The Great Invitation

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The Price of Peace

[zoomsounds_player type=”detect” dzsap_meta_source_attachment_id=”15929″ source=”https://maranathaiphc-wordpress.s3.amazonaws.com/offload-lite/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/09143840/2020-09-06-Pastor-Ben-The-Price-of-Peace.mp3″ config=”default” autoplay=”off” loop=”off” open_in_ultibox=”off” enable_likes=”off” enable_views=”off” enable_rates=”off” play_in_footer_player=”default” enable_download_button=”off” download_custom_link_enable=”off”]   A pandemic, social unrest, a national election…there’s a lot to think about and be concerned over. What are you focused on these days? It’s easy to let our anxieties and concerns run amok, especially when everything feels so out of […]

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Oh Say, Can You Really See?

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Metamorphosis (by Hudson Spearman)

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Get The House In Order

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Recap: Summer Camp 2020

[zoomsounds_player type=”detect” dzsap_meta_source_attachment_id=”15909″ source=”https://maranathaiphc-wordpress.s3.amazonaws.com/offload-lite/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/14144548/2020-08-09-Pastor-Ben-Camp-Recap-2020.mp3″ config=”default” autoplay=”off” loop=”off” open_in_ultibox=”off” enable_likes=”off” enable_views=”off” enable_rates=”off” play_in_footer_player=”default” enable_download_button=”off” download_custom_link_enable=”off”]   It’s said in show business that ‘the show must go on!’ despite mishaps and mistakes. Due to the challenges presented by the COVID-19 pandemic, summer camp had to shift gears. Despite the constraints, students across the Mid-Atlantic were still able […]

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Check Yourself

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Join The Resistance

[zoomsounds_player type=”detect” dzsap_meta_source_attachment_id=”15895″ source=”https://maranathaiphc-wordpress.s3.amazonaws.com/offload-lite/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/29170144/2020-07-26-Pastor-Ben-Join-The-Resistance.mp3″ config=”default” autoplay=”off” loop=”off” open_in_ultibox=”off” enable_likes=”off” enable_views=”off” enable_rates=”off” play_in_footer_player=”default” enable_download_button=”off” download_custom_link_enable=”off”]   The film series “Stars Wars” presents us with a classic battle of good versus evil in the story of the Jedis against the Empire. For the uninitiated, the Jedis were the resistance against the evil forces of the Empire, with […]

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The New Normal

[zoomsounds_player type=”detect” dzsap_meta_source_attachment_id=”15891″ source=”https://maranathaiphc-wordpress.s3.amazonaws.com/offload-lite/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/22154926/2020-07-19-Pastor-Ben-The-New-Normal.mp3″ config=”default” autoplay=”off” loop=”off” open_in_ultibox=”off” enable_likes=”off” enable_views=”off” enable_rates=”off” play_in_footer_player=”default” enable_download_button=”off” download_custom_link_enable=”off”]   We’re experiencing a great number of changes due to the recent health crisis. We see it in the sudden abundance of plexi-glass in the stores, the required distance markers on floors, and the masks that we have to wear when […]

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Know Your Role

[zoomsounds_player type=”detect” dzsap_meta_source_attachment_id=”15886″ source=”https://maranathaiphc-wordpress.s3.amazonaws.com/offload-lite/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/15162514/2020-07-12-Pastor-Ben-Know-Your-Role.mp3″ config=”default” autoplay=”off” loop=”off” open_in_ultibox=”off” enable_likes=”off” enable_views=”off” enable_rates=”off” play_in_footer_player=”default” enable_download_button=”off” download_custom_link_enable=”off”]   We all play a variety of roles in our lives. We are parents, spouses, siblings, we play roles in our professional lives, and are followers of Jesus. Each of those roles have responsibilities that we must fill. In this message […]

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