O Love That Will Not Let Us Go,
We rest our souls in You. You, O God, are the source of love. May we experience Your love in the depth and breadth of human relationships. We cannot isolate ourselves from others, even when we try. We might think we can separate ourselves from You, but we can’t. Forgive us, O Lord, for our attempts to do so. You are always present with us, offering the hope, joy and love that comes only from You. The key is our hearts. You knock, but only we can open the door. On this Good Friday we remember and reflect on the crucifixion of Jesus who became the Christ. That is a powerful, loud and persistent knock. May we respond and be resolved this day, Loving Creator, to open our hearts, experience Your love and delve deeply into those relationship where You already are. We pray in the name of him who was crucified, Jesus. AMEN.
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Chuck Crites funeral is today at 2:00 p.m. in the sanctuary. Please pray for Eileen and all for Chuck’s family and friends.
Tonight we will have a Tenebrae Service in the Chapel at 7:00 p.m.
Tomorrow is the last day of Lent. We will have our final Lenten Morning prayers at 7:00 a.m. in the Chapel.
Tomorrow is the All- Church Picnic featuring an Easter Egg hunt. All are invited. Festivities begin at 11:00 a.m.
The scripture for today is Matthew 20:17-28:
While Jesus was going up to Jerusalem, he took the twelve disciples aside by themselves, and said to them on the way, “See, we are going up to Jerusalem, and the Son of Man will be handed over to the chief priests and scribes, and they will condemn him to death; then they will hand him over to the Gentiles to be mocked and flogged and crucified; and on the third day he will be raised.”
Then the mother of the sons of Zebedee came to him with her sons, and kneeling before him, she asked a favor of him. And he said to her, “What do you want?” She said to him, “Declare that these two sons of mine will sit, one at your right hand and one at your left, in your kingdom.”But Jesus answered, “You do not know what you are asking. Are you able to drink the cup that I am about to drink?” They said to him, “We are able.”He said to them, “You will indeed drink my cup, but to sit at my right hand and at my left, this is not mine to grant, but it is for those for whom it has been prepared by my Father.”When the ten heard it, they were angry with the two brothers. But Jesus called them to him and said, “You know that the rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them, and their great ones are tyrants over them. It will not be so among you; but whoever wishes to be great among you must be your servant, and whoever wishes to be first among you must be your slave; just as the Son of Man came not to be served but to serve, and to give his life a ransom for many.”
Grace and peace,
John McLemore
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