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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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Rediscover What’s Important - The Parable of the Lost Coin
Worship Service: Informal Family - October 02, 2022
Think of something you've committed to - a job, a new habit, a friendship, a marriage or any project. We have so many high hopes, plans and ideals. But then things get messy, and it can be so easy to lose track of what's most important. In the parable of the Lost Coin from Luke 15, the Lord outlines a method of how to rediscover those treasures. | By Rev. Pearse M. Frazier | Bryn Athyn Heilman Hall
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Praise
Worship Service: Family (may include music) - September 25, 2022
1st Lesson: Psalm 150 2nd Lesson: Luke 18:35-43 3rd Lesson: Arcana Caelestia 456 Talk: “Praise the Lord” (Text: Psalm 150) | By Rev. Derrick Lumsden | Kempton, PA
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Memorial Service for B. Tryn Clark
Memorial Service - September 25, 2022
| By Rev. Thomas H. Rose | Bryn Athyn Cathedral
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“Beware of the Leaven of the Pharisees and the Sadducees”
Worship Service: Family (may include music) - September 25, 2022
It was unusual for the Pharisees and the Sadducees to agree about anything, but they were united in opposition to the Lord and His teaching. He compared their influence on the society at the time to leaven, although another time the Lord compared the kingdom of heaven to leaven added to bread dough. This is a story about how the Lord works with us to find what’s truly good in the world we live in. | By Rev. Kurt Hyland Asplundh | Bryn Athyn Cathedral
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The Use of Leaven
Worship Service: Sermon only - September 25, 2022
From the Law given to Moses to the Lord’s warnings to His disciples, leaven is used as a symbol of evil and falsity to be avoided. And yet the Lord also said, “the kingdom of heaven is like leaven.” (Matt. 13: 33) The Heavenly Doctrine reveals to us that evil and falsity are permitted by the Lord (carefully, under His Divine providence) to be of service as a “means of purification… promoting the union of goodness and truth in others” (DP 21). | By Rev. Kurt Hyland Asplundh | Bryn Athyn Cathedral
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A Heavenly Heritage
Worship Service: Sermon only - September 25, 2022
A person’s heritage is the practices and customs that have been handed down from the past and that in many ways define the group they are part of. To celebrate heritage is to celebrate where a person or group has come from and to appreciate the variety among other cultures. Within all these cultures though there is a uniting thread that holds us all together, that of a heavenly heritage, a heavenly way of life, passed down to us from the Lord. | By Rev. Joel C Glenn | Westville, RSA
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Memorial Service for Evangeline Smith
Memorial Service - September 19, 2022
| By Rev. John L. Odhner | Bryn Athyn Cathedral
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How Do We Comfort Someone?
Worship Service: Family (may include music) - September 18, 2022
When someone we care about is hurting, we hurt too and we want to help them feel better. There are good ways and not so good ways that we might try to offer comfort. Let's learn from the Lord, our Comforter, how to offer comfort to people around us. | By Rev. Malcolm G. Smith | Bryn Athyn Cathedral
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Comfort
Worship Service: Sermon only - September 18, 2022
Inspired by Rev. Derek Elphick's talk last Sunday, I've been thinking about what gathering and community can do for us. One thing that came to mind was comfort and consolation. When tragedy strikes (or just when normal life is too hard), it can make all the difference in the world to have caring people reach out to us and offer us comfort. This Sunday, we will explore the theme of comfort in scripture and how we can get better at comforting one another - M. Smith | By Rev. Malcolm G. Smith | Bryn Athyn Cathedral
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Prepare the Way
Worship Service: Childrens Talk & Adult Sermon - September 18, 2022
John the Baptist was sent to prepare the way for the Lord. Without this preparation the people would not have been able to recognize the Lord’s innocence and love. Likewise, if we do not prepare through living a good life we will miss the presence of the Lord’s innocence and love. The way we prepare is through repentance. This week, take the time to think about how you would like the Lord to show up in your life: in love? In peace? In friendship? In integrity? Then take the steps that will allow you to receive the Lord in this way. The hard work of preparation will have been worth it when it brings the joy of the Lord’s presence. | By Rev. Joel C Glenn | Westville, RSA
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