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Last Day of VBS! August 22!
Dear Friends, Wednesday is the last day of our three-day VBS. It’s Heritage day! Kids will celebrate how God made them each different but how we are all one in Christ. Important things for parents with participating kids to know: When you arrive you are invited to stay with your kids for hot dogs and…
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Youth Updates
VBS is next week, Monday-Wednesday. It’s free and all ages are welcome (17 and under). There is a little Talent Show Wednesday night at 8 pm. Everyone is invited to participate or come see. Please consider sharing your talents with our kids! (Or having your kids share their talent with us!) Please send me an…
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Thursday Morning Update–August 9, 2012
Good morning friends and members of Hills Church, On Saturday morning, a group of volunteers will gather at 8 a.m. to work on the back door ramp and various other projects. If you can spare some time, we’d love to have you involved! Sunday’s worship theme will be “That Old Time Religion” with special music…
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Weekly Update–June 22, 2012
Hello friends and members of Emmanuel Church, It’s been a scorcher of a week here and we had a lot of activities to keep us busy in all this heat! First of all, thanks to Trista Lucas and all the volunteers for the great Vacation Bible School Program: “Culture Shock.” We learned about mission overseas,…
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Sermon of May 20, 2012–“Whose World Is It, Anyway?”
Luke 24:44-53 24:44 Then he said to them, “These are my words that I spoke to you while I was still with you–that everything written about me in the law of Moses, the prophets, and the psalms must be fulfilled.” 24:45 Then he opened their minds to understand the scriptures, 24:46 and he said to…
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Weekly Update–May 9, 2012
Good morning friends and members of Emmanuel Church, Tonight is Consistory meeting. Please pray for all the leaders of the church. Tomorrow, Hills is hosting WAMA–the Westmoreland Association Ministerial Association from 9:30 a.m. to Noon. Saturday morning is PA Cleanways–we will meet at the church at 9 a.m. This Sunday is Mother’s Day and we…
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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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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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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…
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