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Memorial Service for Alan Cedric King
Memorial Service - 8 Jun, 2025
Alan Cedric King passed into the spiritual world on Friday, June 6, 2025. He was 75 years old. | By Rev. Kurt Hyland Asplundh , Bryn Athyn Cathedral
Memorial Service for Carl Hj. Asplundh, Jr.
Memorial Service - 29 Mar, 2025
The Widow's Oil
Worship Service: Family (may include music) - 12 May, 2024
(2 Kings 4:1-7) A poor widow saved her two sons when her small jar of oil kept pouring and pouring into borrowed vessels. As the Lord prepares us for life in heaven, there’s a lot we can learn from other people. But in the end, the Lord wants us to use the goodness and truth He provides as if it actually belonged to us. | By Rev. Kurt Hyland Asplundh , Bryn Athyn Cathedral
Borrow Vessels, Shut the Door
Worship Service: Sermon only - 12 May, 2024
2 Kings 4: 1-7. To make possible the miraculous regeneration of her small jar of oil, Elisha instructed the indebted widow to “borrow vessels” and “shut the door.” The imagery here suggests that our spiritual lives develop as a result of some combination of both “borrowed states” and the private decisions of our conscience. | By Rev. Kurt Hyland Asplundh , Bryn Athyn Cathedral
Memorial Service for Willard G. Bostock
Memorial Service - 2 Jul, 2023
Willard G. Bostock passed into the spiritual world on Monday, June 26, 2023. | By Rev. Kurt Hyland Asplundh , Bryn Athyn Cathedral
Memorial Service for Nicholas D. Holm
Memorial Service - 26 Feb, 2023
Seeing Providence: Old Age
Worship Service: Informal Family - 20 Nov, 2022
On the cross, the Lord told one of the robbers, “Today, you will be with Me in paradise.” The story of Moses at the end of his life, on Mount Nebo, seeing the promised land is a reminder to us that heaven is “right there.” Do we see it? Getting to heaven is the culmination of all that the Lord’s providence does in our lives. Note: Background music is included by permission of the copyright owner John Odhner | By Rev. Kurt Hyland Asplundh , Bryn Athyn Heilman Hall
“Beware of the Leaven of the Pharisees and the Sadducees”
Worship Service: Family (may include music) - 25 Sep, 2022
It was unusual for the Pharisees and the Sadducees to agree about anything, but they were united in opposition to the Lord and His teaching. He compared their influence on the society at the time to leaven, although another time the Lord compared the kingdom of heaven to leaven added to bread dough. This is a story about how the Lord works with us to find what’s truly good in the world we live in. | By Rev. Kurt Hyland Asplundh , Bryn Athyn Cathedral
The Use of Leaven
Worship Service: Sermon only - 25 Sep, 2022
From the Law given to Moses to the Lord’s warnings to His disciples, leaven is used as a symbol of evil and falsity to be avoided. And yet the Lord also said, “the kingdom of heaven is like leaven.” (Matt. 13: 33) The Heavenly Doctrine reveals to us that evil and falsity are permitted by the Lord (carefully, under His Divine providence) to be of service as a “means of purification… promoting the union of goodness and truth in others” (DP 21). | By Rev. Kurt Hyland Asplundh , Bryn Athyn Cathedral
Memorial Service for Maryanne Baeckstrom
Memorial Service - 23 Jul, 2022
Memorial Service for Clay D. McQueen
Memorial Service - 29 Dec, 2021
Memorial Service for Michael K. Conaron
Memorial Service - 4 Dec, 2021
Patient Listening
Worship Service: Informal Family - 24 Oct, 2021
When the Lord visited Mary and Martha in their home, Mary sat and listened but Martha was "distracted with much serving." (Luke 10: 38-42) What if food had been served a little late that evening? Can we be content with the passage of time and patiently listen? | By Rev. Kurt Hyland Asplundh , Bryn Athyn Heilman Hall
Consider the Lilies of the Field
Worship Service: Family (may include music) - 22 Aug, 2021
