Sunday Sermon January 3, 2010

Happy New Year, Happy New You!

Trusting that the Christ is reborn in you as you today and everyday.  Sunday was amazing!  Rev. Della’s message was all about being brand new.

I am brand new!  I urge you to order the CD!  www.upchurch.org

Here are some of the powerful scriptures that she shared with us.  Use these to fortify your walk.

Isaiah 43:19

Behold, I will do a new thing; now it shall spring forth; shall ye not know it? I will even make a way in the wilderness and rivers in the desert.

Isaiah 42:9-10

“Behold, the former things are come to pass, and new things do I declare; before they spring forth I tell you of them.”  Sing unto the LORD a new song and His praise from the end of the earth, ye that go down to the sea and all that is therein, the isles and the inhabitants thereof.”

Are you carrying your old stuff into your new year?  It’s time for you to sing to the Lord a new song.

Lamentations 3:22-25

It is through the LORD’S mercies that we are not consumed, because His compassions fail not. They are new every morning; great is Thy faithfulness.”The LORD is my portion,” saith my soul, “Therefore will I hope in Him.”  The LORD is good unto them that wait for Him, to the soul that seeketh Him.

Have no memory of the old stuff.  It came to pass.  Let it go.

What’s Happening at UP?

UP Church Concert Series – 3^rd Sundays from 1-3 PM

Sunday, September 20, 2009 – featuring Sisters Against Alcohol and Drug Abuse

First Lutheran Church 600 W. Queen St. , Inglewood , CA

Bring a friend to praise and worship with us at our first Sunday Concert on September 20^th.  Every 3^rd Sunday we will feature a different choir, ensemble or soloist.

UP Church Annual Picnic

Saturday, September 26, 2009  -  10:00 AM to 4:00 PM

Rustic Canyon Park , 601 Latimer Rd. , Santa Monica , CA

$5 per adult.  Children are FREE! (Must pay by September 20^th.)

Join us for a wonderful day of games, food and fun for the entire family.  Payments can be made at the Men’s CUP table on Sunday or reply to this email to make other arrangements.  We strongly encourage carpooling, it’s good for the environment and ensures that everyone will have a close place to park.  Invite your friends!  Directions to the park are at the end of this email.

Register for Fall Classes

Classes are held on Sundays from 3 PM to 4:30 PM

September 27 -  December 13, 2009

Basic Truth Principles II – Lessons In Truth

You can only demonstrate to the level of your understanding. To demonstrate a more peaceful, joyful, purposeful and prosperous life, you must understand the Truth principles to create that experience.  This course is an in-depth study of the basic principles one should learn to live successfully.  Learn the truth that will set you free.

The Love Experience

Discover the Laws of Love.  Students explore their concept of love and how it reflects in their relationship with God, themselves and the world.  Through study and application students develop a mastery of the Love Principle that brings unparalleled harmony and unspeakable peace to their lives.

All Classes Held At:   600 W. Queen St. Inglewood , CA .  2^nd floor

Cost:  One time registration free of $10; Love offering accepted each class

Sign up at the Education Department table before or after Sunday service or email upchurch@upchurch.org.

Catching God’s Vision for Your Life

Khadijah Williams graduates Jefferson High School

We started the month by saying that the imagination is the forming power of the mind. What you imagine today, will become your tomorrow. You can think of your imagination as the hands of your mind. With these hands, you can create any type of life you want.

Last week, we talked about protecting your imagination. We said we must keep our minds in a place where the impossible is possible for us.

This week, I want to talk about catching God’s vision for your life. God has a plan for you. As a spiritual being, your responsibility is to “catch the vision” of that plan. To catch the vision, we must figure out what makes us different and then nurture those differences until they draw to us the magnificent life that each of us was born to live.

I want you to imagine a ball – a big rubber ball. If I toss the ball to you, what must you use to catch it? Your hands. You catch the ball with your hands. Now, think of God’s vision for your life as that ball. Spirit “tosses” the ball to you and through the hands of your mind – your imagination – you catch it. It is through your imagination that you catch God’s vision for your life.

Let me share with you a story about a remarkable young woman from Los Angeles named Khadijah Williams. Khadijah is 18 years old and this year she graduated from Jefferson High School. Next fall she will enroll as a freshman at Harvard University.

