Gather These to Me - Poem by Raymond A. Foss

The words of our master
echoing to us
serving our neighbors
washing their feet

Gather these to me
the least and the last
the lost needing saving
why he paid the awful cost

Prepare for our service
our witness of grace
drink of his word
washed in his love

Transformed for service
in the gifts of the Lord
heeding his calling
going out into the world

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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