Third Sunday after Pentecost Sermon: Rev. Paul M. Turner, Senior Pastor Reading: Mark 4:26-34 How can we picture God’s kingdom? What kind of story can we use? It’s like a pine nut. When it lands on the ground it is quite small as seeds go, yet once it is planted it grows into a huge […]
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What this adds up to, then, is this: no more lies, no more pretense. Tell your neighbor the truth. In Christ’s body we’re all connected to each other, after all. When you lie to others, you end up lying to yourself. Go ahead and be angry. You do well to be angry — but don’t
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Second Sunday after Pentecost Sermon: Rev. Paul M. Turner, Senior Pastor Reading: Mark 3:20-35 “Who are my mother and my brothers?” he asked. (Verse 33)
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So, chosen by God for this new life of love, dress in the wardrobe God picked out for you: compassion, kindness, humility, quiet strength, discipline. Be even-tempered, content with second place, quick to forgive an offense. Forgive as quickly and completely as the Master forgave you. And regardless of what else you put on, wear
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Second Sunday after Pentecost Sermon: Rev. Paul M. Turner, Senior Pastor Reading: Mark 3:20-35 “Who are my mother and my brothers?” he asked. (Verse 33)
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Several times a year we distribute 350-500 personal hygiene kits to the homeless on the streets of Atlanta. Since starting our hygiene kits ministry in 2010, we have distributed thousands of kits. Our goal is to distribute 2,000 kits a year. Our next distribution will be at 9am Sunday, August 30, 2015 in place of our regular
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Don’t bargain with God. Be direct. Ask for what you need. This isn’t a cat-and-mouse, hide-and-seek game we’re in. If your child asks for bread, do you trick them with sawdust? If the child asks for fish, do you scare them with a live snake on the plate? As bad as you are, you wouldn’t
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Don’t hoard treasure down here where it gets eaten by moths and corroded by rust or — worse! — stolen by burglars. Stockpile treasure in heaven, where it’s safe from moth and rust and burglars. It’s obvious, isn’t it? The place where your treasure is, is the place you will most want to be, and
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Pentecost Sunday Sermon: Alyce Keener, Vicar Reading: Matthew 22:34-40 Love others as well as you love yourself. (Verse 39)
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Seventh Sunday of Easter Sermon: Rev. Paul M. Turner, Senior Pastor Reading: John 17:6-19 In the same way that you gave me a mission in the world, I give them a mission in the world. (Verse 18)
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