First Presbyterian Church Of San Anselmo
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Sinopsis
Join us as each week as we explore and practice what it means to express God's love for the world. First Presbyterian is an inclusive congregation located in the heart of Marin County, California. We are a church that feels called to love one another, express gratitude, ease suffering, and work for justice.
Episodios
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"Steadfast Love"
10/03/2013 Duración: 13minLesson: Luke 15:1-3, 11b-32 "It doesn't matter where you come from, or who you are. You're welcome, you're loved. God rejoices at the sight of you. God's steadfast love surrounds, each and every one of you."
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The Quality of Mercy
03/03/2013 Duración: 12minLesson: Luke 13:1-9. "When the gardener asks for just one more year, I don’t believe that’s a threat. It’s just a reminder of the reality that we do not have unlimited time to come to our senses, to turn and move in a new direction, in God’s direction, which is all Jesus means by “repent.”
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"As a Hen Gathers"
24/02/2013 Duración: 13minLesson: Luke 13:31-35. "Lent is the time of year to look deeply, examine ourselves and reaffirm that we will accept and re-accept God’s invitation to be loved, to be gathered, to live into the vision of healing of wholeness for the world."
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Always More Hill
10/02/2013 Duración: 18minLesson: Luke 9: 9:28-43. "There is always another hill – in life, in the life of faith. We do not climb alone. Lent begins this Wednesday, Ash Wednesday. We will meet here, together, to kick off Lent, so to speak, with prayer and singing, communion and ashes. And my prayer for all of us for Lent is that we listen: Be open. Receive. Don’t try to walk to Maine. But stay on the trail; be aware; keep your eyes on Christ. And may our hearts be open to God’s vision."
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Love: Not Just for Weddings
03/02/2013 Duración: 15minLesson: 1 Corinthians 13:8-13. "Then, as now, it is love that will endure. Now faith, hope and love abide, the greatest of these is love."
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Fulfilled Presently
27/01/2013 Duración: 12minLesson: Luke 4:14-21. "May we continue, each of us, and together, to follow Jesus' vision of bringing good news to the poor. May we stand in our rich tradition, and draw strength for the journey."
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Who Did That?
20/01/2013 Duración: 17minLesson: John 2:6-11. "There are miracles of love, and justice, and hope taking place all around us, even in our own lives."
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Blending with the Crowd
07/01/2013 Duración: 13minLesson: Isaiah 43:1-7; Luke 3:15-17, 21-22. "Jesus was baptized, and it made him part of the crowd, the crowd of broken and hurting people longing for wholeness, longing for life - this life - to be just and peaceful and safe. Our crowd."
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By Another Road
06/01/2013 Duración: 13minLesson: Mathew 2:1-12. "And that is what is at the heart of Matthew’s darker, more adult-oriented story of Jesus’ birth: the promise that it is precisely into this world that God came.[11] And that like the Magi, we can choose to take another road, the road away from Herod, from all the modern Herods who hold onto their power or profit when our lives are shaped by fear rather than wonder and joy."
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Our Second Home
30/12/2012 Duración: 14minLesson: Luke 2:41-52. "For every life that God created and put on this earth, is of infinite value. And together we form a home, with enough space for everybody."
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Christmas Peace: Peace on Earth
24/12/2012 Duración: 11minLesson: Luke 2:1-20 ‘I know the cares and the anxious thoughts of your hearts. I know the hard time you often give yourselves.I know the hopes and ambitions that you have for yourselves and for others.I know your doubts, too – even while you seek to express your belief.On this night, I want to find a way of saying to you:You are deeply, deeply loved,just as you are, forgiven, lovedand challenged to be the very best you can be.So I’m speaking to you the only way I know how –from a stable,in a child born into povertysoon to grow to maturity,born to show youin a human life,the love of God.’[6][6] John Harvey, “You Are Deeply, Deeply Loved,” in Candles and Conifers, Ruth Burgess, ed. (Glasgow: Wild Goose Publications, 2005), p. 239.
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Misa Criolla (Creole Mass) - Chancel Choir and Folk Ensemble
17/12/2012 Duración: 25minLesson: Philippians 4:4-7. "Earlier this past week, someone said to me that music is the best thing human beings do. I think I might agree. It stirs us. It brings us together. It restores our souls. And so today we answer the worst that people can do with the best that people can do."
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Christmas Peace: Prepare the Way
09/12/2012 Duración: 16minLesson: Luke 3:1-6. "Just turning toward and living into the good news that we are loved more than we dared hope and so is everybody else. Others will hear it; others will see it. Kids, our neighbors, our co-workers, the people sitting next to you in the pew this morning. And when other people hear it – and even more – when we see it taking place in our own lives – it changes us along with the world."
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Christmas Peace: The Days Are Surely Coming
02/12/2012 Duración: 14minLesson: Luke 21:25-36. "Those who hope in Christ can no longer put up with reality as it is. That is the call and the purpose and the prayer of advent."
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The Reign of Christ
25/11/2012 Duración: 08minLesson: John 18:33-38. This sermon was preached during an At Table worship service and recorded later. During At Table services we worship in the tradition of early Christian meals around tables with food and drink to share.
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The God of Joy and Pleasure
18/11/2012 Duración: 15minLesson: Psalm 16: 7-11 "A life that is centered in God, in trust in God and gratitude for God’s gifts, is a life more centered on the world and life, and finding more meaning in them."
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The Meaning of a Small Act
11/11/2012 Duración: 12minLesson: Mark 12: 38-44. "Every situation in which we find ourselves is an opportunity to teach love instead of fear."
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God is God* (*and We Are Not)
21/10/2012 Duración: 14minLesson: Job 38:34-41. "God is God, who sees it all, including us, in exquisite detail; and delights in it."