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How Saul Lost his Donkeys and found a kingdom
Worship Service: Informal Family - October 13, 2024
A Charter Day service about our goals. We don’t always find what we are looking for. Sometimes what we find is much better. | By Rev. Jeremy F. Simons | Bryn Athyn Cathedral UndercroftThe Narrow Way
Worship Service: Family (may include music) - September 29, 2024
“The Narrow Way” Does the Lord’s parable in Matthew 7:13 mean that only a few people go to heaven? | By Rev. Jeremy F. Simons | Bryn Athyn CathedralA Blessing and a Curse
Worship Service: Family (may include music) - September 29, 2024
“A Blessing and a Curse” We look for unity, not polarization, from our leaders. Yet the Word is full of stories about division as well as unity, and both play an important role in our regeneration. | By Rev. Jeremy F. Simons | Bryn Athyn CathedralMemorial Service for Gayle Fors
Memorial Service - July 14, 2024
| By Rev. Jeremy F. Simons | Bryn Athyn CathedralThe Cherubim around the Throne
Worship Service: Informal Family - June 09, 2024
In Revelation 1 John sees the Lord with seven lampstands on the Isle of Patmos. In chapter 4 he enters heaven and sees Him on a throne surrounded by many more things, including four cherubim in the forms of a lion, a calf, a man and an eagle. The roles that these cherubim play in the ongoing story in Revelation are the same roles that they play in the lives of every one of us. | By Rev. Jeremy F. Simons | Bryn Athyn Cathedral UndercroftMemorial Service for Lauretta Klein
Memorial Service - May 04, 2024
| By Rev. Jeremy F. Simons | Bryn Athyn CathedralWhy Does the Lord Need Guards to Protect Him?
Worship Service: Family (may include music) - April 28, 2024
In several stories in the Word the Lord is surrounded by guards. Why is this? What do they do? | By Rev. Jeremy F. Simons | Bryn Athyn CathedralThe Guardians of Holiness
Worship Service: Sermon only - April 28, 2024
One of the most brilliant devices that the Lord has built into creation is His way of protecting us from His overwhelming power, leaving us in freedom to think and do what we want. The heavenly watchdogs that appear in both the Old and the New Testaments show how He does this. | By Rev. Jeremy F. Simons | Bryn Athyn CathedralMemorial Service for June Marie Smith
Memorial Service - April 26, 2024
| By Rev. Jeremy F. Simons | Bryn Athyn CathedralMemorial Service for Francis P. Cauthorn
Memorial Service - March 04, 2024
| By Rev. Jeremy F. Simons | Bryn Athyn CathedralA Chariot of Horses
Worship Service: Family (may include music) - January 07, 2024
Is the New Year pulled in by donkeys, camels or horses? Camels and donkeys are wonderful animals, but Isaiah tells us to look for the horses. | By Rev. Jeremy F. Simons | Bryn Athyn Cathedral"A Lion on a Watchtower"
Worship Service: Sermon only - January 07, 2024
In each New Year we have a chance to look forward to what is coming up in our lives and in the world around us. The prophecy of Isaiah 21 gives us an idea of what to look for. | By Rev. Jeremy F. Simons | Bryn Athyn CathedralMemorial Service for Philip S.G. Smith
Memorial Service - September 30, 2023
| By Rev. Jeremy F. Simons | Bryn Athyn CathedralJesus' Secret Visit to Jerusalem
Worship Service: Family (may include music) - September 10, 2023
Although the Lord preached and performed miracles openly in Jerusalem, on one occasion He went there secretly, and no one knew He was there. Why did He do this? | By Rev. Jeremy F. Simons | Bryn Athyn CathedralThe Lord's Secret Presence
Worship Service: Sermon only - September 10, 2023
Divine Providence 211 makes the surprising statement that if we were to know what the Lord was doing in our lives, we would see Him as our enemy. How is this possible since He is continually protecting us and leading us towards eternal happiness? | By Rev. Jeremy F. Simons | Bryn Athyn CathedralMemorial Service for Rachel Ebert
Memorial Service - September 03, 2023
| By Rev. Jeremy F. Simons | Bryn Athyn CathedralMemorial Service for Portia King O'Brien
Memorial Service - July 01, 2023
Portia King O’Brien passed into the spiritual world on Saturday, May 30, 2020. | By Rev. Jeremy F. Simons | Bryn Athyn CathedralThe Angel with the Little Book
Worship Service: Family (may include music) - June 11, 2023
Revelation chapter 10 tells a story that is at the heart of what New Church day is all about. | By Rev. Jeremy F. Simons | Bryn Athyn CathedralThe Seven Thunders
Worship Service: Sermon only - June 11, 2023
The seven thunders that are heard in Revelation chapter 10 are speaking a message that will literally change the world. But that message is sealed up and John is told not to write it down. The reason for this has to do with what is just about to happen in the book. | By Rev. Jeremy F. Simons | Bryn Athyn CathedralMemorial Service for Anne T. Synnestvedt
Memorial Service - May 13, 2023
| By Rev. Jeremy F. Simons | Bryn Athyn CathedralA Guarantee of Salvation
Worship Service: Vespers - April 06, 2023
At the Last Supper the Lord instituted the Holy Supper, which the Writings call "a kind of guarantee, seal, and token... like a key to a home in heaven.” (True Christian Religion 730) Rev. Jeremy Simons does the readings. Rev. Derek Elphick and Rev. Simons offer the Holy Supper. A reflective Holy Supper service with readings and a talk on the significance of the Last Supper, offering wheat and gluten-free bread, and wine or grape juice. Special music by a cello soloist. | By Rev. Jeremy F. Simons | Bryn Athyn CathedralMemorial Service for Gale W. Smith
Memorial Service - March 18, 2023
| By Rev. Jeremy F. Simons | Bryn Athyn CathedralLosing Our Life to Save It
Worship Service: Family (may include music) - March 12, 2023
When the Lord told the disciples about what was going to happen on Easter, He also told them that everyone needs to be willing to lose their lives in order to find it. What did He mean by that? | By Rev. Jeremy F. Simons | Bryn Athyn CathedralThe Value of Ordinary Work
Worship Service: Sermon only - March 12, 2023
There is something miraculous going on whenever we are engaged in the normal work that we do every day. Understanding what this is may help us to appreciate the miracle of Easter. | By Rev. Jeremy F. Simons | Bryn Athyn Cathedral