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A popular phrase states that... -- John 20:1-18 -- Easter Day - A -- 1996
A popular phrase states that "seeing is believing." The apostle Thomas could tell his fellow discipl
There is a story told... -- John 20:1-18 -- Easter Day - A -- 1996
There is a story told of an individual who appeared at the Pearly Gates and asked Saint Peter for en
In Steven Spielberg's movie, Schindler's... -- John 20:1-18 -- Easter Day - C -- 1995
In Steven Spielberg's movie, Schindler's List, there is a little girl in the midst of the crowd head
In his scholarly treatise, The... -- John 20:1-18 -- Easter Day - C -- 1995
In his scholarly treatise, The Creators, Daniel Boorstin observes that ancient oriental religions we
When you are driving down... -- John 20:1-18 -- Easter Day - C -- 1995
When you are driving down the road and the traffic light starts to turn yellow, what does that mean
Several years ago, I listened... -- John 20:1-18 -- Easter Day - C -- 1995
Several years ago, I listened as a friend, Michael, delivered the children's sermon on Easter mornin
The dirt road invited her... -- John 20:1-18 -- Easter Day - B -- 1994
The dirt road invited her to leave the highway that April morning, beckoning her toward woods that g
Ida Mae Kempel tells the... -- John 20:1-18 -- Easter Day - B -- 1994
Ida Mae Kempel tells the true story of a 12-year-old boy she calls Jeremy.
Judith, a spritely woman in... -- John 20:1-18 -- Easter Day - B -- 1994
Judith, a spritely woman in her mid-70s, recently had an "Easter experience when, through a series
Lieutenant Fisher was in his... -- John 20:1-18 -- Easter Day - B -- 1994
Lieutenant Fisher was in his final month of duty in Vietnam when it happened.
Three times in this passage... -- John 20:1-18 -- Easter Day - B -- 1991
Three times in this passage we find "where" followed by words indicating those early -- disappointed
Is it not strange that... -- John 20:1-18 -- Easter Day - B -- 1991
Is it not strange that the record of the appearances of the Risen Lord do not take place in the temp
The Candlelight Revolution they called... -- John 20:1-18 -- Easter Day - B -- 1991
"The Candlelight Revolution" they called it.
In Jerusalem there are two... -- John 20:1-18 -- Easter Day - B -- 1991
In Jerusalem there are two tombs of Jesus. One is the Garden Tomb.
Bill and Katherine were amazed... -- John 20:1-18 -- Easter Day - A
Bill and Katherine were amazed to hear their five-year-old daughter telling her friend about Jesus.
Isn't it curious the way... -- John 20:1-18 -- Easter Day - A
Isn't it curious the way John tells the story of the footrace to the tomb?
Canadian pastor Elizabeth Conroy tells... -- John 20:1-18 -- Easter Day - A
Canadian pastor Elizabeth Conroy tells this incident:
Outside the empty tomb, Mary... -- John 20:1-18 -- Easter Day - A
Outside the empty tomb, Mary Magdalene looked very closely at the gardener before seeing what she co
Was the stone at Jesus... -- John 20:1-18 -- Easter Day - C
Was the stone at Jesus' tomb round or square?
I have been taken totally... -- John 20:1-18 -- Easter Day - C
I have been taken totally by surprise several times in my life: when she announced she was pregnant
James Randi, the Amazing Randi... -- John 20:1-18 -- Easter Day - C
James Randi, "the Amazing Randi," has devoted his life to exposing hoaxes and frauds.
There is an incredible power... -- John 20:1-18 -- Easter Day - C
There is an incredible power to visual confirmation.
Easter's personal dimension ...br... -- John 20:1-18 -- Good Friday - B
Easter's personal dimension ...

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"shock And Awe" -- Acts 10:34-43, 1 Corinthians 15:1-11, John 20:1-18 -- Carlos Wilton -- Easter Day - B
Dear Preacher,
If He Comes Back ... -- Acts 10:34-43, 1 Corinthians 15:1-11, John 20:1-18 -- George L. Murphy -- Second Sunday of Easter - B
Dear Fellow Preacher,

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John peeked around the corner. “Daughter of mine, is there any chance that Ollie is in the kitchen?”

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1 Samuel 2:18-20, 26
In the mid-1990’s, Wendy’s restaurants had a promotion win which they would “biggie size” your drink, your meal, almost everything but the Frosty! Wendy’s decided to discontinue this promotion after getting some criticism from those who claim the fast-food industry was contributing to the nation’s obesity problem.
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The Village Shepherd

Janice B. Scott
Call to Worship:

Jesus grew in wisdom and stature and in favour with God and men. Let us worship him today with dignity and love, remembering that he was once a child just as we have all been children.

Invitation to Confession:

Father God,

Lord, have mercy.

Father God,

Christ, have mercy.

Father God,

Lord, have mercy

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Luke 2:41-52

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(Occurs in all three cycles of the lectionary; see Christmas 1, Cycle A; Christmas 1, Cycle B; and Easter 5, Cycle C, for alternative approaches.)

Mary S. Lautensleger
Each of us faces the choice of who and what we will become. Sometimes, we don't really know what we want to be when we grow up until we are forty-something. Our earliest models for making that choice are the people who raise and nurture us. Although we identify with the adults whom we admire most, each of us is unique and intended to become "our own person."
Cynthia E. Cowen
Tradition is defined as an inherited, established, or customary pattern of thought or action. Take for instance a cooking method. Sarah asked her mother, "Why do you always cut the turkey in half and put it in two small roasters?"

"Because my mother always did. It's a tradition handed down through our family," responded her mother.

"But Mom, did you ever think they didn't have big roasters back then?" Tradition -- a customary pattern or action. But who said traditions can't be changed?
Robert S. Crilley
In his book What's So Amazing About Grace? Philip Yancey tells of a conversation he once had with two scientists who had just emerged from the biosphere near Tucson, Arizona.1 For those of you who aren't familiar with what that is -- several years ago, an isolation experiment was conducted, in which a team of four men and four women lived inside a glass-enclosed structure, entirely shut off from the outer world. The general idea was to see if humankind might one day be able to exist on another planet by recreating a portion of the earth.

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