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(A)Samuel's... -- 1 Samuel 3:1-10 -- Epiphany 2 | Ordinary Time 2 - B -- 1982
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(A)In... -- 1 Samuel 3:1-10 -- Epiphany 2 | Ordinary Time 2 - B -- 1982
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(A)The... -- 1 Samuel 3:1-10 -- Epiphany 2 | Ordinary Time 2 - B -- 1982
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A)We had... -- 1 Samuel 3:1-10 -- Epiphany 2 | Ordinary Time 2 - B -- 1982
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(A)Nathanael... -- John 1:43-51 -- Epiphany 2 | Ordinary Time 2 - B -- 1982
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(A)Before... -- John 1:43-51 -- Epiphany 2 | Ordinary Time 2 - B -- 1982
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A)Come and... -- John 1:43-51 -- Epiphany 2 | Ordinary Time 2 - B -- 1982
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I love to go to... -- John 1:43-51 -- Epiphany 2 | Ordinary Time 2 - B
I love to go to the circus when it is in town.
Nazareth was a cloud of... -- John 1:43-51 -- Epiphany 2 | Ordinary Time 2 - B
Nazareth was a cloud of unpredictability hanging like a menance over Jerusalem.
A number of years ago... -- 1 Samuel 3:1-10 -- Epiphany 2 | Ordinary Time 2 - B
A number of years ago I was working for anational youth ministry organization which required a great
Bill Myers seemed to have... -- 1 Samuel 3:1-10 -- Epiphany 2 | Ordinary Time 2 - B
Bill Myers seemed to have it made.
In a former church I... -- 1 Samuel 3:1-10 -- Epiphany 2 | Ordinary Time 2 - B
In a former church I was criticized because I preached with notes.
The call of Philip and... -- John 1:43-51 -- Epiphany 2 | Ordinary Time 2 - B
The call of Philip and Nathanael gives meaning to the 1938 gospel song by Albert E. Brumley:
Dale, a novice carpenter, planned... -- 1 Corinthians 6:12-20 -- Epiphany 2 | Ordinary Time 2 - B
Dale, a novice carpenter, planned to make a desk that would carry him through his college years.
Billions of dollars are spent... -- 1 Corinthians 6:12-20 -- Epiphany 2 | Ordinary Time 2 - B
Billions of dollars are spent every year on pornography, on and off the internet.
Luther, in dealing with the... -- 1 Corinthians 6:12-20 -- Epiphany 2 | Ordinary Time 2 - B
Luther, in dealing with the issue of sexual temptation, is reputed to have said that it's okay if a
Walt never imagined that he... -- 1 Corinthians 6:12-20 -- Epiphany 2 | Ordinary Time 2 - B
Walt never imagined that he would find himself unemployed in his mid-fifties!
Jesus answered him, 'Do you... -- John 1:43-51 -- Epiphany 2 | Ordinary Time 2 - B
"Jesus answered him, 'Do you believe because I told you that I saw you under a fig tree?
Don's youth group planned a... -- John 1:43-51 -- Epiphany 2 | Ordinary Time 2 - B
Don's youth group planned a service project at a local nursing home.
The word vocation comes from... -- John 1:43-51 -- Epiphany 2 | Ordinary Time 2 - B
The word "vocation" comes from the Latin vocare, "to call," and it means the work a [person]
Wendell Berry's title character reflects... -- 1 Samuel 3:1-10 (11-20) -- Epiphany 2 | Ordinary Time 2 - B
Wendell Berry's title character reflects back on his call to ministry as a teenage boy in an orphana
In his book, Life Sentence... -- 1 Samuel 3:1-10 (11-20) -- Epiphany 2 | Ordinary Time 2 - B
In his book, Life Sentence, Charles Colson relates how, after coming home from prison followi
Erwin McManus, in his book... -- 1 Samuel 3:1-10 (11-20) -- Epiphany 2 | Ordinary Time 2 - B
Erwin McManus, in his book Seizing Your Divine Moment writes about an immigrant from Argentin
So Samuel went and lay... -- 1 Samuel 3:1-10 (11-20) -- Epiphany 2 | Ordinary Time 2 - B
"So Samuel went and lay down in his place" (1 Samuel 3:9).

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"did You Call?" -- 1 Samuel 3:1-10 (11-20), 1 Corinthians 6:12-20, John 1:43-51 -- Carlos Wilton -- Epiphany 2 | Ordinary Time 2 - B
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Emphasis Preaching Journal

David Kalas
In the sometimes-tiresome debate over science and scripture with respect to creation, it’s easy to become distracted. While the argument typically requires a focus on the how, we may lose sight of the what. And so, for just a moment, let me invite us to think for a moment about what God created.
Mark Ellingsen
Frank Ramirez
Bonnie Bates
Bill Thomas
Acts 8:26-40
As a local church pastor, I was often asked if I would baptize a child whose family were not members of the church. Some churches rebelled against this, but I remember this scripture — the hunger for understanding and inclusion of the Eunuch and Philp’s response — to teach and share and baptize in the name of our God. How could we turn anyone away from the rite of baptism?

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Peter Andrew Smith
“Dad, I think you worked a miracle.” Rolf slowly walked around the tree. “After that windstorm, I assumed this tree was as good as gone.”

“We just needed to give the branches time to heal and come back,” Michael replied.

 “I know, but so many of them were battered and broken I figured that it couldn’t recover. Now though it looks just like it did before the storm.” Rolf paused. “Do you think it will bear any fruit this summer?”

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John Jamison
Object: A live plant that produces fruit, and a broken branch from that plant. I used a tomato plant from a local greenhouse. Ideally, find a plant with blossoms or small fruit already growing. If you use a different kind of fruit-producing plant, just change the script to fit.

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Hello, everyone! (Let them respond.) Are you ready for our story today? (Let them respond.) Excellent!

The Immediate Word

Christopher Keating
Katy Stenta
Thomas Willadsen
Mary Austin
Elena Delhagen
Dean Feldmeyer
Quantisha Mason-Doll
For April 28, 2024:
  • On The Way To Gaza by Chris Keating based on Acts 8:26-40. On the way to Gaza, Philip discovers the startling ways the Spirit of God moves across borders, boundaries, customs, and traditions.
  • Second Thoughts: Abiding by Katy Stenta based on John 15:1-8.
  • Sermon illustrations by Mary Austin, Tom Willadsen, Elena Delhagen, Dean Feldmeyer.

The Village Shepherd

Janice B. Scott
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.

Invitation to Confession:

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

Jesus, sometimes our branches are withered.
Christ, have mercy.

Jesus, sometimes we fail to produce good fruit.
Lord, have mercy.

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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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