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God Meant it for Good
Worship Service: Childrens Talk & Adult Sermon - April 24, 2016
Why do bad things happen? Is God really in control? The teachings of the New Church spell out the answers to these questions clearly. The sermon this week delves into these questions and looks at how Divine Providence works for the better even when things look bad. | By Rev. Coleman S. Glenn | Westville, RSA
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Spiritual Principles for Voting
Worship Service: Childrens Talk & Adult Sermon - April 24, 2016
As we consider who to elect to offices in our government, we can look to the Lord's teachings to guide us. The Lord tells us there are three qualities to look for in an organizational leader: skilled in the Law, wise, and God Fearing. He also provides us principles by which to prioritize our choice of policy or platform planks: spirituality/justice, morality, economics. If we look to the Lord Jesus Christ and allow Him to guide our choices of leaders, our country will be able to be lead and healed by Him. | By Rev. Derrick Lumsden | Sarver, PA
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The Broad And Narrow Way
Worship Service: Family (may include music) - April 24, 2016
Family Service - Talk Title - The Broad and Narrow Way 1st Lesson: Matthew 7: 13-17 2nd Lesson: Apocalypse Explained 1151: 2 | By Rev. Arne J. Bau-Madsen | Kempton, PA
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What Were You Born to Do?
Worship Service: Family (may include music) - April 24, 2016
"Man can be formed for heaven only by means of the World. In the World are the out most effects in which every one's affection must be terminated; for unless affection puts itself forth or flows out into acts, which is done in association with others, it is suffocated to such a degree finally that man has no longer any regard for the neighbor, but only for himself." (Heaven & Hell 360) No copyrighted music included. | By Rev. Philip B. Schnarr | Bryn Athyn Cathedral
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Created for Heaven
Worship Service: Sermon only - April 24, 2016
"You shall also be a crown of glory in the hand of Jehovah, and a royal diadem in the hand of your God." (Isaiah 62:1-3) "The Lord did not create the universe for His own sake, but for the sake of those with whom He would be in Heaven." (Divine Providence 27) | By Rev. Philip B. Schnarr | Bryn Athyn Cathedral
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Proprium
Doctrinal Class - April 20, 2016
A three class series. How we gain a heavenly proprium. 1 Introduction 4/6 48:24 2 Living with the Proprium 4/13 54:48 3 The Lord's Proprium 4/20 69:15 Most discussion not included. | By Rev. Grant H. Odhner | Bryn Athyn Cathedral Social Hall
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Why Does God Allow It?
Worship Service: Sermon only - April 17, 2016
Because the Lord is all-loving and ultimately wise, He can see exactly how to intervene in every human situation both for the sake of the present and the future. He allows bad things to happen at times times, not because He wills those things, but because He knows what is best. A challenge for us is to trust that He always knows what He is doing and that He always cares. | By Rev. Garry B. Walsh | Phoenix, AZ
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God Remembered. Did He Forget?
Worship Service: Childrens Talk & Adult Sermon - April 17, 2016
The Lord is always present with us, but at times He withholds His help until we can accept His help in a way that builds our trust and reliance on Him. Even at those times He is lovingly present waiting for the time we can remember Him and be lifted up by Him. | By Rev. Derrick Lumsden | Sarver, PA
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The Road To Emmaus
Worship Service: Childrens Talk & Adult Sermon - April 17, 2016
Sunday School Service - Children's Talk Title - The Road to Emmaus 1st Lesson: Luke 24: 1-32 2nd Lesson: Divine Love and Wisdom 378 (portion) 3rd Lesson: Arcana Coelestia 3863: 12, 14 | By Rev. Brett D. Buick | Kempton, PA
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Love is Not a Feeling
Worship Service: Sermon only - April 17, 2016
"A person is not able to perceive the lust of his own evil. He does indeed perceive their delights, but he reflects little upon them; for delights captivate the thoughts and banish reflection. Therefore, unless he know from some other source that they are evil, he would call them good, and from freedom according to the reasoning of his thought, he would commit them; and when he does this he makes them his own." (Divine Providence 113) | By Rev. Erik J. Buss | Bryn Athyn Cathedral
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Oil in Your Lamp
Worship Service: Family (may include music) - April 17, 2016
"And the foolish said to the wise, 'Give us some of your oil, for our lamos are going out.' But the wise answered, saying, 'No, lest there not be enough for us and you.'"(Matthew 25:8-9) Hymn "Thy Word" replaced by "Come unto Me, All Ye that Labor" from the following service because of copyright protection. | By Rev. Erik J. Buss | Bryn Athyn Cathedral
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W. Roger Lansbury Memorial Address
Memorial Service - April 17, 2016
| By Rev. Thomas H. Rose | Bryn Athyn Cathedral
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Worshipping the Lord in Spirit and Truth
Worship Service: Childrens Talk & Adult Sermon - April 17, 2016
