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January 19, 2025 - Second Sunday after Epiphany: A Lesson in Improper Etiquette
January 19th, 2025
No less an authority than The Amy Vanderbilt Complete Book of Etiquette as Revised and Expanded by Letitia Baldridge, provides one hundred and twenty seven pages of instruction regarding weddings and ... Read More
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Our Redemption Story
January 13th, 2025
January 12, 2025 Baptism of the Lord Ladue Chapel Presbyterian Church Isaiah 43:1-7Luke 3:15-17, 21-22 “Our Redemption Story” Melissa K. Smith Ebenezer Scrooge has one of the best redemption arcs in... Read More
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An Antidote to Pantophobia - Christmas Eve
December 24th, 2024
December 24, 2024 Christmas EveLadue Chapel Presbyterian ChurchLuke 2:1-20“An Antidote to Pantophobia”Douglas T. KingFor most of us in this room that melody delivers a vibrant memory of the Charlie B... Read More
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Two Morphemes to Change the World
December 22nd, 2024
December 22, 2024 Fourth Sunday of AdventLadue Chapel Presbyterian ChurchLuke 1:26-38“Two Morphemes to Change the World”Douglas T. King Over the years there have been some famous newspaper headlines ... Read More
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Waiting Together
December 1st, 2024
December 1, 2024 First Sunday of Advent Ladue Chapel Presbyterian ChurchJohn 1:1-142 Corinthians 5:16-21“Waiting Together”Melissa K. Smith Advent means “to come” – we know and celebrate it as the cele... Read More
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A Powerful Reversal
November 24th, 2024
November 24, 2024 Christ the King/Commitment SundayLadue Chapel Presbyterian ChurchLuke 4:1-13 and Luke 23:32-43“A Powerful Reversal”Douglas T. King “Every tree was in full flower. Every fruit was r... Read More
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Rooted in the Faithfulness of God
November 17th, 2024
November 17, 2024 Twenty-Sixth Sunday after Pentecost Ladue Chapel Presbyterian ChurchLuke 1:46-551 Samuel 2:1-10“Rooted in the Faithfulness of God”Melissa K. Smith I don’t like platitudes. Their opti... Read More
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A Resource Worth Cultivating
November 10th, 2024
November 10th 2024 Twenty-Fifth Sunday After PentecostLadue Chapel Presbyterian ChurchPsalm 20 and Psalm 91:1-6“A Resource Worth Cultivating”Douglas T. King We have a dwindling resource in this count... Read More
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Party Invitations for Everyone
November 4th, 2024
November 3rd 2024 All Saints’ SundayLadue Chapel Presbyterian ChurchExodus 17:1-7 and Revelation 21:1-4“Party Invitations for Everyone”Douglas T. King There is an old Jewish folktale that I am going ... Read More
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Reformed and Always Reforming by the Word of God
October 27th, 2024
October 27, 2024 Reformation Sunday Ladue Chapel Presbyterian ChurchPsalm 34:1-8Mark 10:46-52“Reformed and Always Reforming by the Word of God”Melissa K. Smith 507 years ago, the Church changed foreve... Read More
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Small Beginnings and Unexpected Destinations of Abundance
October 20th, 2024
October 20, 2024 Twenty-Second Sunday after PentecostLadue Chapel Presbyterian ChurchMark 4:30-32“Small Beginnings and Unexpected Destinations of Abundance”Douglas T. King “One summer I wrestled a be... Read More
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Stepping Out
October 13th, 2024
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