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Matthew 3:13-17
Acts 10:34-43
Isaiah 42:1-9
Psalm 29

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  • Children's sermon, Illustration, Preaching, Sermon, Worship

    Christopher Keating
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    Katy Stenta
    Mary Austin
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    George Reed
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  • Children's Liturgy and Story

    Janice B. Scott
    Call to Worship:
    At Jesus' baptism God said, "This is my beloved son, in whom I am well pleased." Let us so order our lives that God may say about us, "This is my beloved child in whom I am well pleased."

    Invitation to Confession:
    Jesus, when I fail to please you,
    Lord, have mercy.
    Jesus, when I'm sure I have pleased you, but have got it...

  • Stories

    Argile Smith
    Contents
    What's Up This Week
    "Welcoming Mr. Forsythe" by Argile Smith
    "The Question about the Dove" by Merle Franke


    What's Up This Week

    How an individual handles power reflects on that individual's character. Some wield power with an iron fist, ensuring that everyone knows who is in charge. Some shy away from power, not wanting the...

  • Stories

    Constance Berg
    "Jan wasn't baptized by the spirit, she was baptized by spit," went the joke. Jan had heard it all before: the taunting and teasing from her aunts and uncles. Sure, they hadn't been there at her birth, but they loved to tell the story. They were telling Jan's friends about that fateful day when Jan was born - and baptized.



    Jan's mother, Donna, was 27 weeks pregnant when...

  • Preaching

    Elizabeth Achtemeier
    The lectionary often begins a reading at the end of one poem and includes the beginning of another. Such is the case here. Isaiah 42:1-4 forms the climactic last stanza of the long poem concerning the trial with the nations that begins in 41:1. Isaiah 42:5-9 is the opening stanza of the poem that encompasses 42:5-17. Thus, we will initially deal with 42:1-4 and then 42:5-9.

    Isaiah 42:...

  • Preaching

    Russell F. Anderson
    BRIEF COMMENTARY ON THE LESSONS

    Lesson 1: Isaiah 42:1--9 (C, E); Isaiah 42:1--4, 6--7 (RC); Isaiah 42:1--7 (L)
    The servant people of Israel, themselves oppressed and humiliated, are declared to be God's beloved servants who will gently reveal the light of God's will to the nations. That light of God is as a smoldering lamp among the heathen but God's servant nation is empowered...

  • Sermon

    Tony S. Everett
    Jenny was employed as an emergency room nurse in a busy urban hospital. Often she worked many hours past the end of her shift, providing care to trauma victims and their families. Jenny was also a loving wife and mother, and an excellent cook. On the evening before starting her hectic work week, Jenny would prepare a huge pot of soup, a casserole, or stew; plentiful enough for her family to pop...

  • Sermon

    Linda Schiphorst Mccoy
    Bil Keane, the creator of the Family Circus cartoon, said he was drawing a cartoon one day when his little boy came in and asked, "Daddy, how do you know what to draw?" Keane replied, "God tells me." Then the boy asked, "Then why do you keep erasing parts of it?"1

    The child brings up an interesting point. Does God tell Bil Keane what to draw? Conversations like that one evoke...

  • Sermon

    Dallas A. Brauninger
    E-mail
    From: KDM
    To: God
    Subject: Being Inclusive
    Message: Are you sure, God, that you show no partiality? Lauds, KDM

    The haughty part of us would prefer that God be partial, that is, partial to you and to me. We want to reap the benefits of having been singled out. On the other hand, our decent side wants God to show no partiality. We do yield a little, however...

  • Sermon

    William B. Kincaid, III
    There are two very different ways to think about baptism. The first approach recognizes the time of baptism as a saving moment in which the person being baptized accepts the love and forgiveness of God. The person then considers herself "saved." She may grow in the faith through the years, but nothing which she will experience after her baptism will be as important as her baptism. She always will...

  • Sermon

    R. Glen Miles
    I delivered my very first sermon at the age of sixteen. It was presented to a congregation of my peers, a group of high school students. The service, specifically designed for teens, was held on a Wednesday night. There were about 125 people in attendance. I was scared to death at first, but once the sermon got started I felt okay and sort of got on a roll. My text was 1 Corinthians 13, the...

  • Sermon

    Someone is trying to get through to you. Someone with an important message for you is trying to get in touch with you. It would be greatly to your advantage to make contact with the one who is trying to get through to you.

    That is what Epiphany is all about. This is the season of Epiphany in the church year. "Epiphany" is a Greek word that means the showing forth of God, or God's self...

  • Worship

    Thom M. Shuman
    Call To Worship
    One: When the floods and storms of the world threaten
    to overwhelm us,
    All: God's peace flows through us,
    to calm our troubled lives.
    One: When the thunder of the culture's claims on us
    deafens us to hope,
    All: God whispers to us
    and soothes our souls.
    One: When the wilderness begs us to come out and play,...

  • Worship

    Amy C. Schifrin
    Martha Shonkwiler
    A Service Of Renewal

    Gathering (may also be used for Gathering on Epiphany 3)
    A: Light shining in the darkness,
    C: light never ending.
    A: Through the mountains, beneath the sea,
    C: light never ending.
    A: In the stillness of our hearts,
    C: light never ending.
    A: In the water and the word,
    C: light never ending. Amen...

  • Children's sermon

    Good morning, boys and girls. What am I wearing this morning? (Let them answer.) I'm wearing part of a uniform of the (name the team). Have any of you gone to a game where the (name the team) has played? (Let them answer.) I think one of the most exciting parts of a game is right before it starts. That's when all the players are introduced. Someone announces the player's name and number. That...

  • Children's sermon

    Good morning! Let me show you this certificate. (Show the
    baptism certificate.) Does anyone know what this is? (Let them
    answer.) Yes, this is a baptism certificate. It shows the date
    and place where a person is baptized. In addition to this
    certificate, we also keep a record here at the church of all
    baptisms so that if a certificate is lost we can issue a new...

  • Children's sermon

    Good morning! How many of you have played Monopoly? (Let
    them answer.) In the game of Monopoly, sometimes you wind up in
    jail. You can get out of jail by paying a fine or, if you have
    one of these cards (show the card), you can get out free by
    turning in the card.

    Now, in the game of life, the real world where we all live,
    we are also sometimes in...

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