Category: From The Pastor HCE
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February 5, 2017 Sermon — “The Super Bowl of Sermons”
Matthew 5:1-12 When Jesus saw the crowds, he went up the mountain; and after he sat down, his disciples came to him. 2Then he began to speak, and taught them, saying: 3 ‘Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. 4 ‘Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted. 5 ‘Blessed…
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February 2, 2017 Update —
It’s a beautiful morning up on God’s Hill! And we are all getting ready for this weekend’s events. We are getting rid of the mid-winter/Groundhog Day blues by coming together for worship. Sunday morning’s message will be about Matthew 5–Jesus’ Sermon on the Mount. We will sing praise to God (after all, Jesus talks a…
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Hill Topper E-Newsletter — February 2017 Issue
Dear Friends and Members of Emmanuel Church, It’s a beautiful, snowy morning up on God’s Hill! Extra! Extra! Read all about it! Our February issue of the Hill Topper Newsletter is now online. You can read about our SOUPER BOWL supper fundraiser for the Westmoreland County Food Bank. You can also read about the…
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January 29, 2017 Sermon — “You Need a Team”
Luke 5:1-11 Once while Jesus was standing beside the lake of Gennesaret, and the crowd was pressing in on him to hear the word of God, 2he saw two boats there at the shore of the lake; the fishermen had gone out of them and were washing their nets. 3He got into one of the…
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Sermon of January 22, 2017 — “Jesus’ Inaugural Sermon”
Luke 4:14-30 14 Then Jesus, filled with the power of the Spirit, returned to Galilee, and a report about him spread through all the surrounding country. 15He began to teach in their synagogues and was praised by everyone. 16 When he came to Nazareth, where he had…
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January 8, 2017 Sermon — “Fashionably Late”
Matthew 2 In the time of King Herod, after Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea, wise men from the East came to Jerusalem, 2asking, ‘Where is the child who has been born king of the Jews? For we observed his star at its rising, and have come to pay him homage.’ 3When King Herod…
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January 1, 2017 Sermon — “And so it begins”
Luke 2:22-35 22 When the time came for their purification according to the law of Moses, they brought him up to Jerusalem to present him to the Lord 23(as it is written in the law of the Lord, ‘Every firstborn male shall be designated as holy to the Lord’), 24and they offered a sacrifice according to…
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Happy New Year!
And Simeon said, “For my eyes have seen your salvation, which you have prepared in the presence of all peoples.” (Luke 2:30-31). 89 year old man in Davao by Phil Warren. Original is on Flicker. Used by permission of a Creative Commons License. Dear Friends and Members of Emmanuel Church, It’s a beautiful, snowy morning…
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Christmas Eve Worship — 7 p.m. Christmas Day Sing – a – long — 10:15 a.m.
Christmas Eve Candlelight Worship with Communion and a Christmas Meditation at the Manger — 7 p.m. Christmas Day Informal Sing a Long of your favorite carols — 10:15 a.m. I heard the bells on Christmas day Their old familiar carols play; In music sweet the tones repeat, “There’s peace on earth, good will to men.”…
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December 4, 2016 Sermon — “Vision Quest”
Matthew 1:18-25 18 Now the birth of Jesus the Messiah took place in this way. When his mother Mary had been engaged to Joseph, but before they lived together, she was found to be with child from the Holy Spirit. 19 Her husband Joseph, being a righteous man and unwilling to expose her to public disgrace, planned to…
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