Bethel Ontario

From the Tablets to the Temple

Pastor Sylvia's sermon from March 7, 2021 - "From the Tablets to the Temple"

28Feb2021 - Sermon - Covenants and Crosses

Pastor Sylvia's sermon for Feb 28, 2021 - the 2nd Sunday of Lent. "Covenants and Crosses"...

21Feb2021 - Sermon - Floods and Wild Beasts -

Pastor Sylvia's sermon for the first Sunday of Lent - Feb 21, 2021.
"Floods and Wild Beasts" - from Mark 1: 9-15 with a dash of Genesis 9 (Noah, the flood, and the raainbow....) Hold on.....let's talk about challenges, temptations (wild beasts), compassion, and assurance...where do we begin?

17Feb2021-Yet Even Now - Meditation for Ash Wednesday

Pastor Sylvia's meditation for Ash Wednesday 2021- "Yet Even Now" (from the Prophet Joel...)

14Feb2021-Sermon-Mountains and Clouds-SLMann

Rev. Dr. Sylvia Lee Mann's sermon for February 14, 2021.  "Mountains and Clouds" - The transfiguration and the passing of the mantle...

7Feb2021 - SERMON - Source of Strength

"Source of Strength"

Pastor Sylvia's Sermon for February 7, 2021
with Gospel Reading (Mark 1: 29-39)

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24Jan2021-SERMON-Responding to the Call - Being the Light

Pastor Sylvia's sermon from January 24, 2021, with the Gospel reading (Mark 1: 14-20)
"Responding to the Call - Being the Light"
Rev. Dr. Sylvia Lee Mann
Bethel Congregational Church UCC - Ontario, California
betheluccontario.org
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Disrupting Demons - Healing Holy Places

"Disrupting Demons - Healing Holy Places"

Sermon from January 31, 2021, with Gospel Reading (Mark 1: 21-28)
Rev. Dr. Sylvia Lee Mann

Bethel Congregational Church, UCC  Ontario, California
www.betheluccontario.org

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10Jan2021 Sermon "Repentance-Renewal" SLMANN

This week our focus is "Baptism of Jesus" Sunday - and as I prepare, I am struck by the call for repentance issued by John the Baptist to the world.
John the Baptist, to whom Jesus came for Baptism, to fulfill the call for righteousness.
The baptism during which the Spirit of God arrives...as a dove...and descends into Jesus, in the beginning of Jesus ministry, and a call to all to repent and follow righteousness.

And I am struck by Paul's arrival at Ephesus (described in our reading from Acts), a visit in which he discovers that the Christians there "had never heard of the Holy Spirit". What a wonderful opportunity Paul had here - to explain that the repentance of John's baptism was a beginning, and then they were baptized in the name of Jesus, and the Holy Spirit came upon them.

And we look at our current situation in the US. How do we move forward with new hope, and light. How do we DISCERN the truth and let go of toxicity.

Powerful stuff.. We need the power of the Spirit in all our lives.

3January2021 - Sermon - "Energize - Engage"

Sermon for January 3, 2021 (Epiphany Observed for us) "Energize - Engage" - Focusing on Journeys - and Discernment