Bulletin for Organ Donor Sunday

A Fel­low­ship of Cel­e­bra­tion
Sun­day, May 15^th, 2011
This is the day the Lord has made, let us rejoice and be glad in it. – Psalm 118:24[1] [show][2]Psalm 118:24 [24]This is the day that the LORD has made; let us rejoice and be glad in it.
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We wel­come ALL God’s Chil­dren to come as they are and join in the cel­e­bra­tion of Jesus’ teach­ing no mat­ter where they are in their jour­ney of faith.

Wel­come songs: Count Your Many Bless­ings & Here I am to Worship

Wel­come and Announce­ments: Please turn off your cell phones, get a fresh cup of cof­fee — water — snacks and join us in the wor­ship of our Heav­enly Father.
Thou­sands of peo­ple across the United States are wait­ing for an organ trans­plant or tis­sue dona­tion.
There are many, many who will die because there are not enough donors.
This is going to make some of you uncom­fort­able.
We do not like to dis­cuss the topic of organ trans­plan­ta­tion.
It is a topic that makes you want to jump out of your skin.
This is my life, my death, and who really wants to make deci­sions about that any­way?
If we talk about it, then we make it real.
Today I am glad that I am stand­ing here alive, and want us to face up to the sacred respon­si­bil­ity that awaits us.
Today is a day of deci­sion, today is a day when we will start to face the unpleas­ant, real deci­sions that we avoid the rest of the year.

PRELUDE http://​www​.youtube​.com/​w​a​t​c​h​?​v​=​p​S​y​2​b​o​7​3​t​U​8​&​a​m​p​;​N​R​=​1​&​a​m​p​;​f​e​a​t​u​r​e​=fvwp[4] Organ dona­tion video.

REFLECTION: God gave us life.
Jesus Christ our Lord gave us Eter­nal life.
We have the oppor­tu­nity to save oth­ers or improve their lives.
When we return to our Father’s Home we have no need for these earthly bod­ies and may leave them to aid those still left behind. Our Spir­its, our true selves shall dwell in the House of the Lord for­ever.
Christ has Risen…..HE HAS RISEN INDEED!

Prayer of Approach:
O God, We thank Thee for the gift of life. May we always cher­ish this gift and pro­tect it in the cra­dle of respon­si­bil­ity.
May we under­stand that our bod­ies are the houses of Thy infi­nite spirit.
The mor­tal house is a tem­po­rary abode, but within is the bril­liant light of eter­nity.
For every cham­ber is a repos­i­tory of vital­ity. Each is a place of life. Together, they form a Tem­ple of God.
Amen.

