brings to your life. Wake up, church. Open up to the power of the Scriptures to speak to your life. As Jesus called Mary's name to finally stir ...

7. The Remote

John 14:5-14

Drama

Robert F. Crowley

... . Rest now. Shake it out. GINA: (A SOAP OPERA) Why is it, David, that every Time we kiss, your significant other is lurking nearby? TOMMIE: (A WOMAN SELLING) And for the next hour I am going to slash the price on this solid gold necklace and earrings signed by Mickey Mouse. ALICE: (A WESTERN MOVIE) Be careful out there, Montana, I've had a hankerin' fer ye fer quite a spell. ANN: (AN INFOMERCIAL) You can make as much money as I did and do it in a month with no initial outlay. I retired when I was 27. DEBBY ...

8. Dressed For The Wedding

Matthew 22:1-14

Sermon

King Duncan

... Today's Christian Woman. A woman took her four-year-old granddaughter, Amanda, to the doctor's office with a fever. The doctor looked in her ears and said, "Who's in there? Donald Duck?" She said, "No." He looked in her nose and said, "Who's in there? Mickey Mouse?" Again she said, "No." He put his stethoscope on her heart and said, "Who's in there? Barney?" Amanda replied, "No, Jesus is in my heart. Barney is on my underwear." (3) I don't guess it matters who's on your underwear if Jesus is in your heart ...

9. Wouldn't You Prefer Real Freedom?

John 8:31-41

Sermon

King Duncan

... and food. He went to the international airport in Guadalajara, slipped past the guards, and began asking pilots of small planes for a lift. Rebuffed, he asked pilots of jetliners. Immigration officials at the airport spotted the boy and gave him food, candy and a Mickey Mouse watch before turning him over to the city's children's shelter. Some children run away FROM home in order to find freedom. Elmer knew where true freedom was in the arms of his mother. We can learn from little Elmer. Our true freedom ...

10. Good Old What’s-His-Name

John 14:15-31

Sermon

Donald B. Strobe

... Sunday newspaper, an advertisement for a “14K gold microned” Religious Keepsake Watch, with “Genuine Leather-Backed Strap.” It is only $8.88 and, instead of having the twelve hours on its face, it has a picture of Jesus—sort of like on a “Mickey Mouse” watch—and it has the twelve apostles instead of the twelve hours. Nine o’clock is listed as “Jude,” a form of Judas. That settles the question. Or does it? Perhaps the manufacturers chose “Jude” because it fit in the space provided ...

11. Free Living Water for All

Exodus 17:1-7

Sermon

Arley K. Fadness

... in Jesus. It's a done deal. Our sin has been put away, wiped out of the books ... time to have the biggest party there ever was ... I like the suggestion made by author Garrison Keillor that we sing â€˜Amazing Grace' to the tune of the old Mickey Mouse Club theme song. A church that knows God's grace ought to know how to laugh."1 No wonder Glen Campbell, whose multiple marriages, dizzying success, and drug and alcohol abuse were sending him down a one-way street, should one day be freed by the amazing ...

12. The Iron, Silver, Golden, Platinum and Titanium Rules

Matthew 10:1-42

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... the universe: Why do we forget how to do algebra, or where the extra lawn mower blade is stored, or the day of a dental appointment, but we can always recall with perfect clarity the good-bye song of that awful purple dinosaur Barney? Or the Mickey Mouse club theme? Or the Veggie Tale theme song? [If there are kids present, get one to sing it for everyone. Or play it on the sound system.] It gets even worse. For Veggie Tale kids and their parents, there is Larry the Cucumber’s unfortunately unforgettable ...

13. The Death That Ends All Death

1 Peter 3:18

Sermon

James Merritt

... you think about Neil Armstrong, you know he was the first man to step foot on the moon. When you think of Sir Edmund Hillary, you know he was the first to climb Mount Everest. When you think about Walt Disney, you think about the creation of Mickey Mouse. But according to the Bible, the most significant thing Jesus Christ ever did was to die. Two thousand years after Jesus left this earth physically, the universal symbol of the movement that he began, is not a cradle, nor a crown, but a cross, the cruelest ...

