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Religion and Politics - 2 - Heavenly Leadership
Worship Service: Childrens Talk & Adult Sermon - October 31, 2021
It’s often taken as a given that politicians will be self-serving, corrupt, incompetent, or all of the above. They seem to rank just below lawyers as the butt of jokes. Yet the position of being a government official is in itself, or at least ought to be, a sacred one. Anytime someone enters into leadership they take on the responsibility to serve, and the higher the position, the greater the responsibility. This Sunday we will look at how leadership works in heaven (and by contrast, in hell) and see what we can learn both about our own governments and our own roles as leaders. | By Rev. Joel C Glenn | Westville, RSA
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Listening with Humility
Worship Service: Informal Family - October 31, 2021
When Solomon became king, he humbly asked the Lord for an understanding heart instead of power and riches. His humble wisdom served many people. This week we’ll focus on listening without necessarily knowing the answers, as well as listening for the sake of changing ourselves and not others. | By Rev. Solomon J. Keal | Bryn Athyn Heilman Hall
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Listening with Patience
Worship Service: Family (may include music) - October 24, 2021
In Week 2 of our new Journey series, "Tell Me More," we consider the story of the Lord's visit to the home of tow sisters, Mary and Martha. As Martha rushes around getting things ready for her Guest, she complains that she's having to do all the housework herself while Mary just sits there listening to the Lord (see Luke 10:38-42). We are, of course, tempted to side with Martha - she has a point - but the Lord's response reveals a "missing ingredient" that an easily overlooked. [Note: readings are cut off near the end] | By Rev. Derek P. Elphick | Bryn Athyn Cathedral
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Religion and Politics, 1, Seeking the Lord's Justice in a Corrupt World
Worship Service: Childrens Talk & Adult Sermon - October 24, 2021
We don’t often talk about politics in church and with good reason. It can be done wrong in so many ways. And maybe it is better for there to be a “separation between church and state” in society. However, it’s not good for there to be that separation within an individual—it’s not good for there to be a separation between church and state in you. What can we do to try to better integrate our spiritual beliefs and our political beliefs? | By Rev. Malcolm G. Smith | Westville, RSA
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Water Becomes Wine
Worship Service: Childrens Talk & Adult Sermon - October 24, 2021
1st Lesson: John 2: 1-11; Hosea 2:19; Jeremiah 31:3 Talk: “The Lord’s Love for Us” 2nd Lesson 3rd Lesson Sermon: “Water Becomes Wine” (Text: John 2:1-11) | By Rev. Derrick Lumsden | Kempton, PA
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Patient Listening
Worship Service: Informal Family - October 24, 2021
When the Lord visited Mary and Martha in their home, Mary sat and listened but Martha was "distracted with much serving." (Luke 10: 38-42) What if food had been served a little late that evening? Can we be content with the passage of time and patiently listen? | By Rev. Kurt Hyland Asplundh | Bryn Athyn Heilman Hall
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What Do You Pay Attention To?
Worship Service: Family (may include music) - October 17, 2021
Pharoah's daughter had eyes to see a basket floating among the reeds and ears to hear baby Moses crying and responded with compassion. The Lord also wants us to be able to listen to others so that we can be wisely kind to them. | By Rev. Eric H. Carswell | Bryn Athyn Cathedral
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Listening with Awareness
Worship Service: Sermon only - October 17, 2021
This week we begin a new Journey series on listening, "Tell Me More". Being wisely kind to others involves listening to them. It is hard to be helpful if you don't know what another person is thinking and why. In Exodus 2 we read about how Pharoah's daughter noticed a basket floating at a distance. Sensing its potential importance, she had a servant get it, finding the baby Moses within. Her seeing, listening, and responding were essential for the Lord's plan to lead the Israelites out of slavery. The "Tell Me More" series runs from October 17 to November 7, 2021. | By Rev. Eric H. Carswell | Bryn Athyn Cathedral
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Are You a Pessimist or an Optimist
Worship Service: Childrens Talk & Adult Sermon - October 17, 2021
Are optimists better than pessimists? Are pessimists just realistic while optimists are naive? What about the Lord? Is He optimistic about our potential, or does He bemoan the woeful nature of humanity? We have those two broad categories of people that conflict with each other. And at times they may be useful. But this Sunday we will look a little beyond these two categories to try to find a more spiritual view of society, humanity, and our future. | By Rev. Joel C Glenn | Westville, RSA
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Listening with Awareness
Worship Service: Informal Family - October 17, 2021
Starting our fall Journey sermon series “Tell Me More” with the story of Pharoah’s daughter discovering Moses in the basket along the riverbank. This service will also include commissioning the newly trained Stephen Ministers into the important use of compassionately listening. | By Rev. Derek P. Elphick | Bryn Athyn Heilman Hall
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The Lord Is the Word
Worship Service: Family (may include music) - October 17, 2021
1st Lesson: John 1:1-14 2nd Lesson: Doctrine of the Sacred Scripture Talk: “The Lord Is the Word” (Text: John 1:1-5) | By Rev. Brett D. Buick | Kempton, PA
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A Man Born Blind
Worship Service: Family (may include music) - October 10, 2021
The gospel of John records the remarkable account of a man born blind receiving sight from the Lord. But what happens after the miracle is even more astonishing. It shows the formerly blind man's process of discovery as he moves from thinking Jesus is merely a man, to thinking He must be some kind of prophet, to realizing He came from God. This journey of discovering who Jesus really is parallels our own. | By Rev. Derek P. Elphick | Bryn Athyn Cathedral
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Our Journey of Faith
Worship Service: Sermon only - October 10, 2021
