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Sermon
Tony Everett
It was a particularly exciting moment in the worship service. Pastor Steve stepped to the front of the chancel and in a powerful voice announced, "It's time for Jenny's baptism!" He walked quickly to the baptismal font where Jenny waited, clinging to her father's neck, eyes wide open in wonder. All the children in the sanctuary, as was their custom, rushed to the font. They gathered around Jenny, ...
2. Days of Promise
Jeremiah 33:1-26
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Harry N. Huxhold
Without a doubt the most troubling time in the history of the United Sates was the Civil War era. Devastated by the ruins of war, the country was drained emotionally and spiritually. The hostility had developed not only between regions of the country, but it spilled over into families and institutions. At given moments of the war, people questioned whether they would ever be able to recover from t...
3. A Pre-christmas Faith
Jeremiah 33:1-26
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King Duncan
We have scarcely had time to savor Thanksgiving . . . .the delicious turkey and dressing . . . .the football contest on television . . . .reunion with family and friends . . . .the brisk cold of an autumn afternoon and the glow and warmth of a fire. For the children the coming of Christmas has always signaled a flood of expectation. Santa Claus is already setting up his listening post at shopping ...
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King Duncan
Before the advent of television, baseball broadcasts depended on colorful announcers to captivate a listening audience. One of the best of these announcers was named Rosey Rowswell. Rowswell was the radio voice of the Pittsburgh Pirates. The star slugger with the Pirates at the time was Ralph Kiner. Rowswell got his audience to imagine a little old lady with an apartment window facing Forbes Fiel...
5. The Flock Paradox
2 Samuel 5:1-5, Luke 2:1-7, Luke 2:8-20, Ezekiel 34:1-31, Jeremiah 33:1-26
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Lori Wagner
Christmas is a time of joy and enjoy, but also a time of unprecedented envy. The great gifts one person receives are inevitably desired by any number of that person’s friends. The gifts one child receives are immediately coveted by their sister or brother. Shopping for a gift for others, we often find things we desire for ourselves as well! We like to have what others have. We like to do what oth...
6. Shoots of Tomorrow
Jeremiah 33:14-16
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Mary S. Lautensleger
In the parable of The Giving Tree, a young boy would gather his favorite tree's leaves on mild autumn afternoons. He fashioned them into a crown for his head and played king of the forest. The tree was fun to climb, and he loved to eat its delicious apples. The boy enjoyed swinging from the tree's branches, and discovered a shady resting place beneath those same branches on hot summer days. As th...
7. God's Gift
Jeremiah 33:1-26
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Derl G. Keefer
Margery Tallcott relates that during the Depression she and her husband were barely making the money stretch from week to week. It was particularly tight during the weeks leading up to Christ­mas. Their finances would not allow for purchasing gifts for each other or for their son, Pete. With Christmas a week away, they told Pete there would be no store-bought presents for any of them. “But I’ll t...
8. Promises, Promises
Jeremiah 33:1-26
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Elizabeth Achtemeier
Promises are so important! We know, for example, that when we make a child a promise, we must keep it at all costs, or the child will lose all trust in us and our word. We also know that if we do not keep a promise to a friend, we may lose that friendship. Certainly we make promises through all our life. One of the most important ones is made when we stand before a minister to be married. There w...
9. Hope Against Hope
Jeremiah 33:1-26
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Robert A. Hausman
Chaim Potok begins his novel In the Beginning, with these words: All beginnings are hard. I can remember my mother murmuring those words while I lay in bed with a fever. "Children are often sick, darling. That's the way it is with children. All beginnings are hard. You'll be all right soon."1 Whether it is the beginning of life, with all its fragility, the beginning of marriage with all its risk...
Sermon
Ron Lavin
What comes to your mind when I say the word "forecasting"? The weather man? The predictor of tomorrow's heat, cold, rain, humidity? Probably so. In the Bible, the forecaster is God's prophet. He tells us what is going to happen in the future based on the reality of the present. True prophecy involves both forth-telling and foretelling. Jeremiah tells forth and foretells by giving us previews of c...
11. The Days Are Coming
Jeremiah 33:14-16
Sermon
King Duncan
Every actor deals with the fear that something will go horribly wrong when they step out onto the stage. Forgetting a line. Tripping over your own feet. A wardrobe malfunction. Fortunately, actors are taught to think on their feet and improvise if something were to go wrong in a scene. Actress Jennifer Laura Thompson recalls how her cast mates in a stage play of “The Wizard of Oz” tried to improv...
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