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This is the body. [singing] This is the blood. broken and poured [singing and music] out for all of us.

And in this [singing and music] communion we share his [singing] love. This is [singing and music] the body. This is the [singing] blood.

>> I will [singing] remember everything that you've done for me. I won't take for granted [singing and music] the sacrifice that free. [music] This is the [singing] body.

This is the blood broken and poured out [singing] for all of us. And in this [singing] communion [music] we share for [singing] his love. This is [singing and music] the body.

This [singing] is the blood. Welcome to worship on this the fifth Sunday in Lent. That also suggests that we're nearing the end of the jin.

Next Sunday is Palm Sunday and Jesus entry into the city of Jerusalem. And that will be the last week of his life. But something is going to happen again today that's been happening periodically throughout this Linton season.

When you've heard the gospel from John, Jesus will make a simple what is to us a simple statement. I am the resurrection and the life. I am that's good for us English-speaking people a good subjectverb connection.

Except the Greek is ego, which is the Greek transliteration of the four-letter Hebrew name. But God came to Moses at the burning bush. When Moses is saying, I'm going to do what?

And I'm they're going to ask me, so who sent you? And I don't even know your name. And God said, tell them I am sent you.

That's the four-letter Hebrew tetra grammaton, the divine name. And we've heard Jesus say that periodically through this Linton season, and we didn't realize the blasphemy that was involved for the people who heard him. when he says again today a statement with I am there seven times in the gospel of John where Jesus applies the divine name to himself.

So what he you will hear Jesus tell the people outside Bethany I am God in the flesh I am Yahweh and what do good Hebrews need to do? They need to kill him because that's blasphemy. That's where we're headed, folks.

I invite you to stand as you're able and join me for the confession. We are gathered to worship in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. Almighty God, to whom all hearts are open, all desires known, and from whom no secrets are hid, cleanse the thoughts of our hearts by the inspiration of your Holy Spirit, that we may perfectly love you and worthily magnify your holy name through Jesus Christ our Lord.

Amen. Let us confess our sin in the presence of God and of one another. Most merciful God, we confess that we are captive to sin and cannot free ourselves.

We have sinned against you in thought, word, and deed by what we have done and by what we have left undone. have not loved you with our whole heart. We have not loved our neighbors as ourselves.

For the sake of your son, Jesus Christ, have mercy on us. Forgive us, renew us, and lead us so that we may delight in your will, and walk in your ways to the glory of your holy name. Amen.

In the mercy of Almighty God, Jesus Christ was given to die for us. And for his sake, God forgives us all our sins. As a called and ordained minister of the church of Christ, and by his authority, I therefore declare to you the entire forgiveness of all your sins.

In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. Amen. Oh, [singing] for a thousand [music] to sing my great redeemer's praise.

[singing and music] The glories of my God and king. The [music] triumphs of [singing] his grace. Jesus the name [singing and music] that our fears that beats our sorrow [singing] [music] in the sars [singing] and health [music] and peace.

He breaks the [singing] power of [music] sousen. [singing] [music] [singing] [music] [music and singing] >> [music] >> Be good. [singing] Behold your be [singing] [music] for joy.

My gracious master [singing and music] and my God assist me to proclaim [singing and music] to spread through all the earth abroad. The honors [singing and music] of thy name to spread through [singing] all the [music] earth abroad. The honors [singing] of [music] thy name.

[singing] The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Spirit be with you all. [music] [singing] Lord have mercy. [music] Christ have mercy.

[music] Lord [singing] have mercy. >> The Lord be with you. >> And also with you.

>> Let us pray together. Almighty God, your son came into the world to free us all from sin and death. Breathe upon us the power of your spirit that we may be raised to new life in Christ and serve you in righteousness all our days through Jesus Christ our savior and lord who lives and reigns with you and the holy spirit one god now and forever.

Amen. Please be seated. I invite children to visit with me.

I'm glad you're here. Are you glad you're here? Yep.

God heard it. God heard it. God's word.

God heard it. What a wonderful joy. I spent a lot of time over my life around at camp and around camp and doing things for camp.

