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The Lord's Coming Part 3 - A New Heaven and a New Earth
Worship Service: Childrens Talk & Adult Sermon - 21 Jun, 2015
At the end of the book of Revelation, John records seeing "a new heaven and a new earth," and the Holy City descending out of heaven. As we've talked about for the last few weeks, in the New Church we believe this prophecy has been fulfilled and is continuing to be fulfilled. But where is that new heaven? Where is that new earth? And what does it mean to live within the walls of the Holy City? | By Rev. Coleman S. Glenn , Westville, RSA
The Lord's Coming Part 1
Worship Service: Childrens Talk & Adult Sermon - 7 Jun, 2015
What is the Second Coming of the Lord? When the Lord was in the world, He promised that He would come again. In the New Church, we believe that this Second Coming has already happened, is happening now, and will continue to happen in the future. What does that mean? Over the next few weeks, we'll be talking about three aspects of the Lord's coming: His Second Coming, the Last Judgement, and the New Church. This week, we're talking about the coming of the Lord itself. What is the Second Coming of the Lord? And what difference does it make to my life here and now? | By Rev. Coleman S. Glenn , Westville, RSA
Life After Death
Worship Service: Sermon only - 17 May, 2015
On Sunday we conclude our two-part series on dying, death, and grief. This Sunday we will focus on life after death. What happens to a person's spirit when their body has died? Are they in some sense still with us? And how do those of us who are left behind continue to live with hope and joy after the death of a loved one? | By Rev. Coleman S. Glenn , Westville, RSA
Be the Church Part 2: “ Learning from the Word and Sharing Truth"
Worship Service: Childrens Talk & Adult Sermon - 26 Apr, 2015
What does it mean to be part of a church? We're in the second week of our three part series called "Be the Church." Last week we talked about the heart side of being the church: loving God, loving one another. This week we're talking about the head side of things: learning from the Word of God and sharing the truth with others. How do we learn meaningful things from the Lord's Word? And how do we share the truth we know with others without being "preachy" or patronising? | By Rev. Coleman S. Glenn , Westville, RSA
What Would Love Do Wk 6 – Love Is Present
Worship Service: Childrens Talk & Adult Sermon - 15 Mar, 2015
This Sunday we continue the What Would Love Do? program, talking about the different ways that we are called upon by the Lord to love and serve other people. This week we will particularly focus on what it means to go to those in prison. How can we serve those who are trapped by false ways of thinking? What does it mean to be present with them? | By Rev. Coleman S. Glenn , Westville, RSA
What Would Love Do, Week 3 – Love Welcomes
Worship Service: Childrens Talk & Adult Sermon - 22 Feb, 2015
This Sunday we continue the What Would Love Do? programme, talking about the different ways that we are called upon by the Lord to love and serve other people. This week we will particularly focus on how to welcome the stranger or sojourner - both those who are physically displaced, and those on a spiritual journey. | By Rev. Coleman S. Glenn , Westville, RSA
What Would Love Do - Wk 2 – Love Brings Truth
Worship Service: Childrens Talk & Adult Sermon - 15 Feb, 2015
This Sunday we continue the What Would Love Do? program, talking about the different ways that we are called upon by the Lord to love and serve other people. This week we will particularly focus on how to serve the thirsty - the physically thirsty and those who thirst for the truth they need to live well. | By Rev. Coleman S. Glenn , Westville, RSA
Lord, Teach Us to Pray
Worship Service: Sermon only - 18 Jan, 2015
Many of us have questions about prayer: how should we pray? Who do I pray to? And does my prayer actually make a difference? The Lord's disciples had similar questions, and this Sunday we'll be talking about the Lord's response when they said to Him, "Lord, teach us to pray." | By Rev. Coleman S. Glenn , Westville, RSA
Take Up Your Bed and Walk
Worship Service: Childrens Talk & Adult Sermon - 4 Jan, 2015
The Lord healed a man who had been sick for 38 years sitting by the pool at Bethesda hoping for someone to put him in the water at the right time. He assumed that that was the only way he could be healed. But the Lord gave him a very simple instruction. Are our assumptions preventing us from moving forward and being 'healed'? | By Rev. Coleman S. Glenn , Westville, RSA
