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Living Gratefully 1: The Need for Gratitude
Worship Service: Childrens Talk & Adult Sermon - 26 Oct, 2014
Do you feel like you’re on a treadmill that’s going too fast for you to keep up? It’s a busy and stressful time of year and it’s easy to feel overwhelmed and like there’s just too much to deal with. How can the Lord help us cope with all of this? Gratitude—the Lord commands us to be grateful and when we understand why and start practising gratitude it can make a huge difference to our experience of even the most stressful situations | By Rev. Malcolm G. Smith , Westville, RSA
Amos–The Word of a Prophet 4 – Promise of Blessings to Come
Worship Service: Sermon only - 19 Oct, 2014
After all the threats of destruction throughout the book of Amos, the prophecy ends on a hopeful note: the promise of a return to a fruitful land. Is this promise being made to us? And if so, what was the purpose of all the threats of destruction that came before? We’re wrapping up our series on the book of Amos and continuing to grapple with the question of how we can hear the Lord speaking to us today through the ancient, sometimes obscure prophecies recorded in the Bible. | By Rev. Coleman S. Glenn , Westville, RSA
Amos- The Word of a Prophet 3 - A Thirst For the Word of the Lord
Worship Service: Sermon only - 12 Oct, 2014
In the New Church we tend to focus on the deeper, spiritual meaning of the Bible. But does that mean we can ignore the commandments in the literal sense to care for the poor and feed the hungry? How do we experience the connection between those external things and the deeper meaning within them? We’re continuing our series on the book of Amos and continuing to grapple with the question of how we can hear the Lord speaking to us today through the ancient, sometimes obscure prophecies recorded in the Bible. | By Rev. Coleman S. Glenn , Westville, RSA
Amos - The Word of a Prophet Part 2: Is It Actually Hard To Understand
Worship Service: Childrens Talk & Adult Sermon - 5 Oct, 2014
Cows of Bashan, sacrifices, worms devouring olive trees, death, opulence, corruption, rivers, exile, oppression, darkness—this is the content of the text that we’re going to be digging into this Sunday. We’re continuing our series on the book of Amos and continuing to grapple with the question of how we can hear the Lord speaking to us today through the ancient, sometimes obscure prophecies recorded in the Bible. This week we’re going to be particularly looking for how we can find a relevant message for our lives in these challenging texts. | By Rev. Malcolm G. Smith , Westville, RSA
The Word of a Prophet - The Wrath of God?
Worship Service: Sermon only - 21 Sep, 2014
This week we begin a five week series delving into the book of Amos, one of the Old Testament prophets. Throughout the series we'll be grappling with the question of how we can hear the Lord speaking to us today through the ancient , sometimes obscure prophecies recorded in the Bible. This week, we'll especially be asking the question: how can we see God's qualities of love and mercy even when we read of Him promising punishment and destruction? | By Rev. Coleman S. Glenn , Westville, RSA
Relationship Dynamics 3 – Changing the Dynamic
Worship Service: Children & Adult - 14 Sep, 2014
For the past two weeks we’ve been looking at different dynamics in relationships. What do you do if there’s a dynamic in one of your relationships that you don’t like? You’re stuck in a rut or a pattern of interaction that is unhealthy, harmful, or just frustrating for both of you; what can you do? This Sunday we’re going to look at what it takes to change the dynamic in a relationship. | By Rev. Malcolm G. Smith , Westville, RSA
Relationship Dynamics 2 - Boundaries and Freedom
Worship Service: Sermon only - 7 Sep, 2014
Every relationship involves unique people, each with their own thought and desires, and each with their own free will. It's one of the things that makes relationships challenging, and also one of the things that makes them powerful and beautiful. With that in mind, how can we work together toward common goals while still encouraging each other to act in freedom? | By Rev. Coleman S. Glenn , Westville, RSA
Relationship Dynamics 1 - Fighting
Worship Service: Sermon only - 31 Aug, 2014
Who are you fighting with at the moment? How does that fight affect the rest of your life? This Sunday we're starting a 3 week series on dynamics in relationships and we're beginning the series by talking about fighting. Being in conflict can cause us a lot of stress and pain and so we often do everything we can to avoid it. When we understand why we're fighting and what we're fighting for it can help us to fight the good fight when necessary. | By Rev. Malcolm G. Smith , Westville, RSA
Remembering the Sabbath Day
Worship Service: Sermon only - 24 Aug, 2014
What is the weekend for? We take weekends and holidays as a chance to relax and unwind, to rest from our daily work. But we also know that Sunday is also supposed to be a day for worshipping the Lord. Is there a connection between these two things – resting from our work, and worshipping the Lord? How do we find deep and abiding rest and recreation in remembering the Sabbath day? | By Rev. Coleman S. Glenn , Westville, RSA
Malcolm Cockerell Memorial Service
Memorial Service - 19 Aug, 2014
Repentance 4 - Beginning a New Life With the Lord
Worship Service: Sermon only - 17 Aug, 2014
