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December 20, 2020 "God is with us-Hear the Angel Voices" - Rev. Virginia L. Heller ScriptureLuke 1:8-14 Once when he was serving as priest before God and his section was on duty,  he was chosen by lot, according to the custom of the priesthood, to enter the sanctuary of the Lord and offer incense.  Now at the time of the incense offering, the whole assembly of the peo...

December 13, 2020 "God is with us- Give It a Rest"! - Rev. Virginia L. Heller ScriptureLuke 2:1-7 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 to their own towns to be registered.  Joseph also went from the town of Nazareth ...

December 6, 2020 "God is with us-Do It Anyway!"- Rev. Virginia L. Heller ScriptureMatthew 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 be with child from the Holy Spirit.  Her husband Joseph, being a righteous man and unwilling to expo...

November 29, 2020 "God is with us-We Are Not Alone"- Rev. Virginia L. Heller ScriptureLuke 1:26-48 In the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent by God to a town in Galilee called Nazareth,  to a virgin engaged to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David. The virgin’s name was Mary.  And he came to her and said, “Greetings, favored one! The Lord is with you....

November 22, 2020 "With Joy and Thanksgiving" - Rev. Virginia L. Heller ScriptureEpistle Lesson: I Corinthians 13:1-8a If I speak in the tongues of mortals and of angels, but do not have love, I am a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal.  And if I have prophetic powers, and understand all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have all faith, so as to remove moun...

November 15, 2020 "Let's Read the Bible!" - Rev. Virginia L. Heller ScriptureGospel Lesson: Matthew 18:21-35 Then Peter came and said to him, “Lord, if another member of the church sins against me, how often should I forgive? As many as seven times?”  Jesus said to him, “Not seven times, but, I tell you, seventy-seven times “For this reason the kingdom of h...

November 8, 2020 -Rev. Virginia L. Heller Scripture John 11:25-26 Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. Those who believe in me, even though they die, will live, and everyone who lives and believes in me will never die. Do you believe this?” James 4:1-7a Those conflicts and disputes among you, where do they come from? Do they not ...

November 1, 2020 "I Weep" - Rev. Virginia L. Heller ScriptureOld Testament Lesson: II Samuel 12:15-24 Then Nathan went to his house. The Lord struck the child that Uriah’s wife bore to David, and it became very ill.  David therefore pleaded with God for the child; David fasted, and went in and lay all night on the ground.  The elders of ...

October 25, 2020 "Fools and Their Money" - Rev. Virgina L. Heller ScriptureGospel: Luke 12:13-21 Someone in the crowd said to him, “Teacher, tell my brother to divide the family inheritance with me.”  But he said to him, “Friend, who set me to be a judge or arbitrator over you?”  And he said to them, “Take care! Be on your guard against all kinds of greed; for one’s l...

October 18, 2020 "Dead End" - Rev. Virginia L. Heller ScriptureOld Testament Lesson: Ecclesiastes 1:12-2:16  I, the Teacher, when king over Israel in Jerusalem,  applied my mind to seek and to search out by wisdom all that is done under heaven; it is an unhappy business that God has given to human beings to be busy with.  I saw all the deeds ...