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Sermon of September 25, 2011–“Sweetening Sour Grapes”
Dear Friends of Emmanuel Church, Underlying this week’s sermon is the idea of our inter-connectedness. Ezekiel dealt with this in the following passage: The word of the Lord came to me: What do you mean by repeating this proverb concerning the land of Israel, ‘The parents have eaten sour grapes, and the children’s teeth are…
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Thursday Morning Update–September 15, 2011
Good morning friends of Emmanuel Church, Tonight is MOOK–our small-group Bible Study, at the Norwalk Daily Grind Coffee Shop at 7 p.m. We are going to begin a new unit, so now might be a time to join up! Hope to see you there! This Sunday’s Sermon is from Exodus 16–God feeding the Israelites in…
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Sermon of September 11–“When Moses Led . . .”
Many folks know the story of the Israelites crossing the Red Sea. And a lot of us know it from the movie “The Ten Commandments” or from a children’s Bible. But do we really know the story as well as we think we do? I ran into a few complications in writing this sermon because…
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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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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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Sermon on August 14–“A Family Reunion”
Genesis 45:1-15 Today’s sermon was about ethics and virtue. Joseph’s story is a great introduction into the religious virtues. Here’s the sermon: A Family Reunion 1 Then Joseph could no longer control himself before all his attendants, and he cried out, “Have everyone leave my presence!” So there was no one with Joseph when he…
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Sermon of August 7, 2011–“Talking Trouble”
I’ve been interested for a long time in the idea that it’s not the content of an idea; it’s the process. There’s been a lot of writing about that lately in many fields of study–church administration, family life, work systems and so on. This sermon is a way of looking at Elijah’s problem from this…
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Thursday Morning Update –August 3, 2011
Good morning friends of Emmanuel Church, Whew! Last week was a busy one with the Vacation Bible School and the launch of “Emmanuel’s Emergent Experience,” a new worship service being offered the last Sunday of every month at 6:30 p.m. Tomorrow is the Golf Outing which supports Camp Living Waters. I hope you will pray…
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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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