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His Name, Part 1 - Wonderful Counselor
Worship Service: Childrens Talk & Adult Sermon - December 14, 2014
Jesus Christ is a Wonderful Counselor; He fulfills the prediction from Isaiah 9:6. For us to receive His counsel we have to go to the Lord in the Word. When we approach His Word with wonder, we can be in a frame of mind to hear His counsel, and we can get advise from Him about how to live a happy and content life. | By Rev. Derrick Lumsden | Sarver, PA
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Boundaries for Generosity
Worship Service: Childrens Talk & Adult Sermon - November 30, 2014
If you would like to learn to be generous, the Lord gives you a guideline of 10%. This guideline allows us to be generous in a way that is challenging. It also allows us to receive the 90% more cleanly. Tithing provides boundaries that teach us to be generous. | By Rev. Derrick Lumsden | Sarver, PA
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Thanksgiving - A Feast for the Spirit
Worship Service: Family (may include music) - November 27, 2014
We have the opportunity to make our Thanksgiving meal (and all dinners with others people) a spiritual feast. It takes intentionally thinking about spiritual conversation and food, but by preparing to have a conversations about spiritual things with the same care you might prepare a the food, you can have spiritual feasts along with a feast of food. | By Rev. Derrick Lumsden | Sarver, PA
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Generous Life
Worship Service: Childrens Talk & Adult Sermon - November 23, 2014
Generosity is a choice we can make and a virtue we can practice. When we are generous with what we have, we will be blessed by the Lord. To receive the fullest blessings, we need to give generously and abundantly without focusing on the rewards from the Lord or from others. Trust in the Lord is a key perspective for freeing us to be generous. | By Rev. Derrick Lumsden | Sarver, PA
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The Soldier who Saw God
Worship Service: Childrens Talk & Adult Sermon - November 09, 2014
One soldier observing Jesus Christ's last day recognized that He was the Son of God. May we also have eyes to see, and the courage to view Him that way. We can have this only from heaven through Him as the source of courage, endurance, and self-sacrifice. | By Rev. Derrick Lumsden | Sarver, PA
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What's New about the New Church? Part 6 - God Made Visible
Worship Service: Childrens Talk & Adult Sermon - November 02, 2014
How we see God is fundamental to how we see the world, ourselves, and other people. The Lord Jesus Christ who is Jehovah came to save us, and He comes again to give us a deeper understanding of who He is. When we understand Him better, we better understand the world, ourselves, and others. | By Rev. Derrick Lumsden | Sarver, PA
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What's New about the New Church? Part 5 - Marriage Can Last Forever
Worship Service: Childrens Talk & Adult Sermon - October 26, 2014
In the New Christian perspective, marriage has a spiritual origin. Because marriage is spiritual and from the Lord, the most effective way to work on marriage in any state, is to work on the spiritual development. This means to take on the Lord's purposes, His processes, and His boundaries and make them our own. | By Rev. Derrick Lumsden | Sarver, PA
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What's New about the New Church? Part 4 - We Are not Waiting for the End Times
Worship Service: Childrens Talk & Adult Sermon - October 19, 2014
The Second Coming of Jesus is not a future event we are waiting for, but a continuing event we can participate in. The Lord is coming in His Word to those who have eyes to see and ears to hear. We have the opportunity to open people to that possibility. | By Rev. Derrick Lumsden | Sarver, PA
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What's New about the New Church? Part 3 - What Makes the Bible Holy
Worship Service: Family (may include music) - October 12, 2014
The Word is holy in every detail because there is a deeper meaning that has to do with what is happening in our own minds and hearts and a deeper meaning that has to do with what the Lord Jesus Christ and what he went through on earth. When we read the Bible, even if we do not know what that meaning is, we are conjoined with the Lord and connected with the Angels of heaven. | By Rev. Derrick Lumsden | Sarver, PA
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What's New about the New Church? Part 1 - Swedenborg and the Unseen World
Worship Service: Childrens Talk & Adult Sermon - September 28, 2014
This sermon presents a logical case for believing in Swedenborg as a revelator. It also offers a couple examples about how learning about his experiences with the Spiritual World helps us have a better life. | By Rev. Derrick Lumsden | Sarver, PA
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Go in Peace and Be Saved
Worship Service: Childrens Talk & Adult Sermon - September 25, 2014
Salvation as a concrete concept can be tied to health. This sermon explores the healing of Jairus's daughter and the woman with the issue of blood to learn about the way the Lord approaches spiritual healing, or in other words, salvation. | By Rev. Derrick Lumsden | Sarver, PA
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Heaven on Limited Offer
Worship Service: Sermon only - June 15, 2014
