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As an informational bit to be better acquainted with you, my background includes extensive research into Biblical criticism and Near Eastern history, archeology, etc., for the period from the recession of the ice ages that permitted early habitation in Mesopotamia through about the 4th Century C.E. Although I did not take formal courses or obtain a degree in this field (my interests were avocational), I have organized and held classes for interfaith ministerial organizations in Kansas City (in the 1950 s) and in Bucks County, Pennsylvania (in the 1980's and '90's). In the latter location, I was representing the Quaker meeting in a local ministerium of Christian and Jewish clergy, and served the ministerium as its president for two years and its secretary-treasurer for ten years. 

Quite usually I have delivered the interfaith address and/or sermon at Thanksgiving, Chanukah-Christmas and Passover-Easter services sponsored by the ministerium. My personal religious affiliation began in a Reform Jewish family, broadened into Protestant "associate" memberships in Disciples of Christ and Presbyterian congregations while married to a Presbyterian, and extended into fellowship with the Quakers for about 15 years, all prior to my moving from the Middle Atlantic states to New Mexico. In all these church affiliations I was active in teaching adult classes and post-Confirmation classes.

Presently, in Rio Rancho, NM, I am a member of the Unitarian Universalist Westside Congregation and have had the privilege to conduct the classes on the UU series of "Building Your Own Theology," and occasionally giving a "guest" sermon.

My interrest in taking the ULC Seminary classes is in obtaining more formal recognition of my six decades of study and teaching in either a masters or doctoral degree without having to invest the geographic dislocation and expense of attending a theological seminary.

Rev. George Oppenheimer

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The Universal Life Church is a comprehensive online seminary where we have classes in Christianity, Wicca, Paganism, two courses in Metaphysics and much more. 

Ordination with the Universal Life Church, is free,  and lasts for life, so use the Free Online Ordination, button.We also offer many free wedding ceremonies for your use.

 

The  ULC, run by Rev. Long, has created a chaplaincy program to help train our ministers. We also have a huge catalog of Universal Life Church materials.  I've been ordained with the Universal Life Church for many years and it's Seminary since the beginning and have loved watching the continual growth of the seminary.  
 

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I was ordained by the ULC Church on the 21st March 2002 and I live in Brighton UK. Since then I have officiated at many services that include Baptisms, Weddings, Funerals, Communions and Blessings. I am also the Chaplain to the Pioneer Motor Cycle club which is the oldest Motor cycle club in the UK.

I do many visits to Hospitals and Nursing Homes in Sussex and Surrey to bring comfort to the old, lonely and sick to bring to them the power of the Holy Spirit.

I have my own web site for those who cannot attend Church, www.church-services.com so that they can listen to prayers for those with poor sight or for the hard of hearing they can read the text.

The reason I was ordained was that I had the call of the Holy Spirit within me telling me to go forth and to spread the word of our Lord Jesus Christ, tell people of his Love for all in a time of religious and world turmoil.

I was previously a Police officer in Surrey UK until my retirement and saw a lot of people in need of our Lords love.

This is just an outline of what I do in the good name of the ULC Church and if you require any more information please feel free to contact me either by email or through my web site.

Yours in Christ

Rev. David Scott

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The Universal Life Church is a comprehensive online seminary where we have classes in Christianity, Wicca, Paganism, two courses in Metaphysics and much more. 

Ordination with the Universal Life Church, is free,  and lasts for life, so use the Free Online Ordination, button.We also offer many free wedding ceremonies for your use.

 

The  ULC, run by Rev. Long, has created a chaplaincy program to help train our ministers. We also have a huge catalog of Universal Life Church materials.  I've been ordained with the Universal Life Church for many years and it's Seminary since the beginning and have loved watching the continual growth of the seminary.  
 

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Hello Friends:

I am the Rev. Patricia Johnston and wish to share why I chose Ordination. It began so long ago, as a child. I knew I was always going to walk this path of selfless service to others because of a deep and great desire to be of part to God's Will. My love for God was immeasurable and still is. It is a feeling, a knowing and a sensing of His Presence everywhere in my life.