And I bet there's some even some people here in this room that have spent some time at camp around camp. You may too. One of the things that's that people always think, one of the things that kids really learn among the songs and things there is something that goes like this.

My God is so big, so strong, and so mighty. There's nothing my God cannot do. Boom.

Boom. I bet there are a couple of people in here that know that. I'm sure there are because I saw them.

I saw them. My God is so big, so strong, and so mighty. There's nothing my God cannot do.

Do you really believe that? You know, that's it's a it's a it's a cute camp thing, but it's really it's really serious. That's we say something called the Apostles Creed every Sunday.

That's the same kind of thing. That's saying what you believe. Do you really believe God is strong and mighty and there's really nothing God can't do?

I do. I mean, I've seen some pretty amazing things. And I want you to think about that when you hear the the scriptures today.

There's going to be a scripture um over probably five or six hundred years even before Jesus was born. We hear a lot today about deportation and people getting captured and taken away and there's a whole nation and they've sort of given up. I'm my my work is so bad nothing can help.

I've had some friends who gotten old and died. I've had some people I cared about who got sick and died. Maybe you know someone has been sick or died.

That'll be with Jesus. Jesus has a really good friend. And the question is, is that so big that God can't help?

Is there anything in your life that can be so big or so scary or so hard that God can't help you with? But listen to the Bible stories and hear how how God stepped in. They didn't think God could.

They didn't believe that there's nothing God can't do. Maybe there are times in our lives when we think, "Oh my, this is so bad. Nobody can help me." But the truth is, there's nothing in your life that can happen to you that you can't ask God's help for.

There's nothing in your life that will ever happen to you that you can't ask God to help you. And God will. Let's pray.

Dear God, >> you made me. >> You know me. >> You know what's ahead of me.

>> And you will never forsake me. >> Thank you, God. Amen.

Thank you so much for coming. A reading from the prophet Ezekiel. The hand of the Lord came upon me and he brought me out by the spirit of the Lord and set me down in the middle of a valley.

It was full of bones. He led me all around them. There were very many living in the valley and they were very dry.

He said to me, "Mortal, can these bones live?" I answered, "Oh Lord God, you know." Then he said to me, "Prophecy to these bones and say to them, oh dry bones, hear the word of the Lord. Thus says the Lord God to these bones. I will cause breath to enter you and you shall live.

I will lay sinnus on you and will cause flesh to come upon you and cover you with the skin and put breath in you and you shall live and you shall know that I am the Lord. So I prophesized as I had been commanded and I prophesized. Suddenly there was a noise, a rattling, and the bones came together bone to bone.

It looked as There were sinners on them, and flesh had come upon them, and skin had covered them, but there was no breath in them. Then he said to me, "Prophecy to the breath, prophecy mortal, and say to the breath, thus says the Lord God, come from the four winds, O breath, breathe upon the slain that they may live." I prophesized as he commanded me, and the breath came into them, and they lived and stood on their feet, a vast multitude. Then he said to me, "Mortal, these bones are the whole house of Israel.

They say our bones are dried up and our hope is lost. We are cut off completely." Therefore, prophesy to them. Say to them, "Thus says the Lord, I'm going to open your graves and bring you up from your graves.

Oh my people, I will bring you back to the land of Israel, and you shall know that I am the Lord when I open your graves and bring you up from your graves. Oh my people, I will put my spirit within you and you shall live and I will place you on your own soil. Then you shall know that I, the Lord, have spoken and will act, says the Lord.

The word of the Lord. >> Thanks be to God. >> We'll continue with the psalm.

I wait for you, Lord. Your word [singing] is my Lord. Your word is [music] my [singing] home.

Out of [singing] the depths I cry to you, oh Lord. Oh Lord, [singing] hear my voice. Let your ears be attentive [music] to the voice of my [singing] sins.

Oh Lord, who could [singing] you forgiveness in [singing] order [music] [singing] [music] [singing] for Lord, my soul [singing] is my hope. My soul [singing] waits for the Lord. [singing] keep watch.

[singing and music] >> Oh, wait for the Lord. For with the Lord there is steadfast [singing] love. With the Lord there is plente [singing] [music] from [singing] all their I pray for [singing and music] you.

