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Memorial 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 CathedralMemorial Service for Dennis C. Halterman
Memorial Service - December 26, 2021
| By Rev. Jeremy F. Simons | Bryn Athyn CathedralMemorial Service for Margaret (Peb) Adams
Memorial Service - August 15, 2021
| By Rev. Jeremy F. Simons | Bryn Athyn CathedralThe Four Living Creatures
Worship Service: Informal Family - June 13, 2021
This is part 2 of our three-part series leading up to New Church Day on June 19th. Last week we discussed why it is important to know that God is a Person. This week we focus on the four living creatures who surround Him on His throne and the important role they play in facilitating our connection with Him. | By Rev. Jeremy F. Simons | Bryn Athyn Heilman HallWas John the Best Disciple?
Worship Service: Family (may include music) - April 25, 2021
In the Gospel of John he is never mentioned by name but is called "the disciple whom Jesus loved." Why is this? | By Rev. Jeremy F. Simons | Bryn Athyn CathedralCarried Away
Worship Service: Sermon only - April 25, 2021
After His resurrection the Lord appeared several times to His disciples. The third time that He appeared, as recounted in John 21, He made a prediction to Peter that is relevant for each one of us. | By Rev. Jeremy F. Simons | Bryn Athyn CathedralRebekah's Kindness
Worship Service: Family (may include music) - February 14, 2021
Last week we began a five-week series on kindness. This week we look at the way that Rebekah treated Abraham's servant and why she did what she did. | By Rev. Jeremy F. Simons | Bryn Athyn Cathedral