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Memorial Service for Judith Pitcairn Rhodes
Memorial Service - September 14, 2020
| By Rev. Thomas H. Rose | Bryn Athyn CathedralWhat Makes Us Not Feel Afraid
Worship Service: Family (may include music) - September 13, 2020
| By Rev. Lawson M. Smith | Kempton, PAWho is the Good One?
Worship Service: Family (may include music) - September 13, 2020
We know some people look good on the outside, but are not inside, and others look not so good and yet can be good. We'll look at what makes us good and bad. | By Rev. Erik J. Buss | Bryn Athyn CathedralThe Unjust Steward - Corruption in Politics
Worship Service: Sermon only - September 13, 2020
We often hear people lamenting the seeming corruption in politics. The Lord speaks to this sad reality and offers us some perspective on how to think about what we see. | By Rev. Erik J. Buss | Bryn Athyn CathedralSoulmates? Therefore....what? Part 2: After You Get Married
Worship Service: Childrens Talk & Adult Sermon - September 13, 2020
What do you do if you’re pretty sure that the person you’re married to is not your soulmate? That’s a big question and we’ll be doing our best to answer it on Sunday. | By Rev. Malcolm G. Smith | Westville, RSAStrengthening Ourselves in the Lord
Worship Service: Informal Family - September 13, 2020
The Word gives us examples of people facing hard times like David and his men arriving back at their town of Ziklag and finding it burned and their wives and children gone. How can we recognize the Lord's loving and wise care in the hard times we can face and how can we best respond? | By Rev. Eric H. Carswell | Bryn Athyn Heilman HallMemorial Service for Hyland R. Johns
Memorial Service - September 10, 2020
1925-2020 | By Rev. Kurt Hyland Asplundh | Bryn Athyn CathedralBeing Free to Choose a Better Life
Worship Service: Family (may include music) - September 06, 2020
The Lord healed a man who had been possessed by demons. These demons kept him from being near others and caused him to harm himself. The Lord has promised that this kind of possession can no longer take place but He does want us to recognize how evil spirits try to influence our thoughts and actions in ways that also separate us from others and are hurtful to ourselves. He would heal us of this influence with our cooperation. | By Rev. Eric H. Carswell | Bryn Athyn CathedralHope that We Can Change
Worship Service: Sermon only - September 06, 2020
Subtitle: Healing a Demon-Possessed Man. Sometimes we can feel stuck in a pattern of reacting to people and events in ways that aren't good for us or for the people around us. Even as we recognize something of the problem, our efforts to change may not apparently have much effect. The Lord has given us many stories of how He healed people while He was in the world. As we understand these stories, they can give us hope that the Lord can bring about profound changes within our lives that will be blessing to all. | By Rev. Eric H. Carswell | Bryn Athyn CathedralRelationships, Part 3: Distinctly One
Worship Service: Childrens Talk & Adult Sermon - September 06, 2020
The ultimate expression of love is to feel the joy of another person as if it were your own joy. This is expressed in the great commandment that we are to love others as we love ourselves, such that we rejoice in their happiness and feel pain at their hurt. At the same time there are limits and boundaries to how much we feel another as ourselves. Even as we empathize, we also need to maintain our independence, lest we get sucked in and lose ourselves. The Word gives us guidance on how to both reach out and remain separate in a healthy way. | By Rev. Joel C Glenn | Westville, RSASurely the Lord Is In This Place
Worship Service: Family (may include music) - September 06, 2020
| By Rev. Brett D. Buick | Kempton, PAOil in Your Lamp
Worship Service: Informal Family - September 06, 2020
Most of us show up to life trying to be loving people. But it's a lot harder to act with love than we'd like. What can we do to follow through as we'd like? | By Rev. Erik J. Buss | Bryn Athyn Heilman HallMemorial Service for Cora Price Funk
Memorial Service - September 03, 2020
August 27, 2020 | By Rev. Kurt Hyland Asplundh | Bryn Athyn CathedralThe Faith that Brings Life
Worship Service: Family (may include music) - August 30, 2020
