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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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Sermon of July 10
“Esau: Like you but with poor impulse control” I’m not an economist–but I am very interested in the psychology of money and resources. I’ve discovered in my ministry that the key is not how many resources a ministry has but what kind of theology leads you to use the resources. The United States in the…
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Sermon of July 3rd–“A Practical Sermon for Impractical People”
My idea in this sermon is that Jesus’ ethical teaching is meant to be literally understood–following the powerful ethical writings of John Howard Yoder, Stanley Hauerwas and Glenn Stassen. In other words, the easy yoke of Jesus is a burden placed on us–and Jesus expects us to be able to joyfully bear that burden. The…
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Thursday Morning Update: Worship, Vacation Bible School, Emmanuel’s Emergent Experience
Good morning Friends of Emmanuel Church, First off this morning, I wish you all a safe and healthy holiday weekend. On Sunday, July 3rd, we will be worshiping God and celebrating our nation. Hymn sing starts this week–so I’m sure we can sing some patriotic hymns. The sermon is called : “A Practical Message for…
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Sermon for Emmanuel Reformed’s 191st Year: “You’re Only a Stranger Once”
Sunday was a pretty amazing service, with confirmation, communion, a fellowship meal, games and a display of two historical quilts: one from 1913 and one from 1980. It is amazing when you think about the history of a congregation, and even more amazing, when you think of the long history of the Christian Church. With…
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