Scrip­ture Les­son:
Gen­e­sis 2[5] [show][6]Gen­e­sis 2 The Sev­enth Day, God Rests [2:1]Thus the heav­ens and the earth were fin­ished, and all the host of them. [2]And on the sev­enth day God fin­ished his work that he had done, and he rested on the sev­enth day from all his work that he had done. [3]So God blessed the sev­enth day and made it holy, because on it God rested from all his work that he had done in cre­ation. The Cre­ation of Man and Woman [4]These are the gen­er­a­tions of the heav­ens and the earth when they were cre­ated, in the day that the LORD God made the earth and the heav­ens. [5]When no bush of the field(1) was yet in the land(2) and no small plant of the field had yet sprung up – for the LORD God had not caused it to rain on the land, and there was no man to work the ground, [6]and a mist(3) was going up from the land and was water­ing the whole face of the ground– [7]then the LORD God formed the man of dust from the ground and breathed into his nos­trils the breath of life, and the man became a liv­ing crea­ture. [8]And the LORD God planted a gar­den in Eden, in the east, and there he put the man whom he had formed. [9]And out of the ground the LORD God made to spring up every tree that is pleas­ant to the sight and good for food. The tree of life was in the midst of the gar­den, and the tree of the knowl­edge of good and evil. [10]A river flowed out of Eden to water the gar­den, and there it divided and became four rivers. [11]The name of the first is the Pis­hon. It is the one that flowed around the whole land of Hav­i­lah, where there is gold. [12]And the gold of that land is good; bdel­lium and onyx stone are there. [13]The name of the sec­ond river is the Gihon. It is the one that flowed around the whole land of Cush. [14]And the name of the third river is the Tigris, which flows east of Assyria. And the fourth river is the Euphrates. [15]The LORD God took the man and put him in the gar­den of Eden to work it and keep it. [16]And the LORD God com­manded the man, say­ing, “You may surely eat of every tree of the gar­den, [17]but of the tree of the knowl­edge of good and evil you shall not eat, for in the day that you eat(4) of it you shall surely die.“ [18]Then the LORD God said, “It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him a helper fit for(5) him.” [19]Now out of the ground the LORD God had formed(6) every beast of the field and every bird of the heav­ens and brought them to the man to see what he would call them. And what­ever the man called every liv­ing crea­ture, that was its name. [20]The man gave names to all live­stock and to the birds of the heav­ens and to every beast of the field. But for Adam(7) there was not found a helper fit for him. [21]So the LORD God caused a deep sleep to fall upon the man, and while he slept took one of his ribs and closed up its place with flesh. [22]And the rib that the LORD God had taken from the man he made(8) into a woman and brought her to the man. [23]Then the man said, “This at last is bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh; she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man.”(9) [24]Therefore a man shall leave his father and his mother and hold fast to his wife, and they shall become one flesh. [25]And the man and his wife were both naked and were not ashamed. (ESV) Foot­notes 1. [2:5] Or ‘open coun­try’ 2. [2:5] Or ‘earth’; also verse 6 3. [2:6] Or ‘spring’ 4. [2:17] Or ‘when you eat’ 5. [2:18] Or ‘cor­re­spond­ing to’; also verse 20 6. [2:19] Or ‘And out of the ground the LORD God formed’ 7. [2:20] Or ‘the man’ 8. [2:22] Hebrew ‘built’ 9. [2:23] The Hebrew words for ‘woman’ (‘ishshah’) and ‘man’ (‘ish’) sound alike
[3]: 20 – 30 Bone trans­plant: A rib taken from Adam to give life to Eve.
Leviti­cus 1:7[7] [show][8]Leviti­cus 1:7 [7]and the sons of Aaron the priest shall put fire on the altar and arrange wood on the fire. (ESV)
[3] “Thou shalt love thy neigh­bor as thy­self.”
Deuteron­omy 30:15 – 20[9] [show][10]Deuteron­omy 30:15 – 20 [15]“See, I have set before you today life and good, death and evil. [16]If you obey the com­mand­ments of the LORD your God(1) that I com­mand you today, by lov­ing the LORD your God, by walk­ing in his ways, and by keep­ing his com­mand­ments and his statutes and his rules,(2) then you shall live and mul­ti­ply, and the LORD your God will bless you in the land that you are enter­ing to take pos­ses­sion of it. [17]But if your heart turns away, and you will not hear, but are drawn away to wor­ship other gods and serve them, [18]I declare to you today, that you shall surely per­ish. You shall not live long in the land that you are going over the Jor­dan to enter and pos­sess. [19]I call heaven and earth to wit­ness against you today, that I have set before you life and death, bless­ing and curse. There­fore choose life, that you and your off­spring may live, [20]loving the LORD your God, obey­ing his voice and hold­ing fast to him, for he is your life and length of days, that you may dwell in the land that the LORD swore to your fathers, to Abra­ham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give them.” (ESV) Foot­notes 1. [30:16] Sep­tu­agint; Hebrew lacks ‘If you obey the com­mand­ments of the LORD your God’ 2. [30:16] Or ‘his just decrees’