The Lord offers happiness when our good actions match loves and thoughts that He alone gives through His Word. If we do things just so people will think we are good, then we will feel empty inside. The Lord has good advice for how to avoid that emptiness. | By Rt. Rev. David H. Lindrooth | Bryn Athyn CathedralThe Essentials of the New Church
Worship Service: Sermon only - August 30, 2020
In the book "Apocalypse Revealed" the Lord boils the New Church down to two fundamental concepts referred to as 'the Two Witnesses.' When we start thinking about faith based on these two simple concepts, it brings a wholeness, life and compassionate understanding to our entire faith structure. If we ignore one or the other, our faith becomes harsh, judgmental and shortsighted. | By Rt. Rev. David H. Lindrooth | Bryn Athyn CathedralSoulmates? Therefore....what? Part 1: Before You Get Married
Worship Service: Childrens Talk & Adult Sermon - August 30, 2020
Do you believe that you have a soulmate? Can you know when you’ve found your soulmate? These are philosophical questions, in one sense, but the conclusions that you come to about whether or not you think someone is your soulmate can have huge consequences in your life. This Sunday we’re going to talk about how your beliefs about soulmates can impact the decisions you make before you get married and in 2 weeks we’ll talk about after you get married. | By Rev. Malcolm G. Smith | Westville, RSAFinding What is Good in Us
Worship Service: Family (may include music) - August 30, 2020
We might compare the various parts of our lives to different colored gumballs in a jar. Some colors represent positive things from the Lord. Others represent problems. We need the Lord's help to grow the number of good ones while weeding out the ones that need to go. | By Rev. Garry B. Walsh | Sarver, PAArt thou for us or for our adversaries?
Worship Service: Family (may include music) - August 30, 2020
| By Rev. Derrick Lumsden | Kempton, PAWho Heals All Our Diseases
Worship Service: Family (may include music) - August 23, 2020
When the Lord was on earth He healed sick or injured people, but He doesn't do it the same way today. How should we think of the Lord's healing, and what can we do to stay spiritually and physically healthy? | By Rev. Erik J. Buss | Bryn Athyn CathedralThe Spiritual Components of Disease
Worship Service: Sermon only - August 23, 2020
We think of diseases as something caused by a virus, a bacterium, a lifestyle habit, or the like. The Lord gives a lot of teaching about the impact of the spiritual world and our spiritual choices on disease. We'll look at ways to weave together the ways our spiritual choices can make a difference to the presence of disease in the world and in our lives, while still acknowledging the common understanding of science. | By Rev. Erik J. Buss | Bryn Athyn CathedralRelationships - Part 2 - What God Has Joined Together
Worship Service: Childrens Talk & Adult Sermon - August 23, 2020
Relationships, including marriage, fulfil many human needs, from basic economics to deep companionship and beyond. But the deepest component of marriage is spiritual. It is not just about the relationship of a husband and wife with each other, but also the relationship of each with the Lord. Working on this part of the relationship, and working towards it even as a single person, deepens and enriches all the other pieces that go with marriage. | By Rev. Joel C Glenn | Westville, RSABoundaries
Worship Service: Informal Family - August 23, 2020
When we spend a lot of time together working and living, it is easy to have friction and conflict. Establishing good boundaries gives people on both sides freedom. “I will not pass beyond this heap to you, and you will not pass beyond this heap and this pillar to me, for harm.” (Genesis 31:43-55, Married Love 56.2) | By Rev. John L. Odhner | Bryn Athyn Heilman HallWe are all Created for Use
Worship Service: Family (may include music) - August 23, 2020
| By Rev. Lawson M. Smith | Kempton, PAThe Parable of the Vineyard
Worship Service: Family (may include music) - August 16, 2020
The Lord has created this world and all the opportunities it provides us with the hope that our lives will prepare us for heaven. Sadly, some people don't accept the Lord's guidance and live lives that are harmful to themselves and others. The parable of the Vineyard describes what it means to not accept what the Lord wants for us. | By Rev. Eric H. Carswell | Bryn Athyn Cathedral