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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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Thursday Morning Update–June 23, 2011
Good morning, Sunday marks the 191st Anniversary of Emmanuel Reformed Church. To mark the occasion, we are going to have our Annual Homecoming Service. Two quilts will be on display–a 98 year old quilt listing the members of that time period (I’m sure you’ll recognize some of the names, particularly the last names.) And a…
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Sermons of June 12th and 19th–Pentecost and Trinity Sundays
Here are two sermons looking at the last two Sundays: First is an exposition of what I think might be going on at Pentecost and the second is an attempt to define a mission for the Christian Church in a way we can all understand. I hope that you will find these two sermons illuminating:…
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Thursday Morning Update–June 9, 2011
Good morning friends, Tonight is MOOK–Meaningfully Obeying Our King–at Norwalk Daily Grind. We meet at 7 p.m. We will be discussing Christianity in fiction–using Flannery O’Connor’s story “The Life You Save May Be Your Own” and a short story I wrote. Tomorrow and Saturday is the Penn West Conference Annual Meeting. The Conference is our…
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Sermon of June 5, 2011–“Rising Futures”
In this sermon I tried to wrestle with the account of Jesus’ Ascension in the Book of Acts–The Ascension is a ‘strange’ holiday; because we Protestants don’t usually celebrate it or perhaps because there are so few Ascension-specific rituals. I hope you enjoy this sermon: Rising Futures
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Thursday Morning Update–June 2, 2011
Hello friends of Emmanuel Reformed, Blessings to you on this beautiful Thursday afternoon! June Newsletters went out this week–and one note of clarification–those who cannot make it to church will still get theirs by mail. We are no longer doing the bulk mailing but are asking those who can to come and pick them up…
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