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SERMON SHORT FOR December 15th My Soul Magnifies The Lord Children’s Christmas Sunday Luke 1:46b-55 This is the Sunday for the candle of Joy. Our children and youth have a major portion of our worship to show us their joy…

Sermon Short for December 8th, 2019 Peace in a dangerous time Matthew 3:1-12, Isaiah 11:1-10 The Candle of Peace is lit this week. And John in the wilderness is screaming that we all have to repent or burn. “You brood…

SERMON SHORT FOR December 1st, 2019 HOPE IN A CHILD Isaiah 2:1-5, Matthew 24: 36-44 We enter into Advent – the season leading up to celebrating God coming to us in the form of a baby. Just as God declared…

A CONGREGATIONAL INFORMATION MEETING The year is fast closing and the Advent season is just around the corner. We have many special Christmas things happening at Gale in around Elmira. This coming Sunday we will hold worship in Café Church…

Sermon Short for November 24th, 2019 – Café Church How blessed do I have to be? Matthew 5:1-11 “Blessed are … Blessed are … Blessed are …” And the list of blessings goes on and on. Eight of these blessing…

SERMON SHORT FOR NOVEMBER 17th THREE CHURCHES TOGETHER              We really enjoyed the summer services in combined worship with St. James Lutheran and Trinity United churches. We are going to repeat the idea a few times throughout the year. This…

Sermon Short for November 10th, 2019 – Remembrance Day Am I a true child of God? Psalm 85, Matthew 5:9, Matthew 5:38-48 “Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called the children of God.” What do I make of…

SERMON SHORT for November 3rd, 2019 Mourning into Dancing Romans 8:28-39, Matthew 5:4, 6:25-34 All Saints Day is a tradition to be celebrated on the day after Halloween. Although the Halloween circus has long ago left behind any religious significance…

Sermon Short for October 27th, 2019 Clean up our act Deuteronomy 28:1-14, Matthew 5:8, Matthew 5:43-48 Our next beatitude is “Blessed are the pure in heart, for they will see God.” C.S. Lewis said, “It is safe to tell the…

Sermon Short for October 13th, 2019 – Thanksgiving Matthew 5:3, Luke 6:20, Deuteronomy 8:7-18 For Thanksgiving Sunday we make a big hullabaloo about our harvest, our abundance, our blessings. That’s a good thing. Let’s give thanks with a huge THANKS!…

SERMON SHORT FOR October 6th Blessed is Self-Control Matthew.5.5, Blessed are the meek, for they will inherit the earth.              Although some may wonder if they want to inherit the earth in its current state.             But, of course, Jesus…

SERMON SHORT for 22nd, 2019 A hunger for righteousness Matthew 5:6, Isaiah 58:6-9, Matthew 25:31-40 Jesus’ choice of words here are important. Hunger and thirst – two crucial needs of humans that must be met for our survival. Another word…

Sermon Short for September 15th, 2019 Be-attitudes Matthew 5:1–12, Exodus 20 For this season we will explore the Beatitudes, Jesus’ inaugural address. This series of sermons will lead us up to the Christmas season. This Sunday we’ll get a brief…

SERMON SHORT for September 8th HERE WE GO AGAIN – RALLY DAY Isaiah 42:5-10, 2nd Corinthians 5:16-21 Yes! Here we go again. Rally Day rolls around again and another year of Gale activities and ministries takes off. But will it…

The sermon short for June 16th, 2019 Making worthy children Luke 15:11-32, Zechariah 3:1-5              Through the summer we will be joining with St. James and Trinity churches in worship. The three ministers are going to be considering the parables…

SERMON SHORT for May 26th, 2019 HEALING AND RECONCILIATION Luke 4:24-28, 1 John 4:20-21              We can no longer ignore the reality that a people resided here before the Europeans entered this land and changed it. The indigenous population would…

SERMON SHORT for May 19th, 2019 HOW FAR DOES LOVE GO? Acts 11:1-18, John 13:31-35              “Love one another as I have loved you.” Jesus was able to model love for pretty well everybody – even, maybe especially, the seemingly…

Sermon Short for Holy Week Good Friday – April 19th – 10:00 a.m. John Chapters 18 & 19 The story of Jesus’s passion and crucifixion is integrated with a touching story by Walter Wangerin – “Lily.” Yes, the crucifixion it…

Gale Smoked Pork Chop Dinner Event Wednesday May 8th at 4:45 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. Tickets $16/adult and $7/child.  Advance tickets preferred as tickets at door are not guaranteed.  (Take-outs after 5:30 p.m.) Tickets can be purchased at the church…

Sermon Short for April 14th, 2019 Passion Sunday – an up and down kind of week Isaiah 50:4-9a, Luke 22, 23 Passion Sunday brings us into Holy Week. A week of contrasts and ups and downs in the story of…