Prepare for Service - Poem by Raymond A. Foss

Bound up in the moment
the washing of the feet
something so powerful
their master at their feet

We know for certain
the more that they did not know
the rest of the week unfolding
how he loves us so

Prepare for service
in tending to the flock
washing the feet of our brothers
sent out into the world

Hope for the world
in the message of our Kind
seeking the joy within us
causing us to sing

Work there is to do
but first we must prepare
fed by his body
and filled with his blood

Sent forth in service
wrapped up in God’s love

April 4, 2011
John 13:4-9, 12-17
Isaiah 58:5-11
Isaiah 55:1-3 (Call to Worship)
(Unison Prayer)
John 20:11-18 (“In the Garden”, UMH #314)
Worship Theme: “The Fruit of Love is Service”
Communion
and sermon, ”First Put On Your Own Oxygen Mask”
(4th in 5 part Lenten Worship Theme series on Mother Teresa’s quote:
“The fruit of Silence is Prayer,
The fruit of Prayer is Faith
The Fruit of Faith is Love
The fruit of Love is Service
The Fruit of Service is Peace”)
by Reverend Huntley Halvorson
http://www.suncookumc.org
Suncook United Methodist Church
Suncook, NH
April 3, 2011
Fourth Sunday in Lent

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