Category: Sermons
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Christmas Services
Christmas Eve Candlelight Communion Service Saturday, December 24, 7:00 PM String quintet & flute accompanies the choir. Christmas Day Service Sunday, December 25, 11:00 AM Come to this casual service and celebrate with FPCD the birth of Jesus Christ! Pastor’s Christmas Eve Reflections: It Happened Like This Pastor’s Christmas Day Reflections: God Talks Read Matthew 1…
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December 18, 2011 – A SIMPLE CHRISTMAS PAGEANT
This Sunday promises to be a special time for children as they enact the story of Jesus’ birth. First St. Nicholas, Bishop of Myra, visits. He shares how loving Jesus changed his life. Before, his wealth created only emptiness. Then he decided to follow the way of Jesus and give his all to others. He’s…
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December 11, 2011 – CHRISTMAS CHOIR CONCERT, 4:00 pm
FPCD Choir, directed by Andrew Dittman, tells God’s story as God sends us Jesus, planned from the beginning of time. “. . . and the Word Became Flesh” tells the story in song and story of God’s gift to us. Hear how God gave wonderful signs to one person and another to point us to …
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December 4, 2011 – ADVENT TWO, GOD’S GOOD MESSAGE
What do you think it takes to think about God? Do you see signs of God, like answers to prayers? Do you hear a quiet voice that points you to positive things? Do you watch the lives of others around you, particularly those who say they believe in God? What helps you think about spiritual…
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November 27, 2011 – In the Beginning Was Jesus
HAPPY THANKSGIVING! I hope your celebration of thanksgiving is filled with thanks for much of what we have depends upon the view we take of our circumstances. Do you approach your days thinking Jesus walks with me – and that makes all the difference? This Sunday begins advent; the time for thinking about what God…
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November 20, 2011 – Scattered to Become Unified
You make plans. I make plans, we all make plans. There are a whole slew of reasons why some plans fail and others succeed. We tend to focus on logistics. Do we have the resources? Are we unified? What are the unknowns? What are the variable costs and fixed costs….did we execute? These questions linger…
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November 13, 2011 – The Identity of a Nation
Do you know where you came from? I mean, do you identify yourself with a certain nationality? This week’s Bible story speaks about the formation of nations. People live in community. We are connected to not only our families, but also to our community. What is the story of your community? God intends for nations…
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November 6, 2011 – God’s Love, Sealed by a Rainbow with Special Music by Jessica and Steve Bayless
Dorothy sings “Somewhere Over the Rainbow.” She was looking for a place which would be free from trouble. She knew it wasn’t where she lived, where “old Miss Gulch” was upset with her dog, Toto, and desired to take him away. Dorothy said, “It’s not someplace you get to by boat or train . .…
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October 30, 2011 – Step by Step Hope Unfolds
Has someone ever done something extraordinary for you? Have you ever had the sense of being so grateful to that someone you would do just about anything for them? Has your life been changed by something you experienced and you really became a new person because of it? This sort of thing happens. And, it…
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October 23, 2011 – How to Hear God’s Call
Have you sensed a call from God? Perhaps that thought is foreign to you. Would someone really hear from God? How would you know? Yet the Bible tells us God calls us to do some things. God called Adam and Eve to care for the earth. God called Noah to build a big boat. Noah…