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Sermon of Sunday, October 9, 2011–“Regrets Only”
This is a challenging parable of judgment. As with any parable, there’s probably more on the page than could ever be mined and it doesn’t always have to be internally consistent. Jesus often spoke in very broad terms–camels passing through the eye of the needle, people harvesting enormous amounts of grain, and so on. What…
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Emmanuel’s Emergent Experience–October 30th at 6:30 p.m.
Bring photos/items that remind you of who and what you’ve lost and we will create together a “Living Icon.” The Service will end with a candlelight procession to the graveyard.
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Thursday Morning Update–September 29, 2011
Dear Friends of Emmanuel Church, Good morning. Sunday’s worship is World Wide Communion Sunday and we will be having Chancel Communion. The Sermon is entitled “What have you lost?” and is based on Paul’s Letter to the Philippians Chapter 3. There will also be the covered dish fellowship hour after worship. The Mitten Tree Collection…
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Calendar for the month of October
October 2–World Communion Sunday–Worship at 10:15 a.m. with Chancel Communion and Covered Dish Fellowship Hour after worship. October 9–CROP Walk at 1:00. We are meeting at Calvary Evangelical Lutheran Church, Old William Penn Highway. Wednesday, October 12th–Consistory at 7 p.m. Eileen Siegfried will be joining us for the first part of the meeting to explain…
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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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