Your word is my A reading from the letter of Paul to the church in Rome. To set the mind on the flesh is death, but to set the mind on the spirit is life and peace. For this reason, the mind that is set on the flesh is hostile to God.

It does not submit to God's law. Indeed, it cannot. And those who are in the flesh cannot please God.

But you are not in the flesh. You are in the spirit. Since the spirit of God dwells in you, anyone who does not have the spirit of Christ does not belong to him.

But if Christ is in you, then the body is dead because of sin, but the spirit is life because of righteousness. If the spirit of him who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you, he who raised Christ Jesus from the dead will give life to your mortal bodies also through his spirit that dwells in you. The word of the Lord.

>> Thanks be to God. Creation [singing] can separate us from the love of God. Nothing [singing and music] in all creation can separate us.

[music] >> The Holy Gospel according to St. John the 11th chapter. >> Glory to you, Lord.

>> Now a certain man was ill. John tells us Lazarus of Bethany, the village of Mary and her sister Martha. Mary was the one who anointed the Lord with perfume and wiped his feet with her hair.

Her brother Lazarus was ill. So the sisters sent a message to Jesus. Lord, he whom you love is ill.

But when Jesus heard it, he said, "This illness does not lead to death. Rather, it is for God's glory, so that the Son of God may be glorified through it." Accordingly, though Jesus loved Martha and her sister and Lazarus, after hearing that Lazarus was ill, he stayed two days longer in the place where he was. Then after this he said to the disciples, "Let us go to Judea again." The disciples said to him, "Rabbi, the Jews were just now trying to stone you, and are you going there again?" Jesus answered, "Are there not 12 hours of daylight?

Those who walk during the day do not stumble because they see the light of this world. But those who walk at night stumble because the light is not in them. After saying this, he told them, "Our friend Lazarus has fallen asleep, but I'm going there to awaken him." The disciples said to him, "Lord, if he's fallen asleep, he will be all right." Jesus, however, had been speaking about his death, but they thought he was referring merely to sleep.

Then Jesus told them plainly, "Lazarus is dead." For your sake, I'm glad I was not there so that you may believe. But let us go to him." Thomas, who was called the twin, said to his fellow disciples, "Let us also go that we may die with him." When Jesus arrived, he found that Lazarus had already been in the tomb four days. Now Bethany was near Jerusalem, some two miles away, and many of the Jews had come to Martha and Mary to console them about their brother.

When Martha heard that Jesus was coming, she went and met him while Mary stayed at home. Martha said to Jesus, "Lord, if you had been here, my brother would not have died. But even now, I know that God will give you whatever you ask of him." Jesus said to her, "Your brother will rise again." Martha said to him, "I know that he will rise again in the resurrection on the last day." Jesus said to her, "I am the resurrection and the life.

Those who believe in me, even though they die, will live. And everyone who lives and believes in me will never die." Do you believe this? She said to him, "Yes, Lord.

I believe that you are the Messiah, the Son of God, the one coming into the world." When she had said this, she went back and called her sister Mary and told [cough and clears throat] her privately, "The teacher is here, and he's calling for you." And when she heard it, she got up quickly and went to him. Now Jesus had not yet come to the village was still at the place where Martha had met him. The Jews who were with her in the house consoling her saw Mary get up quickly and go out.

They followed her because they thought that she was going to the tomb to weep there. When Mary came where Jesus was and saw him, she knelt at his feet and said to him, "Lord, if you had been here, my brother would not have died." When Jesus saw her weeping, and the Jews who came with her also weeping, he was greatly disturbed in spirit and deeply moved. He said, "Where have you laid him?" They said to him, 'Lord, come and see.' Jesus began to weep.

So the Jews said, "See how he loved him." But some of them said, "Could not he who opened the eyes of the blind man have kept this man from dying?" Then Jesus again greatly disturbed came to the tomb. It was a cave, and a stone was lying against it. Jesus said, "Take away the stone." Martha, the sister of the dead man, said to him, "Lord, already there is the stench because he has been dead four days." Jesus said to her, "Did I not tell you that if you believed, you would see the glory of God?" So they took away the stone.

