CHURCH SERMONS BY REV. MINISTER ANGELA SMITH & MORE
2020 SERMON ARCHIVE
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Plural: Deuteronomy 14:1-2 KJV "Ye are the children of the Lord your God." We are all God's children, that includes Jesus. #FYI.
— COPE MINISTRIES (@heal247) October 26, 2020
SERMONS:
February 2nd, 2020: Twitter Sermon # 1: https://twitter.com/heal247/status/1223927064765423616 and before viewing the comment thread, you may wish to read https://www.cope.church/imperfection.htm which is the pre-requisite for reading the twitter sermon thread.
February 9th, 2020: Can You Hear Me Now? (To comment on and/or participate in this sermon, visit: https://twitter.com/heal247/status/1226386009098608640 and/or submit feedback. Minister Angela Smith will respond to all congregant/participant comments submitted before 12am (midnight) Pacific on Monday, February 10th, 2020 on Twitter, if expecting a comment or reply after that to this sermon, please submit feedback if after Sunday Service.)
February 16th, 2020: Fear Of The Unknown? ((To comment on and/or participate in this sermon, visit: https://twitter.com/heal247/status/1228908332481515520 and/or submit feedback. Minister Angela Smith will respond to all congregant/participant comments submitted before 12am (midnight) Pacific on Monday, February 17th, 2020 on Twitter, if expecting a comment or reply after that to this sermon, please submit feedback if after Sunday Service.) This sermon goes best with the following quote by Chief Dan George (born : “Geswanouth Slahoot" of the Tsleil-Waututh Nation): "If you talk to the animals they will talk with you and you will know each other. If you do not talk to them you will not know them, and what you do not know you will fear. What one fears one destroys.” ― Chief Dan George Source: https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/82389-if-you-talk-to-the-animals-they-will-talk-with Human beings are also part of the animal kingdom and are of the order primates, class of mammals, and family hominidae in scientific terms. So, have conversations where you consider the other side's perspective with the regard you'd have them consider your own and perhaps you'll know and no longer fear the unknown.)
February 22nd, 2020: US HISTORY: THE FAIRYTALE VERSION (To comment on and/or participate in this sermon, visit: https://twitter.com/heal247/status/1231444610406182912 and/or submit feedback. Minister Angela Smith will respond to all congregant/participant comments submitted before 12am (midnight) Pacific on Monday, February 24th, 2020 on Twitter, if expecting a comment or reply after that to this sermon, please submit feedback if after Sunday Service.)
March 1st, 2020: A Sermon on Compassion (To comment on and/or participate in this sermon, visit: https://twitter.com/heal247/status/1233948969903902720 and/or submit feedback. Minister Angela Smith will respond to all congregant/participant comments submitted before 12am (midnight) Pacific on Monday, March 2nd, 2020 on Twitter, if expecting a comment or reply after that to this sermon, please submit feedback if after Sunday Service.)
March 8th, 2020: A Reading of Sacred Breath Academy (aka Sacred Breath Institute) (To comment on and/or participate in this sermon, visit: https://twitter.com/heal247/status/1236482548760375298 and/or submit feedback. Minister Angela Smith will respond to all congregant/participant comments submitted before 12am Pacific on Monday, March 9th, 2020 on Twitter, if expecting comment or reply after that to this sermon, please submit feedback if after Sunday Service. There are multiple links in this week's sermon. Those links are available in the Tweet comments for this week's sermon and also listed here: http://www.heal-online.exposed (if you don't want to risk visiting that site, click here to view a .pdf copy), http://www.twitter.com/MedicinaW, http://www.heal-online.org/sean.htm, http://www.churchofphilosophicalexploration.church/peace.htm, http://www.heal-online.org/sbajester.htm, https://twitter.com/heal247/status/1235387745444319232, https://twitter.com/heal247/status/1235342786477666304, https://twitter.com/heal247/status/1303105800496324608 and http://www.heal-online.org/breathless.htm.
