(Matthew 16:13-23)
May these words of this Peter be like a rock,
not a stumbling block!
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"Who do you say
that I am?" Jesus asked. Simon Peter answered, "You
are the Messiah, the Son of the living God." And Jesus
answered, "Blessed are you, Simon son of Jonah! ... You are
Peter (petros), and on this rock (petra)
I will build my church..." Jesus then began to speak of
the rough road ahead. And Peter took him aside and rebuked him... "Get
behind me, Satan!" Jesus replied. "You are a stumbling
block..." (Matthew 16:13-23) May these words of this Peter be like a rock, |
Messages
preached at
Long Green Valley Church of the Brethren
Glen Arm, Maryland USA
by Pastor Pete Haynes
Like many
preachers, I use a variety of styles. Starting in 2005, most of my sermons have
been delivered without a manuscript. This development followed a visit to our sister congregation
in the Dominican Republic, and the freedom of preaching extemporaneously there.
I have now begun digitizing the audio into .mp3 files, so that
as time allows, these sermons can be heard online. However, there are complete
written worship services online to go with these sermons.
This is how we pass along the info needed by our worship leaders every week, the
majority of whom have access to the Internet. As there are nearly ten years worth of sermon manuscripts in these pages, you
might find a message on a particular text or lectionary
date in the indexes below. We still send the prayer list (the shared joys
and concerns) to those in our fellowship who are unable to attend on a given
Sunday, although we no longer - as in the past - send the sermon (or web-link for the majority of
folks with email).
I generally
follow the Revised Common Lectionary (a 3-year cycle of scriptures), but will often choose
to go in different directions. Below are my sermons, listed beginning with the most
recent. At present I plan a month in advance, and list the "menu"
in the church
newsletter. - PLH (click
here to contact me)
All my sermons are indexed according to:
a) Scripture Text, b) Lectionary
Cycle, & c) Year Preached
There is also a site search tool.
For various versions of scripture,
see Online
Translations of the Bible.
For a list of some of the resources I use,
see my Bibliography.
Check out my index of Children's
Time messages.
Read about our Hearing Induction Loop, a simple and inexpensive means of helping those with a hearing disability (and a hearing aid equipped with a telephone switch) to better participate in worship.
For other relevant resources (leader how-to's,
hymns, prayers, etc.), see Worship
Read what we do with these online messages in this
congregation.
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interested, there's quite a number of great lectionary internet websites. To share just
two, Sermons and Sermon
- Lectionary Resources connects sermon pages
from around the world (check out the Sermon
Forum found there). The Text this Week provides all sorts of
online resources for understanding the lectionary texts (The weblog
connected to this site is great!). Though it may work
better with the Catholic variations, see also a
daily Bible reading schedule based on the common lectionary. Visit other
sermon pages by Church of the Brethren pastors, or explore how
Brethren approach
Biblical
Inspiration and Authority. Our denominational bulletin covers are tied
to the RCL
in this way. Branching out beyond Brethren or even
Protestant boundaries, try out a Daily
Prayer Online, directed in Jesuit fashion. Thinking outside the box,
consider "The
'Un-common' Lectionary Project" from Tom Bandy of Easum
Bandy Associates. Two places I turn for help in pastoral and congregational growth are The Alban Institute (I've attended a number of their seminars - top quality!), and Net Results - both produce excellent magazines, approaching similar issues from different perspectives. Check out how the Church of the Brethren is dealing with "Ethics in Ministry Relations" (approved in 1996 by Annual Conference, the highest authority in our denomination). |
2009
(Lectionary year B)
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Indexes
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Check out Scripture Index on "The Text This Week" |
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Check out Lectionary Index on "The Text This Week" for Year A, Year B, and Year C |
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To find out when a scripture passage will be read in the lectionary cycle |
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Church of the Brethren Calendar of lectionary readings. |
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