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Process of New Life
Worship Service: Childrens Talk & Adult Sermon - July 23, 2017
The Lord calls us into a spiritual process of becoming mature. This process is compared to the from of birth, from conception to adult maturity. This process is called being born again because we leave behind an old life and take on a new one. This process is described by the days of creation, but we cannot know in detail where we are while in this world. The whole process is something the Lord does, when we learn and live His truth. | By Rev. Derrick Lumsden | Sarver, PAWater Became Wine
Worship Service: Childrens Talk & Adult Sermon - July 16, 2017
The Lord's first miracle of turning water into wine at a marriage celebration in Cana provides a picture of why the Lord came. He came to celebrate a marriage of good and truth in us, a marriage of the Lord and the church, and the demonstrate the blessings that flow from that marriage. | By Rev. Derrick Lumsden | Sarver, PABetween Us and Sin
Worship Service: Childrens Talk & Adult Sermon - July 09, 2017
The Lord stands between people and sin. We are the church when we let him do that for us and when we do that for other people. | By Rev. Derrick Lumsden | Sarver, PAOur Country, Our Neighbor
Worship Service: Informal Family - July 02, 2017
To love the country more than ourselves is a great good. We love all of those communities within a country when we love and sacrifice for our country. | By Rev. Derrick Lumsden | Sarver, PAWhat I Love about the New Church
Worship Service: Childrens Talk & Adult Sermon - June 18, 2017
What I love about the New Church is the change the Lord can bring to your life if you are willing to follow Him. | By Rev. Derrick Lumsden | Sarver, PAWalls and Gates
Worship Service: Childrens Talk & Adult Sermon - June 11, 2017
The Lord spends a lot of time describing the walls of the Holy City New Jerusalem. The walls are the boundaries that protect us and the gates are what brings us into heavenly life. We need both boundaries and access to live a heavenly life. | By Rev. Derrick Lumsden | Sarver, PAMessenger of the Lord
Worship Service: Family (may include music) - June 04, 2017
The Lord's goal for you is that you become a messenger (angel) of His Kingdom. To become a messenger you move from crowd, to disciple, to apostle, to angel. Your message is the lessons and benefit you get from the process, the places where His Kingdom touches your heart and mind. | By Rev. Derrick Lumsden | Sarver, PAServant of All
Worship Service: Family (may include music) - May 28, 2017
Memorial Day is about honoring those who served and sacrificed. The essence of military service is service. Our Lord Jesus Christ gave us a model of service to follow and He is the servant of all. | By Rev. Derrick Lumsden | Sarver, PAVision for Heaven on Earth
Worship Service: Childrens Talk & Adult Sermon - May 14, 2017
A vision for what the New Church has to offer is “To work for heaven on earth from the inside out.” If we take up this vision and live it out for ourselves and offer to others, the Lord can bring healing and hope to this world. | By Rev. Derrick Lumsden | Sarver, PAWho Is Jesus?, Part 6 - Christ
Worship Service: Childrens Talk & Adult Sermon - April 09, 2017
The Lord comes into Jerusalem and is hailed as a King. The Lord is King from the truths coming from Him that make up His Kingdom. We become part of His Kingdom as we submit to His law and His judgment | By Rev. Derrick Lumsden | Sarver, PAWho Is Jesus?, Part 5 - Resurrection and Life
Worship Service: Childrens Talk & Adult Sermon - April 02, 2017
The Lord is resurrection and life. New life and new hope come from the Lord Jesus Christ. If we turn to Him and believe a joyful life, a worth living comes from Him alone, then we can be brought into that new life from Him. | By Rev. Derrick Lumsden | Sarver, PAWho Is Jesus?, Part 4 - Redeemer
Worship Service: Childrens Talk & Adult Sermon - March 26, 2017
The Lord redeems our life by taking broken areas and making them whole. He reveals to us the work of God by this redemption. It is by redemption that Jesus became justice and the one to whom we can look for help and hope. | By Rev. Derrick Lumsden | Sarver, PAWho Is Jesus?, Part 2 - Prophet
Worship Service: Childrens Talk & Adult Sermon - March 12, 2017
The Lord Jesus Christ came to us as the Great Prophet. As the prophet He teaches, but also bears the sins of the church by allowing them to act out their rejection of the Word upon Him. This demonstration of the spiritual state of man was not salvation, but an important part of us being able to be saved. We are saved when we go to the Lord and live according to His commandments. | By Rev. Derrick Lumsden | Sarver, PAWho Is Jesus?, Part 1 - Teacher
Worship Service: Childrens Talk & Adult Sermon - March 05, 2017