I am perhaps quite Native American in my concept of God, often thinking of God as "Great Spirit." I see Great Spirit in all of Nature. I see Great Spirit in all manner of _expression. My goal is to be of one-mind with Great Spirit, knowing wherever I Am, God is. I have also been blessed to have a Great Teacher by the name of "White Eagle," whom many of you are familiar with. White Eagle is a Master Teacher or Universal Teacher for many of us. He first appeared in my life in 1972. He prepared the way for my spiritual journey and introduced me to works of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and his great fervor for the Spiritualist movement. White Eagle later had a great part to play in the life of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and the importance of Mediumship. Since then I was led to Spiritualist Churches throughout Northern California to where I have been now since 1996.

I have been heading a Spiritualist Church in California Bay Area now for nearly six years. I created it, incorporated it and have run the Church since early 2001. It has been a dream come true after years of just knowing that someday I too would be able to speak and teach also provide a place where others may also come to know Great Spirit: All-Loving; Omnipotent; Omniscient; Omnipresent. It gives great comfort to know we are never alone in our life, no matter what the obstacles or hurdles we must cross, and the Cross is never too heavy to bear. Spiritualism teaches "There is no death." Our Soul continues to progress on the Spirit Planes, which some have called the "Summerlands," and the Native American refer to it as "The Happy Hunting Grounds." Then as we are ready, we return to Earth again and again for the lessons prepared for us as we work toward perfection.

ULC provided the opportunity for me to go forward in my work and to completely utilize all the aspects of the ministry which are endowed upon us as we become Ordained. I have now united people in Matrimony, and have conducted Memorials for friends. I have had countless sessions for counseling others on their journey, and have given "talks" at neighboring Churches. I have taught countless classes on Spiritual Unfoldment, Psychic Development and Mediumship. It has been a full life filled with wonderful experiences. ULC helped in this process. They provided a means for me to expand my role in service others. Thank You ULC.

The Rev. Patricia Johnston.

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Ordination with the Universal Life Church, is free,  and lasts for life, so use the Free Online Ordination, button.We also offer many free wedding ceremonies for your use.

 

The  ULC, run by Rev. Long, has created a chaplaincy program to help train our ministers. We also have a huge catalog of Universal Life Church materials.  I've been ordained with the Universal Life Church for many years and it's Seminary since the beginning and have loved watching the continual growth of the seminary.  
 

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Hello, all!

Upon reading the newsletter, I found the request about how my ordination came about. I wasn't hit by a lightning bolt or called through a vision, but when a chaplain friend of mine sent me a very profound email, it made think for a moment of all that I had been blessed with, without even a thought to what I could give back. I found the ULC and read the website contents several times over before deciding that by becoming ordained, perhaps I could bring comfort to families that have lost loved ones, and by bringing joy to couples that were wanting to unite and begin new families. What a legacy that would be! My ordination has inspired me with a desire to talk to others about my beliefs and to listen to theirs with respect and an open mind.

I am blessed with three grown, beautiful daughters, and my wonderful wife that makes me anxious to wake in the mornings, that I may cast my eyes on her to behold my gift from God!

I thank my God for every breath that I take...I AM TRULY BLESSED!

The following is the inspiring email information that was sent to me,

The Lifeline,

After a few of the usual Sunday evening hymns, the church's pastor slowly

stood up, walked over to the pulpit and, before he gave his sermon for the

evening, briefly introduced a guest minister who was in the service that

evening.

In the introduction, the pastor told the congregation that the guest

minister was one of his dearest childhood friends and that he wanted him to

have a few moments to greet the church and share whatever he felt would be

appropriate for the service.

With that, an elderly mans stepped up to the pulpit and began to speak.

"A father, his son, and a friend of his son were sailing off the pacific

coast" he began, "when a fast approaching storm blocked any attempt to get

back to the shore. The waves were so high, that even though the father was

an experienced sailor, he could not keep the boat upright and the three were

swept into the ocean as the boat capsized."

The old man hesitated for a moment, making eye contact with two teenagers

who were, for the first time since the service began, looking somewhat

interested in his story.

The aged minister continued with his story, "Grabbing a rescue line, the

father had to make the most excruciating decision of his life: to which boy

would he throw the other end of the life line."

"He only had seconds to make the decision. The father knew that his son was

a Christian and he, also, knew that his son's friend was not. The agony of

his decision could not be matched by the torrent of waves. As the father

yelled out, "I love you, Son!" he threw out the life line to his son's

friend. By the time the father had pulled the friend back to the capsized

boat, his son had disappeared beneath the raging swells into the black of

night. His body was never recovered."

