Speak up for the people who have no voice, for the rights of all the down-and-outers. Speak out for justice! Stand up for the poor and destitute! (Proverbs 31:8-9)
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Fourth Sunday after Pentecost Sermon: Rev. Paul M. Turner, Senior Pastor Reading: Mark 3:20-35 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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Third Sunday after Pentecost Sermon: Rev. Paul M. Turner, Senior Pastor Reading: Mark 3:20-35 The religion scholars from Jerusalem came down spreading rumors that he was working black magic, using devil tricks to impress them with spiritual power. (Verse 22)
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Get along among yourselves, each of you doing your part. Our counsel is that you warn the freeloaders to get a move on. Gently encourage the stragglers, and reach out for the exhausted, pulling them to their feet. Be patient with each person, attentive to individual needs. And be careful that when you get on
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Third Sunday after Pentecost Sermon: Rev. Paul M. Turner, Senior Pastor Reading: Mark 3:20-35 The religion scholars from Jerusalem came down spreading rumors that he was working black magic, using devil tricks to impress them with spiritual power. (Verse 22)
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Several times a year we distribute nearly 500 personal hygiene kits to local homeless people. 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 is planned for Sunday, August 26, 2018 in place of our regular Church Without Walls service. As
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Real wisdom, God’s wisdom, begins with a holy life and is characterized by getting along with others. It is gentle and reasonable, overflowing with mercy and blessings, not hot one day and cold the next, not two-faced. You can develop a healthy, robust community that lives right with God and enjoy its results only if
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So this is my prayer: that your love will flourish and that you will not only love much but well. Learn to love appropriately. You need to use your head and test your feelings so that your love is sincere and intelligent, not sentimental gush. Live a lover’s life, circumspect and exemplary, a life Jesus
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First Sunday after Pentecost Sermon: Lance Helms Reading: John 3:1-17 Jesus answered him, “Very truly, I tell you, no one can see the kingdom of God without being born from above.” (Verse 3)
Pentecost Sunday Sermon: Rev. Paul M. Turner, Senior Pastor Reading: Acts 2:1-21 They couldn’t for the life of them figure out what was going on, and kept saying, “Aren’t these all Galileans? How come we’re hearing them talk in our various mother tongues?” (Verse 10)
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