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Signs and Wonders
Worship Service: Informal Family - January 19, 2020
When the children of Israel were enslaved in Egypt, the Lord sent His “signs and wonders,” often known as the 10 plagues, in order to help free them from the grasp of Pharaoh. We know that the Lord never wants harm to come to anyone, and is only ever a source of love and healing. So what do these “plagues” symbolize in our lives? | By Rev. Solomon J. Keal | Bryn Athyn Heilman Hall
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Jumping to Conclusions
Worship Service: Informal Family - January 12, 2020
In Joshua 22, when the soldiers of the Eastern tribes returned to their lands, and built an altar at the Jordan river, the western tribes assumed they were turning away from the Lord. What can this story teach us about jumping to conclusions? | By Rev. Solomon J. Keal | Bryn Athyn Heilman Hall
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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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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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Eucharist
Worship Service: Informal Family - November 24, 2019
When the Lord had the last supper with His disciples, He gave thanks before He gave them bread and wine (Luke 20:17-19). What is the connection between Holy Supper, Thanksgiving, and saying a blessing before a meal? How do these practices help us experience more of the Lord's blessings? | By Rev. Solomon J. Keal | Bryn Athyn Heilman Hall
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Becoming an Angel
Worship Service: Informal Family - November 10, 2019
A rich young person came to Jesus and asked “what shall I do that I may inherit eternal life?” (Mark 10:17). What do we need to do to become angels? And how hard or easy is it? As we finish up our Angels series, we will look at what the Lord teaches us about the qualities and activities that help us become angels. | By Rev. Solomon J. Keal | Bryn Athyn Heilman Hall
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When Angels Feel Absent
Worship Service: Informal Family - October 27, 2019
In this natural world, especially when things are going wrong in our lives, it would be easy to believe that angels don’t exist. Elijah the prophet may have felt this way in 1 Kings 19. But there was an angel present with him. Where are the angels when they don’t feel present to us? What are angels doing when we are going through spiritual struggles? | By Rev. Solomon J. Keal | Bryn Athyn Heilman Hall
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Angels 101
Worship Service: Informal Family - October 13, 2019
This Sunday we begin a five week small-group series called “Angels; Loving and Leading.” We’ll begin by looking at the story of Lazarus the beggar who died and was taken to heaven by angels (Luke 16:19-31). What does the Word teach us about angels and life after death? How do these teachings affect our life in this world? | By Rev. Solomon J. Keal | Bryn Athyn Heilman Hall
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Three Days’ Journey
Worship Service: Informal Family - October 06, 2019
Before the children of Israel were freed from slavery in Egypt, the Lord told Moses to ask Pharaoh to let them go just a three days’ journey into the wilderness (Exodus 3:18; 5:3; 8:27). Clearly the end goal was to get all the way to Promised Land, so why did the Lord and Moses ask for just a three days’ journey? What does that symbolize in our lives? | By Rev. Solomon J. Keal | Bryn Athyn Heilman Hall
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The Recipe for Spiritual Growth
Worship Service: Informal Family - September 22, 2019
Jesus told a parable about making bread dough which included leaven or yeast (Luke 13:20-21). What does this parable teach us about our spiritual growth? Hear how this applies to the sacrament of Holy Supper. | By Rev. Solomon J. Keal | Bryn Athyn Heilman Hall
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Service service
Worship Service: Informal Family - August 18, 2019
This Sunday we’ll be having another “service” service. We did this two years ago. The service will not have a preacher or a talk. Instead, the service will be focussed on all of us doing useful things. “Worship of the Lord actually consists in useful behavior” (Secrets of Heaven 7038). We’ll start with some songs and open the Word, and have a short time for prayer and some readings. But we’ll spend most of our time having a “work party.” People can choose between various jobs including: organizing the costume cupboard, making new candle holders for the Christmas midnight service, sharpening pencils, organizing the altar-making materials, organizing props, sorting through the songbooks, cleaning chairs that need it, etc. We’ll close the morning with closing of the Word, and discussion. | By Rev. Solomon J. Keal | Bryn Athyn Heilman Hall
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Let Your Light Shine!
