SERMON
This Sunday: The Rev. Dr. Mike Harbert

“Where True Life is Found”

Bible Passages:

Exodus 17:1-7; Psalm 95:1-9;
Romans 5:6-11; John 4:5-26

Lector: Stephan Pratt

Crucifer: Peggy Pfeifer

Ushers: Marilyn Gustafson and Carle Mowell

Fellowship: Cathryn Wilkinson

Flowers: Rick Mayer and Ruth Donohugh

Jubal Joslyn, tenor

Cathryn Wilkinson, piano and organ

Prelude

“Reverence” from Sanctuary……….Gwyneth Walker

Rest for the Weary……….Bernard Hamblen

“Abide with Me” in the style of Mendelssohn……….Monk, arr. Kyra Moon

Be Still, My Soul……….Jean Sibelius, arr. GENTRI

Offertory

“Come Sunday” from Black, Brown and Beige……….Duke Ellington

Organ Postlude

Rockingham……….Miller, arr. Robert Buckley Farlee

The music today is quiet and thoughtful on the theme of many kinds of rest. Rest is all too hard to find in our fast-paced world. The 18th-century poet Katharina von Schlegel wrote, “Be Still, My soul, your best eternal friend through thorny ways leads to a joyful end.”   Take time to be still (“Reverence”) and find rest – rest for the weary, and rest in God’s presence (“Abide With Me”). Rest knowing that God will provide, as Duke Ellington writes, “and see my people through.”