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Asking for a King
Worship Service: Informal Family - October 27, 2024
The story of the people of Israel asking for a king teaches us about how the Lord wants to lead us by His love for all people, but sometimes we aren’t happy with His love. | By Rev. John L. Odhner | Bryn Athyn Cathedral UndercroftDoing No Harm
Worship Service: Informal Family - September 29, 2024
The Lord gave us the Ten Commandments (Exodus 20) because He loves us and wants to keep us safe. Not doing evil (that is, doing no harm) is the first part of caring for others (True Christianity 435). | By Rev. John L. Odhner | Bryn Athyn Cathedral UndercroftA Garment of Praise
Worship Service: Family (may include music) - July 28, 2024
The Lord promises “A Garment of Praise” (Isaiah 61:3) for those who have a spirit of heaviness. One of the Lord’s purposes in coming into the world is to comfort and console those who mourn. How can we find and give that kind of comfort? | By Rev. John L. Odhner | Bryn Athyn CathedralShem’s Garment
Worship Service: Sermon only - July 28, 2024
“Shem’s Garment” (Genesis 9:18-27, Secrets of Heaven 1079) will explore how we can help people when we see that they have fallen into “errors and perversions.” A key is to focus on comfort rather than criticism. | By Rev. John L. Odhner | Bryn Athyn CathedralPeace! Be Still!
Worship Service: Informal Family - July 14, 2024
When the disciples feared for their lives during a storm at sea, they felt like the Lord did not care about them - He was sleeping instead of helping them! But He calmed the storm, and they were safe. How can we allow the Lord to calm the storms in our lives? | By Rev. John L. Odhner | Bryn Athyn Cathedral UndercroftThe Lord's Love
Worship Service: Informal Family - June 16, 2024
Today's service features marionettes portraying Revelation’s love story between the Lord and His people | By Rev. John L. Odhner | Bryn Athyn Cathedral UndercroftHow to Love
Worship Service: Informal Family - May 19, 2024
In the Parable of the Sheep and the Goats (Matthew 25:31-46) the Lord teaches us how to love people the ways they need to be loved, and by loving others, we love the Lord. | By Rev. John L. Odhner | Bryn Athyn Cathedral UndercroftThe Lord's Last Words
Worship Service: Family (may include music) - March 03, 2024
As we turn our thoughts towards Easter, we can see in “The Lord’s Last Words” on the cross there is infinite divine love offering forgiveness, compassion and hope as the culmination of everything that the Lord said and did, and as an inspiration for how we can care for each other (Matthew 27, Mark 15, Luke 23, John 19). | By Rev. John L. Odhner | Bryn Athyn CathedralThe Lord's Last Words
Worship Service: Sermon only - March 03, 2024
As we turn our thoughts towards Easter, we can see in “The Lord’s Last Words” on the cross there is infinite divine love offering forgiveness, compassion and hope as the culmination of everything that the Lord said and did, and as an inspiration for how we can care for each other (Matthew 27, Mark 15, Luke 23, John 19). | By Rev. John L. Odhner | Bryn Athyn CathedralFeeding the Five Thousand
Worship Service: Informal Family - January 14, 2024
With just five loaves of bread and two fishes the Lord fed 5000 very hungry people till they were all full, with 12 baskets of food left over. The food represents His goodness and truth, which He gives abundantly to all who seek it. Our service will offer an abundant feast that will include Holy Supper. | By Rev. John L. Odhner | Bryn Athyn Cathedral UndercroftReconciliation and Peace
Worship Service: Informal Family - November 12, 2023
Jacob and Esau had been struggling with each other all their lives, but finally they were able to accept each other and make peace (Genesis 33). The Lord shows us how to find peace in our hearts and our homes even when there is conflict around us. | By Rev. John L. Odhner | Bryn Athyn Heilman HallStability and Change
Worship Service: Informal Family - October 01, 2023
Elijah experienced a violent windstorm, an earthquake, and a raging fire, and then heard the Lord in a still, small, voice. (1 Kings 19) The Lord gives us stability during times of change, but is also the one who makes all things new. | By Rev. John L. Odhner | Bryn Athyn Heilman HallBuilding Community
