Category: From The Pastor HCE

• Weekly Update–February 21, 2014

  Good morning Friends and Members of Emmanuel Reformed Church! Got cabin fever from all the snow and bad weather?  Well, tomorrow morning, Saturday, February 22–Emmanuel will be hosting the first in a series of Q & A sessions entitled “Everything You Always Wanted to Know About . . . . But Were Afraid to Ask.”…

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  February 21, 2014

  Calendar HCE, From The Pastor HCE, Hills Church Export PA

  emmanuel reformed church, Enrique Simonet, Everything you always wanted to know, question and answer, Sermon on the Mount, Westmoreland Conservancy

• Happy Valentine’s Day from Emmanuel Reformed Church!

  Dear Friends and Members of Emmanuel Reformed Church, Thanks to all who made this past week’s “Sweetheart Dinner” so memorable!  It was a lot of fun!  Check out the photos from the event on our Facebook page. Sunday, February 16th is worship.  The sermon continues on through the Sermon on the Mount–Matthew 5:13-20.  The sermon title is…

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  February 14, 2014

  Calendar HCE, From The Pastor HCE, Hills Church Export PA, Notes From Pastor Hedden

  C.S. Lewis, discussion group, Everything you always wanted to know, forgiveness, Jesus Christ, Narnia, question and answer, Sermon on the Mount, Valentine’s Day

• Sermon of February 9, 2014–“Love On the Line”

  Matthew 5:13-20 13“You are the salt of the earth; but if salt has lost its taste, how can its saltiness be restored? It is no longer good for anything, but is thrown out and trampled under foot. 14“You are the light of the world. A city built on a hill cannot be hid. 15No one after lighting…

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  February 12, 2014

  From The Pastor HCE, Hills Church Export PA, Sermons HCE

  active listening, black and white television, boasting, bragging, cell phone, conversation, Darkness, desert, devices, Dog Head Tilt, Edith Wharton, electricity, electronic media, Ethan Frome, facebook, Gospel of Matthew, guidance, hearing, Holy Spirit, humility, illumination, Jesus Christ, life before remote control, Light of the world, listening, Matthew 5, Me-too, media exposure, Michael Metzger, Pharisees, righteousness, scribes, self-centeredness, self-righteousness, Sermon on the Mount, technology, television, test pattern, turkey, tweeting

• Sermon of February 2, 2014–“Gesundheit!”

  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 are the meek,…

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  February 4, 2014

  From The Pastor HCE, Sermons HCE

  Beatitudes, Bergpredigt, bestsellers, blessedness, blessing, bread and cup, Christian Rohlfs, church, Communion, culture, future, Happiness, hope, illness, Jesus Christ, Johns Hopkins Hospital, joy, Justin Bieber, lottery, luck, makarios, Matthew 5, meal, meaning, meaning of life, meekness, Michael Jackson, money, near death experience, poor in Spirit, power, powerball, purity of heart, purpose, Richard Nixon, self-help, Sermon on the Mount, stroke, suffering, surgery, testimony

• Sermon for Ecumenical Sunday, Jan. 19, 2014–“Calling the Children Home”

  Isaiah 49:1-7 Listen to me, you islands;     hear this, you distant nations: Before I was born the Lord called me;     from my mother’s womb he has spoken my name. 2 He made my mouth like a sharpened sword,     in the shadow of his hand he hid me; he made me into a polished arrow     and concealed me in his quiver. 3 He said to…

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  January 20, 2014

  From The Pastor HCE, Sermons HCE

  20th Century American History, 586 BC, Babylonian Exile, evangelism, family reunion, food, Garbage Plate, Isaiah, Jesus Christ, Lesslie Newbigin, Love, love commandment, return, Rochester, the great migration, the prophet Isaiah

• Eye on Emmanuel–Weekly Update–January 16, 2014

  Dear Friends and Members of Emmanuel Reformed Church, This Sunday is Ecumenical Sunday and many of our prayers come from the Worldwide Church.  In addtion, Linda Dulaney and I have cooked up a little ‘surprise’ from the German Protestant church for you all.  We are also collecting the Children’s Noisy Collection this week for a…

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  January 16, 2014

  Calendar HCE, From The Pastor HCE, Hills Church Export PA, Notes From Pastor Hedden

  bible study, Boy Scout Sunday, Call to Congregational Meeting, Calling the Disciples, Choir, Ecumenical Sunday, Food Bank, Gospel of Matthew, In Flight Program, Malayka House Uganda, Penn West Conference, Philippines, Raphael, souper bowl sunday, United Church of Christ, Worldwide Church

• Sermon of January 12, 2014–“Welcome Water”

   Matthew 3:13-17: 13 Then Jesus came from Galilee to John at the Jordan, to be baptized by him. 14John would have prevented him, saying, ‘I need to be baptized by you, and do you come to me?’ 15But Jesus answered him, ‘Let it be so now; for it is proper for us in this way to fulfill all…

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  January 13, 2014

  From The Pastor HCE, Hills Church Export PA, Notes From Pastor Hedden

  baptism, be communion, be eucharist, blessing, Cheapter by the Dozen, efficiency, Frodo, Gilbreth, J.R.R. Tolkein, Jesus, Jesus Christ, Lord of the Rings, Martin Luther, responsibility, theology of baptism, time-managment, UK, youth hostels

• Weekly Update–January 9, 2013

  “Eye on Emmanuel” Weekly Update–January 9, 2014 Dear Friends and Members of Emmanuel Reformed Church, It’s been a strange week with the cold and the odd weather.  I hope that you are warm, safe, and dry and that your loved ones are too. Sunday, January 12th brings us to the Baptism of Christ Sunday and Installation…

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  January 9, 2014

  From The Pastor HCE, Notes From Pastor Hedden

  Adjourned Congregational Meeting, baptism, Batpism of Christ, emmanuel reformed church, Installation of Church Officers, souper bowl sunday, water

• Epiphany Sermon–January 5, 2014–“Rule of Three”

  Matthew 2:1-12 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 6, 2014

  From The Pastor HCE, Hills Church Export PA, Sermons HCE

  astronomers, astronomy, belief, bethlehem, death, Doubt, East, Epiphany, frankincense, gifts, gold, Jesus Christ, Judea, King Herod, Magi, manger, medicine, myrrh, Nicodemus, politics, power, Proverbs, Song of Solomon, Star of Bethlehem, treasures, Wise Men

• “Eye On Emmanuel” Weekly Update–Jan. 2, 2014

  Good morning friends and members of Emmanuel Church, Happy New Year! I hope that wherever you are celebrating that you are with your loved ones and have had some time to thank God for the many blessings we’ve received. Many thanks to the staff and volunteers who worked so hard on Christmas Eve and for…

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  January 2, 2014

  From The Pastor HCE, Notes From Pastor Hedden, Notices HCE

  A Christmas Story House, Bible Study Export, Bible Study Murrysville, Choir, Cleveland, consistory, emmanuel church, Epiphany, New Year’s, Newsletter Deadline, Three Wise Men, West Side Market, Westside Market, Year End Deadline