Blog tagged as Joyce Swingle's Teachings

Submit to Injustice as Christ

Joyce continues the Westchester Chapel series "What Happens When a Created People Walk Away From Their Creator?" with a message from 1 Peter 2: 18-23. We are probing 1 Peter to find keys to avoid walking away from the Lord. Joyce mentions an article she wrote on The Rise of the Less...

01.23.22 10:39 PM - Comment(s)

Christmas' True Meaning: Pictures of Courage

Joyce presents Part II of her Christmas message with pictures of servants from the gospels of Luke 1:26-56 and Matthew 1:18-25 who rallied to the Lord's mission to seek and save the lost. Joyce also cites John 10:15-18.

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12.19.21 09:42 PM - Comment(s)

Rally to Seek and Save the Lost!

Joyce teaches Part I of Christmas's True Meaning -- to seek and save the lost -- in a message from John 10: 1-18 at Wednesday evening's "Praise, Prayer and Proclamation of the Word." She will share Part II of Christmas's True Meaning on Sunday, Dec. 19, 2021, and we'll share two sto...

12.16.21 01:42 AM - Comment(s)

Leave a Legacy of Love

Joyce illuminates 1 Peter 1:22-25, continuing our series What Happens When a Created People Leave Their Creator?

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10.31.21 06:47 PM - Comment(s)

Study the Great Salvation

Joyce gives us the keys to understanding 1 Peter 1:10-12 this morning at Westchester Chapel Church of the Nazarene. Prayer by Pastor Randy Solomon. Pastor Jim Warren shares announcements.

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10.03.21 11:23 PM - Comment(s)

Revel in the Lord!

Joyce invites us to revel in the Lord as she leads us through Isaiah 61:10-11. I read Isaiah 61.

This was a part of this morning's service at Westchester Chapel.

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08.22.21 07:14 PM - Comment(s)

War for Hope!

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)

The Shepherd's Daughter on Palm Sunday

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)

God and the New Creation

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)

Take Courage! Despite Animosity, The Church Advances!

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)

Embrace Christ, the Wisdom of God

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)

The Church Advances through Power

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)

Cancel No One

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)

To Advance the Church Obey the Holy Spirit

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)

Hope in the Lord

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)

Prepare While We Shelter!

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)

Recommit to the Covenant

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)

Take Salvation While Taking the Land

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)

Taking the Land by Taking Command

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)

The Advent of the Radical Life

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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