http://aspenhillcc.org A church where you can experience…cultivate…share the love of God Tue, 31 Aug 2010 19:17:06 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Quotes "A genuine leader doesn't reflect consensus, he molds consensus." (Martin Luther King Jr.) “Never preach your doubts; men have enough of their own”. (Unknown) “Show me a good loser and I’ll show you a loser” (Leo Durocher) If you go to my Facebook Page (I’m the only Maryland Bob on Facebook) you ... http://aspenhillcc.org/monthly-newsletter/2010/08/september-2010/ Luke 13:10-17 There is always someone to complain, gripe, groan, and criticize anything and everything we do.  The Lord calls us to do our best to do the right thing, to be the right people and to go on doing our best in His name.   Luke 13:10-17 (New International Version) A Crippled Woman Healed ... http://aspenhillcc.org/sermons/2010/08/a-crippled-woman-healed-no-good-deed-goes-unpunished/   Dedicated to Stan Musial and all of the great people who are in the cloud of witnesses in my life. Hebrews 12:2 All of us were guided, shaped, influenced by a great cloud of witnesses, people from the past, many of whom may be gone but who played a major role in ... http://aspenhillcc.org/sermons/2010/08/the-great-cloud-of-witnesses/ The Simple Pleasures of August     August is such a wonderful month.  Even in hectic, overstressed, busy Washington D.C. life slows down a little bit.  The searing heat requires us to slow up a bit.  People being gone on vacation means we can’t get hold of everyone, all the time, instantly.  Government ... http://aspenhillcc.org/monthly-newsletter/2010/07/august-2010/ Conversation with a Neighbor On my way to the office one day this week I saw a neighbor walking with his wife. I stopped to say “hello” and our conversation got around to church. He shared some concerns he had about his church and I said to him that ... http://aspenhillcc.org/monthly-newsletter/2010/07/july-2010/ When It Rains It Pours   Three straight days of nothing but rain and suddenly the flat roof of the church started leaking like a sieve.  A whole deluge of problems suddenly emerged.  The flat portion of the church roof has long outlasted its life expectancy and we were already in the ... http://aspenhillcc.org/uncategorized/2010/05/june-2010/ The Church and Facebook  Facebook is the rapidly expanding and ever popular social networking site.  You can do a lot of cool things on Facebook but the main thing is an activity called "friending" people.  It's easy to find people on the site that you knew growing up or long ago ... http://aspenhillcc.org/monthly-newsletter/2010/04/may-2010/   Let Her Be... John 12:1-8 D. Robert Chance     The story of the extraordinary encounter between Mary and Jesus in which Mary pours expensive perfume on Jesus and is then reprimanded by one of Jesus' disciples reminds us to accept people's gifts as they are intended and to be more gracious and less judgmental ... http://aspenhillcc.org/uncategorized/2010/04/let-her-be/   Luke 19:28-40 Dr. Robert Chance Palm Sunday, 2010   Theme:  Discovering and Re-discovering over and over the sheer joy of Palm Sunday helps to remind us to be joyful, enthusiastic and happy in our faith.     Introduction… I have fond memories of my dad and mom taking my brother Steve and me downtown to parades when we ... http://aspenhillcc.org/sermons/2010/04/through-a-child%e2%80%99s-eyes/ Give ear and come to me; hear me that your soul may live. I will make an everlasting covenant with you, my faithful love promised to David.              Isaiah 55: 3 D. Robert Chance March 7, 2010   Isaiah 55:1-9 Invitation to the Thirsty  1 "Come, all you who are thirsty,        come to the waters;        and ... http://aspenhillcc.org/sermons/2010/03/how-could-you-refuse-this-invitation%e2%80%a6/