And Jesus looked upward and said, "Father, I thank you for having heard me. I know that you always hear me, but I have said this for the sake of the crowd standing here, so that they may believe that you sent me." When he had said this, he cried with a loud voice, "Lazarus, come out." The dead man came out, his hands and feet bound with strips of cloth, and his face wrapped in a cloth. Jesus said to them, "Unbind him and let him go." Many of the Jews, therefore, who had come with Mary and had seen what Jesus did, believed in him.

This is the Gospel of the Lord. Please be seated. March Madness has begun.

Winthre has a special March Madness story. It's rooted in a young man who grew up in Akran, Ohio without a father. He ran away when his mother disciplined him as a teenager, usually to the crimeinfested streets of his neighborhood in Akran, where he had a habit of finding trouble.

He ran away when either his teachers or his principal at Akran East High School disciplined him. He missed 160 days of school in his 10th grade year and had to repeat that grade. He became more focused when he met an ordained minister and coach John Sauier who worked with troubled or disadvantaged high school students.

Sauier convinced him to attend Medina First Baptist School for a fifth year of high school. There his GPA increased from 0.09 09 at Akran East to 2.9 at Medina. That enabled him to sign with Seward County Community College in Kansas.

He ran away when his basketball coach at Seward disciplined him for a bad attitude. He quit after one semester and transferred to Howard College. After a year at Howard, he accepted a scholarship to play basketball at Winthre beginning the 1999 2000 year.

By 2000, Winthre University basketball forward Greg Lewis, it seems, had been running away most of his life. He almost ran away that season when then Eagles coach Greg Marshall told him not to come out for the second half of the late season game at Birmingham Southern. He showered and dressed and was ready to leave all that he had accomplished.

Lewis the state reporter continued came from a single parent home that was so poor he often went without meals or hot water. He spent much of his youth around drug addicts and criminals. He wasn't a good student and he didn't even begin playing basketball until his junior year in high school.

With his background, with past performance often a predictor of future behavior, Greg Lewis didn't appear to possess the skills and the stamina for division one basketball when 16th seated Winthrop came up against number one seated Duke in the opening round of the 2002 NCAA March Mad. madness tournament. Some went so far as to call this whole thing hopeless.

This is hopeless. The hand of the Lord came upon me and he brought me out by the spirit of the Lord and he set me down in the middle of a valley. It was full of bones.

This is the vision of the Hebrew priest and prophet Ezekiel writing during the exile of the Hebrews in Babylon. Last Sunday we heard that marvelous story of a time God sent old priest and prophet Samuel on a secret mission to anoint a future king for Israel. Samuel was sent to Jesse's house to identify among his sons one that God had chosen to be the second king in Israel replacing King Saul.

The least likely candidate was the one God chose to replace Saul. And David was certainly not the one most likely for greatness, but his reign beginning about the year 1,000 BC was in fact the high water mark of all Hebrew history to this very day. The nation of Israel achieved a level of greatness and prominence in the world no one since David has ever been able to accomplish.

But today, we just heard a report about 500 years after David, that nation is destroyed. David's capital city, Jerusalem, is in absolute ruin. Nearly 20,000 leaders of the nation have been captured and deported to Babylon.

The rest are captured and deported 10 years later. Ezekiel's vision is one of the most moving images in Hebrew history. In his vision, Ezekiel reports that he was taken by God's spirit to an enormous valley that was covered with very many very dry human bones.

This is, of course, the vision of life and death. The vision is the fear deep inside the heart and soul of every captive Hebrew in Babylon. It poses vividly the question that few dared to verbalize.

Has the history of Almighty God with his chosen people now come to an end? Mortal? God asked Ezekiel, "Can these bones live?" It's not enough that God lays on you a question like this.

But the Lord God announced that this is in fact a visual image of the plight of his nation. Mortal God told Ezekiel, "These bones are the whole house of Israel." They say, "Our bones are dried up. Our hope is lost.

We are cut off completely." An entire nation of departes faces reality. Helpless, powerless, hopeless. There is no rational reason why the Hebrews survived the exile in Babylon.