[3] “Choose life so that you and your descen­dants may live.”
Psalm 41[11] [show][12]Psalm 41 O LORD, Be Gra­cious to Me To the choir­mas­ter. A Psalm of David. [41:1]Blessed is the one who con­sid­ers the poor!(1) In the day of trou­ble the LORD deliv­ers him; [2]the LORD pro­tects him and keeps him alive; he is called blessed in the land; you do not give him up to the will of his ene­mies. [3]The LORD sus­tains him on his sickbed; in his ill­ness you restore him to full health.(2) [4]As for me, I said, “O LORD, be gra­cious to me; heal me,(3) for I have sinned against you!“ [5]My ene­mies say of me in mal­ice, “When will he die, and his name per­ish?“ [6]And when one comes to see me, he utters empty words, while his heart gath­ers iniq­uity; when he goes out, he tells it abroad. [7]All who hate me whis­per together about me; they imag­ine the worst for me.(4) [8]They say, “A deadly thing is poured out(5) on him; he will not rise again from where he lies.“ [9]Even my close friend in whom I trusted, who ate my bread, has lifted his heel against me. [10]But you, O LORD, be gra­cious to me, and raise me up, that I may repay them! [11]By this I know that you delight in me: my enemy will not shout in tri­umph over me. [12]But you have upheld me because of my integrity, and set me in your pres­ence for­ever. [13]Blessed be the LORD, the God of Israel, from ever­last­ing to ever­last­ing! Amen and Amen. Foot­notes 1. [41:1] Or ‘weak’ 2. [41:3] Hebrew ‘you turn all his bed’ 3. [41:4] Hebrew ‘my soul’ 4. [41:7] Or ‘they devise evil against me’ 5. [41:8] Or ‘has fas­tened’
[3]: Images of a heal­ing Lord.
Ecclisi­astes 3:1 – 17 “For every­thing there is a sea­son…”
Isa­iah 35[13] [show][14]Isa­iah 35 The Ran­somed Shall Return [35:1]The wilder­ness and the dry land shall be glad; the desert shall rejoice and blos­som like the cro­cus; [2]it shall blos­som abun­dantly and rejoice with joy and singing. The glory of Lebanon shall be given to it, the majesty of Carmel and Sharon. They shall see the glory of the LORD, the majesty of our God. [3]Strengthen the weak hands, and make firm the fee­ble knees. [4]Say to those who have an anx­ious heart, “Be strong; fear not! Behold, your God will come with vengeance, with the rec­om­pense of God. He will come and save you.“ [5]Then the eyes of the blind shall be opened, and the ears of the deaf unstopped; [6]then shall the lame man leap like a deer, and the tongue of the mute sing for joy. For waters break forth in the wilder­ness, and streams in the desert; [7]the burn­ing sand shall become a pool, and the thirsty ground springs of water; in the haunt of jack­als, where they lie down, the grass shall become reeds and rushes. [8]And a high­way shall be there, and it shall be called the Way of Holi­ness; the unclean shall not pass over it. It shall belong to those who walk on the way; even if they are fools, they shall not go astray.(1) [9]No lion shall be there, nor shall any rav­en­ous beast come up on it; they shall not be found there, but the redeemed shall walk there. [10]And the ran­somed of the LORD shall return and come to Zion with singing; ever­last­ing joy shall be upon their heads; they shall obtain glad­ness and joy, and sor­row and sigh­ing shall flee away. Foot­notes 1. [35:8] Or ‘if they are fools, they shall not wan­der in it’
[3]: 1 – 6 “Strengthen the weak hands and make firm the fee­ble knees”…”the eyes of the blind shall be opened…”
