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Fleeing for Safety
Worship Service: Informal Family - January 05, 2020
The Gospel of Matthew’s Christmas story has the dark element of Herod’s murderous rage against the newborn Christ. It was essential that Joseph, Mary and Jesus leave Bethlehem right after Joseph’s dream to find safety in far away Egypt. For each of us there is a similar flight when we recognize an evil thought or motivation in our mind. By doing so we protect the fragile life of heaven that the Lord is bringing to each of us. | By Rev. Eric H. Carswell | Bryn Athyn Heilman Hall
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Taking Good Care of Yourself
Worship Service: Sermon only - December 29, 2019
"Why did you seek Me? Did you not know that I must be about My Father's business?" (Luke 2:49) | By Rev. Eric H. Carswell | Bryn Athyn Cathedral
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Paying Attention
Worship Service: Informal Family - December 29, 2019
Make makes a person a good "gift giver"? Paying attention to the gift recipient. Why did the wise men give the gifts that they did? | By Rev. Erik J. Buss | Bryn Athyn Heilman Hall
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Grief and Gratitude
Worship Service: Informal Family - December 29, 2019
A different baby was born in Bethlehem, hundreds of years before Jesus was born there. The mother of that baby died in childbirth and soo named her son "son of my sorrow" before she died. Later the father renamed that baby, "son of the right hand" or "son of strength". This story offers an opportunity to reflect on our sorrows and the strength that the Lord has given us through our sorrows and also gives us another way of understanding why the Lord was born in Bethlehem. | By Rev. Malcolm G. Smith | Westville, RSA
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Prince of Peace
Worship Service: Sermon only - December 25, 2019
Christmas Day Service | By Rev. Erik J. Buss | Bryn Athyn Cathedral
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Why Was Jesus Born in Bethlehem?
Worship Service: Informal Family - December 25, 2019
Jesus was birn in Bethlehem, a town that did not seem particularly interesting or exciting. And if we want to find our Savious we need to be willing to look in places that also don't seem particularly interesting or exciting. | By Rev. Malcolm G. Smith | Westville, RSA
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The Story of the Wise Men
Worship Service: Family (may include music) - December 24, 2019
The Story of the Wise Men as told in Matthew 2:1-11 Hymn "On This Day Earth Shall Ring" not included because of copyright protection. | By Rev. Eric H. Carswell | Bryn Athyn Cathedral
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Trampling the Serpent
Worship Service: Childrens Talk & Adult Sermon - December 22, 2019
There are prophecies of the Lord’s coming scattered throughout the Old Testament. Many of these are well known: “For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given…” for example. But the first prophecy of the Lord’s coming is much more obscure and less well known. It is spoken by Jehovah to the serpent in the Garden of Eden: I will put enmity Between you and the woman, And between your seed and her Seed; He shall trample your head, And you shall batter His heel. Not your usual Christmas cheer perhaps, but this prophecy describes the purpose of the Lord’s coming: to confront the selfishness that rises like a serpent within each of us and trample it down until we can be saved from it. | By Rev. Joel C Glenn | Westville, RSA
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The Baby Lord
Worship Service: Informal Family - December 22, 2019
Why did the Lord come to this world as a baby? How does it benefit us to picture God as a baby? | By Rev. Solomon J. Keal | Bryn Athyn Heilman Hall
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Innocent Hands
Worship Service: Family (may include music) - December 22, 2019
The Christmas story as told in Luke 1 & 2. | By Rev. Erik J. Buss | Bryn Athyn Cathedral
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Innocence at Christmas
Worship Service: Sermon only - December 22, 2019
The Christmas story as told in Luke 1:26-38 | By Rev. Erik J. Buss | Bryn Athyn Cathedral
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Peace and Goodwill
Worship Service: Informal Family - December 15, 2019
When the angels appeared to the shepherds, they promised that the Lord’s birth would bring peace and goodwill to the earth (Luke 2:14). What is our part in helping the Lord to bring peace and goodwill to the earth? | By Rev. Solomon J. Keal | Bryn Athyn Heilman Hall
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Bethlehem - Birthplace of the Lord
Worship Service: Sermon only - December 15, 2019
