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WISR - Suicide Prevention
Interview on local radio WISR with Dave Malarkey on the topic of suicide prevention. (end of the recording is lost due to technical issues) | By Rev. Derrick Lumsden | Sarver, PA
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Unite My Heart
Worship Service: Childrens Talk & Adult Sermon - October 23, 2016
The Lord can unite your heart and save you. All our hearts are divided between evil and good. We need to turn learn from the Lord which is which so we can walk in His ways and He will then unite our hearts. | By Rev. Derrick Lumsden | Sarver, PA
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Spiritual Restoration, Part 5 - Big Change
Worship Service: Childrens Talk & Adult Sermon - October 16, 2016
The Lord encourages you that big changes will happen and that your small effort at restoration will become a key symbol of that change. | By Rev. Derrick Lumsden | Sarver, PA
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Spiritual Restoration, Part 4 - From Now
Worship Service: Childrens Talk & Adult Sermon - October 09, 2016
If you set your heart on the Lord’s dwelling with you, from now on the Lord can bless you. | By Rev. Derrick Lumsden | Sarver, PA
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Searching
Worship Service: Childrens Talk & Adult Sermon - October 02, 2016
We are called by the Lord to be “merchants” in search of pearls. Pearls represent truths from the Lord’s Word, and the pearl of great price stands for knowledge about the Lord Himself. The Lord plants within us a longing called in the Writings for the New Church “the affection for truth.” The more we search in the Word, or talk with others in an effort to discover the great truths about life, the more the Lord will be able to bless us with wisdom. We will come to discover in growing ways what leads to lasting happiness, and feel called to turn to the Lord as the one who can lead us to experience it. | By Rt. Rev. Peter M. Buss, Jr. | Sarver, PA
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Spiritual Restoration, Part 3 - Greater Glory
Worship Service: Informal Family - October 02, 2016
The Lord knows that we can become discouraged as we work to restore our lives. The Lord reminds us that He is with us and promises us greater glory through that restoration. | By Rev. Derrick Lumsden | Sarver, PA
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Spiritual Restoration, Part 2 - Hear the Lord
Worship Service: Childrens Talk & Adult Sermon - September 25, 2016
Spiritual restoration can progress when you hear and fear the Lord; then He will be with you. When you hear and fear the Lord, He will be with you, and He will stir your spirit to build His place in your life. | By Rev. Derrick Lumsden | Sarver, PA
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Spiritual Restoration, Part 1 - Examine the Focus
Worship Service: Informal Family - September 04, 2016
Spiritual restoration begins with an humble examination of the focus of your life. There are things that lead us away from the Lord and these cause an emptiness in our life. Recognizing that we are neglecting the most important things is the beginning of restoration. | By Rev. Derrick Lumsden | Sarver, PA
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Marriage Is Not About You, Part 4 - Looking Upward
Worship Service: Childrens Talk & Adult Sermon - August 28, 2016
Marriage is not about us, marriage is about looking upward toward the Lord and honoring Him in our marriages. The Lord is the source of marriage, and our love is as great as our willingness to follow Him. But because of who the Lord is if we look to Him, the Lord will give us joy and happiness beyond description. | By Rev. Derrick Lumsden | Sarver, PA
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Marriage Is Not About You, Part 2 - Danger of Isolation
Worship Service: Childrens Talk & Adult Sermon - August 14, 2016
The Lord created marriage to bring two people together. The greatest danger to marriage is selfishness which isolates the individuals from each other, which can happen through dominion or just breaking into their own worlds. | By Rev. Derrick Lumsden | Sarver, PA
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Marriage Is Not About You, Part 1 - Ask "What Can I Do?"