The Lord Jesus Christ came to us as a teacher. His teaching has a power and authority heal our hearts and minds. | By Rev. Derrick Lumsden | Sarver, PAWhat Would Love Do?, Part 6 - Love Is Present
Worship Service: Childrens Talk & Adult Sermon - February 19, 2017
The Lord teaches us that when visit the prisoner we visit Him. We can do this physically and spiritually. We visit the spiritual prisoner by maintaining connections with people who are convinced of their ideas regardless of God's Word. The Lord's freeing the captives symbolize His freeing people to think from truth. | By Rev. Derrick Lumsden | Sarver, PAWhat Would Love Do?, Part 5 - Love Visits
Worship Service: Childrens Talk & Adult Sermon - February 12, 2017
The Lord teaches us that when visit the sick we visit Him. We can do this physically and spiritually. We visit the spiritually sick by maintaining connections with people who are living a life contrary to what the Lord teaches because their desires lead them there. The Lord's miracles of healing the sick symbolize His healing of spiritual disease. | By Rev. Derrick Lumsden | Sarver, PAWhat Would Love Do?, Part 4 - Love Comforts
Worship Service: Childrens Talk & Adult Sermon - February 05, 2017
The Lord teaches us that when we clothe the unclothed we cloth Him. We can do this physically and spiritually. We clothe people spiritually by teaching them what the Lord says about a good life, but we have to do it with compassion and love. The Lord has literally been clothed and unclothed by the human response to Him. | By Rev. Derrick Lumsden | Sarver, PAWhat Would Love Do?, Part 3 - Love Welcomes
Worship Service: Childrens Talk & Adult Sermon - January 29, 2017
The Lord teaches us that when we take in or gather the sojourner we gather Him. We can do this physically and spiritually. We gather people spiritually by teaching them the life of the church. And of course the Lord is the one who wants to gather all to Him in love while He Lord sojourned in this world. And we too are sojourners here. | By Rev. Derrick Lumsden | Sarver, PAWhat Would Love Do?, Part 2 - Love Brings Truth
Worship Service: Childrens Talk & Adult Sermon - January 22, 2017
The Lord teaches us that when we give drink to the thirsty we refresh Him. We can do this physically and spiritually. We give drink to people spiritually with truth and knowledge. The Lord is the ultimate source of knowledge, truth, and wisdom. He thirst for a relationship with us and our soul thirsts for him. | By Rev. Derrick Lumsden | Sarver, PAWhat Would Love Do?, Part 1 - Love Serves
Worship Service: Childrens Talk & Adult Sermon - January 15, 2017
The Lord teaches us that when we feed the hungry we feed Him. We can do this physically and spiritually. We feed people spiritually with use and things that lead to use. Challenge this week is to feed someone either physically or spiritually in a way you do not normally do it. | By Rev. Derrick Lumsden | Sarver, PAThat Your Joy May Be Full
Worship Service: Childrens Talk & Adult Sermon - January 08, 2017
The Lord desires us to have complete joy in our lives. We get this joy by remaining in the Lord, remaining in His Commandments, and by loving others. We experience heavenly joy when charity and faith exist in action. And we grow spiritually we develop more capacity for charity and faith, and therefore joy. [Apologies about the sound quality] | By Rev. Derrick Lumsden | Sarver, PALet Your Light So Shine
Worship Service: Childrens Talk & Adult Sermon - January 01, 2017
As followers of the Lord we are the light of the world. Our light is from the Lord and His Word. When we truly love and live from Him and His teachings, we can let our light shine so others can see the Lord. | By Rev. Derrick Lumsden | Sarver, PAChristmas - Gifts to the Lord
Worship Service: Childrens Talk & Adult Sermon - December 18, 2016
The gift that is most precious to the Lord is gratitude for the gifts He gives us. When we offer to Him spiritual gold, frankincense, and myrrh, we acknowledge Him as the source of all good and truth in our life in the head, the heart, and in the world around us. That acknowledgement is worship. | By Rev. Derrick Lumsden | Sarver, PAChristmas - Coming of Peace
Worship Service: Childrens Talk & Adult Sermon - December 11, 2016
God came down to bring you into a kingdom of peace. We enter the Lord's kingdom through choosing to follow Him as our King and Savior. | By Rev. Derrick Lumsden | Sarver, PAChristmas - Lord Fights for Us
Worship Service: Childrens Talk & Adult Sermon - December 04, 2016
The Lord came to fight for us and save us from our sins. He came in a body to fight our our nature to look to the world rather than the body. He can free us from our spiritual captivity by looking to him and asking for his help. | By Rev. Derrick Lumsden | Sarver, PA