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All Saints Day - AChristopher Keating
Dean Feldmeyer
Thomas Willadsen
Katy Stenta
Nazish Naseem
Mary Austin
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Children's sermon
All Saints Day - AWesley T. Runk
The greatest among you will be your servant. For those who exalt themselves will be humbled, and those who humble themselves will be exalted.
Good morning boys and girls. Does anyone here remember someone saying, “I am the greatest?” I remember hearing it many times by a prize fighter named Ali. Does anyone here remember Muhammed Ali? He used to say a lot of things... -
Commentary
All Saints Day - ASandra Herrmann
What is a saint?
According to the Roman Catholic church, a saint is a holy person who has been elevated by God to heaven, there to pray for those of us who need their help. There is a three-step process: the request by those who knew the person in life, and who attest to their holiness; a witness by at least two people that they asked the candidate to pray for them and their prayer... -
Children's Liturgy and Story
All Saints Day - AJanice B. Scott
Call to Worship:
In the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus told the people how they could be blessed by God and experience God's kingdom. In our worship today let us explore the Sermon on the Mount.
Invitation to Confession:
Jesus, sometimes I'm full of pride instead of being poor in spirit.
Lord, have mercy.
Jesus, sometimes I'm overbearing... -
Stories
All Saints Day - AJohn S. Smylie
Keith Hewitt
Bryan Meadows
Frank RamirezContents
What's Up This Week
"The Fifth Gospel" by John Smylie
"The Burden" by Keith Hewitt
"Up Stream" by Bryan Meadows
"A Magical Little Poem" by Frank Ramirez
What's Up This Week
What is a saint? What does a saint look like? How does one act? For All Saints' Day, this week's StoryShare features John Smylie relating his... -
Stories
All Saints Day - AKeith Hewitt
Larry Winebrenner
Peter Andrew Smith
Constance Berg
Sandra HerrmannContents
"New Leadership" by Sandra Herrmann
"Lost" by Keith Hewitt
"Three Paths for the End of October" by Larry Winebrenner
"Ahmad's Final Lesson" by Larry Winebrenner
"Freedom to Live" by Peter Andrew Smith
"The Fullness of Life" by Constance Berg
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New Leadership
by Sandra Herrmann... -
Sermon
All Saints Day - AMary S. Lautensleger
"Surprise! You're adopted!" If you were to hear those words from a trusted relative, surprise would be an understatement, I'm sure. Total shock would probably be more descriptive terminology for your emotional state as you examined the official court record and your original birth certificate. "Adopted" does describe each of us though, because we have been adopted by God into God's family. How do... -
Sermon
All Saints Day - AJames L. Killen, Jr.
When we put together the collection of things that we can believe, we need to ask a question about the person in the middle of the inquiry. What can we believe about ourselves? We don't often ask that question but it is a very important one. Some people are oppressed by low self-esteem. Others are led astray by exaggerated images of themselves. It is important to get a realistic understanding of... -
Sermon
All Saints Day - AMary Sue Dehmlow Dreier
Commotion At The Communion Rail
Tommy didn't budge.
When everyone else got up to leave the communion rail, he stayed kneeling. His folded hands were perched on the rail, and his little head was bowed so far down that his forehead was squinched against his thumb knuckles. His eyes were closed hopefully, as if he were waiting for a big present.
His mother... -
Sermon
All Saints Day - ACharles L. Aaron, Jr.
As the movie Contact opens, the audience sees a precocious girl named Eleanor learning how to use a ham radio. Nicknamed "Sparks" by her father, she has reached a man in Florida, and is excited that her radio lets her speak with someone so far away. In a later scene she asks her father wistfully if she can call her deceased mother on the radio. He responds sadly that no antenna is big... -
Sermon
All Saints Day - AGeorge L. Murphy
You know that old saying, "Be careful what you wish for, because it might come true"? We see examples of that again and again in life. During the war in Iraq, Hampton Sides, a journalist who had been slated to be "embedded" with one of our frontline Marine battalions, gave an interview on NRP (National Public Radio). At almost the last possible moment, Sides decided not to go with the Marines,... -
Worship
All Saints Day - AAmy C. Schifrin
Martha ShonkwilerGathering
The Revelation text may be used as a Gathering/Call to Worship. Have the Pastor/Leader speak verses 9, 10a, 11, 13a, and 14a and b. The congregation would speak 10b. The choir may sing 12b. (The opening phrase of "Blessing And Honor" would work well.) A second reader, who is among the elders of your congregation, would speak 14c-17. The hymn "Blessing And Honor" may be... -
Worship
All Saints Day - ADallas A. Brauninger
First Lesson: Revelation 7:9-17
Theme: Salvation. Amen.
