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Family reunions are the greatest... -- Acts 13:15-16, 26-33 -- Fourth Sunday of Easter - C -- 1995
Family reunions are the greatest/awfullest events on the face of the planet.
In 1866, in a famous... -- Acts 13:15-16, 26-33 -- Fourth Sunday of Easter - C -- 1995
In 1866, in a famous speech on reform, William Gladstone declared to the English House of Commons, "
Her name was Annie and... -- Revelation 7:9-17 -- Fourth Sunday of Easter - C -- 1995
Her name was Annie and she was dying of kidney failure.
As Christians, we are fond... -- Revelation 7:9-17 -- Fourth Sunday of Easter - C -- 1995
As Christians, we are fond of depicting the world as "a vale of tears," and speak in our scriptures,
We came to the crest... -- Revelation 7:9-17 -- Fourth Sunday of Easter - C -- 1995
We came to the crest of a hill and the sight before us was breathtaking.
Our two-year-old son... -- Revelation 7:9-17 -- Fourth Sunday of Easter - C -- 1995
Our two-year-old son was unhappy with his mother and me because we had reprimanded him on a matter.
If you are the Messiah... -- John 10:22-30 -- Fourth Sunday of Easter - C -- 1995
"If you are the Messiah, tell us plainly." Emily Dickinson has a lovely line of poetry that goes
More than once Jesus tells... -- John 10:22-30 -- Fourth Sunday of Easter - C -- 1995
More than once Jesus tells that he and the heavenly Father are truly one -- in complete harmony with
The great Italian scientist Galileo... -- John 10:22-30 -- Fourth Sunday of Easter - C -- 1995
The great Italian scientist Galileo Galilei encountered fierce opposition from ecclesiastical author
The church was full on... -- John 10:22-30 -- Fourth Sunday of Easter - C -- 1995
The church was full on Easter Sunday.
The power of life over... -- Acts 9:36-43 -- Fourth Sunday of Easter - C -- 1995
The power of life over death is central to the Christian narrative.
I recall a man in... -- Acts 9:36-43 -- Fourth Sunday of Easter - C -- 1995
I recall a man in a student church, where I pastored many years ago, being critical of faith healers
When Paul was invited to... -- Acts 9:36-43 -- Fourth Sunday of Easter - C -- 1995
When Paul was invited to apply for a promotion, he knew that it would mean a move to another city, f
There is a story told... -- Acts 9:36-43 -- Fourth Sunday of Easter - C -- 1995
There is a story told about a lady who was a little on the heavy side, and who really wanted to lose
Traveling in the Judean hills... -- John 10:27-30 -- Fourth Sunday of Easter - C
Traveling in the Judean hills is like being in a time warp.
In her book The Preaching... -- John 10:22-30 -- Fourth Sunday of Easter - C
In her book The Preaching Life, Barbara Brown Taylor tells of a conversation she had with a f
And on the sabbath day... -- Acts 13:14, 43-52 -- Fourth Sunday of Easter - C
"And on the sabbath day they went into the synagogue ..." We find and almost overlook in verse 14 th
While Michelangelo was working on... -- John 10:22-30 -- Fourth Sunday of Easter - C
While Michelangelo was working on the "Last Judgment" fresco for the Vatican complex, the pope's mas
Dr. Walter A. Maier, founder... -- Acts 13:14, 43-52 -- Fourth Sunday of Easter - C
Dr. Walter A.
A local sports reporter was... -- John 10:22-30 -- Fourth Sunday of Easter - C
A local sports reporter was covering a high school swim meet for the first time.
To our modern sensibilities, it... -- Acts 13:14, 43-52 -- Fourth Sunday of Easter - C
To our modern sensibilities, it would not have been a pretty sight.
Safety is a matter for... -- John 10:22-30 -- Fourth Sunday of Easter - C
Safety is a matter for concern for most people and organizations.
I'd give my life to... -- Revelation 7:9-17 -- Fourth Sunday of Easter - C
"I'd give my life to play like that," said an admirer to Paderewski.
Norman Vincent Peale tells of... -- Acts 9:36-43 -- Fourth Sunday of Easter - C
Norman Vincent Peale tells of two sad characters from Dostoevsky's Crime and Punishment: the

