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I'm Rev. Eric Wolf, a pastor, writer, and musician.
I've previously posted almost exclusively sermons, but I'm writing a book called Myth of a Dying Church, and am now also posting episodes about the topics in and related to the book.
I believe strongly that the task of preaching is to engage Scripture as a mirror held up to our lives so that we can confront what we see with integrity. This image we engage helps us to understand what it means to be Children of God; gain perspective of what it means that our primary citizenship and allegiance belongs to God’s Kingdom; and discover how the love of God transforms what we see when we look at ourselves, the people in our lives, and the world that God so loves.
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What if Hell is Empty?
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May 11, 2026 |
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Thomas’ Day of Visibility
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Apr 12, 2026 |
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Transfiguring It Out
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Feb 26, 2026 |
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Ashen Dreams (Ash Wednesday 2026)
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Feb 26, 2026 |
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God Loves the Gays, and So Should We (Lent 1 2026)
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Feb 26, 2026 |
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Living Faith in a Deadly Moment
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Jan 12, 2026 |
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Discovering the Sacred in Tragedy (Sanctuary South Shore)
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Jun 25, 2025 |
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Sometimes We Get What We Look For (Christ the King)
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Nov 26, 2023 |
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What God Has Wrought — Reformation Sunday 2023
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Oct 29, 2023 |
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Kingdom Visions New and Old
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Oct 22, 2023 |
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Grace May be Free, but it isn't Cheap (Matthew 18:15-20)
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Sep 10, 2023 |
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Not On My Watch, Jesus! (Matthew 16:21-28)
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Sep 03, 2023 |
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A Sacred Gift (Matthew 10:40-42)
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Jul 07, 2023 |
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Enough, but of what? (Pentecost 3)
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Jun 18, 2023 |
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Now That's a Story (Pentecost 2)
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Jun 11, 2023 |
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Led Away From Temptation to Take the Hard Road to Justice (Matthew 4:1-11 Lent 1)
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Feb 26, 2023 |
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A Ball of Transfigury Wigury Stuff (Transfiguration Sunday Matthew 17:1-9)
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Feb 19, 2023 |
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Killing in the Name Of, A Story Shared (Matthew 5:21-37 Epiphany 6)
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Feb 12, 2023 |
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No More Waiting
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Dec 25, 2022 |
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Love is Not Fragile (or What Did You Expect? Advent 3)
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Dec 11, 2022 |
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Grieving Club Q and a World Made Too Small by Bigotry (Christ the King 2022)
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Nov 27, 2022 |
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Advent 1: Hope in All Times
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Nov 27, 2022 |
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Hope Comes After (All Saints 2022, Luke 6:20-31)
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Nov 08, 2022 |
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The Miracle of Dignity (Luke 17:11-19)
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Oct 09, 2022 |
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When Rich People Laugh at the Poor, An Honest Response (Luke 16:19-31)
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Sep 29, 2022 |
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A Virtuous Dishonesty? (Luke 16:1-13)
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Sep 18, 2022 |
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From What to Why
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Sep 12, 2022 |
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Turning Into Pain to Heal
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Sep 12, 2022 |
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Loving in Conflict: Hope for a Loving Community
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Aug 28, 2022 |
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Be Interruptible
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Aug 21, 2022 |
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Imagining Hallelujah (Funeral Sermon for Roberts Apse)
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Aug 17, 2022 |
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Warninger and Hopier: Fire that Heals, Water that Frightens
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Aug 14, 2022 |
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Hope in Warninger Times
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Aug 07, 2022 |
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Pulse and the Emanuel 9, Hope Amidst Our Grief (Holy Trinity Sunday)
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Jun 12, 2022 |
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How to Heal Grief
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May 29, 2022 |
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Love With No Buts About It (John 13 Easter 5)
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May 15, 2022 |
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The Hands of Love (Homily for the funeral of John Sera at Emanuel, Norwood, MA)
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May 14, 2022 |
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Scents of Love & Jealousy
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Apr 07, 2022 |
