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A)To be... -- Luke 24:36-49 -- Third Sunday of Easter - B -- 1982
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(A)Several... -- Luke 24:36-49 -- Third Sunday of Easter - B -- 1982
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(A)Luke... -- Luke 24:36-49 -- Third Sunday of Easter - B -- 1982
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(A)We... -- Luke 24:36-49 -- Third Sunday of Easter - B -- 1982
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(L, M)br... -- Acts 3:13-15, 17-26 -- Third Sunday of Easter - B -- 1982
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C, P)As... -- Acts 4:8-12 -- Third Sunday of Easter - B -- 1982
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(C, P)br... -- Acts 4:8-12 -- Third Sunday of Easter - B -- 1982
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(C, P)br... -- Acts 4:8-12 -- Third Sunday of Easter - B -- 1982
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(C, P)br... -- Acts 4:8-12 -- Third Sunday of Easter - B -- 1982
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The common expression is, Like... -- 1 John 3:1-7 -- Third Sunday of Easter - B
The common expression is, "Like father, like son." When I am giving a children's sermon in church, I
A little boy was helping... -- 1 John 3:1-7 -- Third Sunday of Easter - B
A little boy was helping his mother make gingerbread men.
You don't have to feel... -- John 2:1-5 -- Third Sunday of Easter - B
You don't have to "feel like" loving somebody to love them; otherwise, as Paul Tillich once reminded
As his mother tucked him... -- John 2:1-5 -- Third Sunday of Easter - B
As his mother tucked him into bed one night, the boy snuggled beneath the covers said, "Mom, would y
Luke's version of the Great... -- Luke 24:35-49 -- Third Sunday of Easter - B
Luke's version of the Great Commission sends the disciples "to all nations" as "witnesses." If there
People show up in surprising... -- Luke 24:35-49 -- Third Sunday of Easter - B
People show up in surprising situations.
Luke writes, ... and that repentance... -- Luke 24:35-49 -- Third Sunday of Easter - B
Luke writes, "...
If you slide an empty... -- Luke 24:35-49 -- Third Sunday of Easter - B
If you slide an empty floppy disc into your home computer and call up its information to the screen,
Where does Peter get his... -- Acts 3:12-19 -- Third Sunday of Easter - B
Where does Peter get his power to heal?
The twentieth anniversary of the... -- Acts 3:12-19 -- Third Sunday of Easter - B
The twentieth anniversary of the death of President John F.
The people had seen a... -- Acts 3:12-19 -- Third Sunday of Easter - B
The people had seen a lame man healed. They were filled with awe and and wonder.
Despite her parents' warnings, good... -- Acts 3:12-19 -- Third Sunday of Easter - B
Despite her parents' warnings, good examples, and hard work of trying to put her through college, Jo
There is something special in... -- Acts 3:12-19 -- Third Sunday of Easter - B
There is something special in knowing who your ancestors were.
We hear a lot about... -- Acts 3:12-19 -- Third Sunday of Easter - B
We hear a lot about power today. There is power in numbers. There is power in money.
It's a story that is... -- Acts 3:12-19 -- Third Sunday of Easter - B
It's a story that is told often around the farm table.

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Too Good To Be True? -- Acts 3:12-19, 1 John 3:1-7, Luke 24:36b-48 -- Timothy B. Cargal -- Third Sunday of Easter - 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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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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