March 15th, 2020: A Sermon on Exploring Wilderness (To comment on and/or participate in this sermon, visit: https://twitter.com/heal247/status/1239043886745448448 and/or submit feedback. Minister Angela Smith will respond to all congregant/participant comments submitted before 12am (midnight) Pacific on Monday, March 16th, 2020 on Twitter, if expecting a comment or reply after that to this sermon, please submit feedback if after Sunday Service.)
March 22nd, 2020: Overcoming Vulnerability Using #TaoFu (To comment on and/or participate in this sermon, visit: https://twitter.com/heal247/status/1241538151400660998 and/or submit feedback. Minister Angela Smith will respond to all congregant/participant comments submitted before 12am (midnight) Pacific on Monday, March 23rd, 2020 on Twitter, if expecting a comment or reply after that to this sermon, please submit feedback if after Sunday Service.)
March 29th, 2020: A Sermon on Adversity and Hypocrisy (To comment on and/or participate in this sermon, visit: https://twitter.com/heal247/status/1244116476421754885 and/or submit feedback. Minister Angela Smith will respond to all congregant/participant comments submitted before 12am (midnight) Pacific on Monday, March 30th, 2020 on Twitter, if expecting a comment or reply after that to this sermon, please submit feedback if after Sunday Service.)
April 5th, 2020: A Sermon on Prayer, Meditation, Magical and/or Wishful Thinking (To comment on and/or participate in this sermon, visit: https://twitter.com/heal247/status/1246657368244379650 and/or submit feedback. Minister Angela Smith will respond to all congregant/participant comments submitted before 12am (midnight) Pacific on Monday, April 6th, 2020 on Twitter, if expecting a comment or reply after that to this sermon, please submit feedback if after Sunday Service.)
April 12th, 2020: A Sermon on Individual SWAG (Stuff We All Get) "Bags" (To comment on and/or participate in this sermon, visit: https://twitter.com/heal247/status/1249198253087825922 and/or submit feedback. Minister Angela Smith will respond to all congregant/participant comments submitted before 12am (midnight) Pacific on Monday, April 13th, 2020 on Twitter, if expecting a comment or reply after that to this sermon, please submit feedback if after Sunday Service.)
April 19th, 2020: A Sermon on Self-Examination (To comment on and/or participate in this sermon, visit: https://twitter.com/heal247/status/1251728183545573376 and/or submit feedback. Minister Angela Smith will respond to all congregant/participant comments submitted before 12am (midnight) Pacific on Monday, April 20th, 2020 on Twitter, if expecting a comment or reply after that to this sermon, please submit feedback if after Sunday Service.)
April 26th, 2020: A Sermon on Exploring a Good Work Ethic (To comment on and/or participate in this sermon, visit: https://twitter.com/heal247/status/1254268805108269056 and/or submit feedback. Minister Angela Smith will respond to all congregant/participant comments submitted before 12am (midnight) Pacific on Monday, April 27th, 2020 on Twitter, if expecting a comment or reply after that to this sermon, please submit feedback if after Sunday Service.)
May 3rd, 2020: A Sermon on the Difference Between Superstition and Religion (To comment on and/or participate in this sermon, visit: https://twitter.com/heal247/status/1256797324015108096 and/or submit feedback. Minister Angela Smith will respond to all congregant/participant comments submitted before 12am (midnight) Pacific on Monday, May 4th, 2020 on Twitter, if expecting a comment or reply after that to this sermon, please submit feedback if after Sunday Service.)
May 10th, 2020: A Sermon on Original Sin (To comment on and/or participate in this sermon, visit: https://twitter.com/heal247/status/1259338520721645568 and/or submit feedback. Minister Angela Smith will respond to all congregant/participant comments submitted before 12am (midnight) Pacific on Monday, May 11th, 2020 on Twitter, if expecting a comment or reply after that to this sermon, please submit feedback if after Sunday Service.)
May 17th, 2020: A
Sermon on Myth and History (To comment on
and/or participate in this sermon, visit:
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comments submitted before 12am (midnight) Pacific on Monday, May 18th, 2020 on
Twitter, if expecting a comment or reply after that to this sermon, please
submit
feedback if after Sunday Service.)