Worship Service: Informal Family - August 07, 2016
Marriage is a God given gift to us. The Lord wants us to be happy, but the nature of love is that happiness comes through enjoying another's joy. To have a better marriage, it is important to ask "What can I do to make your day better?" | By Rev. Derrick Lumsden | Sarver, PA
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The Lord Needs Us to Ask
Worship Service: Childrens Talk & Adult Sermon - July 31, 2016
The Lord is willing and wanting to give us good gifts. Because He does not want to force them on us, He needs us to ask. | By Rev. Derrick Lumsden | Sarver, PA
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The Lord's Prayer, Part 3 - Forgiven as We Forgive
Worship Service: Childrens Talk & Adult Sermon - July 24, 2016
The Lord loves us and forgives us, but we are only able to receive that forgiveness if we have a forgiving heart toward others. As we strive to live that life, we will struggle to open our hearts to the Lord. As we rely more on Him, we see that He is the source of all the goodness we can acquire. [Apologies for Technical Difficulties] | By Rev. Derrick Lumsden | Sarver, PA
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The Lord's Prayer, Part 2 - Thy Kingdom Come
Worship Service: Childrens Talk & Adult Sermon - July 17, 2016
The Lord's prayer teaches us to pray for the Lord's Kingdom to come. Heaven comes first in our hearts and then in the world, from the inside out. If the world is going to be healed it will be because the church helps bring heaven to people, starting with ourselves. | By Rev. Derrick Lumsden | Sarver, PA
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The Lord's Prayer, Part 1 - Father of Us
Worship Service: Childrens Talk & Adult Sermon - July 10, 2016
The Lord's Prayer contains more than we can possibly understand. The details contain so much that turns us toward the Lord Jesus Christ and opens us to receiving heavenly food from Him. Today we discuss a fraction of the details of the Lord's Prayer in the first verse. | By Rev. Derrick Lumsden | Sarver, PA
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Heroes - Stand for the Truth
Worship Service: Informal Family - July 03, 2016
Jeremiah stood for the truth even when he didn't want it to be true and when everyone else didn't want to here it. It takes courage to stand for the truth, but we also have to do it with love. | By Rev. Derrick Lumsden | Sarver, PA
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Heroes - The Courage to Care
Worship Service: Childrens Talk & Adult Sermon - June 26, 2016
The courage to choose the success and happiness of others over our own is an act of spiritual heroism. Do that, we must face down the desires inside of us, reject them, and choose to act on behalf of love and justice. | By Rev. Derrick Lumsden | Sarver, PA
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Heroes - Everyday Heroes
Worship Service: Childrens Talk & Adult Sermon - June 19, 2016
The Lord calls us to the most important uses of marriage, parenting, and service to others. These are his most important goals and give us the deepest happiness. We are called to a heroism of everyday greatness and deep everyday spirituality. | By Rev. Derrick Lumsden | Sarver, PA
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Heroes - Doing What's Required
Worship Service: Childrens Talk & Adult Sermon - June 05, 2016
A common theme with people who perform heroic acts is that they say they were just doing their job. It is heroic in many circumstances to do what is required of us. We all have that calling to heroic obligation and spiritually we have to step into doing what's required by the Lord, especially when it is hard. | By Rev. Derrick Lumsden | Sarver, PA
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Memorial Day - The Descender
Worship Service: Informal Family - May 29, 2016
The challenge of spiritual life is that it descends into our everyday life. The Ten Commandments the boundaries that allow that descent and allows our connection with the Lord to be in our everyday life. | By Rev. Derrick Lumsden | Sarver, PA
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Love Is Not a Feeling
Worship Service: Children & Adult - May 22, 2016
We truly show what we love by what we do. In what area of your life can you choose to develop and express love, even if you do not feel it at the moment? In what areas of your life can you deny the lies that strong feelings tell you? | By Rev. Erik J. Buss; Rev. Jared J. Buss | Sarver, PA
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Ears to Hear
Worship Service: Childrens Talk & Adult Sermon - May 15, 2016
The parable of the sower ends with the challenge to hear. We hear with our hearts, and we have to be willing to love what the Lord says is good. We learn to love what the Lord says by living out His Word. | By Rev. Derrick Lumsden | Sarver, PA
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Honoring Mothers
Worship Service: Childrens Talk & Adult Sermon - May 08, 2016
The Lord teaches us to honor our mothers. Honor means to add weight to. The opposite would be to detract from. We should honor our mothers, but we should also honor our spiritual mother in the church. Video testimonial available at https://vimeo.com/165714114 | By Rev. Derrick Lumsden | Sarver, PA
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Remember the Commandments
Worship Service: Childrens Talk & Adult Sermon - May 01, 2016
The Ten Commandments which tell us what not to do actually teach us how to love the Lord and the neighbor. By removing the bad, the Lord gives us the good. If we fight as if of ourselves to live the commandments because they are from God, He gives us a new heart and spirit. | By Rev. Derrick Lumsden | Sarver, PA
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Spiritual Principles for Voting
Worship Service: Childrens Talk & Adult Sermon - April 24, 2016
As we consider who to elect to offices in our government, we can look to the Lord's teachings to guide us. The Lord tells us there are three qualities to look for in an organizational leader: skilled in the Law, wise, and God Fearing. He also provides us principles by which to prioritize our choice of policy or platform planks: spirituality/justice, morality, economics. If we look to the Lord Jesus Christ and allow Him to guide our choices of leaders, our country will be able to be lead and healed by Him. | By Rev. Derrick Lumsden | Sarver, PA
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