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Saint Louis Mennonite Pastor: Prayers for Ferguson
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Saint Louis Mennonite Pastor. Reflections on faith and life, from the Saint Louis Mennonite Fellowship. Tuesday, August 19, 2014. It is good to gather in worship with all of you this morning. I had a whole different sermon planned for this week, and it's mostly written, but you're not going to get to hear it until next week, when we'll pick up our conversation about visioning. I decided that it was better to talk about the events in Ferguson. On Saturday afternoon, a Ferguson Police officer, Darren Wilso...
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Saint Louis Mennonite Pastor: January 2014
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Saint Louis Mennonite Pastor. Reflections on faith and life, from the Saint Louis Mennonite Fellowship. Sunday, January 5, 2014. Matthew 1: Epiphany Sermon. Worship was canceled by 6 inches of snow on January 5th, 2013. So here is the sermon I would have preached! It is good to gather in worship with all of you! In church this week, we are coming to the end of our celebration of Christmas. I know most of secular society ended the holiday on December 26. That day marks Epiphany, the 12. Posted by Samuel VS.
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Saint Louis Mennonite Pastor: May 2013
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Saint Louis Mennonite Pastor. Reflections on faith and life, from the Saint Louis Mennonite Fellowship. Sunday, May 26, 2013. I read a fascinating passage from Daniel Dennett's new book. Dennett is famous for being a 'new Atheist' one of the more vocal critics of my profession, but he has some very good things to say, and his criticisms are usually well thought out. Here he outlines 7 rules of thinking, which I found really useful. Posted by Samuel VS. Monday, May 20, 2013. The Holy Spirit, though, she i...
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Saint Louis Mennonite Pastor: SLMF 40th Anniversary Sermon
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Saint Louis Mennonite Pastor. Reflections on faith and life, from the Saint Louis Mennonite Fellowship. Sunday, January 11, 2015. SLMF 40th Anniversary Sermon. Good morning friends,. It is good to gather in worship with all of you today! I hope that this Sunday morning finds you well! We have a special occasion today-. Today, as you know, we are celebrating the 40. So what sort of old and new treasures might we dig out this morning? I did a little summary of our history this summer while we were working ...
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Saint Louis Mennonite Pastor: May 2012
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Saint Louis Mennonite Pastor. Reflections on faith and life, from the Saint Louis Mennonite Fellowship. Thursday, May 31, 2012. 12 scriptures final image. Here is the wordle for the 12 scriptures we ended up choosing. Interestingly, Blessed jumps out, as well as God, works, faith, love, good, and Lord, while words like Jesus and spirit are much smaller. Posted by Samuel VS. Tuesday, May 8, 2012. Here's the Wordle image for SLMF's 12 scripture project. Posted by Samuel VS. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom).
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Saint Louis Mennonite Pastor: Seven Priorities Results
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Saint Louis Mennonite Pastor. Reflections on faith and life, from the Saint Louis Mennonite Fellowship. Friday, August 29, 2014. I wanted to share with you the results from our conversation last Sunday. I'll summarize these in my sermon on Sunday, but I felt like our thoughts centered on three subjects, with some great ideas that didn't fit in the larger three. If you don't see your thoughts represented here, let me know. Put more of a focus on Christian Formation. Youth can lead anytime they help. Neigh...
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Saint Louis Mennonite Pastor: January 2015
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Saint Louis Mennonite Pastor. Reflections on faith and life, from the Saint Louis Mennonite Fellowship. Sunday, January 11, 2015. SLMF 40th Anniversary Sermon. Good morning friends,. It is good to gather in worship with all of you today! I hope that this Sunday morning finds you well! We have a special occasion today-. Today, as you know, we are celebrating the 40. Posted by Samuel VS. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). I'm Samuel, Pastor of the Saint Louis Mennonite Fellowship. Welcome to an online discussion ...
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Saint Louis Mennonite Pastor: July 2015
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Saint Louis Mennonite Pastor. Reflections on faith and life, from the Saint Louis Mennonite Fellowship. Wednesday, July 8, 2015. Sermon for Kansas City Mennonite Convention. This is a picture of my delegate table. You can see a bit of the back of my head. Good evening friends, it is good to gather in this service of contemplation and worship this evening. For me, Id like to start with a confession. I have wept more this week than I have in any week since my father died 6 years ago. I have felt th...Houst...
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Saint Louis Mennonite Pastor: August 2014
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Saint Louis Mennonite Pastor. Reflections on faith and life, from the Saint Louis Mennonite Fellowship. Friday, August 29, 2014. I wanted to share with you the results from our conversation last Sunday. Ill summarize these in my sermon on Sunday, but I felt like our thoughts centered on three subjects, with some great ideas that didnt fit in the larger three. If you dont see your thoughts represented here, let me know. Posted by Samuel VS. Sunday, August 24, 2014. 7 Priorities for the Church. Or, I put i...
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Saint Louis Mennonite Pastor: July 2013
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Saint Louis Mennonite Pastor. Reflections on faith and life, from the Saint Louis Mennonite Fellowship. Monday, July 8, 2013. Going out 2 by 2 Luke 10:1-20 and Galatians 6:7-16. T his week, were continuing on our journey with Luke, and weve got this wonderful story of the disciples going out two by two that we get to play with. Posted by Samuel VS. Thursday, July 4, 2013. Thinking about Government, or how to make American Government Better. So I celebrate the blessing that it is to be a part of the Unite...