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Worship Service: Family (may include music) - May 11, 2025
On Mother’s Day we consider the origin of the love that leads us to care for children, that makes the birds sing, and that causes flowers to bloom. | By Rev. Jeremy F. Simons | Bryn Athyn Cathedral
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Mother’s Day
Worship Service: Sermon only - May 11, 2025
"There is a divine field of heavenly love that constantly radiates from the Lord. From this field an earthly field arises. It is a field of love for babies and children. It is absolutely universal.” (True Christian Religion 308) As we honor this heavenly influx on Mother’s Day we also honor the ways that our church, our community, and our country are like a mother to us. | By Rev. Jeremy F. Simons | Bryn Athyn Cathedral
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A Plumbline in Our Midst
Worship Service: Family (may include music) - May 11, 2025
1st Lesson: Amos 7:7-9 2nd Lesson: Revelation 21:15,17 3rd Lesson: Arcana Coelestia 4482 (portions), Apocalypse Revealed 486 (portions) Talk: “A Plumbline in Our Midst ” | By Rev. Brett D. Buick | Kempton, PA
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Making Faith Our Own
Worship Service: Childrens Talk & Adult Sermon - May 04, 2025
When you were born you knew nothing about the world and how it worked; nor did you know anything about the Lord or spiritual life. These were things that had to be taught to you, from a young age, both through education and through the examples set by the people around you. As you matured your faith became your own. No longer did you have to rely on others: you could enter into an adult relationship with the Lord and an adult understanding of spiritual life. Yet as simple as that sounds, we can all stand to reflect on how much of our faith is really our own, and how much work still needs to be done to move past what we were taught and live our faith for ourselves. | By Rev. Joel C Glenn | Westville, RSA
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The Lord Came to Glorify His Human
Worship Service: Childrens Talk & Adult Sermon - May 04, 2025
1st Lesson: Luke 17:11-19 2nd Lesson: Arcana Caelestian 318 Talk: “Glory to God and Thanks to Others” 3rd Lesson: John 6:38-40 4th Lesson: John 12:23-28 5th Lesson: Arcaana Caelestia 10047 Sermon: “He Came to Glorify His Human” | By Rev. Derrick Lumsden | Kempton, PA
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Go, Make Disciples of All Nations
Worship Service: Sermon only - April 27, 2025
After His resurrection, the Lord told His disciples, “Go, make disciples of all nations!” (Matthew 28:20). It is in the nature of love to share what one has with others (Divine Love and Wisdom 47), so when we receive the Lord’s love in our hearts, we also receive a burning desire to share that love with others. | By Rev. John L. Odhner | Bryn Athyn Cathedral
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Gardens: Signs of Resurrection
Worship Service: Childrens Talk & Adult Sermon - April 27, 2025
1st Lesson: John 19:41-42, 20:11-16 Talk: “Jesus Rose Again in a Garden” (Text: John 19:41) 2nd Lesson: Conjugial Love 13 Sermon: “Gardens and Their Correspondence” (Text: John 19:41) | By Rev. Lawson M. Smith | Kempton, PA
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Finding the Risen Lord
Worship Service: Childrens Talk & Adult Sermon - April 20, 2025
Easter is of course about the Lord's Resurrection after His Crucifixion. But just because the Lord rose and lived again does not mean that we ourselves feel His living presence within ourselves. There is a process of being led to Him; it is a process that involves both the head and the heart, a process that involves grief and joy, faith and doubt. This Easter Sunday we will explore what the Gospel of John has to tell us about finding the Risen Lord in our own lives. | By Rev. Joel C Glenn | Westville, RSA
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The Voice of the Good Shepherd
Worship Service: Sermon only - April 20, 2025
1st Lesson: Isaiah 40:26 2nd Lesson: John 10:3, 11,14; John 20:1-18 3rd Lesson: True Christian Religion 682:3 Talk: “The Voice of the Good Shepherd” | By Rev. Brett D. Buick | Kempton, PA
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The View From the Cross
Worship Service: Children & Adult - April 16, 2025
We mostly think of the view that we have of the Lord. When we think of the crucifixion, perhaps we picture the Lord on the cross. But what was (and is) the Lord’s point of view? In His moment of suffering and death what did He observe, and in observing, what was His response? For an ordinary person they may have felt despair or anger; yet the Lord, even then, continued to look out with mercy and love, even on His enemies. | By Rev. Joel C Glenn | Westville, RSA
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The Coming Kingdom
Worship Service: Childrens Talk & Adult Sermon - April 13, 2025
When Jesus rode into Jerusalem on a donkey the onlookers took it to be an ancient symbol of kingship. And indeed, it was. Yet their expectations of that coming kingdom were far removed from the kingdom that Jesus sought to establish. Jesus knew that the people expected an immediate overthrow of oppression and the onset of an earthly kingdom with Jesus as their benevolent ruler. The kingdom Jesus actually established was one of hard work and repentance, in other words, a spiritual kingdom. This Sunday we will look at how our own expectations are contrary to what the Lord actually intends for us. | By Rev. Joel C Glenn | Westville, RSA
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He Came to Witness to the Truth
Worship Service: Sermon only - April 13, 2025
1st Lesson: John 18:33-38 2nd Lesson: Arcana Caelestia 3009 Talk: “He Came to Witness to the Truth” | By Rev. Derrick Lumsden | Kempton, PA
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May His Face Shine Upon You
Worship Service: Sermon only - April 06, 2025
1st Lesson: Psalm 67:1; Psalm 80: 3,7,19; Psalm 119:135 2nd Lesson: Matthew 17:1-9 3rd Lesson: Arcana Coelestia 5585, 9546 (portions) Sermon: “May His Face Shine Upon You” | By Rev. Brett D. Buick | Kempton, PA
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The Face and Clothing of Love
Worship Service: Childrens Talk & Adult Sermon - March 30, 2025
Marriage is an important part of love for many people. And yet the Word has very little to say about it directly! Part of the reason is that people have so many warped ideas of what marriage is or ought to be. When the Word was written, a true explanation would have been rejected. But in the Teachings of the New Church we find that clearer explanation, and at heart, marriage is about friendship. Through cultivating a genuine friendship, a married couple can establish trust, mutual support, and true marriage love. | By Rt. Rev. Brian W. Keith | Westville, RSA
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He Came to Cast Fire to the Earth
Worship Service: Childrens Talk & Adult Sermon - March 30, 2025
1st Lesson: Luke 19:45-48 Talk: “The Lord Defends His Faithful Church” 2nd Lesson: 2 Kings 1:2-4, 9-17 3rd Lesson: Luke 9:51-55 4th Lesson: Luke 12:49-53 5th Lesson: Apocalypse Explained 504:31 Sermon: “The Lord Came to Cast Fire to the Earth” | By Rev. Derrick Lumsden | Kempton, PA
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The Lord Cares: He Makes Good Things Happen
Worship Service: Family (may include music) - March 30, 2025
Joseph of the Old Testament had some bad things happen in his life. He was sold as a slave into Egypt. He went to prison for a crime he didn’t commit. Yet, things kept turning around and going well for him. It can and even does happen that way for you too! | By Rev. Mark D. Pendleton | Bryn Athyn Cathedral
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How Would You Summarize Your Experience of Life?
