My Sunday Service Posting ....

.... will be delayed until Monday evening. 

 I will not be at Thurmont Church of the Brethren on Sunday morning, 

so I will not be able to post the Sunday church service until Monday evening. 

I am sorry for the delay, but I will be spending time with family. 

Please come back  to this blog on Monday evening.

Have a blessed weekend.

Homework assignment for Memorial Day Sunday...

What will your legacy be? How will you be remembered, once you are gone?

Pastor Linda would like you to think about this for Sunday, May 26th for our Memorial Service.

If you would like a loved one to be remembered in the service, fill out the form from the Sunday Bulletin, and send it to the church in care of Pastor Linda, or drop in the offering plate. 

You may order flowers, a carnation or a rose in a bud vase, or you may bring flowers from home, to be placed at the alter in memory of anyone you would like to remember in this special service.

Or, if you would like, you may donate money to TREES FOR LIFE, a non-profit, people-to-people movement that plants fruit trees to help hungry people and protect the environment.

Simply mark your envelope and place it in the offering plate.

Copy this form or get a copy from the church bulletin:

Put On Your Christian Clothes

Happy Mothers Day!

     I have always loved this song. Growing up in the Lutheran church in the late 1960's and 1970's, we would sing it often. We also sang it at the Lutheran summer camp where I worked for two summers. This is a terrific feel good song. 

     The song reminds me of Colossians 3:15-17

¹⁵ Let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, since as members of one body you were called to peace.And be thankful. ¹⁶ Let the message of Christ dwell among you richly as you teach and admonish one another with all wisdom through psalms, hymns, and songs from the Spirit, singing to God with gratitude in your hearts. ¹⁷ And whatever you do, whether in word or deed, do it all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him.

     Becky Henry gave us a wonderful sermon from Colossians 3: 1-17, about how we should wear our "Christian Clothes".

Bragging Rights...

The Mid-Atlantic Disaster Response Auction Quilt

will bless our church sanctuary for the next six months.

Thank you to Joann Gaver.

 

Our Advocate

 

"Glory Days" 2 ASL signed by the TCOB Kids

 

begins our church service.

 

Then pastor Linda gives us a strong message from John 14:15-31,

 

 

 

and, since it was the first Sunday of the month, we were blessed with exceptional music.

Listen to the Sunday service, and you will be blown away by

Michele Small's rendition of Operator.

 

1 Peter 1:1-12 (NIV)

1 Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, To God’s elect, exiles scattered throughout the provinces of Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia and Bithynia, ² who have been chosen according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, through the sanctifying work of the Spirit, to be obedient to Jesus Christ and sprinkled with his blood: Grace and peace be yours in abundance.

Praise to God for a Living Hope

³ Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! In his great mercy he has given us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, ⁴ and into an inheritance that can never perish, spoil or fade. This inheritance is kept in heaven for you, ⁵ who through faith are shielded by God’s power until the coming of the salvation that is ready to be revealed in the last time. ⁶ In all this you greatly rejoice, though now for a little while you may have had to suffer grief in all kinds of trials. ⁷ These have come so that the proven genuineness of your faith—of greater worth than gold, which perishes even though refined by fire—may result in praise, glory and honor when Jesus Christ is revealed. ⁸ Though you have not seen him, you love him; and even though you do not see him now, you believe in him and are filled with an inexpressible and glorious joy, ⁹ for you are receiving the end result of your faith, the salvation of your souls.

¹⁰ Concerning this salvation, the prophets, who spoke of the grace that was to come to you, searched intently and with the greatest care, ¹¹ trying to find out the time and circumstances to which the Spirit of Christ in them was pointing when he predicted the sufferings of the Messiah and the glories that would follow. ¹² It was revealed to them that they were not serving themselves but you, when they spoke of the things that have now been told you by those who have preached the gospel to you by the Holy Spirit sent from heaven. Even angels long to look into these things.

Thank you to Jessica Snyder, for sharing the gift of your beautiful voice. She sang three hymns during the service, which were absolutely beautiful.

Reminder:

Tuesday, Bible Study at 7:00 PM

NO Friday night worship

Saturday is the Disaster Auction in Westminster, MD.

Dedication & Commitment

 

 

Softly and Tenderly Jesus is Calling

We had several dedications today, children and their mothers. It is always wonderful to see people dedicate their lives to our Lord, and to commit to raise their childern to know Christ. Jesus has a way of calling us into his care.