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We all have things we might complain about, things that are hard. Today we talk about finding "joy" or contentment in the midst of hard things. | By Rev. John L. Odhner | Bryn Athyn Heilman Hall

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Heavenly Imbalance

Worship Service: Childrens Talk & Adult Sermon - July 14, 2019

“Everything in moderation” seems like a sound rule for life. After all, anything, even something good, can become harmful when taken to an extreme. Yet this common-sense truth finds surprisingly little support in the Lord’s Word. As just one example, Jesus says, “no one can serve two masters” (Matthew 6:24). There is no moderation or balancer here: rather pick a side and wholeheartedly follow it! This Sunday we will look at how a blind devotion to moderation can be harmful and why thinking in terms of prioritisation is a more heavenly outlook. | By Rev. Joel C Glenn | Westville, RSA

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Joy Comes in the Morning: Dealing with Depression from a Spiritual Standpoint

Banquet Address - June 22, 2019

Joel Glenn's banquet speech at the 2019 New Church Day Banquet at New Church Westville. | By Rev. Joel C Glenn | Westville, RSA

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The Spiritual History of the Human Race, Part 2: The Ancient World

Worship Service: Childrens Talk & Adult Sermon - June 16, 2019

The Spiritual History of the Human Race, Part 2: The Ancient World In the lead up to New Church Day we are looking at the spiritual history of the human race, in other words, all the churches that went before and how they contribute to where we find ourselves today in the New Church. Last week Malcolm talked about how mankind began in a kind of purity and innocence, but then fell away from that when they decided to make their own sense of self more important than God. This week we’ll look at the next era in spiritual history: the Ancient Church. This is the time period in which people became disconnected from spiritual reality and the Lord had to find other ways of reaching them. By studying this process we can start to understand why God can seem so distant from us today. | By Rev. Joel C Glenn | Westville, RSA

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Gratitude to the Lord

Worship Service: Informal Family - June 09, 2019

The book of Revelation includes angels praising the Lord. Why were they grateful to the Lord? What helps us to be grateful and what gets in the way? | By Rev. Eric H. Carswell | Bryn Athyn Heilman Hall

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The Spiritual History of the Human Race, Part 1: The Earliest People

Worship Service: Childrens Talk & Adult Sermon - June 09, 2019

On Sunday we’re starting a series on the spiritual history of the human race. This Sunday we’re looking at the earliest people. What does the Word teach us about what the earliest people were like? How were they different from us and how were they the same as us? And how can understanding what they went through all those thousands of years ago help us to understand ourselves better today? | By Rev. Malcolm G. Smith | Westville, RSA

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Am I Enough?

Worship Service: Childrens Talk & Adult Sermon - June 02, 2019

We are bombarded with messages that we need to do more, give more, be more. Whether these messages are overt and intended or subtle and implied, they push us to ask ourselves, "am I enough?" Am I enough for my children? Am I enough for my spouse? Am I enough for my work? Am I enough for my society? And above all, am I enough for the Lord? The bad news is that we are all lacking; the good news is even in our lack we are enough in the Lord's eyes. | By Rev. Joel C Glenn | Westville, RSA

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Children and Parents

Worship Service: Childrens Talk & Adult Sermon - May 26, 2019

If you have children, you probably spend a fair amount of time talking about parenting—how things are going for this child or that child, what you’re fighting with your children about (what they’re eating or not eating, screen time, homework, etc.), your worries about their future. But what is the goal? What is the role of a parent meant to be? And what about these children that we’re trying to parent—are they perfect, uncorrupted little angels, are they disrespectful brats that need to be brought into line? There are many opinions about all of these things in the world but what I want to talk about on Sunday is what the Lord says about all of this in His Word. What does He teach us about the nature of children and how does He define the role of a parent? Gaining clarity about this can really help us hold the hard work of parenting in a better way. | By Rev. Malcolm G. Smith | Westville, RSA

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Other People's Children

Worship Service: Childrens Talk & Adult Sermon - May 19, 2019

This Sunday we continue our series on children. When we think of children our minds immediately go to parents as well. But children are not just the concern of parents. Whether we like it or not, all of us have some responsibility for other people's children. As individuals, as a community, and as a church, how do we carry out this responsibility that we have not asked for and at times outright resent? All of us have a role to play in the lives of the young people who surround us. | By Rev. Joel C Glenn | Westville, RSA

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The Twelve Disciples of the New Testament

Worship Service: Childrens Talk & Adult Sermon - May 19, 2019

What the 12 disciples represent in our spiritual lives, including some of the parallels with the 12 sons of Israel. The subject for the children's talk is "The Miraculous Birth of Samuel." | By Rev. Michael D. Gladish | Mitchellville, MD

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Let the little children come to Me...

