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I would like to invite you to be a part of my growth in preaching through my D.Min. in Preaching program. I thank you for taking the time to reflect on today’s sermon. Your responses will help me to better…
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Paul Brunell…
March 19, 2020 Dear friends! As you know, Paul Brunell began at St. Jude’s in the fall of 2016 as a student through The Academy for Vocational Leadership and he graduated from that program almost two years ago. Paul was…
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Sermon: February 23, 2020
Last Sunday after Epiphany Matthew 17:1 – 9 Six days later, Jesus took with him Peter and James and his brother John and led them up a high mountain, by themselves. And he was transfigured before them, and his face…
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Sermon: February 16, 2020
6th Sunday after Ephiphany Deuteronomy 30:15 – 20 and Matthew 5:21 – 37 Deuteronomy 30:15-20 See, I have set before you today life and prosperity, death and adversity. If you obey the commandments of the Lord your God that I am commanding you…
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Reflection for Baptism of our Lord January 12, 2020
Key verse: And a voice from heaven said, “This is my Son, the Beloved, with whom I am well pleased.” (Matthew 3:17) When I was growing up in Canada, I was a Brownie and then a Girl Guide. It was…
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Sermon: January 12, 2020
Baptism of our Lord – January 12, 2020 Matthew 3:13 – 17 Then Jesus came from Galilee to John at the Jordan, to be baptized by him. John would have prevented him, saying, ‘I need to be baptized by you,…
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Sermon: January 5, 2020
Christmas 2 – January 5, 2020 Matthew 2:13 – 15, 19 – 23 Now after they had left, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream and said, ‘Get up, take the child and his mother, and…
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Sermon: Christmas Eve 2019
Christmas Eve 2019 Luke 2:1 – 20 In those days a decree went out from Emperor Augustus that all the world should be registered. This was the first registration and was taken while Quirinius was governor of Syria. All went…
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Sermon: December 22, 2019
Advent 4 – December 22, 2019 Matthew 1:18 – 25 Now the birth of Jesus the Messiah took place in this way. When his mother Mary had been engaged to Joseph, but before they lived together, she was found to…
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A Reflection for the 4th Week of Advent –
A Reflection for the 4th Week of Advent – Matthew 1:18 – 25 Key verse: “When Joseph awoke from sleep, he did as the angel commanded him; he took her as his wife.” I was shopping in the grocery store when the…
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A Reflection for the 3rd Week of Advent –
Matthew 11:2 – 11 Key verse: “Jesus answered them, ‘Go and tell John what you hear and see.” John the Baptist was locked away in prison. He wasn’t able to see first hand what Jesus was doing. And he had a particular image…
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