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Who Are These? -- Revelation 7:9-17, Acts 9:36-43, John 10:22-30, Psalm 23 -- Roger Lovette -- Fourth Sunday of Easter - C
Lectionary texts for the Easter season, including all of them for this Sunday, reflect the resurrect

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David Kalas
In the sometimes-tiresome debate over science and scripture with respect to creation, it’s easy to become distracted. While the argument typically requires a focus on the how, we may lose sight of the what. And so, for just a moment, let me invite us to think for a moment about what God created.
Mark Ellingsen
Frank Ramirez
Bonnie Bates
Bill Thomas
Acts 8:26-40
As a local church pastor, I was often asked if I would baptize a child whose family were not members of the church. Some churches rebelled against this, but I remember this scripture — the hunger for understanding and inclusion of the Eunuch and Philp’s response — to teach and share and baptize in the name of our God. How could we turn anyone away from the rite of baptism?

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Peter Andrew Smith
“Dad, I think you worked a miracle.” Rolf slowly walked around the tree. “After that windstorm, I assumed this tree was as good as gone.”

“We just needed to give the branches time to heal and come back,” Michael replied.

 “I know, but so many of them were battered and broken I figured that it couldn’t recover. Now though it looks just like it did before the storm.” Rolf paused. “Do you think it will bear any fruit this summer?”

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John Jamison
Object: A live plant that produces fruit, and a broken branch from that plant. I used a tomato plant from a local greenhouse. Ideally, find a plant with blossoms or small fruit already growing. If you use a different kind of fruit-producing plant, just change the script to fit.

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The Immediate Word

Christopher Keating
Katy Stenta
Thomas Willadsen
Mary Austin
Elena Delhagen
Dean Feldmeyer
Quantisha Mason-Doll
For April 28, 2024:
  • On The Way To Gaza by Chris Keating based on Acts 8:26-40. On the way to Gaza, Philip discovers the startling ways the Spirit of God moves across borders, boundaries, customs, and traditions.
  • Second Thoughts: Abiding by Katy Stenta based on John 15:1-8.
  • Sermon illustrations by Mary Austin, Tom Willadsen, Elena Delhagen, Dean Feldmeyer.

The Village Shepherd

Janice B. Scott
Call to Worship:

Jesus is the vine, we are the branches. In our service today, let us absorb from the vine all the nourishment we need.

Invitation to Confession:

Jesus, sometimes our branches become cut off from the vine.
Lord, have mercy.

Jesus, sometimes our branches are withered.
Christ, have mercy.

Jesus, sometimes we fail to produce good fruit.
Lord, have mercy.

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Stan Purdum
We will meet Psalm 22 in its entirety on Good Friday, but here the lectionary designates just verses 23-31. The lectionary psalms generally illuminate the week's First Lesson, which in this case is about the covenant initiated by God with Abraham and Sarah in Genesis 17. The nine verses from this psalm, while not inappropriate, nonetheless leave us looking for an obvious connection with the First Lesson.

John S. Smylie
I think some people are natural-born gardeners. Our Lord grew up in a society that was familiar with agriculture. The images that he used to explain the ways of his Father in heaven are familiar to his audience. Growing up, my closest experience to agriculture was living in, "the Garden State." Most people, when they pass through New Jersey, are surprised to see that expression on the license plates of vehicles registered in New Jersey. Most folks traveling through New Jersey experience the megalopolis, the corridor between New York City and Washington DC.
Ron Lavin
A pastor in Indiana went to visit an 87-year-old man named Ermil, who was a hospital patient. A member of his church told the pastor about this old man who was an acquaintance. "He's not a believer, but he is really in need," the church member said. "I met him at the county home for the elderly. He's a lonely old man with no family and no money."

Paul E. Robinson
"Love is a many splendored thing...." Or so we heard Don Cornwall and the Four Aces sing time and again. Of course you or I might have other words to describe love, depending on our situation.

Love. "I love you." "I love to play golf." "I just love pistachio lush!" "It's tough to love some people." "Jesus loves me, this I know."

Love.

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