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The Power of Stones
Worship Service: Informal Family - April 16, 2023
“Upon this rock I will build my church.” (Matthew 16:18) “Roll away the stone.” (John 11:39) “And he selected five smooth stones from the brook.” (I Samuel 16:40) Rocks and stone – they show up everywhere in the Word, from Genesis to Revelation. How can a stone carry such importance? What do they mean and how can they help us? | By Rev. Grant R. Schnarr | Bryn Athyn Heilman Hall
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The Good Samaritan
Worship Service: Family (may include music) - April 16, 2023
1st Lesson: Luke 10:25-37 2nd Lesson: Charity 50 Talk: “The Good Samaritan” (Text: Luke 10:25-37) | By Rev. Calvin Heinrichs | Kempton, PA
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Angels and Easter
Worship Service: Family (may include music) - April 09, 2023
Talk: “Angels and Easter” (Text: Luke 22:39-43; Matthew 28:2-8; John 20:11-12) | By Rev. Brett D. Buick | Kempton, PA
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The Surprise of Easter
Worship Service: Family (may include music) - April 09, 2023
| By Rev. Derek P. Elphick | Bryn Athyn Cathedral
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Failure is an Option
Worship Service: Childrens Talk & Adult Sermon - April 09, 2023
No one likes to fail. We actively try to avoid failure (as we should!). But failure is also unavoidable: it is part and parcel of trying to live a better life. Our own failures are reflected in the Lord's apparent failure. On the first Easter morning, before anyone knew He had risen, it seemed obvious that Jesus had failed. And yet through that apparent failure the Lord had the opportunity to overcome death, and hell, and sin, and so achieve true and lasting success. The path through failure leads to a better future. | By Rev. Joel C Glenn | Westville, RSA
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The Gospel of Mark
Worship Service: Sermon only - April 06, 2023
1st Lesson: Mark 14:1-31; Arcana Coelestia 2776:2-3 2nd Lesson: Mark 14:32-72; Arcana Coelestia 2786:1-2, 2795:2 3rd Lesson: Mark 15:1-32; Arcana Coelestia 2813:1-2 4th Lesson: Mark 15:33-47; Arcana Coelestia 2815, 2816:1, 2818, 2816:1-2, 2852-2854 (parts) | By Rev. Lawson M. Smith | Kempton, PA
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A Guarantee of Salvation
Worship Service: Vespers - April 06, 2023
At the Last Supper the Lord instituted the Holy Supper, which the Writings call "a kind of guarantee, seal, and token... like a key to a home in heaven.” (True Christian Religion 730) Rev. Jeremy Simons does the readings. Rev. Derek Elphick and Rev. Simons offer the Holy Supper. A reflective Holy Supper service with readings and a talk on the significance of the Last Supper, offering wheat and gluten-free bread, and wine or grape juice. Special music by a cello soloist. | By Rev. Jeremy F. Simons | Bryn Athyn Cathedral
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It is Enough
Worship Service: Childrens Talk & Adult Sermon - April 05, 2023
Before the events of Easter, the Lord called His disciples together to have one final meal with them. Present at this meal were not just the good: also present was Judas, the betrayer. Jesus calls all of us, regardless of our state, to come to Him, and through repentance to be reborn. He gives us all that we need in order for this spiritual change to take place, through the Love and Wisdom He constantly offers us. | By Rev. Joel C Glenn | Westville, RSA
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Palm Sunday 2023
Worship Service: Informal Family - April 02, 2023
When Jesus triumphantly entered Jerusalem as King, the people waved palm branches and laid them down before Him. What do “palm branches” symbolize in our spiritual lives as we progress towards the new life of the Easter story? There will be a live donkey and an outdoor palm procession, weather-permitting. | By Rev. Solomon J. Keal | Bryn Athyn Heilman Hall
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Submitting truths to the Lord as King
Worship Service: Family (may include music) - April 02, 2023
Talk: “Spreading branches before the Lord” 2nd Lesson: Arcana Coelestia 2781 3rd Lesson: Arcana Coelestia 9212 4th Lesson: Matthew 21:1-16 Sermon: “Submitting truths to the Lord as King” (Text: Matthew 21:1-16) | By Rev. Judah E. Synnestvedt | Kempton, PA
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Wisely Following the Lord
Worship Service: Family (may include music) - April 02, 2023
| By Rt. Rev. Peter M. Buss, Jr. | Bryn Athyn Cathedral
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Wise Shifts in Perspective
Worship Service: Sermon only - April 02, 2023
Palm Sunday service | By Rt. Rev. Peter M. Buss, Jr. | Bryn Athyn Cathedral
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Untying the Donkey
Worship Service: Childrens Talk & Adult Sermon - April 02, 2023
Palm Sunday Service | By Rev. J. Bheki Dube | Westville, RSA
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The Lord on the Mount of Olives
Worship Service: Family (may include music) - March 26, 2023
1st Lesson: Luke 19:1,28-48, 21:37, Zech 14:3-11 2nd Lesson: AE 405:23 Talk: “The Lord fights for us from Divine Love” (Text: Zech 14:3,4) | By Rev. Andrew J. Heilman | Kempton, PA
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Know Your Spiritual Enemies: Overview
Worship Service: Family (may include music) - March 26, 2023