May 24th, 2020:
A
Sermon on Responding to Being Protested (To comment on and/or
participate in this sermon, visit:
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feedback. Minister Angela Smith will respond to all
congregant/participant comments submitted before 12am (midnight) Pacific on
Monday, May 25th, 2020 on
Twitter, if expecting a comment or reply after that to this sermon, please
submit
feedback if after Sunday Service.)
May 31st, 2020: A Sermon on Mind Games (To comment on and/or participate in this sermon, visit: https://twitter.com/heal247/status/1266943041434120192 and/or submit feedback. Minister Angela Smith will respond to all congregant/participant comments submitted before 12am (midnight) Pacific on Monday, June 1st, 2020 on Twitter, if expecting a comment or reply after that to this sermon, please submit feedback if after Sunday Service.)
June 7th, 2020: A Sermon on Equality (To comment on and/or participate in this sermon, visit: https://twitter.com/heal247/status/1269478785910333440 and/or submit feedback. Rev. Minister Angela Smith will respond to all congregant/participant comments submitted before 12am (midnight) Pacific on Monday, June 8th, 2020 on Twitter, if expecting a comment or reply after that to this sermon, please submit feedback if after Sunday Service. (That Twitter thread is really important for family planning with good suggestions for sharing household responsibilities equitably with all household/family members. So, the good advice has been printed to .pdf and you can click here for it to see entire advisory.)
June 14th, 2020: A Sermon on Gratitude (To comment on and/or participate in this sermon, visit: https://twitter.com/heal247/status/1272019009118932993 and/or submit feedback. Rev. Minister Angela Smith will respond to all congregant/participant comments submitted before 12am (midnight) Pacific on Monday, June 15th, 2020 on Twitter, if expecting a comment or reply after that to this sermon, please submit feedback if after Sunday Service.)
June 21st, 2020: ["A Sermon on Respect" has been removed and replaced in spirit with "A Sermon on Being Targeted As A Walmart Shopper" officially delivered January 15th, 2023.]
June 28th, 2020: A Sermon on Spousal Abuse and Divorce (To comment on and/or participate in this sermon, visit: https://twitter.com/heal247/status/1277092275550425088 and/or submit feedback. Rev. Minister Angela Smith will respond to all congregant/participant comments submitted before 12am (midnight) Pacific on Monday, June 29th, 2020 on Twitter, if expecting a comment or reply after that to this sermon, please submit feedback if after Sunday Service.) Addendum: For additional information and advisory, see click here. And, links referenced not provided above are https://www.nolo.com/legal-encyclopedia/statute-of-limitations-state-laws-chart-29941.html and https://www.cityofmadison.com/police/documents/sop/DomesticAbuse.pdf. This addendum and sermon is intended to be universally helpful to everyone.
July 5th, 2020: A Sermon on False Prophets (To comment on and/or participate in this sermon, visit: https://twitter.com/heal247/status/1279629619600060416 and/or submit feedback. Rev. Minister Angela Smith will respond to all congregant/participant comments submitted before 12am (midnight) Pacific on Monday, July 6th, 2020 on Twitter, if expecting a comment or reply after that to this sermon, please submit feedback if after Sunday Service.)
July 12th, 2020: A Sermon on John Wycliffe (To comment on and/or participate in this sermon, visit: https://twitter.com/heal247/status/1282165664191397888 and/or submit feedback. Rev. Minister Angela Smith will respond to all congregant/participant comments submitted before 12am (midnight) Pacific on Monday, July 13th, 2020 on Twitter, if expecting a comment or reply after that to this sermon, please submit feedback if after Sunday Service.)
July 19th, 2020: A Sermon on Literacy (To comment on and/or participate in this sermon, visit: https://twitter.com/heal247/status/1284701536971485184 and/or submit feedback. Rev. Minister Angela Smith will respond to all congregant/participant comments submitted before 12am (midnight) Pacific on Monday, July 20th, 2020 on Twitter, if expecting a comment or reply after that to this sermon, please submit feedback if after Sunday Service.)