"True Christianity" 538 says "unless God is approached in thought as a Person, all ideas of God perish." The formerly blind man is ruthlessly attacked by the Pharisees as they work to discredit the miracle, and when the man finally blurts out that Jesus must come from God or be God, he is excommunicated. In a similar way, the hells and secular society work to discredit our belief in God (and the Word). From being born "blind" we receive "sight" and then the real test begins - is Jesus God or not? Or put another way, in whom or what is our ultimate authority? | By Rev. Derek P. Elphick | Bryn Athyn Cathedral
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The 5 Senses - Part 3 - Touch
Worship Service: Childrens Talk & Adult Sermon - October 10, 2021
The last sense we’re going to cover in our series on the five senses is touch. Touch is a powerful sense and a big part of that is because of its role in relationships. Touch is one of the most powerful ways that we communicate and experience affection, comfort, and love; touch is also one of the most powerful ways that we communicate and experience anger, pain, and coercion. The Lord healed people through laying His hands on them. This Sunday we will reflect on touch and ask the Lord to bring us healing in this area of our lives too. | By Rev. Malcolm G. Smith | Westville, RSA
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Strength in Affirming the Word
Worship Service: Family (may include music) - October 10, 2021
1st Lesson: Judges 15:1-8 2nd Lesson: Divine Providence 310:2, 311:1-3, 5 Talk: “Samson Catches Foxes” | By Rev. Lawson M. Smith | Kempton, PA
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Creating True Spiritual Impact in a Troubled World
Charter Day Service - October 08, 2021
| By Rt. Rev. David H. Lindrooth | Bryn Athyn Cathedral
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Marking Our Doorposts
Worship Service: Childrens Talk & Adult Sermon - October 03, 2021
1st Lesson: Ex. 12:21-28 Talk: “Marking Our Doorposts” (Text: Ex. 12:21-28) 2nd Lesson: AC 7846-7847 3rd Lesson: AC 7878 Sermon: “Marking Our Doorposts” (Text: Ex. 12:21-30) | By Rev. Brett D. Buick | Kempton, PA
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Listen to Moses
Worship Service: Family (may include music) - October 03, 2021
Candidate Steven Gunther. The parable of the rich man and Lazarus from Luke 16 can help us see the value in listening to the Lord and doing the work He calls us to do. If we push it off until some later time, we will only make it harder for us to do the right thing. | By Steven Gunther | Bryn Athyn Cathedral
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Are You Convinced?
Worship Service: Sermon only - October 03, 2021
Candidate Steven Gunther. What does it take for us to believe something is true? We will look at the parable of the rich man and Lazarus to see what it really means to be convinced by something, especially the things that Lord teaches us in the Word. | By Steven Gunther | Bryn Athyn Cathedral
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The 5 Senses - 2 - Sight and Hearing
Worship Service: Childrens Talk & Adult Sermon - October 03, 2021
We are in the middle of a series on the five senses. Each one of these physical ways of experiencing the physical world around us corresponds to the spiritual ways that we engage with spiritual reality. Last week Malcolm talked about how our senses of smell and taste reflect our ability to detect what is good or evil and choose to take in that which is good. This week we turn to sight and hearing, and we will explore what they teach us about learning and obeying what is true. | By Rev. Joel C Glenn | Westville, RSA
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The Correspondence of the Harp
Worship Service: Family (may include music) - September 26, 2021
1st Lesson: I Samuel 16:14-23 2nd Lesson: Revelation 14:1-3, 15:3-4 3rd Lesson: Apocalypse Revealed 792, Apocalypse Explained 323:1, 3 Talk: “The Harp: Confessing the Lord from Truths” (Text: I Sam. 16:23) | By Rev. Lawson M. Smith | Kempton, PA
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What Do You Expect?
Worship Service: Family (may include music) - September 26, 2021
Our lives are built upon expectations. The Lord has gifted us with the capacity to "project" whatever kind of future we desire but we also know that our hopes and dreams don't necessarily materialize in the way we had hoped. The Lord's Word has a wonderful way of shifting our perspective, of re-aligning and restoring our expectations. We will use the Lords' words from Mt. 10:34 to illustrate this point. "Do not think that I came to bring peace on earth. I did not come to bring peace but a sword." | By Rev. Derek P. Elphick | Bryn Athyn Cathedral
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Great Expectations
Worship Service: Family (may include music) - September 26, 2021
One of the biggest challenges in life is learning how to interpret setback and disappointment. Everyone, young and old, has high ideals, a strong sense of how things "should" be, but the school of "hard knocks" tells a different narrative. How we deal with loss and defeat, and how we view underlying causes, will do a lot to reshape our future. The Lord's Word records a number of incidents and events in which people expect one thing but are shown something quite different. Most of us don't like surprises but in the case of the Lord's surprises, these are often just what we need! | By Rev. Derek P. Elphick | Bryn Athyn Cathedral
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The 5 Senses, Part 1, Taste and Smell
Worship Service: Childrens Talk & Adult Sermon - September 26, 2021
Have you ever thought about why the Lord gave you a sense of smell or why He gave you a sense of taste? This Sunday we’re beginning a sermon series on the five senses and we will be focusing on taste and smell. We will look at some stories from the Lord’s Word that involve taste and smell and reflect on the spiritual significance of these senses in our lives. How can we become more sensitive to the things that the Lord wants us to notice? | By Rev. Malcolm G. Smith | Westville, RSA
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Why does the Lord sometimes seem angry?
Worship Service: Informal Family - September 19, 2021
Many of the stories in the Old Testament describe an unhappy relationship between the Lord and the Children of Israel. The Children of Israel are disobeying the Lord’s commandments, sometimes in terrible ways. What can we learn from these stories that helps all of us better understand the Lord? | By Rev. Eric H. Carswell | Bryn Athyn Heilman Hall
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