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Worship Service: Family (may include music) - August 15, 2021
We talk about life as a book - "I'm glad that chapter of my life is over," or "She's an open book," or "You need to read between the lines." The Scriptures strengthen the analogy between books and people, especially when it comes to the Word, since what is written by the Lord needs to be "written" on our heart. We will be exploring what gets written in our Book of Life (Revelation 20:12) with a focus on your next chapter. | By Rev. Derek P. Elphick | Bryn Athyn CathedralThe Book of Life
Worship Service: Sermon only - August 15, 2021
New Church theology has fascinating things to say about our Book of Life. We're told it's a collection of every thought, word, deed and experience we've ever had in this world, imprinted on our interior memory, never to be lost. Logic would dictate that if our Book of Life is to be reviewed in the next life (see AC 2474) it only makes sense that we'd want to work on becoming as much an "open book" as possible while living here on earth. But how do we do that? | By Rev. Derek P. Elphick | Bryn Athyn CathedralMemorial Service for Margaret (Peb) Adams
Memorial Service - August 15, 2021
| By Rev. Jeremy F. Simons | Bryn Athyn CathedralMy Sheep Hear My Voice
Worship Service: Family (may include music) - August 08, 2021
| By Rev. Philip B. Schnarr | Bryn Athyn CathedralJust Do the Right Thing
Worship Service: Sermon only - August 08, 2021
The complicated relationship between our motives and what we do. | By Rev. Michael D. Gladish | Bryn Athyn CathedralMemorial Service for Berith Carswell Acton
Memorial Service - August 07, 2021
November 11, 1929 - June 17, 2020 | By Rev. Barry C. Halterman | Bryn Athyn CathedralWhat if You See a Problem?
Worship Service: Family (may include music) - August 01, 2021
The Lord wants us to be helpful in our interactions with others. Sometimes this is not very easy. What are good ways to respond to problems or issues we see in another person's life? | By Rev. Eric H. Carswell | Bryn Athyn CathedralHelping Others Grow
Worship Service: Sermon only - August 01, 2021
What do you do when you see or think you see a problem or significant fault in another person's life? How often do your efforts to help that person see the issue result in a good outcome? The Lord has some fundamental things to teach us about how we can be most constructive in these interactions with others. | By Rev. Eric H. Carswell | Bryn Athyn CathedralJonathan's Loyalty to David
Worship Service: Family (may include music) - July 25, 2021
| By Rev. Derek P. Elphick | Bryn Athyn CathedralFriendship
Worship Service: Sermon only - July 25, 2021
Friendships don't just fall on our laps. They require work and a commitment to honesty and integrity if we wish to have meaningful ones. The quality of a friendship is dependent upon our willingness to grow and mature spiritually. We'll consider the types of things that fill the "space" between ourselves and others remembering that "anyone can befriend another, but most of all we ought to befriend what is good" (AC 4804). | By Rev. Derek P. Elphick | Bryn Athyn CathedralMemorial Service for Charles H. Lindrooth
Memorial Service - July 25, 2021
| By Rev. Derek P. Elphick | Bryn Athyn CathedralGlimpses of Heaven
Worship Service: Family (may include music) - July 18, 2021
| By Rev. Derek P. Elphick | Bryn Athyn CathedralGlimpses of Heaven
Worship Service: Sermon only - July 18, 2021
| By Rev. Derek P. Elphick | Bryn Athyn CathedralThe Most Important Thing
Worship Service: Family (may include music) - July 11, 2021
In the book of Deuteronomy we are told how Moses was led to the top of a mountain to view the promised land that was before him. Here the Lord gives Moses commands, but they are commands for "today." When we view the journeys before us, let us hear the Lord speaking to us "today." | By Rt. Rev. Thomas L. Kline | Bryn Athyn CathedralThe Visible God
Worship Service: Sermon only - July 11, 2021
In the final moments before Jesus would leave His disciples, He prayed that they would be one, even as He and the Father are one. As we read and live the truths of His Word, let us realize His presence growing and visible before us that we may say with a fullness of heart, "My Lord and My God." | By Rt. Rev. Thomas L. Kline | Bryn Athyn CathedralMemorial Service for Michael Andrew Wells and Harry Grubb
Memorial Service - July 09, 2021
Harry Grubb 3/24/1941 – 9/25/2020 Michael Andrew (Grubb) Wells 2/9/1956 - 9/1/2020 | By Rev. Thomas H. Rose | Bryn Athyn CathedralHow Do We Love Our Country?
Worship Service: Family (may include music) - July 04, 2021
The Lord has told us that if we love our country in this world and from wishing it well, do things that are good for the country, we will in the next life love the Lord's kingdom as our country. How do we show a wise love of our country? | By Rev. Eric H. Carswell | Bryn Athyn CathedralA Nation Whose God is the Lord
Worship Service: Sermon only - July 04, 2021
What does it mean that a country of hundreds of millions of people might choose the Lord as their God? It doesn't mean that everyone has to agree, but it does mean that a majority of people live according to certain principle and values. These are principles and values the Lord calls each of us to live by. | By Rev. Eric H. Carswell | Bryn Athyn Cathedral"Young Man, I Say to You Arise"
Worship Service: Family (may include music) - June 27, 2021
How we feel the touch of the Lod's hands in the use of our own hands for good. | By Rev. Philip B. Schnarr | Bryn Athyn CathedralTouched by the Hands of the Lord
Worship Service: Sermon only - June 27, 2021
The Lord's laying of His hand on children and young children means the transmission and reception of Divine power, enabling a person's interiors to be healed, which is salvation." (Arcana Coelestia 10023:8) | By Rev. Philip B. Schnarr | Bryn Athyn CathedralThe Lord God Jesus Christ Reigns
Worship Service: Family (may include music) - June 20, 2021
The Lord tells us that the birth of the New Church involved one simple message: The Lord is in charge. We will explore what this means as we celebrate the 251st anniversary of the birth of the New Church. | By Rev. Erik J. Buss | Bryn Athyn CathedralThe Marriage Supper of the Lamb
Worship Service: Sermon only - June 20, 2021
Every New Church Day we celebrate the Lord's sending out His disciples to preach the gospel that the Lord God Jesus Christ Reigns (TCR 791). We can sometimes skip over the second part of their announcement: "Blessed are those who are called to the marriage supper of the Lamb." We will look at how we can engage in this second part of the message announcing the birth of the New Church. | By Rev. Erik J. Buss | Bryn Athyn CathedralThe Lord’s Presence with Us: The Holy City New Jerusalem
Worship Service: Family (may include music) - June 13, 2021
The end of the book of Revelation presents a vision of the New Church being seen as a bride and as a holy city descending from heaven. The Lord invites each of us to receive the Lord and this church in our hearts, minds and lives. | By Rev. Eric H. Carswell | Bryn Athyn CathedralThe Tree of Life in the Holy City New Jerusalem
Worship Service: Ordination & Sermon - June 13, 2021
Ordination of Candidate Justin Schorran into the first degree by Bishop Peter M. Buss, Jr. Why is it that we find "hard" truths in the Word? Is it the Lord who makes them that way? Is it us? This week, as we reflect on the birth of the New Church, we will consider the underlying force within His threefold Word that makes it so essential for us to follow. | By Rev. Justin Schorran | Bryn Athyn Cathedral