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"God has made me laugh…" (Genesis 21:6)
Worship Service: Family (may include music) - June 08, 2025
The Lord doesn’t just want to cheer us up – He wants our hearts and minds to be filled with joy and laughter. Our grumpy, skeptical side tends to have a hard time believing this is possible. What’s there to laugh about – life is full of serious business; bills to pay, pressures at work, health issues, relationship stresses, etc.? Turns out, we have a lot of reasons to laugh if we’re to take our cue from the angels in heaven for “everything they see seems to laugh and play and come alive” (HH 489). What are they seeing that we aren’t seeing? | By Rev. Derek P. Elphick | Bryn Athyn Cathedral
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"God has made me laugh…" (Genesis 21:6)
Worship Service: Sermon only - June 08, 2025
The Lord doesn’t just want to cheer us up – He wants our hearts and minds to be filled with joy and laughter. Our grumpy, skeptical side tends to have a hard time believing this is possible. What’s there to laugh about – life is full of serious business; bills to pay, pressures at work, health issues, relationship stresses, etc.? Turns out, we have a lot of reasons to laugh if we’re to take our cue from the angels in heaven for “everything they see seems to laugh and play and come alive” (HH 489). What are they seeing that we aren’t seeing? | By Rev. Derek P. Elphick | Bryn Athyn Cathedral
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Here I Am. Send Me
Worship Service: Family (may include music) - June 01, 2025
Isaiah’s words are in response to the Lord’s, “Whom shall I send, and who will go for Us?” (Isaiah 6). Within them is an invitation to step forward ourselves to serve in the ways the Lord asks. We will explore our responsiveness to the Lord’s constant call to show up as a good person who strives to make a difference. | By Rt. Rev. Peter M. Buss, Jr. | Bryn Athyn Cathedral
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Clear Truths
Worship Service: Ordination & Sermon - June 01, 2025
Ordination of Daniel Calvo and Thomas J. Jackson into the first degree by Rt. Rev. Peter M. Buss, Jr. Readings by Daniel Calvo. Sermon by Thomas J. Jackson. Elijah retreated to a cave in a state of overwhelmed sadness when Jezebel sought his life. While there the Lord came to him and asked him the key question, “What are you doing here?” He then provided the perspective and guidance he needed most. He offers similar guidance to us, urging us to consider our situation and our next steps in light of the clear truths of His Word. | By Rt. Rev. Peter M. Buss, Jr. | Bryn Athyn Cathedral
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Our Spiritual Reality: We Also Have Bodies
Worship Service: Family (may include music) - May 25, 2025
This Sunday we will pick up the topic of our spiritual reality again by reflecting on a curious and inescapable aspect of our spiritual reality: we also have bodies. Why did the Lord create our spirits to be embodied in these complex, frail collections of bones, muscles, and organs? And how can we better navigate our spiritual reality when we take our bodies into consideration? | By Rev. Malcolm G. Smith | Bryn Athyn Cathedral
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Our Spiritual Reality: We Also Have Bodies
Worship Service: Sermon only - May 25, 2025
This Sunday we will pick up the topic of our spiritual reality again by reflecting on a curious and inescapable aspect of our spiritual reality: we also have bodies. Why did the Lord create our spirits to be embodied in these complex, frail collections of bones, muscles, and organs? And how can we better navigate our spiritual reality when we take our bodies into consideration? | By Rev. Malcolm G. Smith | Bryn Athyn Cathedral
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“I Will Remember…” Psalm 77:11
Worship Service: Childrens Talk & Adult Sermon - May 18, 2025
The Scriptures urge us to remember – the Sabbath, the Ten Commandments, the Golden Rule, many important things. And yet we forget, not in the sense that these truths are lost or wiped from our memory but in the sense that their value can be forgotten. Thankfully, “remembering” is an act of mercy, done by the Lord alone. Let’s talk on Sunday about how the Lord helps us remember and then consider what new, spiritual practices we might want to incorporate into our lives to safeguard against our own forgetfulness. | By Rev. Derek P. Elphick | Bryn Athyn Cathedral
