Love Feast on Maundy Thursday

Thursday, March 28, 2013

7:00 PM

 

 

 

Love feast and communion

In an act of great love, Jesus gave his life for ours. The Brethren, as Jesus’ followers, love God and each other—and take that love into the world. Once or twice a year, Brethren celebrate what the earliest Christians called agape: the outflowing love that seeks not to receive but to give.
Jesus taught us this practice, sharing with his disciples a last, loving meal the night before he died. He washed the disciples’ feet, ate supper with them, sought to draw them closer into the fold of his love, and offered them the symbolic bread and cup.
During love feast, we repeat these simple, meaningful acts. After reconciling any discord among ourselves, we lovingly wash each other’s feet, then enjoy a meal together. Quietly we share communion, the bread and the cup that remind us of Jesus’ great gift; we renew our commitment to follow his example of sacrificial love. Congregations may also observe the eucharist, or bread-and-cup communion, at other times and in other settings.
Love feast closes with a hymn; then follows the humble task of cleaning up, in which all are invited to participate. When we leave the feast, reunited in our dedication to Christ and to each other, the deep, nourishing love goes with us.



Cancelled

 

Due to the nasty weather in Frederick County Maryland, tonight's Lenten service has been canceled.

Teach, Preach, Sound Doctrine

 

The call to worship is read from Psalm 136, while the response "His love endures forever" is signed in

American Sign Language.
No matter how we worship,

 LOUD or silent,

the Lord will hear us.

 

 

 

 

Psalm 136

 

 

Make New

 



2 Corinthians 5:16-21

New Living Translation (NLT)

 

16 So we have stopped evaluating others from a human point of view. At one time we thought of Christ merely from a human point of view. How differently we know him now!

17 This means that anyone who belongs to Christ has become a new person. The old life is gone; a new life has begun!

18 And all of this is a gift from God, who brought us back to himself through Christ. And God has given us this task of reconciling people to him.

19 For God was in Christ, reconciling the world to himself, no longer counting people’s sins against them. And he gave us this wonderful message of reconciliation.

20 So we are Christ’s ambassadors; God is making his appeal through us. We speak for Christ when we plead, “Come back to God!”

21 For God made Christ, who never sinned, to be the offering for our sin, so that we could be made right with God through Christ.

 

Church World Service Hygiene Kits

 

 

In the face of natural disasters, violence, or grinding poverty, Hygiene Kits can mean the difference between sickness and health for struggling families.

To assemble a Hygiene Kit you will need:

• One hand towel measuring approximately 16" x 28" (no fingertip or bath towels)
• One washcloth
• One wide-tooth comb
• One nail clipper
• One bar of soap (bath size in wrapper)
• One toothbrush (in original packaging)
• Six standard size Band-Aids®

Place all items in a one-gallon plastic bag with a zipper closure, remove excess air from bag, and seal. Please do not add toothpaste to the Hygiene Kit. Cartons of toothpaste that have an extended expiration date will be added to Hygiene Kit shipments just prior to shipment.

Leave the kits on the left front pew of our church.




With God's Help...

... There's Nothing I Can't Solve.

 

 

Today's sermon and puppet show is based on Philippians 4:10-13.

 

Who do you say I am?

 

Matthew 16:13-19 

 

Linda starts her sermon with Matthew 16:13-19, where Jesus asks his disciples

 "Who do you say I am?"

Peter answers "You are the Messiah, the Son of the living God."

This is the beginning of the church.

Jesus is the Christ head and we are the body,

not to die by being alone, but to grow in the community of church.

 

I have a friend who does not belong to a church community, due to the hipocracy of some within the church. I responded that maybe she has not found the church community for her needs. I suggested she pray about it, and find a church community where she may grow.

 

The church is one foundation, where we are deciples to each other.