Ezekiel 37[15] [show][16]Ezekiel 37 The Val­ley of Dry Bones [37:1]The hand of the LORD was upon me, and he brought me out in the Spirit of the LORD and set me down in the mid­dle of the valley;(1) it was full of bones. [2]And he led me around among them, and behold, there were very many on the sur­face of the val­ley, and behold, they were very dry. [3]And he said to me, “Son of man, can these bones live?” And I answered, “O Lord GOD, you know.” [4]Then he said to me, “Proph­esy over these bones, and say to them, O dry bones, hear the word of the LORD. [5]Thus says the Lord GOD to these bones: Behold, I will cause breath(2) to enter you, and you shall live. [6]And I will lay sinews upon you, and will cause flesh to come upon you, and cover you with skin, and put breath in you, and you shall live, and you shall know that I am the LORD.“ [7]So I proph­e­sied as I was com­manded. And as I proph­e­sied, there was a sound, and behold, a rattling,(3) and the bones came together, bone to its bone. [8]And I looked, and behold, there were sinews on them, and flesh had come upon them, and skin had cov­ered them. But there was no breath in them. [9]Then he said to me, “Proph­esy to the breath; proph­esy, son of man, and say to the breath, Thus says the Lord GOD: Come from the four winds, O breath, and breathe on these slain, that they may live.” [10]So I proph­e­sied as he com­manded me, and the breath came into them, and they lived and stood on their feet, an exceed­ingly great army. [11]Then he said to me, “Son of man, these bones are the whole house of Israel. Behold, they say, ‘Our bones are dried up, and our hope is lost; we are indeed cut off.’ [12]Therefore proph­esy, and say to them, Thus says the Lord GOD: Behold, I will open your graves and raise you from your graves, O my peo­ple. And I will bring you into the land of Israel. [13]And you shall know that I am the LORD, when I open your graves, and raise you from your graves, O my peo­ple. [14]And I will put my Spirit within you, and you shall live, and I will place you in your own land. Then you shall know that I am the LORD; I have spo­ken, and I will do it, declares the LORD.“ I Will Be Their God, They Shall Be My Peo­ple [15]The word of the LORD came to me: [16]“Son of man, take a stick(4) and write on it, ‘For Judah, and the peo­ple of Israel asso­ci­ated with him’; then take another stick and write on it, ‘For Joseph (the stick of Ephraim) and all the house of Israel asso­ci­ated with him.’ [17]And join them one to another into one stick, that they may become one in your hand. [18]And when your peo­ple say to you, ‘Will you not tell us what you mean by these?’ [19]say to them, Thus says the Lord GOD: Behold, I am about to take the stick of Joseph (that is in the hand of Ephraim) and the tribes of Israel asso­ci­ated with him. And I will join with it the stick of Judah,(5) and make them one stick, that they may be one in my hand. [20]When the sticks on which you write are in your hand before their eyes, [21]then say to them, Thus says the Lord GOD: Behold, I will take the peo­ple of Israel from the nations among which they have gone, and will gather them from all around, and bring them to their own land. [22]And I will make them one nation in the land, on the moun­tains of Israel. And one king shall be king over them all, and they shall be no longer two nations, and no longer divided into two king­doms. [23]They shall not defile them­selves any­more with their idols and their detestable things, or with any of their trans­gres­sions. But I will save them from all the backslidings(6) in which they have sinned, and will cleanse them; and they shall be my peo­ple, and I will be their God. [24]“My ser­vant David shall be king over them, and they shall all have one shep­herd. They shall walk in my rules and be care­ful to obey my statutes. [25]They shall dwell in the land that I gave to my ser­vant Jacob, where your fathers lived. They and their chil­dren and their children’s chil­dren shall dwell there for­ever, and David my ser­vant shall be their prince for­ever. [26]I will make a covenant of peace with them. It shall be an ever­last­ing covenant with them. And I will set them in their land(7) and mul­ti­ply them, and will set my sanc­tu­ary in their midst forever­more. [27]My dwelling place shall be with them, and I will be their God, and they shall be my peo­ple. [28]Then the nations will know that I am the LORD who sanc­ti­fies Israel, when my sanc­tu­ary is in their midst forever­more.” (ESV) Foot­notes 1. [37:1] Or ‘plain’; also verse 2 2. [37:5] Or ‘spirit’; also verses 6, 9, 10 3. [37:7] Or ‘an earth­quake’ (com­pare 3:12, 13) 4. [37:16] Or ‘one piece of wood’; also verses 17, 19, 20 5. [37:19] Hebrew ‘And I will place them on it, the stick of Judah’ 6. [37:23] Many Hebrew man­u­scripts; other Hebrew man­u­scripts ‘dwellings’ 7. [37:26] Hebrew lacks ‘in their land’
[3] The val­ley of dry bones: “These bones shall live.”
Isa­iah 40:31[17] [show][18]Isa­iah 40:31 [31]but they who wait for the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings like eagles; they shall run and not be weary; they shall walk and not faint.
[3] “But those who wait for the Lord shall renew their strength…they shall run and not be weary, they shall walk and not faint.”
ONE: These are the Words of the Lord
ALL: Thanks be to God

