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Part 2 - What's the point of me?
Worship Service: Childrens Talk & Adult Sermon - October 02, 2016
Last Sunday we talked about the purpose of life in this world and got into ideas about heaven and working to bring heaven to earth. This week it gets more personal - and potentially more difficult. Yes, we're supposed to be useful and bringing heaven to earth but what does that mean about what a person does on a Monday morning? What if a person hates their job or is just entirely uninspired about doing their job? Should they quit or stick it out? What if a person knows what they want to do but can't due to bad health, injury, old age, or any number of other factors? How can the Lord help each of us to answer the question, "What's the point of me?" | By Rev. Malcolm G. Smith | Westville, RSA
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Praying for Others
Worship Service: Sermon only - September 18, 2016
Our prayers are a reflection of our hearts. Therefore, if we are concerned because another person is feeling some type of pain, we might be inspired by the Lord to pray for them. We are not trying to tell the Lord something that He doesn't already know, or to instruct Him when He already is moving things in the best direction through His infinite love and wisdom. Instead, our prayers are simply expressions of our love. And love, we are told, can have amazingly positive effects, even when those affects are not immediately obvious. | By Rev. Garry B. Walsh | Phoenix, AZ
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Spiritual Restoration, Part 1 - Examine the Focus
Worship Service: Informal Family - September 04, 2016
Spiritual restoration begins with an humble examination of the focus of your life. There are things that lead us away from the Lord and these cause an emptiness in our life. Recognizing that we are neglecting the most important things is the beginning of restoration. | By Rev. Derrick Lumsden | Sarver, PA
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Marriage Is Not About You, Part 4 - Looking Upward
Worship Service: Childrens Talk & Adult Sermon - August 28, 2016
Marriage is not about us, marriage is about looking upward toward the Lord and honoring Him in our marriages. The Lord is the source of marriage, and our love is as great as our willingness to follow Him. But because of who the Lord is if we look to Him, the Lord will give us joy and happiness beyond description. | By Rev. Derrick Lumsden | Sarver, PA
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Righteous Judgment
Worship Service: Sermon only - August 21, 2016
This message looks at the Lord's teaching that we should, "not judge according to the appearance, but judge with righteous judgment." Every day we are required to make important judgments about other people, and they are required to make similar judgments about us. Are we making these types of judgments according to the teachings that the Lord has given to us? | By Rev. Garry B. Walsh | Phoenix, AZ
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Marriage Is Not About You, Part 1 - Ask "What Can I Do?"
Worship Service: Informal Family - August 07, 2016
Marriage is a God given gift to us. The Lord wants us to be happy, but the nature of love is that happiness comes through enjoying another's joy. To have a better marriage, it is important to ask "What can I do to make your day better?" | By Rev. Derrick Lumsden | Sarver, PA
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If Only I Knew
Worship Service: Sermon only - July 31, 2016
This message reflects on how if we'd only known better we might have made less mistakes. But, we can only know what we know. And so, the Lord encourages us to seek knowledge so that we might be better able to do His will in leading a loving, moral and useful life. | By Rev. Garry B. Walsh | Phoenix, AZ
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The Greatest are Those Who are Genuinely Humble
Worship Service: Sermon only - July 17, 2016
The focus is on the story of the Lord placing a child before His disciples and saying that to receive the child in His name is to receive Him. In other words, the Lord was encouraging the disciples, and indeed all people, to put away self-centeredness, and to grow to become truly humble. This was the way to become joined to Him and His kingdom. | By Rev. Garry B. Walsh | Phoenix, AZ
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To Humbly Take Up Our Cross
Worship Service: Sermon only - July 10, 2016
This message looks at the personal meaning of the Lord's words when He said, "Deny yourself, take up your cross and follow Me." The focus here is on each of our fights against our native impulses and the taking on of heavenly things from the Lord. | By Rev. Garry B. Walsh | Phoenix, AZ
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Heroes - Stand for the Truth
Worship Service: Informal Family - July 03, 2016
Jeremiah stood for the truth even when he didn't want it to be true and when everyone else didn't want to here it. It takes courage to stand for the truth, but we also have to do it with love. | By Rev. Derrick Lumsden | Sarver, PA
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Living in Community
Worship Service: Childrens Talk & Adult Sermon - July 03, 2016
Everyone looks for a community of like-minded people, and mourns at the loss of those people when the communities dissolve. We'll look at some teachings about community, it's value, and consider what we can do to deepen the connection with others in the various communities in our lives. | By Rev. Erik J. Buss | Westville, RSA
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Welcome to the Holy City New Jerusalem
Worship Service: Sermon only - June 26, 2016
This message looks at the vision given to John of the Holy City New Jerusalem descending from God out of heaven. We think about this city in terms of it being the Lord's promise to us if we go on a journey with Him. That promise is of a life enveloped by love together with the wisdom of knowing how to serve Him and others. | By Rev. Garry B. Walsh | Phoenix, AZ
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Heroes - The Courage to Care
Worship Service: Childrens Talk & Adult Sermon - June 26, 2016
The courage to choose the success and happiness of others over our own is an act of spiritual heroism. Do that, we must face down the desires inside of us, reject them, and choose to act on behalf of love and justice. | By Rev. Derrick Lumsden | Sarver, PA
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What Can I Do?
