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Seeing the Lord
Worship Service: Family (may include music) - April 16, 2023
One of the themes of the Easter story is people seeing the Lord, or not seeing the Lord. These stories can stimulate some interesting questions for us to think about: Have you ever seen the Lord? Do you think you would recognize the Lord if He was in this sanctuary? Can you picture Him in your mind? We will look at what positive things we can do to help us see the Lord so that we can learn to love Him and follow Him wherever He leads. | By Rt. Rev. Bradley D. Heinrichs | Bryn Athyn Cathedral
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Seeing the Lord
Worship Service: Sermon only - April 16, 2023
One of the themes of the Easter story is people seeing the Lord, or not seeing the Lord. These stories can stimulate some interesting questions for us to think about: Have you ever seen the Lord? Do you think you would recognize the Lord if He was in this sanctuary? Can you picture Him in your mind? If you saw Him would you believe it or would you doubt? We will look at what positive things we can do to help us see the Lord so that we can learn to love Him and follow Him wherever He leads. | By Rt. Rev. Bradley D. Heinrichs | Bryn Athyn Cathedral
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The Surprise of Easter
Worship Service: Family (may include music) - April 09, 2023
| By Rev. Derek P. Elphick | Bryn Athyn Cathedral
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A Guarantee of Salvation
Worship Service: Vespers - April 06, 2023
At the Last Supper the Lord instituted the Holy Supper, which the Writings call "a kind of guarantee, seal, and token... like a key to a home in heaven.” (True Christian Religion 730) Rev. Jeremy Simons does the readings. Rev. Derek Elphick and Rev. Simons offer the Holy Supper. A reflective Holy Supper service with readings and a talk on the significance of the Last Supper, offering wheat and gluten-free bread, and wine or grape juice. Special music by a cello soloist. | By Rev. Jeremy F. Simons | Bryn Athyn Cathedral
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Wisely Following the Lord
Worship Service: Family (may include music) - April 02, 2023
| By Rt. Rev. Peter M. Buss, Jr. | Bryn Athyn Cathedral
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Wise Shifts in Perspective
Worship Service: Sermon only - April 02, 2023
Palm Sunday service | By Rt. Rev. Peter M. Buss, Jr. | Bryn Athyn Cathedral
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Know Your Spiritual Enemies: Overview
Worship Service: Family (may include music) - March 26, 2023
The Children of Israel were attacked by Philistines, Syrians, Assyrians, Canaanites, Perizites, and many other enemies at different times in their history. The Lord tells us that each of these different enemies has a specific meaning and the Lord can help us to understand them and be ready for their attacks. | By Rev. Malcolm G. Smith | Bryn Athyn Cathedral
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Know Your Spiritual Enemies: Overview
Worship Service: Sermon only - March 26, 2023
The Children of Israel were attacked by many different enemies over the course of their history and those enemies represent different spiritual challenges that we have to deal with in our lives. This Sunday will be the first in a non-sequential series of sermons in which we will seek to better understand these enemies so that, with the Lord’s help, we can be better ready to meet their attacks when they come. | By Rev. Malcolm G. Smith | Bryn Athyn Cathedral
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Think Like an Angel
Worship Service: Childrens Talk & Adult Sermon - March 19, 2023
Community Service. We tend to think of life in heaven as a future event even though the Lord says we can experience it right now (Luke 17:21). The Lord makes this phenomenon possible by using our intellect, the rational part of our mind, to grow angelic loves in us. It’s a struggle, for sure, because we’re competing against 6,000 thoughts a day (what scientists estimate the daily average to be), many of which aren’t helpful and some of which sabotage our efforts to improve and grow. The Lord wants us to think like an angel because this makes navigating life’s ups and downs much more manageable compared to our clumsy efforts. Let’s explore together how this angelic way of thinking works. | By Rev. Derek P. Elphick | Bryn Athyn Cathedral
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Memorial Service for Gale W. Smith
Memorial Service - March 18, 2023
| By Rev. Jeremy F. Simons | Bryn Athyn Cathedral
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Losing Our Life to Save It
Worship Service: Family (may include music) - March 12, 2023
When the Lord told the disciples about what was going to happen on Easter, He also told them that everyone needs to be willing to lose their lives in order to find it. What did He mean by that? | By Rev. Jeremy F. Simons | Bryn Athyn Cathedral
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The Value of Ordinary Work
Worship Service: Sermon only - March 12, 2023
There is something miraculous going on whenever we are engaged in the normal work that we do every day. Understanding what this is may help us to appreciate the miracle of Easter. | By Rev. Jeremy F. Simons | Bryn Athyn Cathedral
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Although a Fool
