Category: From The Pastor HCE
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“God sightings”: An Interview with our Mystery Worshiper
Good morning friends, This Sunday we had a special mystery guest in worship who is going to share his/her impressions of worship yesterday. Question: Good morning mystery worshiper. Answer: Good morning! Question: What was yesterday’s worship experience or special occasion? Answer: It was “A Day in the Life of Camp Living Waters.” Question: Did anyone…
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Weekly Update–September 20, 2012
Good morning friends and Members of Emmanuel Church, Saturday is a work day at church. We are going to repair the garage roof and could use your help! Thanks in Advance! Sunday morning at 9 a.m. is our Confirmation for Adults. We are dealing with the theme: “How we got our Bible.” With all the…
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Sermon of September 16, 2012–“The Greatest Question”
Mark 8:27-38 8:27 Jesus went on with his disciples to the villages of Caesarea Philippi; and on the way he asked his disciples, “Who do people say that I am?” 8:28 And they answered him, “John the Baptist; and others, Elijah; and still others, one of the prophets.” 8:29 He asked them, “But who do…
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Sermon of September 9, 2012–“What are You Waiting For?”
Mark 7:24-37 7:24 From there he set out and went away to the region of Tyre. He entered a house and did not want anyone to know he was there. Yet he could not escape notice, 7:25 but a woman whose little daughter had an unclean spirit immediately heard about him, and she came and…
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Weekly Update–August 31, 2012
Hello Friends at Emmanuel Church, First off, have a safe and happy holiday weekend. And for those to whom it applies, I hope everyone is having a good return to school. Sunday’s worship will be a service of Holy Communion. The sermon is from Mark 7 entitled: “The Greatest Revolution.” At the request of several…
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Sermon of August 26, 2012–‘Right Church, Right Pew’
1 Kings 8:(1,6,10-11), 22-30, 41-43 8:1 Then Solomon assembled the elders of Israel and all the heads of the tribes, the leaders of the ancestral houses of the Israelites, before King Solomon in Jerusalem, to bring up the ark of the covenant of the LORD out of the city of David, which is Zion. 8:6…
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Weekly Update–August 24th, 2012
Good morning friends and members of Emmanuel Church, First off, a great big thank you for a wonderful week of Vacation Bible School! All the volunteers and children deserve a big round of applause for the really well done program and the fun we all had. The talent show on Wednesday was fantastic! Again, thanks…
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Sermon of August 19, 2012–“The Best Kind of Prayer”
1 Kings 2:10-12; 3:3-14 2:10 Then David slept with his ancestors, and was buried in the city of David. 2:11 The time that David reigned over Israel was forty years; he reigned seven years in Hebron, and thirty-three years in Jerusalem. 2:12 So Solomon sat on the throne of his father David; and his kingdom…
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Weekly Update–August 17, 2012
Good afternoon friends and members of Emmanuel Church, This Sunday is worship with a meditation on 1 Kings 3–Solomon’s prayer to God. The sermon title is: “The Best Kind of Prayer.” Immediately following worship will be our very first meeting of the Stewardship Committee–anyone is invited to be part of the stewardship committee and to…
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Sermon of August 12, 2012–“A Well-balanced Diet”
John 6:35, 41-51 6:35 Jesus said to them, “I am the bread of life. Whoever comes to me will never be hungry, and whoever believes in me will never be thirsty. 6:41 Then the Jews began to complain about him because he said, “I am the bread that came down from heaven.” 6:42 They were…
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