What is worship? What makes worship genuine or fake? What's the purpose of worship? These are some of the questions we’re going to be exploring this Sunday. We’re going to try to get to the heart of internal side of worship. (This was actually recorded in Stanford, Western Cape for the New Church Cape Town Circle.) | By Rev. Malcolm G. Smith | Westville, RSA
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Waiting on the Lord
Worship Service: Childrens Talk & Adult Sermon - April 10, 2016
Many of us understand that spiritual growth is a long, slow process, and that change doesn't happen overnight. But sometimes it seems like we're not moving at all, and sometimes it even seems like we are moving backwards. How can we find the trust and strength to continue waiting for the Lord when it seems like we have already been waiting for so long? | By Rev. Coleman S. Glenn | Westville, RSA
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Sing Unto the Lord
Worship Service: Sermon only - April 10, 2016
"And they sang as it were a new song before the throne, and before the four animals, and the elders; and no one was able to learn the song except the hundred forty-four thousand who had been bought from the earth." (Revelation 14:3) | By Rev. Stephen D. Cole | Bryn Athyn Cathedral
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Make a Joyful Noise to the Lord
Worship Service: Family (may include music) - April 10, 2016
Why do we sing when we are happy? Why do we sing in church? Can singing help us be closer to the Lord and to heaven? Offertory hymn replaced with offertory hymn from the next service because of copyright protection. | By Rev. Stephen D. Cole | Bryn Athyn Cathedral
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The Fullness Of Charity
Worship Service: Family (may include music) - April 10, 2016
Family Service - Talk Title - The Fullness of Charity 1st Lesson: Genesis 43: 26-33; Matthew 20: 1-13 2nd Lesson: Apocalypse Explained 194:2; Arcana Coelestia 454 | By Rev. Andrew J. Heilman | Kempton, PA
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Joseph G. Fletcher Memorial Address
Memorial Service - April 09, 2016
Copyrighted Beatles arrangement of "Blackbird" during the service is not included. | By Rev. Jeremy F. Simons | Bryn Athyn Cathedral
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Why Am I Here?
Worship Service: Sermon only - April 03, 2016
Many people in the course of their life will ask, "Why am I here?" This question often arises as a consequence of their self-doubts. The Lord assures us that are loved unendingly and beyond measure. He also helps us to see that we are not born for our own sake; we are born for the sake of others. | By Rev. Garry B. Walsh | Phoenix, AZ
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Remembering Through Scripture
Worship Service: Childrens Talk & Adult Sermon - April 03, 2016
Our hearts can burn with excitement when we meet the Lord in the Scriptures. Through them we can be present with Him, learn about Him, and be helped by Him. | By Rev. Derrick Lumsden | Sarver, PA
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The LORD Heals Our Diseases
Worship Service: Childrens Talk & Adult Sermon - April 03, 2016
Sunday School Service - Children's Talk Title - The LORD Heals Us 1st Lesson: Mark 5: 21-43 2nd Lesson: Leviticus 15: 25-33 3rd Lesson: Doctrine of Faith 1: 1,2,6,7,12 | By Rev. Lawson M. Smith | Kempton, PA
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Evaluating and Improving Your Spiritual Health
Worship Service: Sermon only - April 03, 2016
How are you doing? How's your life going? How's your spiritual life going? These can be hard questions to know how to answer and hard questions to want to answer. Especially if things aren't going well we can feel a lot of shame and resistance around directly thinking about how we're doing. But, the first step in getting healthier is to take an honest look at how we're doing right now. That's what we're going to do this Sunday. This Sunday, during the adult sermon, I will give a short talk and then give people about 10 minutes to privately fill out a series of pages called the "Spiritual Health Snapshot" and "Spiritual Health Plan." It's a tool for evaluating how you're doing spiritually, picking an area to focus on, and then making a plan to work on it. These will be available on www.newchurchwestville.co.za/snapshot . You can download and print from there. If you've done it before, it can be useful to do it again and see how things have changed since the last time. If you haven't done it before, I hope you'll give it a try. Let's each do our individual work so that we can become more healthy as individuals and as a church. | By Rev. Malcolm G. Smith | Westville, RSA
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When Bad things Happen to Good People
Worship Service: Family (may include music) - April 03, 2016
"When He had said these things, He spat on the ground and made clay with the saliva; and He anointed the eyes of the blind man with the clay. And He said to him, 'Go, wash in the pool of Siloam' (which is translated, Sent). So he went and washed, and came back seeing" (John 9:6-7) Copyrighted music not included. | By Rev. Eric H. Carswell | Bryn Athyn Cathedral
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God Will Wipe Away Every Tear
Worship Service: Sermon only - April 03, 2016
"And I Heard a loud voice from heaven saying,'Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and He will dwell with them, and they shall be His people. God Himself will be with them and be their God, And God will wipe away every tear from their eyes; there shall be no more death, nor sorrow, nor crying. There shall be no more pain, for the former things have passed away.'" (Revelation 21:3-4) | By Rev. Eric H. Carswell | Bryn Athyn Cathedral
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