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  • February 26, 2017 Sermon — “I’ve been to the mountaintop!”

    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 27, 2017
    From The Pastor HCE, Hills Church Export PA, Sermons HCE
    Abraham and Isaac, aid, Beatitudes, Church of the Brethren, Dan West, David, economics, Elijah, failure of imagination, featured, forgiveness, God the Father, God the Father’s will, God’s rule, Heifer Project, heroes, imagination, Isaiah 2:4, Kingdom of God, losing, Matthew 17, Matthew 5, Matthew 5:23, Moses, mountains, Mt Carmel, Mt Sinai, Mt Tabor, Mt Zion, nonviolence, poor in Spirit, redemption of creation, relief, Snow White, Spanish Civil War, swords into plowshares, transfiguration, winning, wow factor
  • February 19, 2017 Sermon — “I Shall Not Want”

    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 22, 2017
    From The Pastor HCE, Sermons HCE
    5 loaves 2 fish, Abraham and angelic visitors, abundance, Advertising, banquet, Bread of Life, Brian J. Walsh, Consumption, courage, data points, death swallowed up, Exodus 12, featured, feeding 5000, financial freedom, forgiveness, Genesis 18, Isaiah 25:6-9, Jesus the Good Shepherd, Kingdom of God, leftovers, Mark 6:30-44, moral imagination, Psalm 23, spoilage, The Lord is My Shepherd, the Passover
  • Batter up! Hill’s Church at PNC Park On May 19th.

    Batter up! Hill’s Church at PNC Park On May 19th.

    Hi all, It’s a beautiful day up on God’s hill. We have a special offer for all of you.  You can attend a Pirates Game and Fireworks show for a special group rate. If you are interested in reserving your tickets, you can email here to get your tickets. Grace and Peace, Pastor Joseph

    pastorjosephhedden

    February 15, 2017
    Calendar HCE
    featured, Pittsburgh Pirates
  • February 12, 2017 Sermon — “Legion or Forgetting?”

    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 13, 2017
    Sermons HCE
    60’s, Anglican Church, banking, Baylor University, Baylor University football scandal, Calgon take me away, Couples, Debt Burden, demons, exorcism, exploitation of the poor, Ezekiel 34:25-31, featured, Freddy Thorne, Gerasene Deomoniac, Healing, IMF, interest, Isaiah 11:6, John Updike, John Updike Couples, John14:27, Justice, legion, Luke 8:26-39, My peace I leave with you, Not as the world gives, pay day loans, Peace, pigs, posession, shalom, South Africa, Usury, Waco, wholeness, World Bank, Yall, Yinz, Youins
  • February 5, 2017 Sermon — “The Super Bowl of Sermons”

    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 6, 2017
    From The Pastor HCE, Hills Church Export PA
    Annie Dillard, Beatitudes, Bible, blessing, cost of discipleship, cross, danger, dangerous, denial of self, Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Discipleship, Extraordinary Justice, featured, forgiveness, God and money, ice cream, immigration, innocent suffering, Jesus and the Cross, Justice, knowledge, love for enemies, Matthew 10:38, Matthew 5, Matthew 5:20, Matthew 5:23-24, Matthew 5:43-44, Matthew 6:24, meek, mourn, obedience to Jesus, peacemakers, poor in Spirit, reconciliation, refugees, righteousness, Sermon on the Mount, sin, suffering, Syria, take up your cross, Teaching a Stone to Talk, the cross, the world, United Church of Christ in the Philippines, Weisbaden, widsom
  • February 2, 2017 Update —

    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…

    pastorjosephhedden

    February 2, 2017
    Calendar HCE, From The Pastor HCE, Hills Church Export PA, Notes From Pastor Hedden
    featured
  • Hill Topper E-Newsletter — February 2017 Issue

    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 30, 2017
    Calendar HCE, From The Pastor HCE, Hills Church Export PA
    featured
  • January 29, 2017 Sermon — “You Need a Team”

    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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    January 30, 2017
    From The Pastor HCE, Hills Church Export PA, Sermons HCE
    10 Commandments, A Long Obedience in the Same Direction, Augustine, casting, Christian history, City of God, Disciples, Eugene Peterson, evangelism, Exodus 20:3, facebook, fishers of men, fishing, fitbit, Glen Stassen, idolatory, Incarnational Discipleship, Jeremiah, Jesus Christ, Lordship of Christ, Luke 5:1-11, Moses, Not a Bible Thing, Obedience, obey, Peter, voice of Jesus
  • Sermon of January 22, 2017 — “Jesus’ Inaugural Sermon”

    Sermon of January 22, 2017 — “Jesus’ Inaugural Sermon”

    Luke 4:14-30           14 Then Jesus, filled with the power of the Spirit, returned to Galilee, and a report about him spread through all the surrounding country. 15He began to teach in their synagogues and was praised by everyone.           16 When he came to Nazareth, where he had…

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    January 24, 2017
    From The Pastor HCE, Sermons HCE
    1 Kings 17, 2 Kings 5, Acceptance, affliction, boycotts, CCM, charity begins at home, Christ, Christian Church, Christian musicians, concerts, Contemporary Christian Music, David Gushee, debts forgiven, Elijah, Elisha, ethics, famine, featured, foreigners, freedom, God’s grace, good news to the poor, grace, gracious, Healing, Holocaust, Holy Spirit, immigrants, Isaiah 61, Jerusalem for Jews, Jesus Christ, Jesus Christ the Anointed One, Jesus’ inaugural sermon, Jews, Jubilee Year, Kingdom of God, Leviticus 25, Love, Luke 4:14-30, Messiah, morals, Namaan, Nazareth, Nazi Germany, oppression, opression, overthrow of Rome, Physician Heal Thyself, refugees, release to the captives, rescue of Jews, rescuers, revolution, Roman Empire, sight, synagogue, the Anointed One, Today this scripture is fulfilled in your hearing, worship music, year of the Lord’s faor
  • January 18, 2017 Weekly Update — Jesus’ Inaugural Sermon

    January 18, 2017 Weekly Update — Jesus’ Inaugural Sermon

    Dear Friends and Members of Emmanuel Church, Did you know that Jesus, too, preached an inaugural message? In Luke Chapter 4, we read that Jesus went to his hometown synagogue in Nazareth and proceeded to offer his first sermon–and it took Nazareth by storm!  “Jesus’ inaugural sermon” will be the theme for our worship on…

    pastorjosephhedden

    January 18, 2017
    Calendar HCE, Notes From Pastor Hedden
    Adjourned Congregational Meeting, bible study, Choir, James Tissot, Jesus Christ, Luke 4, Prayer Angels
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