http://bethanyseattle.org Bethany Church, located on the corner of Beacon and Graham in Seattle, Washington Mon, 02 Aug 2010 00:52:18 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Exodus 1:8-14; Deuteronomy 17:14-20 Jeremiah 23:5-6; Romans 8:18-24 The Reverend Angela L. Ying There once was a bear so filled with love that whenever he roamed the forest and came across another living thing, he would give it a hug. Everywhere he wandered, the bear shared his love – hug by hug. He ... http://bethanyseattle.org/2010/07/24/no-need-to-make-a-big-deal/ I Samuel 24: 1-7; Romans 12:9-18 Reverend Angela Ying How often in your life have your been asked to choose sides? Pick a side, we are told. Between one friend and another. Between one child and another. Between one team and another. Between one race and another. Between one country and ... http://bethanyseattle.org/2010/06/13/earth-community-when-the-question-is-not-is-god-on-our-side-rather-how-can-we-be-with-god-on-god%e2%80%99s-side/ Luke 24:1-12, 13-35 The Reverend Angela L. Ying Bethany United Church of Christ Easter Sunday, April 4, 2010 Bread You Knead it. You Bake it. You Toast it. You Add to it. Butter it up. Watch it rise. Bread You can smell it from afar You can leave it out and it hardens Bread When our ancestors Abraham and Sarah were barren in their ... http://bethanyseattle.org/2010/04/04/%e2%80%9cthe-god-who-remembers-%e2%80%a6-to-come-back%e2%80%9d/ Rev. Stephen Gituma Guantai March 28th, 2010 Text: Luke 19:28-40 Introduction: Today around the world Christians are celebrating Palm Sunday, An event that has been celebrated for many centuries. During this particular time, God-fearing people from different parts of the world were coming to Jerusalem to celebrate Passover. This celebration was a commemoration of ... http://bethanyseattle.org/2010/04/04/the-lord-needs-it-palmpassion-sunday/ Isaiah 43:16-21 and John 12:1-8 Reverend Angela Ying Bethany United Church of Christ March 21, 2010 What do you do when something wonderful happens? Celebrate. Jump for joy. Call a friend. Smile quietly deep within. Thank God. All of the above. And yet, isn’t it strange that as we get older, something else happens. We stop and question --- is it really ... http://bethanyseattle.org/2010/03/24/%e2%80%9cgod-making-a-way-for-the-people-to-connect-as-community-again-and-again%e2%80%9d/ By Guest Preacher Jennifer Jenkins Gill March 7, 2010 Today is the third Sunday in the season of Lent. Which is the season of the church year that is 40 days before Easter. Lent has historically been a time to give something up as a way of showing our devotion ... http://bethanyseattle.org/2010/03/10/our-calling/ Psalm 27 – A Psalm of David Sermon by Reverend Angela Ying February 28, 2010 “The Lord is my light and my salvation – whom then, will I fear.” Sometimes, just getting a glimpse of the LIGHT is enough. Enough to get you through the Day. As when you arise early in the morning --- look ... http://bethanyseattle.org/2010/03/10/%e2%80%9cgod-as-our-light-%e2%80%93-whom-then-will-we-be-afraid%e2%80%9d/ Luke 5:1-11 Reverend Angela Ying February 7, 2010 Fish A word that brings up many images for us who live in Seattle and home of the infamous Pike Place Market, where one can go, see and experience flying fish! Fish Is it a noun or an active verb? Is it fresh and alive or is it frozen ... http://bethanyseattle.org/2010/02/12/%e2%80%9ca-god-amazing-enough-to-go-deep-and-seek-out-people-who-will-follow-god-not-themselves%e2%80%9d/ Rev. Anthony B. Robinson, Guest Preacher I Corinthians 12: 4 - 20 Well, it's nice to be back in this role, at least for one Sunday! Thank you, Angela, for the invitation to preach and participate in worship leadership today. Every now and then I hear someone say ... http://bethanyseattle.org/2010/02/02/a-few-polarities-to-manage/ Luke 4:14—22 and readings from the words of Mahatma Gandhi, the Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr., Audre Lorde, and Archbishop Desmond Tutu Sunday, January 17, 2010 Reverend Angela Ying Fear A four letter word that can stop us in being who we are called to be, God’s beloved. Fear A four letter word that keeps us ... http://bethanyseattle.org/2010/01/18/with-god-we-dare-to-move-from-bloody-sunday-to-becoming-the-beloved-community/