The Word made Flesh
Worship Service: Childrens Talk & Adult Sermon - 21 Dec, 2014
From eternity to eternity, God is unchanging. And yet, at a specific point in time, God broke into creation in a radical new way. The God of the universe took on a body of flesh and was born into the world. But what does that mean for us here and now? To put it another way: why does Christmas matter? | By Rev. Coleman S. Glenn , Westville, RSA
Do Not Resist Evil 2: Guilt Good and Bad
Worship Service: Childrens Talk & Adult Sermon - 16 Nov, 2014
When we are attacked by feelings of doubt, guilt, fear, or worthlessness, we often try (and fail) to simply push those feelings away. But there is another way: instead of resisting these things, we can take what is valuable from them, and let the rest pass us by. This week, the second in a four-part series, we will focus specifically on how to do this with guilt. How can we learn to distinguish between “good guilt” and “bad guilt”, and how can “good guilt” lead to positive changes? | By Rev. Coleman S. Glenn , Westville, RSA
Do Not Resist Evil 1– Dealing With Doubt
Worship Service: Sermon only - 9 Nov, 2014
When we are attacked by feelings of doubt, shame, fear, or worthlessness, we often try to simply push those feelings away. It usually doesn’t work. But there is another way: instead of resisting these things, we can let ourselves experience them. We can even see what is valuable in them, and let the rest pass on by. This week, the first in a four-part series, we will focus specifically on how to do this with doubt. From our mundane doubts about that day's decisions, to the big doubts about God and the purpose of life - how do we honestly face our doubts without being overwhelmed by them? | By Rev. Coleman S. Glenn , 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
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 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
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
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
The Two Witnesses
Worship Service: Childrens Talk & Adult Sermon - 8 Jun, 2014
What is the New Church? According to Apocalypse Revealed 490, there are two essentials of the New Church, represented by the two witnesses of Revelation 11: "That the Lord is the God of heaven and earth and that His Human is Divine" and "conjunction with the Lord by means of a life in accordance with the precepts of the Ten Commandments." | By Rev. Coleman S. Glenn , Dawson Creek
As We Forgive Our Debtors
Worship Service: Sermon only - 18 May, 2014
"Then Peter coming to Him, said, 'Lord, how often shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? Until seven times?' Jesus says to him, 'I say not to thee, until seven times, but until seventy times seven.'" What does it mean to forgive others? And what does it mean to be forgiven by the Lord? | By Rev. Coleman S. Glenn , Dawson Creek
Its Own Reward
Worship Service: Family (may include music) - 4 May, 2014
The joy of giving to others without hope of reward is itself a much greater reward than any other we could hope for. | By Rev. Coleman S. Glenn , Dawson Creek
The Great Commission
Worship Service: Childrens Talk & Adult Sermon - 27 Apr, 2014
The good news: "All authority is given to Me in heaven and on earth. Going forth, therefore, make disciples of all nations, baptizing them into the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to keep all things whatever I have commanded you; and, behold, I am with you all the days, until the consummation of the age." (Matthew 28:18-20) | By Rev. Coleman S. Glenn , Dawson Creek
He Is Risen
Worship Service: Family (may include music) - 20 Apr, 2014
In her grief, Mary did not recognize the risen Lord until He spoke her name. In the same way, when we are experiencing difficulties we may not realize that the Lord is standing right next to us; but the truth is that He stands at the door and knocks, and calls us by name. | By Rev. Coleman S. Glenn , Dawson Creek
The Lord's Farewell Address
Worship Service: Vespers - 17 Apr, 2014
A short introduction, followed by a reading of the Lord's "farewell discourse" to His disciples as recorded in the fourteenth through sixteenth chapters of the Gospel of John. Background music is by Solomon Keal. | By Rev. Coleman S. Glenn , Dawson Creek