Category: From The Pastor HCE
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A View of Our Living Advent Calendar
This year Hill’s Church has added a special way of counting down the days to Christmas. Trista Lucas, Christian Education director and part-time artist, has put together a Living Advent Calendar display of objects and themes, such as snowflakes or hot chocolate, from Christmas. Every day a new window is ‘unwrapped’ and its contents revealed.…
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Weekly Update–November 29, 2012
Hello friends of Emmanuel Church, Friday night is Murrysville Night of Lights in the town square, Old William Penn and Sardis Road from 6 to 8 p.m. Several of our members are involved in putting this together and I have been asked to offer an invocation. I hear there will be wassail, carols, snacks and…
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Weekly Update–November 16, 2012
Hello Friends and Members of Emmanuel Reformed Church, This past Tuesday we had the Funeral Service for James Karp at Wolfe-von Geis Funeral Home and Twin Valley Memorial Park, Delmont. Please keep his family in your prayers. You can find his obituary here. Tuesday afternoon was the memorial service at Redstone Highlands for Molly Moose.…
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Weekly Update–November 8, 2012–St. Martin’s Day Edition
Hi Friends and Members of Emmanuel Church, We have a great weekend coming up–and lots of things to do as we approach Thanksgiving and (can it be already?) the Holiday Season. Veterans’ Day–Sunday is Worship at 10:15 a.m. We will have a special piece of music from the Bell Choir and the sermon is based…
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All Saints’ Sermon: “First Things” November 4, 2012
Revelation 21:1-6 21:1 Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth; for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away, and the sea was no more. 21:2 And I saw the holy city, the new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.…
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Weekly Update–November 1, 2012
Good morning friends and members of Emmanuel Church, Today is All Saints’ Day. According to the Bible (Ephesians 4:12), the saints are the people who belong to the Church, the body of Christ. So, today we remember all of the saints–those currently living but also our grandparents, parents, those who have gone before us into…
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Sermon of October 21, 2012–“Bull’s Eye!”
Job 38:1-7 38:1 Then the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind: 38:2 “Who is this that darkens counsel by words without knowledge? 38:3 Gird up your loins like a man, I will question you, and you shall declare to me. 38:4 “Where were you when I laid the foundation of the earth? Tell me,…
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Weekly Update–October 4, 2012
Hello members and friends of Emmanuel Reformed Church, First let’s congratulate: William and Jennifer Knoll for their wedding on September 29th!!! Next time you see them, offer your best wishes! Friday night we will meet at Gearhardt farms at 6 p.m. for the hayride, hot dog roast, smores, and corn maze. The cost is 8…
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Sermon Of September 30, 2012–“Fumbling Toward Failure”
Mark 9: 38-50 38 John said to him, ‘Teacher, we saw someone casting out demons in your name, and we tried to stop him, because he was not following us.’ 39But Jesus said, ‘Do not stop him; for no one who does a deed of power in my name will be able soon afterwards to speak…
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Weekly Update–September 28, 2012
Dear Friends and Members of Emmanuel Church, Good morning. Today and tomorrow we will be celebrating with William Knoll and Jennifer Shoffner as they get married tomorrow afternoon. Please join me in wishing them well. Sunday morning worship deals with Mark Chapter 9:38-50–we will highlight the failures the disciples were experiencing–The sermon is entitled “Fumbling…
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