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Fireworks and waterworks -- 2 Kings 5:1-14, Galatians 6:(1-6) 7-16, Luke 10:1-11, 16-20, Psalm 30 -- Proper 9 | Ordinary Time 14 - C
Independence Day is picnics and barbeques and the faint memory of throwing off tyranny like tea into
Doing our part -- 2 Kings 5:1-14, 1 Corinthians 9:24-27, Mark 1:40-45 -- Wayne Brouwer -- Epiphany 6 | Ordinary Time 6 - B
My four-year-old daughter wanted to be near her daddy the other day, even though I was busy in the g

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My two boys have gone... -- 2 Kings 5:1-14 -- Proper 9 | Ordinary Time 14 - C -- 1995
My two boys have gone through quite a transformation.
Sister Joan Chittister, writing in... -- 2 Kings 5:1-14 -- Epiphany 6 | Ordinary Time 6 - B
Sister Joan Chittister, writing in the Roman Catholic tradition, has some wonderful, evocative stori
Naaman's resistance to Elisha's instructions... -- 2 Kings 5:1-14 -- Epiphany 6 | Ordinary Time 6 - B
Naaman's resistance to Elisha's instructions is not unlike the resistance some of us may feel to som
Our discipleship is measured by... -- 2 Kings 5:1-14 -- Epiphany 6 | Ordinary Time 6 - B
Our discipleship is measured by our obedience. Are we able to obey Jesus' teachings?
So he went down and... -- 2 Kings 5:1-14 -- Epiphany 6 | Ordinary Time 6 - B
"So he went down and immersed himself seven times in the Jordan, according to the word of the man of
Appearances can be deceiving. Naaman... -- 2 Kings 5:1-14 -- Proper 9 | Ordinary Time 14 - C
Appearances can be deceiving.
Naaman is desperate and willing... -- 2 Kings 5:1-14 -- Proper 9 | Ordinary Time 14 - C
Naaman is desperate and willing to go to any ends for healing.
According to an advertisement in... -- 2 Kings 5:1-14 -- Proper 9 | Ordinary Time 14 - C
According to an advertisement in a recent magazine, a senior oncologist at a prominent New York hosp
My grandfather was a piano... -- 2 Kings 5:1-14 -- Proper 9 | Ordinary Time 14 - C
My grandfather was a piano tuner during the depression.

Worship

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SIXTH SUNDAY AFTER EPIPHANY -- 2 Kings 5:1-14, 1 Corinthians 9:24-27, Mark 1:40-45, Psalm 30 -- B. David Hostetter -- Epiphany 6 | Ordinary Time 6 - B -- 1993
* CALL TO WORSHIPRejoice and be glad, good people, sing aloud before our
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