Category: Faith in practice
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Seventh Sunday of Kingdomtide-B (Oct 18)
-Ministering to Each Other The Bible says that in the days after Pentecost, believers ministered to each other like a family and shared their possessions with those in need. If members don’t know each other well, they are reluctant to reveal that they have needs. The church is hampered today by the fact that…
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Sixth Sunday of Kingdomtide-A- Oct 11
Nurture Members–The church needs to provide regular visitation and supervision of its members to ensure they are growing in faith and love. It also helps the church to recognize when they have needs so it can minister to their needs. Most pastors are occupied with administrative duties and don’t get to spend much time actually…
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Fourth Sunday of Kingdomtide Sept 27
Developing relationships-The days after Pentecost were days of learning what it meant to follow Christ in a community of believers. Many were attracted to the church by the preaching of the disciples and had not previously known each other so it was a time of learning to live with each other as Christ would have…
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Kingdomtide-Second Sunday- Sept 13-Values-C
Christian values are learned as members follow the example of those in positions of leadership. The principles can not be simply taught in classes, they must be demonstrated in everything the church does. As the leadership practices these principles, those in the congregation will see the benefit of them and want to follow their example.…
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Kingdomtide-Second Sunday- Sept 13-Values-B
In America, Christian values so penetrated the American culture that many in the church had begun to view the community’s values as Christian. Since the 1960’s, liberal teachers have been very vocal about what they believe, while the church has been silent and done little to counter the liberal teachings. In fact, many preachers have…
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Kingdomtide-Second Sunday- Sept 13-Values-A
Christ came to teach us a better way to live. Christ taught the disciples and they in turn taught the churches. In the early church, members lived out the life and those around them saw the love they had for each other and wanted that. Eventually, Christian values took over the Roman Empire, but as…
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Twelfth Sunday of Pentecost Aug 9
Adult Tutoring- Many students today, especially boys, drop out of school before graduating and many who graduated from high school before the implementation of “No Child Left Behind”, can not read and write because they had trouble in school and were just passed from grade to grade. Many classes today teach by memorizing words rather…
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Third Sunday of Eastertide April 19
(Luke 24:49) Wait and Seek-Jesus rose from the dead and He revealed Himself to the disciples. He then commanded them to preach the gospel to the whole world. I am sure they wanted to rush right out and tell everyone, but Jesus told them to wait until they received the power from the Holy Spirit.…
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Fourth Sunday of Lent-March 15
Go the Second Mile-Jesus said, “And whosoever shall compel you to go a mile, go with him two.” The Romans had a law that a soldier could compel a bystander to carry a burden for him, but he was limited because he could only compel you to go a mile. Anyone would have go the…