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Seeing Providence: Providence Throughout Our Lives
Worship Service: Sermon only - October 30, 2022
Week 1: “Seeing Providence” - is it even possible? New Church teachings suggest we can only see it when we look back on our life, and that we don’t typically “see” or “feel” the Lord’s leading in the present moment. So how does Providence work? This introduction to our new Journey Program, sponsored by Bryn Athyn Church, will explore some of the remarkable, uplifting teachings on Providence, which paint a new and refreshing image of our infinite and loving God. | By Rev. Derek P. Elphick | Bryn Athyn Cathedral
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Seeing Providence Throughout Our Lives
Worship Service: Informal Family - October 30, 2022
We begin our four-week Journey series on “Seeing Providence” by looking at the stories leading up to the birth of Moses. Sometimes it is easy to see Providence working in our lives. Other times it can be very hard. What are some ways we can remember that the Lord is always working to bring goodness out of any situation in our lives? | By Rev. Solomon J. Keal | Bryn Athyn Heilman Hall
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Tempted in the Wilderness - 1 - Hungering for Pleasure
Worship Service: Childrens Talk & Adult Sermon - October 30, 2022
This Sunday we will begin a three-part series on spiritual battles, or temptation. The template for entering these spiritual struggles can be found in the Lord’s temptations: before He began His ministry the Lord was tempted by the devil in the wilderness for forty days. The three main temptations that He faced and in which He was victorious encapsulate all of the temptations that we also grapple with: the craving for pleasure, the compulsion to twist the truth, and the drive to elevate ourselves above all others. 2. Twisting the Truth – 6 November 3. Putting Self First – 13 November | By Rev. Joel C Glenn | Westville, RSA
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Putting Guilt in Perspective
Worship Service: Childrens Talk & Adult Sermon - October 23, 2022
1st Lesson: Genesis 39:7-20 Talk: “Joseph and His Brothers” 2nd Lesson: John 3:1-21 3rd Lesson: Arcana Coelestia 2335:2-3 Sermon: “Putting Guilt in Perspective” | By Rev. Kenneth J. Alden | Kempton, PA
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Rebuilding
Worship Service: Childrens Talk & Adult Sermon - October 23, 2022
| By Rev. Malcolm G. Smith | Bryn Athyn Cathedral
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Starting Fresh
Worship Service: Childrens Talk & Adult Sermon - October 23, 2022
Holy Supper will be offered this Sunday. Every time we take Holy Supper it is a new opportunity to find rejuvenation in our spiritual lives; so how do we let go of the past and really start anew? We’ll look at how the process of repentance washes away some of our baggage and gives us a great chance to start again on our spiritual journey. | By Rev. Joel C Glenn | Westville, RSA
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Memorial Service for Taney Faith Friend
Memorial Service - October 21, 2022
| By Rev. Grant R. Schnarr | Bryn Athyn Cathedral
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Dean Gaston de Chazal Memorial Service
Memorial Service - October 19, 2022
Dean Gaston de Chazal Memorial Service | By Rev. Joel C Glenn | Westville, RSA
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Stretch. Release. Breathe: How My Work Works on Me
This talk was originally presented to the Theta Alpha on Charter Day weekend October 7, 2022. The speaker gave the talk several more times by request. This recording was made at a home in Bryn Athyn. | By Chara Cooper Daum | Bryn Athyn, PA
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Colors
Worship Service: Family (may include music) - October 16, 2022
1st Lesson: Genesis 37:1-11 2nd Lesson: Arcana Coelestia 1042:2, 1043:1 (parts) Talk: “The Coat of Many Colors” | By Rev. Lawson M. Smith | Kempton, PA
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Sell What You Have
Worship Service: Family (may include music) - October 16, 2022
“Sell What You Have” (Mark 10:21) It started off simple: what do I need to do to get to heaven? You need to keep the commandments, the Lord said. I’ve kept them from my youth, was the reply of the young man. Then sell whatever you have and come follow Me. This the man couldn’t do, and went away sorrowful. What do we need to “sell” in order to follow the Lord and why might this be hard? | By Rev. Derek P. Elphick | Bryn Athyn Cathedral
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Letting Go
Worship Service: Sermon only - October 16, 2022
We can be doing all the right things - “turning up” for work, family, and friends; putting in a good day’s work; reading the Word; volunteering at church or in the community - but still lack “one thing” (Mark 10:21). This “one thing” is different for everyone, but the “letting go” part is the same - it’s hard, very hard to do, but not impossible. Once we see what’s holding us back we become mentally prepared to “sell,” take up our cross, and follow the Lord. | By Rev. Derek P. Elphick | Bryn Athyn Cathedral