By this time, the two teenagers were sitting up straight in the pew,

anxiously waiting for the next words to come out of the old minister's

mouth. "The father", he continued, "knew his son would step into eternity

with Jesus and he could not bear the thought of his son's friend stepping

into an eternity without Jesus. Therefore, he sacrificed his son to save

the son's friend."

"How great is the love of God that he should do the same for us. Our

Heavenly Father sacrificed his only begotten Son that we could be saved.

I urge you to accept his offer to rescue you and take a hold of the life

line he is throwing out to you in this service."

With that, the old man turned and sat back down in his chair as silence

filled the room.

The pastor again walked slowly to the pulpit and delivered a brief sermon

with an invitation at the end, however, no one responded to the appeal

Within minutes after the service ended, the two teenagers were at the old

mans' side.

"That was a nice story," politely stated one of them, "but I don't think it

was very realistic for a father to give up his only son's life in hopes that

the other boy would become a Christian."

"Well, you've got a point there," the old man replied glancing down at his

worn bible. A big smile broadened his narrow face. He once again looked up

at the boys and said, "It sure isn't very realistic, is it?

But I'm standing here today to tell you that story give me a glimpse of what

it must have been like for God to give up his Son for me. You see..."

"I was that father and your pastor is my son's friend."

"We will open the book. Its pages are blank.

We are going to put words on them ourselves.

The book is called Opportunity and its first chapter is New Year's Day."

---- Edith Lovejoy Pierce

Thank you and may god bless you and your family!

Re. James R. (Jim ) Hensley

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Ordination with the Universal Life Church, is free,  and lasts for life, so use the Free Online Ordination, button.We also offer many free wedding ceremonies for your use.

 

The  ULC, run by Rev. Long, has created a chaplaincy program to help train our ministers. We also have a huge catalog of Universal Life Church materials.  I've been ordained with the Universal Life Church for many years and it's Seminary since the beginning and have loved watching the continual growth of the seminary.  
 

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My journey started in 1982 when I was going through my first divorce and was very much down in the dumps with all that was going on in my life. I sought, and found, answers in the bible and have been a student of God’s Word ever since. In 1985 the United States Air Force sent me to Turkey and I ended up spending five years there and even married a Turk. My journey at that juncture took another turn and I felt that God was leading me to write the truth of my experiences and knowledge.

The first work was titled, God’s Forgotten Holy Land and was copyright in 1993 and I sent inquiries to literally a hundred different publishers. Receiving back about sixty five reject letters I felt the need to learn how to get into the new arena of the Internet and created my own website in 1995 and incorporated as a non-profit organization in 1998. I have continued to send inquiries to various publishers as my work has expanded and I continue to get reject letters. In many cases the letters provides enough information to indicate that I am an unknown entity with no credentials to prepare such work in the genre that I deal with. It became more of a game to try and figure out how I could get the recognition they desired that I have and I turned to the Internet. In 2000 I applied to ULC to become a minister and directly behind that I made submission for my Doctorate of Philosophy in Religion.

It now seems so long ago that all of this was done. I now look over my shoulder and wonder about society and mankind as a whole who must categorize others as being in such-and-such a state, position, station, etc. or have this title or that tile for them to know anything about a particular subject. Mankind seems so hell bent to remove God from any equation and that anything that pertains to God has to somehow be religious and wrong for the ordinary man. How foolish they really are and their foolishness will bring them to a very important question one day and I don’t think they are going to like the answer they will hear. One day these foolish people will stand before God Almighty and He will ask them if they would like to be in the smoking or non-smoking section and they will of course answer ‘non-smoking’ and God will tell them, “Sorry, but your actions do not qualify you for the non-smoking section!”

Please review my website for content. The address is http://www.VQPub.org . I said that I had just finished my last book, titled “The Hunters Are Here” and have enclosed a page from that book that you and others of the ULC Seminary may find interesting. I continue to seek a publisher who is serious about publishing my work and if you happen to know of an interested party please direct them toward my website and myself.

So, that (in a nutshell) is why I became a ULC minister.

Sincerely,

Charles E. Darnell

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The Universal Life Church is a comprehensive online seminary where we have classes in Christianity, Wicca, Paganism, two courses in Metaphysics and much more. 

Ordination with the Universal Life Church, is free,  and lasts for life, so use the Free Online Ordination, button.We also offer many free wedding ceremonies for your use.