Worship Service: Sermon only - March 30, 2025
We know that the Lord cares about us, that He’s in charge of everything that happens, that He controls all the bad stuff in life, etc. If you were going to answer the question, how would knowing and believing these things contribute to your answer? | By Rev. Mark D. Pendleton | Bryn Athyn Cathedral
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Memorial Service for Carl Hj. Asplundh, Jr.
Memorial Service - March 29, 2025
| By Rev. Kurt Hyland Asplundh | Bryn Athyn Cathedral
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Heavenly Imbalance
Worship Service: Childrens Talk & Adult Sermon - March 23, 2025
“Everything in moderation” seems like a sound rule for life. After all, anything, even something good, can become harmful when taken to an extreme. Yet this common-sense truth finds surprisingly little support in the Lord’s Word. As just one example, Jesus says, “no one can serve two masters” (Matthew 6:24). There is no moderation or balancer here: rather pick a side and wholeheartedly follow it! This Sunday we will look at how a blind devotion to moderation can be harmful and why thinking in terms of prioritisation is a more heavenly outlook. | By Rev. Joel C Glenn | Westville, RSA
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No Craftsmen in Israel
Worship Service: Family (may include music) - March 23, 2025
1st Lesson: I Samuel 13 2nd Lesson: Apocalypse Explained 817 Talk: “No Craftsmen in Israel” | By Rev. Brett D. Buick | Kempton, PA
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Maintenance
Worship Service: Childrens Talk & Adult Sermon - March 23, 2025
Things seem to fall apart and get broken rather easily—from our aging bodies, to the buildings we live in, to the equipment we rely on each day, to our lives in general and the world at large. Just think of your current to-do list of things you need to fix, replace, clean, or sort out. What are we meant to do in the midst of this reality? Give up on fixing anything? The Lord tells us to lay up treasures in heaven, because treasures on earth are susceptible to moth, rust, and thieves (Matthew 6:19, 20), but a big part of trying to serve heavenly goals is at least attempting to do useful things for other people in this natural world, even though things fall apart. Let’s talk on Sunday about how the Lord maintains us and how we can be part of maintaining what is good with the Lord’s help. | By Rev. Malcolm G. Smith | Bryn Athyn Cathedral
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Pearls of Wisdom
Worship Service: Childrens Talk & Adult Sermon - March 16, 2025
What would you be willing to give up in order to get the Lord's truth? Sometimes it seems like we don't have to give up anything: all we need to do is learn a little! But to really take in the truth and have it become part of our lives, we need to be willing to let go of other wants, points of view, and habits that get in the way. We have to be like the merchant in the Lord's parable who was willing to sell all that he had in order to acquire the pearl of great price. | By Rev. Joel C Glenn | Westville, RSA
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Teach Them Diligently to Thy Sons
Worship Service: Sermon only - March 16, 2025
1st Lesson: Psalm 78:1-8 2nd Lesson: Arcana Coelestia 686 3rd Lesson: Divine Providence 215 Sermon: “Teach Them Diligently to Thy Sons” (Text: Deut. 6:7) | By Rev. Judah E. Synnestvedt | Kempton, PA
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Safe from the Storm
Worship Service: Family (may include music) - March 16, 2025
The Lord says that those who hear his Word and live by it are like those who build their house on a rock, where no storm can hurt them. Those who don’t are carried away into all sorts of trouble. Everyone experiences spiritual storms, times of temptation and uncertainty. Rely on the Lord’s Word, and not only will you survive hard times, but in the long run, you will thrive. | By Rev. Grant R. Schnarr | Bryn Athyn Cathedral
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Demon-Possessed Man Healed
Worship Service: Sermon only - March 16, 2025
The story in Mark 5, about the demon-possessed man healed by the Lord is also a spiritual story, about every person being spiritually healed, freed from obsessive thoughts and addiction to evil. This story is a bit scary, dark, and brings up questions – all reminiscent of hard times in each of our lives. But the Lord comes to us; he casts out unwanted thoughts and gives us peace. | By Rev. Grant R. Schnarr | Bryn Athyn Cathedral
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