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Mothering Moses
Worship Service: Informal Family - May 12, 2024
Several women played mothering roles in the life of Moses: his own mother, his sister, Pharaoh’s daughter. We will celebrate the mother figures in our own lives, and we will reflect on the church as spiritual mother, nurturing us and encouraging us to nurture one another. | By Rev. Coleman S. Glenn | Bryn Athyn Cathedral Undercroft
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Angelic Mothers and Guardian Angels
Worship Service: Family (may include music) - May 14, 2023
At the crucifixion, Jesus gave charge of His mother Mary to the disciple John. And this reflects the invitation the Lord offers to us all. The Lord forms the church in our hearts. In as much as we love the truth, our neighbor, and the Lord, the church grows within us. Yes, the church has structure from the doctrines the Lord has given us through His Word. Yes, there is a natural organization of people who share the values of those teachings. But it is all from the Lord's love, and it is from that love that the church finds life. The family service will focus on angelic mothers and guardian angels. And yet, the teachings are related. | By Rev. Pearse M. Frazier | Bryn Athyn Cathedral
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Approval
Worship Service: Childrens Talk & Adult Sermon - May 08, 2022
It’s Mothers Day this Sunday and so we’re going to be reflecting on a topic that comes into all parent-child relationships—approval. We all want to be approved of. But do your parents approve of you? Do you approve of your parents? The giving or withholding of approval is a strong force in relationships; let’s talk about how the Lord would like us to navigate the interpersonal dynamics around approval. | By Rev. Malcolm G. Smith | Westville, RSA
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Honouring Mothers
Worship Service: Childrens Talk & Adult Sermon - May 09, 2021
The 4th Commandment directs us to “honour your father and your mother, that your days may be long upon the land which Jehovah your God is giving you.” I hope you have a chance today to do some of that honouring. But of course, this commandment goes far beyond just one day of the year and beyond just one earthly mother. More broadly we can reflect on how we honour motherhood in general, and how those qualities of motherhood come into our spiritual practices. Whether your mother is still here or has passed on, whether your relationship with your mother is deep, conflicted, or non-existent, it is possible to honour spiritual motherhood. | By Rev. Joel C Glenn | Westville, RSA
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Mother's Day
Worship Service: Sermon only - May 10, 2020
This Mother's Day message reflects on the widow described in 1 Kings 17 who was on the brink of starvation along with her son and how they were saved by her faith in God's message. It also considers how a mother's instinctual love for her child is one of the most a wonderful gifts of God. | By Rev. Garry B. Walsh | Pittsburgh, PA
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Parents' Day
Worship Service: Informal Family - May 26, 2019
Instead of having “Mother’s Day” and “Father’s Day” services this year, we are combining them into one, and honoring both mother figures and father figures together, as is encouraged in the 4th commandment (Exodus 20:12). | By Rev. Solomon J. Keal | Bryn Athyn Heilman Hall
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Qualities that Nurture Us
Worship Service: Family (may include music) - May 12, 2019
"Honor your father and your mother." (Deuteronomy 5:16) | By Rev. Eric H. Carswell | Bryn Athyn Cathedral
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A Father Named Jairus
Worship Service: Informal Family - June 17, 2018
For our Father’s Day service we will look at the story of Jairus; a father who asked the Lord for help for the sake of his daughter (Mark 5:21-43). We will be honoring fathers, father figures, and masculinity. Lay men will share readings, and glass hearts will be given to all the men and boys at the service. | By Rev. Solomon J. Keal | Bryn Athyn Heilman Hall
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Mother of a Superhero
Worship Service: Informal Family - May 13, 2018
For Mother’s Day, we will be looking at the story of Samson’s mom (Judges 13), and talking about the people in our lives who believe in our potential and help us develop our strengths. We will be honoring mothers, mother figures, and femininity. We will have women lay readers and speakers. And flowers will be given to all the women and girls at the service. | By Rev. Solomon J. Keal | Bryn Athyn Heilman Hall
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Motherhood and Nurturing
Worship Service: Childrens Talk & Adult Sermon - May 13, 2018
Mary was the mother of Jesus, the man who became God. The relationship between Many and Jesus can teach us about motherhood. The role is to feed with goodness and the goal is to launch a successful human being. | By Rev. Derrick Lumsden | Sarver, PA
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Honoring Our Fathers
