Neighborhood Ministries

Tag: Faith in practice

  • Third Sunday of Kingdomtide-Sept 21

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    organized teaching-In addition to a firm foundation, members need organized teaching. Often, the preaching and the adult Sunday Schools of many churches are very haphazard with no master plan. Sermons are often chosen week by week or from a series that hits the pastor’s fancy. Adult Sunday School classes are often chosen for each quarter…

  • Thirteenth Sunday of Pentecost-B-August 31

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     Problem pregnancies. Our society glorifies sex but does not warn girls about the dangers. Pro-abortion crisis pregnancy centers prey on such girls by promising protection against pregnancy but do not tell them that there is a high failure rate or about the multitude of sexually transmitted diseases that go with sex with multiple partners. They…

  • Thirteenth Sunday of Pentecost-A-August 31

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    Hospital Ministry- Those in the hospital are often not there by choice. Many people hate to go to the hospital when they are sick or injured, though it is sometimes necessary. In unfamiliar circumstances, away from family and friends, and often unable to do many things they normally do. Staff do not have time to…

  • MAGA-A-C

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    Our society says it doesn’t matter what you believe but all we have to do is look around us and see the difference between America in the 1950’s and America today. The values of the culture have changed and it has deeply affected our society.  The liberal attacks on the value of life, the value…

  • MAGA-A-B

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    When I was young, I was not taught about God but I was taught Christian values because my parents grew up in church. When we had massive medical bills from my illness, the church did not care about us, its only concern  was that we pay our tithe so my dad demanded that neither God…

  • Ninth Sunday of Pentecost Aug 3

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    Many churches started in the inner-city when the areas were more prosperous. As the areas deteriorated, many members moved out. The churches did nothing to reach the people living around the church. Eventually, the churches were made up mostly of non-resident members who came back to worship. The small remaining congregation was no longer able…

  • MAGA-M-A

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    The second ingredient for life is to feel needed. Without that ingredient, we may survive but not really live. There are an increasing number of people who don’t see any meaning in life. The world says you are just the result of a series of  accidents of nature. A blob of tissue has no purpose,…

  • MAGA-L-A

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    There are two ingredients needed for life. I am not talking about breathing and having a heart beat, those are needed for survival. To be truly alive, someone needs to feel wanted. We are seeing an increasing number of suicides because people feel they aren’t wanted. If people feel no one cares about them, they…

  • Eighth Sunday of Pentecost -B- July 27

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    Public schools also are facing increased pressure to use liberal textbooks and teach false and misleading information to support liberal causes. Many have banned the Bible and moral teaching in favor of sexual license, sexual disorientation, and racially divisive teaching. In addition, many seek to turn kids against their parents to counter moral teaching. Many…

  • Eighth Sunday of Pentecost -A- July 27

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     Dealing with issues-teens. Host discussion nights for teens to deal with social issues and help educate about them. Too often the church has been silent and many church members hold liberal ideas because that is all they hear. The church cannot convince the world that God’s way is better simply by claiming God said it,…