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There's No Plan "B" -- Terry Cain -- 1993
Purpose Statement: Each Christian should feel that it is up to her or him if Christianity is going t
What On Earth Is God Doing? -- Terry Cain -- 1993
Purpose Statement: Every pastor must preach on the question that, sooner or later, every Christian m
How Much Sin Is Too Much? -- Terry Cain -- 1993
Purpose Statement: If God always forgives our sins (when our repentance is real!), what does this me
So You Think You Can't Swallow A Camel? -- Terry Cain -- 1993
Purpose Statement: It is all about priorities: first things first.
Advice Your Attorney Won't Give You -- Terry Cain -- 1993
Purpose Statement: A much-ignored mandate given by Jesus, "going the second mile," needs serious con
Astrology, Flip A Coin, Or Jesus -- Terry Cain -- 1993
Purpose Statement: What criteria do we use to make critical decisions?
I Hope Our New Earth Gets Done On Time -- Terry Cain -- 1993
Purpose Statement: It is the Christian pastor's obligation to preach periodically on ecology and the
Is There Any Future In The Bible? -- Terry Cain -- 1993
Purpose Statement: It is important to preach on the nature of biblical prophecy to dispel the myths
Why Teachers Can't Pray -- Terry Cain -- 1993
Purpose Statement: It is important to preach a clarification sermon on the issue of Bible reading an
What To Make Of Ghosts -- Terry Cain -- 1993
Purpose Statement: If our church members think about it, we'd better discuss it. Are there ghosts?
How Many Will Your Garbage Can Feed? -- Terry Cain -- 1993
Purpose Statement: Pastors must repeat sermons on our need to stop wasting food and overeating, coup
Baal: The 2003 Edition -- Terry Cain -- 1993
Purpose Statement: Baal was the chief rival to God during Old Testament times.
Do You Know What You Are Drinking? -- Terry Cain -- 1993
Purpose Statement: We need to be reminded every so often of the commitment we should be making when
Everything You Always Wanted To Know About The Bible Because You Were Afraid I'd Ask -- Terry Cain -- 1993
Purpose Statement: Occasionally there needs to be a sermon just on the general background of the Bib
You Can't Legislate Morality? -- Guess Again! -- Terry Cain -- 1993
Purpose Statement: "You can't legislate morality" is the popular phrase used to defeat laws or rules
You Told Who? -- Terry Cain -- 1993
Purpose Statement: Mainline Christians need to get over their shyness and reluctance to witnessing.
Staking Out Your Donkey On Friday -- Terry Cain -- 1993
Purpose Statement: What day is the Sabbath and what do we do on it?
Christians Should Be Different -- Not Weird -- Terry Cain -- 1993
Purpose statement: The title says it all: there is a happy medium for the Christian between being no
Better Moonshine! -- Terry Cain -- 1993
Purpose Statement: Since "prohibition didn't work" is often used as an argument for not making other
Welcome To Judgment Day -- Terry Cain -- 1993
Purpose Statement: Judgment day and getting saved may not be exactly what we are anticipating.
When God Hates To Go To Church! -- Terry Cain -- 1993
Purpose Statement: We should examine what worship is meant to be and how closely our worship approac
Does The Devil Make You Do It? -- Terry Cain -- 1993
Purpose Statement: Who is responsible for the temptations we face?
Forgive Us Our Daily Bread -- Terry Cain -- 1993
Purpose Statement: As an especially privileged nation, we are a notoriously overfed population, whic
What Are You Doing Out Of Jail? -- Terry Cain -- 1993
Purpose Statement: As Christians we should be social activists using nonviolent protests to bring ju
Smile, You Really Are On Candid Camera -- Terry Cain -- 1993
Purpose Statement: We are making a witness whether we know it or not, and whether we want to or not.

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John Jamison
Object: This is a role play activity.

Note: You will need to select six children to play roles in this activity. If you have a smaller group, you might ask some older youth or even adults to play the parts of the two attackers and the man being attacked. I will give suggestions for how they can play their roles, but feel free to help your children make the story as fun and memorable as you can. I have used boys and girls in the various roles, but you can change those however you want to change them.

