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Living Gratefully 3 - “The Gift of Change"
Worship Service: Childrens Talk & Adult Sermon - February 21, 2016
This week we're going to be reflecting on what is involved in the process of changing. Do we change ourselves? Does the Lord change us? Understanding how this dynamic works can help us to focus our attention appropriately and change for the better with the Lord's help. | By Rev. Malcolm G. Smith | Westville, RSASwedenborg Made Simple - Regeneration (Spiritual Growth)
Worship Service: Childrens Talk & Adult Sermon - February 07, 2016
The Lord gives us the Good News that we can be a new person. First we must learn about and desire heavenly life, then we have to do the work to let go of our previous life to receive a new life from Him. | By Rev. Derrick Lumsden | Sarver, PAYou Are All Brethren
Worship Service: Sermon only - January 24, 2016
This message considers how the Lord is looking to lead every one of us into a state of life where we live in an environment of true mutual love, where we think of every other person as being our spiritual brother or sister. It includes a story of an American paratrooper who was taken in by an English couple who made him part of their family while he was stationed in their country during World War II. | By Rev. Garry B. Walsh | Phoenix, AZGathering in the Lord's Name
Worship Service: Childrens Talk & Adult Sermon - January 24, 2016
This Sunday we're going to think about people gathering together. What different reasons do we gather together for? What changes when we gather together? How can we gather together in the Lord's name? | By Rev. Malcolm G. Smith | Westville, RSAQuestioning the Lord's Authority
Worship Service: Sermon only - January 03, 2016
This message thinks about what some people who saw the Lord in the world were missing out on. They failed to see that His essence was Love itself. They therefore were not open to receiving the blessings He had on offer. If we are not careful we might find ourselves doing something similar today. | By Rev. Garry B. Walsh | Phoenix, AZPart 2 - Holding On
Worship Service: Childrens Talk & Adult Sermon - November 15, 2015
| By Rev. Coleman S. Glenn | Westville, RSAStewardship
Worship Service: Sermon only - November 15, 2015
"Give, and it will be given to you: good measure, pressed down. shaken together, and running over will be put into your bosom. For with the same measure that you use, it will be measured back to you."(Luke 6:38) Most of us would rather own than rent. The Lord says some important things about being temporary tenants, of being stewards of our possessions rather than owners, and the impact that has on our spiritual outlook. | By Rev. Erik J. Buss | Bryn Athyn CathedralTalents
Worship Service: Family (may include music) - November 15, 2015
The Lord has given each of us many abilities and affections. How we choose to use them determines the quality of our lives. How we view others' talents also impacts us. | By Rev. Erik J. Buss | Bryn Athyn CathedralMoney 3 “ What Does Money Mean to the Lord and About the Lord?"
Worship Service: Childrens Talk & Adult Sermon - November 01, 2015
What does money mean to the Lord and about the Lord? Over the last two weeks we've talked about what money can mean to and about us as individuals, and what money can mean to and about other people. This week we conclude this series by talking about what money means to and about the Lord. Does the Lord give people money as a sign of His favour? Does the Lord want us to give money to Him? Does the Lord care about money at all? | By Rev. Coleman S. Glenn | Westville, RSAMoney 2: “ What Does Money Mean to Others and About Others?"
Worship Service: Sermon only - October 25, 2015
Last week we explored different things that money can mean to us and what the way we use money means about us. This week we're venturing into the challenging territory of what money means to other people and about other people. We'll talk about money in marriage; we'll talk about the power that money gives us to affect other people's lives in good and bad ways; we'll talk about paying tax. Come along for the ride. | By Rev. Malcolm G. Smith | Westville, RSAHealing Hurting Relationships - Reconcilation
Worship Service: Childrens Talk & Adult Sermon - October 25, 2015
Reconciliation is the final step in the process of healing hurting relationships; the burden of reconciliation rests on those who have wronged another. To step into this phase productively, we have to be able to own our faults and express regret. The ability to own our faults grows most productively out of our own reconciled relationship with the Lord and our sense of His love and forgiveness in our lives. | By Rev. Derrick Lumsden | Sarver, PAMoney 1-What Does Money Mean to You and About You
Worship Service: Childrens Talk & Adult Sermon - October 18, 2015
We spend a lot of our time and energy on money. Earning it, saving it, budgeting it, arguing about how to spend it, worrying about having enough of it. It’s easy to get bogged down by it all. We need a higher perspective on money to help us figure out what to do. It’s not as simple as money is all bad or money is all good. Let’s see if we can learn from the Lord how to think about and handle money. | By Rev. Malcolm G. Smith | Westville, RSAHealing Hurting Relationships - Forgiving Others
Worship Service: Childrens Talk & Adult Sermon - October 18, 2015
Forgiveness is a process that grows out of our relationship with the Lord and spiritual maturity. However, the work we have to do to forgive grows us. Forgiving actions or words calls on the best of us and helps us to begin real forgiveness. Especially if we do it prayerfully following the instructions of Scripture. | By Rev. Derrick Lumsden | Sarver, PASpiritual Seasons
