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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'>"</span><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>Keep on keeping on<span style='color:black'>", a sermon based on Mark 1:9-15 for </span>Lent<span style='color:black'> 1 (B), February </span>18<span style='color:black'>, 2018, is the first one at <a href="http://sjnj.com/media_view.php"><span style='color:#0563C1'>http://sjnj.com/media_view.php</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>Even in times of distress, God sees us and gives us the miraculous angels to be our help. We need only to endure, not to give up, and not to turn inward. We need to welcome new comers with the words, “Welcome, we been waiting for you.” <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'>Peace and blessings,</span><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'>Joe</span><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'>(Preaching at Christ Episcopal Church, East Norwalk, Connecticut)</span><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></body></html>