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What a lackluster experience this... -- Acts 15:1-2, 22-29 -- Ascension of the Lord - C
What a lackluster experience this was for the great missionary of the early church.
Steve Cohen, a pastor in... -- Luke 24:44-53 -- Ascension of the Lord - C
Steve Cohen, a pastor in the Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod, told in the devotional booklet, Port
Lystra was a Roman colony... -- Acts 14:8-18 -- Ascension of the Lord - C
Lystra was a Roman colony founded by Caesar Augustus and was only eleven miles from Pisidian Antioch
My family was excited about... -- Luke 24:44-53 -- Ascension of the Lord - C
My family was excited about our vacation. We were taking three weeks to travel out west from Ohio.
When you dream of strawberry... -- Acts 14:8-18 -- Ascension of the Lord - C
When you dream of strawberry pie but eat rhubarb instead, because it is in season --that's reality.
Linda Greenlaw wrote her first... -- Acts 1:1-11 -- Ascension of the Lord - C
Linda Greenlaw wrote her first book, The Hungry Ocean, about her exploits as a swordboat capt
Last winter the newspapers overflowed... -- Acts 14:8-18 -- Ascension of the Lord - C
Last winter the newspapers overflowed with stories about a guru who was trying to flee his Pacific N
Incredible media scrutiny followed Justin... -- Acts 1:1-11 -- Ascension of the Lord - C
Incredible media scrutiny followed Justin Timberlake's "unveiling" of Janet Jackson during the half-
In Philip E. Slater's classic... -- Revelation 21:10-14, 22-27 -- Ascension of the Lord - C
In Philip E.
Abraham Lincoln, the quiet man... -- Revelation 21:10-14, 22-27 -- Ascension of the Lord - C
Abraham Lincoln, the quiet man of few words, was fond of telling the story of a man lost in a dark,
Tealeaf reading is still popular... -- Acts 1:1-11 -- Ascension of the Lord - C
Tealeaf reading is still popular in this scientific age.
What will the future be... -- Revelation 21:10-14, 22-27 -- Ascension of the Lord - C
What will the future be like?
It was an incredible worship... -- Acts 1:1-11 -- Ascension of the Lord - C
It was an incredible worship service. The music warmed my heart and the musicians were wonderful.
This was one of Archbishop... -- Revelation 21:10-14, 22-27 -- Ascension of the Lord - C
This was one of Archbishop William Temple's (98th Archbishop of Canterbury) favorite biblical passag
The Greek word for power... -- Ephesians 1:15-23 -- Ascension of the Lord - C
The Greek word for power is "dunamis," from which we get our word, "dynamite." The "immeasurable gre
One of the great things... -- Acts 15:1-2, 22-29 -- Ascension of the Lord - C
One of the great things about the Word of God is it tells the story of God's people --warts and all!
The instrument of Jesus' execution... -- Ephesians 1:15-23 -- Ascension of the Lord - C
The instrument of Jesus' execution became a sign of his royal rule.
Compared to the immolation demanded... -- Acts 15:1-2, 22-29 -- Ascension of the Lord - C
Compared to the immolation demanded by some pagan religions, circumcision was a cheaper price to pay
In the late 1980s and... -- Ephesians 1:15-23 -- Ascension of the Lord - C
In the late 1980s and early 1990s, Jim Carrey, the future star of such movies as Ace Ventura: Pet
The struggle to be number... -- Ephesians 1:15-23 -- Ascension of the Lord - C
The struggle to be number one is as old as human society.
In his book Why Religion... -- Luke 24:44-53 -- Ascension of the Lord - C
In his book Why Religion Matters, Huston Smith describes four spiritual personality types.

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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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The Immediate Word

Dean Feldmeyer
Katy Stenta
Thomas Willadsen
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?
  • Second Thoughts: The Helpers by Katy Stenta based on Amos 7:7-17.

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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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