Dear American Baptist,
The news from Haiti has been grim: the most impoverished country in the Western Hemisphere is now struggling with the aftermath of an earthquake that has destroyed its capital city, killed thousands, and left thousands of others without shelter, food, or clean water. American Baptist International Ministries has been working to contact our [...]
“The Prophets”
February 17 to March 31, 2010
11:45 a.m. to 12:45 p.m.
at Christ’s Lutheran Church, 100 S. 3rd St.
Sponsored by the Lewisburg Ministerium & the Lewisburg Council of Churches. A light lunch of soup, sandwich and dessert will be served for which a donation is invited.
Speakers will be:
February 17 — Rev. William Henderson, Christ’s Lutheran Church: [...]
Sermon for Sunday, January 31, 2010 First Baptist Church of Lewisburg
Not One’s Own Way
Jeremiah 1: 4-10; 1 Corinthians 13; Luke 4: 21-30
“Familiarity breeds contempt.” I used to think that meant that things which we know
well, which we see every day, don’t impress us. It’s true that the commonplace isn’t
impressive, but that’s not what is meant [...]
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Feb 2010 Dialog
Sermon for Sunday, January 24, 2010 First Baptist Church of Lewisburg
From the Book
Psalm 19; Nehemiah 8: 1-3, 5-6, 8-10; Luke 4: 14-21
Tibetan Buddhism seems to have confidence in blessing being able to be
transmitted by movement. Prayer wheels and prayer flags alike have symbols and brief
traditional blessings copied onto them–sometimes the same short prayer copied multiple
times. [...]
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Sermon for Sunday, January 17, 2010 The First Baptist Church of Lewisburg
Party
Psalm 36: 5-10; First Corinthians 12: 1-11; John 2: 1-11
It is difficult to comprehend both feasting and fasting in our culture. It is too easy for
us to eat; one of the things you can still get for a dollar is a sandwich, off the [...]
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Sermon for Sunday, January 10, 2010 The First Baptist Church of Lewisburg
Baptism
Psalm 29; Acts of the Apostles 8: 14-17; Luke 3 :15-17, 21-22
In Jesus’ day there was a pool in Jerusalem believed to have healing powers. It
wouldn’t cure people’s ailments all the time. It was only at the right time, when a ripple
wrinkled the surface [...]