Sunday, 9th August 2009, Lauder
‘I have set before you life and death, blessings and curses.
Now, choose life, so that you and your children may live.’ (Deut. 30:19)
‘You diligently study the Scriptures because you think that by them you possess eternal life. These are the Scriptures that testify about me; yet you refuse to come to me in order to have life.’ (John 5:39-40)
Lauder Family Service
Sunday, 2nd August, 2009
Worship led by: Rev. Dr. Bruce Gardner
THE GOSPEL OF JESUS CHRIST:
“If you confess with your mouth, “Jesus is Lord”, and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved.”
(Romans 10:9)
Channelkirk and Lauder Parish Church
Scottish Charity Number: SC 009892
VISITORS or RETURNING MEMBERS! Stay for tea & coffee with us! J
God bless all our visitors and all who travel from us.
Lauder Family Service: Sunday, 2nd August, 2009.
Welcome. Intimations. Call to Worship. Entrance of the Bible: please stand.
MP 615: Stand up and bless the Lord (To: Carlisle CH3 39)
Prayer: “Those who know Your name will trust in You, for You, LORD, have never forsaken those who seek You." (Psalm 9:10)
Share God’s Peace with Others: ‘The Peace of the Lord be with You.’
Children: “What the Bible says about horses.”
MP 49: Be bold! Be strong!
Reading: OT: Ruth 1:3-11, 14-18, 22
NT: Romans 6:3-4
MP 456: Make me a channel of your peace
SERMON: LIFE’S JOURNEY - BEGINNING, MIDDLE AND END.
1] BEGINNING: FOLLOW IN LOVE, AND IN COMMITMENT.
“Where you go, I will go; where you live, I will live.”
2] MIDDLE: BE PART OF GOD’S PEOPLE, AND TRUST IN GOD.
“Your people will be my people and your God will be my God.”
3] END: EXPECT LIFE ON EARTH TO CEASE, BUT NEVER END!
“Where you die, I will die and that is where I will be buried.” (Ruth 1:16-17)
“We were buried with him through baptism into death in order that, as Christ was raised from the dead, through the glory of the Father, we too may live a new life.”
(Romans 6:4)
MP 987: Here is love, vast as the ocean
DEDICATION OF THE OFFERING
PRAYERS OF INTERCESSION AND THANKSGIVING
MP 563: Praise to the holiest in the height
Benediction, 3-fold Amen.
The Bible goes before us into the World! Please remain standing.
Old Testament: Ruth 1:3-18,22
Ruth 1:3 Elimelech died, and Naomi was left alone with her two sons, 4 who married Moabite women, Orpah and Ruth. About ten years later, 5 Mahlon and Chilion also died, and Naomi was left all alone, without husband or sons. 6 Some time later Naomi heard that the LORD had blessed his people by giving them good crops; so she got ready to leave Moab with her daughters-in-law. 7 They started out together to go back to Judah but on the way 8 she said to them "Go back home and stay with your mothers. May the LORD be as good to you as you have been to me and to those who have died. 9 And may the LORD make it possible for each of you to marry again and have a home." So Naomi kissed them good-bye. But they started crying 10 and said to her, "No! We will go with you to your people." 11 "You must go back, my daughters," Naomi answered. "Why do you want to come with me? Do you think I could have sons again for you to marry? 14 Again they started crying. Then Orpah kissed her mother-in-law good-bye and went back home but Ruth held on to her. 15 Naomi said to her, "Ruth, your sister-in-law has gone back to her people and to her gods. Go back home with her." 16 But Ruth answered, "Don't ask me to leave you! Let me go with you. Where you go, I will go; where you live, I will live. Your people will be my people and your God will be my God. 17 Where you die, I will die, and that is where I will be buried. May the LORD deal with me, however severely, if I let anything, but death, separate me from you!" 18 When Naomi saw that Ruth was determined to go with her, she said no more. 22 This is how Naomi came back from Moab with Ruth, her Moabite daughter-in-law. When they came to Bethlehem the barley harvest was just beginning.
New Testament: Romans 6:1-4
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