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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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Human Sexuality - Uses and Abuses
Worship Service: Childrens Talk & Adult Sermon - November 03, 2013
The Lord created sex. Sex is a good thing when it is true to the intentions of the creator. However, it is also something that can be damaging to ourselves and others when abused. This Sunday we will talk about the purpose of sex and some of the consequences of abuse. | By Rev. Derrick Lumsden | Westville, RSA
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The Pain of Divorce
Worship Service: Childrens Talk & Adult Sermon - October 27, 2013
We are starting a series of sermons on hot topics around sexuality. These are controversial topics, but they also need to be talked about. This week we will be talking about why divorce is usually worse than being in a bad marriage. | By Rev. Derrick Lumsden | Westville, RSA
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Depression and Anxiety - Five Ways to Cope
Excerpts from Part 3 in a series on Anxiety and Depression | By Rev. Derrick Lumsden | Westville, RSA
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Depression and Anxiety, Part 3: 5 Ways to Cope
Worship Service: Childrens Talk & Adult Sermon - October 13, 2013
This last sermon, the third in this series, will look at a few perspectives about depression and anxiety and then suggest 5 ways to cope with or improve depression or anxiety. | By Rev. Derrick Lumsden | Westville, RSA
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Depression and Anxiety - Attack on Mind or Body
Worship Service: Childrens Talk & Adult Sermon - October 06, 2013
The medical description of depression attributes the cause of depression and other mood disorders to physical causes including imbalances in brain chemistry. Last week we talked about how the New Church teaches that depression and anxiety can be caused by the spirits around us, and that we can choose to accept their influence on us or not. This week we will explore the tension between the physical and spiritual causes of depression and anxiety. | By Rev. Derrick Lumsden | Westville, RSA
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Depression and Anxiety- Spiritual Causes
Worship Service: Childrens Talk & Adult Sermon - September 29, 2013
This week we are going to talk about the negative emotional experiences of depression and anxiety. There is a physical component that can be improved with medication, but there are also spiritual causes. This week we will talk about the spiritual causes of depression and anxiety. | By Rev. Derrick Lumsden | Westville, RSA
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Choosing to Commit to Learning More
Worship Service: Childrens Talk & Adult Sermon - September 15, 2013
This Sunday we will discuss what is the purpose of the public commitment to learn more about Christianity and the New Church. The Lord gives us a system for bringing about spiritual help in the process of learning about Christianity and the New Church. | By Rev. Derrick Lumsden | Westville, RSA
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Path of Integrity 7 - Celebrate the Blessings
Worship Service: Childrens Talk & Adult Sermon - September 08, 2013
We all experience difficulties and sometimes even trauma. The miracle comes when we look back and see that despite the hurt and suffering, great blessings have come out of it all, leading to a new level of wholeness and healing. These blessings may come as a surprise. | By Rev. Derrick Lumsden | Westville, RSA
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