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A sermon featuring the Pearl of Great Price: a story about the surprising Good News that unfolds when you commit to sell all that you have and discover your real role was always that of God’s steward.
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Category: Sermons, Stewardship
Tags: Apostolic Action, aspirations, Commitment, Discipleship, Episcopal, integrity, Jesus loved him, living with integrity, manager, Mark 10:17-31, Matthew 13:34-45, Outcome, Pearl of Great Price, Principles, relationship to God and money, Rich Young Ruler, sell all that you have, sermon, Stewardship, You are my steward
A sermon where singing I have decided to follow Jesus reveals a path to discipleship.
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Category: Sermons
Tags: Apostolic Action, Christian Formation, disciples, Discipleship, Episcopal, Follow me, I have decided to follow Jesus, James & John sons of Zebedee, Outcome, Peter & Andrew, sermon, Stewardship, sustainability
Stewardship, Share Love, & The Pearl of Great Price Story
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Category: Sermons, Stewardship
Tags: Bishop Bill Stough, Discipleship, Episcopal, Jesus, Living Into Commitment, Love, relationship with God, Render unto Caesar, Rich Young Ruler, sermon, Stewardship, The Pearl of Great Value
May the blessing of God find you when you least expect it and need it most.
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Category: Sermons
Tags: Apostle Paul, Ascension, blessing of God least expected, blessing of God needed most, blood drive, Episcopal, giving, Grace, hemolytic anemia, receiving, sermon, steroids, Stewardship, transfusion
Sermon for The Fourteenth Sunday After Pentecost (Proper 16 B RCL) preached in my role as Priest-in-Charge Christ Episcopal Church Middletown, New Jersey – August 26, 2018. I mention The Transactional Analysis of Money in my sermon. My sermon can be…
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Category: Sermons
Tags: abundance, attitude of thanksgiving, Episcopal, Feed each other, First Intentional Communion, general confession, gleanings of the fields, I am the bread of life, I'm sorry to God, Jesus, Jesus is enough, mission, scarcity, sermon, share love, Stewardship, story difference heaven hell, tithe, transactional analysis, transactional analysis of money
Sermon for The Thirteenth Sunday After Pentecost (Proper 15 B RCL) preached in my role as Priest-in-Charge Christ Episcopal Church Middletown, New Jersey – August 19, 2018. I mention First Intentional Communion in my sermon. My sermon can be viewed…
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Category: Sermons
Tags: attitude of thanksgiving, C.S. Lewis, Episcopal, Feed each other, First Intentional Communion, general confession, gleanings of the fields, I am the bread of life, I'm sorry to God, Jesus, mission, share love, Stewardship, story difference heaven hell, tithe
Sermon for The Twenty-Fourth Sunday After Pentecost (Proper 28 Year A) preached in my role as Priest-in-Charge Christ Episcopal Church Middletown, New Jersey – Sunday, November 19, 2017. This sermon can viewed at
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Category: Sermons
Tags: Be of use, Discipleship, encouragement, Episcopal, Family Promise, feeding programs, Jesus, Living Into Commitment, Matthew Chapter 25, parable talents, parable ten bridegrooms, sermon, Stewardship, Use you brain, Use your gifts, wedding guests
Sermon for The Twenty-Third Sunday After Pentecost (Proper 27 Year A) preached in my role as Priest-in-Charge Christ Episcopal Church Middletown, New Jersey – Sunday, November 12, 2017. This sermon can viewed at
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Category: Sermons
Tags: Be of use, Discipleship, Episcopal, Jesus, Joshua, Living Into Commitment, Matthew Chapter 25, parable ten bridegrooms, pledge card, proportional giving, sermon, Stewardship, Use you brain, Use your gifts, wedding guests
Sermon for The Twentieth Sunday After Pentecost (Proper 24 Year A) preached in my role as Priest-in-Charge Christ Episcopal Church Middletown, New Jersey – Sunday, October 22, 2017. Find additional stewardship information and resources here. This sermon can viewed at
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Category: Sermons
Tags: Bishop Bill Stough, Discipleship, Episcopal, Jesus, Living Into Commitment, Love, relationship with God, Render unto Caesar, Rich Young Ruler, sermon, Stewardship, The Pearl of Great Value, trust
Sermon for The Sixth Sunday After Pentecost (Proper 10 Year A) preached in my role as Priest-in-Charge Christ Episcopal Church Middletown, New Jersey – Sunday, July 16, 2017. I referenced an act by 80 people in Myrtle Beach SC on…
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Category: Sermons
Tags: Apostolic Action, Bishop Brent, Christian Formation, Commitment, community as good soil, Discipleship, Episcopal, evangelism, Family Promise, feeding the hungry, good soil, hands in love, Jesus, linked to save, mission, Myrtle Beach, Outcome, parable of sower, parables, Rip Tide, Scripture Study, sermon, Stewardship, Worship