Matthew 5:1-16 Mark: Well Chuck, we did it. We pulled off a pretty good little Biblical drama there during Experiencing the Story (give high fives) Chuck: That’s for sure. I must say, we are excellent stage directors. I think the congregation really liked what they saw. Well done! Mark: Yah, how […]
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Matthew 4:17-25 Even as the smells of Christmas still linger–the special baking, the pine boughs, the wintergreen scented candle, the cinnamon spiced cider–we catch a whiff of something different. Something else is wafting in, on a breeze from the Sea of Galilee. Do you smell it? Something smells a bit…fishy! And there is
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Luke 2:8-20; Matthew 2:1-12 This morning is our Epiphany Sunday here at SJMC, the last Sunday of our Advent-Christmas Worship series on ‘Great Expectations.’ Epiphany celebrates the visit of the Magi, or Wiseman to see baby Jesus. Tradition would place it one Sunday later, on the Sunday closest to January 6th, but today
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Luke 1:26-56 Part 1: The Visitation (Shirley Redekop) In place of a traditional sermon this morning, we will, as Mary, mother of Jesus did, ponder what was told to her by the angel Gabriel, and Mary’s reaction to this news. In the spring of 2014 and again in 2024 Fred and I attended
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Matthew 1:18-25 Introduction When I was teaching, parent/teacher interviews always made me a bit nervous. Most of the time, these were good conversations–a way to communicate with parents about how their children were doing, and what kinds of things we could do to support their learning. But every once in a while something
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Isaiah 40:1-11 ‘Great Expectations’ has to be one of the best book titles ever created. The phrase awakens the imagination. It conjures up images and descriptions of what might be possible and conceivable. It speaks to anticipation, wonder and hope. Great Expectations is the title of Charles Dicken’s famous 1861 novel, set in
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