But you, Bethlehem Ephrathah, Though you are little among the thousands of Judah, Yet out of you shall come forth to Me The one to be ruler in Israel Whose goings forth have been from of old, From everlasting. (Micah 5:2) | By Rev. Eric H. Carswell | Bryn Athyn Cathedral
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Innocence and Joy
Worship Service: Childrens Talk & Adult Sermon - December 15, 2019
| By Rev. Glenn (Mac) Frazier | Mitchellville, MD
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The Magnificat
Worship Service: Informal Family - December 08, 2019
This Sunday we continue our series about the Christmas story, focused on “Our Part” in bringing the Lord into our world. Our story this week is about Mary's visit to Elizabeth and her prophecy in the Magnificat. “He has put down the mighty from their thrones and exalted the lowly.” This prophecy is about a revolution that needs to take place inside of us, a reorientation of our priorities, that we see described not only in the Gospel account, but in almost all of our Christmas stories and songs. | By Rev. Jeremy F. Simons | Bryn Athyn Heilman Hall
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Hope in a Star
Worship Service: Childrens Talk & Adult Sermon - December 08, 2019
| By Rev. Glenn (Mac) Frazier | Mitchellville, MD
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Christmas Times of Day
Doctrinal Class - December 04, 2019
A 3 class series: Christmas Eve, Christmas Morning, Christmas Day. In our celebration of the Lord's advent, many of our traditions are attached to specific times-of-day. Times-of-day have spiritual meanings which relate in significant ways to prophecies, stars and doctrines about the Lord's birth into the world. Some discussion not included. | By Rev. Kurt Hyland Asplundh | Bryn Athyn Cathedral Social Hall
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The Annunciation
Worship Service: Informal Family - December 01, 2019
Our series throughout December will focus on “Our Part” of the Christmas story, beginning December 1 with the Annunciation. Mary’s part: “Behold the maidservant of the Lord! Let it be to me according to your word.” (Luke 1:38) The Lord can be born in our lives only if we do our part. Some music is included with the permission of the author/composer. | By Rev. John L. Odhner | Bryn Athyn Heilman Hall
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How Do We Prepare the Way for the Lord?
Doctrinal Class - November 27, 2019
Repent! See steps of repentance TCR 509-566; NJHD 159-172; AC 8387-8394 | By Rt. Rev. Bradley D. Heinrichs | Bryn Athyn Cathedral Social Hall
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Refrain Your Voice from Weeping, Rachel
Worship Service: Sermon only - December 30, 2018
"Refrain your voice from weeping and your eyes from tears; for they shall come back from the land of the enemy." (Jeremiah 31:16) | By Rev. Jeremy F. Simons | Bryn Athyn Cathedral
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Escape to Egypt
Worship Service: Family (may include music) - December 30, 2018
Now when they had departed, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream, saying, "Arise, take the young Child and His mother, flee to Egypt, and stay there until I bring you word; for Herod will seek the young Child to destroy Him." (Matthew 2:13) Offertory replaced by hymn from the next service because it was copyright protected. | By Rev. Jeremy F. Simons | Bryn Athyn Cathedral
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A Glimpse At The Soul Of Jesus
Worship Service: Family (may include music) - December 30, 2018
Family Service - Talk Title - A Glimpse At The Soul Of Jesus 1st Lesson: Luke 2: 40-52 2nd Lesson: True Christian Religion 89 3rd Lesson: Arcana Coelestia 1461 | By Rev. Brett D. Buick | Kempton, PA
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The Flight into Egypt - and Related Events
Worship Service: Children & Adult - December 30, 2018
“Now when [the wise men] had departed, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream, saying, ‘Arise, take the young Child and His mother, and flee to Egypt, and stay there until I bring you word; for Herod will seek the young Child to destroy Him.’” (Matthew 2:13). A post-Christmas service for the last Sunday in 2018. | By Rev. Michael D. Gladish | Mitchellville, MD
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Our Gifts for the Lord
Worship Service: Informal Family - December 30, 2018
The wise men brought the Lord symbolic gifts: gold, frankincense and myrrh (Matthew 2). We too bring gold when we love the Lord, frankincense when we love one another, and myrrh when we wish to be of service. Yet when we reflect more deeply we see that these are actually gifts the Lord gives to us (Secrets of Heaven 9938.2). | By Rev. John L. Odhner | Bryn Athyn Heilman Hall
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