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A Report After Returning From Portland

Podcast Sermon On Philippians 1:21-30: What Is The Vision Of The Church?

You can now download the sermon that I delivered this Sunday at Portland's First Congregational United Church of Christ here:

Download ChuckCurrieSermononPhilippians.m4a

(click with the RIGHT mouse button on the hyperlink and choose “Save Target As” and save to your desktop or other folder – once downloaded click on the file to listen).

You can listen to the audio on your computer or IPod. 

The sermon was based on Philippians 1:21-30.

For to me, living is Christ and dying is gain. If I am to live in the flesh, that means fruitful labor for me; and I do not know which I prefer. I am hard pressed between the two: my desire is to depart and be with Christ, for that is far better; but to remain in the flesh is more necessary for you. Since I am convinced of this, I know that I will remain and continue with all of you for your progress and joy in faith, so that I may share abundantly in your boasting in Christ Jesus when I come to you again.

Only, live your life in a manner worthy of the gospel of Christ, so that, whether I come and see you or am absent and hear about you, I will know that you are standing firm in one spirit, striving side by side with one mind for the faith of the gospel, and are in no way intimidated by your opponents. For them this is evidence of their destruction, but of your salvation. And this is God’s doing. For he has graciously granted you the privilege not only of believing in Christ, but of suffering for him as well—since you are having the same struggle that you saw I had and now hear that I still have.

It was nice to see so many friends at the service.  Jay Hunt, The Rev. Dana Brown, Pat Williams, Misty Williams, Diane Penny, The Rev. Clifford Droke, Loyd Hubbard, Richard Meyer, Mollie Copeland and Christine Paul were among the many friends of mine who joined in with the congregation.  My mother, grandfather, step-father, twin sisters and nephews were all there as well.

It was a special treat to meet all the family members behind the blog Bean Anderson (they even have a nice picture of us all up on their site).

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