Tag: faith
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Sermon of November 16, 2025–“The Light Shines in The Darkness” Isaiah 9

But there will be no gloom for those who were in anguish. In the former time he brought into contempt the land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali, but in the latter time he will make glorious the way of the sea, the land beyond the Jordan, Galilee of the nations. 2 [b] The people who…
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Service of November 9, 2025 — “Amos 5”

Amos 1:1-2New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 1 The words of Amos, who was among the shepherds of Tekoa, which he saw concerning Israel in the days of King Uzziah of Judah and in the days of King Jeroboam son of Joash of Israel, two years[a] before the earthquake. Judgment on Israel’s Neighbors 2 And he said: The Lord roars…
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All Saints’ Worship — November 2, 2025

Now Ahab told Jezebel everything Elijah had done and how he had killed all the prophets with the sword. 2 So Jezebel sent a messenger to Elijah to say, “May the gods deal with me, be it ever so severely, if by this time tomorrow I do not make your life like that of one of them.” 3 Elijah was afraid[a] and…
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Service of October 12, 2025– “Something ending, something new, something borrowed, something blue”

1 Samuel 3New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition Samuel’s Calling and Prophetic Activity 3 Now the boy Samuel was ministering to the Lord under Eli. The word of the Lord was rare in those days; visions were not widespread. 2 At that time Eli, whose eyesight had begun to grow dim so that he could not see, was lying down in…
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October 2 Update

Dear Friends and Members of Emmanuel Church, It’s a sunny autumn day on God’s hill! We’ve been visited by a few deer, some chipmunks who are collecting for the winter, some squirrels and a number of birds. This Sunday we will join Rabbi Lenny and members of his congregation for an outdoor service. Service time is…
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Service of August 31, 2025 — “Revelation 21 and 22”

21 Then I saw “a new heaven and a new earth,”[a] for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away, and there was no longer any sea. 2 I saw the Holy City, the new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride beautifully dressed for her husband. 3 And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying,…
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“What’s New?” Jeremiah 33 & 31. Service of July 20, 2025

14 The days are surely coming, says the Lord, when I will fulfill the promise I made to the house of Israel and the house of Judah. 15 In those days and at that time I will cause a righteous Branch to spring up for David, and he shall execute justice and righteousness in the land. 16 In those days Judah…
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“Could you say that again?” Jeremiah 32; Service of July 13, 2025

Jeremiah 32 32 The word that came to Jeremiah from the Lord in the tenth year of King Zedekiah of Judah, which was the eighteenth year of Nebuchadrezzar. 2 At that time the army of the king of Babylon was besieging Jerusalem, and the prophet Jeremiah was confined in the court of the guard that was in the palace of…
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“Confirmation Sunday”

June 1, 2025 You foolish Galatians! Who has bewitched you? It was before your eyes that Jesus Christ was publicly exhibited as crucified! 2 The only thing I want to learn from you is this: Did you receive the Spirit by doing the works of the law or by believing what you heard? 3 Are you so foolish? Having…
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A Committee of Inclusion: Acts 15

Certain people came down from Judea to Antioch and were teaching the believers: “Unless you are circumcised, according to the custom taught by Moses, you cannot be saved.” 2 This brought Paul and Barnabas into sharp dispute and debate with them. So Paul and Barnabas were appointed, along with some other believers, to go up to Jerusalem to see the apostles and…