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Everyone Who Asks Receives
Worship Service: Family (may include music) - May 11, 2025
On Mother’s Day we consider the origin of the love that leads us to care for children, that makes the birds sing, and that causes flowers to bloom. | By Rev. Jeremy F. Simons | Bryn Athyn Cathedral
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Mother’s Day
Worship Service: Sermon only - May 11, 2025
"There is a divine field of heavenly love that constantly radiates from the Lord. From this field an earthly field arises. It is a field of love for babies and children. It is absolutely universal.” (True Christian Religion 308) As we honor this heavenly influx on Mother’s Day we also honor the ways that our church, our community, and our country are like a mother to us. | By Rev. Jeremy F. Simons | Bryn Athyn Cathedral
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Go, Make Disciples of All Nations
Worship Service: Sermon only - April 27, 2025
After His resurrection, the Lord told His disciples, “Go, make disciples of all nations!” (Matthew 28:20). It is in the nature of love to share what one has with others (Divine Love and Wisdom 47), so when we receive the Lord’s love in our hearts, we also receive a burning desire to share that love with others. | By Rev. John L. Odhner | Bryn Athyn Cathedral
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Safe from the Storm
Worship Service: Family (may include music) - March 16, 2025
The Lord says that those who hear his Word and live by it are like those who build their house on a rock, where no storm can hurt them. Those who don’t are carried away into all sorts of trouble. Everyone experiences spiritual storms, times of temptation and uncertainty. Rely on the Lord’s Word, and not only will you survive hard times, but in the long run, you will thrive. | By Rev. Grant R. Schnarr | Bryn Athyn Cathedral
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Demon-Possessed Man Healed
Worship Service: Sermon only - March 16, 2025
The story in Mark 5, about the demon-possessed man healed by the Lord is also a spiritual story, about every person being spiritually healed, freed from obsessive thoughts and addiction to evil. This story is a bit scary, dark, and brings up questions – all reminiscent of hard times in each of our lives. But the Lord comes to us; he casts out unwanted thoughts and gives us peace. | By Rev. Grant R. Schnarr | Bryn Athyn Cathedral
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The Word on Fire
Worship Service: Family (may include music) - March 09, 2025
Moses sees a bush that is burning and discovers the Lord - who has big plans for him. When you learn to see the Lord in the Word, you can see He has wonderful plans for you too! | By Rt. Rev. David H. Lindrooth | Bryn Athyn Cathedral
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The Word on Fire
Worship Service: Sermon only - March 09, 2025
John names the Word with a fascinating Greek term “Logos.” That word, according to the ancient Greek, means the underlying force that orders and organizes all things. John also calls the “Logos” God. We can take that literally and come to know the force the Lord offers us through His Word that orders us and prepares us for heavenly life. | By Rt. Rev. David H. Lindrooth | Bryn Athyn Cathedral
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Come and See
Worship Service: Childrens Talk & Adult Sermon - January 26, 2025
We’re not very good predictors of the future and yet this doesn’t stop us from trying. Our predictions about the future tend to limit God’s capabilities which means we tend to anticipate “sameness” in our relationships and work, and in our sense of purpose and direction. We see this mindset in the brand-new disciple, Nathaniel, who, being invited by fellow disciple Philip to come see Jesus of Nazareth says, “Can anything good come out of Nazareth?” to which Philip replies, “Come and see” (John 1:46). Nathaniel did “come and see” and his life unfolded in a way he could never have predicted. | By Rev. Derek P. Elphick | Bryn Athyn Cathedral
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Take Up Your Bed and Walk
Worship Service: Family (may include music) - January 19, 2025
Here we are at the start of another year, and you might be in the habit of making a few New Year’s resolutions of things that you would like to do better in the year ahead. Often when we do that, we notice that many times our resolutions are the same as the year before and realize that we failed to carry through on them. So how can we avoid staying stuck in the same unhealthy spiritual place? The answer may be simpler than you think! | By Rt. Rev. Bradley D. Heinrichs | Bryn Athyn Cathedral