But for a mighty miracle. Nearly 600 years later, St. John reports the day that news arrived at to Jesus in a land that is now under the oppressive control of Rome.

The news is of the illness of his good friend Lazarus. Lord, his sisters Martha and Mary sent word to Jesus. He whom you love is ill.

That ought to bring Jesus quickly to their aid. But their crisis seems to have had little impact on Jesus. He doesn't drop everything and run.

And two days later when he announced his intention to go to Bethany, his disciples strongly object. Rabbi, we can almost hear the disbelief in their voice. The Jews are just now trying to stone you.

Are you going there again? Jesus knew before they left that Lazarus was dead. By the time they arrive in Bethany, Lazarus has been buried for four days.

The sisters vent their grief and their anguish one after the other. Lord, if only you had been here, my brother would not have died. Because the sisters you see face life helpless, powerless, hopeless now in the death of their brother Lazarus.

He's not just dead. He's been buried for four days. Sufficient time for heat to build up in that sealed tomb and decaying flesh now fill that space with an overwhelming stench.

What hope is there for someone like Greg Lewis from Akran poverty? What hope is there for the entire nation of Hebrew slaves and a foreign land? What hope is there for Mary and Martha, two women now alone in a society where life was difficult for all and survival was marginal for many.

What hope is there for people like you and me and the others we know? Surprised by the question? It appears that we are all doing very well here.

But are we really? When Greg Lewis challenged his coach's authority, the reporter said, "Then coach Marshall felt he had no choice but to tell his best player to stay behind when the team came out for the second half." Confused, Lewis showered and dressed. But before running this time he called longtime friend and mentor Akran minister and coach John Sauier.

Saucier he knew would have been listening to his game on the internet. That was a pivotal time. Lewis recalled.

He just talked to me about it and reminded me how far I had come. He said, "Don't let something like this mess it all up." So Lewis put his sweaty uniform back on and returned to the bench to cheer his teammates on to victory that night. "Somebody at one time said, "I would never make it in life." Lewis told the reporter, "I think about that all the time.

At one point, if I had kept going the way I was going, I wouldn't have made it. He heard a word spoken to him at a critical point in his life. He listened to that voice.

His life changed. Winthrup, a 34 point underdog in the March 2002 tournament, lost to Duke by 50 points. But it didn't stop Greg Lewis.

He went from being the Big South player of the year to professional basketball. Through priest and prophet Ezekiel, God Almighty spoke a word of hope and promised to a nation of slaves without hope. Thus says the Lord God, "I am going to open your graves and bring you up from your graves, oh my people.

and I will bring you back to the land of Israel. And you shall know that I am the Lord. When I open your graves and bring you up from your graves, oh my people, I will put my spirit within you and you shall live.

Not resurrection now after physical death, but a revival of an entire nation from exile. Take away the stone the Lord Jesus commanded that day outside little Bethany. Grieving family and friends are shocked.

The overpowering stench of a decaying corpse in a sealed tomb newly opened would only add to their grief and distress. Martha has urged against it. What Jesus said to her and to the other mourers that day is what St.

John intended everyone generation after generation willing to face their deepest fears and their times of being helpless or hopeless or powerless. He wants them to hear. Jesus said to Martha, "Did I not tell you that if you believed, you would see the glory of God?

Did I not tell you?" It's Jesus now speaking to each one of us. Whatever your situation, if you believe, you will see the glory of God. Did you hear what the Lord God Almighty just said to each of us?

Dare you believe what the Lord God Almighty just said to each of us. Don't dismiss this under the idea that God no longer speaks clearly and directly to people. A decisive word of God delivered through a mentor challenged Greg Lewis.

He listened and he trusted and Greg said his life was changed. A word from God delivered by the prophets Isaiah, Jeremiah, and Ezekiel brought hope and help to an entire nation in exile. In 538 BC, the Persian king Cyrus gave Hebrews who wanted the freedom to return to the land of Israel.

Lazarus, come out. With those words, Jesus literally called a man dead and buried for four days back to the land of the living and he came. Can there possibly be anything, any circumstance, any situation in your life into which God Almighty lifegiving word cannot come?

