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Bad Anger and Good Anger
Worship Service: Informal Family - March 10, 2019
Starting very early in life, anger can show up in our reactions. Sometimes it can be very destructive, and sometimes it can have something heavenly within it. The Lord wants us to seek His help to fight destructive anger, and to strengthen us to be ready to defend good things with power when this is important. | By Rev. Eric H. Carswell | Bryn Athyn Heilman Hall
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Building an Upper Room for the Lord
Worship Service: Informal Family - February 24, 2019
A woman in the city of Shunem asked her husband to build a small upper room on the wall of their house for Elisha the prophet to stay in when he passed by. Elisha was no longer just a visitor to their home, but now he dwelt with them. Come and hear how we can build an upper room in our minds and lives where the Lord can dwell with us. | By Rt. Rev. Thomas L. Kline | Bryn Athyn Heilman Hall
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Zeal or Anger ?
Worship Service: Family (may include music) - February 24, 2019
Family Service - Talk Title - Zeal Or Anger ? 1st Lesson: Zechariah 1: 14-17 2nd Lesson: John 2: 13-23 3rd Lesson: Conjugial Love 365-366 (portions) | By Rev. Brett D. Buick | Kempton, PA
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Close Enough to Catch
Worship Service: Sermon only - February 10, 2019
It is often said that the Lord will never give us more than we can handle. And yet, sometimes we still feel totally overwhelmed, just like Peter, who tried to walk on water, but found himself sinking. - JB | By Rev. Jared J. Buss | Mitchellville, MD
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Building The Tabernacle
Worship Service: Childrens Talk & Adult Sermon - February 03, 2019
Sunday School Service - Children's Talk Title - Building the Tabernacle 1st Lesson: Exodus 31: 1-11 2nd Lesson: Exodus 35: 20-35, 36: 1-3 3rd Lesson: Charity 168 4th Lesson: Arcana Coelestia 10331.4 | By Rev. Brett D. Buick | Kempton, PA
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Burn Out
Worship Service: Children & Adult - January 27, 2019
A number of people online are discussing and writing articles about burnout at the moment, prompted by this article posted a few weeks ago. And so it seemed good to spend some time thinking about burnout from a New Church Christian perspective. What does the Lord teach about burning out and how can He help us to notice when we’re heading that direction and change course? | By Rev. Malcolm G. Smith | Westville, RSA
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Ezekiel and the Valley of the Dry Bones
Worship Service: Childrens Talk & Adult Sermon - January 13, 2019
The sermon for this Sunday is one by Coleman Glenn, our former Associate Pastor. The text is a dramatic vision that the prophet Ezekiel had of a valley full of dry bones that come back together, have sinew, flesh, and skin cover them again and ultimately turn into a huge group of living people. It's a dramatic symbolic picture of how the Lord can take what's dead within us and bring us back to spiritual life. | By Rev. Malcolm G. Smith | Westville, RSA
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Gospel - Good News for Repentance and Reformation
Worship Service: Sermon only - December 30, 2018
Addiction and repentance have a lot in common. And the good news, the _gospel_ that the Lord offers us is that He can fully reform and heal us. An introduction to a series on the Sermon on the Mount. "The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of heaven is near; repent and believe in the gospel." Readings: Mark 1:15; Matthew 4:12-25; Heaven and Hell 533; True Christian Religion 571; Last Judgement posthumous 352 | By Rev. Pearse M. Frazier | Atlanta-Morningstar Chapel (Alpharetta GA)
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Where Is He Who Has Been Born King of the Jews?
Worship Service: Childrens Talk & Adult Sermon - December 16, 2018
The wise men pursued the Lord when they knew of His coming. Our knowledge of the Lord can be a star that leads us to Him, and it includes finding Him by way of organized religion and the wisdom collected there. Even when these organizations are corrupted, they are a place where we can learn and find the Lord. | By Rev. Derrick Lumsden | Sarver, PA
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Jesus' Family History
Worship Service: Childrens Talk & Adult Sermon - December 02, 2018
If you look closely at the family history of Jesus, you can see the mess. And that messy family history is absolutely necessary for the Jesus work of glorification and our salvation. Original sermon by Rev. Malcolm Smith | By Rev. Derrick Lumsden | Sarver, PA
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The Work of the Holy Spirit
Worship Service: Childrens Talk & Adult Sermon - November 25, 2018
The Lord Jesus Christ is present with us through the Holy Spirit, the spirit of truth that leads to truth. We find this through Scripture and it is through Scripture that the Lord has a power effect to heal you and make you knew. | By Rev. Derrick Lumsden | Sarver, PA
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The Two Gates
Worship Service: Childrens Talk & Adult Sermon - November 25, 2018
This Sunday we have the privilege of witnessing and taking part in the two sacraments: Baptism and Holy Supper. In some ways these two rituals seem worlds apart. In one, water is poured over a child's head as he is dedicated to the Lord. In the other we eat bread and drink wine, symbolic of taking in the Lord's love and wisdom. Yet these two rituals contain the whole span of spiritual life. Baptism represents the very first introduction to the Lord, the first glimmers of spiritual life. Holy Supper represents the fulfillment of that life, as we take in the Lord Himself to dwell within us. They are like two gates, and when we have gone through both, we are in heaven. | By Rev. Joel C Glenn | Westville, RSA
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Controlling our Emotions
Worship Service: Childrens Talk & Adult Sermon - November 18, 2018
Did you know that the understanding does NOT lead the will? It is the other way around! So how can we stay centered and avoid being overly reactive to other people and things? ~ MDG | By Rev. Michael D. Gladish | Mitchellville, MD
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Heaven is Not for Sale
Worship Service: Childrens Talk & Adult Sermon - October 28, 2018