14. If I Only Had One Wish

2 Chronicles 1:1-12

Sermon

James Merritt

... have had who have been before you, nor shall any after you have the like.'" (II Chron. 1:11-12) Did God keep His word? Well, consider this. What would you have if you crossed an Arab Sheik, the President of the United States, Socrates, and Mickey Mouse? You would have the richest, most powerful, wisest, most famous person in the world, or in his day, King Solomon. Consider: He became the Chief Executive Officer of the world's greatest empire. By his trading skills, he was acclaimed as the world's foremost ...

15. The Power of Partnership

Ecclesiastes 4:9-12

Sermon

James Merritt

... the first McDonald's franchise in Des Plaines, Illinois. And, as they say, the rest is history. Today there are 24,500 McDonald's in 116 countries, selling more hamburgers than any other restaurant on planet earth, and Ronald McDonald, along with Santa Claus and Mickey Mouse, is one of the three most well known figures in all of the world. How did this happen? Because Ray Kroc understood a principle that is found in the Bible, whether he realized it or not, and the principle is this one: "Two are better ...

16. The Loss of the Harvest

Jeremiah 8:20

Sermon

James Merritt

... today? If you said Billy Graham, you would be wrong. If you said Mohammed Ali, you would be wrong. If you said the Pope, you would be wrong. If you said Elvis Presley, you would be wrong. If you said Jesus of Nazareth, you would be wrong. The answer is Mickey Mouse!1 Think about it. A figure who does not even exist, is better known than the Son of God who died for the sins of this world. Someone has well said that they have no fear that the church will not succeed, but that it will succeed in those things ...

17. The Other Side of Worship

1 John 1:1-4

Sermon

James Merritt

... looked upon, and our hands have handled, concerning the Word of life ." (v.1) John is saying that Jesus was not a fairy tale. He was not a mythological figure like a four or a Hercules. He was not some comic book or amusement park figure like Superman or Mickey Mouse. He was flesh and blood, skin and bones, muscle and fiber, just like you and just like me. The Lord Jesus has always been attacked in one of two ways: Some attack his deity and say if he was a man, then he was not God. Some attack his humanity ...

18. Clothed with Jesus

Matthew 22:1-14

Illustration

King Duncan

... Today's Christian Woman. A woman took her four-year-old granddaughter, Amanda, to the doctor's office with a fever. The doctor looked in her ears and said, "Who's in there? Donald Duck?" She said, "No." He looked in her nose and said, "Who's in there? Mickey Mouse?" Again she said, "No." He put his stethoscope on her heart and said, "Who's in there? Barney?" Amanda replied, "No, Jesus is in my heart. Barney is on my underwear." I don't guess it matters who's on your underwear if Jesus is in your heart. And ...

19. In God We Trust

Proverbs 3:5-6

Sermon

James Merritt

... as the national motto on coins and currency as a 'patriotic and ceremonial motto' with 'no theological or ritualistic impact.'" Quite frankly, if those four words, "In God We Trust" have "no theological or ritualistic impact" then you could just have easily substituted Mickey Mouse for God. It raises for me a big "why?" I don't mind telling you that there are a lot of "why" questions that I carry around every day. For example: Why are there Interstate highways in Hawaii? Why are there floatation devices ...

20. Why Join a Church?

Acts 2:42-47

Sermon

J. Howard Olds

... that things are not always what they sometime seem to be. How can they know unless there is a community of faith that is not afraid of the questions nor timid about pointing the way to the Christ who has the answer? Oh, I know, the Church can become “Mickey Mouse,” spending its life on trivial things that do not matter in the light of eternity. But it doesn’t have to be. The Church can be a mighty force for good moving people toward faith, hope, and love. It can sound the trumpet for peace above the ...

21. Digging Deeper

Luke 1:1-4

Sermon

James Merritt

... faith in Jesus Christ as the Son of God. If the Gospels are just legends, just myths, and have no real historical basis, then 1/3 of the world is either just stupid and won’t face up to the fact they are believing in someone no more real than Mickey Mouse or they are just stubborn and determined to go down with the ship called “Christianity.” Today, we are going to do what an archeologist does. We are just going to dig down and look for evidence. Keep in mind I can’t give you proof. I can only give ...

