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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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Rahab's Kindness
Worship Service: Family (may include music) - February 07, 2021
For week one of our five-week series on kindness, we will look at the story of Rahab showing kindness to the Israelite spies, in Joshua chapter two. How does this story help us remember to be considerate of other people? | By Rev. Solomon J. Keal | Bryn Athyn Heilman Hall
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The Peace of Jerusalem
Worship Service: Family (may include music) - January 31, 2021
| By Rev. Brett D. Buick | Kempton, PA
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The Lord's Healing Power
Worship Service: Family (may include music) - January 31, 2021
The Lord is a healer. Four miracles show how people asked the Lord for healing, and what He did to heal them. What does this tell us about our approach to the Lord, and His response to us? | By Rev. Dr Andrew M. Dibb | Bryn Athyn Cathedral
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Four Steps of Healing
Worship Service: Sermon only - January 31, 2021
The Lord is a healer. Four miracles show a progression of unchecked spiritual sickness in our lives. These stories show how the sufferers approached the Lord for healing, and what He did in each case to heal them. | By Rev. Dr Andrew M. Dibb | Bryn Athyn Cathedral
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False Virtues
Worship Service: Childrens Talk & Adult Sermon - January 31, 2021
We put great pride in certain virtues, both as individuals and as a society. When we embody these virtues it is a sign that we are spiritually growing. But virtues are not as easy to identify as we like to believe. Certain qualities that we view as virtuous are in fact unrelated to meaningful virtue. To take a simple example, many people take busy-ness to be a virtue, as if always being busy reflects on their character. In actual fact, being overladen with work says nothing about one’s character: it may be a sign of love for others, but it could just as easily be nothing of the sort. We need to evaluate where we put our worth, and if it is in false virtues then we need to look to the Lord to find the virtues that truly reflect a good spiritual life. | By Rev. Joel C Glenn | Westville, RSA
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Memorial Service for Donnette Rose Alfelt
Memorial Service - January 30, 2021
11/12/1929 – 12/22/2020. Since we are unable to gather in person, please feel free to post any stories or words you would like to share on Donnette’s Facebook page. | By Rev. Kurt Hyland Asplundh | Bryn Athyn Cathedral
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