 

The  ULC, run by Rev. Long, has created a chaplaincy program to help train our ministers. We also have a huge catalog of Universal Life Church materials.  I've been ordained with the Universal Life Church for many years and it's Seminary since the beginning and have loved watching the continual growth of the seminary.  
 

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For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. (John 3:16 KJVA) John 3:16 "God so loved the world that he gave His only begotten Son." As we take a look at this, we must understand that "begotten" means "procreated or generated." Jesus was born of a woman yet, was not the seed of a man. Instead, He was the seed of God. He was "generated" by God and placed in the womb of a woman. This was a birth in the world but not of the world.

God did not love how the world had become but through benevolence He sent His Son. It was because of how we had become that this was done. He sent Jesus to us because we needed to be saved. He came to be the sacrifice for all mankind. He came not to condemn, rather to offer a way that we could be saved.

Another thing we must understand is that this is to "whosoever believeth." And what must we believe? We must believe that Jesus was the only begotten Son of God and that God sent Him to the world. Not that He sent Him to be part of the world, yet He was sent to the world. He was sent to offer salvation to all who believe in Him.

It is because of love that God sent Jesus. He sent Jesus because He desired for us to be happy even though we are sinners. God hates wickedness, yet He still has desires for all sinners. Just as we, as earthly parents, hate when our children do wrong we desire for them to be happy, productive children. We do not always approve of the conduct of our children, yet we always love them.

This is one that will hit many close to home. I am a child that most definitely fell into that category. I was out running around and doing things I should not have been doing. My parents, though they were disgusted by my conduct, never stopped loving me.

God is the same yesterday, today and tomorrow. He may not approve of the sinful conduct of our actions. But He loves us so much and so He made the ultimate sacrifice. He created a Son, placed that Son into a woman womb and had Him born of a woman. Jesus was normal in His life here on earth. He grew up the son of a carpenter and when the time was right He was led to begin His ministry, or His career if you will, here on earth.

"God sent His Son." Why did He send Him? He did not send Him to condemn the world. Instead, He sent Him to save the world.

In order to have condemnation there must be judgment. To condemn means to pronounce to be wrong. This requires us to look at judgment and get a complete understanding.

Matthew 7:1-2 Mat 7:1 Judge not, that ye be not judged. Mat 7:2 For with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged: and with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you again.

In Matthew 7:1-2 we are told that if we judge we shall be judged. It, however, takes it a step further. How we judge is how we will be judged.

God did not send Jesus to judge us and to condemn us. He had already judged and condemned us. He sent Jesus to offer salvation through the ultimate blood sacrifice. He sent Jesus to be the payment for all of our sins. He was sacrificed so we would no longer have to die. We now can have everlasting life because of the shed blood of Jesus Christ our Lord and Saviour.

We must stop judging and start offering solutions. God could have judged us and condemned us and offered no solution. Instead, He offered a solution in the way of the sacrifice of His only begotten Son. Now we must begin to do the same thing. We must begin to not just condemn, we need to offer a solution.

Suppose you are asked to sit on a jury, you listen to both sides present their case. Then you have the responsibility to render a judgment or decision. The trial doesn't end with just the condemnation part of the trial. It goes on to a sentencing phase. It is in this phase that the judge must give justice. This is where the judge must offer the solution to the judgment. The judge must look at all aspects of the case, those involved and other factors. This is supposed to be a just solution, but that in itself is another message. The judge then must, through a solution, hand out justice. The justice must be a fitting punishment for the criminal and at the same time justice for the victim. The judge will place the criminal in a prison for a period of time or maybe just place them on probation. In both cases it is supposed to serve as punishment for the crime. Then the judge may add restitution responsibility upon the criminal, to compensate the victim.

The sentence has been handed down, the criminal and the victim have been given their justice. It cannot stop there, it must continue to move to a solution phase. The judge must give justice to the victim and to the criminal by offering a solution. And, unfortunately, all too often the judicial system never makes it to the solution phase. The system doesn't offer a way to the criminal to be more than just a criminal. It, usually, only offers punishment. Again, I am trying not to get too technical because it really can be another message.

How, then, does God differ from man? God condemned us and judged us to be wicked. He then hands out just punishment and then He went on to give the solution. He gave His only Son that whosoever believed would not perish. God could have left it at condemnation and injustice. He could have only offered certain death.