Children’s les­son One Soli­tary Life by James A. Fran­cis

Hymn of Praise # Lord I lift Your Name on High.

Receiv­ing of God’s Tithes and Our Offer­ings Dox­ol­ogy: #28
“Praise God from whom all bless­ings flow. Praise HIM all crea­tures here below. Praise Him above ye heav­enly host. Praise Father, Son and Holy Ghost. Amen.”

PRAYER OF DEDICATION, INTERCESSION AND Peti­tion.
ONE: Let us pray. Good and gra­cious God, each day is an occa­sion for giv­ing thanks for life. But on this day we pause to thank You for par­tic­u­lar lives.
ALL: We give You thanks for com­pas­sion­ate peo­ple who are will­ing to be donors.
ONE: Bless those who donate life. May their gifts bring oth­ers the golden light of hope.
ALL: Com­fort each donor’s fam­ily with the knowl­edge that their loved one gave life, even at the end.
ONE: Dear almighty God in Your infi­nite wis­dom has per­mit­ted the mod­ern day mir­a­cle of organ trans­plants.
ALL: We as fol­low­ers of Christ are espe­cially called to be good stew­ards of what God has pro­vided.
ONE: Nearly 100,000 peo­ple nation­wide are wait­ing for life­sav­ing organ trans­plants, and thou­sands are in need of life-​enhancing tis­sue trans­plants.
ALL: Extend Your grace to the chil­dren, the women and the men who wait. Be with their fam­i­lies who fear, and give them Your peace.
ONE: Dear­est Lord, be with those who today will get the call that a suit­able donor has been found.
ALL: Be with those who today fin­ish their earthly time. Grant them the prize in Your King­dom that eluded them here on earth.
ONE: For­give us the cold­ness of our hearts. We do not see their faces, we do not know their names.
ALL: But You, O God, see them and know them. Remove from us our hearts of stone, and trans­plant within us hearts of your Light.
ONE: God of Life, instill your love in our vision of stew­ard­ship, that oth­ers may see your glory, instill your com­pas­sion in our hearts, that oth­ers may hope and live and rejoice in new life: instill your grace in our lives, that we may boldly give increase to all that you entrust to us, your servants.

We pray today, O Lord, for those who are spe­cially lifted up in our shar­ing time this morn­ing — BIDDING PRAYER…

We ask all these things — and we give you our deep­est and most pro­found thanks for being with us and lis­ten­ing to us and grant­ing us peace — through Jesus Christ, our Risen Sav­ior — he who taught us to call upon you say­ing…
“Our Father, who art in heaven Hal­lowed be thy Name.
Thy king­dom come. Thy will be done. On earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And for­give us, our tres­passes, As we for­give those who tres­pass against us. And lead us not into temp­ta­tion, But deliver us from evil. For Thine is the king­dom, and the power, and the glory, for ever and ever. Amen.”
Response: “Hear our prayer O Lord. Hear our prayer O Lord. Incline Thine ear to us and grant us Thy peace. Amen.”

BREAK & Pass the Peace
We greet those around us with a sign of peace (hand­shakes or hugs) and words like “The peace of the Lord be with you”. Often answered “And also with you.” This ancient tra­di­tion is an appro­pri­ate response to the peace that God gives to those who hear and do his word