Worship Service: Childrens Talk & Adult Sermon - May 12, 2019

This Sunday we’re beginning a sermon series on children with the story in which Jesus says, “Let the little children come to Me, and do not forbid them….” The context of this statement is that people were trying to bring their children to the Lord but the disciples were telling them to go away. We might think, why would the disciples try to send the children away from the Lord? But there are actually plenty of times when we might be inclined to do the same exact thing. Let’s take a look. | By Rev. Malcolm G. Smith | Westville, RSA

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The Twelve Sons of Israel

Worship Service: Sermon only - May 12, 2019

The first in a series on the spiritual significance of the number twelve, this sermon about the 12 sons of Jacob examines what they repesent as we journey through our lives in this world. | By Rev. Michael D. Gladish | Mitchellville, MD

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Changing Our Spiritual Landscape

Worship Service: Childrens Talk & Adult Sermon - May 05, 2019

You can tell a lot about someone by the things and people they surround themselves with. On the one hand, this is because where we choose to put time and effort is a reflection of what we value. On the other hand, it is also because we are shaped by our environments: we become like what we are surrounded by. This statement is true spiritually. If we surround ourselves with heavenly influences, we will become heavenly. If we surround ourselves with hellish influences, we will become hellish. Where and how we spend our time is not just a matter of personal preference. It is a matter of choosing who we will become. | By Rev. Joel C Glenn | Westville, RSA

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Easter Sunrise - He Rises Daily

Worship Service: Informal Family - April 21, 2019

The Resurrection is the miracle of New Life which shows us the Lord, and which He performs in our hearts and minds. | By Rev. Derrick Lumsden | Sarver, PA

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Easter - He Came to Show Us God

Worship Service: Informal Family - April 21, 2019

The Lord made God visible to us. Lord's resurrection both shows us that Jesus is God and made Himself fully united with God. By being fully united with God He not only shows us God but makes himself the way to God. | By Rev. Derrick Lumsden | Sarver, PA

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Order and Anarchy

Worship Service: Childrens Talk & Adult Sermon - April 07, 2019

In the western world we tend to value individuality above almost anything else. The freedom of the individual is sacrosanct. The Lord also values individual freedom. Without the freedom to make personal choices we would not be able to choose heaven over hell. Yet that does not mean that all freedom is equal: one kind of individual freedom leads to hellish anarchy while the other leads to heavenly order. If we want to follow the Lord, we need to spend time distinguishing between the two. | By Rev. Joel C Glenn | Westville, RSA

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What Would Jesus Do?

Worship Service: Childrens Talk & Adult Sermon - March 31, 2019

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We are all Children

Worship Service: Childrens Talk & Adult Sermon - March 31, 2019

When the great king Solomon prayed for wisdom in 1:Kings 3:7 he declared himself "a little child," not knowing how to go out or come in. In fact, we are all little children in the Lord's eyes. We explore what this really means and why our acknowledgement of that fact is so important. - MDG The children's talk is based on selections from Joshua:9 on the treaty with the Gibeonites. | By Rev. Michael D. Gladish | Mitchellville, MD

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Wrestling With Who We Are

Worship Service: Informal Family - March 24, 2019

In Genesis 32, right before Jacob was reunited with his brother Esau, Jacob appeared to wrestle with God, and was given a new name: “Israel.” What does this symbolize in our lives about the nature of who we are, and how we can change? | By Rev. Solomon J. Keal | Bryn Athyn Heilman Hall

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Purifying Motives

Worship Service: Childrens Talk & Adult Sermon - March 24, 2019

Doing good things is relatively easy. But what about when you've done your good deed for the day only to be assaulted by the nagging feeling that maybe, just maybe, your motive for doing it was a selfish one? Changing our motives is hard be cause unlike actions, motives cannot be changed directly. We cannot just choose to be motivated by good will at the drop of a hat. Luckily, the Lord lays out a process that we can go through, and if we follow it, over time, our motives will become more and more pure. | By Rev. Joel C Glenn | Westville, RSA

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