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The Good Samaritan: Binding Up Wounds
Worship Service: Family (may include music) - March 07, 2021
Some wounds don't heal by themselves. We need to let others know when we are hurting and allow them to help. | By Rev. John L. Odhner | Bryn Athyn Cathedral
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Practicing Kindness
Worship Service: Sermon only - March 07, 2021
The last in our series on "Practicing Kindness" is about "Accepting Kindness from Others." The Lord wants to help us, but He can only help us through other people. | By Rev. John L. Odhner | Bryn Athyn Cathedral
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Finding Jesus in the Lives of the Prophets - Isaiah
Worship Service: Childrens Talk & Adult Sermon - March 07, 2021
The teachings of the New Church say that the whole of the Word relates to the Lord Jesus Christ and what He went through while on Earth. And so we’ve done sermon series in the past on finding Jesus in the life of Abraham, Joshua, and Elisha. This time we’re going to focus on three of the major prophets: Isaiah, Jeremiah, and Ezekiel. This will be a chance to learn a bit about these prophets, about what the Lord went through on Earth, and about the role of a prophet in difficult times. | By Rev. Malcolm G. Smith | Westville, RSA
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Accepting Kindness and Wise Kindness
Worship Service: Informal Family - March 07, 2021
For the final week of our “Practicing Kindness” series, we will look at the familiar story of the Good Samaritan (Luke 10:25-37). In this story, we see all the many kinds of kindness we’ve talked about in this series, represented in the acts of the good Samaritan. And we will also explore what it means to accept kindness from others, as the wounded man did in this story. | By Rev. Solomon J. Keal | Bryn Athyn Heilman Hall
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Memorial Service for Wayde Pitcairn
Memorial Service - March 04, 2021
| By Rev. Eric H. Carswell | Bryn Athyn Cathedral
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David Numbers the People
Worship Service: Family (may include music) - February 28, 2021
| By Rev. Brett D. Buick | Kempton, PA
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Stories from Heaven and Hell
Worship Service: Childrens Talk & Adult Sermon - February 28, 2021
In the New Church we talk a lot about the afterlife. A few weeks ago we talked some about the structure and process of the afterlife. But raw information never shows the full picture. Stories of daily interactions and interesting anecdotes flesh things out. That is why we are looking to the stories from the Teachings of the New Church that lay out just a glimpse of what we can expect in the afterlife. This week we will hear stories that take place in heaven and in hell. | By Rev. Joel C Glenn | Westville, RSA
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Challenging Kindness
Worship Service: Informal Family - February 28, 2021
For week four of the “Practicing Kindness” series, we’ll talk about times when showing kindness can feel like a challenge. Ham pointed out Noah’s faults, but Shem and Japheth paid little attention to his faults and graciously helped their father. | By Rev. Kurt Hyland Asplundh | Bryn Athyn Heilman Hall
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Kindness When Something Doesn’t Seem Right
Worship Service: Family (may include music) - February 28, 2021
Fourth in a series on kindness. Many of us grow up learning that some words and actions are good and some are not. When we see someone else being kind it can be easy to also be kind. But when we see someone doing something we think is wrong, we may have a less than kind response ourselves. | By Rev. Eric H. Carswell | Bryn Athyn Cathedral
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Kindness and Disorder
Worship Service: Sermon only - February 28, 2021
Part four in a series on kindness. How do you respond when you see someone do or say something you think is disorderly and destructive? For many this can evoke judgment and sometimes a sense of superiority to that person. The Lord wants us to recognize what true kindness means even when we face what seems to be disorder in others. | By Rev. Eric H. Carswell | Bryn Athyn Cathedral
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Memorial Service for June Davison Brock
Memorial Service - February 22, 2021
June Brock passed into the spiritual world on Thursday, February 17, 202 | By Rev. Eric H. Carswell | Bryn Athyn Cathedral
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The Narrow Path
Worship Service: Family (may include music) - February 21, 2021
| By Rev. Stephen D. Cole | Kempton, PA
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"Go Up on the Roof"
Worship Service: Family (may include music) - February 21, 2021
Sometimes it seems like our way is blocked, and there is no hope for us. The only way forward may be to go up onto the roof! | By Rev. Erik J. Buss | Bryn Athyn Cathedral
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"Go Up on the Roof"
Worship Service: Sermon only - February 21, 2021
