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Athletic Commisioning Service
Worship Service: Vespers - September 24, 2017
Bryn Athyn College presentation of Athletic Commissioning Service, Rev. Chuck Blair presiding and readings by Jon Carr, Brenna Sweeney, and Shannon Mueller. Because recorded music was copyright protected it was not included. | By Rev. Charles E. Blair | Bryn Athyn CathedralHeaven and Hell: Pt. 10 - Everyone Can Become an Angel
Worship Service: Sermon only - September 24, 2017
This week, in Part 10 of our series following the book 'Heaven and Hell' we consider the truth that the Lord, in His infinite love, is working to lead all people from all ethnic and cultural backgrounds, to Himself and the joy of His heaven. | By Rev. Garry B. Walsh | Phoenix, AZLittle by Little
Worship Service: Informal Family - September 24, 2017
Spiritual change takes time and learning. In Exodus 23, the Lord tells the Israelites that He will drive out their enemies little by little. Our traits and tendencies are all interconnected, and must be removed gradually. | By Rev. Eric H. Carswell | Bryn Athyn Heilman HallHappiness, Part 4 - Happiness and Relationships
Worship Service: Childrens Talk & Adult Sermon - September 24, 2017
True happiness comes from love, and love is to feel the joy in another as joy in ourselves. And because we are emotionally interconnected we either contribute to happiness of others by loving them, or destroy it by loving a selfish delight. With the Lord's help we can become truly loving which means we are happy and a source of happiness for others. | By Rev. Derrick Lumsden | Sarver, PAHealing Spiritual Blindness
Worship Service: Childrens Talk & Adult Sermon - September 24, 2017
This Sunday we're going to be looking closely at an amazing story of the Lord healing a man who was blind from birth. It's an amazing story because the Lord did an amazing miracle but also because it's clearly also about people who are spiritually unable or unwilling to see. With the help of this story we're going to try to understand how we might be spiritually blind and how the Lord can heal us and help us to see in a new way. | By Rev. Malcolm G. Smith | Westville, RSAFinding Contentment
Worship Service: Sermon only - September 24, 2017
"But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you." (Matthew 6:33) | By Rev. Erik J. Buss | Bryn Athyn CathedralWhy Do We Have Things?
Worship Service: Family (may include music) - September 24, 2017
"[Heavenly Joy] is the delight of doing something that is useful to ourselves and to others; and the delight of use derives its essence from love and its existence from wisdom" (Married Love 5) | By Rev. Erik J. Buss | Bryn Athyn CathedralA Heaven From The Human Race
Worship Service: Sermon only - September 24, 2017
The Divine Providence has as its end a heaven from the human race. This sermon looks at the fact that heaven is conjunction with the Lord. Why is heaven defined in this way? How do we achieve this conjunction with the Lord? | By Rev. Matthew L. Genzlinger | West Concord, MAWayne H Cooper Memorial Address
Memorial Service - September 24, 2017
| By Rev. Thomas H. Rose | Bryn Athyn CathedralRewards & Punishment
Worship Service: Childrens Talk & Adult Sermon - September 24, 2017
| By Rev. Michael D. Gladish | Mitchellville, MDHeaven and Hell Pt. 9 - We Are Always Connected to Heaven
Worship Service: Sermon only - September 17, 2017
In Part 9 of our series following the book 'Heaven and Hell' we think about the unbreakable connection that exists between the spiritual and natural worlds. The Lord flows down through the heavens and ultimately into this natural realm. The result is that we can always know that the Lord and heaven are very near. | By Rev. Garry B. Walsh | Phoenix, AZHappiness, Part 3 - Attitudes that Improve Happiness
Worship Service: Childrens Talk & Adult Sermon - September 17, 2017
There are two attitudes that combine to form the basis of all deeper happiness. Happiness takes work, and happiness comes from trusting in the Lord. Holding these two attitudes in balance is the key to lasting happiness. | By Rev. Derrick Lumsden | Sarver, PAReceiving Heavenly Life Little by Little
Worship Service: Sermon only - September 17, 2017
I will not drive the Hivite, the Canaanite, and the Hittite out from before you in one year, lest the land become desolate and the beast of the field become too numerous for you. Little by little I will drive then out from before you, until you hav increased, and you inherit the land. (Exodus 23:29-30) | By Rev. Eric H. Carswell | Bryn Athyn CathedralGrowing Up Takes Time and Learning
Worship Service: Family (may include music) - September 17, 2017
