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A Gift From My Father -- Jill Lamkin -- 2006
Each believer is given gifts from our Heavenly Father.
This Is My Life -- Jill Lamkin -- 2006
God wants to do more in our lives than we can ask or imagine, but often we feel that because of the
Unsinkable -- Jill Lamkin -- 2006
Can life be compartmentalized? If unfaithfulness leaks into one part of our life, will it sink us?
A Problem With Your Card -- Jill Lamkin -- 2006
Is life to be spent collecting debt and then trying to manage it?
The Voice Of Despair -- Jill Lamkin -- 2006
Each of us long for a purpose and a meaning to life.
The Voice Of Purpose -- Jill Lamkin -- 2006
The man in the drama has found a relationship with God, and the Voice of Despair has lost his power
Disconnected -- Jill Lamkin -- 2006
Christ says that without him we can do nothing.
Pass The Cheerios -- Jill Lamkin -- 2006
Can we keep our passion for life?
Flowers On A Saturday -- Jill Lamkin -- 2006
"Flowers On A Saturday" is the story of gossip.
Grace -- Jill Lamkin -- 2006
God's grace finds us wherever we are.
That It May Be Well With You -- Jill Lamkin -- 2006
"That It May Be Well With You" explores honoring one's parents and being an honorable parent.
How's Your Vision? -- Jill Lamkin -- 2006
When our spiritual vision needs adjustment, we can't see past the end of our noses, and often we don
When All You've Got ... Is Gone -- Jill Lamkin -- 2006
When our loss is so intense that we lose even our hope, we have a shepherd who can find it.
Just Look At Yourself! -- Jill Lamkin -- 2006
Because of a wrong turn in space and in time, two deliverymen leave a very large screen television a
A Risky Gamble -- Jill Lamkin -- 2006
In "A Risky Gamble" we listen in on a conversation in a casino.
You Think I'm What? -- Jill Lamkin -- 2006
Are you entitled to your employer's paper clips, cars, time, coffee, and pencils for your personal u
Seeds? -- Jill Lamkin -- 2006
God has big dreams for our lives.
Monologue For A Traveler -- Jill Lamkin -- 2006
This old traveler of life's path tells of the day he discovered that those footsteps behind him were
Look At That! -- Jill Lamkin -- 2006
"Look At That!" is a look at coveting.
Just Managing My Time -- Jill Lamkin -- 2006
The monologue, "Just Managing My Time," addresses issues of work, workaholism, worship, rest, renewa
Do You Know How Much It Hurts? -- Jill Lamkin -- 2006
"Do You Know How Much It Hurts?" illustrates three styles of communication that are harmful to famil
Let Your Mind Dwell On These Things -- Jill Lamkin -- 2006
Our minds dwell on and remember what our ears and eyes take in.
Just To Talk? -- Jill Lamkin -- 2006
As with any sin, adultery begins with a few "innocent coincidences" and with lots of rationalization
That's Just Too Weird -- Jill Lamkin -- 2006
When life is uncertain, where do we turn? When we feel a void, how do we fill it?
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The Village Shepherd

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Call to Worship:

Jesus is the vine, we are the branches. In our service today, let us absorb from the vine all the nourishment we need.

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Jesus, sometimes our branches become cut off from the vine.
Lord, have mercy.

Jesus, sometimes our branches are withered.
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Jesus, sometimes we fail to produce good fruit.
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Stan Purdum
We will meet Psalm 22 in its entirety on Good Friday, but here the lectionary designates just verses 23-31. The lectionary psalms generally illuminate the week's First Lesson, which in this case is about the covenant initiated by God with Abraham and Sarah in Genesis 17. The nine verses from this psalm, while not inappropriate, nonetheless leave us looking for an obvious connection with the First Lesson.

John S. Smylie
I think some people are natural-born gardeners. Our Lord grew up in a society that was familiar with agriculture. The images that he used to explain the ways of his Father in heaven are familiar to his audience. Growing up, my closest experience to agriculture was living in, "the Garden State." Most people, when they pass through New Jersey, are surprised to see that expression on the license plates of vehicles registered in New Jersey. Most folks traveling through New Jersey experience the megalopolis, the corridor between New York City and Washington DC.
Ron Lavin
A pastor in Indiana went to visit an 87-year-old man named Ermil, who was a hospital patient. A member of his church told the pastor about this old man who was an acquaintance. "He's not a believer, but he is really in need," the church member said. "I met him at the county home for the elderly. He's a lonely old man with no family and no money."

Paul E. Robinson
"Love is a many splendored thing...." Or so we heard Don Cornwall and the Four Aces sing time and again. Of course you or I might have other words to describe love, depending on our situation.

Love. "I love you." "I love to play golf." "I just love pistachio lush!" "It's tough to love some people." "Jesus loves me, this I know."

Love.

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