Opening Communion

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Coupled with the President’s Annual State of the University Address, Opening Communion is a service where members of the SPU community refocus on God’s purposes as they begin the busy academic year.

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    • Oct 19, 2015 LATEST EPISODE
    • infrequent NEW EPISODES
    • 22m AVG DURATION
    • 21 EPISODES


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    2015-2016 Opening Communion

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 19, 2015 25:59


    2014/09/23. University Chaplain.

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    2015-2016 Opening Communion

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 19, 2015 25:48


    2014/09/23. University Chaplain.

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    2014-2015 Opening Communion

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 7, 2014 26:51


    2014/09/24. University Chaplain.

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    2014-2015 Opening Communion

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 7, 2014 26:38


    2014/09/24. University Chaplain.

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    2012-2013 Opening Communion

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 12, 2012 30:16


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    2012-2013 Opening Communion

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 12, 2012 30:06


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    2011-2012 Opening Communion

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 6, 2011 21:50


    2011/09/21. Opening Communion

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    2010-2011 Opening Communion

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 7, 2010 31:34


    2010/09/22. Opening Communion.

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    2008-2009 Opening Communion: "Kingdom and the Gospel"

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 23, 2008 27:43


    2008/09/24. States that God is for us from birth to death and for every person that we might have hope in the resurrection of Jesus. Associate Director, University Ministries.

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    2008-2009 Opening Communion: "Kingdom and the Gospel"

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 26, 2008 11:49


    2008/09/24. States that God is for us from birth to death and for every person that we might have hope in the resurrection of Jesus. Associate Director, University Ministries.

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    1992-1993 Opening Communion: "Healing, Whole, and Hopeful" (Original Title Unavailable)

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 24, 2008 24:06


    1992/09/23. Challenges Christians to have healing, whole, and hopeful words for the broken, listening world. Pastor, Mt. Zion Baptist Church, Seattle, WA.

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    1990-1991 Opening Communion: "Sorrow and Love" (Original Title Unavailable)

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 24, 2008 10:36


    1990/09/19. Remembers that Christ's divine presents is both loving and terrible, consoling and judging, and realizing that receiving Christ's communion is a act of repentance and submission to him.

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    1994-1995 Opening Communion: "Why We Gather"

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 21, 2008 21:46


    1994/09/21. Reflects on purpose of celebrating communion at the start of a new academic year. Pastor, First Free Methodist Church.

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    2007-2008 Opening Communion: "Sand Hill Cranes and Salmon-Catching Bears"

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 5, 2007 34:57


    2007/09/19. Embraces a Christian identity of hope in order to pursue God's specific calling on one's life. Pastor, First Free Methodist Church.

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    1991-1992 Opening Communion: "Change and Continuity"

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 5, 2007 26:39


    1991/09/18. Recounts Old Testament sacrificial system and reminds listeners that Jesus served as the ultimate sacrifice for sin. Urges SPU community to find forgiveness, new life, and stability in Jesus Christ.

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    1996-1997 Opening Communion: "Come For Dinner; A Fresh Look at the 23rd Psalm" (Original Title Unavailable)

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 5, 2007 13:59


    1996/09/18. Examines the role of God in the 23rd Psalm not as Shepherd, but as the host who meets all needs. Pastor, First Free Methodist Church.

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    1986-1987 Opening Communion: "Make Much of the Truth" (Original Title Unavailable)

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 5, 2007 14:25


    1986/09/18. Ministering with love that is seasoned with active truth. Pastor, First Free Methodist Church.

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    2006-2007 Opening Communion: "New Beginnings"

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 5, 2007 22:07


    2006/09/20. Reflects on the significance of communion in relation to the start of a new academic year. Superintendent, Pacific Northwest Conference of the Free Methodist Church.

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    2007-2008 Opening Communion: "Sand Hill Cranes and Salmon-Catching Bears"

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 5, 2007 16:20


    2007/09/19. Embraces a Christian identity of hope in order to pursue God's specific calling on one's life. Pastor, First Free Methodist Church.

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    2004-2005 Opening Communion: "What Can God's Blessing Look Like?"

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 5, 2007 13:24


    2004/09/24. What can God's blessing look like in a Christian college community? Pastor, First Free Methodist Church.

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    2002-2003 Opening Communion: "Terror or The Tremendous?"

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 5, 2007 9:08


    2002/09/25. Contrasts two motivations - terror and awe - as Christians in response to trends in world events. Psalm 86:9.

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