Worship Service: Informal Family - September 24, 2023
The story of building the tabernacle (Exodus 35:20-29) tells us about Building Community. The church community is built entirely by the Lord, but always with the appearance that we build it through our own efforts and gifts. We will celebrate the Lord’s presence in our community with Holy Supper. | By Rev. John L. Odhner | Bryn Athyn Heilman HallLord, Teach Us to Pray
Worship Service: Informal Family - August 27, 2023
The Lord’s disciples asked Him, “Lord, teach us to pray” (Luke 11:1). The response is the Lord’s Prayer, which teaches us not only words we can say, but how to have a loving relationship with the God of the Universe, and how to receive His love for all people. | By Rev. John L. Odhner | Bryn Athyn Heilman HallTower of Babel
Worship Service: Informal Family - July 30, 2023
The parable of The Tower of Babel describes how misunderstandings, confusion, and division arise when we are more concerned with managing other people’s lives than our own, and more concerned with getting our own way than helping others get theirs. | By Rev. John L. Odhner | Bryn Athyn Heilman HallSpiritual Washing
Worship Service: Family (may include music) - June 25, 2023
"Spiritual Washing" The story of Naaman (2 Kings 5) washing seven times in the Jordan river tells us how the Lord cleanses us from hurtful thoughts and feelings and heals our spiritual life. | By Rev. John L. Odhner | Bryn Athyn CathedralSpiritual Washing
Worship Service: Sermon only - June 25, 2023
Baptism by itself does nothing for our salvation, but the Spiritual Washing it represents and supports is a life change that takes us out of hell and puts us on the path to heaven. (Matthew 15:1-20, Secrets of Heaven 3147) | By Rev. John L. Odhner | Bryn Athyn CathedralThe Lord's Last Words
Worship Service: Informal Family - March 05, 2023
In “The Lord’s Last Words” on the cross we see infinite divine love offering forgiveness, compassion and hope as the culmination of everything that the Lord said and did, and as an inspiration for how we can care for each other. (Matthew 27, Mark 15, Luke 23, John 19) | By Rev. John L. Odhner | Bryn Athyn Heilman HallThe Lord’s Care and Protection
Worship Service: Informal Family - February 12, 2023
The Lord is compared to an eagle that “hovers over its young, spreading out its wings, taking them up, carrying them on its wings.” (Deuteronomy 32:11). The Lord’s “wings” can comfort and lift us up in our daily life and relationships. | By Rev. John L. Odhner | Bryn Athyn Heilman HallSeasons
Worship Service: Informal Family - January 01, 2023
Our Creator put the lights in the sky “for signs and seasons, and for days and years.” (Genesis 1:14) Later He promised, “While the earth remains, seedtime and harvest, cold and heat, winter and summer, and day and night shall not cease.” (Genesis 8:22) Spiritually we go through times of darkness and light, cold and warmth, as we progress to new life. | By Rev. John L. Odhner | Bryn Athyn Heilman HallThanks for Freedom
Worship Service: Informal Family - November 27, 2022
Our topic will focus on how the Lord sets us free—how we can free our minds from what traps us. “Jehovah God came down and took on a human manifestation in order to redeem people and save them (True Christianity 82). | By Rev. John L. Odhner | Bryn Athyn Heilman HallSeeing Providence- Adulthood
Worship Service: Informal Family - November 13, 2022
| By Rev. John L. Odhner | Bryn Athyn Heilman HallMemorial Service for Evangeline Smith
Memorial Service - September 19, 2022
| By Rev. John L. Odhner | Bryn Athyn CathedralLet My People Go!
Worship Service: Informal Family - July 03, 2022
Freedom is the greatest gift we receive from the Lord, and the greatest gift we can give each other. When the people of Israel were slaves in Egypt the Lord sent Moses to tell the king, “Let My people go!” (Exodus 3-11). Love must be freely given. “As freedom is a matter of love, it is the life of everyone.” (Secrets of Heaven 2873) | By Rev. John L. Odhner | Bryn Athyn Heilman Hall