Tag: Preaching
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“Finding Jesus”
Luke 2:41-52 (NRSV) Theme: We all belong to God through Jesus, especially our children, and we are all welcome in Christ’s church whenever we find our way home to it. Now every year his parents went to Jerusalem for the festival of the Passover. And when he was twelve years old, they went up as…
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“The Gift of Jesus”
Luke 2:1-20 (NRSV) Theme: God gave us the gift of Jesus to be our Savior, granting the promise of grace, love, and mercy for all people, no matter what their station in life. In those days a decree went out from Emperor Augustus that all the world should be registered. This was the first registration…
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“It All Adds Up”
John 18:33-38a (NRSV) Theme: When we recognize the truth that Christ is God and King, we are made free to live in God’s kingdom here and now – a place of unconditional love, limitless second chances, and the encouragement we need to be the best people we can be. Then Pilate entered the headquarters again,…
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“Better Days Ahead”
Ruth 1:1-19a (NRSV) Theme: God is ever-faithful to us, graciously giving each of us a chance at renewed life in the midst of calamity, even today. In the days when the judges ruled, there was a famine in the land, and a certain man of Bethlehem in Judah went to live in the country of…
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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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“PTS Senior Worship”
John 15:15-17 (NRSV) Theme: Christ calls us friends and commands us to love another. Let us discover Christ in one another, recognizing Christ in our community through our friendships, individuals making one loving group. I do not call you servants any longer, because the servant does not know what the master is doing; but I…
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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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“Faith Matters”
Mark 2:1-12 (NRSV) Theme: A community of faith can transform lives through God’s healing power. When he returned to Capernaum after some days, it was reported that he was at home. So many gathered around that there was no longer room for them, not even in front of the door; and he was speaking the…
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“Come As You Are”
Matthew. 13:44-52 (NRSV) Theme: God’s love for us is so great that we have already been found and chosen by God for healing, forgiveness, mercy, and salvation through Jesus Christ here and now, tomorrow and forever. The kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field, which someone found and hid; then in his…
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“Sentinel Speak”
Ezekiel 33:1-9;20-22 (NRSV) Theme: We are called to witness to injustice and speak out in the name of Truth, in the name of Jesus. The word of the Lord came to me: O Mortal, speak to your people and say to them, If I bring the sword upon a land, and the people of the land…
Ellen Clark Clemot 