Good Friday worship includes a dramatic reading from Matthew 26 and 27 recounting the arrest, crucifixion, and burial of Jesus.
Place Finders: Readings 7:31 Readers' Theatre 13:05 Prayers 37:28
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Place Finders: Readings 9:56 Sermon 19:33 Prayers 34:10
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Place Finders: Readings 10:22 Sermon 15:03 Prayers 34:05
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Place Finders: Readings 10:31 Sermon 17:04 Prayers 38:58
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Place Finders: Readings 9:19 Sermon 16:11 Prayers 34:12
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Place Finders: Opening Prayer 9:08 Readings 9:35 Teaching 12:36 Sermon 22:05 Closing Prayer 33:09
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Place Finders: Readings 14:03 Sermon 19:36 Prayers 34:04
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Place Finders: Readings 6:53 Sermon 18:28 Invitation to Lent 33:48 Prayers 40:41
Sermon Notes: Brene Brown’s interview with Tim Ferris and Dax Shepherd is a treasure trove for preaching. Check it out here for more on why you shouldn’t trust everything you think.
And for more on eyebrows in America during a pandemic, check this out on the Washington Post.
Place Finders: Readings 9:20 Sermon 15:12 Prayers 29:07
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Greetings, Bethel friends: Every six weeks or so, the worship team takes a Sunday off. So that means, you all are stuck with your dear pastor for Zoom church. Join us live online at 10:30am. Click this link when it’s time: SUNDAY CHURCH ONLINE.
I have prepared some short studies on our readings which include sharing three short films from The Work of the People. Always inspiring. Jim will have his guitar, communion will be ready. So bring your bread and wine and open hearts and we’ll be waiting. In peace, Pr. Amy
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Readings 12:06 Sermon 18:45 Prayers 42:06
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Readings 12:21
Sermon 15:46
Prayers 28:16
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Sermon Notes
For best practices, the marriage and family therapists who guide from an IMAGO approach recommend this book: Getting the Love you Want by Harville Hendrix.
Peace is not the absence of conflict is a quote by President Ronald Regan. But I’m pretty sure he must have gotten his idea from Dietrich Bonhoeffer and the Bible before him.
The words about the cost of winning first came from Andrea Kamm, MFT, but then I heard them again in this podcast with Brene Brown, Tim Ferriss, and Dax Shepherd. Ferriss is pretty invested in the IMAGO model of dialogue to solve conflict. HERE is the episode. The whole episode is pretty amazing.
I first heard that explanation of Jacob’s Ladder from one of my favorite Jewish preachers, Rabbi David Wolpe. But I don’t have a clue which sermon it was. Sorry, Rabbi!
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Two services to choose from plus some bonus caroling from our singers from years past and present. Traditional worship or a rerun of our popular Children’s Play adapted for tonight. Merry Christmas!
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It is not the work of people who have been wronged to learn to communicate in order to be heard; it is the work of those who have power to learn to listen.
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Readings 15:20
Sermon 23:07
Prayers 42:03
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SERMON WARNING: You might think after the first couple sentences the message is about politics. It is not. It’s about character. It’s about our kids. It’s not about anyone but who we are. I mention a Gavin Newsom bumper-sticker. But he’s a side note to the point of it all. Bethel is not partisan, nor does it endorse politicians. Politics is intruding on our wellbeing. Every so often, we do talk about how we are handling it all. Again, it’s about character and anything in our lives that calls upon us to live differently and more responsibly.
“I’m lifting up the vital and urgent question we all need to be asking of ourselves many times throughout the day: what kind of person do I want to be as I wait for God? What am I putting into the world as I wait for God? Is this God’s dream?”
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Readings 13:06
Sermon 19:19
Prayers 33:03
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“We often think of doubt as doubt that God exists. But actually, there are all kinds of ways to doubt in God: doubt in God’s goodness, doubt in God’s presence in our midst, doubt in human community and its capacity to be redeemed, doubt in the ultimate justice of our cosmos…. This is a season where we can name these…”
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Readings 16:06
Sermon 23:58
Prayers 33:44
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Readings 10:39
Reflections 17:32
Prayers 40:30
