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Sunday School 2023
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1. Sunday School 2023
Here are links to content from Sunday School in 2023.

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2. Other days

3. 2023-12-17 The Christmas story in Matthew
  • Music and Christmas
  • Matthew: Christmas story
  • Song: I saw three ships

  • 4. 2023-12-10: The Christmas story in Luke
  • Live nativity about 1985
  • Luke: Christmas story
  • Song: Angels from the realms of glory
  • Song: Angels we have heard on high
  • Song: What child is this?
  • Song: Away in the manger

  • 5. The doctrine of Santa Claus
  • Church Christmas photos
  • Sharing the joy of Christmas
  • The doctrine of Santa Claus

  • 6. 2023-11-26: Matthew Red sky at night
  • Photos for 2023-11-26
  • Matthew 16:1-3 Red sky at night
  • Song: Jingle Bells
  • Song: Joy to the World

  • 7. 2023-11-19: Matthew Mustard seeds and moving mountains
  • Music group - October 7, 2001
  • Matthew Mustard seeds and moving mountains
  • Song: Faith of our fathers
  • Song: Wonderful grace of Jesus
  • Song: Go tell it on the mountain
  • Song: Faith of our fathers

  • 8. 2023-11-05 Matthew 13: Third kingdom parable: mustard seeds and trees
  • SPUMC veterans
  • Matthew 13:31-32 Third kingdom parable: mustard seeds and trees
  • Song: Stand up stand up for Jesus
  • Song: Onward Christian soldiers
  • Song: Battle Hymn of the Republic

  • 9. 2023-11-05: Matthew 13: Fourth kingdom parable: measures three
  • Photos for 2023-11-05
  • Matthew 13:33 Fourth kingdom parable: measures three
  • Song: We've a story to tell to the nations
  • Song: Wonderful grace of Jesus (refrain missing, to be added next week)

  • 10. 2023-10-22: Matthew 12: Pardon the idle word counting
  • Photos for 2023-10-22
  • Matthew 12:30-37 Pardon the idle word counting
  • Songs: Denny

    11. 2023-10-16: Introduction to James and James 1
    There were technical (Internet connection and laptop keyboard ) issues during Sunday School. An impromptu introduction and verse analysis of James 1 was done, verse by verse, with commentary. Three choir photos (kids, youth and adults) from 1955 were passed around and some faces identified. Here are notes to what was presented.

  • Introduction to the book of James
  • James 1: Interpretation and misinterpretation
  • James 1:19-20 Fast and slow to hear, to speak, to be angry
  • James: Use of male-specific words

  • Songs: Denny

    12. 2023-10-08: Matthew 13: Eighth kingdom parable: treasure of new and old codes
  • Photos for 2023-10-08
  • Matthew 13:51-53 Eighth kingdom parable: treasure of new and old codes
  • Songs: Denny

    13. 2023-10-01: Matthew 13: Fifth kingdom parable: treasure in a field
  • Photos for 2023-10-01
  • Matthew 13:44 Fifth kingdom parable: treasure in a field
  • Songs: Denny

    14. 2023-09-24: Matthew 13: Sixth kingdom parable: pearl of great price
  • Dedication service
  • Song: Heaven came down and glory filled my soul
  • Matthew 13:45-46 Sixth kingdom parable: pearl of great price
  • Song: Are ye able said the master

  • 15. 2023-09-17: Taking care of business
  • Early communion 1964
  • Song: Precious Lord, take my hand
  • Taking care of business
  • Song: What a friend we have in Jesus

  • 16. 2023-09-10: Streets: Flowing after a path into a plaza
  • Church picnics
  • Song: Standing on the promises
  • Streets: Flowing after a path into a plaza

  • 17. 2023-09-03: Matthew 5: Black and white and red all over
  • Church photos and picnic
  • Song: O for a thousand tongues to sing
  • Matthew 5:33-37: Hairs of the head - yes no

  • 18. 2023-08-27: Matthew: Misinterpretations that offend 2
  • Luncheon
  • Needlework circle in 1978
  • Song: The old rugged cross
  • Matthew 11:1-6: Trapped by an offensive misinterpretation of Jesus
  • Song: Take my life and let it be

  • 19. 2023-08-06: Matthew: Misinterpretations that offend 1
  • Groundbreaking
  • Song: I love to tell the story
  • Matthew 11:6: Idiomatic misinterpretations that offend

  • 20. 2023-07-30 : Matthew 13 Parable of the sower
  • Pastor recognition
  • Matthew 13:3-23 First kingdom parable: sower

  • 21. 2023-07-23 : Psalms 1 Here come the pigs
  • 150th Anniversary
  • Psalms 1: Here come the pigs

  • 22. 2023-07-19 : Taking care of sparrows
  • Celebration service
  • Matthew 10: 28-31 Taking care of the sparrows

