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Magnify the Lord
Worship Service: Family (may include music) - December 21, 2025
Choices are like a magnifying glass - we magnify the thoughts and feelings that capture our attention at any given point in time which means we can “magnify” negative thoughts and feelings just as easily as positive ones. But something miraculous happens when we, like Mary, in the face of our worries and concerns, consciously and deliberately magnify the Lord. We start to see and feel things we never saw or felt before. | By Rev. Derek P. Elphick | Bryn Athyn Cathedral
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Magnify the Lord
Worship Service: Sermon only - December 21, 2025
Choices are like a magnifying glass - we magnify the thoughts and feelings that capture our attention at any given point in time which means we can “magnify” negative thoughts and feelings just as easily as positive ones. But something miraculous happens when we, like Mary, in the face of our worries and concerns, consciously and deliberately magnify the Lord. We start to see and feel things we never saw or felt before. | By Rev. Derek P. Elphick | Bryn Athyn Cathedral
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An Answered Prayer
Worship Service: Childrens Talk & Adult Sermon - December 14, 2025
The Christmas story begins with Zacharias receiving the astonishing news that his elderly, barren wife would give birth to a special child. Yet in the moment of his prayers being answered, Zechariah doubted; and so was made mute until the time of the child’s birth. How often do we do the same, doubting just when our prayers might be answered? It’s as if it’s too good to be true, and to protect ourselves from disappointment we refuse to let ourselves give in to false hope. But the Lord does not give false hope: His promises are sure and He brings to pass something greater even then our wildest dreams. | By Rev. Joel C Glenn | Westville, RSA
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The Visible God
Worship Service: Family (may include music) - December 07, 2025
“The Lord’s Birth: His Introduction to Us, Allowing Us to Get to Know the God of the Universe” The Lord’s birth on earth allows us to see things we could never see or understand on our own. Unless He lived on Earth, we could not know how He loves us. Without the stories of the New Testament, we would not know how to serve Him and prepare for heavenly life. | By Rt. Rev. David H. Lindrooth | Bryn Athyn Cathedral
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The Visible God
Worship Service: Sermon only - December 07, 2025
“The Critical Importance of Seeing and Worshipping a Visible God” The New Church is called “the Crown of all the Churches” because it worships the visible God in whom is the invisible (TCR 787). The Lord’s birth and life on earth allow us to see Him and understand how He invites us into a relationship with Him, while on earth and to eternity in heaven. | By Rt. Rev. David H. Lindrooth | Bryn Athyn Cathedral
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Praising God in the Highest
Worship Service: Family (may include music) - December 07, 2025
Christmas is a time of joy and happiness, or at least we try to make it so. Singing Christmas songs can be one of those fun ways to celebrate. But what makes the season truly joyful is when we look to the Lord and live His teaching. When we do those two things then the fun of all the other aspects can be deepened and enriched spiritually. | By Rev. Joel C Glenn | Westville, RSA
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The Pursuit of Truth
Worship Service: Childrens Talk & Adult Sermon - November 30, 2025
Part of living a good spiritual life is looking for the Truth that will guide you. The problem is that “truth” is a lot harder to come by then we might imagine. Every true thing we know, or think we know, has endless layers that remain obscure to us and countless nuances that are beyond our current comprehension. We never find the Truth itself in all its complexity. In spite of this, and in fact, because of this, the never-ending pursuit of truth is a crucial part of our spiritual growth. | By Rev. Joel C Glenn | Westville, RSA
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The Fourth Commandment: “Honor Your Father and Your Mother”
Worship Service: Family (may include music) - November 30, 2025
(Exodus 20:12) Our heavenly Father is perfect, but this commandment calls us not just to honor Him but also to honor our literal parents and other imperfect human beings who make up His church. How do we keep this commandment in every sense? | By Rev. Coleman S. Glenn | Bryn Athyn Cathedral
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The Fourth Commandment: “Honor Your Father and Your Mother”
Worship Service: Sermon only - November 30, 2025
(Exodus 20:12) Our heavenly Father is perfect, but this commandment calls us not just to honor Him but also to honor our literal parents and other imperfect human beings who make up His church. How do we keep this commandment in every sense? | By Rev. Coleman S. Glenn | Bryn Athyn Cathedral
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Thanksgiving Service: "Where Does It Come From?"
