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Sermons of Rev. Magrey Devega
June 13, 1999 thru June 11, 2000
Magrey's Second year at Bethel

The sermons are listed chronologically by the date of the service and are identified by title. In most cases, the scripture passage for each sermon is also shown. Click on the symbol to begin playing an audio recording in another window or tab of your browser. While a sermon recording is playing you can return to this window/tab of your browser to continue viewing it. You should stop the window/tab in which the sermon is playing before playing another recording. Click on a symbol to play a video.

Links are provided to the bulletin for each service. You may want to view this to see how the service complemented the message and also be aware of other activities at the church. Also, there are no "slides" for the scripture passages so you may want to follow the readings with your own favorite version of the Bible.
(This begins the second year of Magrey's pastorate at Bethel)
June 1999
The sermons for June 13-July 4 have as their theme: "The Apostle's Creed"
13 - We Believe in God
.... - - Scripture: Isaiah 40:10-15, 25-31
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20 - We Believe in Christ
....- - Scripture: Romans 8:28-39
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27 - We Believe in the Holy Spirit
.... - - Scripture: Galatians 5:16-26
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July 1999
04 - Fourth of July - We Believe in the Church
.... - - Scripture: Galatians 5:16-26
.... - - Children's Sermon: Saving Eagles and other things
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This concludes a series of 4 sermons on "The Apostle's Creed"
11 - - The Sheep and the Goats
.... - - Scripture: Matthew 25:31-45
.... - - Children's Sermon: The Stamp of a Christian
.... - - Sermon: The Sheep and the Goats (with the story of "The Frog Prince)
18 - - Dandelion Wine
.... - - Scripture: Isaiah 44:6-8
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25 - The Hidden Treasure
.... - - Scripture: Matthew 13:31-33,44-52
.... - - Children's Sermon: The Pretzel - A Reminder to Pray
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August 1999
01 - - The Lord is in This Place
---- - - Scripture: Genesis 28:10-22
---- - - A Shared Memory
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08 - - In Over Your Head
.... - - Children's Sermon: Bread, Yeast and the Kingdom of God
.... - - Sermon, Matthew 14:22-33
15 - - Food for the Dogs
.... - - Scripture: Matthew 15:10-28
.... - - Children's Sermon: Back to School - Finding the Way
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22 - - Church Sing-a-Long
29 - - Some Good Advice
.... - - Scripture: Romans 12:9-21
.... - - Children's Sermon: Finishing the Race
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September 1999
05 - - Remember When
.... - - Scripture: Exodus 12:1-14
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12 - - How Many Times?
.... - - Scripture: Matthew 18:21-35
.... - - Children's Sermon: A Famous Life (A Sports Hero)
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19 - - Fair Wages
.... - - Scripture: Matthew 20:1-16
.... - - Children's Sermon: A Sure Winner
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26 - - The Mind of Christ
.... - - Scripture: Philippians 2:1-13
.... - - Children's Sermon: When Bad Things Happen...to Starfish
.... - - The Service: This "accidentally recorded" segment provides a glimpse of the parts of the service that are normally unrecorded, including the gathering of the offering and a congregational hymn: "Living for Jesus".
.... - - Special Music: The Mind of Christ, sung by Greg Tulenko (this was recorded at a very low volume setting, but hopefully the performance will make up for the poor quality of the recording)
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October 1999
03 - - Thunderous Praise
.... - - New Members, Tom & Joyce Moore
.... - - Scripture: Psalm 19
.... - - Children's Sermon: Learning New Things
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10 - Homecoming - Remembering Your First Love
.... - - Scripture: Revelation 2:1-7
.... - - Children's Sermon: A History Lesson, Bethel Ministers bulletin insert
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The next service begins a 4 week "Stewardship Emphasis"
ending with "Consecration Sunday" on Nov 14
17 - - How Shall We Live - Week 1
.... - - Scripture: Nehemiah 8:1-6,8-10
.... - - Children's Sermon: Dried Up Pens...and Christians
.... - - Witness: Counting Blessings (Tom Moore)
.... - - Sermon: How Then Shall We Live
24 - - Down to the Last Drop - Week 2
.... - - Scripture: 1 Kings 17:8-16
.... - - Children's Sermon: Tithing...Marbles
.... - - Witness: Counting Blessings (Leonard Holten)
.... - - Sermon: Down to the Last Drop
31 - - All Saints Day - Hope, Heritage, Power - Week 3
.... - - Scripture: Ephesians 1:15-23
.... - - Children's Sermon: Angels & Saints (Jessica deVega)
