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Refinement And Salvation Of The Spiritual
Worship Service: Adult (full service with music) - December 17, 2017
Adult Christmas Service - Sermon Title - Refinement and Salvation Of The Spiritual 1st Lesson: Malachi 3, 4 (parts) 2nd Lesson: Matthew 10: 24-29 3rd Lesson: Arcana Coelestia 8159: 2, 4, 5a | By Rev. Lawson M. Smith | Kempton, PA
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How to Receive the Lord's Light in Our Lives
Worship Service: Childrens Talk & Adult Sermon - December 17, 2017
This Sunday we'll be talking more about the Christmas story according to the Gospel of John, with a focus on theme of darkness and light. | By Rev. Malcolm G. Smith | Westville, RSA
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Excitement Versus Reflection
Worship Service: Family (may include music) - December 17, 2017
When the shepherds saw the baby Lord they went out and told everyone about it. Mary did not. She stopped and pondered. Rev. Buss explores the value of each action and talks about how they apply to our celebration of Christmas. | By Rev. Erik J. Buss | Bryn Athyn Cathedral
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Mary Pondered In Her Heart
Worship Service: Sermon only - December 17, 2017
"Mary kept all these things and pondered them in her heart.." (Luke 2:19) | By Rev. Erik J. Buss | Bryn Athyn Cathedral
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The Gifts of the Magi
Worship Service: Informal Family - December 17, 2017
When the wise men came to see the Lord they brought gifts of gold, frankincense and myrrh. What do these three gifts symbolize in our lives? How can we give these three gifts at Christmastime? | By Rev. Solomon J. Keal | Bryn Athyn Heilman Hall
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The Journey of the Wise Men - Part 2 From Jerusalem to Bethlehem
Worship Service: Sermon only - December 17, 2017
This week's message looks at the second part of the Journey of the Wise Men. We think about what it means spiritually to travel from Jerusalem to where the Lord could be found in Bethlehem. We think as well about the three gifts that the Wise Men presented. | By Rev. Garry B. Walsh | Phoenix, AZ
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Simple to Profound
Doctrinal Class - December 13, 2017
A three class series. The simple stories of Christmas stand as windows, as it were, through which we can see deep truths about the Lord and about our lives. | By Rt. Rev. Peter M. Buss, Jr. | Bryn Athyn Cathedral Social Hall
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The Journey of the Wise Men - Part 1 From the East to Jerusalem
Worship Service: Sermon only - December 10, 2017
This week's Christmas season message looks at the personal meaning and application for us of the first stage of the journey of the wise men. They saw the star and followed it. However, instead of being led by the star to the infant Lord in Bethlehem they were led to Jerusalem. Why did they go to the wrong place, and why might we sometimes need to go to the wrong place in order to then be redirected to where the Lord really is? | By Rev. Garry B. Walsh | Phoenix, AZ
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Witness to the Light
Worship Service: Childrens Talk & Adult Sermon - December 10, 2017
Before Jesus could begin His ministry He needed John to prepare the way first. The world at the time was in such a bad state that people could not have taken in Jesus teachings if John had not first prepared them and filled them with hope for Jesus' coming. John did this by bearing witness to Jesus' Light, so that when that light did come people could recognise it and embrace it. | By Rev. Joel C Glenn | Westville, RSA
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A Very Present Help in Trouble
Worship Service: Sermon only - December 10, 2017
God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in Trouble. (Psalm 46:1) | By Rev. John L. Odhner | Bryn Athyn Cathedral
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The Servant Of The LORD
Worship Service: Family (may include music) - December 10, 2017
Family Service - Talk Title - The Servant Of The LORD 1st Lesson: Isaiah 7: 7-14 2nd Lesson: Luke 1: 26-38 3rd Lesson: Arcana Coelestia 8993.3 (portion) | By Rev. Brett D. Buick | Kempton, PA
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Reflections on the Angel's Message to Joseph
Worship Service: Sermon only - December 03, 2017
This week's message considers the announcement of the angel to Joseph in a dream. These words reassured him. They also point to the hugely important fact that Jesus, the Christ Child, was God the Father Himself, coming into the world. | By Rev. Garry B. Walsh | Phoenix, AZ
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The Lord is A Very Present Help in Trouble
Worship Service: Informal Family - December 03, 2017
The Lord came into the world in a very challenging time to help the human race through its troubles, and to be present with each of us through trying times. | By Rev. John L. Odhner | Bryn Athyn Heilman Hall
