Tag: Holy Spirit

• Sermon of October 5, 2014–“Jesus: The Lamb of God”

  Matthew 21:33-46 “Listen to another parable. There was a landowner who planted a vineyard, put a fence around it, dug a wine press in it, and built a watchtower. Then he leased it to tenants and went to another country.34When the harvest time had come, he sent his slaves to the tenants to collect his…

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  October 6, 2014

  From The Pastor HCE

  celebrity culture, Communion, conflict, dispute, ebola, Eucharist, failure, Ferguson MO, Gospel, harvest, Holy Spirit, human frailty, ISIS, Jeremiah, Jesus, John the Baptist, judgment, Kent Brantley, Lamb of God, landlord, Len Matthews, Lord’s Supper, Madeline L’Engle, Matthew 21, Mission, Missionaries, moralism, Moses, Nancy Writebol, New Year’s Resolutions, Parable of the Tenants, pastors, prophets, Richard Sacra, sacrificial lamb, SIM Missions, Transformation, vineyard, Willpower, Worldwide Communion

• Sermon of July 27, 2014–“What’s Imagination Got to Do With It?”

  Romans 8:26-39 26Likewise the Spirit helps us in our weakness; for we do not know how to pray as we ought, but that very Spirit intercedes with sighs too deep for words. 27And God, who searches the heart, knows what is the mind of the Spirit, because the Spirit intercedes for the saints according to…

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  July 27, 2014

  From The Pastor HCE, Notes From Pastor Hedden

  10-10-10, basketball, Dr. Phil, Fairy Tales, God moments, golf, Gospel of Mark, Grimm Brothers, Harry Rabbit Angstrom, hobby, Holy, Holy Spirit, imagination, intercession, Jesus Christ, John Updike, Matthew 13, Mustard Seed, Paul, pharisee, prayer, Rabbit Run, Rhodesia, Snow White, spirit of god, sport, Zimbabwe

• Two Pentecost Sermons–“Prayer Chain” & “For This Moment”

  John 17:1-11   After Jesus had spoken these words, he looked up to heaven and said, “Father, the hour has come; glorify your Son so that the Son may glorify you, 2since you have given him authority over all people, to give eternal life to all whom you have given him. 3And this is eternal life, that…

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  June 9, 2014

  From The Pastor HCE, Sermons HCE

  10 Commandments, accomplishment, ascension, catholicity, change, Char Burch, Communion, david ackerman, dialogue, Eucharist, fatigue, goodbye, Greek Orthodox Church, Holy Spirit, Ikon community, intercession, Jesus Christ, Jesus prays for us, John 17, John 17:11, John 1:1, Mark A Hewitt, Mark Twain, Matthew 5:24, Mennonites, Mercersburg Society, Mission, Penn West Conference, Pentecost, prayer, promise, reconciliation, Relationship, Romans 8:34, Sinai, tongues of fires, Trinity, United Church of Christ in the Philippines, universality

• Sermon of March 16–“Happy Birthday”

  John 3:1-17 Now there was a Pharisee named Nicodemus, a leader of the Jews.2He came to Jesus by night and said to him, “Rabbi, we know that you are a teacher who has come from God; for no one can do these signs that you do apart from the presence of God.” 3Jesus answered him, “Very…

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  March 17, 2014

  From The Pastor HCE, Sermons HCE

  baptism, Born again, Ephesus, Gospel, Halloween, heaven, Holy Spirit, Jesus Christ, John 3:16, John 3:3, Kingdom of God, Mark Kosper, Mary’s House, Nicodemus, pushing the envelope, renewal, renewal of baptism, Rhythms of Grace, shock jocks, turkey, water

• Sermon of February 9, 2014–“Love On the Line”

  Matthew 5:13-20 13“You are the salt of the earth; but if salt has lost its taste, how can its saltiness be restored? It is no longer good for anything, but is thrown out and trampled under foot. 14“You are the light of the world. A city built on a hill cannot be hid. 15No one after lighting…