Worship Service: Family (may include music) - March 05, 2023
We are all foolish in different ways. Can we learn to recognize the ways in which we might be foolish and let the Lord lead us forward, despite our foolishness? (Isaiah 35:8) Note: This recording has audio quality issues | By Rev. Malcolm G. Smith | Bryn Athyn Cathedral
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Foolishness
Worship Service: Sermon only - March 05, 2023
The Lord’s Word has a lot to say about foolishness. We will be looking at a number of different stories and passages about foolishness and trying to learn what is foolish, from the Lord’s perspective. We will also be trying to understand how the Lord can still lead us forward, despite our foolishness. (Isaiah 35:8) | By Rev. Malcolm G. Smith | Bryn Athyn Cathedral
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Baptism and the One Among You
Worship Service: Family (may include music) - February 26, 2023
“Wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.” (Psalm 51:7) “Baptism was instituted to be a sign that a person belongs to the church, and a reminder that they ought to be regenerated.” (New Jerusalem 202) | By Rev. Christopher A Barber | Bryn Athyn Cathedral
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When the Righteous Cry Out
Worship Service: Sermon only - February 26, 2023
“The righteous cry out, and the Lord hears.” (Psalm 34:17) “When people live according to the Ten Commandments, they acquire for themselves righteousness-not the righteousness of the Lord's redemption, but the Lord Himself as righteousness.” (True Christian Religion 96) | By Rev. Christopher A Barber | Bryn Athyn Cathedral
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Memorial Service for Nicholas D. Holm
Memorial Service - February 26, 2023
| By Rev. Kurt Hyland Asplundh | Bryn Athyn Cathedral
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Anticipating Easter
Worship Service: Childrens Talk & Adult Sermon - February 19, 2023
(Community Service) Certain traditions are already part of the cycle of our year — we remember to be grateful around Thanksgiving in November, we have a variety of different things we do leading up to Christmas, we have a pageant and picnic for New Church Day in June. But what about February and March? Easter arrives sometime in March or April (depending on the year) but we don’t tend to anticipate and prepare for it in nearly the same way. Let’s talk about how the time leading up to Easter could become an equally powerful and significant part of the cycle of our year. | By Rev. Malcolm G. Smith | Bryn Athyn Cathedral
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Memorial Service for Gwynne Bevan
Memorial Service - February 17, 2023
| By Rev. Solomon J. Keal | Bryn Athyn Cathedral
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Micah and the Danites
Worship Service: Family (may include music) - February 12, 2023
In Judges 17 and 18 there is a story about a man named Micah who had an idol, and who was not treated well by the Danites. What does this story symbolize about our own spiritual lives? | By Rev. Solomon J. Keal | Bryn Athyn Cathedral
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Micah and the Danites
Worship Service: Sermon only - February 12, 2023
In Judges 17 and 18 there is a story about a man named Micah who had an idol, and who was not treated well by the Danites. What does this story symbolize about our own spiritual lives? | By Rev. Solomon J. Keal | Bryn Athyn Cathedral
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Memorial Service for Jacqueline S. Bostock
Memorial Service - February 11, 2023
| By Rev. Eric H. Carswell | Bryn Athyn Cathedral
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Be Strong
Worship Service: Family (may include music) - February 05, 2023
When Naaman, an important man and sufferer of leprosy, was told by Elisha to wash in the Jordan seven times, Naaman at first was furious because he thought such an act would make him look weak (I Kings 5:11-12). What we consider to be signs of “weakness” or “strength” can actually be the opposite of what we imagine. Sometimes our weakness is a sign of strength and our strength a sign of weakness. | By Rev. Derek P. Elphick | Bryn Athyn Cathedral
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Be Strong
Worship Service: Sermon only - February 05, 2023
In the corporate world or in competitive sports, no one deliberately reveals their weaknesses or shortcomings because this would give competitors and opponents a competitive edge. But when it comes to our spiritual growth and development this is precisely what we must do. Even though it seems counterintuitive, it is by admitting that we are weak, that we have no power or strength over evil, that makes us strong. We have to re-train our mind to think this way because outside forces often tell us the exact opposite. | By Rev. Derek P. Elphick | Bryn Athyn Cathedral
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"First Be Reconciled to Your Brother...."
Worship Service: Family (may include music) - January 29, 2023
Coming to church is about our relationship with the Lord but it is also a time to think about how our relationships with other people are going. Sometimes we will come to the uncomfortable realization that, to really be ready to worship the Lord, we need to work on being reconciled with other people first. | By Rev. Malcolm G. Smith | Bryn Athyn Cathedral
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