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The Mother's Absence (Lent 3C Luke 15:1-3, 11b-32)
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Mar 27, 2022 |
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The Reverend Speaks - My Third Manuscript Sermon (Mark 10)
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Oct 05, 2021 |
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No Going Back (John 6:1-21, Bread of Life 1)
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Aug 03, 2021 |
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Off-Roading with Jesus (John 6:21-35, Bread of Life 2)
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Aug 03, 2021 |
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Twelve Long Years (Mark 5:21-43)
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Jun 29, 2021 |
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The Nearness (Mark 1:14-20)
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Jan 24, 2021 |
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Come & See (Mark 1 4-11)
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Jan 22, 2021 |
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All Saints: A Ghost Story (Mark 5)
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Nov 11, 2020 |
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A Mountain Story Worth Hearing (LCOR, Foxboro Pentecost 20A)
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Oct 20, 2020 |
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Life in the Shadow of Death, Third Week of Social Distancing (Lent 5,)
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Mar 31, 2020 |
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Scripture & Sermon Only: The Second Sunday of Social Distancing (also Lent 4A)
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Mar 24, 2020 |
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The Second Sunday of Social Distancing - Complete Version (also Lent 4A)
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Mar 24, 2020 |
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Nick at Night (Part 2 of 2): Born Again, Again (Lent 2A, LCOR, Foxboro)
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Mar 09, 2020 |
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Nick at Night (1 of 2): An Openness to Hope (Lent 2A LCOR, Foxboro)
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Mar 09, 2020 |
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The Temptation Triathalon: Love that is not fragile even when we are. (The LCOR, Foxboro Lent 1A
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Mar 02, 2020 |
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Living in the Spirit Found in the Letter (830 The LCOR, Epiphany 6A)
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Feb 16, 2020 |
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I Fought the Law...and Surrendered (830 The LCOR, Epiphany 5A)
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Feb 16, 2020 |
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I Fought the Law... (11am The LCOR, Epiphany 5A)
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Feb 16, 2020 |
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Podcast Unplugged: Legacies of Love: Sowing What We Will Not Reap (LCOR 11am Luke 2:22-40, Presentation of Our Lord)
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Feb 07, 2020 |
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Choosy Choosers Choose Jesus - Unplugged (1030 LCOR Epiphany 3A)
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Jan 30, 2020 |
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Choosy Choosers Choose Jesus (830 LCOR Epiphany 3A)
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Jan 28, 2020 |
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Innocents Lost (Christmas 1A LCOR Matthew 2)
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Dec 29, 2019 |
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Christmas Hype: My Best Tuesday Sermon? (9pm LCOR 2019 Christmas Eve)
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Dec 25, 2019 |
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Christmas Hype (5pm LCOR 2019 Christmas Eve)
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Dec 25, 2019 |
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God Adopted (830 LCOR Advent 4A Matthew 1 18-25)
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Dec 22, 2019 |
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Perfectly Messy is Oerfrcly Normal (LCOR 830 Advent 3A)
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Dec 15, 2019 |
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Repentance & Fire (LCOR 830am Advent 2A)
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Dec 09, 2019 |
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Making Peace With Conflict (LCOR, Foxboro Luke 20 20-37)
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Nov 14, 2019 |
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Mike Taylor Funeral Homily (LCOR, Foxboro John 14 1-7)
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Nov 11, 2019 |
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Certainty Without Answers (11am LCOR, Foxboro Luke 20:27-38)
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Nov 10, 2019 |
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Speaking the Unspeakable for All the Saints (11am at LCOR All Saints Day Luke 6:20-31)
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Nov 03, 2019 |
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For All the Imperfect Saints, Even When We’re Enemies (830 at LCOR All Saints Day Luke 6:20-31
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Nov 03, 2019 |
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Reformation? Isn’t that the day when we wait to see if Martin Luther sees his shadow? (LCOR 11am John 8 31-36)
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Oct 27, 2019 |
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Meeting Jesus at Dunks (LCOR 830 Luke 18:1-8)
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Oct 23, 2019 |
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I Met Jesus at Dunks This Morning (LCOR 1100 Luke 18:1-8)
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Oct 20, 2019 |
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The Gift of Strangers (LCOR Luke 17:11-19)
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Oct 13, 2019 |
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Enough (830 @ LCOR, Foxboro Luke 17:5-10)
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Oct 08, 2019 |
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Enough (11am at LCOR, Foxboro Luke 17:5-10
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Oct 06, 2019 |
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I Pity the Fool (Silverstreet, Silverstreet)
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Aug 06, 2019 |
