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Time to focus on the things of God

Posted on March 7, 2019 by Rev. Paul Rydecki

Sermon (audio) Download Sermon   Service(video) Download Service Download Bulletin Sermon for the First Day of Lent Isaiah 59:12-21  +  Joel 2:12-19  +  Matthew 6:16-21 It’s Ash Wednesday. But we’ve never used ashes for Ash Wednesday here at Emmanuel. So … Continue reading →

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Service for Ash Wednesday

Posted on February 15, 2018 by Rev. Paul Rydecki

Sermon (audio) Download Sermon Service(video) Download Service Download Bulletin Psalm 51  +  Isaiah 59:12-21  +  Joel 2:12-19  +  Matthew 6:16-21  

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Something more meaningful than ashes

Posted on February 10, 2016 by Rev. Paul Rydecki

Sermon for Ash Wednesday Joel 2:12-19  +  Matthew 6:16-21 There is little room for Ash Wednesday in our world. It presupposes the existence of God. And not just any God, but the God of the Bible who commands, “You shall … Continue reading →

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The true fast of repentance

Posted on February 18, 2015 by Rev. Paul Rydecki

Sermon for Ash Wednesday Jonah 3:1-10  +  Joel 2:12-19  +  Matthew 6:16-21 We call today Ash Wednesday because ashes are an Old Testament sign of sorrow, and in the New Testament Church the practice arose of having those Christians who … Continue reading →

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What more do you want than Christ?

Posted on March 5, 2014 by Rev. Paul Rydecki

Sermon for Ash Wednesday 2014 Isaiah 59:12-21  +  Joel 2:12-19  +  Matthew 6:16-21 Blow the trumpet in Zion, Consecrate a fast, Call a sacred assembly. So God called upon Israel through the prophet Joel to drop everything they were doing … Continue reading →

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