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The Importance of Remembering
Douglas Scalise, Brewster Baptist Church Luke 24:1-12 Easter Sunday this year falls on the same date for the Western Christian and Eastern Orthodox churches because this is one of those years when the Gregorian and Julian calendars coincide. Those systems for dividing the year are symbolic of differences in doctrine, ritual, and church organization that…
Read MoreThe Power of Passion
Douglas Scalise, Brewster Baptist Church Luke 19:29-40 Expectations are powerful in shaping how we feel and what we think. When our expectations are met we tend to be happy, satisfied and content. When our expectations are not met we tend to be impatient, disappointed, resentful, or angry. We experience this all the time in our…
Read MoreDefeating the Green Eyed Monster
Rev. Mary Scheer, Brewster Baptist Church James 3: 13-16 In my last couple sermons I talked about things that are obstacles to our faith and affect our relationship with God and keep us from fully enjoying life. First we looked at how idols in our lives can lead us away from God and deeper into…
Read MoreOpening Prayer 3/14
Dear Lord, We have come to give you our heart, to confess you are God and bow before you in worship. Thank you for calling us to yourself, inviting us into your presence just as we are, with all of our stuff, all of our questions and needs, fragile in our humanity, yet longing to…
Read MoreCongregational Prayer 3/14
Dear Lord, everyday you call us to make choices, to live faithful lives and walk according to your direction. But you don’t force us, you give us free will and let us choose if we will follow you or seek our own paths. Sometimes we have sought our own and it didn’t turn out very…
Read MoreCrucial Choices
March 14, 2010 – Douglas Scalise Luke 14:25-33 Meaningful things in life usually come with a cost; including being a student or disciple of Jesus. You can’t be a disciple of Jesus without making some crucial choices that come with a cost. Listen to Luke 14:25-33. “Now large crowds were traveling with him; and he…
Read MoreThings Most Surely Believed
March 7, 2010 – Rev. Dr. Catherine Clark Kroeger Luke 1:4 Our scripture this morning lays out what the Apostle Paul considered the essential platform of our faith, that upon which we build all the rest. We also read St. Peter’s declaration of the surety of the gospel events and the reliability of the eyewitnesses.…
Read MoreHaiti Relief Projects
The Missions Care Ministry team will be taking up two Haiti Relief projects recommended by TABCOM. White Cross Bandages. Please bring old bed sheets to the church by March 28th. These will be made into bandages. Hygiene Kits. These kits can mean the difference between sickness and health for struggling families. Those who wish to…
Read MoreCongregational Prayer 2/28
God of power and might, as we settle into this place of sanctuary we, we know that we’re here from so many different places are listening for your instructions and encouragement. We want to know you and understand you better. We’re at all different places in our faith, we have questions and struggles in different…
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