While Christ prayed
the disciples, their eyes heavy
sleeping in the garden
even though the master said
to stay awake
Our spirits willing
wanting to follow
respond to the master’s voice
to do our savior’s work
but our bodies, made of clay
falling to sleep
March 23, 2010
Matthew 26:36-46,
&
article in Faith in Action, March 23, 2010
“Are we awake or asleep?”
by the Rev. Dr. Timothy Moore
http://www.umc-gbcs.org/site/apps/nlnet/content.aspx?c=frLJK2PKLqF&b=5882825&ct=8107549&tr=y&auid=6106929
&
Matthew 26:36-46
Psalm 46:1-11 (Call to Worship)
Psalm 130:1-8
Psalm 138 (Prayer of Dedication)
Worship Theme: “Our Times of Personal Trial”
and sermon, “With Jesus in the Garden of Gethsemane”
by Reverend Huntley Halvorson
the second in a series of sermons, based in part on the book,
“24 Hours That Changed the World”, by Reverend Adam Hamilton
http://thewell.cor.org/resurrection-resources/24-hours-that-changed-the-world.html
http://www.suncookumc.org
Suncook United Methodist Church
Suncook, NH
March 7, 2010
Third Sunday in Lent
Copyright by Raymond A. Foss, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010
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