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Jesus and his disciples were invited to a wedding. Jesus’ mother Mary was helping see that things were taken care of under the master of the banquet. Mary became concerned when during the multi-day event, the wine ran out. That would have been a huge embarrassment and could be seen as a possible sign…

Anguish & Art van Gogh Asylum distressed state of mind anguish recognised in Jesus a pain that refelected his own reality Painting draws us into the scene barrenness first hint of spring dark tree in the centre under the eaves - a view onto sunlit hills of green figure in the shadows van Gogh? Jesus?…

Nothing But The Blood Rev. Thomas A. West, Sr April 7, 2024 1 Corinthians 11:23-32 NOTHING BUT THE BLOOD 1 Corinthians 11:23-32 There was story told some years ago about a very wealthy old man who had an elaborate collection of Van Gogh and Monet paintings. His only son shared his father’s interest in…

I don’t know if you have noticed the ones plastered all over the room and in the hallways and foyer. Our series starting today is called One. For the next three weeks we are going to look at how God has made us to be one body working together in community. Even though we are individuals we come together…

INTRODUCTION: Can you think of the time when worship was deeply encouraging and convicting? Why was it encouraging and convicting? What songs or hymns encourage and convict you? Why was it encouraging and convicting? I can remember sitting in church, and hearing the song – What a friend we have in Jesus.…

• Today we’re going to jump back into our Old Testament series... After last week having stepped outside of it to address the election.... • Two weeks ago, if you recall, we discussed the response of the Israelites to God...in the wilderness. • And it seemed quite shocking did it not? • At every turn,…

What if I stood up here and told you all about how awesome I am, and then I did my best to show you how awesome I am, and I did all of this for the purpose of you then telling me how awesome I am? JOB OPENING!!!!! G.O.A.T.s Peyton Manning Michael Jordan Elvis Ray Charles Nicholas Cage Celine Dion John…

Turn to Eph. 4 Goals help measure success and effectiveness. Goals help focus resources, people, efforts. Goals can create teamwork. Goals help prevent failure, stagnation and complacency. Every successful team has a goal to win. Every successful company has a goal to have the best product. Without goals,…

There is no faith we can hold or rely on without storms that rise up and threaten it

Introduction Illustration: Some of the greatest masterpieces of all time in the art world Girl with a pearl earring—Johannes Vermeer The Scream—Edvard Munch Sold at auction for 119.9 million dollars Starry Night—Vincent Van Gogh Sold for more than 80 million dollars Was painted while in Van Gogh was…

What is the point of our toiling under the sun?

If God had a name what would it be? And would you call it to his face? If you were faced with Him in all His glory What would you ask if you had just one question? -Joan Osborne John 1:14 [14] And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we have seen his glory, glory as of the only Son from the…

25 “There will be signs in the sun, moon, and stars. On the earth, there will be dismay among nations in their confusion over the roaring of the sea and surging waves. 26 The planets and other heavenly bodies will be shaken, causing people to faint from fear and foreboding of what is coming upon the…

We don't have to worry about the future; God has already told us the end of the story. How does knowing our glorious future change the way we live as citizen's of God's Kingdom today as we wait? This is the last week in our Fulfilled series, and tonight we're looking in the book of Revelation talking about the fulfillment of our future in Christ, and how we can live with that fulfillment in mind right now.

Prescription without diagnosis is referred to as malpractice. Oft times we set out to fix an issue without a firm understanding of what the heart of the matter is, what is right before our eyes. I am reminded of a story I heard of Sherlock Holmes and his sidekick Watson. They were camping and and about 2 A.M. Holmes wakes up. seeing the sky above him he wakes Watson and says to him, "Watson look up and tell me what you see." Watson says "I see millions of stars meaning there are no clouds, indication tomorrow will most likely be a beautiful day. Based on where the moon is, I would say its about 2-3 in the morning. Why , what do you see"., to which Sherlock Holmes replies, "no Watson, someone has stolen our tent." Brother Don Hatcher reveiled the theme for our association at our annual conference, "Vision 2020. I only have two points tonight, two questions for us to look at.(1) As a church, what do we see in front of us (2)As a church, what is being seen of us.

You know I do not know if anyone else has had this problem or not but has anyone ever been hurt by the (big C) church? Unfortunately if I had to guess almost every person here would have there hand raised for a time where they have felt either the church as an institution or maybe a specific group of…

Final Sermon as Pastor of the United Church of Montbello

INTRO Last words of someone are really important. Winston Churchill : “I’m bored with it all.” — Winston Churchill Steve Jobs : “Oh wow. Oh wow. Oh wow.” — Steve Jobs Princess Diana : “My God, what’s happened?” — Princess Diana Vincent Van Gogh : “ The sadness will last forever.” — Vincent Van Gogh ,…

Introduction: Illustration: In the video world, there is what is called editing. Typically this happens when someone forgets a line or makes a mistake. That part of the video is edited out and/or re-taped. If there were one part of Christianity that we would remove, humanly-speaking, it would be the…