Many treasures from all over the world were brought to King Solomon in Jerusalem; it all seemed so good. But the Lord teaches us that things that are truly good only come from Him. | By Rev. Kurt Hyland Asplundh , Bryn Athyn Cathedral
Consider the Lilies of the Field
Worship Service: Sermon only - 22 Aug, 2021
King Solomon's material wealth and worldwide reputation for wisdom are described in fascinating detail in the Word. What might those descriptions tell us about our modern world and why did the Lord say none of it compared to a blossoming flower? | By Rev. Kurt Hyland Asplundh , Bryn Athyn Cathedral
Challenging Kindness
Worship Service: Informal Family - 28 Feb, 2021
For week four of the “Practicing Kindness” series, we’ll talk about times when showing kindness can feel like a challenge. Ham pointed out Noah’s faults, but Shem and Japheth paid little attention to his faults and graciously helped their father. | By Rev. Kurt Hyland Asplundh , Bryn Athyn Heilman Hall
Memorial Service for Donnette Rose Alfelt
Memorial Service - 30 Jan, 2021
11/12/1929 – 12/22/2020. Since we are unable to gather in person, please feel free to post any stories or words you would like to share on Donnette’s Facebook page. | By Rev. Kurt Hyland Asplundh , Bryn Athyn Cathedral
Memorial Service for Robert H. Johns
Memorial Service - 12 Jan, 2021
11/29/1930 – 1/1/2021 | By Rev. Kurt Hyland Asplundh , Bryn Athyn Cathedral
Memorial Service for Hyland R. Johns
Memorial Service - 10 Sep, 2020
1925-2020 | By Rev. Kurt Hyland Asplundh , Bryn Athyn Cathedral
Memorial Service for Cora Price Funk
Memorial Service - 3 Sep, 2020
August 27, 2020 | By Rev. Kurt Hyland Asplundh , Bryn Athyn Cathedral
Resurrection Service for Rev. Kurt Horigan Asplundh
Memorial Service - 10 May, 2020
Remembering and Not Forgetting
Worship Service: Informal Family - 22 Mar, 2020
The Word has many passages that talk about "remembering" or "not forgetting." In the story of Noah's Ark, "remembering" is mentioned 3 times. How are "remembering" or "not forgetting" different? How are they the same? What should we be remembering? The video version of this service is available at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HqkrXDj7wCM | By Rev. Kurt Hyland Asplundh , Bryn Athyn Heilman Hall
Angels Ascending and Descending
Worship Service: Family (may include music) - 1 Mar, 2020
Then Jacob awoke from his sleep and said, "Surely the Lord is in this place, and I did not know it." (Genesis 28:16) | By Rev. Kurt Hyland Asplundh , Bryn Athyn Cathedral
Christmas Times of Day
Doctrinal Class - 4 Dec, 2019
A 3 class series: Christmas Eve, Christmas Morning, Christmas Day. In our celebration of the Lord's advent, many of our traditions are attached to specific times-of-day. Times-of-day have spiritual meanings which relate in significant ways to prophecies, stars and doctrines about the Lord's birth into the world. Some discussion not included. | By Rev. Kurt Hyland Asplundh , Bryn Athyn Cathedral Social Hall
Uplifted
Worship Service: Informal Family - 17 Nov, 2019
I've been especially interested these days in the idea that there are things we find “uplifting.” We'll all have different ideas about what they are, but maybe we'd all agree with the words of King David in the last verse of the 28th Psalm, where he prays that the Lord “lift His people up forever.” It might also be worth considering what David says earlier in that psalm, where he talks about “going down into the pit,” kind of the opposite of being uplifted. But the Lord can't lift us up without cooperation on our part. We might even try, as if on our own, to lift ourselves up. The story of the man at the Pool of Bethesda in John 5 is a good illustration of that. In the Levitical blessing (at the end of Numbers 6), we ask the Lord to “lift up His countenance” upon us. What might that actually be like? | By Rev. Kurt Hyland Asplundh , Bryn Athyn Heilman Hall