While They Lay Sleeping - Poem by Raymond A. Foss

Full from the meal
dizzy from the wine
the disciples in the garden
fast asleep at night

While they lay sleeping
the Christ, alone, praying
God speaking to God
that the cup may be
taken from his lips

Fully human
aware of the pain to come
wishing in that moment
another way to God

Crying out in anguish
in pain his sweat poured out
like blood upon the ground
his fears he poured out

Going on before them
so they would not see him cry out
praying fervently to God
that he may do his master’s will

March 4, 2010
Garden of Gethsemane
Mark 14:32-52
Matthew 26:36-46
Matthew 26:30b-56
Luke 22:39-46
Luke 22:39-53
John 18:1-13
&
Matthew 26:36-46
Psalm 461:11 (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

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