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How Am I a Neighbor? (St. James, Summit - Luke 10:25-37)
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Jul 14, 2019 |
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Life in an Older Brother Culture (Orangeburg, Orangeburg)
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Apr 02, 2019 |
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God the OG (Original Gardener) (St. Michael, Greenville)
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Apr 02, 2019 |
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Meeting God In (and Out of) Good Church People (Good Shepherd, Columbia)
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Feb 10, 2019 |
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Silent Night — Guitar Only
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Dec 09, 2018 |
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If Christ is King (Faith, West Columbia)
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Nov 25, 2018 |
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Suffering: Not My Favorite Thing (King of Glory, North Myrtle Beach, 830 Service)
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Nov 23, 2018 |
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Red Slushees & Garlic Bread: It all belongs to God (St. Timothy’s, Midland, Michigan)
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Nov 11, 2018 |
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Free Love in a Transactional World (Reformation at St. John's, Irmo)
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Oct 28, 2018 |
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Created to be Different (St. Matthews, Lexington Homecoming Mark 10:2-16)
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Oct 07, 2018 |
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Bible in One Hand (St. John, Pomaria Mark 9:38-50)
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Sep 30, 2018 |
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Our Racing Hearts Are Open (Augsburg, Union Homecoming)
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Sep 09, 2018 |
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The Food We Seek (Homecoming at Mt. Calvary, Johnston)
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Aug 05, 2018 |
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Calling and Cross Bearing
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Feb 25, 2018 |
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Rough Roads, New Hope (Advent 3 at Pleasant Springs at Christ Mission - Mark 1:1-8)
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Dec 10, 2017 |
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Reconciled to Christ (Christ the King Sunday at Reformation, Columbia)
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Dec 02, 2017 |
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Always Reforming (Redeemer, Columbia)
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Oct 27, 2017 |
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Angry Enough to Die (Homecoming at St. Thomas, Chapin Matthew 20)
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Sep 24, 2017 |
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As We Forgive (Cedar Grove, Leesville Homecoming- Matthew 18)
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Sep 21, 2017 |
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Storms and Silence (St. Johannes, Charleston installation of Rev. Shrum)
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Aug 13, 2017 |
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Living With the Enemy (Providence, Lexington - Matthew 13)
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Jul 31, 2017 |
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Rest (St. John's, Spartanburg)
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Jul 16, 2017 |
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We Are Soil (Wittenberg, Batesburg-Leesville
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Jul 16, 2017 |
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Hearts of Dirt (Wittenberg, Batesburg-Leesville 11am
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Jul 16, 2017 |
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Go! (St. Matthias, Easley)
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Jul 09, 2017 |
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LCY President Ben Bernstein, 2017 LCY Convention Sermon
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Jun 19, 2017 |
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A New Kind of Miracle (Pentecost at St. Nicholas, Fairfax Parish)
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Jun 04, 2017 |
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God Speaking Our Language (Pentecost at Trinity, Fairfax Parish)
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Jun 04, 2017 |
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St. Paul, Aiken, Second Service
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May 13, 2017 |
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A Joy Complete (Installation of Rev. Michele Fischer at Good Shepherd, Swansea)
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May 13, 2017 |
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God in Our Brokenness (830 St. Paul, Aiken
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Apr 30, 2017 |
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Crown in Sunday, Cross on Friday (University, Clemson. Palm Sunday)
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Apr 09, 2017 |
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The Problem With Temptation: It's Too Tempting (Bethlehem, I
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Mar 05, 2017 |
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Love Your Enemies? Why is this so hard? (Joy, Moore -Matthew 5:38-48)
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Feb 19, 2017 |
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Choose Life (11am All Saints, Mt. Pleasant)
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Feb 12, 2017 |
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When We Don't Know (Matthew 2:13-23)
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Jan 08, 2017 |
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Water, and Words of Life (Matthew 3:13-17)
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Jan 08, 2017 |
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God is With Us (Faith, West Columbia)
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Dec 18, 2016 |
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Advent 1: Slaying the Demon of Doomsday (Macedonia, Prosperity)
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Nov 28, 2016 |
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What Does It Mean That Jesus is Our King? (Hand in Hand)
