Tag: Jesus Christ
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April 10, 2016 Sermon– “Overhearing the Name of God”
EXODUS 3:1-16 Moses was keeping the flock of his father-in-law Jethro, the priest of Midian; he led his flock beyond the wilderness, and came to Horeb, the mountain of God. 2There the angel of the LORD appeared to him in a flame of fire out of a bush; he looked, and the bush was blazing, yet…
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Sermon of April 3, 2016–“The Most Unlikely of Heroines”
Exodus, Chapter 1:8-2:10: 8 Now a new king arose over Egypt, who did not know Joseph. 9He said to his people, ‘Look, the Israelite people are more numerous and more powerful than we. 10Come, let us deal shrewdly with them, or they will increase and, in the event of war, join our enemies and fight against us and…
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March 27, 2016-Easter Sermon–“No Limits”
John Chapter 20 Early on the first day of the week, while it was still dark, Mary Magdalene came to the tomb and saw that the stone had been removed from the tomb. 2So she ran and went to Simon Peter and the other disciple, the one whom Jesus loved, and said to them, ‘They…
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March 24, 2016–Maundy Thursday, Good Friday & Easter
Dear friends and members of Emmanuel Church, As we end Lent some of the most important days of the Christian year stand out. Tonight, Maundy Thursday begins with a Soup Supper at 6:30 p.m. Worship will follow around the tables in the Steele Building. It will be an interactive communion service. A Good Friday Prayer Service…
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March 18, 2016–Holy Week and Easter
Dear friends and members of Emmanuel Church, It is a beautiful morning up on the Hill! Tonight from 6-8 p.m is Messy Church for Big People and Little People. This is our newest series of Bible Study lessons (Noah’s ark this month), craft, songs, and snack. Learn to engage the Bible with your friends! Saturday…
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March 6, 2016 Sermon– “God’s Mysterious Forgiveness”
Genesis 45:1-8 Then Joseph could no longer control himself before all those who stood by him, and he cried out, ‘Send everyone away from me.’ So no one stayed with him when Joseph made himself known to his brothers.2And he wept so loudly that the Egyptians heard it, and the household of Pharaoh heard it.…
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February 28, 2016 Sermon–“Living the Dream”
Genesis 38:1-28 Jacob settled in the land where his father had lived as an alien, the land of Canaan. 2This is the story of the family of Jacob. Joseph, being seventeen years old, was shepherding the flock with his brothers; he was a helper to the sons of Bilhah and Zilpah, his father’s wives; and Joseph…
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February 3, 2016–“Launch into Lent!”
Dear friends and members of Emmanuel Church, Launch into Lent this week! Friday night is a special event–our Westmoreland Association Northern Cluster Churches will gather together for a U2charist, which is a worship service using the music of the rock band U2. Since Hill’s is hosting, we are asking our members to bring food for the…
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January 31, 2016 Sermon–Year of the Bible–“A God who Promises”
Genesis 9:8-17 8 Then God said to Noah and to his sons with him, 9‘As for me, I am establishing my covenant with you and your descendants after you, 10and with every living creature that is with you, the birds, the domestic animals, and every animal of the earth with you, as many as came out of…
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Sermon of January 10–“King Me!”
In the time of King Herod, after Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea, wise men from the East came to Jerusalem, 2asking, ‘Where is the child who has been born king of the Jews? For we observed his star at its rising, and have come to pay him homage.’ 3When King Herod heard this,…
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