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Promise and fulfillment -- Acts 10:34-43, Colossians 3:1-4, John 20:1-18 -- Easter Day - A -- 1996
A new era -- Acts 10:34-43, 1 Corinthians 15:19-26, John 20:1-18 -- Easter Day - C
We are likely to think of Easter as an annual festival and indeed it is.
An annual reminder -- Mark 16:1-8, 1 Corinthians 15:1-11, Acts 10:34-43 -- David Kalas -- Easter Day - B
In the opening verse of our passage from the epistles, the Apostle Paul writes, "Now I would remind

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Valerie had been a pastor... -- Acts 10:34-43 -- The Baptism of our Lord | Epiphany 1 | Ordinary Time 1 - A -- 2002
Valerie had been a pastor for several years. She knew her theology.
Life is a miracle of... -- Acts 10:34-43 -- Easter Day - A
Life is a miracle of God.
The good news of Jesus... -- Acts 10:34-43 -- Easter Day - A
The good news of Jesus Christ is the quietest news that you'll ever hear.
Love is not praising each... -- Acts 10:34-43 -- Easter Day - A
Love is not praising each other nor criticizing each other.
Napoleon Bonaparte was known to... -- Acts 10:34-43 -- Easter Day - A
Napoleon Bonaparte was known to hate being on the losing side.
Few things are as powerful... -- Acts 10:34-43 -- Easter Day - C
Few things are as powerful as the announcement of forgiveness.
Tom and Dick Smothers, the... -- Acts 10:34-43 -- Easter Day - C
Tom and Dick Smothers, the Smothers Brothers, got a lot of laughs from their routine about "Mom alwa
Roland Huntford's The Last... -- Acts 10:34-43 -- Easter Day - C
Roland Huntford's The Last Place on Earth recounts the classic race for the South Pole.
Mark Twain once said of... -- Acts 10:34-43 -- Easter Day - C
Mark Twain once said of another, "He could charm an audience an hour on a stretch without ever getti
A teacher asked her class... -- Acts 10:34-43 -- Easter Day - C
A teacher asked her class members to tell who they thought was the greatest living person today.
God may show no partiality... -- Acts 10:34-43 -- Easter Day - C
God may show no partiality among people, but that is a moot point, to those who suffer from prejudic
Easter is God's affirmative YES... -- Acts 10:34-43 -- Easter Day - C
Easter is God's affirmative YES to life. Easter is the Lord's imprimatur to immorality.
Appearing prominently in one of... -- Acts 10:34-43 -- Easter Day - C
Appearing prominently in one of our daily newspapers recently was the following item: "EYEWITNESSES
Brad was still pouting and... -- Acts 10:34-43 -- Easter Day - B
Brad was still pouting and crying in his beer at the local bar one year later, after he lost his job
Rosa Parks died last year... -- Acts 10:34-43 -- Easter Day - B
Rosa Parks died last year (2005) and the United States lost a great person who helped change the lan
Buddha once said, He who... -- Acts 10:34-43 -- Easter Day - B
Buddha once said, "He who experiences the unity of life sees his own self in all beings, and all bei
Verse 4 of John of... -- Acts 10:34-43 -- Easter Day - B
Verse 4 of John of Damascus' ancient and beloved Easter hymn, "The Day of Resurrection," proclaims:
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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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