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Know Your Spiritual Enemies: The Amorites
Worship Service: Family (may include music) - 19 Nov, 2023
This year we’ve been working our way through a series of sermons on ancient enemies in the stories of the Word and their spiritual significance in our lives today. The Amorites will be our focus this Sunday. This enemy shows up in a number of different stories but particularly in the stories of the conquest of the land. We will be exploring the spiritual implications of the idea that our spiritual lives (represented by the Children of Israel) must find their home in areas previously governed by selfishness and worldliness (represented by the Amorites). | By Rev. Malcolm G. Smith , Bryn Athyn Cathedral
Know Your Spiritual Enemies: The Amorites
Worship Service: Sermon only - 19 Nov, 2023
This year we’ve been working our way through a series of sermons on ancient enemies in the stories of the Word and their spiritual significance in our lives today. The Amorites will be our focus this Sunday. This enemy shows up in a number of different stories but particularly in the stories of the conquest of the land. We will be exploring the spiritual implications of the idea that our spiritual lives (represented by the Children of Israel) must find their home in areas previously governed by selfishness and worldliness (represented by the Amorites). | By Rev. Malcolm G. Smith , Bryn Athyn Cathedral
Saving Nineveh
Worship Service: Family (may include music) - 12 Nov, 2023
The book of Jonah is about the spiritual welfare of the great city, Nineveh. Will Jonah be convinced that Nineveh is worth saving or will he just sit outside the city and sulk? Why was Jonah so reluctant to go to Nineveh in the first place? And why, after the people of Nineveh demonstrated a willingness to repent, was Jonah still angry? What does “Nineveh” represent in our lives? There are times when we deem certain situations or circumstances irredeemable, not worth saving, but then the Lord presses us to reconsider, saying, “should I not pity Nineveh, that great city?” (Jonah 4:11). | By Rev. Derek P. Elphick , Bryn Athyn Cathedral
Saving Nineveh
Worship Service: Sermon only - 12 Nov, 2023
The book of Jonah is about the spiritual welfare of the great city, Nineveh. Will Jonah be convinced that Nineveh is worth saving or will he just sit outside the city and sulk? Why was Jonah so reluctant to go to Nineveh in the first place? And why, after the people of Nineveh demonstrated a willingness to repent, was Jonah still angry? What does “Nineveh” represent in our lives? There are times when we deem certain situations or circumstances irredeemable, not worth saving, but then the Lord presses us to reconsider, saying, “should I not pity Nineveh, that great city?” (Jonah 4:11). | By Rev. Derek P. Elphick , Bryn Athyn Cathedral
Memorial Service for James E. Rickards, Jr.
Memorial Service - 10 Nov, 2023
Nothing Left on Earth
Worship Service: Family (may include music) - 5 Nov, 2023
Two Prophets walking on their last journey on earth and it ended in a way that is unmatched in human history. What is meant in our lives by Elijah's ascent to heaven in a fiery chariot drawn by horses of fire, and Elisha's taking up his mantle? | By Rt. Rev. Peter Martin Buss, Sr. , Bryn Athyn Cathedral
Two Prophets
Worship Service: Sermon only - 5 Nov, 2023
Two Prophets walking on their last journey on earth and it ended in a way that is unmatched in human history. What is meant in our lives by Elijah's ascent to heaven in a fiery chariot drawn by horses of fire, and Elisha's taking up his mantle? | By Rt. Rev. Peter Martin Buss, Sr. , Bryn Athyn Cathedral
The Word of God
Worship Service: Childrens Talk & Adult Sermon - 29 Oct, 2023
Community Service. We will be reminding ourselves of how powerful the Word of God is and how lucky we are to have it in our lives and community. | By Rev. Malcolm G. Smith , Bryn Athyn Cathedral
Memorial Service for Richard L. Goerwitz, Jr.