.... - - Witness: Counting Blessings (Mike Wright)
.... - - Sermon: Hope, Heritage, Power
November 1999
07 - - Living as First Fruits - Week 4
.... - - Scripture: James 1:17-27
.... - - Children's Sermon: A Quarter for God
.... - - Sermon: Living as First Fruits
14 - - Consecration Sunday - this completes the "Stewardship Emphasis" begun on Oct 17
.... - - Introduction and scripture (John Peterson)
.... - - Children's Sermon: Two Pennies (The Heifer Fund & the Widow's Mites)
.... - - Sermon: All Things Are Possible (John Peterson)
21 - - The Power of the Rain
.... - - Scripture: Joel 2:21-27
.... - - Children's Sermon: The First Thanksgiving
.... - - Sermon: The Power of the Rain
28 - - Watch and Pray - First Sunday of Advent
.... - - Sermon and scripture: Mark 13:24-37
December 1999
05 - - Proclaiming the Way - Second Sunday of Advent
.... - - Advent Reading and lighting 1st Candle by Julia, Anna and Sara Hosig
.... - - Prayer Requests
.... - - Children's Sermon: A Shepherd's Staff
.... - - Sermon: Proclaiming the Way - Mark 1:1-8 (as told by Dr. Seuss)
12 - - No More Dismay - Third Sunday of Advent
.... - - Sermon: Isaiah 61:1-4,8-11
.... - - Children's Sermon: Remembering the First Christmas
.... - - Sermon: (take 1)
.... - - Sermon: (take 2)
19 - - Trust and Obey - Fourth Sunday of Advent
.... - - Scripture: Luke 1:26-38
.... - - Welcome to Our World (Greg Tulenko sings this song which he composed for the baptism of David Christopher Zody on this day)
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24 - - Christmas Eve
.... - - Meditation on the Fruitcake
26 - - First Sunday of Christmas - Looking Back to the Future
.... - - Sermon: Some Remarks on Y2K; Rev 20:1-6, 21:1-4; (Phillip Brown was the speaker this day.)
January 2000
02 - - Hope for the World
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09 - - Waters of Renewal
.... - - Scripture: Matthew 3:13-17
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16 - - Who's Calling
.... - - Scripture: Samuel 3:1-10
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23 - - Second Chance City (A Tale of Jonah)
....- - Scripture: Jonah 3:1-5,10 (partial recording)
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30 - - Mission Trip to Belize - David Sindler speaks of his summer mission trip to Belize with the organization Pioneers. (This is the audio accompaniment to a slide show presented by David but provides insights into his experience, even without the photos)
.... - - Scripture: Isaiah 41:21-29 (partial recording)
.... - - Opening Prayer
.... - - Talk about the mission trip
.... - - Closing Prayer
February 2000
06 - - Good for What Ails You - Mark 1:29-39 (no recording available)
13 - - The Gift of God's Love
.... - - New Member, Dina Merritt
.... - - Scripture: 1 John 3:16-24
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20 - The Foolishness of the Cross
.... - - Scripture: 1 Corinthians 1:18-25
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.... - - Christ was Crucified - (This segment captures the singing of the final hymn and benediction. Actually the hymn was replaced by a singing of this song which was composed by Eric Grover and Greg Tulenko for this service and sung earlier as a special music offering that was not recorded.)
27 - - The Fellowship of the Sick
.... - - Scripture: Mark 2:13-22
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March 2000
05 - It is Good to Be Here
.... - - Scripture: Mark 9:2-9
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12 - This begins a series of sermons on The Lord's Prayer, continuing to Easter
.... - Our Daily Bread - First Sunday of Lent
.... - - Scripture: John 6:41-51
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.... - - Congregational Hymn: You Satisfy the Hungry Heart
.... - - Benediction and closing chorus: Bind Us Together
19 - - Hallowed Be Thy Name - Second Sunday of Lent
.... - - Lenten Skit: Alpha and Omega (Nicole Watkins and Robert Brown)
.... - - Scripture: Revelation 1:4-18
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.... - - Closing Prayer
26 - - Lead Us - Third Sunday of Lent
.... - (pictures of Skit by Julia and Sara Hosig)
.... - - Scripture: John 10:11-18
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April 2000
02 - - A Personal Witness - Fourth Sunday of Lent
.... - - Scripture: John 14:1-12, read by Don Singletary
.... - - A Message from Charlie Strange
09 - - Thy Kingdom Come - Fifth Sunday of Lent
.... - (pictures of skits by Joyce & Tom Moore and Leonard and Sara Holton)
.... - - Scripture: John 11:1-27
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16 - - Our Father in Heaven - Sixth Sunday of Lent
.... - (pictures of skit by Susie and Jonathan Wright)
.... - - Scripture John 15:1-8
.... - - Prayer Concerns - poor recording
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23 - - Easter Sunday
.... - There were many pieces of audio/video recordings for this service/day but no bulletin to provide an order. The pictures in the album viewed by the above link help some.