"For God so loved the world He sent His Son." Whosoever believeth in Him is not necessarily condemned. What a huge statement this is for us to live by. God did not just condemn us, He offered all who would believe in Christ eternal life. He freed us from the condemnation. He gave the solution for the judgment of condemnation and gave us a new direction. He gave us the solution to the sinful life we lead. He gave us a way to be better and a way to receive eternal life. He did not make the payment hard on us. Most people look at justice as being cruel and inhumane to other human beings. They figure that justice has to be hard, mean, cruel, demoralizing, inhumane and eternal. This is because man is incapable of truly understanding the power of love. Instead they drive themselves on power of humility, of course not their humility, but rather the humility of others. Man's power trip is a death sentence waiting to be executed. Man is running down a road to certain death and condemnation and he is too ignorant to figure that out. He has not figured out that God is the almighty power, he has power over all mankind. Man think they have power and one could continue to laugh at the arrogant ignorance of them all.

Man is so wrapped up with things of the world they have no clue where they are headed. They have not realized that where they are headed they have no power, no money, no authority. They are headed to a desolate fiery tomb of destruction. Man has been given the direction and the guidance to prevail, prosper and have eternal riches beyond what one could ever imagine. Instead we want to be greedy, arrogant, ignorant, controlling, judge,,jury and executioner.

I would not want to be in those shoes. I like being the loving servant of my Lord and Saviour. I do not come to condemn, merely to show you the path to complete and total peace. I come to show you how to have an eternal life that is beyond what you could ever hold on earth. I come to show you that love is giving the ultimate sacrifice. Love is moving beyond the justice and to a solution. God is love and He showed us all how to love. It is your will, your choice what you are going to do with it. You can continue to be the hateful, greedy people of the world, or you can become the solution.

"Every one that doeth evil hates the light." In this verse it is laid out for us. It says we continue to do evil because we hate the light. Those that are evil will not come unto the light. We must stop enjoying the evil and remember that evil is only for a little while. It is because of man's ignorant, greedy ways that we are condemned. It is because we choose the evil ways of the world instead of the loving way of Christ. You can choose today an eternal richness or you can continue to be earthly rich. You can choose to believe in Christ or you can choose to believe the world. You can choose eternal life or eternal death. Which will you choose?

Pastor David Azbell

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The Universal Life Church is a comprehensive online seminary where we have classes in Christianity, Wicca, Paganism, two courses in Metaphysics and much more.

The  ULC, run by Rev. Long, has created a chaplaincy program to help train our ministers. We also have a huge catalog of Universal Life Church materials.  I've been ordained with the Universal Life Church for many years and it's Seminary since the beginning and have loved watching the continual growth of the seminary.

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The Nature of an Absolute

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I was trying to sleep at about 3:30 this morning when in my brain popped the words of the Title of this writing. After about thirty seconds I was wide awake and I knew, God wanted me to get up NOW. So I dragged my sleepy carcas to the keyboard and began to write down what you will see here.

I went back to lay down at 5:00 and after about two minutes, my brain started burning rubber again and that was the introduction to the thought. This preached powerfully. My CD recorder was not cooperating, or I would recommend listening. There was such a deep connection of the Spirit today with the message and the church as this was preached. It was truly a WORD from God for a number of people. I usually preach 25 to 35 minutes max. I preached over an hour.... and there was a long season of prayer after the preaching.

God Loves you Absolutely!

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The  ULC, run by Rev. Long, has created a chaplaincy program to help train our ministers. We also have a huge catalog of Universal Life Church materials.  I've been ordained with the Universal Life Church for many years and it's Seminary since the beginning and have loved watching the continual growth of the seminary.
 

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Joseph, A Man of Many Coats

It occurred to me in reference to Joseph, that he was not only the boy with the

Coat of many Colors, but he wore many different colored coats. Joseph is one of my favorite bible Characters. It is intriguing to consider that this one characters story takes up over 25% of the book of Genesis. One of his most recognized attributes is the coat of favor his father gave him as a young child, 'the coat of many colors'.

This coat that was given him as a gift of favor, was used to confuse and deceive the giver of the Gift. When they had sold Joseph into slavery, they tore this coat of favor, and dipped in blood to lead their father to a false conclusion that lead him to literally despair of life.

It is important to understand that our 'Coat' plays a role in the circumstances of our life. The coats our parents and friends place on us and the coats they rip from us form the circumstances of our lives.

I believe we all can relate with this aspect of Joseph. For good or ill, we have been given coats to wear, coats taken from us, torn and desecrated and used to tell others that the worst has happened in our lives.