Hymn of Faith; This lit­tle light of mine

Scrip­ture:
Matthew 5:7[19] [show][20]Matthew 5:7 [7]“Blessed are the mer­ci­ful, for they shall receive mercy. (ESV)
[3] “Blessed are the mer­ci­ful”
Matthew 7:12[21] [show][22]Matthew 7:12 The Golden Rule [12]“So what­ever you wish that oth­ers would do to you, do also to them, for this is the Law and the Prophets. (ESV)
[3] “In every­thing do to oth­ers as you would have them do to You…”
Matthew 25:31 – 46[23] [show][24]Matthew 25:31 – 46 The Final Judg­ment [31]“When the Son of Man comes in his glory, and all the angels with him, then he will sit on his glo­ri­ous throne. [32]Before him will be gath­ered all the nations, and he will sep­a­rate peo­ple one from another as a shep­herd sep­a­rates the sheep from the goats. [33]And he will place the sheep on his right, but the goats on the left. [34]Then the King will say to those on his right, ‘Come, you who are blessed by my Father, inherit the king­dom pre­pared for you from the foun­da­tion of the world. [35]For I was hun­gry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave me drink, I was a stranger and you wel­comed me, [36]I was naked and you clothed me, I was sick and you vis­ited me, I was in prison and you came to me.’ [37]Then the right­eous will answer him, say­ing, ‘Lord, when did we see you hun­gry and feed you, or thirsty and give you drink? [38]And when did we see you a stranger and wel­come you, or naked and clothe you? [39]And when did we see you sick or in prison and visit you?’ [40]And the King will answer them, ‘Truly, I say to you, as you did it to one of the least of these my brothers,(1) you did it to me.‘ [41]“Then he will say to those on his left, ‘Depart from me, you cursed, into the eter­nal fire pre­pared for the devil and his angels. [42]For I was hun­gry and you gave me no food, I was thirsty and you gave me no drink, [43]I was a stranger and you did not wel­come me, naked and you did not clothe me, sick and in prison and you did not visit me.’ [44]Then they also will answer, say­ing, ‘Lord, when did we see you hun­gry or thirsty or a stranger or naked or sick or in prison, and did not min­is­ter to you?’ [45]Then he will answer them, say­ing, ‘Truly, I say to you, as you did not do it to one of the least of these, you did not do it to me.’ [46]And these will go away into eter­nal pun­ish­ment, but the right­eous into eter­nal life.” (ESV) Foot­notes 1. [25:40] Or ‘broth­ers and sis­ters’
[3], Car­ing for the stranger.
Luke 6:37 – 38[25] [show][26]Luke 6:37 – 38 Judg­ing Oth­ers [37]“Judge not, and you will not be judged; con­demn not, and you will not be con­demned; for­give, and you will be for­given; [38]give, and it will be given to you. Good mea­sure, pressed down, shaken together, run­ning over, will be put into your lap. For with the mea­sure you use it will be mea­sured back to you.” (ESV)
[3] “…recov­ery of sight to the blind”
Luke 6:37 – 38[25] [show][27]Luke 6:37 – 38 Judg­ing Oth­ers [37]“Judge not, and you will not be judged; con­demn not, and you will not be con­demned; for­give, and you will be for­given; [38]give, and it will be given to you. Good mea­sure, pressed down, shaken together, run­ning over, will be put into your lap. For with the mea­sure you use it will be mea­sured back to you.” (ESV)
[3] “Give and it will be given to you.”
John 3:16 – 17[28] [show][29]John 3:16 – 17 For God So Loved the World [16]“For God so loved the world,(1) that he gave his only Son, that who­ever believes in him should not per­ish but have eter­nal life. [17]For God did not send his Son into the world to con­demn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him. (ESV) Foot­notes 1. [3:16] Or ‘For this is how God loved the world’
[3] “God so loved the world that He gave…”
John 10:10[30] [show][31]John 10:10 [10]The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy. I came that they may have life and have it abun­dantly. (ESV)
[3] “I came that they may have life, and have it abun­dantly.”
Mark 9:47[32] [show][33]Mark 9:47 [47]And if your eye causes you to sin, tear it out. It is bet­ter for you to enter the king­dom of God with one eye than with two eyes to be thrown into hell, (ESV)
[3], We can enter heaven with­out hav­ing every part of our bod­ies present.
John 15:12 – 17[34] [show][35]John 15:12 – 17 [12]“This is my com­mand­ment, that you love one another as I have loved you. [13]Greater love has no one than this, that some­one lay down his life for his friends. [14]You are my friends if you do what I com­mand you. [15]No longer do I call you servants,(1) for the servant(2) does not know what his mas­ter is doing; but I have called you friends, for all that I have heard from my Father I have made known to you. [16]You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you that you should go and bear fruit and that your fruit should abide, so that what­ever you ask the Father in my name, he may give it to you. [17]These things I com­mand you, so that you will love one another. (ESV) Foot­notes 1. [15:15] Greek ‘bond­ser­vants’ 2. [15:15] Greek ‘bond­ser­vant’; also verse 20
[3] “This is my com­mand­ment, that you love one anther as I have loved you.”
II Corinthi­ans 9:6 – 8[36] [show][37]2 Corinthi­ans 9:6 – 8 The Cheer­ful Giver [6]The point is this: who­ever sows spar­ingly will also reap spar­ingly, and who­ever sows bountifully(1) will also reap boun­ti­fully. [7]Each one must give as he has decided in his heart, not reluc­tantly or under com­pul­sion, for God loves a cheer­ful giver. [8]And God is able to make all grace abound to you, so that hav­ing all sufficiency(2) in all things at all times, you may abound in every good work. (ESV) Foot­notes 1. [9:6] Greek ‘with bless­ings’; twice in this verse 2. [9:8] Or ‘all con­tent­ment’
[3] “Each of you must give as you have made up your mind, not reluc­tantly or under com­pul­sion, for God loves a cheer­ful giver.”
Rev­e­la­tions 21:4 – 5[38] [show][39]Rev­e­la­tion 21:4 – 5 [4]He will wipe away every tear from their eyes, and death shall be no more, nei­ther shall there be mourn­ing, nor cry­ing, nor pain any­more, for the for­mer things have passed away.“ [5]And he who was seated on the throne said, “Behold, I am mak­ing all things new.” Also he said, “Write this down, for these words are trust­wor­thy and true.” (ESV)
[3] “For­mer things will pass away, all things will be made new.” In eter­nity we will not need our earthly bod­ies.
This is the gospel of our Risen Lord
ALL: Praise be to you, Lord Jesus Christ.

