Neighborhood Ministries

Category: Kingdomtide

  • Tenth Sunday of Kingdomtide Nov 9

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    Bob Barr
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    Time, Truth, and Education –God places great value on time, both past, present, and future. We must remember past events and learn from them, we must experience His presence in the present through celebrating the past, and we must look forward to the future when He will fulfill what He promised. God told the Jews…

  • Ninth Sunday of Kingdomtide-B Nov 2

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    Relation of M-F  -Men are by nature bigger and stronger than women. To those of the world, that means that men can dominate women and use them for their pleasure. However, God created men and women to be different so they could best fulfill what they needed to do. God created men bigger and stronger,…

  • Ninth Sunday of Kingdomtide-A Nov 2

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    Relationship of men/women God chose to create woman from man’s rib. It meant that she was a part of him and not just a separate being that might like to hang around him to have a good time. They shared a bond that drew them together. While God created them different so they could each…

  • Eighth Sunday of Kingdomtide-B

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    Value of Marriage-The church has also been very lax about promoting marriage. The once growing divorce rate is finally beginning to drop, but it is because fewer people are getting married, not because marriages are lasting longer again. When I taught Sociology at a local community college, I would mention during the presentation on marriage,…

  • Eighth Sunday of Kingdomtide-A-Oct 26

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     Value of marriage-A  While the church teaches the sanctity of marriage, it has been lax in protecting it. Churches need to support young families going through the stress of surviving in a culture that considers marriage transitional or obsolete and who have no family nearby to help them. The church can do a great deal…

  • Fourth Sunday of Kingdomtide-Sept 28

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    God’s Values vs Man’s values   Man looks at things from his own perspective, while God sees the whole picture. Man’s values are those that appear to benefit him and fail to realize the fact that what benefits others will ultimately benefit him. Without God, we are centered on getting things for us. If there are…

  • 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…

  • Second Sunday of Kingdomtide-Sept 14

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    A firm foundation- Catechism. When I began my ministry, it was common for churches to have a concentrated time of study for those coming of age, generally considered about age twelve, to give them a basic foundation of understanding of the church and its beliefs. Few churches today, particularly evangelical churches, have any organized classes…

  • First Sunday of Kingdomtide-Sept 7

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    Growing in faith-Learning By Doing-A Children learn by doing and new Christians learn the same way. Unfortunately, few churches today have training programs where new Christians can work alongside more mature Christians. By involving new Christians in hands-on ministry in the congregation and in Christian ministries under the tutorage of more mature Christians, new Christians learn…

  • First Sunday of Kingdomtide-Sept 7

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     Growing in faith by watching Kingdomtide is a time when the church should be active in helping new converts grow deeper.  While few new converts are coming into the church this is vitally important today when so few churches teach members how to live a life pleasing to Christ. Many members who transfer in from…