July 26th, 2020: A Sermon on Mercy (To comment on and/or participate in this sermon, visit: https://twitter.com/heal247/status/1287236574992687106 and/or submit feedback. Rev. Minister Angela Smith will respond to all congregant/participant comments submitted before 12am (midnight) Pacific on Monday, July 27th, 2020 on Twitter, if expecting a comment or reply after that to this sermon, please submit feedback if after Sunday Service. And, please pass the basket.)
August 2nd, 2020: A Sermon Proving God Exists (To comment on and/or participate in this sermon, visit: https://twitter.com/heal247/status/1289775014330261504 and/or submit feedback. Rev. Minister Angela Smith will respond to all congregant/participant comments submitted before 12am (midnight) Pacific on Monday, August 3rd, 2020 on Twitter, if expecting a comment or reply after that to this sermon, please submit feedback if after Sunday Service. And, please pass the basket.)
August 9th, 2020: A Sermon on Objective and Subjective Reasoning (To comment on and/or participate in this sermon, visit: https://twitter.com/heal247/status/1292319516173586432 and/or submit feedback. Rev. Minister Angela Smith will respond to all congregant/participant comments submitted before 12am (midnight) Pacific on Monday, August 10th, 2020 on Twitter, if expecting a comment or reply after that to this sermon, please submit feedback if after Sunday Service. And, please pass the basket.)
August 16th, 2020: A Sermon on the #TaoFu of Satisfaction (To comment on and/or participate in this sermon, visit: https://twitter.com/heal247/status/1294847691801767936 and/or submit feedback. Rev. Minister Angela Smith will respond to all congregant/participant comments submitted before 12am (midnight) Pacific on Monday, August 17th, 2020 on Twitter, if expecting a comment or reply after that to this sermon, please submit feedback if after Sunday Service. And, please pass the basket.)
August 23rd, 2020: A Sermon on Jason, Norman, and Michael (#SpoilerAlert) (To comment on and/or participate in this sermon, visit: https://twitter.com/heal247/status/1297383801178304513 and/or submit feedback. Rev. Minister Angela Smith will respond to all congregant/participant comments submitted before 12am (midnight) Pacific on Monday, August 24th, 2020 on Twitter, if expecting a comment or reply after that to this sermon, please submit feedback if after Sunday Service. And, please pass the basket.)
August 30th, 2020: A Sermon on the Willingness to Govern (To comment on and/or participate in this sermon, visit: https://twitter.com/heal247/status/1299920731149488128 and/or submit feedback. Rev. Minister Angela Smith will respond to all congregant/participant comments submitted before 12am (midnight) Pacific on Monday, August 31st, 2020 on Twitter, if expecting a comment or reply after that to this sermon, please submit feedback if after Sunday Service. And, please pass the basket.)
September 6th, 2020: A Sermon on Reading Myself (To comment on and/or participate in this sermon, visit: https://twitter.com/heal247/status/1302458507170443265 and/or submit feedback. Rev. Minister Angela Smith will respond to all congregant/participant comments submitted before 12am (midnight) Pacific on Monday, September 7th, 2020 on Twitter, if expecting a comment or reply after that to this sermon, please submit feedback if after Sunday Service. And, please pass the basket.) You may also wish to see https://twitter.com/heal247/status/1303105800496324608 (full thread, including links and screenshots).
September 13th, 2020: A Sermon on the Vicious Mind (To comment on and/or participate in this sermon, visit: https://twitter.com/heal247/status/1304998237128941569 and/or submit feedback. Rev. Minister Angela Smith will respond to all congregant/participant comments submitted before 12am (midnight) Pacific on Monday, September 14th, 2020 on Twitter, if expecting a comment or reply after that to this sermon, please submit feedback if after Sunday Service. And, please pass the basket.)