Memorial Service - 29 Oct, 2023
Becoming an Angel Today
Worship Service: Family (may include music) - 22 Oct, 2023
How long does it take for us to become angels? It doesn’t really take time, but it does take work. This week our stories will focus on how we can be angels right now, and not just at some time in the future. | By Rev. Jeffrey Smith , Bryn Athyn Cathedral
Living in the Present
Worship Service: Sermon only - 22 Oct, 2023
The Lord is the Alpha and the Omega. Past and future are present with Him. What do the past and future mean to us? Join us this Sunday to learn how to travel in time to revisit or change events of the past, and even to foresee events of the future. The Lord gave us these temporal abilities—all we have to do is learn to use them. | By Rev. Jeffrey Smith , Bryn Athyn Cathedral
Memorial Service for Janet M. Karallus
Memorial Service - 21 Oct, 2023
A Life Connected to the Lord
Worship Service: Family (may include music) - 15 Oct, 2023
(Psalm 84). Using the image of a nest or home in the Psalms, we will explore what it can mean to live a life that intentionally includes the Lord. Our homes are where we belong, can recharge and get centered—and will be even more so if the Lord is consciously invited in. | By Rt. Rev. Peter Martin Buss, Jr. , Bryn Athyn Cathedral
Rest For Your Souls
Worship Service: Sermon only - 15 Oct, 2023
“Rest for Your Souls” (Matthew 11:29) Every one of us, deep down, wants peace and contentment, lives of meaning and purpose, and the stream of providence guiding us to all that is good. This Sunday we will look at a core way to receive all these things, to find “rest for our souls” by means of a life connected to the Lord. | By Rt. Rev. Peter Martin Buss, Jr. , Bryn Athyn Cathedral
Memorial Service for Paul J. Simonetti
Memorial Service - 15 Oct, 2023
Charter Day service
Charter Day Service - 13 Oct, 2023
Spiritual Paralysis
Worship Service: Family (may include music) - 8 Oct, 2023
"Arise, Take Up Your Bed, and Walk" (Mark 2). The connection between paralysis and forgiveness is unmistakable in this healing miracle. Only after receiving the Lord’s forgiveness was the man released from his paralysis and yet the full healing couldn’t take effect until the man played his part by getting up and walking. We can experience a similar kind of “paralysis” - unable to make a decision, unable to “move on,” and it is at times like these that the Lord helps us get unstuck. | By Rev. Derek P. Elphick , Bryn Athyn Cathedral
Spiritual Paralysis
Worship Service: Sermon only - 8 Oct, 2023
The Lord is constantly forgiving us any time we stray in mind or deed from His path, and yet we cannot be truly healed of our paralysis until we symbolically “get up” and “walk.” We will be considering the many things that “paralyze” us - old wounds, a critical judgmental spirit, impatient and angry thoughts, justifications, perfectionism - the list goes on. This healing miracle shows us a path forward, a way to get unstuck. | By Rev. Derek P. Elphick , Bryn Athyn Cathedral
Be Pushy?
Worship Service: Family (may include music) - 1 Oct, 2023
"Give Me Also Pools of Water" (Judges 1:15) We often think of being “pushy” as a bad thing, but what if the Lord wants us to be pushy? While rudeness and aggression aren't good ways to love the neighbor, our relationship to the Lord includes a lot of seeking and asking, and this might feel pushy. The story of Achsah, Caleb, and Othniel in Judges shows us that when it comes to asking the Lord, He wants us to keep asking. | By Rev. Scott I. Frazier , Bryn Athyn Cathedral
Give Me Also Pools of Water
Worship Service: Sermon only - 1 Oct, 2023
(Judges 1:15) This story shows us how to reclaim our lost faith and bring new meaning to our lives. We can often feel burnt out and empty, but by marshalling the resources we do have, the Lord can bring joy and life to us: first to our ideas, then to our behavior, and finally to how we cooperate with the Lord. Achsah, as an active and “pushy” woman, shows how this process should occur with us and the role we play in making it happen. | By Rev. Scott I. Frazier , Bryn Athyn Cathedral
Memorial Service for Philip S.G. Smith
Memorial Service - 30 Sep, 2023
Truth for the Sake of Truth and Good for the Sake of Good
Worship Service: Family (may include music) - 24 Sep, 2023
This Sunday we will be offering Holy Supper (with alternatives) during the Family Service. Read the full description of how the service will go at brynathynchurch.org/holy-supper. The readings and short talk will be about a phrase that comes up repeatedly in the teachings of the New Church: loving truth for the sake of truth and good for the sake of good. As we think about taking the bread and wine from the Lord, we will try to be ready to gratefully receive what the Lord has to offer. | By Rev. Malcolm G. Smith , Bryn Athyn Cathedral
Truth for the Sake of Truth and Good for the Sake of Good
Worship Service: Sermon only - 24 Sep, 2023
This Sunday we will be offering Holy Supper (with alternatives) during the Adult Service. The readings and short sermon will be about a phrase that comes up repeatedly in the teachings of the New Church: loving truth for the sake of truth and good for the sake of good. As we think about taking the bread and wine from the Lord, we will try to be ready to gratefully receive what the Lord has to offer. | By Rev. Malcolm G. Smith , Bryn Athyn Cathedral
The Face of God
Worship Service: Childrens Talk & Adult Sermon - 17 Sep, 2023
Community service (a monthly gathering of the congregation) | By Rev. Derek P. Elphick , Bryn Athyn Cathedral
Jesus' Secret Visit to Jerusalem
Worship Service: Family (may include music) - 10 Sep, 2023
Although the Lord preached and performed miracles openly in Jerusalem, on one occasion He went there secretly, and no one knew He was there. Why did He do this? | By Rev. Jeremy F. Simons , Bryn Athyn Cathedral