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Lent 5

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  • The Immediate Word

    Mary Austin
    Dean Feldmeyer
    Christopher Keating
    Thomas Willadsen
    George Reed
    Katy Stenta
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  • CSSPlus

    John Jamison
    Object: A small pillow or cushion, a bowl, and a jar.

    NOTE: This is a simple role-play story. You will need one boy to play the role of Jesus, and one girl to play the role of Mary. Since these are not speaking roles, this may be an opportunity to have a child help who might be hesitant to do a more involved role.

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    Hello,...
  • Emphasis Preaching Journal

    Frank Ramirez
    This is not the same old thing. This is something new. Isaiah tells us to forget the old standards of life and truth. Our God conquers, so no longer judge the old way. Paul in prison says pretty much the same thing. And in the first supper, which takes place in the home of Martha, with Mary, Jesus, and the newly resurrected Lazarus in attendance, we see the world turned upside down as well....
  • Emphasis Preaching Journal

    Mark Ellingsen
    Bill Thomas
    Frank Ramirez
    Isaiah 43:16-21
    C. S. Lewis captured the spirit of this lesson, its call to forget the past and start anew.  As he put it, “there are far better things ahead than any we leave behind.”  John Calvin captured what is new for us in God’s assurance that he is making new things.  For Calvin it means that God has offered us “His paternal favor, and declares that our salvation is...
  • StoryShare

    John E. Sumwalt
    “Jesus said, “Leave her alone. She bought it so that she might keep it for the day of my burial. You always have the poor with you, but you do not always have me.” (vv. 7-8)

    The first time I saw one of the “He Gets Us” Jesus ads during the Super Bowl two years ago, I sat up and said to my wife, Jo, “This is great! I wonder who is sponsoring this.” When I found out who, and what their...
  • The Village Shepherd

    Janice B. Scott
    Call to worship:

    When Mary of Bethany anointed Jesus' feet with oil, the whole house was filled with the fragrance of the perfume. As we worship God today, may this whole church be filled with the fragrance of our prayers.

    Invitation to confession:

    Jesus, sometimes we fail to notice or appreciate beauty.

    Lord, have mercy.
    ...
  • SermonStudio

    Schuyler Rhodes
    There's nothing quite as wonderful as looking at an old car that's been restored to its former luster. A 1932 Ford Victoria Coupe, rumbling down the road brings a thrill. The rust has been cleaned off, the torn upholstery replaced, and missing windows have been installed. It is a work of art. It is also a work of love. Such restoration projects, as anyone involved in them can attest, are not for...
  • SermonStudio

    Carlos Wilton
    Theme For The Day
    Worship is a blessed waste of time.

    Old Testament Lesson
    Isaiah 43:16-21
    A New Thing
    Who could save the Jewish exiles from their place of exile? Their nation was no more, their army disbanded, their captors completely in control. Truly their situation seemed hopeless. The only one who could save them was the one who had,...
  • SermonStudio

    Donald Charles Lacy
    In our spiritual voyages, surprises -- sometimes outlandishly -- come to us. We scratch our heads and wonder if what we are experiencing is fact or fiction. It may or may not be a time of inspiration. However, it may be one of instruction, as we view it in retrospect. You and I are to remember that every occurrence may very well be a teaching event.

    Mary's act near the time of Jesus'...
  • SermonStudio

    David Kalas
    In December of every year, the Downtown Athletic Club in New York City awards the coveted Heisman Trophy. Voted on by over 800 media members, the Heisman is awarded to the most outstanding college football player during that season. Past recipients have included such notables as Roger Staubach, Marcus Allen, and Barry Sanders. It is a great honor, and it represents the broad and non-partisan...
  • SermonStudio

    Julia Ross Strope
    You shall pass judgment on yourself. That is the hardest thing of all ...
    If you succeed in judging yourself, it is because you are truly wise.
    (The king on a planet to the prince)
    -- Saint Exupery, The Little Prince

    Call To Worship
    Leader: You're here! Winter seems displaced by the new growth of spring. This is the fifth Sunday in Lent --...
  • SermonStudio

    Gregory L. Tolle
    For his sake I have suffered the loss of all things, and I regard them as rubbish, in order that I may gain Christ and be found in him, not having a righteousness of my own that comes from the law, but one that comes through faith in Christ, the righteousness from God based on faith. I want to know Christ and the power of his resurrection and the sharing of his sufferings by becoming like him...

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