You can’t buy your way into heaven, no matter how much wealth you amass. That won’t come as a surprise to most of you. Yet somehow, subconsciously, we end up trying. Every time we feel entitled to reward because of our good deeds, we have diminished good deeds to a mere currency with which we can buy a slice of heaven. Every time we feel slighted for the ill fortune that befalls us in spite of our goodness, we have reduced God’s living Providence into a mere balance sheet of good countered by evil. It is only when we realize that goodness is its own reward that we can be free from the allure of heaven as a reward. Heaven is not a reward; heaven is the natural result of a life of goodness. | By Rev. Joel C Glenn | Westville, RSA
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Repenting from Stealing
Worship Service: Childrens Talk & Adult Sermon - October 07, 2018
The teachings are clear: we have to repent. We have to identify and acknowledge the ways in which we are breaking the Lord’s Commandments and we then have to ask the Lord for help and actually begin to live in a new way. Our spiritual lives depend on our willingness to do this work. For the next three Sundays we will be looking at some of the 10 Commandments and how a person could repent from breaking those commandments. This Sunday evening we will talk about stealing. | By Rev. Malcolm G. Smith | Westville, RSA
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Safety In Jerusalem
Worship Service: Childrens Talk & Adult Sermon - October 07, 2018
Sunday School Service - Children's Talk Tile - Safety In Jerusalem 1st Lesson: II Samuel 16: 5-11, 19: 18-23; I Kings 2: 36-46 2nd Lesson: Arcana Coelestia 845 (portion) 3rd Lesson: Arcana Coelestia 6822 (portion) | By Rev. Brett D. Buick | Kempton, PA
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From Threshing To Vintage To Sowing Time
Worship Service: Sermon only - September 30, 2018
Evening Adult Service - Sermon Title - From Threshing To Vintage To Sowing Time | By Rev. Lawson M. Smith | Kempton, PA
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Am I Good Enough?
Worship Service: Informal Family - August 26, 2018
This is a question many of us ask. We'll be looking at it as we explore the Creation story. What is good enough? What does the Lord think is good enough? | By Rev. Erik J. Buss | Bryn Athyn Heilman Hall
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Our Spiritual Journeys - Looking Back
Worship Service: Childrens Talk & Adult Sermon - August 26, 2018
Last week Joel spoke about the importance and value of telling the stories of what the Lord has done for us on our spiritual Journeys. When we do look back on what happened in the past, however there are also dangers. Our memories of the past have a powerful effect on our present experience. When should we try to leave behind what has happened in the past and not dwell on it and when is there value in reflecting on the past? This Sunday we will try to understand how the Lord would like us to hold our memories of the past. | By Rev. Malcolm G. Smith | Westville, RSA
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Our Spiritual Journeys
Worship Service: Childrens Talk & Adult Sermon - August 19, 2018
We all have a story. It is a story of our life, the ups and downs, the highs and the lows, the winding ways that we have come from where we were to where we are now. These stories are not just a dry account of our past. The story of our life is the story of the Lord's power and guidance, if we are willing to see it that way, and through retelling our stories we share that power with others. This Sunday we will look at the command given to the Children of Israel to constantly retell the story of how the Lord had saved them from slavery, so that generations to come would know the Lord's power and love. | By Rev. Joel C Glenn | Westville, RSA
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Ideals - Sorting Out What Matters and What Does Not
Worship Service: Sermon only - August 12, 2018
We can't live up to all ideals. We have to choose between them and then prioritise which of our ideals or values matter more or less in different situations. And what if we get it wrong? What if we reject a true ideal? What if we buy into a false ideal? What if we give something too much weight or too little? These are the questions we're going to wrestle with this Sunday. | By Rev. Malcolm G. Smith | Westville, RSA
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Noah and the Dove
Worship Service: Informal Family - August 05, 2018
Freedom from the Flood. During the Flood, Noah released first a raven and then a dove to see if there was any hope of dry land (Genesis 8). At first the dove came back with nothing. Next the dove came back with an olive leaf. Finally the dove didn’t come back at all. What does this symbolize about the gradual escape from spiritual “floods” in our own lives? | By Rev. Solomon J. Keal | Bryn Athyn Heilman Hall
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Singleness and Marriage
Worship Service: Childrens Talk & Adult Sermon - August 05, 2018
Last week Malcolm talked about how we can hold ideals, especially around marriage. Next week he'll carry on with that theme. But this week, we are going to take a break from talking about marriage and put the focus on the other side: on singleness. Some of you are single yourselves; some of you are recently married; and some of you probably can barely remember what it was like to be single. In any case we will look at what the Lord has to say about this state of life and what even the long-time couples can learn from it. | By Rev. Joel C Glenn | Westville, RSA
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Ideals
Worship Service: Childrens Talk & Adult Sermon - July 29, 2018
Ideals are great when we feel like we’re living up to them. But what about when we don’t? What about when we fall short? What about when it’s impossible for us to live up to certain ideals, through no fault of our own? Do we abandon our ideals? Do we change our ideals to fit our circumstances? How does the Lord want us to hold our ideals? | By Rev. Malcolm G. Smith | Westville, RSA
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2018-07-23 7 Tuesday Morning Adult Lecture BDB
Jacob's Creek - Tuesday Morning Lecture - Rev. Brett D. Buick - Title - Letting the Light of the New Church Shine, Even on the Hard Subjects Suggested Readings: True Christian Religion 776, 779; Last Judgement 45-46 Conjugial Love 181, 457, 523 | By Rev. Brett D. Buick | Jacob's Creek
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