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Thursday Morning Update–May 3, 2012
Good morning Friends and Members of Emmanuel Church, Tonight is the National Day of Prayer at 6:30 p.m. at the Export American Legion. The Murrysville-Export-Delmont Churches will gather to sing praise to God, pray for our nation and our world. Hope to see you then. Sunday, May 6th is Communion at 10:15. We will be…
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Sermon of April 29, 2012–“Are You Smarter Than a Fifth Grader?”
John 10:11 to 18: 10:11 “I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep. 10:12 The hired hand, who is not the shepherd and does not own the sheep, sees the wolf coming and leaves the sheep and runs away–and the wolf snatches them and scatters them. 10:13 The…
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April 26, 2012–Thursday Morning Update
Good morning friends and members of Hills Church, Saturday morning is an all ages Geocaching event. We will meet at 10 a.m. at the church. If you have never been on a Geocache before, it’s a light hike with a scavenger hunt attatched. You can get more information from our website here. See you…
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Sermon of April 22, 2012–“United Nations”
What a great Sunday of worship!!! We were really blessed this week with some great sharing of the Good News of Jesus’ resurrection. First, our pianist/organist/choirmaster Linda Dulaney accompanied Randy and Amanda Steele on “I Walked Today where Jesus Walked” by Geoffrey O’Hara. You can listen to the song here: I Walked Today Where Jesus…
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Earth Day and Parable of the Sower
This week the children enjoyed a lesson with dirt and crayons. If you are a kid, it doesn’t get much better than that! This week’s lesson was one that I designed to incorporate all ages. Our youngest group (0-3) was going to read a book entitled Designed by God. This sweet little book describes each of…
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April 28th: Free Family Fun!!!
http://youtu.be/-4VFeYZTTYs This video is for any of you out there that have never heard of the real-world outdoor treasure hunt known as Geocaching! We will be meeting at the church at 10 am on April 28th to go Geocaching in the Murrysville area for a couple hours. This is a free and fun activity for…
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Sermon of April 15, 2012–“Sunday Evening”
I’ve honestly never noticed the sentence that comes right after the “Peace be with you” statement of the Risen Jesus. I guess I’ve always just focused on that peace which passes all understanding. However, this year what came to me very strongly was the sentence which comes after the Peace: “As the Father has sent…
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Children’s Easter Lesson: How to Live Like Jesus
http://youtu.be/IvYUq301J7s For several weeks leading up to Easter, Ryan’s lessons for the older youth (preteen/teen) and my lessons for the younger youth paved the way for the story of Easter. Ryan unvelied the personalities and history of each disciple as I taught the younger kids (ages 4+) various things about Jesus’s life. And more recently,…
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Easter Sermons–April 8, 2012
Here are two Easter sermons. The first wrestles with John’s account in Chapter 20 of Jesus and Mary Magdalene meeting in the Garden. It’s here: Early The second deals Mark 16 and with the angel’s words to the women that Jesus “is not here and will meet you in Galilee, as he said.” You can…