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“No Harm, No Foul” –Sermon of September 4, 2011
Matthew 18:15-20: 15 ‘If another member of the church sins against you, go and point out the fault when the two of you are alone. If the member listens to you, you have regained that one. 16But if you are not listened to, take one or two others along with you, so that every word…
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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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Thursday Morning Update–August 11, 2011
Good morning friends of Emmanuel Church, Tonight is MOOK at 7 p.m. at the Lucas’ home. They are at 213 Linden Street in Vandergrift. We are going to be watch the Da Vinci Code–Trista is cooking Lasagne and you’re asked to bring drinks. If you have questions, call me at 412-956-5252. Sunday is worship at…
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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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“Life’s Little Disappointments”–Genesis 29:25
I’ve got to be honest here. I’m not sure if this story is meant to be funny or depressingly sad. I took the latter tack in this sermon. Maybe some other time, I’ll preach how awful this story is. The sermon is at the bottom of this post. 15 Then Laban said to Jacob, ‘Because…
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Thursday Morning Update–July 14th, 2011
Good morning all, Tonight is the July Meeting of MOOK–Meaningfully Obeying Our King, Emmanuel’s small group discussion/Bible study. Tonight we’re talking a little detour and studying Christianity in fiction, using a story of Flannery O’Connor’s as our starting point. You do not need to have read her story to come tonight. We meet at 7…
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