Category: Oak Tree Presbyterian Church
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“The Restorer of Streets”
Theme: The Lord guides us constantly and reminds us that life is the answer and the promise, forever. Isaiah 58:9b-12 (NRSV): Then you shall call, and the Lord will answer; you shall cry for help, and he will say, Here I am. If you remove the yoke from among you, the pointing of the finger, the […]
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“Wealthy Beyond Measure”
Eph. 1-314 (NRSV) Theme: We can joyfully celebrate the Lord because we have been chosen by God to receive an inheritance in Christ: forgiveness, redemption and grace, gifts for the flourishing of God’s people. Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing […]
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“Is Church For You?”
Psalm 111 (NRSV) Theme: Church is the collective action of its community members witnessing to the Gospel of Christ through worship, prayer, service and instruction. We are church for the glory of God. Praise the LORD! I will give thanks to the LORD with my whole heart, in the company of the upright, in the congregation. […]
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“Were You There?”
Luke 24:13-35 (NRSV) Now on that same day two of them were going to a village called Emmaus, about seven miles from Jerusalem, and talking with each other about all these things that had happened. While they were talking and discussing, Jesus himself came near and went with them, but their eyes were kept from […]
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“Raised In Faith”
John 11:1-45 (NRSV) Now a certain man was ill, Lazarus of Bethany, the village of Mary and her sister Martha. Mary was the one who anointed the Lord with perfume and wiped his feet with her hair; her brother Lazarus was ill. So the sisters sent a message to Jesus, ‘Lord, he whom you love […]
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“Yours For The Asking”
John 4:5-30;39-42 (NRSV) So he came to a Samaritan city called Sychar, near the plot of ground that Jacob had given to his son Joseph. Jacob’s well was there, and Jesus, tired out by his journey, was sitting by the well. It was about noon. A Samaritan woman came to draw water, and Jesus said […]
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“Plain Talk About Divorce”
Click link for audio: 2011-02-27 Plain Talk About Divorce – Ellen Clemot Matt. 5:31-32 (NRSV) It was also said, “Whoever divorces his wife, let him give her a certificate of divorce.” But I say to you that anyone who divorces his wife, except on the ground of unchastity, causes her to commit adultery; and whoever […]
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“Peace Work”
Matt. 5:1-12 (NRSV) When Jesus saw the crowds, he went up the mountain; and after he sat down, his disciples came to him. Then he began to speak, and taught them, saying: ‘Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. ‘Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted. […]
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“Good Enough For God”
Gen. 32:22-31 (NRSV) The same night he got up and took his two wives, his two maids, and his eleven children, and crossed the ford of the Jabbok. He took them and sent them across the stream, and likewise everything that he had. Jacob was left alone; and a man wrestled with him until daybreak. […]
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“Christ Was Born For This”
Heb. 2:10-18 (NRSV) “It was fitting that God, for whom and through whom all things exist, in bringing many children to glory, should make the pioneer of their salvation perfect through sufferings. For the one who sanctifies and those who are sanctified all have one Father. For this reason Jesus is not ashamed to call […]
Ellen Clark Clemot 