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David was a confused young... -- John 10:22-30 -- Fourth Sunday of Easter - C -- 2007
David was a confused young boy. He was caught in a web of family violence which he
Ruth and her mother began... -- John 10:22-30 -- Fourth Sunday of Easter - C -- 2007
Ruth and her mother began talking by phone when she was away at college. Mother and
Our neighbor's two-story house... -- John 10:22-30 -- Fourth Sunday of Easter - C -- 2007
Our neighbor's two-story house featured wide eaves. Birds loved to build nests in their
Forty years ago next month... -- Revelation 7:9-17 -- Fourth Sunday of Easter - C -- 2001
Forty years ago next month (June 6, 1961), Martin Luther King, Jr., gave the commencement address at
The wedding party was arriving... -- Revelation 7:9-17 -- Fourth Sunday of Easter - C -- 2001
The wedding party was arriving for the rehearsal. They entered the church in ones or twos.
John's vision of the faithful... -- Revelation 7:9-17 -- Fourth Sunday of Easter - C -- 2001
John's vision of the faithful reminds one of an election night party.
The city of Saginaw, Michigan... -- Revelation 7:9-17 -- Fourth Sunday of Easter - C -- 2001
The city of Saginaw, Michigan, has developed a logo which pictures five people figures in a row.
Yaffa Eliach grew up a... -- John 10:22-30 -- Fourth Sunday of Easter - C -- 2001
Yaffa Eliach grew up a Jew in Lithuania.
There was a mother cat... -- John 10:22-30 -- Fourth Sunday of Easter - C -- 2001
There was a mother cat that was out for a stroll with her three small kittens.
Gary Forner, a veteran Fort... -- John 10:22-30 -- Fourth Sunday of Easter - C -- 2001
Gary Forner, a veteran Fort Canby State Park ranger and a sixteen-year member of the cliff rescue te
According to an article by... -- John 10:22-30 -- Fourth Sunday of Easter - C -- 2001
According to an article by Andrew C.
Joe Garagiola tells a story... -- Revelation 7:9-17 -- Fourth Sunday of Easter - C -- 1998
Joe Garagiola tells a story on Earl Weaver, a baseball manager.
Humanity doesn't like to think... -- Revelation 7:9-17 -- Fourth Sunday of Easter - C -- 1998
Humanity doesn't like to think it needs a savior.
Every week in the Sunday... -- John 10:22-30 -- Fourth Sunday of Easter - C -- 1998
Every week in the Sunday newspaper I cut out a number of grocery coupons which I figure I might use
Some years ago, Mrs. Ed... -- John 10:22-30 -- Fourth Sunday of Easter - C -- 1998
* Some years ago, Mrs.
At a Halloween party a... -- John 10:22-30 -- Fourth Sunday of Easter - C -- 1998
At a Halloween party a mysterious guest arrived.
In summer of 1995, the... -- John 10:22-30 -- Fourth Sunday of Easter - C -- 1998
In summer of 1995, the Harley-Davidson Motorcycle corporation began working to trademark a component
Christianity is a singing religion... -- Revelation 7:9-17 -- Fourth Sunday of Easter - C -- 1998
Christianity is a singing religion.
In our passage we see... -- Revelation 7:9-17 -- Fourth Sunday of Easter - C -- 1998
In our passage we see in vivid imagery the joy of the redeemed in Heaven as they gather together to
Have you ever noticed how... -- Acts 13:14, 43-52 -- Fourth Sunday of Easter - C -- 1995
Have you ever noticed how close the words insight and incite are?
The only sermons of mine... -- Acts 13:14, 43-52 -- Fourth Sunday of Easter - C -- 1995
The only sermons of mine which evoke a response anything like what Paul and Barnabas experienced are
Shake the dust off your... -- Acts 13:14, 43-52 -- Fourth Sunday of Easter - C -- 1995
"Shake the dust off your feet and don't worry about it," said my baseball coach.
George knew what it meant... -- Acts 13:14, 43-52 -- Fourth Sunday of Easter - C -- 1995
George knew what it meant not to have enough: not enough money to pay the rent, not enough food to f
When businesses advertise, they try... -- Acts 13:15-16, 26-33 -- Fourth Sunday of Easter - C -- 1995
When businesses advertise, they try to take their message and put it in places where their potential
Apartheid in South Africa has... -- Acts 13:15-16, 26-33 -- Fourth Sunday of Easter - C -- 1995
Apartheid in South Africa has been a system of repression and injustice.

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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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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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