Blessings
Good Morning!
Sunday, March 23rd, 2025
Courage in the Face of Opposition
Call to Worship and Prayer
Numbers 14:1-10
Hymn #118, “A Mighty Fortress”
Offering and Doxology
Hymn #108, “Rock Of Ages”
Praise and Prayers
Responsive Reading: Joshua 14:6-14
Leader - Even verses; Congregation - Odd verses
Allotment for Caleb
6 Now the people of Judah approached Joshua at Gilgal, and Caleb son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite said to him, “You know what the Lord said to Moses the man of God at Kadesh Barnea about you and me.
7 I was forty years old when Moses the servant of the Lord sent me from Kadesh Barnea to explore the land. And I brought him back a report according to my convictions,
8 but my fellow Israelites who went up with me made the hearts of the
people melt in fear. I, however, followed the Lord my God wholeheartedly.
9 So on that day Moses swore to me, ‘The land on which your feet have walked will be your inheritance and that of your children forever, because you have followed the Lord my God wholeheartedly.’
10 “Now then, just as the Lord promised, he has kept me alive for forty-five years since the time he said this to Moses, while Israel moved about in the wilderness. So here I am today, eighty-five years old!
11 I am still as strong today as the day Moses sent me out; I’m just as
vigorous to go out to battle now as I was then.
12 Now give me this hill country that the Lord promised me that day. You yourself heard then that the Anakites were there and their cities were large and fortified, but, the Lord helping me, I will drive them out just as he said.”
13 Then Joshua blessed Caleb son of Jephunneh and gave him Hebron as his inheritance.
14 So Hebron has belonged to Caleb son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite ever since, because he followed the Lord, the God of Israel, wholeheartedly.
Hymn #107, “Amazing Grace”
Special Music:
“You Make Me Brave” by Julia Elias
Sermon
“Courage in the Face of Opposition”
Hymn #18, “The Love Of God”
Benediction
Prayers:
Donna Glenn - caretaker, horses, Jim Glenn, hospice at home,
Mary Sherwood, Wava, Don and Mike Shipley, Sherrie Thompson, cancer, Jon Horenstein, cancer, Davie Warren - cancer, back, Randy Snapp - cancer, Dr. Woltemath - cancer, Wendy Crothers, fall, kidneys, Drew, Dave Heuberger, Harley Niles, kidney disease, Penny’s grandson Erin, Nancy Moran, Handy’s niece, Penny Warren - shoulder surgeries
Praises:
Penny’s new great grandson, successful drama for the Lueth family.
Many March Birthdays and Anniversaries: Mark, Diane Birkby, 7th Jim Glenn, 4th Maggie Johnson, 13th Nancy Hurst, 16th Diane Handy, 18th Mary Zach, 22nd Phyllis Layman, 30th Kelly Johnson, 6th Lynn & Barbara Handy, 10th Rusty & Mindy Raymond, 18th Brian & Kelly Johnson
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COMING UP
March 30th: Annual Meeting and noon meal, bring a side dish to share
April 5th, Saturday: congregation church clean-up
April 13th: Palm Sunday, pancake breakfast with Chef Jan
April 18th: Good Friday Service 4 pm
April 20th: Easter Sunday
Members of the congregation are asked to help with buying church supplies. Look
for a sign-up sheet in the Fellowship Room
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Old churches must not simply stand as monuments to the past but as spiritual grandparents that have invested in the future by passing on their life to others and releasing their offspring to form new congregations. ~ unknown
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