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The story is told of... -- Proverbs 8:22-31 -- Trinity Sunday | 1st Sunday after Pentecost - B
The story is told of certain sailors who were near death because of thirst.
Magician, Doug Henning, says that... -- Exodus 3:1-6 -- Trinity Sunday | 1st Sunday after Pentecost - B
Magician, Doug Henning, says that the basic goal of his performances is to create wonder!
We rejoice in our sufferings... -- Romans 5:1-5 -- Trinity Sunday | 1st Sunday after Pentecost - B
"We rejoice in our sufferings." (verse 3)
Fear paralyzes and binds a... -- Romans 8:12-17 -- Trinity Sunday | 1st Sunday after Pentecost - B
Fear paralyzes and binds a person; love liberates and frees a person.
We live in the midst... -- Romans 8:12-17 -- Trinity Sunday | 1st Sunday after Pentecost - B
We live in the midst of a very mechanically-minded world.
In his California backyard, a... -- Romans 5:1-5 -- Trinity Sunday | 1st Sunday after Pentecost - B
In his California backyard, a man put on a parachute and strapped himself into an aluminum lawn chai
It would be great to... -- Romans 8:12-17 -- Trinity Sunday | 1st Sunday after Pentecost - B
It would be great to say I owe no one and no one owes me. But, life isn't like that.
Belief in a Trinity of... -- Romans 5:1-5 -- Trinity Sunday | 1st Sunday after Pentecost - B
Belief in a Trinity of persons in the Godhead runs through and through the New Testament and especia
Phillips Brooks possessed the gift... -- Romans 8:12-17 -- Trinity Sunday | 1st Sunday after Pentecost - B
Phillips Brooks possessed the gift of putting things in proper perspective.
We often expect much less... -- John 16:12-15 -- Trinity Sunday | 1st Sunday after Pentecost - B
We often expect much less than will come to us in the future.
Nicodemus came to Jesus at... -- John 3:1-17 -- Trinity Sunday | 1st Sunday after Pentecost - B
Nicodemus came to Jesus at night.
Recently the youth group at... -- John 16:12-15 -- Trinity Sunday | 1st Sunday after Pentecost - B
Recently the youth group at our church performed a realistic drama for Good Friday.
In this remarkable conversation of... -- John 3:1-17 -- Trinity Sunday | 1st Sunday after Pentecost - B
In this remarkable conversation of Jesus with Nicodemus, one truth comes through as crystal clear: w
Some people have worried, as... -- Proverbs 8:22-31 -- Trinity Sunday | 1st Sunday after Pentecost - B
Some people have worried, as science pushes back the frontiers of knowledge and clears up areas of m
To walk in the dark... -- John 3:1-17 -- Trinity Sunday | 1st Sunday after Pentecost - B
To walk in the dark is always dangerous.
A man from Portland, Oregon... -- John 3:1-17 -- Trinity Sunday | 1st Sunday after Pentecost - B
A man from Portland, Oregon, tried an old-fashioned way to woo his lady.
The commandment of Jesus to... -- Matthew 28:16-20 -- Trinity Sunday | 1st Sunday after Pentecost - B
The commandment of Jesus to the disciples was, "Go, then, to all peoples everywhere and make them my
When I was a young... -- Matthew 28:16-20 -- Trinity Sunday | 1st Sunday after Pentecost - B
When I was a young seminarian, I heard a professor of Far Eastern religions make the following state
The church has always regarded... -- Matthew 28:16-20 -- Trinity Sunday | 1st Sunday after Pentecost - B
The church has always regarded as members those who have been validly baptized with water in the nam
The Word remains. This is... -- Matthew 28:16-20 -- Trinity Sunday | 1st Sunday after Pentecost - B
"The Word remains. This is the great comfort of one who preaches.
What happens when we fail... -- Isaiah 6:1-8 -- Trinity Sunday | 1st Sunday after Pentecost - B
What happens when we fail in the work of the Lord -- when there is a mega-effort and a mini-return?
On December 14, 1986, two... -- Isaiah 6:1-8 -- Trinity Sunday | 1st Sunday after Pentecost - B
On December 14, 1986, two courageous flyers, Jeana Yeager and Dick Rutan, boarded their now-famous a
Isaiah was moved by the... -- Isaiah 6:1-8 -- Trinity Sunday | 1st Sunday after Pentecost - B
Isaiah was moved by the power of a vision, a dream. It stood him on his feet and got him going.
It was a cold, rainy... -- Isaiah 6:1-8 -- Trinity Sunday | 1st Sunday after Pentecost - B
It was a cold, rainy, January day.

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A Preternaturally Gifted Triune God -- John 3:1-17, Romans 8:12-17, Isaiah 6:1-8 -- Carter Shelley, Thom M. Shuman -- Trinity Sunday | 1st Sunday after Pentecost - B
As we make our way into the 21st century, our world faces a host of challenges that potentially enda

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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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