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Take Up Your Bed and Walk
Worship Service: Sermon only - January 19, 2025
Here we are at the start of another year, and you might be in the habit of making a few New Year’s resolutions of things that you would like to do better in the year ahead. Often when we do that, we notice that many times our resolutions are the same as the year before and realize that we failed to carry through on them. So how can we avoid staying stuck in the same unhealthy spiritual place? The answer may be simpler than you think! | By Rt. Rev. Bradley D. Heinrichs | Bryn Athyn Cathedral
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Abram and Melchizadek
Worship Service: Family (may include music) - January 12, 2025
Abram’s daring rescue of his nephew, Lot (who had been taken captive by the kings of the north), is followed immediately by Melchizedek, priest and king of Salem, bringing out “bread and wine”" to the weary victors (v. 18). This pre-cursor to the Holy Supper pictures the peace that comes after conflict, and how the Lord “refreshes us” (AC 1726). | By Rev. Derek P. Elphick | Bryn Athyn Cathedral
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Abram and Mechizadek
Worship Service: Sermon only - January 12, 2025
Abram’s daring rescue of his nephew, Lot (who had been taken captive by the kings of the north), is followed immediately by Melchizedek, priest and king of Salem, bringing out “bread and wine”" to the weary victors (v. 18). This pre-cursor to the Holy Supper pictures the peace that comes after conflict, and how the Lord “refreshes us” (AC 1726). | By Rev. Derek P. Elphick | Bryn Athyn Cathedral
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The Journey
Worship Service: Family (may include music) - January 05, 2025
The Wise Men followed the star until it led them to the Lord Himself. Life is a journey. Can we follow the star that led the Wise Men, until we see the Lord and bring the gifts of our lives to Him? | By Rev. Dr Andrew M. Dibb | Bryn Athyn Cathedral
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The Journey
Worship Service: Sermon only - January 05, 2025
The Wise Men followed the star until it led them to the Lord Himself. Life is a journey. Can we follow the star that led the Wise Men, until we see the Lord and bring the gifts of our lives to Him? | By Rev. Dr Andrew M. Dibb | Bryn Athyn Cathedral
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Come to the Lord
Worship Service: Family (may include music) - December 29, 2024
When the Lord came into the world, many people went to some effort to come to where He was and were blessed because they did. How can we come to the Lord? And, as we begin to move beyond Christmas, how can we continue to come to the Lord in the new year? | By Rev. Malcolm G. Smith | Bryn Athyn Cathedral
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Come to the Lord
Worship Service: Sermon only - December 29, 2024
When the Lord came into the world, many people went to some effort to come to where He was and were blessed because they did. How can we come to the Lord? And, as we begin to move beyond Christmas, how can we continue to come to the Lord in the new year? | By Rev. Malcolm G. Smith | Bryn Athyn Cathedral
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Prince of Peace
Worship Service: Children & Adult - December 25, 2024
How do we turn to the Lord as the “Prince of Peace?” What kind of peace does He offer? How does the Lord ‘make’ or create peace in our lives? His peace is only produced by Him and it is only available to us today because of His birth subsequent Glorification! Christmas, therefore, is an opportunity to take steps to enjoy this special gift from heaven. | By Rt. Rev. David H. Lindrooth | Bryn Athyn Cathedral
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In the Company of Angels
Worship Service: Children & Adult - December 24, 2024
The Christmas story is woven together by the glad tidings of angels. The angels didn’t simply announce the birth of Christ; they gave specific directions, counsel and support to the participants of this holy event. This Christmas Eve service will be a wonderful reminder that we live in the company of angels and that we have the opportunity to let their glad tidings reign in us in new and different ways. | By Rev. Derek P. Elphick | Bryn Athyn Cathedral
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