Remembering that Story - Poem by Raymond A. Foss

In raising the cup
the unleavened break
remembering the story
of this people
Christ intoning the ancient rite
the ordinance repeating

Changing the words
from the desert
the Passover
a new covenant
to remember

The cup and the bread
the blood of the lamb
God’s loved poured out
for us all

Saving us by grace
our sin upon him
the lamb climbing the cross
redeeming man for all time
the priest sacrificing once

February 8, 2010
John 14:1-3, 12-18, 25-27
Psalm 46 (Call to Worship)
Psalm 23
and sermon, “When Your World Come Crashing Down”
by Reverend Huntley Halvorson
http://www.suncookumc.org
Suncook United Methodist Church
Suncook, NH
February 7, 2010,
based in part on article,
"Trauma and Theology",
by Professor Shelly Rambo,
Boston University School of Theology,
Focus Magazine, Winter 2009
http://www.bu.edu/sth/files/2010/01/STH_FOCUS_Winter09__AllSections1.pdf
&
Matthew 26:17-30;
Mark 14:12-25;
Luke 22:7-20.
&
Luke 22:39-46
Matthew 26:35-45
Matthew 26:39
“And he went a little further, and fell on his face,
and prayed, saying, O my Father, if it be possible,
let this cup pass from me: nevertheless not as I will,
but as thou wilt”. (KJV)

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