ARCHIVE September, 2014

Making Sense of Speaking in Tongues (sermon text version)

Speaking in tongues is one of the most controversial, strange, and misunderstood concepts in the Bible.  It has been the source of divisions in the Church, perhaps even more so than ideas surrounding baptism.  Its various camps of belief form fierce adversaries whose behavior can seem anything but Spirit-filled by how they treat one another.  […]

September 30, 2014 in Chapel Worship/News by

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Making Sense of Speaking in Tongues (audio version)

“Making Sense of Speaking in Tongues” (a sermon on Acts 2:5-12) was first preached at Plymouth Congregational Church of Racine, WI on September 28, 2014 by Barbara Shafer.  Click link below to listen on YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=shGyuPJvT6w&feature=youtu.be

September 30, 2014 in Chapel Worship/News by

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The Holy Spirit Comes (sermon text version)

Today’s passage of Scripture, describing the coming of the Holy Spirit, is fitting for Rally Sunday and our fall Kick-off.  His coming kicked off the entire Church for all time.  But it’s also one of my very favorite passages in the Bible.  Of course, I didn’t even know it existed 20 years ago when my […]

September 24, 2014 in Chapel Worship/News by

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The Holy Spirit Comes (audio version)

This is the audio version of the message entitled “The Holy Spirit Comes” from Acts 2:1-4, first preached at Plymouth Congregational Church of Racine, WI on September 21, 2014.  Click the link below to hear the message which includes a testimony of how I (Barbara Shafer, SeminaryGal) came to follow Jesus Christ and why I believe […]

September 23, 2014 in Chapel Worship/News by

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Completing Our Numbers (sermon text version)

Let me just start by reminding you, “Don’t open your box until we’re ready!”  This is a one-of-a-kind interactive sermon.  You may have heard of the Do-it-Yourself Messiah, you may have heard the Little Red Hen say, she’ll do it herself, or maybe you have done home improvements that were do-it-yourself.  This isn’t completely a […]

September 19, 2014 in Chapel Worship/News by

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Completing Our Numbers (audio version)

Completing our numbers is both a quantity of people in the Church as well as a quality of people in the Church.  Click the link below to listen to the audio version of Completing Our Numbers, a message first preached at Plymouth Congregational Church of Racine on September 14, 2014. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nepWvjAsXWY&feature=youtu.be

September 18, 2014 in Chapel Worship/News by

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Necessary Time (sermon text version)

Time is one of those things we never get back.  Once it has passed us by, it’s gone forever.  We’re living in the flow of it, we’re changed by it, we can try to resist it, but it keeps on rolling along.  It’s like a river pressing against both banks, moving ever downstream, its currents […]

September 11, 2014 in Chapel Worship/News by

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Necessary Time (audio version)

What are you doing with your time on earth? This is the audio version of last Sunday’s sermon from Plymouth Congregational Church entitled “Necessary Time” as we look at qualities of time (History, Maturity, and Synergy) and how they relate to the 24 hours each of us has for witness. Please click the link to […]

September 10, 2014 in Chapel Worship/News by

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Fall in Love with your Garden (FREE workshop in Racine)

                                      I will be in Racine on Saturday, September 20th to be part of this community outreach.  If you know of people in the vicinity of Racine, WI, please let them know about this special FREE event.  […]

September 8, 2014 in Chapel Worship/News by

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Handling Betrayals with Grace (semon text version)

Ever been betrayed? We don’t need to see a show of hands, but I would imagine that most of us can think of a time we’ve been betrayed.  Maybe it was someone you trusted as a good friend or a valued coworker who stabbed you in the back.  Maybe it was a boyfriend or girlfriend […]

September 3, 2014 in Chapel Worship/News by

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