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Worship Service: Childrens Talk only - December 29, 2019
| By Rev. Jared J. Buss | Toronto, ONRepentance and the Advent
Worship Service: Sermon only - December 29, 2019
| By Rev. Jared J. Buss | Toronto, ONGrief and Gratitude
Worship Service: Informal Family - December 29, 2019
A different baby was born in Bethlehem, hundreds of years before Jesus was born there. The mother of that baby died in childbirth and soo named her son "son of my sorrow" before she died. Later the father renamed that baby, "son of the right hand" or "son of strength". This story offers an opportunity to reflect on our sorrows and the strength that the Lord has given us through our sorrows and also gives us another way of understanding why the Lord was born in Bethlehem. | By Rev. Malcolm G. Smith | Westville, RSAPrince of Peace
Worship Service: Sermon only - December 25, 2019
Christmas Day Service | By Rev. Erik J. Buss | Bryn Athyn CathedralWhy Was Jesus Born in Bethlehem?
Worship Service: Informal Family - December 25, 2019
Jesus was birn in Bethlehem, a town that did not seem particularly interesting or exciting. And if we want to find our Savious we need to be willing to look in places that also don't seem particularly interesting or exciting. | By Rev. Malcolm G. Smith | Westville, RSAThe Word Made Flesh
Worship Service: Family (may include music) - December 24, 2019
| By Rev. Brett D. Buick | Kempton, PAThe Story of the Wise Men
Worship Service: Family (may include music) - December 24, 2019
The Story of the Wise Men as told in Matthew 2:1-11 Hymn "On This Day Earth Shall Ring" not included because of copyright protection. | By Rev. Eric H. Carswell | Bryn Athyn CathedralBaptized with Water, the Holy Spirit, and Fire
Worship Service: Family (may include music) - December 22, 2019
| By Rev. Lawson M. Smith | Kempton, PATrampling the Serpent
Worship Service: Childrens Talk & Adult Sermon - December 22, 2019
There are prophecies of the Lord’s coming scattered throughout the Old Testament. Many of these are well known: “For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given…” for example. But the first prophecy of the Lord’s coming is much more obscure and less well known. It is spoken by Jehovah to the serpent in the Garden of Eden: I will put enmity Between you and the woman, And between your seed and her Seed; He shall trample your head, And you shall batter His heel. Not your usual Christmas cheer perhaps, but this prophecy describes the purpose of the Lord’s coming: to confront the selfishness that rises like a serpent within each of us and trample it down until we can be saved from it. | By Rev. Joel C Glenn | Westville, RSAThe Baby Lord
Worship Service: Informal Family - December 22, 2019
Why did the Lord come to this world as a baby? How does it benefit us to picture God as a baby? | By Rev. Solomon J. Keal | Bryn Athyn Heilman HallInnocent Hands
Worship Service: Family (may include music) - December 22, 2019
The Christmas story as told in Luke 1 & 2. | By Rev. Erik J. Buss | Bryn Athyn CathedralInnocence at Christmas
Worship Service: Sermon only - December 22, 2019
The Christmas story as told in Luke 1:26-38 | By Rev. Erik J. Buss | Bryn Athyn CathedralThe Annunciation
Worship Service: Childrens Talk only - December 22, 2019
| By Rev. Michael K. Cowley | Toronto, ONThe 'Holy Spirit' Which Came Upon Mary
Worship Service: Sermon only - December 22, 2019
| By Rev. Michael K. Cowley | Toronto, ONA Shaft out of the Trunk of Jesse
Worship Service: Sermon only - December 15, 2019
| By Rev. Lawson M. Smith | Kempton, PAPeace and Goodwill
Worship Service: Informal Family - December 15, 2019
When the angels appeared to the shepherds, they promised that the Lord’s birth would bring peace and goodwill to the earth (Luke 2:14). What is our part in helping the Lord to bring peace and goodwill to the earth? | By Rev. Solomon J. Keal | Bryn Athyn Heilman HallBethlehem - Birthplace of the Lord
Worship Service: Sermon only - December 15, 2019
But you, Bethlehem Ephrathah, Though you are little among the thousands of Judah, Yet out of you shall come forth to Me The one to be ruler in Israel Whose goings forth have been from of old, From everlasting. (Micah 5:2) | By Rev. Eric H. Carswell | Bryn Athyn CathedralInnocence and Joy
Worship Service: Childrens Talk & Adult Sermon - December 15, 2019
| By Rev. Glenn (Mac) Frazier | Mitchellville, MDThe Magnificat
Worship Service: Informal Family - December 08, 2019
This Sunday we continue our series about the Christmas story, focused on “Our Part” in bringing the Lord into our world. Our story this week is about Mary's visit to Elizabeth and her prophecy in the Magnificat. “He has put down the mighty from their thrones and exalted the lowly.” This prophecy is about a revolution that needs to take place inside of us, a reorientation of our priorities, that we see described not only in the Gospel account, but in almost all of our Christmas stories and songs. | By Rev. Jeremy F. Simons | Bryn Athyn Heilman Hall