Category: Hills Church Export PA
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March 17, 2017 — Weekly Update
First off this morning, please join me in offering our condolences and sympathy to the family of Rick Hill who died on Wednesday night. More information is available here at the online obituary. “If we live, we live for the Lord; and if we die, we die for the Lord. So, whether we live or…
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March 23, 2017 Messy Church — “Spring Paints in Many Colors”
On Thursday, March 23rd come on in and help celebrate the first few days of Spring with Messy Church. If you are not familiar with Messy Church, now is the time to get in on the ground floor of a new way to worship God and join a community of friends. But what’s Messy Church?…
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March 12 Sermon — Q & A Session
The Gospel of Luke 10:25-37 25 Just then a lawyer stood up to test Jesus. ‘Teacher,’ he said, ‘what must I do to inherit eternal life?’ 26He said to him, ‘What is written in the law? What do you read there?’ 27He answered, ‘You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with…
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February 26, 2017 Sermon — “I’ve been to the mountaintop!”
Matthew 17:1-8 Six days later, Jesus took with him Peter and James and his brother John and led them up a high mountain, by themselves. 2And he was transfigured before them, and his face shone like the sun, and his clothes became dazzling white. 3Suddenly there appeared to them Moses and Elijah, talking with him.…
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February 19, 2017 Sermon — “I Shall Not Want”
Mark 6:30-44 30 The apostles gathered around Jesus, and told him all that they had done and taught. 31He said to them, ‘Come away to a deserted place all by yourselves and rest a while.’ For many were coming and going, and they had no leisure even to eat. 32And they went away in the boat to a…
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February 12, 2017 Sermon — “Legion or Forgetting?”
Luke 8:26-39 26 Then they arrived at the country of the Gerasenes, which is opposite Galilee. 27As he stepped out on land, a man of the city who had demons met him. For a long time he had worn no clothes, and he did not live in a house but in the tombs. 28When he saw…
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February 5, 2017 Sermon — “The Super Bowl of Sermons”
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…
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February 2, 2017 Update —
It’s a beautiful morning up on God’s Hill! And we are all getting ready for this weekend’s events. We are getting rid of the mid-winter/Groundhog Day blues by coming together for worship. Sunday morning’s message will be about Matthew 5–Jesus’ Sermon on the Mount. We will sing praise to God (after all, Jesus talks a…
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Hill Topper E-Newsletter — February 2017 Issue
Dear Friends and Members of Emmanuel Church, It’s a beautiful, snowy morning up on God’s Hill! Extra! Extra! Read all about it! Our February issue of the Hill Topper Newsletter is now online. You can read about our SOUPER BOWL supper fundraiser for the Westmoreland County Food Bank. You can also read about the…
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January 29, 2017 Sermon — “You Need a Team”
Luke 5:1-11 Once while Jesus was standing beside the lake of Gennesaret, and the crowd was pressing in on him to hear the word of God, 2he saw two boats there at the shore of the lake; the fishermen had gone out of them and were washing their nets. 3He got into one of the…
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