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First
Congregational
Church

Rte 39 & Rte 124
Harwich
MA 02645
508.432.1053
FAX: 508.432.7235


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The Reverend Thomas C. Leinbach
Weekly Sermons

Click HERE for the sermons in 2009.
Click HERE for the sermons in 2008.
Click HERE for the sermons in 2007.
Click HERE for the sermons in 2006.

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DATETITLEPREACHING TEXTFILES
07/25/2010"Great Expectations" "Ask and it will be given you; search, and you will find; knock, and the door will be opened for you. For everyone who searches finds, and for everyone who knocks, the door will be opened." (Luke 11:9-10) 07/25/2010
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The 7/25 Sunday Bulletin in either PDF format.
05/09/2010"The Eternal State" And in the spirit [one of the seven angels] carried me away to a great, high mountain and showed me the holy city coming down out of heaven from God." (Revelation 21:10) 05/09/2010
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The 5/9 Sunday Bulletin in either PDF or DOC format.
04/25/2010"Obscured, If Not Denied" 04/25/2010
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The 4/25 Sunday Bulletin in either PDF or DOC format.
04/18/2010"Seeing Everything Differently" "And immediately something like scales fell from his eyes, and his sight was restored." (Acts 9:18) 04/18/2010
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The 4/18 Sunday Bulletin in either PDF or DOC format.
04/11/2010"Doubt 101" "'Unless I see the mark of the nails in his hands, and put my finger in the mark of the nails and my hand in his side, I will not believe.'" (John 20:25) 04/11/2010
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The 4/11 Sunday Bulletin in either PDF or DOC format.
04/04/2010"A Promise of More" "If for this life only we have hoped in Christ, we are of all people most to be pitied." (1 Corinthians 15:9) 04/04/2010
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The 4/4 Sunday Bulletin in either PDF or DOC format.
03/28/2010"Who Needs a Savior" "…though he was in the form of God, did not regard equality with God as something to be exploited, but emptied himself, taking the form of a slave…" (Philippians 2:6-7) 3/28/2010
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The 3/28 Sunday Bulletin in either PDF or DOC format.
03/21/2010"Remembering Our Christian Purpose" "[Forgetting] what lies behind and straining forward to what lies ahead, I press on toward the goal fore the prize of the heavenly call of God in Christ Jesus." (Philippians 3:13-14) 3/21/2010
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The 3/21 Sunday Bulletin in either PDF or DOC format.
03/14/2010“Getting Out of Our Own Way” “But while he was still far off, his father saw him and was filled with compassion; he ran and put his arms around him and kissed him.” (Luke 15:20)) 3/14/2010
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The 3/14 Sunday Bulletin in either PDF or DOC format.
03/07/2010“For the Not Yet Perfect” “For my thoughts are not your thoughts, nor are your ways my ways, says the Lord. For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts.” (Isaiah 55:8-9) 3/7/2010
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The 3/7 Sunday Bulletin in either PDF or DOC format.
02/28/2010“Titanic Sin” “How often I have desired to gather your children together as a hen gathers her brood under her wings…” (Luke 13:34b) 2/28/2010
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The 2/28 Sunday Bulletin in either PDF or DOC format.
02/21/2010“Fits and Starts” Guest Preacher
Rev. Susan Scribner
2/21/2010
The 2/21 Sunday Bulletin in either PDF or DOC format.
02/14/2010"Changes In Altitude" "And while he was praying, the appearance of his face changed, and his clothes became dazzling white." (Luke 9:29) 2/14/2010
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The 2/14 Sunday Bulletin in either PDF or DOC format.
02/07/2010"Sabbath Lessons" "And I said, 'Woe is me! I am lost, for I am a man of unclean lips, and I live among a people of unclean lips; yet my eyes have seen the King, the Lord of hosts!'" (Isaiah 6:5) 2/7/2010
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The 2/7Sunday Bulletin in either PDF or DOC format.
01/31/2010"The Acute Phase" "When they heard [Jesus' words], all in the synagogue were filled with rage." (Luke 4:28) 1/31/2010
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The 1/31 Sunday Bulletin in either PDF or DOC format.
01/24/2010"The Beauty of Winter" "[God] has sent me to proclaim the release of the captives and recovery of the sight of the blind, to let the oppressed go free…" (Luke 4:18) 1/24/2010
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The 1/24 Sunday Bulletin in either PDF or DOC format.
01/17/2010"Confusion About Confusion" "God himself will be with them; he will wipe every tear from their eyes. Death will be no more, mourning and crying and pain will be no more, for the first things have passed away. (Rev. 21:3-4) 1/17/2010
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The 1/17 Sunday Bulletin in either PDF or DOC format.
01/10/2010"Your Citizenship Papers" "By the rivers of Babylon - there we sat down and there we wept…" (Psalm 137:1) 1/10/2010
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The 1/10 Sunday Bulletin in either PDF or DOC format.
01/03/2010False Assumptions Guest Sermon by the Rev. Emily Carrington Heath 1/3/2010
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The 1/3 Sunday Bulletin in either PDF or DOC format.

The First Congregational Church of Harwich
An Open & Affirming Church

Route 39 and Route 124, Harwich, MA 02645
508.432-1053     FAX: 432-7235

Email: firstchurchharwich@verizon.net