Fifth Sunday after Pentecost
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Fifth Sunday after Pentecost

Independence Day Celebration Readings-Deuteronomy 10: 17-21; Psalm 145; Hebrews 11: 8-16; Matthew 5: 43-48 These readings for the Celebration of Independence push us forward rather than allow us to look backward.  First, Deuteronomy.  Our God loves strangers and executes justice for those with little hope or standing, the orphan and the widow.  So, we as…

Gideons International
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Gideons International

ABOUT GIDEONS The Gideons International is an Association of Christian business and professional men and their wives dedicated to telling people about Jesus through associating together for service, sharing personal testimony, and providing Bibles and New Testaments. While we are often recognized for our work with hotels, we also place and distribute Scriptures in strategic…

Third Sunday after Pentecost
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Third Sunday after Pentecost

Readings – Genesis 18:1-15,21:1-7; Psalm 116:1,10-17; Romans 5:1-8; Matthew 9:35-10:8-23 Do you know anyone named Grace?  I came up with three.  A bricklayer’s daughter from Philadelphia, Grace Kelly, Princess of Monaco.  The lead singer of Jefferson Airplane, Grace Slick.  A violinist and now a music teacher in Gettysburg, a Second Sunday musician who grew up…

First Sunday after Pentecost – Trinity Sunday
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First Sunday after Pentecost – Trinity Sunday

Readings – Genesis 1:1-2:4a; Psalm 8; II Corinthians 13:11-13; Matthew 28:16-20 The twelfth of September, 1962, Rice University, Texas.  The President of the United States, John F. Kennedy proclaimed– We choose to go to the moon.  We choose to go to the moon.                                               We choose to go to the moon in this decade and…

Pentecost
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Pentecost

Readings – Acts 2:1-21; Psalm 104:25-35,37; I Corinthians 12:3b-13; John 20:19-23 A neighbor of ours has a young dog, Emma, an English setter.  She is always on a leash.  She wants to run, play, to chase, to greet people.  She is always on a leash.  Hold that image. Pentecost was one of the three Jewish…

Seventh Sunday of Easter
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Seventh Sunday of Easter

Readings – Acts 1:1-14; Psalm 68:1-10, 33-36; I Peter 4:12-14, 5:6-11; John 17:1-11 This morning we will begin with our first reading.  The Resurrected Jesus is again with the gathered disciples, this time on Mt. Olivet.  Together they asked him — Master, are you going to restore the kingdom of Israel now?                                          Is this…

Sixth Sunday of Easter
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Sixth Sunday of Easter

Readings – Acts 17:22-31; Psalm 66:7-18; I Peter 3:13-22; John 14:15-21 Ever since Monday when I began to think about our readings for today, this was the verse that kept popping up — I will not leave you orphaned [alone];                                                                                      I am coming to you.                                                                      John 14: 18 This passage continues our reading…