Losers and Finders - Matthew 16
A service plan in an Epiphany series in preparation for Lent based on Matthew 16:21-28. The central focus is the twist of losing our lives to find them in Christ.
June 1, 2005
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7 min read
Were You There When He Kept Showing Up? - 1 Corinthians 15 (Sunday after Easter)
A service plan for Eastertide focused on our certainty in faith and our confidence in the credibility of the Christian religion as based on the evidence of the resurrection of Jesus Christ. The final service plan of a Lenten series following specific events that led up to Christ's death and resurrection.
June 1, 2005
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8 min read
The Holy Day - Isaiah 58, Mark 2, HCLD 38
A service plan focused on observing the Sabbath--an expression of our respect for and obedience to God, in a series on the Ten Commandments, as explained in the Heidelberg Catechism.
June 1, 2005
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10 min read
Split Kingdoms - Matthew 12
A service plan in an Epiphany series in preparation for Lent focused on the necessary unity of the church for the sake of stability and effectiveness.
June 1, 2005
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8 min read
The Search for a Ransom - Psalm 49, John 1, HCLD 5
A service plan from Lord's Day 5 of the Heidelberg Catechism focused on our need for deliverance, and the truth that truth deliverance can only be found in Jesus Christ, part of a series on the Heidelberg Catechism.
June 1, 2005
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6 min read
What's the Point of Life? - Romans 1, Philippians 1
A service plan focused on finding God's purpose for our lives in a series addressing life's toughest questions for Christians.
June 1, 2005
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9 min read
The Poor Man's Ruler - Micah 5
An Advent service plan focused on Micah's prophecies of hope, how God brought the Messiah to the world through little Bethlehem, and how God is able to bring the "big" out of the "little" in a series on Micah and the hope that he pronounced.
June 1, 2005
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10 min read
Prayer for the Victims of the Tsunami
A prayer of lament offered in response to the Japanese tsunami tragedy in 2004. It can be adapted for other times of natural disaster.
June 1, 2005
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4 min read
Beatitudes Series: Blessed Are the Reviled - Isaiah 51, Matthew 5, 13
A service plan focused on the Beatitudes and the blessing on those who are reviled in this world in a series on the Beatitudes.
June 1, 2005
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1 min read
With You Always - Isaiah 41
An order of worship planned around Isaiah 41, originally held at the Calvin Symposium on Worship.
June 1, 2005
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1 min read
Were You There When He Was Betrayed? - Matthew 26
A service plan for Lent planned around Judas' betrayal of Jesus, part of a Lenten series following specific events that led up to Christ's death and resurrection.
June 1, 2005
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10 min read
Can I Really Be Sure of My Salvation? - 2 Peter 1
A service plan focused on assurance of salvation in a series addressing difficult questions of the faith.
June 1, 2005
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7 min read