22. Hey! I Want To Believe!

John 20:24-31

Children's Sermon

King Duncan

... of the things I like about baseball is that some baseball players get nicknames. Like Lefty Gomez and Dizzy Dean- -two great old baseball stars. Some nicknames are great. Others are not so great. I don't believe I would want to be called Goofy, like Mickey Mouse's friend. I certainly wouldn't want to be called Dopey like one of Snow White's friends. One of Jesus' disciples developed one of the most famous nicknames in all the world. He became known as Doubting Thomas. Thomas wasn't with the other disciples ...

23. The Road to Success Is Bumpy

Illustration

Dan Miller

You may have heard the story of how Walt Disney arrived in Los Angeles with forty dollars in his pocket and experienced bankruptcy multiple times before Mickey Mouse arrived to save the day. Mr. Disney and never-say-die entrepreneurs like him recognize that three steps forward and two steps back still have a net result of one step of progress. Michael Bloomberg (former mayor of New York City), Larry King (former talk show host), Bernie Marcus (Home ...

24. Revised and Revisioned

John 8:48-59, John 9:1-12, John 9:13-34, John 9:35-41, John 10:1-21

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... him to herself. But he escapes the kitchen and takes off, having various adventures in his flight, until at last he is consumed by a sly fox. Another delightful version is The Sorcerer’s Apprentice. We love to watch the “wizard’s apprentice” Mickey Mouse cavort about trying to prevent the damage done by the “broom” he has brought to life. The entire movie is spent trying to stop the antics of the figure he has granted with the independence and unpredictability of “life.” While these stories ...

25. The Rabbi's Apprentice

Matthew 15:21-28

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... . Because he could not properly control them, everything got quickly out of hand, and chaos ensued. Finally, the master returned and restored order to the mess. Walt Disney famously employed the plot of the poem in his musical “Fantasia,” starring Mickey Mouse as the “Sorcerer’s Apprentice.” While we laugh at the apprentice’s antics and enjoy the presentation, this fantasized idea of the role of “apprentice” may affect our idea of discipleship more than we realize. In our faith journey, we ...

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1. When Mickey Mouse Recognizes You...

Luke 14:1, 7-14

Sermon

King Duncan

2. Distracted by Disappointment

Luke 24:13-35

Sermon

King Duncan

3. SANTA CLAUS OR CHRIST?

Drama

G. William Genszler

4. Maturity In Christ

Colossians 1:27-28

Sermon

King Duncan

5. The Lord's Prayer: Thy Kingdom Come, Thy Will Be Done

Matthew 6:5-15

Sermon

Eric Ritz

6. Wake Up

John 20:1-18

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

7. The Remote

John 14:5-14

Drama

Robert F. Crowley

8. Dressed For The Wedding

Matthew 22:1-14

Sermon

King Duncan

9. Wouldn't You Prefer Real Freedom?

John 8:31-41

Sermon

King Duncan

10. Good Old What’s-His-Name

John 14:15-31

Sermon

Donald B. Strobe

11. Free Living Water for All

Exodus 17:1-7

Sermon

Arley K. Fadness

12. The Iron, Silver, Golden, Platinum and Titanium Rules

Matthew 10:1-42

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

13. The Death That Ends All Death

1 Peter 3:18

Sermon

James Merritt

14. If I Only Had One Wish

2 Chronicles 1:1-12

Sermon

James Merritt

15. The Power of Partnership

Ecclesiastes 4:9-12

Sermon

James Merritt

16. The Loss of the Harvest

Jeremiah 8:20

Sermon

James Merritt

17. The Other Side of Worship

1 John 1:1-4

Sermon

James Merritt

18. Clothed with Jesus

Matthew 22:1-14

Illustration

King Duncan

... Today's Christian Woman. A woman took her four-year-old granddaughter, Amanda, to the doctor's office with a fever. The doctor looked in her ears and said, "Who's in there? Donald Duck?" She said, "No." He looked in her nose and said, "Who's in there? Mickey Mouse?" Again she said, "No." He put his stethoscope on her heart and said, "Who's in there? Barney?" Amanda replied, "No, Jesus is in my heart. Barney is on my underwear." I don't guess it matters who's on your underwear if Jesus is in your heart. And ...

19. In God We Trust

Proverbs 3:5-6

Sermon

James Merritt

20. Why Join a Church?

Acts 2:42-47

Sermon

J. Howard Olds

21. Digging Deeper

Luke 1:1-4

Sermon

James Merritt