Category: From The Pastor HCE
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Thursday Update–September 8, 2011
Good Afternoon Friends of Emmanuel Church, A look at the Calendar for the Upcoming weeks: September 10–Please join me in wishing the best for our friends William Mountz and Danielle Gorbel, who will be married at Hill’s on Saturday at 3:30 p.m.! Sunday, September 11–Sunday morning’s worship is based on Exodus 14:19-31, the very famous…
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“No Harm, No Foul” –Sermon of September 4, 2011
Matthew 18:15-20: 15 ‘If another member of the church sins against you, go and point out the fault when the two of you are alone. If the member listens to you, you have regained that one. 16But if you are not listened to, take one or two others along with you, so that every word…
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Thursday Morning Update–September 1
Good Morning Friends of Emmanuel Church, As we begin a new school year and end our summer vacations, we are gearing up here at church for some new experiences. On Sunday, September 4th, the sermon is entitled “No Harm, No Foul.” It is based on Matthew 18:15-20. The theme of the sermon is Forgiveness. After…
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Sermon of August 28, 2011–“Shaped, Not Sheltered”
Wow, there were a LOT of sources consulted on this one–conversations with friends, Karl Barth’s Romans and John Calvin’s Institutes of the Christian Relgion for starters. The information about honesty, giving, and trustworthiness comes from Robert Putnam’s Bowling Alone. The information on possible causes for the London Riots came from a few sources–a couple of…
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Thursday Morning Update–August 11, 2011
Good morning friends of Emmanuel Church, Tonight is MOOK at 7 p.m. at the Lucas’ home. They are at 213 Linden Street in Vandergrift. We are going to be watch the Da Vinci Code–Trista is cooking Lasagne and you’re asked to bring drinks. If you have questions, call me at 412-956-5252. Sunday is worship at…
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Thursday Morning Update–July 28, 2011
Good morning friends of Emmanuel Church, Tonight is the final night of our Vacation Bible School–“The Big Apple Adventure.” All are invited to see the final program and share in some ice cream. The program runs from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. I’d like to take a moment to thank all the volunteers and Chris Ericson,…
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Thursday Morning Update–July 14th, 2011
Good morning all, Tonight is the July Meeting of MOOK–Meaningfully Obeying Our King, Emmanuel’s small group discussion/Bible study. Tonight we’re talking a little detour and studying Christianity in fiction, using a story of Flannery O’Connor’s as our starting point. You do not need to have read her story to come tonight. We meet at 7…
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Sermon of July 10
“Esau: Like you but with poor impulse control” I’m not an economist–but I am very interested in the psychology of money and resources. I’ve discovered in my ministry that the key is not how many resources a ministry has but what kind of theology leads you to use the resources. The United States in the…
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Thursday Morning Update–June 23, 2011
Good morning, Sunday marks the 191st Anniversary of Emmanuel Reformed Church. To mark the occasion, we are going to have our Annual Homecoming Service. Two quilts will be on display–a 98 year old quilt listing the members of that time period (I’m sure you’ll recognize some of the names, particularly the last names.) And a…
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Sermons of June 12th and 19th–Pentecost and Trinity Sundays
Here are two sermons looking at the last two Sundays: First is an exposition of what I think might be going on at Pentecost and the second is an attempt to define a mission for the Christian Church in a way we can all understand. I hope that you will find these two sermons illuminating:…
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