Worship Service: Informal Family - June 18, 2017
We will look at the story of Jethro who was the father-in-law and father-figure for Moses (Exodus 18). The Writings say that “fathers” represent goodness, which is at the heart of true masculinity. | By Rev. Solomon J. Keal | Bryn Athyn Heilman Hall
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Standing Up for Her Children: A Mother's Day message
Worship Service: Sermon only - May 14, 2017
The mother of the disciples James and John approached the Lord and asked if it were possible for them to sit at His right hand and His left in His kingdom. Her understanding of the nature of the Lord's kingdom might have been faulty at the time, but, that doesn't mean that she wasn't being led by two powerful united forces from the Lord, the love of marriage, or conjugial love, and the love of children, or storge. | By Rev. Garry B. Walsh | Phoenix, AZ
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Honoring Our Mothers
Worship Service: Informal Family - May 14, 2017
New Church theology tells us that there are many different “mothers” we can honor in our lives, including: actual mothers, mother figures, the Church, and the Lord as to Divine Wisdom (see Doctrine of Sacred Scripture 67). We’ll look at the story of Moses’ Mom, and Pharaoh’s daughter (Exodus 2). This service will feature women lay readers. | By Rev. Solomon J. Keal | Bryn Athyn Heilman Hall
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Mothers and Remains
Worship Service: Sermon only - May 14, 2017
But Zion said, "Jehovah has forsaken me, and my Lord has forgotten me." Can a woman forget her nursing child, and not have compassion on the son of her womb? Surely they may forget, yet I will not forget you. See, I have inscribed you on the palms of My hands, your walls are continually before Me. (Isaiah 49:14-16) | By Rev. Erik J. Buss | Bryn Athyn Cathedral
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Heroes - Everyday Heroes
Worship Service: Childrens Talk & Adult Sermon - June 19, 2016
The Lord calls us to the most important uses of marriage, parenting, and service to others. These are his most important goals and give us the deepest happiness. We are called to a heroism of everyday greatness and deep everyday spirituality. | By Rev. Derrick Lumsden | Sarver, PA
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Honoring Mothers
Worship Service: Childrens Talk & Adult Sermon - May 08, 2016
The Lord teaches us to honor our mothers. Honor means to add weight to. The opposite would be to detract from. We should honor our mothers, but we should also honor our spiritual mother in the church. Video testimonial available at https://vimeo.com/165714114 | By Rev. Derrick Lumsden | Sarver, PA
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Can a Woman Forget Her Nursing Child ?
Worship Service: Sermon only - May 08, 2016
What do we forget? What do we pay attention to and remember? What leads us to do each? | By Rev. Erik J. Buss | Bryn Athyn Cathedral
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One Mother's Love - A Mother's Day Message
Worship Service: Sermon only - May 10, 2015
We think about Mary, the mother of the Lord, as an illustration of the gift of motherhood. | By Rev. Garry B. Walsh | Phoenix, AZ
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Life Before Death
Worship Service: Childrens Talk & Adult Sermon - May 10, 2015
On Sunday we begin a two-part series on dying, death, and grief. This Sunday we will focus on life before death. What is the value and purpose of natural life? Why do some people die earlier than others? What comfort and perspective does the Lord offer in His Word to those who are approaching death or grieving the death of a loved one? Also, Being Mother's Day the children's talk focuses on the value of parents and mother's in particular. | By Rev. Malcolm G. Smith | Westville, RSA
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Looking For Loopholes
Worship Service: Family (may include music) - May 10, 2015
Family Service - Talk Title - Looking For Loopholes Lessons; 1 Kings 21 (portions), Apocalypse Revealed 132 | By Rev. Scott I. Frazier | Kempton, PA
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Jesus' Mother
Worship Service: Childrens Talk & Adult Sermon - May 10, 2015
3 lessons, children's talk and sermon Reading: John 2:1-12 Children's talk: Turning water to wine. Readings: John 19:23-30; True Christian Religion 102:1-3, parts. Sermon: Jesus put off everything from His mother but gave her–and us–a new use as "mother"–hearing the Word of God and doing it. | By Rev. Kenneth J. Alden | Boynton Beach, FL
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Honor and Do
Worship Service: Childrens Talk & Adult Sermon - October 12, 2014
3 lessons, children's talk, & ten commandments sermon complementing Rise Above It | By Rev. Kenneth J. Alden | Boynton Beach, FL
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Going the Extra Mile
Worship Service: Childrens Talk & Adult Sermon - May 11, 2014
This Sunday Bishop Peter Buss Jr will explore how to go the extra mile in our family relationships. | By Rt. Rev. Peter M. Buss, Jr. | Westville, RSA
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