Call To Worship
Leader: The good news, the first word, is not of being condemned but of being saved.
People: "Amen! Blessing and glory and wisdom and thanksgiving and honor and power and might be to our God forever and ever! Amen."
Leader: You will hunger no more. You will thirst no more. Neither the sun... -
Children's sermon
All Saints Day - ALeah Thompson
Blessed are the merciful, for they will receive mercy. (v. 7)
Good morning, boys and girls! How are you this morning? (allow answers) How many of you have played a game -- maybe even soccer -- before? (allow answers) Did you win or lose the game? (allow answers) How does it feel to win a game? (allow answers) It feels pretty good, doesn't it? Now,... -
Children's sermon, Illustration, Preaching, Sermon, Worship
Proper 26 | Ordinary Time 31 - AChristopher Keating
Dean Feldmeyer
Thomas Willadsen
Katy Stenta
Nazish Naseem
Mary Austin
Alyssa Spradlin -
Stories
Proper 26 | Ordinary Time 31 - AJohn S. Smylie
Keith Hewitt
Bryan Meadows
Frank RamirezContents
What's Up This Week
"The Fifth Gospel" by John Smylie
"The Burden" by Keith Hewitt
"Up Stream" by Bryan Meadows
"A Magical Little Poem" by Frank Ramirez
What's Up This Week
What is a saint? What does a saint look like? How does one act? For All Saints' Day, this week's StoryShare features John Smylie relating his... -
Stories
Proper 26 | Ordinary Time 31 - AKeith Hewitt
Larry Winebrenner
Peter Andrew Smith
Constance Berg
Sandra HerrmannContents
"New Leadership" by Sandra Herrmann
"Lost" by Keith Hewitt
"Three Paths for the End of October" by Larry Winebrenner
"Ahmad's Final Lesson" by Larry Winebrenner
"Freedom to Live" by Peter Andrew Smith
"The Fullness of Life" by Constance Berg
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New Leadership
by Sandra Herrmann... -
Sermon
Proper 26 | Ordinary Time 31 - AArgile Smith
At an office meeting, Ben got the official news that he would become the manager of one of the most influential departments in the company. His colleagues admired him because of his tireless work, and they respected him as a dependable person in whom they could place their trust. They were glad when they found out that he had gotten the promotion. In order to celebrate the news with him, they... -
Sermon
Proper 26 | Ordinary Time 31 - AJoseph M. Freeman
Maybe both the best and the worst of us in humanity are far better preachers than we are doers and deliverers of what we preach and teach. And maybe maturity has everything to do with our genuine willingness to bring a greater congruity between our esteemed words and those actions compatible with, not contradictory of, those words. Jesus, fully divine and fully human, loved and valued not just... -
Sermon
Proper 26 | Ordinary Time 31 - ARichard C. Brand
It seems fair to say that the saints of the Lord have always shown us what it is to be worthy of God. It is why we remember them and rejoice for them. They have shown us what a life worthy of God might look like. To talk about the saints, we may talk about Kagawa in Japan, about Mother Teresa, about Bishop Tutu and Nelson Mandela, about D. T. Niles in India, and about Saint Patrick in Ireland. To... -
Worship
Proper 26 | Ordinary Time 31 - ADallas A. Brauninger
First Lesson: Joshua 3:7-17
Theme: Miracles of Leadership
Call To Worship
In the miracle of leadership, we do not lead alone. We choose our committees, delegates, and representatives. We are aware of a silent partnership with God. Come, let us worship in the strength of this living God.
Collect
As we consider the miracles of leadership, we... -
Commentary
Proper 26 | Ordinary Time 31 - ADavid Kalas
A friend, who was about to become a father, asked me about the relationship I had with my father when I was growing up. My friend sensed that my relationship with my dad was a good one, and that I regarded my dad as a good father. This friend of mine, however, had grown up without a father, and so as he anticipated becoming a father himself, he found that he was without a good role model. He... -
Children's sermon
Proper 26 | Ordinary Time 31 - ACynthia E. Cowen
The Point: If you are truly great you will be a servant to all.
The Lesson: Good morning boys and girls. I really enjoy having you come forward to share this time together. Thank you.
This morning I brought two items with me: a crown and a broom. Who wears a crown? (get responses) That is right, a king. A king is someone who rules with authority and...
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