Dear Church Family,
We are living through strange times, and this week’s celebration hopes to give some tools for spiritual strength for these strange days. Here is a link to the celebration play list:
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- Marcia will open the celebration with a prelude that is a setting of the Beethoven tune we know as “Joyful,
- Joyful, We Adore Thee”;
- Talitha will welcome us,
- Sarah High, of Mount Dora, Florida will call us to celebration. Sarah is Kim Rankin’s mother, and she has been joining us in celebration each week during the COVID-19 season of sheltering in place;
- The first hymn is, “Joyful, Joyful, We Adore Thee”;
- Jim Allardice will lead us in a prayer for peace;
- Stephen Warren will read Philippians 4:4-9;
- I will preach a sermon on the need to find spiritual strength in difficult times;
- The special music is “Stand By Me”, by Rev. Charles A. Tindley, arr. Kim Rankin
- Talitha will lead us in a pastoral prayer;
- The closing hymn is “Guide Me O, Thou Great Jehovah”; and
- I will close the service with a family life video.
The Charge (say together) Go out into the world in peace. Have courage; hold on to what is good. Return no one evil for evil. Strengthen the faint-hearted, support the weak, and help the suffering. Honor all people. Love and serve God, rejoicing in the power of the Holy Spirit.