Category: Larchmont Avenue Church
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“Lost, Found, Forgiven”
Theme: God’s patient forgiveness and joyful welcome extends to each of us, whether prodigal or principled, and that’s worth celebrating. Luke 15: 1-10 (NRSV): Now all the tax-collectors and sinners were coming near to listen to him. And the Pharisees and the scribes were grumbling and saying, ‘This fellow welcomes sinners and eats with them.’…
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“Sending Your Jesus Away”
Theme: We reject what we can’t control, but that means missing out on the grace of Jesus Christ. Luke 9:26-39 (NRSV): Those who are ashamed of me and of my words, of them the Son of Man will be ashamed when he comes in his glory and the glory of the Father and of the…
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“Wisdom’s Call”
Theme: The Holy Spirirt comes in the form of Wisdom calling us to protect our planet before it is too late. Proverbs 8:1-4;20-33 (NRSV): Does not wisdom call, and does not understanding raise her voice? On the heights, beside the way, at the crossroads she takes her stand; beside the gates in front of the…
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“When the Spirit Moves Us”
Theme: In sending us the Holy Spirit, Christ enlivened us to help transform the world with God’s Love. Acts 2:1-4 (NRSV): When the day of Pentecost had come, they were all together in one place. And suddenly from heaven there came a sound like the rush of a violent wind, and it filled the entire…
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“Outside In”
Theme: In committing to follow Christ, we commit to a lifetime of welcoming the stranger, the outcast, the lonely, the poor, and even one another. Acts 16:9-15 (NRSV): During the night Paul had a vision: there stood a man of Macedonia pleading with him and saying, ‘Come over to Macedonia and help us.’ When he…
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“Pursued by Peace”
Theme: Even in our darkest days, God comforts and protect us. Psalm 23 (NRSV): A Psalm of David.The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want. He makes me lie down in green pastures;he leads me beside still waters; he restores my soul.He leads me in right paths for his name’s sake. Even though I…
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“Believing Without Seeing”
Theme: Easter means each one of us has been given a new life, in a mysterious and powerful way–ours for the taking. John 20:19-31 (NRSV): When it was evening on that day, the first day of the week, and the doors of the house where the disciples had met were locked for fear of the…
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“When Forgiveness is the Measure You Give”
Theme: We are called to forgiveness, but not to accept abuse. Luke 6:27-38 (NRSV): ‘But I say to you that listen, Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, bless those who curse you, pray for those who abuse you. If anyone strikes you on the cheek, offer the other also; and from…
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“Leaving it all behind”
Theme: Jesus calls us to discipleship once a relationship with God has begun. Luke 5:1-11 (NRSV): Once while Jesus was standing beside the lake of Gennesaret, and the crowd was pressing in on him to hear the word of God, he saw two boats there at the shore of the lake; the fishermen had gone…
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“Making Sense of It All”
Theme: The gifts of the Spirit empower us to act as a community of Love. 1 Cor. 12:12-31a (NRSV): For just as the body is one and has many members, and all the members of the body, though many, are one body, so it is with Christ. For in the one Spirit we were all…
Ellen Clark Clemot 