.... - - Sunrise Service
.... - - Welcome, Leonard Holton birthday
.... - - Praise and Worship - lead by Magrey, Craig Zody and Greg Tulenko
.... - - Receiving New Member, Stephanie Booth
.... - - Children's Sermon - Easter morning, bookmark Easter phrases
.... - - Special Music (Magrey & Jessica, Stephanie Booth, Greg Tulenko, Robert Brown and Nicole Watkins)
.... - Message Scripture: John 20:1-18
.... - - A Dramatization, by Jessica Devega
.... - - Read by pastor Magrey
.... - - Sermon: Rocks to Roll
.... - - Benediction and Closing Chorus: "Bind Us Together"
.... - After the service and dinner
.... - - these pictures give an overview of the activities.
.... - - the traditional egg hunt
.... - - and some "hoops" for the "older youth"
30 - - Heritage Sunday - The pictures provide a record of many of the activities and people attending this day.
.... - - Greetings and fellowship
.... - - Memories shared by: (01:00) Phill Brown (a story of 3 answers prayers), (03:09) Pat Singletary (about Jo Palmer and a trust), (10:36) Sandra Willis (finding a church home for Jessica) and (12:04) Pat Church (a land gift)
.... - - Church in the Wildwood - a story, but no song
.... - - Special Music - Nothing But the Blood of Jesus
.... - - Amazing Grace
.... - - Children's Sermon: The Aloe, an Easter plant?
.... - Sermon: Back to the Future
.... - - Scripture: Isaiah 51:1-3; 43:15-21; 51:12-13
.... - - Sermon: Back to the Future - Isaiah (The video segment shows a part of the sermon, (03:40) into the audio recording, in which Magrey offered remarks about Bethel's past and present)
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After the sermon, PPR Chairman Leonard Holten had the task of informing those present that Magrey would not be returning to Bethel for the next year. He is being placed as an associate at Hyde Park in Tampa. Unfortunately, Leonard's moving remarks were not recorded.
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May 2000
07 - - The Proof is Out There
.... - - Scripture: Luke 24:36-48
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14 - - Mother's Day - The Command to Love - Finding the Truth of God
.... - - Scripture: 1 John 3:16-
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21 - The Frog Prince
.... - (The sermon this day is a reprise of the one delivered on July 11, 1999. It is being videotaped for submission to the conference Board of Ministry. Portions of the video are included among the items listed below.)
.... - - Greeting in Song and Announcement of First Softball Win
.... - - Fellowship greeting - Meet all those gathered here today
.... - - Responsive Reading
.... - - Praise and Worship Singing - standing
.... - - Praise and Worship Singing - by group
.... - - Receive new member, Mike Carr
.... - - A Light Moment: Where are Mom and Dad?
.... - The Frog Prince - The Message
.... - - Scripture reading: Matthew 25:31-46
.... - : : - The Frog Prince, in 3 parts
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.... - Now the Audio version:
.... - - Scripture: Matthew 25:31-46
.... - - Sermon - 3 stories of The Frog Prince
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.... - - Closing with "Pass it On"
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28 - - What Goes Down - a Message for the New Graduates
.... - Receiving New Members: Mike, Michael, Jonathan Wright & Nicole Watkins;
.... - Recognizing Graduating Seniors: Nicole Watkins, Amanda White, Michael Wright, Sarah Holton
.... - - Scripture: John 12:20-33
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June 2000
04 - - Ascension Sunday - Closed Doors - Open Doors
.... - - Scripture: Acts 1:1-11
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11 - - Pentecost Sunday - (This was Magrey & Jessica's last Sunday at Bethel. He is being placed as an associate at Hyde Park in Tampa and next Sunday Rev. Laura Fisher will be joining us as pastor. Most of the service was recorded on this Sunday. Individual segments of the service are listed below)
.... - - Praise & Worship Singing
.... - - Call to Worship and Praise Song
.... - - Children's Sermon: A Birthday Card for the Church
.... see the pictures of the church taken today
.... - - Scripture: Acts 2:1-13
.... - - Sermon: A New History for an Old Legend
.... - - Closing Song (Text) - Will You Love Jesus More?

(This ends the Second year of Magrey's pastorate at Bethel)


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