The Children of Israel were attacked by Philistines, Syrians, Assyrians, Canaanites, Perizites, and many other enemies at different times in their history. The Lord tells us that each of these different enemies has a specific meaning and the Lord can help us to understand them and be ready for their attacks. | By Rev. Malcolm G. Smith | Bryn Athyn Cathedral
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Know Your Spiritual Enemies: Overview
Worship Service: Sermon only - March 26, 2023
The Children of Israel were attacked by many different enemies over the course of their history and those enemies represent different spiritual challenges that we have to deal with in our lives. This Sunday will be the first in a non-sequential series of sermons in which we will seek to better understand these enemies so that, with the Lord’s help, we can be better ready to meet their attacks when they come. | By Rev. Malcolm G. Smith | Bryn Athyn Cathedral
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The Humanness of God
Worship Service: Childrens Talk & Adult Sermon - March 26, 2023
Easter celebrates the Lord’s victory over hell, at a time in history when hell was at its strongest. Yet Easter was not just a moment in time: in His moment of victory the Lord conquered hell to eternity. His conquest carries on in us today, and it is able to carry on specifically because of the humanness that God took on, and that still defines Him today. | By Rev. Joel C Glenn | Westville, RSA
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Raising Lazarus From the Dead
Worship Service: Family (may include music) - March 19, 2023
1st Lesson: John 11:1-45 2nd Lesson: AE 899:5 3rd Lesson: AR 851 Talk: “Raising Lazarus from the Dead” | By Rev. Brett D. Buick | Kempton, PA
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Think Like an Angel
Worship Service: Childrens Talk & Adult Sermon - March 19, 2023
Community Service. We tend to think of life in heaven as a future event even though the Lord says we can experience it right now (Luke 17:21). The Lord makes this phenomenon possible by using our intellect, the rational part of our mind, to grow angelic loves in us. It’s a struggle, for sure, because we’re competing against 6,000 thoughts a day (what scientists estimate the daily average to be), many of which aren’t helpful and some of which sabotage our efforts to improve and grow. The Lord wants us to think like an angel because this makes navigating life’s ups and downs much more manageable compared to our clumsy efforts. Let’s explore together how this angelic way of thinking works. | By Rev. Derek P. Elphick | Bryn Athyn Cathedral
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Invited to the Wedding
Worship Service: Childrens Talk & Adult Sermon - March 19, 2023
When you are invited to a wedding and reception, do you accept? What if the one who is hosting the wedding is wealthy, even a king, and the only cost to attend is your time, the only requirement that you dress appropriately? Would you not most likely readily accept if possible, and even rearrange your schedule to make it work? There would be no reason not to. And to go further, what if the one throwing the Wedding were the Lord, and to enter the wedding was to enter heaven? How much more likely we would be to accept! And yet, for some reason, the Lord tells us a parable in which the obvious does not occur, in which the invitation is refused. We too live out this parable. From it, we can learn to recognize the Lord’s invitations, and so choose to accept them. | By Rev. Joel C Glenn | Westville, RSA
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Memorial Service for Gale W. Smith
Memorial Service - March 18, 2023
| By Rev. Jeremy F. Simons | Bryn Athyn Cathedral
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Losing Our Life to Save It
Worship Service: Family (may include music) - March 12, 2023
When the Lord told the disciples about what was going to happen on Easter, He also told them that everyone needs to be willing to lose their lives in order to find it. What did He mean by that? | By Rev. Jeremy F. Simons | Bryn Athyn Cathedral
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The Value of Ordinary Work
Worship Service: Sermon only - March 12, 2023
There is something miraculous going on whenever we are engaged in the normal work that we do every day. Understanding what this is may help us to appreciate the miracle of Easter. | By Rev. Jeremy F. Simons | Bryn Athyn Cathedral
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Luck and Coincidence
Worship Service: Informal Family - March 12, 2023
We know from our Teachings that these phenomena are tools of the Lord’s Providence. When we read the stories of the Word, we can see that the Lord is intricately leading all of the events forward, ultimately leading to his birth into this world. This Sunday, join us as we take a bird’s eye view of the Bible narrative from beginning to end to see how the Lord is delicately and intentionally working in our lives at this very moment. | By Rev. Jeffrey Smith | Bryn Athyn Heilman Hall
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Fear of the Law
Worship Service: Childrens Talk & Adult Sermon - March 12, 2023
The Lord has many rules that we are to follow. One of the fundamental principles of the church is that we are to live our lives according to His laws. But with so many rules to follow it can begin to feel impossible; and if it is impossible to keep the Lord’s law, than we may start to feel we are doomed to failure. This is not the case. Although it is a challenge, the Lord is able to give us the power to keep His rules, and to even find joy in doing so. | By Rev. Joel C Glenn | Westville, RSA
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