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Dickens' Christmas Carol
Doctrinal Class - December 19, 2018
Dickens' 1843 classic tale forged an enduring cultural link between the celebration of Christmas and the practices and attitudes of a Christian life. Richard Lines, president of the Swedenborg Society, calls it "Dickens' Swedenborgian Fairy Tale." Dickens apparently wrote it shortly after reading the work "Heaven and Hell" Background tones are from church organ being tuned. | By Rev. Jeremy F. Simons | Bryn Athyn Cathedral Social HallSnow White - A Christmas Story ?
Doctrinal Class - December 05, 2018
In 1812 Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm first published their collection of old tales. Devoutly Christian, the brothers believed that "fairy tales are survivals of an ancient faith that goes back to the earliest times, a faith which is expressed in the pictorial representations of things that go beyond the senses." (The Owl, the Raven and the Dove" by G Ronald Murphy, Oxford, 2000, p. 20) | By Rev. Jeremy F. Simons | Bryn Athyn Cathedral Social HallThe Birth of John the Baptist
Worship Service: Informal Family - December 02, 2018
We begin a series this week leading up to Christmas. Our first topic is the story surrounding the birth of John--how he would prepare the way for the Lord, and how his father Zacharias went from doubting the word of the angel to blessing his son and giving a prophecy of his future work. | By Rev. Jeremy F. Simons | Bryn Athyn Heilman HallSigns that Someone is Trustworthy
Worship Service: Family (may include music) - November 25, 2018
"Do not forget to entertain strangers, for by so doing some have unwittingly entertained angels." (Hebrews 13:2) | By Rev. Jeremy F. Simons | Bryn Athyn CathedralAre You Trustworthy?
Worship Service: Sermon only - November 25, 2018
"My Lord, if I have found favor in Your sight, do not pass on by Your servant." (Genesis 18:3) | By Rev. Jeremy F. Simons | Bryn Athyn CathedralThe Last Judgment
Doctrinal Class - September 26, 2018
A Three Class Series on "The Last Judgment" and "Continuation Concerning the Last Judgment" by E Swedenborg. Some discussion and a slide representation not included. | By Rev. Jeremy F. Simons | Bryn Athyn Cathedral Social HallDon't Bring Your ‘Dog’ to Church
Worship Service: Informal Family - September 09, 2018
We look at the story of Lazarus, the dogs that licked his sores, and the need to quiet our inner “watch-dog” and be willing to believe. | By Rev. Jeremy F. Simons | Bryn Athyn Heilman HallLazarus In Heaven
Worship Service: Family (may include music) - September 02, 2018
The rich man begged Father Abraham to send Lazarus down from heaven to his brothers to convince them that there is life after death, but he refused. Why wouldn't Abraham do it? | By Rev. Jeremy F. Simons | Bryn Athyn CathedralWhy Don't People Believe in Life After Death?
Worship Service: Sermon only - September 02, 2018
"And he said, 'No father Abraham; but if one goes to them from the dead, they will repent. 'But he said to him, 'If they do not hear Moses and the prophets, neither will they be persuaded though one rise from the dead.'" (Luke 16:30-31) | By Rev. Jeremy F. Simons | Bryn Athyn CathedralThe Curse of the Dragon
Worship Service: Sermon only - July 29, 2018
"So the serpent spewed water out of his mouth like a flood after the woman, that he might cause her to be carried away by the flood." (Revelation 12:15) | By Rev. Jeremy F. Simons | Bryn Athyn CathedralWhat Is Wrong with Dragons?
Worship Service: Family (may include music) - July 29, 2018
"So the serpent spewed water out of his mouth like a flood after the woman, that he might cause her to be carried away by the flood." (Revelation 12:15) | By Rev. Jeremy F. Simons | Bryn Athyn CathedralSpiritual Bears
Worship Service: Informal Family - July 22, 2018
There are several stories in the Word about bears. What is the spiritual significance of bears? | By Rev. Jeremy F. Simons | Bryn Athyn Heilman HallSpiritual Bears
Worship Service: Sermon only - July 15, 2018
Your servant used to keep his father's sheep, and when a lion or a bear came and took a lamb out of the flock, I went out after it and struck it, and delivered the lamb from its mouth. (I Samuel 17:34-35) | By Rev. Jeremy F. Simons | Bryn Athyn CathedralDavid Rescues a Lamb from a Bear
Worship Service: Family (may include music) - July 15, 2018
"Your servant used to keep his father's sheep, and when a lion or a bear came and took a lamb out of the flock, I went out after it and struck it, and delivered the lamb from its mouth." (I Samuel 17:34-35) | By Rev. Jeremy F. Simons | Bryn Athyn CathedralBarbara Blackman Packer Memorial Address
Memorial Service - April 23, 2018
July 14, 1922 to April 13, 2018 | By Rev. Jeremy F. Simons | Bryn Athyn CathedralMuriel Rose Genzlinger Memorial Address
Memorial Service - April 21, 2018
March 6, 1920 to April 9, 2018 | By Rev. Jeremy F. Simons | Bryn Athyn CathedralRuth Barry Zuber
Memorial Service - April 14, 2018
September 23, 1927 to March 27, 2018 | By Rev. Jeremy F. Simons | Bryn Athyn CathedralCarolyn Simons Soneson Memorial Address
Memorial Service - April 02, 2018
May 21, 1921 to March 19, 2018 | By Rev. Jeremy F. Simons | Bryn Athyn CathedralBeth Synnestvedt Johns Memorial Address
Memorial Service - February 25, 2018
June 25, 1923 to February 9, 2018 | By Rev. Jeremy F. Simons | Bryn Athyn CathedralThe Copper Age
Worship Service: Sermon only - February 11, 2018
"We have precepts from them regarding marriage which we have preserved among us. We are their descendants, and they have handed down rules to us, like fathers to sons. (Married Love 77:4) | By Rev. Jeremy F. Simons | Bryn Athyn CathedralSwedenborg Visits the Copper Age
Worship Service: Family (may include music) - February 11, 2018
And these words which I command you today shall be in your heart; you shall teach them diligently to your children, and shall talk of them when you sit in your house, when you walk by the way, when you lie down and when you rise up. (Deuteronomy 6:6-7) | By Rev. Jeremy F. Simons | Bryn Athyn CathedralJames Connelly Memorial Address
Memorial Service - February 03, 2018
May 4, 1942 to January 24, 2018 | By Rev. Jeremy F. Simons | Bryn Athyn CathedralSarah Headsten Memorial Address
Memorial Service - January 29, 2018
Sarah J. Headsten, June 23, 1927 - January 24, 2018 | By Rev. Jeremy F. Simons | Bryn Athyn CathedralPrayer
Doctrinal Class - January 24, 2018
A three class series | By Rev. Jeremy F. Simons | Bryn Athyn Cathedral Social HallBack Ten Degrees
Worship Service: Informal Family - January 14, 2018
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. said: “The arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice.” As we mark Dr. King's birthday this weekend we discuss the meaning of this quote by comparing it with Isaiah's message to King Hezekiah, that the shadow on his sundial would move back ten degrees. | By Rev. Jeremy F. Simons | Bryn Athyn Heilman Hall