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Give the gift of life — Organ Dona­tion

The Holy Com­mu­nion
Break­ing of the Bread and Wine.

Invi­ta­tion to the Lord’s Table
All believ­ers are invited to share the Lord’s Sup­per.
THE SHARING OF THE ELEMENTS: After you have received the ele­ments, please eat/​drink prayer­fully at the time that seems right to you. Feel free to join in the prayer­ful singing of #18 Let us Break Bread Together.

Bene­dic­tion:
As we go from this House of Wor­ship, may we take with us the words and the spirit that our faith offers us.
Here, we learn of and sing praises for the gift of life. We declare that while we live our bod­ily form is the ves­sel that receives God’s light. May we be wor­thy bear­ers of that light in bod­ies which are strong and healthy. May we be wor­thy bear­ers of that light in bod­ies which are strong and healthy.
From our eyes, may the light shine brightly so that in the dark­ness we may see the needs of oth­ers.
Through our ears, may we hear beyond the noise of self-​interest to the calls for help from those in need.
May our hearts beat with com­pas­sion and our arms be strong in reach­ing out to lift up those who stum­ble.
After life has gone from us, may we still remain the mes­sen­gers of Thy Light. May the sparks house within us, because of our offer­ing of love, become the flame of light for oth­ers.
All: In the power of the Holy Spirit, we now go forth into the world, to ful­fill our call­ing as the peo­ple of God, the body of Christ. Amen.

Con­gre­ga­tional Bene­dic­tion: Hymn #809“Blest be the tie that binds our hearts in Chris­t­ian love. The fel­low­ship of kin­dred minds is like to that above. Amen.”

Announce­ments:

Ozarks Gospel Jubilee
Sun­day, May 15, 2011 — 2:00pm
Star­ring Danny and Pam Pomeroy.
This week’s fea­ture guest is the group ‘Unashamed’

May Birth­days
Becca Halog is May 2
Mary Hotchkiss is May 10
Mirta Van Gor­den is May 2
Grace is May 30^th

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