  • 23. 2023-07-09 : Battle cry separation for the love of Christ (part 2)
  • Cornerstone 1957
  • Women's group
  • Song: Have thine own way Lord
  • Romans 8: Battle cry separation for the love of Christ (part 2)
  • Song: Take my life and let it be

  • 24. 2023-07-02 : Battle cry separation for the love of Christ (part 1)
  • Boy Scout camp
  • Song: Faith of our fathers
  • July 4: back in time
  • Romans 8: Battle cry separation for the love of Christ (part 1)
  • Song: How great thou art

  • 25. 2023-05-28 : Shock and awe
  • Mount Gretna church camp
  • Song: In Christ there is no east or west
  • The shock and awe deception
  • Song: Blest be the ties that bind

  • 26. 2023-05-21 : No sword no shoes no service
  • Church Mission Trip about 2003
  • No sword no shoes no service on the way

  • 27. 2023-05-14 : Flaming swords
  • Trustee workday 2003
  • The security of flaming swords

  • 28. 2023-05-07 : Follow the leader
  • Easter bunny and egg hunt
  • SPUM: VBS on June 29, 1962
  • Luke 10:1-4 Follow the leader
  • Song: The church is one foundation
  • Song: There is sunshine in my soul today

  • 29. 2023-03-26 : Baseball in the big inning
  • SP EUB: VBS in 1954
  • House of David baseball team
  • Genesis 1:1: Declarative models and causal reasoning
  • Baseball: In the big inning
  • Song: What can wash away my sin

  • 30. 2023-03-19 : Evil temptation exams
    There were technical difficulties with the keyboard and with Internet access. The Sunday School lesson was improvised on the Lord's Prayer. Specifically, the part "lead us not into temptation" and "deliver us from evil". These notes were finished later and a link is below. The planned lesson on the "Parable of the midnight friend" from Luke 11 will be covered at a later date.

  • March 14: Pi day
  • March 17: Saint Patrick's Day
  • Matthew 4:1-11 Examining evil temptations

  • 31. 2023-03-12 : Forget about the debts, sins and trespasses
  • Victory parade of 1946
  • Confirmation class about 1975
  • Matthew 6: 14-15: Forget about the debts, sins and trespasses
  • Song: It is well with my soul
  • Song: More love to thee, O Christ

  • 32. 2023-03-05 Forgetting to let go
  • Victory parade of 1946
  • Confirmation class about 1978
  • Rev. Leister
  • Pentatonic scale
  • Matthew 6:7-15 Lord's Prayer in Matthew
  • Song: Amazing grace

  • 33. 2023-02-26 Self-sufficiency
  • Confirmation class about 1976
  • Sharing the joy of Christmas
  • Philippians: Bible and modern Greek word comparison
  • Philippians 4:6-7 Careful about peace
  • Philippians: Epaphroditus
  • Philippians 4:9-11 Being content with self-sufficiency
  • Song: What a friend we have in Jesus
  • Song: Stand up stand up for Jesus

  • 34. 2023-02-19 Names have meaning
  • Praise worship about 2003
  • Lent, Ash Wednesday, Fastnacht Day, Mardi Gras
  • Philippians 4:8 Logical calculation
  • Philippians 4:1-5 Names have meaning
  • Song: Standing on the promises
  • Song: Stand up stand up for Jesus

  • 35. 2023-02-12 Super Bowl games
  • SPUM: New members on November 10, 1968
  • A strong case for Valentine's Day
  • Victory and strife: bema seat
  • Song: Victory in Jesus
  • Super Bowl light show in the big house
  • Song: The old rugged cross
  • Song: Battle Hymn of the Republic

  • 36. Songs
    Some songs related to sports and the Bible are the following.

    37. 2023-02-05 Intestinal fortitude
  • SPUM: New members on November 12, 1967
  • Song: There is sunshine in my soul today
  • A place outside the camp
  • Romans: Under the law as in sewer pipes
  • A colonoscopy of an annoying and disturbing difficulty
  • Song: Joyful joyful we adore thee
  • Song: Turn your eyes upon Jesus
  • Song: Something beautiful

  • 38. 2023-01-29 Scope of the cross
  • Confirmation class on March 22, 1970
  • Youth choir on April 7, 1968
  • Philippians 3:15-17 towards the mark
  • Imitator or impersonator of Christ
  • Philippians 3:17-19 walk of destruction
  • Song: Have thine own way Lord
  • Song: I surrender all

  • 39. 2023-01-22 Not by works
  • Sunday School in 1970's
  • Running and marathons
  • Philippians 3:5-8 not by works
  • Song: There is sunshine in my soul today

  • 40. 2023-01-15 Residence inn catalyst
  • Youth choir on April 7, 1968
  • Matthew 5: 17 Leave the light on but do not use the law as a residence inn
  • Song: Morning has broken
  • Song: Be thou my vision

  • 41. 2023-01-08 Epiphany and stars
  • Confirmation class about 1985
  • The coming of epiphany
  • Philippians 3:1-4 shifting gears to work the others
  • Song: We three kings of orient are

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