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War for Hope!

By Rich

Joyce teaches at Westchester Chapel on 1 Thessalonians 4:13-5:11, encouraging us to have hope, even in the face of the worst things we encounter on a fallen earth. Dr. Linda Warren opens and closes in prayer. 

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04.18.21 07:42 PM - Comment(s)
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The Shepherd's Daughter on Palm Sunday

By Rich

Joyce reprised the role of the Shepherd's Daughter for Palm Sunday. She performed her original piece in the Shepherd's Cave in Bethlehem. This is a new script for Holy Week. 

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03.28.21 10:51 PM - Comment(s)
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God and the New Creation

By Rich

Joyce and I opened today's service with a dramatic reading of  Gen. 1, 2 and 3 before her teaching on God and The New Creation, using the King James Version of the Bible. Joyce teaches from Gen. 8:20-9:17 on the Lord and His Creation as we continue the Westchester Chapel series on ...
03.08.21 01:01 AM - Comment(s)
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Take Courage! Despite Animosity, The Church Advances!

By Rich

Joyce continues our series at Westchester Chapel on The Church Advances, teaching from Acts 21:27 - Acts 23:11 how the Lord thwarts animosity to ensure the Gospel is preached across the world.  Drama Evangelist Rich Swingle shares a section from his one-man play The Acts.  Pictured:&...
12.07.20 12:29 AM - Comment(s)
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Embrace Christ, the Wisdom of God

By Rich

This morning Joyce teaches on 1 Corinthians 1:17-2:5, differentiating between the wisdom of the world and the wisdom of God at Hope Community Church, also in our denomination, The Church of the Nazarene. Pastor Joe Santucci shares closing remarks.

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11.22.20 09:59 PM - Comment(s)
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The Church Advances through Power

By Rich

Joyce teaches on Acts 16:16-40, when Paul and Silas' worship service led to a prison breakout. At the opening she refers to a sketch I helped my students at the Salvation Army Territorial Arts Ministry Conservatory devise through sociodrama. Click here, and then move the time to 39:25 to watch the ...
10.25.20 09:24 PM - Comment(s)
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Cancel No One

By Rich


For  Westchester Chapel this morning  Joyce taught on  Acts 11: 1-18, which enhances  Acts 10, which I taught on last week. She continues the discussion of Peter's vision and the opening up of the mission to the Gentiles. She mentions a shocking story we heard fir...
08.09.20 08:33 PM - Comment(s)
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To Advance the Church Obey the Holy Spirit

By Rich

Joyce teaches on Acts 8:26-40, Philip and the Ethiopian, at Westchester Chapel. She points out how Philip's obedience to leave a thriving ministry to talk to an Ethiopian on a desert road resulted in a nation today that is 60% Christian, and they know his name: Simeon Bachos.

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07.05.20 08:20 PM - Comment(s)
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Hope in the Lord

By Rich

Joyce and I were guest presenters on this morning's Zoom service for Hope Community Church of the Nazarene. I performed "The Potter" from my one-man play Big Fish Little Worm, and Joyce taught on our marriage verse: Jeremiah 29:11. She frames up ways to hope in the Lord during this strang...
05.17.20 06:57 PM - Comment(s)
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Prepare While We Shelter!

By Rich

Joyce shares from Acts 1 how the disciples used their time of sheltering in place to prepare through prayer, fellowship and organizational healing.  She encourages the congregants to use this sacred time of sheltering to prepare as persons and as a people for the mission of building God's Kin...
04.26.20 06:54 PM - Comment(s)
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Recommit to the Covenant

By Rich

Joyce explains the origins of Valentine's Day and teaches on the intriguing incident that resulted in the Hill of Foreskins mentioned in Joshua 5:1-9. If you've ever wondered what that was all about, check out her discoveries. She also shares her testimony of how the Lord helped her grow after she...
02.17.20 12:51 AM - Comment(s)
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Take Salvation While Taking the Land

By Rich

Joyce and I used readers theatre to bring the story of Rahab and the Israelite spies from Joshua 2 to life in the continuation of Westchester Chapel's "Taking the Land" series.  In an adapted readers' theatre form, the Swingles share how Salvation for all who desire it is at th...
01.26.20 07:15 PM - Comment(s)
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Taking the Land by Taking Command

By Rich

Happy Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr Weekend, Belated Religious Freedom Day (on which it was proclaimed that prayer is allowed in public schools), Happy Slavery and Human Trafficking Awareness Month, and Happy Sanctity of Human Life Sunday! I got to open our service at Westchester Chapel praising ...
01.20.20 01:29 AM - Comment(s)
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The Advent of the Radical Life

By Rich

Swingles in Tanzania.
Joyce continues Westchester Chapel's  Radical Advent series teaching on  John 15:7-17. I open with stories and a song from Africa. Dr. Linda Warren prays refreshment for us after our trip.

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12.08.19 09:56 PM - Comment(s)
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Give Your Life for the Lord

By Rich

This morning at Westchester Chapel Church of the Nazarene  Joyce taught on John 12:20-36.

Also,  Pastor Jim and Dr. Linda Warren lead the community in prayer over us before our  missions trip to Africa, which begins in a week!

Opening and prayer by  Melanie Solomon. Joyce men...
10.13.19 11:46 PM - Comment(s)
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See Jesus and Take Action

By Rich

This morning Joyce and I challenged Warwick Church of the Nazarene to see Jesus, what He did for us, and to take action.

At the opening, Joyce mentioned our upcoming trip to Africa to perform and speak at Africa Nazarene University next month. She mentioned that we're expanding our sketch on Harmon...
09.30.19 01:28 AM - Comment(s)
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Transformed by the Word at Resurrection Church

By Rich

Joyce teaches on Exodus 34:29-35 and  2 Corinthians 3:7-11 with the Resurrection Church of the Nazarene in New York City. Opening and prayer by Jim Hullinger. I close the service, and tell the secret of a 21 year-old marriage that gets better and better as the years go by!

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03.31.19 11:18 PM - Comment(s)
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Be Transformed Through Obedience to the Word

By Rich

This morning at Westchester Chapel, Joyce taught on  John 13: 1-20.

Pastor Jim Warren continues our series on The Word is Marching On with a message from Luke 5:1-11 showing how Obedience to the Word transforms not only the doer of the Word, but those whose lives are affected by that act of o...
03.25.19 02:15 AM - Comment(s)
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Choose to be Transformed by the Word

By Rich

Joyce shares from Ex. 34: 29-38 and 2 Cor. 3: 7-18 as Westchester Chapel resumes its series:  The Word Marches On.  She explores the Glory of God and explains Paul's comparison of the Old Covenant, the New Covenant and the Law from the passage in 2 Corinthians.

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02.24.19 03:07 PM - Comment(s)
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Sometimes You Need a Savior

By Rich

Joyce shared how
the Lord delivered her
from daydreaming.
This morning  Joyce taught on Isaiah 40:1-11 at Hope Community Church of the Nazarene. She opens with a story of how she was once hunted down and shot! You'll have to give it a listen. I did dramatic readings of the key passage.

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02.10.19 10:05 PM - Comment(s)
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