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Carolyn’s Sermon for Advent II – 12/4/11
Sermon Advent II – Year B Grace to you and peace from God our Creator, and Emmanuel, God with us. Amen. Think back to when you were a child in Sunday School – maybe for some of you it was long ago, (maybe for some it was this morning). See yourself sitting around the table…
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Carolyn’s Sermon for Advent I – 11/27/11
Sermon Advent I – Year B Grace to you and peace from God our Creator, and God with us, Emmanuel. We say it every week as part of our great thanksgiving liturgy. Christ has died. Christ is Risen. Christ will come again. Christ will come again. Advent is the season of the year when we prepare…
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Carolyn’s Sermon for Christ the King – 11/20/11
Sermon – Christ the King Grace, mercy, and peace, from God our Creator and Jesus Christ, our Lord and King. Amen. Today is the festival of Christ the King. It is the end of the church year. Next week we begin Advent and the new church year. What does it mean to say Christ is…
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Carolyn’s Sermon for ThankOffering Sunday – 11/13/11
Sermon for the WELCA Thankoffering Service: Deuteronomy 8:7-18      Philippians 4:4-9     Luke 17:11-19 Grace, mercy, and peace to you from God our Creator and our Lord Jesus Christ. When I was a child, one of the days I did not look forward to was the day after Christmas. That…
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Carolyn’s Sermon for All Saints Sunday – 11/6/11
Sermon for All Saints Sunday: Today we are celebrating the Festival of All Saints. This is a time to remember the saints who have gone before us. The word saints is used in the New Testament to mean all Christians. The good news for us today is that because we are all saints we are…
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Carolyn’s Sermon for Reformation Sunday – 10/30/11
Sermon – Reformation Sunday Jeremiah 31:31-34 On this Reformation weekend, we hear words of promise from the prophet Jeremiah, words about a new covenant and a renewed relationship between God and God’s people. Jeremiah is talking to the people during the time of the exile. Â Israel and Judah had lost the war. All that…
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Carolyn’s Sermon for 10/23/11
Sermon – Lectionary 30 What is the central goal of the Christian life? When some researchers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill took a close look at the religious beliefs held by American teenagers back a few years ago, they found that the faith described by most adolescents came down to something…
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Carolyn’s Sermon for 10/16/11
Sermon lectionary 29 Grace to you and peace from the God who names us and claims us. Amen. Several years ago I was asking my son for help on the computer. That is one advantage of having a son who is a programmer. I was trying to figure out if I had the software I…
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Carolyn’s Sermon for 10/9/11
Sermon Lectionary 28 Message: God has invited us to a banquet. May the words of my mouth and the meditations of our hearts be acceptable in your sight, O God, our strength and our Redeemer. Amen. You remember the wedding celebration a few months ago of Prince William and Kate Middleton? Remember all the beautiful…
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Carolyn’s Sermon for 10/2/11
Sermon -Lectionary 27 May the words of my mouth and the meditations of our hearts be acceptable in your sight O Lord, our strength and our redeemer. Amen. The text for today’s message is the second lesson (Philippians 3:4b-14).  In it, Paul talks about several things that are important to people: pedigree, prestige, power,…
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