Worship Service: Informal Family - October 04, 2015
Just like there are seasons in this world, there are seasons to our spiritual life. We can know that hard times will come and that in hard times, better times are coming back. But most important, the Lord Jesus Christ leads us through them to a happier state. | By Rev. Derrick Lumsden | Sarver, PAThe Joy of Making Others Happy
Worship Service: Sermon only - September 20, 2015
This message considers the words that Jacob spoke regarding his son Issachar (Gen. 49:14, 15). They are words that, when understood spiritually, show how we all have a hereditary tendency toward allowing external or worldly rewards to be the motivation for our hard work The Lord is trying to turn our hearts so that we are motivated to work hard and help others, not for reward, but because we have come to find joy in simply being of service to others and making others happy. | By Rev. Garry B. Walsh | Phoenix, AZGood News - Paradox
Worship Service: Informal Family - September 06, 2015
Spiritual life challenges us to face the opposition of higher and lower realities – our natural desires and our spiritual desires. We have a divided mind because we are a spirit in a body. Because of this division, there is also the truth of paradox – the reality of truths that seem contradictory but are both true. | By Rev. Derrick Lumsden | Sarver, PAGood News - Watch and Pray
Worship Service: Childrens Talk & Adult Sermon - August 30, 2015
The Lord Jesus Christ teaches us that there will be a loss of spiritual direction at the end of the Christian era. As culture loses its spiritual center, the Lord challenges us to stay awake spiritually—to hold fast to His teachings—and to pray. | By Rev. Derrick Lumsden | Sarver, PAGood News - In Enemy Territory
Worship Service: Childrens Talk & Adult Sermon - August 23, 2015
The Lord loves even those people who are against Him. We can see the loving and wise ways that the Lord interacts with those who oppose Him. If we are to follow Him, we can learn from His example. | By Rev. Derrick Lumsden | Sarver, PAGood News - A New Heart
Worship Service: Childrens Talk & Adult Sermon - August 16, 2015
The nature of heaven and hell are tied up together in three areas of life: marriage, possessions, positions of power. To allow heaven to enter into these areas we need to beg the Lord to open our eyes to the spiritual reality that underlies His teachings in these areas. We can then follow Him more joyfully. | By Rev. Derrick Lumsden | Sarver, PAGideon Part 1 - Weakness and Strength – You Mighty Man of Valour
Worship Service: Childrens Talk & Adult Sermon - August 09, 2015
This week we begin a three-week series on the story of Gideon, one of the Judges of Israel. This week, we hear about his startling call: an angel appeared to him, called him a mighty man of valour, and told him he would rescue Israel from their enemies. The problem? Gideon was the youngest son in an unimportant family, and didn't feel much like a mighty man at all. And yet - God chose him to conquer the enemy. In our own lives: how does God transform our weakness into power? How can we see ourselves as mighty men and women of valour when we know from experience just how weak we are? | By Rev. Coleman S. Glenn | Westville, RSAGood News - Seeing Clearly
Worship Service: Childrens Talk & Adult Sermon - August 09, 2015
The nature of spiritual sight is that we have a tendency to see what we want. The Lord teaches us many things that contradict our biased sight. If we desire to see reality, we have to keep coming back to the Lord. Following the Lord is a self correcting system that corrects in stages. | By Rev. Derrick Lumsden | Sarver, PAThe Lord's Gift of the Sabbath
Worship Service: Sermon only - August 07, 2015
The Lord knows that we need to consciously take breaks from the everyday activities of life, this is why He has given us the gift of the Sabbath each week. We need a regular opportunity to step into a space where we can feel His presence, and where we can practice the love that He wants us to share with others. | By Rev. Garry B. Walsh | Phoenix, AZGood News - Be Opened
Worship Service: Informal Family - August 02, 2015
There are challenges and problems with being a part of a religious community. We can nullify the Word of the Lord by our tradition. We can make religion an external thing. We can be rude and arrogant to those not of our faith. We can be deaf to the Lord. But if we truly turn to the Lord, He can heal us of these faults. | By Rev. Derrick Lumsden | Sarver, PAThe Common Good of the Nation And Society
Worship Service: Childrens Talk & Adult Sermon - July 19, 2015
Sunday School Service - Sermon Title - Thy Kingdom Come - Children's Talk Title - Building The Tabernacle 1st Lesson: Exodus 35: 20-36 2nd Lesson: Doctrine of Charity 130-152 (portions) | By Rev. Andrew J. Heilman | Kempton, PAThe Parable of the Talents
Worship Service: Childrens Talk & Adult Sermon - July 12, 2015
Our sermon this Sunday focuses on the parable of the talents. In English, a "talent" means a skill or ability, but in Biblical times it was a very valuable coin. The parable describes two "good and faithful" servants who use their master's coins well and make more for him, and a bad servant who buries the talent entrusted to him. Those "talents" symbolise more than just our natural skills and abilities - they represent a kind of spiritual treasure that we are called to use wisely. So, what does it mean to use our "talents" as good and faithful servants? | By Rev. Coleman S. Glenn | Westville, RSA