One of the key ideas in the New Church is that spiritual growth is a long process of learning and living that can allow a person to choose to become a better human being. All of us can work together to help others in this process. This working together for the spiritual development of others is the essential of New Church education. Because the closing hymn was copyright protected it was replaced by a hymn from the 11 am service. | By Rev. Eric H. Carswell | Bryn Athyn CathedralIn Our Own Space
Worship Service: Childrens Talk & Adult Sermon - September 17, 2017
Our sermon is based on the famous words of Joshua to the Israelites shortly before he died: "As for me and my house, we will serve the Lord" (Joshua 25:15). Each of us has a public life and private life. For most of us, our private lives center on our homes and the people we live with there. this facet of life also includes our circle of close friends, or the times when we are by ourselves. The Lord urges us to pay attention to the ways we tend to act in our private lives, and to serve Him in this "center" so that our inner qualities, which tend to be exhibited there, become more and more heavenly. | By Rt. Rev. Peter M. Buss, Jr. | Westville, RSAFrom Sister To Wife
Worship Service: Sermon only - September 17, 2017
Why did Abram ask Sarai to pretend to be his sister when sojourning in Egypt? In this sermon we look at the spiritual representation of Sarai being a "sister" verses being a "wife." | By Rev. Matthew L. Genzlinger | West Concord, MAHeaven's Human Form
Worship Service: Childrens Talk & Adult Sermon - September 17, 2017
| By Rev. Michael D. Gladish | Mitchellville, MDFive Loaves and Two Fishes
Worship Service: Informal Family - September 17, 2017
In the Gospels, the Lord fed 5000 people with only five loaves of bread and two fishes. How does this symbolize the way the Lord feeds us? And what does it have to do with New Church Education? | By Rev. Solomon J. Keal | Bryn Athyn Heilman HallAnointing With Love
Worship Service: Family (may include music) - September 10, 2017
Family Service - Talk Title - Anointing With Love 1st Lesson: Psalm 133 2nd Lesson: Mark 14: 2-9 3rd Lesson: Arcana Coelestia 9954.3 | By Rev. Brett D. Buick | Kempton, PAHeaven and Hell Pt. 8 - Innocence and Peace in Heaven
Worship Service: Sermon only - September 10, 2017
This is Part 8 in our series following the book 'Heaven and Hell'. This week we think about the innocence of heaven's angels, and how this is similar but also distinctly different to the innocence that little children have. The Lord tells us in Scripture that we must become like a little child in order to enter the kingdom of heaven. | By Rev. Garry B. Walsh | Phoenix, AZHappiness, Part 2 - 3 Ways We Undermine Happiness
Worship Service: Childrens Talk & Adult Sermon - September 10, 2017
Three ways we undermine our happiness: 1) we pursue false gods, 2) we focus on unhappiness, 3) we focus on happiness. The first step in any spiritual growth process is to clear the field of mistakes so the Lord can work, and in this case give us happiness. | By Rev. Derrick Lumsden | Sarver, PAThe Lord's Merciful View of Us
Worship Service: Family (may include music) - September 10, 2017
Full service. We make lots of mistakes. Sometimes it's painful to see them. The Lord looks at our poor motives and not so good choices, and guides by means of them to get better. John and Lori Odhner hold copyright on "He Has Shown You". Used by permission. | By Rev. Erik J. Buss | Bryn Athyn CathedralThe Value of Pragmatism and Mixed Motives
Worship Service: Sermon only - September 10, 2017
Religion is fundamentally idealistic. It shows us a way of being that at first is just an idea that we hope to make a reality. Pragmatism can seem like compromising on our ideals to get things done. Hear how the Lord uses our pragmatic impulses to lead us forward. | By Rev. Erik J. Buss | Bryn Athyn CathedralGod's Healing Forgiveness
Worship Service: Childrens Talk & Adult Sermon - September 10, 2017
We all have times when we become paralyzed by evil and falsity. We want desperately to be good but for some reason we cannot seem to let go of harmful thoughts and feelings. The Lord's forgiveness offers us a way out of this spiritual paralysis: when we raise our thoughts to Him. He heals us through His forgiveness, and in that healing we find freedom for our minds. | By Rev. Joel C Glenn | Westville, RSASaved By The Whale
Worship Service: Informal Family - September 10, 2017
Jonah the prophet was told by the Lord to go to Nineveh, to preach against their wickedness. But instead he went the opposite direction, and was eventually cast into the sea and swallowed by a great fish, which was prepared by the Lord for him. What is the “whale” or the “great fish” that the Lord prepares for us? How can something as scary as that represent the Lord's love for us? | By Rev. Solomon J. Keal | Bryn Athyn Heilman Hall