When are you going to choose heaven? If you keep putting it off, when are you going to get there? | By Rev. Derrick Lumsden | Westville, RSA
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Idolatry, Part 3 - Worshipping the Lord Fixes Idolatry
Worship Service: Childrens Talk & Adult Sermon - June 01, 2014
Sometimes it is good to be reminded of the simple things, and this Sunday is a simple reminder: To get rid of Idolatry, worship the Lord. | By Rev. Derrick Lumsden | Westville, RSA
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Idolatry, Part 2 “Making an Idol of Our Experiences
Worship Service: Childrens Talk & Adult Sermon - May 25, 2014
The Lord calls us to worship Him alone. One of the ways we get distracted from that is to become attached to our own experiences and judgements. | By Rev. Derrick Lumsden | Westville, RSA
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Idolatory, Part 1 - Making our Own Idols
Worship Service: Childrens Talk & Adult Sermon - May 18, 2014
Most of us are not in danger of making a physical statue to worship, but that doesn't mean there aren't other kinds of idols we can be tempted to make. | By Rev. Derrick Lumsden | Westville, RSA
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God with Us in Life
Worship Service: Childrens Talk & Adult Sermon - April 27, 2014
God with Us in Life After His resurrection, the Lord appeared to His disciples to teach them about His continuing presence with them. This week we will explore His lessons about how He is with us in everyday life. | By Rev. Derrick Lumsden | Westville, RSA
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God with Us as an Example
Worship Service: Childrens Talk & Adult Sermon - April 06, 2014
The Lord Jesus Christ is our Lord and Master. He is also the one who serves us, and gives us an inescapable example of service. | By Rev. Derrick Lumsden | Westville, RSA
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7 Practices of Peace - Resting
Worship Service: Childrens Talk & Adult Sermon - March 23, 2014
When we've gone through the earlier six practices - we have woken up to the presence of goodness, we have looked at areas we can change and made those changes, and we have let genuine love take highest priority in our lives - we finally experience peace. Even when we are active and engaged in life's challenges, our efforts no longer feel like labour. | By Rev. Derrick Lumsden | Westville, RSA
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7 Practices of Peace: Loving
Worship Service: Childrens Talk & Adult Sermon - March 16, 2014
The sixth day of creation is the culmination of all the efforts of creation, when animals and finally humans - men and women - appear. | By Rev. Derrick Lumsden | Westville, RSA
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7 Practices of Peace:Speaking
Worship Service: Children & Adult - March 09, 2014
Up to this point in the creation story, the earth has been silent. There are plants and trees, and water and sky, and they are newly lit by the great lights in the sky. Still, nothing moves freely. On this day, however, birds sing, and a new kind of life takes form on the earth. | By Rev. Derrick Lumsden | Westville, RSA
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7 Practices of Peace: Distinguishing
Worship Service: Childrens Talk & Adult Sermon - February 16, 2014
Once we’ve awakened to the sense that there’s a higher power, a new phase comes about. We begin to recognise that two distinct parts exist within us. When we recognise this higher place, we’re better able to distinguish between the things in life that are real, true and worth dwelling on, and those that are fleeting and not vital. | By Rev. Derrick Lumsden | Westville, RSA
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7 Practices of Peace - Awakening
Worship Service: Childrens Talk & Adult Sermon - February 09, 2014
In this first stage, before the light hits, we grope in darkness. Since we are asleep to the real, spiritual world within everything, our life is "empty, dark and void." The change begins when we start to acknowledge some higher power, something more than the shallow life we've been living. This is like a light dawning, bringing a first feeling of peace. | By Rev. Derrick Lumsden | Westville, RSA
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God With Us
Worship Service: Childrens Talk & Adult Sermon - December 08, 2013
One of the reasons that Christmas is such a special holiday is that it reminds us of who Jesus is and what he came to accomplish. This week we will talk about the miracle of God being born. | By Rev. Derrick Lumsden | Westville, RSA
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Living Intentionally
Worship Service: Childrens Talk & Adult Sermon - November 24, 2013
We can often feel dragged down or bouncing from one activity to another in life. But when we live life intentionally we regain our sense of control. | By Rev. Derrick Lumsden | Westville, RSA
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Tough Stuff - Responding to Homosexuality
Worship Service: Sermon only - November 10, 2013
One of the hot topics in our culture today are issues around homosexuality. There are issues of prejudice, justice, sexual morality, spirituality, compassion, desire, and Biblical interpretation all rolled up in this issue. In this sermon we talk about how we as the New Church can respond to homosexuality. | By Rev. Derrick Lumsden | Westville, RSA
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