These circumstances we have very little to do with. Joseph did not make his own coat of many colors, but it was given to him. His father saw a divine spark, and he recognized that spark by giving him a special 'coat'.

Joseph in turn did not tear up his own coat, but someone he trusted took his coat, tore his coat and defamed his coat and used it to tell a lie on him. Now, I know from ministering in the Jails, you never meet a guilty man.

I am not speaking to this generation that refuses to accept responsibility for their own actions, I am talking about those that are literally hated, abused and lied on by those that are of a jealous and evil heart. It is hard to imagine people being this mean until you have felt the teeth marks of their evil mouths bear down on your good name.

Joseph was sold into slavery, wrapped in the coat of betrayal was sold into a wealthy mans home. And through the Favor that God clothed him with, everything he did was good and very blessed. But something happened; again the evil hands of humanity touch him again.

Joseph left his 'coat' in the house with an evil woman. I am not sure the circumstances, but the scripture only says that he 'Left his garment in her hand.' Joseph was a man of integrity, without a doubt. However the one thing I would say in caution that we can learn from his circumstance.

First thing, don't go in an empty house with a hungry woman. There have been a number of men I am sure that in this circumstance have not passed this test. One way to be sure this test never comes your way is don't put yourself in this circumstance.

Secondly, don't let this person touch your garment. Don't let them wrap their hands around your garment. Because even in doing right by fleeing from the enticements of this woman, he left his garment in her hands. And again, his coat is used as false evidence against him.

The enemy will do everything in his power to take your coat. When you're around the enemy, don't take your coat off and do everything in your power to keep the enemies hands off your coat.

However, no matter your effort there will be times that the enemy gets your coat. He will take it from you. He will rip it from your grasps and in doing so rip the character of the coat. He will defame you and desecrate it all in attempt to destroy you.

But Jacob knew something that we all need to learn.

'You might do that to my Coat, but you can't do that to me!'

Jacob and his essence were never marred in the hands of evil and hateful people. He never lost his dream. He never lost his integrity and in the end we see he never lost his optimism and faith in the goodness of humanity. Even his brothers, he was able to look at them and see that even if they were haters, God used their evil deed to bring blessing and purpose into his life.

Don't let the Haters, inconsiderate, selfish and evil hearted among us do to you what they do to your coat. If you will be true, those that should love you will stand on the sideline when apparent strangers put on you a manifestation of your true character.

One day, the Naysayers were silenced and the Pharaoh recognized Joseph for who he was and took the ring off his own finger. Think of this, The KING put his Ring on Josephs finger. Put a gold encrusted chain around his neck and watch this arrayed him in 'vestures' of fine linen.

In the end, after a man who wore many coats, finally stands before the people in a Royal White Robe with the Kings Ring on his Finger and he is proclaimed tobe a Man with the power to reveal secrets. When all his life, he had been lied, he was an enigma wrapped as it were a secret in a cloth. He who was a secret was able to reveal secrets. No one knew who he was. His Dad had an idea, but no one else ever really grasped until that moment who he was. Joseph was God's answer to the worlds troubles. Troubled families, troubled finances, troubled prisons, trouble on the horizon all were dealt with by a man named Joseph.

Joseph was a man that wore many coats. However the lesson was and is, Joseph was bigger than all of his coats. Joseph was greater than all his coats. Coats get dirty, get old, get lost and get discarded. But who you are, now that is better than any coat.

Jesus is my Coat. Wrapped in his Righteousness. Wearing the robes of his Priesthood and draped with the royal robes of his Kingly Authority.

Check out my Coat, It's not Tommy Hilfiger, but Jesus Christ!

In Him, By Him, Through Him,

Scott Phillips

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The  ULC, run by Rev. Long, has created a chaplaincy program to help train our ministers. We also have a huge catalog of Universal Life Church materials.  I've been ordained with the Universal Life Church for many years and it's Seminary since the beginning and have loved watching the continual growth of the seminary.  
 

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Hello and welcome,

My name is Reverend Jeanette,

I am filled with joy to see that you have come to hear and be filled with the infallible word of God. As we are leaky vessels & need to be refilled & refueled with the word on a regular basis. B I B L E, when broken down,this word means, Basic Instructions Before Leaving Earth. Every question can be answered in this good book. This, the guide that God has left us to live our lives by.

If you stay in the word and apply it to your daily life, then you're living right, the way God has planned for us to live.