Shake It Off – Like Water On a Duck’s Back

Sunday, June 14th, UP Teacher Sherri James continues to break down imagination.  Here is the text from her lesson:

Last week, I shared with you that the imagination is the forming power of the mind. Through this faculty the formless takes form – the invisible becomes visible. We said that your imagination functions as the hands of your mind. It takes the ideas that God gives you and shapes them.

This week I want to talk about protecting your imagination. There are no limits to your imagination. Imagination is a gift from God. Any gift from God is like God.

God is limitless. Your imagination is limitless. God is perfect. Your imagination is perfect. God has no beginning and no end. Your imagination has no beginning and no end. Whatever you imagine you can do, you can do.

As a child, you believed anything was possible. Raise your hand if you remember what it was like to believe in the impossible. You had no concept of what you could not do. So, you believed you could do anything. You felt like you’d live forever and that everything would always be good. Anyone remember that feeling?

All of us are born believing we can do anything. We believe we can fly. Over time different experiences clip our wings. Sometimes life clips our wings.

Della presents…June 20th Must see show in Los Angeles, CA

Use Me, Lord

Our blog is finally multi-media! Here is a song from our Sunday service, June 7, 2009. Darrell Lovett is singing lead. The message is in the music! Enjoy!

Can you Imagine?

Sunday, June 7th, UP Teacher Sherri James breaks down imagination.  Here is the text from her lesson:

Understanding Principles is a Bible-based New Thought church. At our core, we are a teaching ministry. We believe that in order for you to live the abundant life that Jesus demonstrated, you need to understand the principles that support that life. Every class we offer teaches you principles for living the life Jesus intended.

Another way that we teach these principles is through our 12 Powers of the Mind program. The Creator has endowed each of us with 12 spiritual powers (or faculties of the mind) and each month during the Sunday service a teacher shares some helpful information about one of those 12 faculties. This month we study the spiritual power of imagination, and we use the color light blue as a visual reminder that God has given us imagination.

The imagination is the forming power of the mind. Through this faculty the formless takes form – the invisible becomes visible. With our imagination we lay hold of ideas and clothe them with substance. We grasp them and dress them up.

Let me see if I can make this clearer. Has anyone ever played with clay? Raise your hand if you’ve ever played with clay. Okay. Now, what did you do with it? You made shapes out of it, right? Did anyone make a square? Did anyone make a ball? Did anyone make anything more elaborate than that?

Psalm of Prosperity

The Lord is my banker; my credit is good.
He maketh me to lie down in the consciouness of omnipresent abundance.
He giveth me the key to his strongbox.
He restoreth my faith in his riches;
He guideth me in the path of prosperity
For his name’s sake.
Yea though I walk in the very shadow of debt,
I shall fear no evil, for thou art with me;
Thy silver and thy gold, they secure me.
Thou preparest a way for me in the presence of the collector;
Thou fillest my wallet with plenty;
My measure runneth over.
Surely goodness and plenty will follow me all the days of my life.
And I shall do business in the name of the Lord forever.
Amen.

 

by Charles Fillmore

Tune in to Reverend Della on Unity.FM

April 29, 2009 Kevin Ross will interview The Reverend Della Reese, the star from “Touched by An Angel” and the Minister of Up Church in LA on his radio program, Design Your Life with Kevin Ross and Friends on http://www.unity.fm.

Log on and tune in at 10 a.m. Pacific, 12 noon Central and 1:00 p.m. Eastern.

A Spiritual Bootcamp at UP Church on Sunday, March 15th from 1-3 p.m.

A Spiritual Bootcamp –A Total Spirit-Mind-Body Transformation

Come hear a tag-team sermon delivered by The Truth Trio on how to harness your spiritual strength for a whole life transformation. This must-attend training takes place on Sunday, March 15, 2009 during service at the new UP Church, where The Reverend Della Reese-Lett is the minister and founder.

The Truth Trio: Eletrice Harris, Sherri James and Sheree Thompson

Services held at First Lutheran Church 600 W. Queen St, Inglewood, CA 90301 1-3 p.m.

Hope to See you there!!