Emmanuel Reformed Church of the United Church of Christ

Weekly Update–April 8, 2014

Dear Friends and Members of Emmanuel Church, We’re going to the Noah Movie on Friday! The movie time is 1 p.m. on Friday, April 11th at the Carmike Cinema in Delmont. We will meet you in the lobby at 12:45. If you need a ride or want more information call me at 412-956-5252. Tomrrow night is…

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April 8, 2014

Calendar HCE

Carmike Cinema, Char Burch, Choir Program, Combined UCC Churches, communion service, Easter, emmanuel church, Good Friday, Maundy Thursday, Palm Sunday, Richard Lindsay-Bignell, The Way
Sermon of April 6, 2014–“Roll Them Bones”

Ezekiel 37:1-14 The hand of the Lord came upon me, and he brought me out by the spirit of the Lord and set me down in the middle of a valley; it was full of bones. 2He led me all around them; there were very many lying in the valley, and they were very dry. 3He said to me, “Mortal, can…

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April 7, 2014

Sermons HCE

ark of the covenant, army, Babylonain Exile, cemetery, communion of saints, cross, death, dry bones, Easter, electric chair, eternal life, Ezekiel, Ezekiel 37, fall of Jerusalem, fog, gallows, hidden, innocence, life, marriage, power of God, Prophecy, resrurrection, resurrection of the body, Revelation, Romans 6, sermon, symbolism, therapy, twilight
Sermon of March 30–“Who is Whole?”

John 9:1-12 As he walked along, he saw a man blind from birth. 2His disciples asked him, “Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?” 3Jesus answered, “Neither this man nor his parents sinned; he was born blind so that God’s works might be revealed in him. 4We must work the works of…

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March 31, 2014

From The Pastor HCE, Sermons HCE

alcholism, allergies, analyze, arizona, artifice, blame, Blindness, Breakfast At Tiffany’s, conversion, depression, desert, Disciples, fault, forgiveness, garden, gardening, hayfever, Healing, Holly Golightly, homelessness, Houghton College, invasive species, Jesus Christ, John 9, John Leax, man born blind, Mark Twain, Matthew 7:4, miracles, miracles of jesus, Missionaries of the Sacred Heart, Opryland, Out Walking, Pharisees, predators, sight, signs and wonders, solution, stink bugs, testimony, theodicy, Truman Capote, wanderlust, Wil Willimon, zebra mussels
April 2014 Calendar and Newsletter

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March 27, 2014

Calendar HCE, From The Pastor HCE, Hills Church Export PA, Uncategorized

Church Newsletter, Hilltopper, newsletter
Weekly Update–March 26–Barbeque Dinner Edition

Dear Friends and Members of Emmanuel Church, Tonight is the Mid-Week Lenten Service at Apollo Church. Our host is our own Ryan Lucas, who is serving there as their lay pastor. Preaching will be the Rev. John Titus. The offering, as in every Mid-Week Lenten Service will be split three equal ways: 1/3 for Typhoon Relief…

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March 26, 2014

From The Pastor HCE, Notes From Pastor Hedden, Youth Group HCE

Apollo Church, barbeque, Barbeque export, blind, Blindness, emmanuel church, Healing, John 9, John 9:36, John Titus, Lancaster Theological Seminary, man born blind, Mid-Week Lenten Service, Ryan Lucas, Westmoreland Association, Westmoreland County Food
Sermon of March 23–“Our Secret Selves”

John 4:5-26 So he came to a Samaritan city called Sychar, near the plot of ground that Jacob had given to his son Joseph. 6Jacob’s well was there, and Jesus, tired out by his journey, was sitting by the well. It was about noon. 7A Samaritan woman came to draw water, and Jesus said to her, “Give…

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March 24, 2014

From The Pastor HCE, Hills Church Export PA, Sermons HCE

bethlehem, busyness, cultural rules, evangelism, family, foreigners, Fred Craddock, Germany, Hennef, Islam, Jesus, Jesus Christ, John 4, Living Water, Martin Luther King, Mount Gerizim, Nazareth, politics, poverty, racism, Samaritan woman, secularism, sin, Sunday School, Sunday School Decline, technology, thirst, time demands, Turkish, Wall Street Journal, woman at the well
Sermon of March 16–“Happy Birthday”

John 3:1-17 Now there was a Pharisee named Nicodemus, a leader of the Jews.2He came to Jesus by night and said to him, “Rabbi, we know that you are a teacher who has come from God; for no one can do these signs that you do apart from the presence of God.” 3Jesus answered him, “Very…

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March 17, 2014

From The Pastor HCE, Sermons HCE

baptism, Born again, Ephesus, Gospel, Halloween, heaven, Holy Spirit, Jesus Christ, John 3:16, John 3:3, Kingdom of God, Mark Kosper, Mary’s House, Nicodemus, pushing the envelope, renewal, renewal of baptism, Rhythms of Grace, shock jocks, turkey, water
Weekly Update: March 14: Lent Week Two

Good morning Friends and Members of Emmanuel Church, Thanks to Bill and Linda Dulaney for leading worship last week while I was at Living Waters for the Spring Youth Rally! This Sunday–March 16–will be our Noisy Collection Sunday which we will donate to First Church Apollo. The Bible lesson is from John 3 and the…

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March 14, 2014

Births HCE, From The Pastor HCE, Hills Church Export PA, Notices HCE
Ash Wednesday Sermon–March 5, 2014

Exodus 15:1, 9-18 Then Moses and the Israelites sang this song to the Lord: “I will sing to the Lord, for he is highly exalted. Both horse and driver he has hurled into the sea. The enemy boasted, ‘I will pursue, I will overtake them. I will divide the spoils; I will gorge myself on them. I will draw my…

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March 6, 2014

From The Pastor HCE, Hills Church Export PA, Sermons HCE

answering the call, Ash Wednesday, Ashes, awe, Bible, Call of God, Calling, Christendom, christianity, church, dirt, doubts, dust, Egypt, emancipation, Exodus, failutre, fasting, finding oneself, freedom of choice, God the Father, guaranteed results, Israelites, Jesus Christ, labels, Lent, meaning of life, Moses, Moses and the Israelites, motivation, Philippines, prayer, Psalm 51, Red Sea, salvation, sand, secular culture, secular society, secularism, seekers, self-expression, sermons, sin, temptation, truth, unworthiness, vocation
Ash Wednesday Service–7:30 p.m. March 5, 2014

A SPECIAL EVENT ASH WEDNESDAY WORSHIP Wednesday, March 5, 2014 First off, thanks to all for the great visit with Darren Miller, Export native and “Ocean’s Seven” Swimmer! Even the cold and snow couldn’t keep us away! Now, we are transitioning to a new time in the church year. Tomorrow night is worship with imposition…

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March 4, 2014

Calendar HCE, From The Pastor HCE, Hills Church Export PA, Notes From Pastor Hedden

Ash Wednesday, Export, Ivan Nikolaevich, Jesus Christ, Lent 2014, PA