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Dean Feldmeyer
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Christopher Keating
George Reed
Mary Austin
Nazish Naseem
For July 13, 2025:
  • Samaritans Among Us by Dean Feldmeyer based on Acts 2:1-21. Samaritans were despised and dismissed by the original audience who first heard Jesus tell this parable. Who are the Samaritans in our lives and how does this parable apply today?

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Frank Ramirez
I say, “You are gods,
    children of the Most High, all of you;
nevertheless, you shall die like mortals
    and fall like any prince….”
(vv. 6-7)

There have been any number of brother-sister acts that achieved a measure of fame. Take the Carpenters, famed for their singing, musicianship, and songwriting skills. Also worthy of mention are John and Joan Cusack who have acted together in over sixteen films.

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Wayne Brouwer
An ancient legend tells of a remote mountain village where people used to send their senior citizens out into the woods to die. The villagers had an eye to the future; they felt that those beyond a certain age would only slow down progress or use up valuable resources to no economically profitable end. Those who reached a certain age weren’t “put out to pasture” or “put out of their misery”; they were simply put out of other people’s way.
Mark Ellingsen
Bill Thomas
Frank Ramirez
Amos 7:7-17 and Psalm 82
The tallest building in the world is the Burj Khalifa in Dubai. It is more than 2,700 feet high—over half a mile tall. It has 160 floors and is twice as tall as the Empire State Building in New York City. It is home to the world’s fastest elevator which reaches speeds of forty miles an hour. The Burj Khalifa also hosts the world’s highest outdoor observation deck (on the 124th floor) and the world’s highest swimming pool (on the 76th floor).

The Village Shepherd

Janice B. Scott
Mabel hummed a familiar hymn tune as she made her way to church. She always enjoyed her Sunday morning walk. It was one of the few times she felt safe to walk alone through the inner city, for she knew nobody would be up at 7.45 in the morning. Today was a particularly beautiful morning, with blue sky, warm sunshine, and the song of a few intrepid blackbirds who still inhabited the city.

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James Evans
Often, a distinction is made between the pastoral or priestly work of the church and the prophetic work. Pastoral care has to do with the care of souls, the offering of comfort in times of loss. The priestly character of pastoral work seeks to mediate the presence of God to those who are hurting.

Schuyler Rhodes
Trusting is never easy. Even in the best of relationships, people step into trust slowly. There is wariness -- questioning -- worry. What happens if trust is betrayed? What if this doesn't work? Sometimes it's like a dance. We step in and out of trust, moving to the rhythms of fear. For many, the routine is achingly familiar. Indeed, it's not easy to trust.
John Jamison
It was back in the days when the railroad was the most common mode of transportation. There were automobiles, and some airplanes, but the steam locomotive was the way most folks traveled and the way that most of the goods were distributed around the country. After dinner, people sat in the drawing room and listened to the radio programs, fading in and out from some faraway location, over the magical broadcasting signal.
Robert Leslie Holmes
Not many tourists to Washington, D.C., look for the Federal Bureau of Standards offices. It's the Capitol and the White House, the Supreme Court Building or the Smithsonian most of us want to see when we go there. Yet, at the Bureau of Standards offices something very important is stored, something that impacts your life and mine every single day. Have you ever bought the materials for a new project? When you did, most likely you purchased so many inches or feet or yards. Or, you stopped to buy gasoline for your car and purchased it at a certain price per gallon.
David O. Bales
I have the two best jobs in the world. I teach social studies at Leon Griffith Junior High School (a fairly small junior high) and I am Sunday School Superintendent at Calvary Presbyterian Church (an enormous church school). Each job is my vocation. I tell people that at school they'll find my room where the halls cross. At church they can look but probably won't find me. I'll be in someone's classroom. At each job I practice what I most deeply believe: it's how you see the world that determines how you respond to it. I'll give you an example, actually, two examples.
Erskine White
O Lord my God! When I in awesome wonder,
Consider all the worlds Thy hands have made,
I see the stars, I hear the rolling thunder,
Thy power throughout the universe displayed,
Then sings my soul, my Savior God to Thee,
How great Thou art, How great Thou art!
(Stuart K. Hine)

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