Everyone please stand and lets us pray to welcome God into this place of worship.

I want to show,those who do not know,the power of prayer. Let us pray.

Oh Father God,we all have gathered in your presence to praise you & to receive your word, we welcome your presence, we ask for you to come into this place of worship, we've opened our hearts & minds to you. We thank you for your grace & foregiveness you offer us.

Everyone where you stand,welcome our Lord & Savior into this place of worship, you can do this however you like. Because if he's nor here,lets all go home. Amen?

Praise Jesus !!!

This is a place that we can know that the Lord Jesus is present right now!!! It is written in the book of Matthew 18:20, where two or more are gathered in my name, there am I with them.

Of course this is only one of the many reasons to gather & meet up with other Christians, it is benificial to be with like-minded people. You've heard that there is safety in numbers?,Well there is power & strength in our agreement & unity together in prayer in the Lord's presence.

It is very powerful & blessed.

Do you believe I'm preaching the truth?

Praise Jesus !!!

When you feel the Holy Spirit's presence upon you,it's so wonderful & powerful, you've never been humbled in the way you will at that time. It is so precious & wonderful.

Thank you Jesus !!!!

At this time I would like to offer an altar call, please everyone stand up, bow your heads, close your eyes & open your hearts.

If there be any one hear that doesn't know Jesus as their Lord & Savior,please raise your hand & then put it back down again. God loves an honest heart. There is no shame, it doesn't matter who you are or what you've done or been in your life.

God loves you & is not mad at you.

God will forgive you. You only need to confess your sins and ask for forgiveness. This is done through prayer.

John 14:6,Says Jesus told them "I am the way,the truth and the life,no one can come to the Father except through me."

There is no shame, he forgives all.

It is written in the book of Matthew 8:38, that anyone who is ashamed of me & my words in this adulterous & sinful generation,the son of man,Jesus will be ashamed of him when he comes in his Father's glory with the Holy Angels.

For those who raised their hands ,I want to pray with you so you may receive your Lord & Savior into your heart & inherit your promise of eternal life.

Your time has come !!!! The time is now !!!!! Time is running out !!!! Time is so short !!!!!

Life is but a blink of an eye to God. If you were to leave this world today,do you know where you would spend eternity?

Do you know Jesus? Is he in your heart? Are you saved? Are you sure?

Those who will come to the altar to kneel & pray for their salvation,please come.

Everyone please repeat after me while we all pray for forgiveness of our sins.

Oh dear Lord Jesus,I know that I am a sinner and fall short of your glory,I need & ask for you to forgive me. I confess that you died on the cross for me & rose again so that I could be forgiven & receive eternal life. I turn from sin & turn my face towards you. I invite you into my heart & my life to be my Lord & Savior. Please have all of me as yours to do your will now & forever. Amen PRAISE JESUS !!!!!!! HALLELUJAH !!!!!!

Thank you Jesus for the gift of forgiveness & salvation.

Everyone may be seated,if you can,stand if you'd like.

When we pray we allow the Holy Spirit to come into us to guide us into truth & wisdom.

I'll say it again,the power of prayer is so powerful,there is no other feeling like the feeling of the Holy Spirit filling our being,filling our heart with humbleness & overflowing love.

There is no replacement for,nor alternate route or way,other than through prayer for establishing a personal relationship with God through Jesus Christ.

Be careful what you ask for in prayer. If you ask for the Lord to teach you patience,he will give you trials & lessons to help teach you patience.

Pray in all you do,but pray selectively.

In my past I had thought that If I attended church every now and then or for long stretches of time,not at all,as long as I prayed,you know ,at dinner,special holiday gatherings,every now & then,usually when I needed something.Or when there would be a major upheaval in my life.

I honestly thought this was adequate.

I've since realized that this is not the case.

God's most important commandment is found in the book of Mark 12:29, It is written "Love the Lord your God with all your heart,soul,mind & strenth.

I believe this would involve communication with our Lord through prayer & praise.

Praising him in all he has done & all that he is going to do in our lives.Note that I said "all he has done". You may not agree to this,but you should.

There are unforeseen lessons in all that was,is & will be the Lord's will.

Sometimes the Lord tests us ,I believe there can not be a testimony with out a test.

I believe that sometimes things happen in life that we do not understand because the Lord is trying to get our attention,one way or another he will get our attention.He has gotten my attention more than once through life experiences,be them good or bad.The Lord has brought me to prayer more than once. Think about it for a minute,when were you last brought to prayer,to a personal conversation with God through Jesus Christ? Was it due to a circumstance?

