Category: Notes From Pastor Hedden
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Weekly Update–July 6, 2012
Dear Friends and Members of Emmanuel Church, Good morning! I hope everyone is doing well and keeping cool in this brutal heat. Please pray for those folks who don’t have power, those who have to work outside in this weather, and those who are most affected by the heat. Hopefully, we will soon get a…
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Weekly Update–June 22, 2012
Hello friends and members of Emmanuel Church, It’s been a scorcher of a week here and we had a lot of activities to keep us busy in all this heat! First of all, thanks to Trista Lucas and all the volunteers for the great Vacation Bible School Program: “Culture Shock.” We learned about mission overseas,…
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Sermon of June 10, 2012–“Binding the Strong Man”
Mark 3:20-35 3:20 and the crowd came together again, so that they could not even eat. 3:21 When his family heard it, they went out to restrain him, for people were saying, “He has gone out of his mind.” 3:22 And the scribes who came down from Jerusalem said, “He has Beelzebul, and by the…
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Thursday Morning Update–May 31, 2012
Dear Friends and Members of Emmanuel Church, On Tuesday evening George Pees passed away at Hamilton Hills in Turtle Creek. The Funeral Service will be at 11:00 a.m. on Tuesday, June 5th at the Church. Internment will follow at Twin Valley in Delmont and there will be a luncheon at the church following the services.…
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Pentecost Sermon–“Spiritual Enthusiasm”
Acts 2:1-21 2:1 When the day of Pentecost had come, they were all together in one place. 2:2 And suddenly from heaven there came a sound like the rush of a violent wind, and it filled the entire house where they were sitting. 2:3 Divided tongues, as of fire, appeared among them, and a tongue…
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Sermon of May 20, 2012–“Whose World Is It, Anyway?”
Luke 24:44-53 24:44 Then he said to them, “These are my words that I spoke to you while I was still with you–that everything written about me in the law of Moses, the prophets, and the psalms must be fulfilled.” 24:45 Then he opened their minds to understand the scriptures, 24:46 and he said to…
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Weekly Update–May 18, 2012
Good morning friends and members of Emmanuel Church, I hope that you are all out enjoying our taste of early summer weather. This Sunday, May 20th, is the day we celebrate the Ascension of Jesus into heaven. (Ascension Day was yesterday.) Our worship will focus on the Lordship of Christ over all the universe. Plan…
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Poll: Emmanuel Reformed’s Mission in the Next 2 years
At the May Consistory meeting, I led devotions by looking at the future potential mission of Hill’s Church. According to Herb Miller, the church strategist, in his book “Church Personality Matters” (1999) there are (at least) 10 Biblical ways to be involved in mission. No one church can do all 10 well. A church can…
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April 26, 2012–Thursday Morning Update
Good morning friends and members of Hills Church, Saturday morning is an all ages Geocaching event. We will meet at 10 a.m. at the church. If you have never been on a Geocache before, it’s a light hike with a scavenger hunt attatched. You can get more information from our website here. See you…
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