Did I not tell you that if you believe you will see the glory of God? Yes, Lord. You certainly do time and time again.

Amen. Christ is the light [singing] of all the [music] creative word beyond [singing] and [music] through all space the world to Christ is the light [music] [singing] beyond all time. And breath [singing] all [music] and brings all to death.

Christ is the [music] death [singing] of all that is a broad and [music and singing] who [singing and music] of the world is the deathire [music and singing] and fearless in the gentle to appear. Christ is the death of all that is a I can't. Let us forever shall bless [singing] >> with the whole church.

Let us confess our faith using the words of the Apostles Creed. I believe in God the Father Almighty, creator of heaven and earth. >> I believe in Jesus Christ, God's only son, our Lord, who was conceived by the Holy Spirit, born of the Virgin Mary, suffered under Pontious Pilot, was crucified, died, and was buried.

>> He descended to the dead. >> On the third day, he rose again. He ascended into he is seated at the right hand of the father.

And he will come to judge the living and the dead. >> I believe in the holy spirit, the holy catholic church, the communion of saints, the forgiveness of s, resurrection of the body, and the life everlasting. >> Amen.

Reconciled by God's mercy and sustained by God's presence, let us pray for the world and its needs. We pray for the church. Grant life and peace to all who gather in your name.

Breathe into us so that we may share your message of forgiveness, hope, and love. Hear us, oh God. >> Your mercy is great.

>> We pray for creation. Renew landscapes that have dried up. Prosper the work of those who restore homes and habitats after natural disasters.

And sustain places where biodiversity thrives. Hear us, oh God. >> Your mercy is great.

>> We pray for the nations. Unbind leaders trapped by fear to act boldly for justice. Free all who live in places of war and violence and guide refugees and asylum seekers to safety.

Hear us, oh God. >> Your mercy is great. >> We pray for all people in need.

Take away the stone of poverty that weighs down so many. Console any who weep and heal all who are sick, especially those we lift before you now, whether silently or aloud. Hear us, oh God.

>> Your mercy is great. >> We pray for this assembly. Ready the hearts and spirits of all preparing to be baptized.

Deepen our wonder of the mystery of your resurrection and life. Hear us, oh God. >> Your mercy is great.

>> We offer our thanksgiving for all people who have died in faith. Give us faith to trust in your power to redeem and save and bring us up from our graves to life in you. Hear us, oh God.

>> Your mercy is great. >> Receive our prayers, oh God, through Jesus Christ, our strength and salvation. >> Amen.

>> The peace of the Lord be with you always. >> As you're comfortable, share a sign of God's peace with others. >> [singing] >> I cry [music] to inst [singing] [music] my sinful >> [singing] >> How could I come [music] before your throne [singing] that received [music] by [singing] grace [music] alone [singing] [music] on your word I will [singing] rely I will wait for you.

Surely [music] wait for you [singing] till my soul is satisfied. [music] [singing] >> God alone. Take [singing and music] courage in his power to save completely and forever [music] emerging from the [singing] grave.

I will wait [singing] for you on your [music] word. I will rely. [singing] I will wait [music] for you.

Surely wait for you till my soul is [music] satisfied. [singing] [music] Now he [singing] has come to make a way and God himself [singing and music] [music] in Finding [singing] inri [music] [singing] [music] [singing and music] I will wait for you through the storm [singing] and through The night [music] I [singing] will wait for you. Surely wait for you.

For your love [music] is my [singing] delight. I will wait for you. I will [music] wait for [singing] you through the storm and through the [music] night.

I will wait for you. >> [singing and music] >> Wait for you. For your love is my [singing] delight.

I will wait for you. I will [singing] wait for you [music] on your word. I will [singing] rely.

I will [music] wait for you. Surely wait for you till my [singing and music] soul is sisied. [singing] >> [music] >> to the blessing from [music] the seeds that were fed with the bread of life.

The hopes and the dreams of all the prayers we [singing and music] offer. Brace our table with your presence [singing and music] and give us a foraste of the peace [music] to come. Let us pray together.

Oh God, maker of heaven and earth. Your steadfast love embraces all creation. You send rain and sunshine to nourish the earth and bring forth its bounty.

