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The Land of Beginning Again

New Years Eve
II Corinthians 5:17
Christ Community Church, Spring Lake, MI
December 31, 1989
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Surrender to Joy

Christmastide I
Philippians 4:4; Luke 1:46
Christ Community Church, Spring Lake, MI
December 31, 1989
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The Fairy Tale Is True

Advent IV
Luke 2:9-10; Revelation 12:5
Christ Community Church, Spring Lake, MI
December 24, 1989
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What Difference Does Heaven Make?

Advent III
Luke 2:29-32; Revelation 21:3-4
Christ Community Church, Spring Lake, MI
December 17, 1989
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The End of History: A Present Reality

Advent II
John 1:11-13; Revelation 3:20
Christ Community Church, Spring Lake, MI
December 10, 1989
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He is Coming: Fulfillment and Promise

Advent I
Isaiah 9:2; Revelation 1:4
Christ Community Church, Spring Lake, MI
December 03, 1989
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Grace & Gratitude: God's Pleasure

Thanksgiving Sunday
II Corinthians 9:11-12
Christ Community Church, Spring Lake, MI
November 23, 1989

Grace and Ritual: Shaping A People

Pentecost XXVII
Gen. 17: 1-7; Acts 2:32-39
Christ Community Church, Spring Lake, MI
November 19, 1989
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The Purposes of God and the Tides of History

The Fall of the Berlin Wall; Pentecost XXVI
Psalm 33:10
Christ Community Church, Spring Lake, MI
November 12, 1989
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Life Artistry: We Don't Paint By Numbers

Pentecost XXV
Ephesians 4: 14-15
Christ Community Church, Spring Lake, MI
November 05, 1989
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When Words Become THE WORD

Pentecost XXIV
Isaiah 52:7; Romans 10:17
Christ Community Church, Spring Lake, MI
October 29, 1989
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Lost in Wonder, Love and Praise

Pentecost XXIII
Psalm 145:1,5
Christ Community Church, Spring Lake, MI
October 22, 1989
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The Shapes and Sounds of Celebration

Pentecost XXII
Isaiah 6:1; Acts 2:41; Revelation 5:13
Christ Community Church, Spring Lake, MI
October 15, 1989
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The Significance of Place: The Tale of the Stones

Pentecost XXI
Joshua 4:6-7
Christ Community Church, Spring Lake, MI
October 08, 1989
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Come As a Child

World Wide Communion; Pentecost XX
Matthew 18:4
Christ Community Church, Spring Lake, MI
October 01, 1989
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The End of History

Pentecost XIX
Luke 10:25-37
Christ Community Church, Spring Lake, MI
September 24, 1989
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Ministry is a Many-Splendored Thing

Pentecost XVII
I Peter 2:5; I Peter 4:10-11
Christ Community Church, Spring Lake, MI
September 10, 1989
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Agents of Grace: Unconditional Love in Action

Pentecost XVI
Galatians 6: 1-2
Christ Community Church, Spring Lake, MI
September 03, 1989
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The Practice of the Presence of God: Serenity

Pentecost XV
Luke 11:1; Luke 22:42; Luke 23:34, 46
Christ Community Church, Spring Lake, MI
August 27, 1989
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Nobody's Perfect: Learning to Live With Our Limits

Pentecost XIV
Romans 12:2
Christ Community Church, Spring Lake, MI
August 20, 1989
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Everyone Needs a Priest

Pentecost XIII
Psalm 32:1; I John 1:9; 2:1-2
Christ Community Church, Spring Lake, MI
August 13, 1989
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The Grace That Enables Us to View Ourselves Honestly

Pentecost XII
Psalm 139: 23-24; John 4:29
Christ Community Church, Spring Lake, MI
August 06, 1989
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A Model for Ministry

Honoring Gord VanHoeven; Pentecost XI
Philippians 1:3-6; 2: 1-6
Christ Community Church, Spring Lake, MI
July 30, 1989
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Say Yes to God Who Has Said Yes to You

Pentecost X
Psalm 34:6, 18; II Corinthians 5:17, 20
Christ Community Church, Spring Lake, MI
July 23, 1989
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Openness to the Higher Power (God)

