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Welcome to this weekly sermon from Trinity Episcopal Church in Vampiren, Arkansas.
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Thank you for joining us.
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Now let's listen to today's discussion.
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May the words of my mouth and the meditations of all our hearts be acceptable to you, O Lord, who is our strength and our redeemer.
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Please.
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I have to tell you that everything has been just a little bit discombobulated this morning, mainly because the victor's been running, it seems, on a different time schedule.
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Not that I was changed by the clock settings, but like my internal clock is off.
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Is anyone else?
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Yes.
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I just feel weird.
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So last night I did not print my sermon, so I needed to print it this morning.
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And as I sat over there, only thing I could think about was did I print the right sermon?
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And I couldn't check until this very moment.
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And guess what?
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It's the right one.
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I also forgot my glasses.
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Thank you very much for going and getting them.
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Now I can see what's in the prayer.
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This morning's sermon titled is Be a Bee.
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A bee attitude.
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Yesterday we celebrated the feast of all as Eve, and in the vernacular of our day, we would call that we.
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All of this to do one thing.
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Welcome people to train.
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Now there were also many that came to simply welcome the stranger and to offer their service to the endeavor without any special attire, just their everyday clothes.
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And I thank you.
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Thanks be to God for the wonderful work that we do here.
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For you see, each person was welcomed and invited in, but not to the parish hall, but instead into the nave first, where we sit today.
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Where they began with a brief history of Trinity and were welcomed back for services anytime and instructed where to go next, which was to meet me in the office to get more candy.
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And then Miss Leo.
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But from my vantage point, I could stand watching through that door, and I noticed something.
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I noticed something happening again and again, and Amber said last night, you're awful quiet.
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You know that's not who I am, generally.
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And because I was thinking about what
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was happening here.
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You see, not all, but a majority, instead of heading my way, even as I'm trying to persuade them to come and get the cock candy from me in the office and follow the path.
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Many were drawn, maybe by the candlelight of Frenda, but they were drawn forwards.
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Towards the front of the nave to the altar.
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And so many asked questions about Trinity.
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And on more than one occasion I heard them say, This place feels holy.
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Men who maybe had never been in church or it had been a long time took off their hats.
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Children became still and quieted.
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Some were excited to be in this place.
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You know what?
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Some of those adults asked questions, wanting to know more about our church on the hill.
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And they provided witness to God and Van Buran for almost 200 years.
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I remember one of those gentlemen saying simply, wow! 200 years.
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That's a long time.
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You see, in two hours we welcomed around a hundred and fifty people into our space as we went about being in the church and continuing that legacy of almost 200 years ago.
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Today marks the feast of all saints.
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When we celebrate all the saints, which includes, guess who?
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You and me.
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Tomorrow will mark all souls.
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When we specifically remember those who have gone on before us.
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And here in this sanctuary, we have borrowed the tradition of our Mexican brothers and sisters of the ofrenda, or a place of remembrance for the saints and our lives that have gone before us and have marked us.
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As I was adding some things to it, I walked past the list of clergy and the Nartics in the heritage room that have served here.
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And I decided to include it today in our friend the.
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Blessed are the poor, those who mourn, the meek, those who hunger for righteousness, those who are persecuted, and you are blessed when you are reviled for Jesus' sake.
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And for being like this, we get what?
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The kingdom of heaven?
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Comfort.
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We inherit the earth.
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We get filled with righteousness.
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We get God's mercy.
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We get to see God.
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We get to the call.
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And if that we're not enough, once again price reminds us that we get a little more hell.
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Not a bad deal, really?
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Did you take it?
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Oh god.
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If you have a less talk.
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You know, a friend of mine says that a good manager is one who's willing to not be able to do that which he asked someone else to do.
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Well, beloved, that's exactly what Jesus just did.
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He's laid out what the example of his life was for us to emulate.
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Go into my life.
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The problem is we're never going to be perfect enough to imagine.
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But yet we're still drawn to this example.
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Like those visitors we welcomed into the name last night, we were drawn to something we had no idea or understanding of.
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Like a string from their chest to the altar.
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Beloved, we can't be Jesus.
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Jesus knew the people needed fed, but the disciples said they didn't have enough.
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And recently in our ministry, we have been experiencing loaves and fishes moments, as I like to think of them.
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In our congregation, as we fall deeper and deeper into a time and space of relying on God and seeking to follow the example of the Son Jesus Christ.
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And ask God to show us the way and to help.
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Be careful what you ask for.
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Because God sends the proverbial five thousand.
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Ninety families instead of twenty.
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Lines outside our doors to get in to the parking lot.
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To get to the place.
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And last night, a hundred and fifty folks coming to us on Halloween for candy, yes, but also the same fellowship for their children.
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Do you know what an honor that is?
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Do you feel it?
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Do you understand?
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They trusted us.
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That's not even to think about the thousands who are watching, even if it's only for 30 seconds.
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The gospel of Jesus Christ being proclaimed from our Lord.
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If you don't believe the numbers, ask Jason at the show.
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From Africa and Europe and Canada.
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And yes, you're an old man you're an artist all.
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People are watching and listening to the gospel we proclaim.
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And last night we proclaimed the gospel.
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And we didn't do any words.
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See what love the Father has given us.
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That we should be called children of God.
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And that is what we are.
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Whether we are alive or dead, that is where we are.
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And who we are.
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Children of God.
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And God's children have a B attitude.
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So I ask you, Trinity Mary Earth.
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Are we ready to be ready to be the children that God can use in this place to show forth his glory in our community?
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And have faith that God will bring what we need when we respond to those things.
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We're gonna do something a little different today.
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I want you to open your handles to hymn number two hundred and ninety-three.