Blessings
Good Morning!
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Sunday, April 27th, 2025
Call to Worship and Prayer - Luke 24:32-34
Hymn #287, “Were You There”
Offering and Doxology
Hymn #256, “The Old Rugged Cross”
Praise and Prayers
Responsive Reading: Luke 24:13-31
On the Road to Emmaus
The congregation may read the even verses
13 Now that same day two of them were going to a village called Emmaus, about seven miles[a] from Jerusalem.
14 They were talking with each other about everything that had happened.
15 As they talked and discussed these things with each other, Jesus himself came up and walked along with them;
16 but they were kept from recognizing him.
17 He asked them, “What are you discussing together as you walk along?” They stood still, their faces downcast.
18 One of them, named Cleopas, asked him, “Are you the only one visiting Jerusalem who does not know the things that have happened there in these days?”
19 “What things?” he asked. “About Jesus of Nazareth,” they replied. “He was a prophet, powerful in word and deed before God and all the people.
20 The chief priests and our rulers handed him over to be sentenced to death, and they crucified him;
21 but we had hoped that he was the one who was going to redeem Israel. And what is more, it is the third day since all this took place.
22 In addition, some of our women amazed us. They went to the tomb early this morning
23 but didn’t find his body. They came and told us that they had seen a vision of angels, who said he was alive.
24 Then some of our companions went to the tomb and found it just as the women had said, but they did not see Jesus.”
25 He said to them, “How foolish you are, and how slow to believe all that the prophets have spoken!
26 Did not the Messiah have to suffer these things and then enter his glory?”
27 And beginning with Moses and all the Prophets, he explained to them what was said in all the Scriptures concerning himself.
28 As they approached the village to which they were going, Jesus continued on as if he were going farther.
29 But they urged him strongly, “Stay with us, for it is nearly evening; the day is almost over.” So he went in to stay with them.
30 When he was at the table with them, he took bread, gave thanks, broke it and began to give it to them.
31 Then their eyes were opened and they recognized him, and he disappeared from their sight.
Hymn #282, “Wounded For Me”
Special Music: “I Can See” by Steve Green
Sermon: “Seriously - It’s Him”
Hymn #18, “The Love Of God”
Benediction
Prayers:
The family of Jim Glenn, Mary Sherwood, Wava, Don and Mike Shipley, Sherrie Thompson, cancer, Davie Warren - cancer, back
Randy Snapp - cancer, Dr. Woltemath - cancer, Harley Niles, kidney disease, Nancy Moran, Handy’s niece, Penny Warren - shoulder surgeries, Jesse and Wyatt Burge, and baby Wade, The family of Drew Heuberger, Nancy Houchins - caretaker, Lonnie Houchins - accident, Phyllis Layman - leg pain, Pastor Donna’s friend Kris, Nancy Newlon, Farmers in the fields, Victims of local tornadoes
Praise for Kris and cats moving in with Pastor Donna, Macy Graham and her Grandmother joining us last Sunday, the arrangement of Paul Bennett’s lovely lilies, baby Wade Louis Burge,
Quasimodo Sunday, also known as Low Sunday, is the second Sunday after Easter, a day in the Christian liturgical calendar. The name comes from the opening words of the Latin Mass, "Quasi modo geniti infantes," which translates to "like newborn infants". This phrase refers to the newly baptized and their renewed spiritual life after Easter.
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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
Today's Sunday Church Share...
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Percy's Tidbit
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Have a great week!
Going to leave you with this short little clip (less than a minute long) You can find the full video on youtube as well and it's only a little over a minute. This video is of the last few questions she was asked. Saw it a year or two ago and it has stuck with me ever since. Watch it HERE.
My thought after watching it...
Isn't it amazing, so many things can be taken from us, but if Jesus truly lives in our heart, He's there to stay. -Mindy💗
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