Pentecost IX
Romans 8:2, 3, 15, 31; Mark 9:24
Christ Community Church, Spring Lake, MI
July 16, 1989
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Life Out of Control

Pentecost VIII
Psalm 40:17; Romans 7:24-25
Christ Community Church, Spring Lake, MI
July 09, 1989
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A Declaration of Interdependence: The Dawn of a New Age

Independence Day Sunday; Pentecost VII
Psalm 33:8, 12, 17; Isaiah 65: 25b; Revelation 22:2
Christ Community Church, Spring Lake, MI
July 02, 1989
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Christ Community: Carte Blanche to the Honor of Christ

Ordination Sunday; Pentecost VI
Jeremiah 45:5; I Cor 3: 21-23
Christ Community Church, Spring Lake, MI
June 25, 1989
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Who Is a God Like Thee?

Trinity Sunday
Micah 7:18; Romans 8:31, 39
Christ Community Church, Spring Lake, MI
May 21, 1989
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Come, Creator Spirit

Pentecost Sunday
Acts 2:17
Christ Community Church, Spring Lake, MI
May 14, 1989
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The Christ Community Experiment: Rhem and Gordon VanHoven

Eastertide VII
Ephesians 1: 18-20
Christ Community Church, Spring Lake, MI
May 07, 1989
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Can This Congregation Survive By Grace Alone?

Eastertide VI
Eph. 2:1-10; Matt. 20:1-16
Christ Community Church, Spring Lake, MI
April 30, 1989
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Who Needs a Good-For-Nothing Church?

Eastertide V
Exodus 19:1-6; I Peter 2:9-10; Matthew 16:13-20
Christ Community Church, Spring Lake, MI
April 23, 1989
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Living a Doxology

Eastertide IV
Job 19:25-26; I Peter 1:3
Christ Community Church, Spring Lake, MI
April 16, 1989
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The View From This Side of Easter

Eastertide II
I Cor. 15: 1-8; 20-28
Christ Community Church, Spring Lake, MI
April 02, 1989
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Freedom's Triumph: Life Out of Death

Easter Sunday
Isa. 45:22a; Phil. 2:9-11
Christ Community Church, Spring Lake, MI
March 26, 1989
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Freedom's Cost and Foundation: Thy Will Be Done

Maundy Thursday
St. Matthew's Passion of Our Lord
Christ Community Church, Spring Lake, MI
March 23, 1989
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Freedom's Risk: Confrontation

Palm Sunday
Zech. 9:9-10; Luke 19:28-48
Christ Community Church, Spring Lake, MI
March 19, 1989
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Freedom's Gift: Grace

Lent V
Isa 42:1-7; Luke 23:34
Christ Community Church, Spring Lake, MI
March 12, 1989
Lent, Forgiveness, Radical Grace of God, Way of Jesus, Non-exclusive, Nature of Religion
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Freedom's Stumbling Blocks: Uncritical Traditionalism

Lent IV
Mark 3:21, 32; Luke 7: 19
Christ Community Church, Spring Lake, MI
March 05, 1989
Lent, Critical Thinking, Grace, Way of Jesus, Inclusive, Historical Jesus
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Freedom's Quest: Search for Identity and Vision

Lent III
Isaiah 61:1-4; Luke 3:21-22; 4: 1-23
Christ Community Church, Spring Lake, MI
February 26, 1989
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Until You are Mature in Christ

Epiphany IV
Colossians 1:27-28
Christ Community Church, Spring Lake, MI
January 29, 1989
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God, For Whom Humankind is Groping

Epiphany III
Acts 17:22-23
Christ Community Church, Spring Lake, MI
January 22, 1989
Epiphany, Nature of God, Apostle Paul, God of Grace, Religious Quest, Revelation, Interfaith
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The Face of Jesus - The Heart of God

Epiphany II
II Corinthians 4:6; John 12:36; John 8:12
Christ Community Church, Spring Lake, MI
January 15, 1989
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The Light Has Come!

Epiphany I
Isaiah 60:1; Matt 2:2; John 8:12
Christ Community Church, Spring Lake, MI
January 08, 1989
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Jesus, Flesh of Our Flawed Flesh

Christmastide I
Romans 8:3
Christ Community Church, Spring Lake, MI
January 01, 1989
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