(Week 3 of 5 week series on Kindness). We want to help people, and ideally to help them meet the Lord in their lives so He can make miracles happen. But it's not easy to help, and at times seems impossible. What do we do in those times? The Lord offers a different solution than we might expect. | By Rev. Erik J. Buss | Bryn Athyn Cathedral
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Supportive Kindness
Worship Service: Informal Family - February 21, 2021
For week three of the “Practicing Kindness” series, we will look at the story of the four people who lowered their paralytic friend through the roof to be healed by Jesus (Mark 2:1-12). What does this story teach us about the supportive and healing power of kindness? | By Rev. Solomon J. Keal | Bryn Athyn Heilman Hall
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Stories from the World of Spirits
Worship Service: Childrens Talk & Adult Sermon - February 21, 2021
Two weeks ago we talked about what life is like after death. We discussed the structure of the afterlife and the succession of states that we go through. This week and next week we want to flesh these ideas out with stories. The teachings of the New Church contain lots of stories about things that happened in the spiritual world. Why were these stories included and what can we learn from them about how things work after death? | By Rev. Malcolm G. Smith | Westville, RSA
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The Healing Power of Self Examination
Worship Service: Family (may include music) - February 14, 2021
| By Rev. Brett D. Buick | Kempton, PA
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Rebekah'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
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What Inspires Kindness?
Worship Service: Sermon only - February 14, 2021
The second week of our five-week series on kindness addresses the question of where kindness comes from and what motivates it in us. | By Rev. Jeremy F. Simons | Bryn Athyn Cathedral
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Preparing for Easter - the Road to Jerusalem
Worship Service: Childrens Talk & Adult Sermon - February 14, 2021
Easter is still pretty far away (7 weeks, more or less). But the time from Ash Wednesday (17 February this year) until Easter Sunday is generally seen as a time of preparation for the holiday. You may remember that last year we suggested giving up a bad habit or picking up a new spiritual practice in this time period. This year we'll suggest similar ways to prepare. Specifically, this Sunday we'll look at how Jesus' steady ascent from the backwater of Galilee along the road up to the metropolis of Jerusalem and His own death can help us prepare for our own celebration of His resurrection at Easter. | By Rev. Joel C Glenn | Westville, RSA
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Practicing Kindness: Abundant Love
Worship Service: Informal Family - February 14, 2021
“Practicing Kindness: Abundant Love” is the subject for the second week in our series on kindness. Genuine kindness is given freely and abundantly, going beyond the minimum that is required of us. This originates in the Lord wanting to give infinitely His love and wisdom as much as we can accept. Our story is about Rebekah Drawing Water (Genesis 24). | By Rev. John L. Odhner | Bryn Athyn Heilman Hall
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Celebration and Worship of the Lord
Worship Service: Family (may include music) - February 07, 2021
| By Rev. Lawson M. Smith | Kempton, PA
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The Golden Rule and Noticing Others
Worship Service: Family (may include music) - February 07, 2021
As we begin a five-week series on kindness, we look at the basic principle of looking to the good in others, which means noticing them and asking what they truly need. | By Rev. Eric H. Carswell | Bryn Athyn Cathedral
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The Golden Rule and Noticing Others
Worship Service: Sermon only - February 07, 2021
As we begin a five-week series on kindness, we look at the basic principle of looking to the good in others, which means noticing them and asking what they truly need. What does really noticing someone mean, and what does it require of us? | By Rev. Eric H. Carswell | Bryn Athyn Cathedral
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What Do People Do After Death
Worship Service: Childrens Talk & Adult Sermon - February 07, 2021
A lot of people have lost loved ones recently. When someone we love dies we can have a lot of questions. First, how do we know that they are still alive somewhere? If they are alive somewhere, what is their experience like? What do they do with their time? Is it a pleasant experience; is it an unpleasant experience? There is a lot of information about the afterlife in the teachings of the New Church. This Sunday we will scratch the surface of that body of teaching and try to cover some of the important basics of a New Church understanding of what life is like after death. | By Rev. Malcolm G. Smith | Westville, RSA
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