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Nov 27, 2016 |
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First Day Doomsday(Macedonia, Prosperity 830)
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Nov 27, 2016 |
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This is Who WE Are (Good Shepherd, Swansea Luke 215-19)
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Nov 13, 2016 |
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Hard to Be Humble (Bethel, White Rock)
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Oct 30, 2016 |
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Reformation Forever: Marked, Sealed, and Sent (St. Mark's, Isle of Palms)
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Oct 30, 2016 |
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Wrestling With God, or Faith is a Cage Match (St. James # Graniteville Luke 18:1-8)
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Oct 16, 2016 |
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Increase Our Faith (Sandy Run, Swansea - Luke 17:1-5)
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Oct 02, 2016 |
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When God Repents (Reformation, Columbia on the 15th Anniversary of 9-11)
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Sep 11, 2016 |
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Bold to be Humble (Lutheran Church of the Redeemer, Newberry - Luke 14)
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Aug 28, 2016 |
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Fear Not, no matter what they say (Summer Memorial, Newberry)
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Aug 07, 2016 |
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Faith in Violence (Reformation, Columbia special service)
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Jul 22, 2016 |
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Who is my Neighbor? (Reformation, Columbia)
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Jul 10, 2016 |
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Freedom! (Mt. Tabor, West Columbia)
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Jun 26, 2016 |
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Stand Free! (Mt. Tabor, West Columbia at 11am Service)
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Jun 26, 2016 |
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Ben Bernstein, LCY President - 2016 LCY Convention Sermon, "I Don't Get It, God"
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Jun 20, 2016 |
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Thine (and not mine) is the Power (St. David, West Columbia)
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May 29, 2016 |
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Festival of Well Meant Heresy (St. Matthews, Charleston)
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May 27, 2016 |
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Funeral Sermon for Grace Weed (Christus Victor, Columbia)
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May 05, 2016 |
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Desperately Seeking Peace (Cross & Crown, Florence)
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May 01, 2016 |
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Seeking Peace (St. John's, Spartanburg 11am Service)
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Apr 10, 2016 |
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Jesus Finding Us (St. Andrews, Blythewood)
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Apr 10, 2016 |
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Caught Naked (Gethsemane, Columbia)
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Apr 10, 2016 |
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pleasant Springs at Christ Mission (3/13)
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Apr 03, 2016 |
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Peace in the midst of Doubt - St. John's, Spartanburg 9am
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Apr 03, 2016 |
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Standing in the Presence of God (Amazing Grace & Crossroads • Transfiguration Sunday)
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Feb 07, 2016 |
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The Love That Endures (St. Luke, Florence 1030 & 830 • Luke 4)
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Jan 31, 2016 |
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The Power of Our New Family (Grace, Rock Hill - Luke 3)
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Jan 10, 2016 |
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Baptism: Seeing the Face of God (Grace, Rock Hill - Luke 3)
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Jan 10, 2016 |
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Why Christmas Matters (Peace, North Charleston — John 1:1-18)
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Jan 03, 2016 |
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Great Expectations, Great Disappointments (Mt. Calvary, Johnston - Advent 4)
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Dec 20, 2015 |
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Asking Questions in a World of Answers (Advent 3 at St. John's, Clinton)
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Dec 13, 2015 |
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In the Wilderness (Epiphany, Rock Hill Advent 2)
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Dec 06, 2015 |
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In the Wilderness: Out of Control (Epiphany, Rock Hill - Advent 2)
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Dec 06, 2015 |
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God is With Us (Holy Spirit, Charleston — Advent 1)
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Nov 29, 2015 |
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Going Shoeless (@Lutheridge for Lutheran Outdoor Ministry Conference)
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Nov 09, 2015 |
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Stronger than Death (Messiah, Mauldin, All Saints 2015)
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Nov 01, 2015 |
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Please God, don't give me what I want • St. James, Graniteville
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Oct 18, 2015 |
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Who am I really? — St. Michaels, Irmo
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Oct 11, 2015 |
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Called together (Immanuel, Greenwood 8:30
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Sep 27, 2015 |
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Wandering, But Not Lost (Immanuel, Greenwood)