Worship Service: Family (may include music) - November 27, 2025
A lot of work and preparation goes into our Thanksgiving celebrations, but even before we do any of our work there are countless others whom we will probably never meet who have made it all possible. Similarly, the Lord is the source of all goodness that we experience in our lives, but we don't necessarily see it. How can we give thanks to the Lord or these people who work "invisibly" to make the good things in our lives possible? | By Steven Gunther | Bryn Athyn Field House
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Memorial Service for Gabrielle H. Gladish
Memorial Service - November 26, 2025
Gabrielle Howard Gladish passed into the spiritual world on March 31, 2025 in Cincinnati, Ohio. She was 98 years old. | By Rev. J. Clark Jr. Echols | Bryn Athyn Cathedral
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Memorial Service for Teresa Dunne Roth
Memorial Service - November 25, 2025
Teresa Eileen Dunne Roth passed peacefully at dawn Monday morning, November 17, 2025. She was 93 years old. | By Rev. Jeremy F. Simons | Bryn Athyn Cathedral
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Getting Spiritual Support
Worship Service: Childrens Talk & Adult Sermon - November 23, 2025
We know that the Lord has created us to love others; but what about ourselves? Can that love also be from the Lord? All of us have needs that must be met but it can be hard to ask for help. We worry about putting a burden on others or opening ourselves up to criticism. Yet the Lord is clear that we are to love ourselves. If we cannot love ourselves enough to get the help that we need, we lose the ability to help others. When we ask for help we are not being selfish, but rather are taking the first steps towards helping others. | By Rev. Joel C Glenn | Westville, RSA
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Live Your Faith
Worship Service: Family (may include music) - November 23, 2025
Our church has beautiful teachings that people of any faith can go to heaven. Does this mean it doesn’t matter what we believe? The simple answer is “of course it matters.” This Sunday we will learn about how important it is. | By Rev. Jeffrey Smith | Bryn Athyn Cathedral
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Live Your Faith
Worship Service: Sermon only - November 23, 2025
Our church has beautiful teachings that people of any faith can go to heaven. Does this mean it doesn’t matter what we believe? The simple answer is “of course it matters.” This Sunday we will learn about how important it is. | By Rev. Jeffrey Smith | Bryn Athyn Cathedral
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Memorial Service for James Spencer Smith
Memorial Service - November 22, 2025
James Spencer Smith passed into the spiritual world on October 9, 2025. He was 86 years old. | By Rev. Jeremy F. Simons | Bryn Athyn Cathedral
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Keeping the Jar Full
Worship Service: Family (may include music) - November 16, 2025
We all go through seasons of life where we search for meaning and guidance. We can picture the kind of life we want, but we aren’t sure how to get there. When Elijah is sent to visit a widow in 1 Kings 17, he asks her for something that she isn’t sure she can give. In their interaction, we find the answer to what we can do when we aren’t sure what path we should take. | By Steven Gunther | Bryn Athyn Cathedral
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Keeping the Jar Full
Worship Service: Sermon only - November 16, 2025
We all go through seasons of life where we search for meaning and guidance. We can picture the kind of life we want, but we aren’t sure how to get there. When Elijah is sent to visit a widow in 1 Kings 17, he asks her for something that she isn’t sure she can give. In their interaction, we find the answer to what we can do when we aren’t sure what path we should take. | By Steven Gunther | Bryn Athyn Cathedral
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Spiritual Fatigue
Worship Service: Childrens Talk & Adult Sermon - November 16, 2025
Whenever something goes wrong in the world, there seems to be an outpouring of compassion. We almost get excited at the chance to leap into action and help. But as time passes the energy wanes. We can become fatigued; not just fatigued physically, but fatigued emotionally. It is impossible to keep up that initial level of care and energy. Above even the emotional there is the spiritual fatigue: we face exhaustion with ourselves and our own spiritual growth, and can push ourselves to the breaking point. We need to be able to truly address the issues, but to do so in a way that is sustainable. | By Rev. Joel C Glenn | Westville, RSA
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Memorial Service for Gwendolyn McQueen Asplundh
Memorial Service - November 10, 2025
Gwendolyn McQueen Asplundh passed into the spiritual world on Friday, October 31, 2025. She was 94 years old. | By Rev. Jeremy F. Simons | Bryn Athyn Cathedral
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The Third Commandment: Remember the Sabbath Day, To Keep It Holy
Worship Service: Family (may include music) - November 09, 2025
(Exodus 20:8) The Hebrew word for “Sabbath” means rest. Physical and mental “rest” is relatively easy to obtain but a holy day of rest requires a different mindset and a different skill set. This commandment draws our attention to the fact that the quality of our Sabbath Day is directly proportional to how things go during the "six days of labor" leading up to it, and how we view the challenges and difficulties of our work week. | By Rev. Derek P. Elphick | Bryn Athyn Cathedral
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The Third Commandment: Remember the Sabbath Day, To Keep It Holy
Worship Service: Sermon only - November 09, 2025
(Exodus 20:8) The Hebrew word for “Sabbath” means rest. Physical and mental “rest” is relatively easy to obtain but a holy day of rest requires a different mindset and a different skill set. This commandment draws our attention to the fact that the quality of our Sabbath Day is directly proportional to how things go during the "six days of labor" leading up to it, and how we view the challenges and difficulties of our work week. | By Rev. Derek P. Elphick | Bryn Athyn Cathedral
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What is Sin?
Worship Service: Childrens Talk & Adult Sermon - November 09, 2025
Religious life is all about resisting sins. But what actually counts as a sin? We have to be able to know what we are looking for if we are going to be able to resist it. Thankfully the Lord gives us guidance in identifying sins, especially through the Ten Commandments. Although there are only Ten, if we look deeper we can find that they guide us to see whatever vice or sin we might be struggling with. | By Rev. Joel C Glenn | Westville, RSA
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Building on a Sound Foundation
Worship Service: Family (may include music) - November 02, 2025
How we develop our minds on a firm foundation of knowledge and truth is a subject that has been of keen interest to those interested in New Church education over the years. Two stories that deal with this are building our house upon a rock and the children of Israel leaving Egypt and taking their gold, silver, and garments with them. Come and see if it is really safe to borrow from the Egyptians and what it means to build your house on the rock! | By Rt. Rev. Bradley D. Heinrichs | Bryn Athyn Cathedral
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Building on a Sound Foundation
Worship Service: Sermon only - November 02, 2025
How we develop our minds on a firm foundation of knowledge and truth is a subject that has been of keen interest to those interested in New Church education over the years. Two stories that deal with this are building our house upon a rock and the children of Israel leaving Egypt and taking their gold, silver, and garments with them. Come and see if it is really safe to borrow from the Egyptians and what it means to build your house on the rock! | By Rt. Rev. Bradley D. Heinrichs | Bryn Athyn Cathedral
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