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  February 12, 2014

  From The Pastor HCE, Hills Church Export PA, Sermons HCE

  active listening, black and white television, boasting, bragging, cell phone, conversation, Darkness, desert, devices, Dog Head Tilt, Edith Wharton, electricity, electronic media, Ethan Frome, facebook, Gospel of Matthew, guidance, hearing, Holy Spirit, humility, illumination, Jesus Christ, life before remote control, Light of the world, listening, Matthew 5, Me-too, media exposure, Michael Metzger, Pharisees, righteousness, scribes, self-centeredness, self-righteousness, Sermon on the Mount, technology, television, test pattern, turkey, tweeting

• Sermon of May 19, 2013–“The Spirit(s) of the Age”

  John 14:15-27 15 ‘If you love me, you will keep my commandments. 16And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Advocate, to be with you for ever. 17This is the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it neither sees him nor knows him. You know him, because he abides with you, and he…

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  May 20, 2013

  From The Pastor HCE, Sermons HCE

  2 Corinthians 11, Albert Speer, Angela Merkel, architecture, atheism, christianity, DMZ, Ephesians 4, Germany, Haight Ashbury, hippies, Holy Spirit, immigration, Jesus Christ, Jesus of Nazareth, Joan Didion, John 14, Nazism, Not as the world gives, Peace, Pentecost, Pilate, political science, religion, San Francisco, secularism, Slouching Toward Bethlehem, speaking in tongues, spirit of truth, the Holy Spirit, theology, truce, virtue ethics, virtues

• Thursday Update–May 16, 2013

  Hello  friends and members of Hills Church, Tomorrow, Friday, May 17th, begins our Attic Treasures sale  in the Lower Level of the Steele Fellowship Building  from 3 to 7 and continues on Saturday, May 18th from 8-12.  A bag sale of $2 a bag will take place from 11-12.  The sale is sponsored by the…

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  May 16, 2013

  From The Pastor HCE, Hills Church Export PA, Notes From Pastor Hedden, Notices HCE, Uncategorized

  Christian Education, church, Communion, Eucharist, Flea Market, gift of the holy spirit, Holy Spirit, MOOK, Pentecost, religion, Sunday School, United Church of Christ

• Sermon of May 5, 2013–“Temple of the Holy Ghost”

  John 14:23-29 23 Jesus answered him, “Those who love me will keep my word, and my Father will love them, and we will come to them and make our home with them. 24 Whoever does not love me does not keep my words; and the word that you hear is not mine, but is from the Father who…

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  May 6, 2013

  From The Pastor HCE, Sermons HCE

  1 Corinthians 6, AIDS, Compassion, faith, Flannery O’Connor, god, Holy Ghost, Holy Spirit, Jesus Christ, John 14, Lost in the Cosmos, Love Thy Neighbor, Mystery, religion, Temple of the Holy Ghost, The Advocate, The Gift of Love, theology, Tony Campolo, Walker Percy

• Weekly Update–“May3, 2013”

  Good morning members and friends of Hills Church, We’ve had a busy week around the church!  Thanks to all who made the Spring Salad Luncheon and the National Day of Prayer Meeting successes!  There was a lot of good food and good fellowship with each other and I hope you’ve been blessed with a report…

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  May 3, 2013

  Calendar HCE, From The Pastor HCE, Notes From Pastor Hedden, Notices HCE

  Holy Spirit, The Temple of the Holy Ghost

• Sermon of April 7th–“Nice to Meet You”

  Revelation 1:4-8 John to the seven churches that are in Asia: Grace to you and peace from him who is and who was and who is to come, and from the seven spirits who are before his throne, and from Jesus Christ, the faithful witness, the firstborn of the dead, and the ruler of the kings…

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  April 8, 2013

  From The Pastor HCE, Hills Church Export PA, Sermons HCE

  666, alpha and the omega, antichrist, baptism, Bill Clinton, Comic books, Comic Con, Darkness, Ephesus, faithful witness, Holy Spirit, hope, Jesus Christ, John the Apostle, light, Patmos, Resurrection, Revelation, Revelation 1, Roman Catholic Church, seven spirits, Steel City Con, toys, Yesterday today forever