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Order Within the Chaos
Worship Service: Childrens Talk & Adult Sermon - October 16, 2022
Life is often messy. Many people struggle to stay on top of all their obligations, much less all the other bits and pieces of life. With this experience it can start to appear that there is no real order or purpose to life, no strand tying it all together. Yet even in the chaos the Lord’s order is present. In His eyes, every piece is accounted for, every event foreseen, and every possibility planned for. Even within the chaos, there is order; the Lord’s Divine Order. | By Rev. Joel C Glenn | Westville, RSA
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Loving Others: A User’s Manual
Worship Service: Informal Family - October 16, 2022
The Lord's Word is full of the repeated statement to love the neighbor, but each person gives and receives love in a different way. How do we know if we are loving others in the way most useful to them? What are the practical tools that the Lord gives us explaining the "how" to loving others? | By Rev. Richard M. Glenn | Bryn Athyn Heilman Hall
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Memorial Service for Elizabeth (Bussy) Hasen Sellner
Memorial Service - October 15, 2022
| By Rev. Eric H. Carswell | Bryn Athyn Cathedral
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Focusing on What is Essential
Worship Service: Family (may include music) - October 09, 2022
Baptism 1st Lesson: Luke 10:28-42; Matthew 6:29-25 2nd Lesson: Arcana Coelestia 5280:4; Heaven and Hell 266:3; True Christian Religion 744:33 Talk: “Focusing on What is Essential” | By Rt. Rev. Bradley D. Heinrichs | Kempton, PA
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Separating 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 Cathedral
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The 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 Cathedral
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The Four Rivers of Eden
Worship Service: Informal Family - October 09, 2022
One of the features of the Garden of Eden is that it has four rivers (Genesis 2:10-14). What do these four rivers represent in our spiritual lives? | By Rev. Solomon J. Keal | Bryn Athyn Heilman Hall
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Old Age
Worship Service: Childrens Talk & Adult Sermon - October 09, 2022
Old age can be a time of great reflection: looking back on what has been, looking forward with wonder to what is to come after death. It can also be a time of trial and tribulation: as the body and mind fail, doubt and despair can creep in. Moses, at the end of his life, was able to reflect on the past and from that gracefully hand over his wisdom to the next generation. As we look at this concluding stage of life in this world, we will look at how we too can gracefully age and handover to the next generation. Thank you to Lance Mansfield for once again stepping up to be our Lay Preacher. | By Rev. Joel C Glenn | Westville, RSA
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Humility and Confidence
Charter Day Service - October 07, 2022
| By Rev. Coleman S. Glenn | Bryn Athyn Cathedral
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Thou Hast Many People and Great Power
Worship Service: Childrens Talk & Adult Sermon - October 02, 2022
1st Lesson: Exodus 23:28-33 Talk: “Little By Little” 2nd Lesson: Joshua 17:14-19 3rd Lesson: Arcana Coelestia 9334 (portions) Sermon: “Thou Hast Many People and Great Power” | By Rev. Brett D. Buick | Kempton, PA
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The Tower of Babel
Worship Service: Family (may include music) - October 02, 2022
The Tower of Babel is a parable about what happens to us when we place our needs and wants above others. We become so busy building our own “tower” of opinions and positions we find it difficult to “hear” what anyone else is saying. Thankfully, the Lord teaches us a new language. | By Rev. Derek P. Elphick | Bryn Athyn Cathedral
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Babel
Worship Service: Sermon only - October 02, 2022
“Babel” is an apt descriptor for our public discourse right now - it seems as if we’re all speaking a different language. In the ancient parable of the Tower of Babel, the Lord offers us a way out, a road map that teaches us a new language, the language of mutual love and respect. (Congregational Holy Supper follows) | By Rev. Derek P. Elphick | Bryn Athyn Cathedral
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God's Healing Forgiveness
Worship Service: Childrens Talk & Adult Sermon - October 02, 2022
We all have times when we become paralyzed by evil and falsity. We want desperately to be good but for some reason we cannot seem to let go of harmful thoughts and feelings. The Lord’s forgiveness offers us a way out of this spiritual paralysis: when we raise our thoughts to Him, He heals us through His forgiveness, and in that healing we find freedom for our minds. Thank you to Lance Mansfield for being our Lay Preacher | By Rev. Joel C Glenn | Westville, RSA
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