September 20th, 2020: A Sermon on Approaches to Discipline (To comment on and/or participate in this sermon, visit: https://twitter.com/heal247/status/1307530583791132672 and/or submit feedback. Rev. Minister Angela Smith will respond to all congregant/participant comments submitted before 12am (midnight) Pacific on Monday, September 21st, 2020 on Twitter, if expecting a comment or reply after that to this sermon, please submit feedback if after Sunday Service. And, please pass the basket.)
September 27th, 2020: A Sermon on Coercive Conversion (To comment on and/or participate in this sermon, visit: https://twitter.com/heal247/status/1310068539458424834 and/or submit feedback. Rev. Minister Angela Smith will respond to all congregant/participant comments submitted before 12am (midnight) Pacific on Monday, September 28th, 2020 on Twitter, if expecting a comment or reply after that to this sermon, please submit feedback if after Sunday Service. And, please pass the basket.)
October 4th, 2020: A Sermon on Observation, Judgment, Patience, Due Diligence, and Justice (To comment on and/or participate in this sermon, visit: https://twitter.com/heal247/status/1312603319165046785 and/or submit feedback. Rev. Minister Angela Smith will respond to all congregant/participant comments submitted before 12am (midnight) Pacific on Monday, October 5th, 2020 on Twitter, if expecting a comment or reply after that to this sermon, please submit feedback if after Sunday Service. And, please pass the basket.)
October 11th, 2020: A Sermon on the #TaoFu of Ignorance, Fear, Grief, and Hate (and/or Wrath) (To comment on and/or participate in this sermon, visit: https://twitter.com/heal247/status/1315143470068060162 and/or submit feedback. Rev. Minister Angela Smith will respond to all congregant/participant comments submitted before 12am (midnight) Pacific on Monday, October 12th, 2020 on Twitter, if expecting a comment or reply after that to this sermon, please submit feedback if after Sunday Service. And, please pass the basket.)
October 14th, 2020: A Reading on Benchmark Young Adult School AKA Benchmark Transitions in CA by Michael Crawford, Guest Sermonizer. (To comment on and/or participate in this sermon, visit: https://twitter.com/heal247/status/1316589591487377408 and/or submit feedback. Rev. Minister Angela Smith will respond to all congregant/participant comments submitted before 12am (midnight) Pacific on Friday, October 16th, 2020 on Twitter, if expecting a comment or reply after that to this sermon, please submit feedback if after Special Wednesday Service. And, please pass the basket.)
October 18th, 2020: A Sermon on Propaganda To comment on and/or participate in this sermon, visit: https://twitter.com/heal247/status/1317679838254125057 and/or submit feedback. Rev. Minister Angela Smith will respond to all congregant/participant comments submitted before 12am (midnight) Pacific on Monday, October 19th, 2020 on Twitter, if expecting a comment or reply after that to this sermon, please submit feedback if after Sunday Service. And, please pass the basket.)
October 25th, 2020: A Sermon on Lingo and Manipulation To comment on and/or participate in this sermon, visit: https://twitter.com/heal247/status/1320213969768910848 and/or submit feedback. Rev. Minister Angela Smith will respond to all congregant/participant comments submitted before 12am (midnight) Pacific on Monday, October 26th, 2020 (Rev. Angela Smith's birthday) on Twitter, if expecting a comment or reply after that to this sermon, please submit feedback if after Sunday Service. And, please pass the basket.)
November 1st, 2020: A Sermon on Responding to Bullying To comment on and/or participate in this sermon, visit: https://twitter.com/heal247/status/1322757353029038082 and/or submit feedback. Rev. Minister Angela Smith will respond to all congregant/participant comments submitted before 12am (midnight) Pacific on Monday, November 2nd, 2020 on Twitter, if expecting a comment or reply after that to this sermon, please submit feedback if after Sunday Service. And, please pass the basket.)
November 8th, 2020: A Sermon on the #TaoFu of Activism, Advocacy, and Religion To comment on and/or participate in this sermon, visit: https://twitter.com/heal247/status/1325302528024588288 and/or submit feedback. Rev. Minister Angela Smith will respond to all congregant/participant comments submitted before 12am (midnight) Pacific on Monday, November 9th, 2020 on Twitter, if expecting a comment or reply after that to this sermon, please submit feedback if after Sunday Service. And, please pass the basket.)