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Sep 27, 2015 |
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The Hero We Need
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Sep 13, 2015 |
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Crunchy Jesus
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Aug 16, 2015 |
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Soul Food
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Jul 26, 2015 |
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ELCA Youth Gathering 20 — outside of Lafayette Coney Island
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Jul 16, 2015 |
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ELCA Youth Gathering - The Community Life
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Jul 16, 2015 |
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ELCA Youth Gathering 22
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Jul 16, 2015 |
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ELCA Youth Gathering 23
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Jul 16, 2015 |
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ELCA Youth Gathering 24
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Jul 16, 2015 |
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ELCA Youth Gathering 25
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Jul 16, 2015 |
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ELCA Youth Gathering 26
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Jul 16, 2015 |
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ELCA Youth Gathering 27
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Jul 16, 2015 |
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ELCA Youth Gathering — St. John's, Spartanburg
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Jul 16, 2015 |
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ELCA Youth Gathering 28
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Jul 16, 2015 |
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ELCA Youth Gathering 29
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Jul 16, 2015 |
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ELCA Youth Gathering 30
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Jul 16, 2015 |
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ELCA Youth Gathering 31
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Jul 16, 2015 |
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ELCA Youth Gathering 32
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Jul 16, 2015 |
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ELCA Youth Gathering — LCM Habitat Build
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Jul 16, 2015 |
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ELCA Youth Gathering 34
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Jul 16, 2015 |
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ELCA Youth Gathering — The Homeless Shelter
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Jul 16, 2015 |
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ELCA Youth Gathering - Living Springs Columbia, SC
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Jul 16, 2015 |
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ELCA Youth Gathering — Raleigh Group
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Jul 16, 2015 |
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ELCA Youth Gathering 39
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Jul 16, 2015 |
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ELCA Youth Gathering 40
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Jul 16, 2015 |
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ELCA Youth Gathering 41
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Jul 16, 2015 |
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ELCA Youth Gathering 42
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Jul 16, 2015 |
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ELCA Youth Gathering — Presiding Bishop Liz Eaton
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Jul 16, 2015 |
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ELCA Youth Gathering 1
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Jul 16, 2015 |
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ELCA Youth Gathering 2
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Jul 16, 2015 |
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ELCA Youth Gathering 3
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Jul 16, 2015 |
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ELCA Youth Gathering #4
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Jul 16, 2015 |
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ELCA Youth Gathering 5
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Jul 16, 2015 |
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ELCA Youth Gathering #6
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Jul 16, 2015 |
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ELCA Youth Gathering #7
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Jul 16, 2015 |
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ELCA Youth Gathering 8
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Jul 16, 2015 |
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ELCA Youth Gathering —10 NC
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Jul 16, 2015 |
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ELCA Youth Gathering 11
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Jul 16, 2015 |
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ELCA Youth Gathering 12
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Jul 16, 2015 |
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ELCA Youth Gathering 14
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Jul 16, 2015 |
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ELCA Youth Gathering 15
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Jul 16, 2015 |
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ELCA Youth Gathering 16
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Jul 16, 2015 |
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ELCA Youth Gathering 17
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Jul 16, 2015 |
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ELCA Youth Gathering 18
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Jul 16, 2015 |
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Herod The Character
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Jul 13, 2015 |
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Don't lose your head
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Jul 12, 2015 |
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Welcome, this is a test!
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Jul 05, 2015 |
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God's Strength, Our Weakness
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Jul 05, 2015 |