Contributed by Ken Pell on Mar 23, 2013
THE RECYCLED ORCHESTRA
In December of last year (2012) NPR told the story of a poor community in Paraguay has formed an amazing orchestra that plays instruments created from recycled trash. The young musicians in a slum that's built on a landfill. More than 1500 tons of trash gets dumped into the
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Nazarene
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STAND BY ME
I played the video of the song, "Stand By Me" by Home Free in a recent worship service right before I came up to preach. Our people wondered: "Pastor Larry, why play a secular song for a Sunday morning service??"
Maybe I need to share what I discovered about the
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Evangelical/Non-Denominational
Contributed by Bruce Howell on Nov 11, 2002
Many years ago, something unusual happened in a Moscow theatre that illustrates the convicting and transforming power of the Gospel. Matinee idol, Alexander Rostovzev was converted while playing the role of Jesus in a sacrilegious play entitled, ¡°Christ In A Tuxedo.¡± He was supposed to read two
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Wesleyan
Contributed by William Wyne on Sep 8, 2003
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There is a story told of three little girls who are
enjoying an evening of play. They started playing the
game of counting their money; the object was to see who
had the most and the winner would be crowned queen for
the day. The first little girl counted thirteen
pennies, the second counted
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Baptist
Contributed by Paul Decker on May 19, 2004
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Jeremy Bassett’s 5-year-old niece, Olivia, and her best friend, Claire, were participating in a nativity play at school. Claire was playing Mary, and Olivia was an angel.
Before the show, a young boy was going around the dressing room repeating, "I’m a sheep, what are you?" Each child responded
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Contributed by Richard Mcnair on Nov 4, 2004
>>> My first basketball team as a coach was good. The first day I saw these guys had been playing together for a while and were really good. The first few practices went well and a starting 5 became clear. We ran plays like clock work. --- But after the first game when we were beaten by 40
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Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Dec 8, 2004
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Many of these rules for evaluating the behavior and social skills of children in public schools are exemplery for how Christians should behave in the church family:
Caring Cooperative Respectful
Classroom •
Being inclusive • Thoughfful, kind• Recognize feelings• Understand others’ feelings
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Independent/Bible
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A few years back I coached my son’s Little League Team. We spent many hours practicing. We practiced and practiced and learned the fundamentals; how to hit, how to bunt, how to throw, how to pitch and catch. We learned all of the secret coaching signs. We honed our skills day after day in the
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Congregational
Contributed by Robert Clark on Nov 29, 2005
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David Peterson, former pastor at the First Presbyterian Church in Spokane, Washington, told about a time when he was preparing his sermon. His little daughter came in and said, "Daddy, can we play?" He answered, "I’m awfully sorry, Sweetheart, but I’m right in the middle of preparing this sermon.
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Methodist
Contributed by Phil Dyar on Mar 23, 2007
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{HOW FOOTBALL IS RELATIVE TO CHURCH}
1.QUATERBACK SNEAK-CHURCH MEMBERS QUIETLY LEAVING DURING THE CLOSING HYMN.
2.DRAW PLAY-WHAT MANY KIDS DO WITH THE ORDER OF
SERVICE DURING WORSHIP.
3.HALF TIME-THE PERIOD BETWEEN SUNDAY SCHOOL AND WORSHIP WHEN MANY CHOOSE TO LEAVE.
4.TRAP PLAY-YOU"RE
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Contributed by Richard Goble on Nov 16, 2007
Robert Fulghum writes, “All I really need to know about how to live and what to do and how to be I learned in kindergarten. Wisdom was not at the top of the graduate-school mountain, but there in the sandpile at Sunday School. These are the things I learned:
Share everything.
Play fair.
Don’t hit
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Baptist
Contributed by Mark Armstrong on Apr 23, 2009
The game ‘Dungeons and Dragons’ first came to light in 1974. Players of D&D create characters which they live out in an alternative reality. And so D&D is a fantasy role playing game where players embark upon imaginary adventures in a created world. Although there’s a few variations of the game, a
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Presbyterian/Reformed
Contributed by Mark Eberly on May 12, 2009
ONE WAY TO WIN: BET IT ALL
God has the answers that we need. I often see people not trusting in God and truly seeking His face. Worshiping with others and seeking out the answers that we are looking for is often done superficially. We show up once or twice and wonder why "church" doesn't seem to
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Church Of God
Contributed by Guy Mcgraw on Jan 30, 2001
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JOHN WOODEN: won many college basketball national championships in a row while at UCLA. Was asked, ‘What does it take to make a winning team? THREE THINGS
1) Get players in right condition (right with God/Salvation)
2) Team them the fundamentals
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Contributed by Steve Malone on May 15, 2001
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THE STORY IS TOLD OF A FATHER OF 5 WHO CAME HOME WITH A TOY, HE SUMMONED HIS CHILDREN AND ASKED WHICH ONE SHOULD BE GIVEN THE PRESENT. "WHO IS THE MOST OBEDIENT, NEVER TALKS BACK TO MOM AND DOES EVERY THING HE OR SHE IS TOLD TO DO?" HE
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Contributed by Steve Malone on May 23, 2001
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THE STORY IS TOLD OF A FATHER OF 5 WHO CAME HOME WITH A TOY, HE SUMMONED HIS CHILDREN AND ASKED WHICH ONE SHOULD BE GIVEN THE PRESENT. "WHO IS THE MOST OBEDIENT, NEVER TALKS BACK TO MOM AND DOES EVERY THING HE OR SHE IS TOLD TO DO?" HE
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Christian/Church Of Christ
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