Lets read 1 Peter 1:6-9,It is written "So be truly glad. There is wonderful joy ahead,even though you have many trials for a little while. These trials will show that your faith is genuine. It is being as fire tests and purifies gold,though your faith is far more precious than mere gold.So when your faith remains strong through many trials,it will bring you much praise and glory and honor on the day when Jesus Christ is revealed to the world.

So as you can see trials sharpen our faith.

Through prayer and our special relationship with God we can realize his will & plan for us.

The closer the relationship,the more we realize.

We should all realize that we are all meant to be more Jesus like in all that we think,say & do.

Think W.W.J.D. What Would Jesus Do?

Would he approve of this or that? It applies to everything !!!! Jesus prayed a lot !!!!

Lets look at the passage in the book of John 8:12, It is written"I am the the light of the world.

If you follow me,you will not walk in darkness,because you will have the light that leads to life. Amen !!!!

Did you know that amen means so be it?

How awesome is that?

Another way that the Lord says to honor him is through first fruits & tithe.

This at times seems to be a touchy subject.

It should not be !!!!!

Lets look at Proverbs 3:9-10, It is written"Honor the Lord with your wealth and with the best part of everything you produce.Then he will fill your barns with grain and your vats will overflow with good wine.

Also lets look at Malachi 3:8-10, It is written"Should people cheat God? Yet you have cheated me."But you ask what do you mean? When did we ever cheat you?

You have cheated me of the tithes and offerings due to me. You are under a curse,for your whole nation has been cheating me. Bring all the tithes into the store house so there will be enough food in my temple.If you do "says the Lord of heaven's armies,I will open the windows of heaven for you. I will pour out a blessing so great you wont have enough room to take it in !Try it,put me to the test.

You see here,the Lord will bless you,but you must first bless,give & you shall receive.

Would you admit to robbing God? Of course not.

I have given when that had already been allocated to go else where,I gave freely & happily.

PRAISE JESUS !!!!!!!!

It was returned to me multiplied in several ways,probably in some ways that I have not even realized yet.

If you have not experienced this for yourself,try it,believe it,see it in your heart & then bless & be blessed.

The Lord only has asked for 10%,give more gladly,freely and cheerfully claim your blessing,you can even name what you would ask it to be.

God loves a cheerful tither.

We will now pass around the tithe collection dish. Thank you Lord !

We will now pray over the tithes given, Dear Father God,we thank you for cheerful,gracious tithers,we are tithing in faith,and you said we would be blessed. Thank you Lord..

We pray that these tithes will meet all the needs of this ministry according to your will.

Amen.

We all need to remember as saved children of God,we are anew,the old is gone.

Lets look at 2 Corinthians 5:17- 6:2,It is written "Therefor if any one is in Christ he is a new creation,the old has gone and the new has come.All this is from God,who reconciled us to himself through Christ and gave us the ministry of reconciliation.

We are therefor Christ's ambassadors,as though God were making his appeal through us,we implore you on Christ's behalf: be reconciled to God. God made him who had no sin to be sin for us,so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.

As God's fellow workers we urge you not to receive God's grace in vain. For he says

"In the time of my favor I heard you and in the day of salvation I will help you.

I tell now is the time of God's favor,now is the day of salvation.

PRAISE JESUS !!!!!

As this scripture states,we are ambassadors of God and should live as though.

In closing I would like to stress that it is up to us to help those in need.Be it in their spiritual salvation,being saved, or in any other type of need.

We as ambassadors of Christ are to offer any and all that is needed.

Please remember as long as you walk,speak,think and act out of love, you are becoming more Jesus like all the time. PRAISE JESUS !!!!!!!!

As the scripture reads in Matthew 9:37-38, Then he said to his disciples"The harvest is plentiful but the workers are few.

I believe this refers to the harvest of souls for God.

As you go through your week please be reminded of the fact that we are ambassadors for Jesus and the harvest is plentiful but the workers are few.

Offer those you know and meet that they too through prayer can have salvation.

Should any one have any prayer requests,please see me after the service and our prayer warriors and I will pray with you.

Let us close in prayer

Father God we thank you for your grace,your forgiveness & our salvation.

We thank you & praise you for all you've done,all you're doing & all you're going to do in our lives.

Amen

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