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The Lord Did Not Come to Bring Complacency
Worship Service: Sermon only - December 03, 2017
"Do not think that I came to bring peace on earth. I did not come to bring peace but a sword. (Matthew 10:34 | By Rev. Eric H. Carswell | Bryn Athyn Cathedral
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Good Peace and Bad Peace
Worship Service: Family (may include music) - December 03, 2017
John the Baptist spoke of preparing the way for the Lord. Raising valleys, lowering mountains and straightening out the crooked ways all mean efforts that the Lord wants us to make that help to bring heavenly peace. | By Rev. Eric H. Carswell | Bryn Athyn Cathedral
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To God be the Glory
Worship Service: Informal Family - December 03, 2017
Singing is one of the most powerful ways to express joy, and this is no more true than at Christmas. The teachings of the New Church tell us that going back thousands of years, the people in ancient times delighted in singing songs about the Lord's future coming and the salvation He would bring. Today we do the same as we not only look back to the Lord's birth but also forward to His birth into our own lives. After a short talk on the joy of singing to the Lord we will join together to celebrate the joy of the Lord's Coming and the Christmas season in general. | By Rev. Joel C Glenn | Westville, RSA
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The Word Made Flesh
Worship Service: Informal Family - November 26, 2017
Sometimes human language can seem rather inadequate when it attempts to convey an idea. One of the things the Lord accomplished by being born into this world was to give us tangible examples of what it means to wisely love others. The Lord became the Word made flesh and dwelt among us to teach and lead us so that we might know Him and be led by Him towards better lives. | By Rev. Eric H. Carswell | Bryn Athyn Heilman Hall
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The Baby Blessed by Simeon
Worship Service: Sermon only - January 01, 2017
This message examines the story of Simeon taking up and blessing the infant Lord. Simeon represents a state of life when we have begun to accept the Lord's message, not just intellectually but with our heart as well. | By Rev. Garry B. Walsh | Phoenix, AZ
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Visitors to the Baby Lord
Worship Service: Sermon only - December 25, 2016
This Christmas message looks at the spiritual significance of the two difference types of people who are described as have come and visited the baby Lord. Those two types of people were the shepherds and the wise men, or magi. Each, we are taught, represent the types of spiritual qualities that lead a person to come closer to the Lord and be redeemed by Him. | By Rev. Garry B. Walsh | Phoenix, AZ
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And Thou Shalt Call HIS Name JESUS
Worship Service: Adult (full service with music) - December 25, 2016
Christmas Day Adult Service - Sermon Title - And Thou Shalt Call HIS Name JESUS 1st Lesson: Luke 1: 67-79; Matthew 1: 18-25 2nd Lesson: True Christian Religion 121, 579 | By Rev. Andrew J. Heilman | Kempton, PA
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Looking For A Star
Worship Service: Sermon only - December 25, 2016
"Where is He who has been born King of the Jews? For we have seen His star in the East and have come to worship Him" (Matthew 2:2) | By Rev. Eric H. Carswell | Bryn Athyn Cathedral
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Glorifying GOD For All We Have Heard And Seen
Worship Service: Family (may include music) - December 24, 2016
Christmas Eve Family Service - Talk Title - Glorifying GOD For All We Have Heard And Seen 1st Lesson: Luke 2: 4-14 2nd Lesson: Spiritual Diary Minor 4734 (portion) | By Rev. Lawson M. Smith | Kempton, PA
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Your Prayer Is Heard
Worship Service: Family (may include music) - December 24, 2016
But the angel said to him, "Do not be afraid, Zacharias, for your prayer is heard; and your wife Elizabeth will bear you a son, and you shall call his name John. And you will have joy and gladness, and many will rejoice at his birth." (Luke 1:13-14) The General Church of the New Jerusalem holds copyright on "Whence is This Beauty". Music for Bell Choir arranged by Kent Cooper. Used by permission. | By Rt. Rev. Peter M. Buss, Jr. | Bryn Athyn Cathedral
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John the Baptist - A Gift to the World
Worship Service: Sermon only - December 18, 2016
Christmas is a good time to reflect on the gifts that the Lord has given, not only throughout the year but throughout our lives. In the Christmas story, Zacharias and Elizabeth were given the gift of a child in their old age. It turns out that their baby, John the Baptist, was the Lord's gift to all humanity. He needed to be the "prophet of the Highest" so that the Lord Himself could come with His gift of redemption and eternal heavenly joy. | By Rev. Garry B. Walsh | Phoenix, AZ
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