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Memorial Service for Anne T. Synnestvedt
Memorial Service - May 13, 2023
| By Rev. Jeremy F. Simons | Bryn Athyn CathedralA 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 CathedralMemorial Service for Gale W. Smith
Memorial Service - March 18, 2023
| By Rev. Jeremy F. Simons | Bryn Athyn CathedralLosing 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 CathedralThe 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 CathedralMemorial Service for Cheryl Farrell
Memorial Service - January 09, 2023
| By Rev. Jeremy F. Simons | Bryn Athyn CathedralMemorial Service for Greta Alden Odhner
Memorial Service - November 26, 2022
| By Rev. Jeremy F. Simons | Bryn Athyn CathedralMemorial Service for Julia Edgerton Simons
Memorial Service - November 20, 2022
| By Rev. Jeremy F. Simons | Bryn Athyn CathedralSeparating the Wheat from the Tares
Worship Service: Family (may include music) - October 09, 2022
Wheat and tares are so similar that they are hard to tell apart at first. The same is true of many good and evil things in our life, and it is important to know the difference between them. | By Rev. Jeremy F. Simons | Bryn Athyn CathedralThe Parable of the Wheat
Worship Service: Sermon only - October 09, 2022
Charter Day celebrates the vision of the New Church that distinguishes our denomination. This parable describes how similar distinctions happen in the life of every person. All of us have good and evil thoughts and motives, and we need to learn to choose between the wheat and the tares as the time of harvest comes. | By Rev. Jeremy F. Simons | Bryn Athyn CathedralMemorial Service for Mary Lee Asplundh
Memorial Service - September 17, 2022
| By Rev. Jeremy F. Simons | Bryn Athyn CathedralMemorial Service for Dolores H. Gunther
Memorial Service - September 17, 2022
| By Rev. Jeremy F. Simons | Bryn Athyn CathedralCount the Stars
Worship Service: Family (may include music) - July 10, 2022
| By Rev. Jeremy F. Simons | Bryn Athyn CathedralYou Shall Go Out with Joy and Be Led Out with Peace
Worship Service: Sermon only - July 10, 2022
| By Rev. Jeremy F. Simons | Bryn Athyn CathedralTwo Wings of a Great Eagle
Worship Service: Informal Family - June 12, 2022
In Revelation 12 it is said that the woman clothed with the sun was given two wings of a great eagle, that she might fly into the wilderness to her place, where she is nourished for a time. What does this mean? | By Rev. Jeremy F. Simons | Bryn Athyn Heilman HallEscaping the Dragon
Worship Service: Family (may include music) - June 05, 2022
The dragon threatens both the Woman Clothed with the Sun and her Child. They escape, but they have help. | By Rev. Jeremy F. Simons | Bryn Athyn CathedralOn Eagles' Wings
Worship Service: Sermon only - June 05, 2022
The Child born to the Woman Clothed with the Sun is a threat to the Great Red Dragon, so he attacks. She doesn't fight back but flees, and is protected in five specific ways that are enumerated in the Writings. | By Rev. Jeremy F. Simons | Bryn Athyn CathedralAs the Deer Panteth for the Water
Worship Service: Informal Family - February 27, 2022
The beautiful deer in our community can remind us of aspects of our spiritual life. Deer are mentioned a number of times in the Word, and five passages in particular describe five important points about our path to heaven. | By Rev. Jeremy F. Simons | Bryn Athyn Heilman Hall"To Leap Like a Deer"
Worship Service: Family (may include music) - February 13, 2022
No other large wild animal lives freely all around us the way that deer do. Their qualities are often described in the Word, some of which are quite relevant to Valentine's Day, which we celebrate on the 14th. | By Rev. Jeremy F. Simons | Bryn Athyn CathedralMemorial for Gordon Elmer Rogers
Memorial Service - February 05, 2022
| By Rev. Jeremy F. Simons | Bryn Athyn CathedralThe Courage to Be Different
Worship Service: Family (may include music) - January 09, 2022
The people who spread Christianity after the Lord's time were courageous even though few agreed with what they believed. Over time, however, more and more people believed. | By Rev. Jeremy F. Simons | Bryn Athyn CathedralThe Lamb on Mount Zion
Worship Service: Sermon only - January 09, 2022
The people stanidng with the Lamb on Mt. Zion in Revelation 14 were the people who would make up the New Heaven after the Lord's Second Coming. What made them believe in this when so many others did not? | By Rev. Jeremy F. Simons | Bryn Athyn CathedralMemorial Service for Daniel Alexander Kahlé
Memorial Service - January 04, 2022
| By Rev. Jeremy F. Simons | Bryn Athyn Cathedral