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Our Relationship with God
Worship Service: Family (may include music) - January 15, 2023
Jesus said, "No one comes to the Father but by Me." So, we understand that there is only one way we can really think about and love God, and that is in the human form, as the Lord, Jesus Christ. Even so, we do not see God in the Lord's natural body, we see Him in His love, His wisdom, and His power. Let's think about this today and see how the infinite God reveals Himself in the life and teachings of the Man, Jesus. | By Rev. Michael D. Gladish | Bryn Athyn CathedralHow to Comprehend the Infinite
Worship Service: Sermon only - January 15, 2023
God is so awesome and so powerful; it is hard to imagine how He can create and control everything in the universe. In fact, it is hard to imagine Him at all. This is why He has always presented Himself in the human form, especially in His life and teaching as our Lord in this world. But is the Infinite God really Human? Is He really a Man? Nothing in our spiritual lives is more important than this. | By Rev. Michael D. Gladish | Bryn Athyn CathedralMemorial Service for Keith Gordon Huntley
Memorial Service - January 16, 2022
| By Rev. Michael D. Gladish | Bryn Athyn CathedralJust Do the Right Thing
Worship Service: Sermon only - August 08, 2021
The complicated relationship between our motives and what we do. | By Rev. Michael D. Gladish | Bryn Athyn CathedralDoes the End Justify the Means
Worship Service: Childrens Talk & Adult Sermon - January 24, 2021
Jesus said, “Make friends for yourselves by means of unrighteous mammon, that when you fail, they may receive you into an everlasting home.” (Luke 16:9) | By Rev. Michael D. Gladish | Mitchellville, MDPolitics and Religion
Worship Service: Children & Adult - January 17, 2021
| By Rev. Michael D. Gladish | Mitchellville, MDCompensations
Worship Service: Childrens Talk & Adult Sermon - October 27, 2019
| By Rev. Michael D. Gladish | Mitchellville, MDHow to Read the Word
Worship Service: Childrens Talk & Adult Sermon - July 21, 2019
“Teach me, O Lord, the way of Your statutes, and I shall keep it to the end. Give me understanding, and I shall keep Your law; indeed, I shall observe it with my whole heart.” – Psalm 119:34-35 | By Rev. Michael D. Gladish | Mitchellville, MDThe Slow Growth of the New Church
Worship Service: Childrens Talk & Adult Sermon - June 23, 2019
The slow growth of the New Church and what, if anything, can be done about it. | By Rev. Michael D. Gladish | Mitchellville, MDCommemoration of New Church Day
Worship Service: Family (may include music) - June 16, 2019
A family service focused on the events described in Revelation, chapters 12 and 21. | By Rev. Michael D. Gladish | Mitchellville, MDThe Last Judgment
Worship Service: Childrens Talk & Adult Sermon - June 09, 2019
The Last Judgment in the spiritual world and the revalation of the spiritual sense of the Word. Which came first, how and why, and what this has to do with us some 200 years later. - MDG | By Rev. Michael D. Gladish | Mitchellville, MDThe 12 Gates of the Holy City, New Jerusalem
Worship Service: Childrens Talk & Adult Sermon - June 02, 2019
What they represent in our spiritual lives, including consideration of the north, south, east and south orientation of the gates | By Rev. Michael D. Gladish | Mitchellville, MDMemories and Memorial Day
Worship Service: Childrens Talk & Adult Sermon - May 26, 2019
The theme for Memorial Day weekend is aboout the human memory, both internal and external, and how it works. The children's talk is about Memorial Day and the fourth Commandment. | By Rev. Michael D. Gladish | Mitchellville, MDThe 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, MDThe 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, MDThe Lord's Post-Resurrection Appearances
Worship Service: Childrens Talk & Adult Sermon - April 28, 2019
Let’s follow the Lord’s movements in the days after Easter: how and where did He appear? Who saw Him? What were their reactions? And what does it all mean for us today? - MDG | By Rev. Michael D. Gladish | Mitchellville, MDEaster 2019
Worship Service: Sermon only - April 19, 2019
| By Rev. Michael D. Gladish | Mitchellville, MDPalm Sunday
Worship Service: Childrens Talk & Adult Sermon - April 14, 2019
The significance and spiritual meaning of the Lord's almost last entry into Jerusalem before His Crucifixion. As the Lord entered the final week of His life on earth the tension in the atmosphere, especially in Jerusalem, was reaching a critical point. More than once already some had taken up stones to kill Him for blasphemy, while others could not have been more thrilled at His wonderful words and healing miracles. And even though He continued to reassure His disciples, by this time He had already predicted His crucifixion on at least three occasions. In short some loved Him and some absolutely hated Him, and the clash between these two forces was mounting by the hour. - MDG | By Rev. Michael D. Gladish | Mitchellville, MDWe 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, MDThe Last Judgment and the 144,000
Worship Service: Childrens Talk & Adult Sermon - March 17, 2019
The book of Revelation describes a cataclysmic judgment in the world of spirits. What does it mean to us today and how can we benefit from understanding this? - MDG | By Rev. Michael D. Gladish | Mitchellville, MDJustice - or Judgement
Worship Service: Childrens Talk & Adult Sermon - March 10, 2019
When we cry out for justice, what do we mean? Isn't it often really that we want someone to face the consequences for some wrongdoing and be punished? This sermon explores the delicate balance between these two things in our spiritual lives. - MDG | By Rev. Michael D. Gladish | Mitchellville, MD"Mercy"
Worship Service: Childrens Talk & Adult Sermon - March 04, 2019
MERCY: What is it, and How do we Practice it? People have all sorts of ideas about this, some of which are actually cruelty or foolishness in disguise. Listen what the Lord says about this, i.e., how beautiful and how challenging true mercy can be, both to give and to receive. ~ MDG | By Rev. Michael D. Gladish | Mitchellville, MDHOPE
Worship Service: Childrens Talk & Adult Sermon - February 17, 2019
In these times of fear and uncertainty, what can we learn from The Lord about hope, and how can we keep hope alive? | By Rev. Michael D. Gladish | Mitchellville, MDFear
Worship Service: Childrens Talk & Adult Sermon - February 03, 2019
In these times of uncertainty – for the church, for our country, and for ourselves, what do we need to know about fear, where it comes from and how to deal with it? How is fear related to anger – and courage? . ~ MDG | By Rev. Michael D. Gladish | Mitchellville, MDThe Flight into Egypt - and Related Events
Worship Service: Children & Adult - December 30, 2018
“Now when [the wise men] had departed, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream, saying, ‘Arise, take the young Child and His mother, and flee to Egypt, and stay there until I bring you word; for Herod will seek the young Child to destroy Him.’” (Matthew 2:13). A post-Christmas service for the last Sunday in 2018. | By Rev. Michael D. Gladish | Mitchellville, MD