November 15th, 2020: A Sermon on Malignant Narcissistic Oligarchies Perversion and Abuse of Karma and Sin To comment on and/or participate in this sermon, visit: https://twitter.com/heal247/status/1327839833255907328 and/or submit feedback. Rev. Minister Angela Smith will respond to all congregant/participant comments submitted before 12am (midnight) Pacific on Monday, November 16th, 2020 on Twitter, if expecting a comment or reply after that to this sermon, please submit feedback if after Sunday Service. And, please pass the basket.)
November 22nd, 2020: A Sermon on Defining Good Faith To comment on and/or participate in this sermon, visit: https://twitter.com/heal247/status/1330375958197538817 and/or submit feedback. Rev. Minister Angela Smith will respond to all congregant/participant comments submitted before 12am (midnight) Pacific on Monday, November 23rd, 2020 on Twitter, if expecting a comment or reply after that to this sermon, please submit feedback if after Sunday Service. And, please pass the basket.)
November 29th, 2020: A Sermon on the Essence of #TaoFu To comment on and/or participate in this sermon, visit: https://twitter.com/heal247/status/1332916355608190977 and/or submit feedback. Rev. Minister Angela Smith will respond to all congregant/participant comments submitted before 12am (midnight) Pacific on Monday, November 30th, 2020 on Twitter, if expecting a comment or reply after that to this sermon, please submit feedback if after Sunday Service. And, please pass the basket.)
December 2nd, 2020: A Reading on Blue Sky Behavioral Health LLC in CT (A Guest Sermon by Proxy on behalf of Nick Romano) To comment on and/or participate in this sermon, visit: https://twitter.com/heal247/status/1334258114447622144 and/or submit feedback. Rev. Minister Angela Smith will respond to all congregant/participant comments submitted before 12am (midnight) Pacific on Thursday, December 3rd, 2020 on Twitter, if expecting a comment or reply after that to this sermon, please submit feedback if after Special Wednesday Service. And, please pass the basket.)
December 6th, 2020: A Sermon on the #TaoFu of "Liking" COPE in Good Faith To comment on and/or participate in this sermon, visit: https://twitter.com/heal247/status/1335452271782420482 and/or submit feedback. Rev. Minister Angela Smith will respond to all congregant/participant comments submitted before 12am (midnight) Pacific on Monday, December 7th, 2020 on Twitter, if expecting a comment or reply after that to this sermon, please submit feedback if after Sunday Service. And, please pass the basket.)
December 13th, 2020: A Sermon on Defining Idolatry To comment on and/or participate in this sermon, visit: https://twitter.com/heal247/status/1337987379454308353 and/or submit feedback. Rev. Minister Angela Smith will respond to all congregant/participant comments submitted before 12am (midnight) Pacific on Monday, December 14th, 2020 on Twitter, if expecting a comment or reply after that to this sermon, please submit feedback if after Sunday Service. And, please pass the basket.)
December 20th, 2020: A Sermon on Practicing Religion To comment on and/or participate in this sermon, visit: https://twitter.com/heal247/status/1340524241268043776 and/or submit feedback. Rev. Minister Angela Smith will respond to all congregant/participant comments submitted before 12am (midnight) Pacific on Monday, December 21st, 2020 on Twitter, if expecting a comment or reply after that to this sermon, please submit feedback if after Sunday Service. And, please pass the basket.)
December 27th, 2020: A Sermon on Being a Messenger in Good Faith To comment on and/or participate in this sermon, visit: https://twitter.com/heal247/status/1343059165497892865 and/or submit feedback. Rev. Minister Angela Smith will respond to all congregant/participant comments submitted before 12am (midnight) Pacific on Monday, December 28th, 2020 on Twitter, if expecting a comment or reply after that to this sermon, please submit feedback if after Sunday Service. And, please pass the basket.)
MORE TO COME....