For the past few weeks we’ve been looking at the steps of repentance, the spiritual process the Lord calls us to go through to reject what is evil and harmful in our lives and begin a new life. This week we come to the final step: actually beginning a new life. Scared? Does it even seem possible to make a real and lasting change in your life? Join us this Sunday to take an honest look at the challenges of beginning a new life and to learn how the Lord makes it possible for us to do this. | By Rev. Malcolm G. Smith , Westville, RSA
Repentance 3 - Praying to the Lord
Worship Service: Sermon only - 10 Aug, 2014
If God already knows what we need, why do we need to pray to Him? This Sunday we continue to look at the Steps of Repentance, four steps we can take to make real and lasting change in our lives; and in particular, we focus on the third step: praying to the Lord for His help and power to resist evil and embrace what is good. | By Rev. Coleman S. Glenn , Westville, RSA
Examining Our Lives
Worship Service: Sermon only - 3 Aug, 2014
For the next few weeks, our sermons will focus on a four-step process of repentance. This week's sermon focuses on the first two steps in that process: first, examining our actions, thoughts, and intentions; and second, recognising and acknowledging the ways that we tend to sin against God. | By Rev. Coleman S. Glenn , Westville, RSA
Little by Little - Spiritual Rebirth is a Gradual Process
Worship Service: Sermon only - 27 Jul, 2014
The Lord told the Israelites what it would be like to enter into and inherit the Promised Land, especially with regard to the enemies they would have to face and overcome. He said, "Little by little I will drive them out from before you, until you become fruitful and inherit the land" (Exodus 23:20-30). What does this story have to teach us about our process of spiritual rebirth? | By Rev. Mark D. Pendleton , Westville, RSA
The Blessings That Come From Blessing the Lord
Worship Service: Sermon only - 20 Jul, 2014
Are you blessed? Do you feel blessed? This week we are going to look at one of the Psalms and reflect on what being blessed by the Lord means. | By Rev. Malcolm G. Smith , Westville, RSA
Heaven on Limited Offer
Worship Service: Sermon only - 15 Jun, 2014
When are you going to choose heaven? If you keep putting it off, when are you going to get there? | By Rev. Derrick Lumsden , Westville, RSA
Idolatory 4: Other People's Idolatory
Worship Service: Family (may include music) - 8 Jun, 2014
For the past few weeks we’ve been looking at idolatry in ourselves—how we can be tempted to worship idols of various kinds instead of Jesus Christ. This Sunday we’re going to dig into the difficult question of how to respond to other people’s idolatry. How should we treat people who worship other gods than us? And the even more challenging question, how should we treat people in our own church or family or community that have different beliefs and priorities than we do? | By Rev. Malcolm G. Smith , Westville, RSA
Idolatry, Part 3 - Worshipping the Lord Fixes Idolatry
Worship Service: Childrens Talk & Adult Sermon - 1 Jun, 2014
Sometimes it is good to be reminded of the simple things, and this Sunday is a simple reminder: To get rid of Idolatry, worship the Lord. | By Rev. Derrick Lumsden , Westville, RSA
Idolatry, Part 2 “Making an Idol of Our Experiences
Worship Service: Childrens Talk & Adult Sermon - 25 May, 2014
The Lord calls us to worship Him alone. One of the ways we get distracted from that is to become attached to our own experiences and judgements. | By Rev. Derrick Lumsden , Westville, RSA
Idolatory, Part 1 - Making our Own Idols
Worship Service: Childrens Talk & Adult Sermon - 18 May, 2014
Most of us are not in danger of making a physical statue to worship, but that doesn't mean there aren't other kinds of idols we can be tempted to make. | By Rev. Derrick Lumsden , Westville, RSA
Going the Extra Mile
Worship Service: Childrens Talk & Adult Sermon - 11 May, 2014
This Sunday Bishop Peter Buss Jr will explore how to go the extra mile in our family relationships. | By Rt. Rev. Peter Martin Buss, Jr. , Westville, RSA
Serve Your Lord Today
Worship Service: Childrens Talk & Adult Sermon - 4 May, 2014
How can you be a blessing to others today and every day. | By Rt. Rev. Peter Martin Buss, Jr. , Westville, RSA
God with Us in Life
Worship Service: Childrens Talk & Adult Sermon - 27 Apr, 2014
God with Us in Life After His resurrection, the Lord appeared to His disciples to teach them about His continuing presence with them. This week we will explore His lessons about how He is with us in everyday life. | By Rev. Derrick Lumsden , Westville, RSA
God with Us as Lord and God
Worship Service: Childrens Talk & Adult Sermon - 20 Apr, 2014
The disciple Thomas only acknowledged Jesus to be his Lord and God when he could see and touch the Lord's body for himself. We will never have that opportunity so is it possible for us to still believe that Jesus really was here and really did rise from the dead and really is God? On Sunday we will explore how faith develops and how we can come to believe that Jesus is our God even though we've never seen Him physically. | By Rev. Malcolm G. Smith , Westville, RSA
God with Us - How?
Worship Service: Childrens Talk & Adult Sermon - 13 Apr, 2014
As we've led up to Easter we've been exploring the concept of God being with Us - God with us as a King, God with us as an Example. This week we'll listen to the Lord talking to His disciples right before He was about to leave them, explaining to them how He could still be with them once He was gone physically. This will give us the chance to learn how God can be with us too, even though He's never been with us physically. | By Rev. Malcolm G. Smith , Westville, RSA