Worship Service: Sermon only - June 26, 2016
'Charity itself is acting justly and faithfully in the office, business, and employment in which a man is engaged, and with those with whom he has any dealings.' (TCR Chapter 8). | By Rev. Dr Thane P. Glenn | Bryn Athyn Cathedral
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Heroes - Everyday Heroes
Worship Service: Childrens Talk & Adult Sermon - June 19, 2016
The Lord calls us to the most important uses of marriage, parenting, and service to others. These are his most important goals and give us the deepest happiness. We are called to a heroism of everyday greatness and deep everyday spirituality. | By Rev. Derrick Lumsden | Sarver, PA
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As We Also Forgive Our Debtors
Worship Service: Sermon only - June 05, 2016
Have you ever wondered why people in the New Church say the Lord's prayer a bit differently from a lot of other churches? One of the differences is that we say, "and forgive us our debts as we also forgive our debtors." Do you know what that means? How are debts different from trespasses? This sermon puts them in context. | By Rev. Malcolm G. Smith | Westville, RSA
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Memorial Day - The Descender
Worship Service: Informal Family - May 29, 2016
The challenge of spiritual life is that it descends into our everyday life. The Ten Commandments the boundaries that allow that descent and allows our connection with the Lord to be in our everyday life. | By Rev. Derrick Lumsden | Sarver, PA
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Love Is Not a Feeling
Worship Service: Children & Adult - May 22, 2016
We truly show what we love by what we do. In what area of your life can you choose to develop and express love, even if you do not feel it at the moment? In what areas of your life can you deny the lies that strong feelings tell you? | By Rev. Erik J. Buss; Rev. Jared J. Buss | Sarver, PA
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The Church that the Lord Created
Worship Service: Sermon only - May 15, 2016
This message considers how the Lord's miracles were an expression of the love that He brought into the world. They are also an illustration of how much He will always love each of us and of how His "new" Church would be built on our love for Him and our love and service of others. | By Rev. Garry B. Walsh | Phoenix, AZ
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Honoring Mothers
Worship Service: Childrens Talk & Adult Sermon - May 08, 2016
The Lord teaches us to honor our mothers. Honor means to add weight to. The opposite would be to detract from. We should honor our mothers, but we should also honor our spiritual mother in the church. Video testimonial available at https://vimeo.com/165714114 | By Rev. Derrick Lumsden | Sarver, PA
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Remember the Commandments
Worship Service: Childrens Talk & Adult Sermon - May 01, 2016
The Ten Commandments which tell us what not to do actually teach us how to love the Lord and the neighbor. By removing the bad, the Lord gives us the good. If we fight as if of ourselves to live the commandments because they are from God, He gives us a new heart and spirit. | By Rev. Derrick Lumsden | Sarver, PA
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Spiritual Principles for Voting
Worship Service: Childrens Talk & Adult Sermon - April 24, 2016
As we consider who to elect to offices in our government, we can look to the Lord's teachings to guide us. The Lord tells us there are three qualities to look for in an organizational leader: skilled in the Law, wise, and God Fearing. He also provides us principles by which to prioritize our choice of policy or platform planks: spirituality/justice, morality, economics. If we look to the Lord Jesus Christ and allow Him to guide our choices of leaders, our country will be able to be lead and healed by Him. | By Rev. Derrick Lumsden | Sarver, PA
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The Fullness Of Charity
Worship Service: Family (may include music) - April 10, 2016
Family Service - Talk Title - The Fullness of Charity 1st Lesson: Genesis 43: 26-33; Matthew 20: 1-13 2nd Lesson: Apocalypse Explained 194:2; Arcana Coelestia 454 | By Rev. Andrew J. Heilman | Kempton, PA
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Why Am I Here?
Worship Service: Sermon only - April 03, 2016
Many people in the course of their life will ask, "Why am I here?" This question often arises as a consequence of their self-doubts. The Lord assures us that are loved unendingly and beyond measure. He also helps us to see that we are not born for our own sake; we are born for the sake of others. | By Rev. Garry B. Walsh | Phoenix, AZ
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Serving Others: What We Do is Very Important
Worship Service: Sermon only - February 28, 2016
"Love and wisdom without useful words and actions are nothing real. They are only theoretical things, and do not become real until they find expression in useful words and actions." (Apocalypse Revealed 875:6) | By Rev. Eric H. Carswell | Bryn Athyn Cathedral
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