Worship Service: Informal Family - July 28, 2019
The Lord tells us to “let our light shine” (see Matt 5:14-16). What is our “light,” and how should we be letting it “shine”? | By Rev. Solomon J. Keal | Bryn Athyn Heilman Hall
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Singing, Dancing, Worshipping
Worship Service: Informal Family - June 30, 2019
After the children of Israel safely crossed through the Red Sea, they sang and danced for joy (Exodus 15). Why is it that singing and dancing are some of the ways that we sometimes express joy? And what is their connection to religion, praise, and worship? | By Rev. Solomon J. Keal | Bryn Athyn Heilman Hall
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The Tree of Life
Worship Service: Informal Family - June 16, 2019
The Tree of Life appears at the beginning and the end of the Word (see Genesis 2; Revelation 22). It’s a symbol for the Lord’s love. Why is a tree a good symbol for the Lord’s love? How can this symbolism help us to better understand how to bring the Lord’s love into our lives? | By Rev. Solomon J. Keal | Bryn Athyn Heilman Hall
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Parents' Day
Worship Service: Informal Family - May 26, 2019
Instead of having “Mother’s Day” and “Father’s Day” services this year, we are combining them into one, and honoring both mother figures and father figures together, as is encouraged in the 4th commandment (Exodus 20:12). | By Rev. Solomon J. Keal | Bryn Athyn Heilman Hall
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The Sibling Rivalry of Goodness and Truth
Worship Service: Informal Family - May 12, 2019
Genesis chapter 25 describes the birth and early life of the twins, Jacob and Esau. These siblings don’t always get along very well. What do these two characters and their relationship represent in our own lives? NOTE: There is a buzzing throughout this recording. | By Rev. Solomon J. Keal | Bryn Athyn Heilman Hall
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Risen!
Worship Service: Informal Family - April 21, 2019
On Easter morning the angel said: “He is risen! He is not here” (Mark 16:6). What does it mean for the Lord to be “risen” in our lives? Where do we sometimes look for the Lord, and where should we be looking instead? | By Rev. Solomon J. Keal | Bryn Athyn Heilman Hall
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Rising from the Tomb
Worship Service: Family (may include music) - April 18, 2019
Bryn Athyn Church School Easter Service. Opening and closing by Rev PB Schnarr. Lessons and address by Rev SJ Keal. Interlude by the Bryn Athyn Cathedral Choristers replaced by hynm "When Very Early in the Dawn" from a later service because of copyright issues. | By Rev. Solomon J. Keal | Bryn Athyn Cathedral
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Hosanna! - Saved by the Lord
Worship Service: Informal Family - April 14, 2019
On Palm Sunday, as the Lord rode into Jerusalem, the people shouted “Hosanna” which means “Save us, please!” What does the Lord save us from as He enters our lives? | By Rev. Solomon J. Keal | Bryn Athyn Heilman Hall
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Wrestling With Who We Are
Worship Service: Informal Family - March 24, 2019
In Genesis 32, right before Jacob was reunited with his brother Esau, Jacob appeared to wrestle with God, and was given a new name: “Israel.” What does this symbolize in our lives about the nature of who we are, and how we can change? | By Rev. Solomon J. Keal | Bryn Athyn Heilman Hall
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Noah and the Dove
Worship Service: Family (may include music) - March 17, 2019
The story of Noah and the flood. When will it be over? "I Will Love Thee, Jehovah, My Strength" copyright protected by the Philadelphia Society of the Lord's New Church which is Nova Hierosolyma. Used by permission. "Noah" copyright protected by Lori & John Odhner, Used by permission. The Closing hymn was copyright protected. Replaced by closing hymn from the next service. | By Rev. Solomon J. Keal | Bryn Athyn Cathedral
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Noah and the Dove
Worship Service: Sermon only - March 17, 2019
"Then God remembered Noah, and all that were with him in the ark. And God made a wind to pass over the earth, and the waters subsided." (Genesis 8:1) | By Rev. Solomon J. Keal | Bryn Athyn Cathedral
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Naming the "Animals"
Worship Service: Informal Family - March 03, 2019
In Genesis chapter two, Adam named the animals that the Lord created. What does “naming the animals” symbolize in our spiritual life? And how does this relate to emotional intelligence? After this, Eve was created. What does she symbolize in our spiritual life? | By Rev. Solomon J. Keal | Bryn Athyn Heilman Hall
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Opening Up to Humility
Worship Service: Informal Family - February 03, 2019
For week two of the “Opening Up” series on Moses, we’ll look at the story of Moses removing his shoes at the burning bush (Exodus 3). When we go through spiritual struggles, we often feel shame. But when we humbly surrender to vulnerability, the Lord can lift us up and fill us with reassurance. When we open up to humility, just as with Moses, no matter how inadequate we think we are, the Lord can use us for good. | By Rev. Solomon J. Keal | Bryn Athyn Heilman Hall
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I saw God today
Worship Service: Informal Family - December 23, 2018
“And they came with haste and found Mary and Joseph, and the Babe lying in a manger. … Then the shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all the things that they had heard and seen, as it was told them.” (Luke 2:16-20) This service is composed of some Christmas readings, a pageant with a chance to go see the baby Lord, and lots of singing of Christmas carols. As always, the posted recordings have the copyrighted music edited out. Some of the readings are also edited out, since copyrighted music was playing behind the readings. | By Rev. Solomon J. Keal | Bryn Athyn Heilman Hall
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