Through these gifts of bread and wine, draw us Lift up your heart to the Lord. >> It is right to give our thanks and praise. all your name.

Holy Holy, [singing] holy, holy Lord God of power and [music] God of might heaven and earth are full of your gloryana [singing and music] in the highest. Blessed [singing and music] is the one who comes in the name of the Lordana [singing and music] in the highest. Hana [singing] [music] in the highest.

for you. Thank all of the world. Christ is Christ.

Jesus. God, God name will be Earth tresass against us. Us glory forever.

Lamb of God, you take [singing] the s of the world, have mercy on us. Lamb of God, you take the s of the world, have mercy on us. Lamb of God, you take the s of the world, grant us peace.

Grant us Amen. Jesus Christ. Just a minute.

I [singing] am the bread of life. You will [music] come to me shall not hunger and [singing] who believe in me shall not thirst. No one [singing] can come to me unless [music] the father.

And I will raise you [music] up. [singing] And I will raise you up. [singing] And I will raise you up on the last [music and singing] day.

The that I will give [singing and music] is my flesh for the life of the world. [music] And if you eat of this bread, you [music and singing] shall live forever. You shall live forever.

[music] And I will. [singing] And I [music] will raise you up. And I will raise [singing] you up on the last day.

[music] Unless you eat of the flesh of the son [music and singing] of man and drink of his blood. and drink of [singing and music] his blood. You shall not have life within you.

And I will [singing] raise you up. And I [music] will raise you [singing] up. And I will raise [music] you up.

[singing] [music] I [singing] am the resurrection. [music] I am the [singing] life if you believe in me. [music] Even though you [singing] die, you shall live forever.

And [music] I will raise you up. [singing] And I will raise [music] you up. And I will raise you [singing] up on the last [music] day.

Yes, Lord. [singing] I believe [music] that you are the Christ, the [singing and music] son of God, who have [singing] come into the world. And I will raise [singing] you up.

[music] And I will raise you up. And I will raise you up on the [music and singing] stage. Thanks for restore creation.

Jesus Christ our savior and lordless. Jesus is a rock in a wey [singing] land. A weary land.

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>> Today we are starting to have our announcements and reading the mission statement at the end of the service rather than the beginning. Uh please remember that Easter baskets of joy are due today. Young youth meets at 3:30 p.m.

and youth meet today at 4:30 p.m. Family Promise families begin their week at Grace today. We still need volunteers to help.

Contact Bob Shavey for more details. This final Linton Wednesday, the singers and madricals of Newberry College directed by Dr. Jonathan Hall will join us for the Linton Soup Dinner at 6 o'clock in the fellowship hall.

There are 62 members with the Newberry Choir. So, please come and sign up to bring soup. Family Promise will also be joining us.

And that's another 12 people. So come and join us and bring lots and lots of soup. [laughter] So and also stay for the Newberry College Choir.

Uh the singers and Madreals performance. They're going to perform here in the sanctuary at 7 o'clock and all are invited. Next Sunday, Holy Week begins.

Palm Sunday worship is at both services. The uh grace ringers or handbells will be playing for both services. and Easter egg hunt will be at 12:30 next Sunday.

Monday 30 Thursday services will be at 12 noon and at 7 pm. Good Friday services will also be at 12 noon and 7 pm. We are thankful to Pastor Setsler and Han for leading the abbreviated Monday, Thursday and Good Friday noon services here at Grace this year.

For those who aren't able to participate in the evening worship at Grace or Epiphany Lutheran churches, please help spread the word. We have a special treat on Friday, March 27th, this coming Friday at 7:30 p.m. here in the sanctuary.

James Greg, who has been one of our four music interns for four years, will and he participates mainly at 11:00 service, will be giving his senior composition recital here in our sanctuary. James has composed all the music for his uh recital and will be joined on this by the Grace Festival Choir. So, please join us.

That is this Friday, uh, March 27th at 7:30 here at Grace. Now, let us speak our mission statement together. We share God's grace by welcoming all people, growing together in faith, and joining God's work in our community.

And now for the dismissal. Thanks be to God. Hallelujah.

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