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Wayne Melnechuk

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June 2009

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Memorial Service Boston Mills Cemetary 2005 Sermon

1 Thess 4:13–17

! Welcome Family and Friends
We come together today to thank God for the lives of our loved ones. They were our Daughters, Sons, Husbands, wives, brothers, sisters, mothers, fathers and grandparents. We will all miss them and remember each of them in through out the remainder of our days. 
 
*Call to Worship:  *       John 11:25, 26   /25//Jesus said …, "I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in me will live, even though he dies; 26and whoever lives and believes in me will never die. Do you believe this?"/
/ /
!!!! Prayer
 
*Hymn                         “*Come, Thou Almighty King” 
*O. T. Reading:           *Psalm 121
I lift up my eyes to the hills— from where will my help come? 2 My help comes from the LORD, who made heaven and earth.3 He will not let your foot be moved; he who keeps you will not slumber. 4 He who keeps Israel will neither slumber nor sleep. 5 The LORD is your keeper; the LORD is your shade at your right hand. 6 The sun shall not strike you by day, nor the moon by night. 7 The LORD will keep you from all evil; he will keep your life. 8 The LORD will keep your going out and your coming in from this time on and forevermore. 
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*Hymn                          *“Amazing Grace”
*Prayer of Confession~/Words of Assurance *
God has given us eternal life, and this life is in his Son. 12He who has the Son has life; he who does not have the Son of God does not have life. 13I write these things to you who believe in the name of the Son of God so that you may know that you have eternal life. 1 John 5
“Be content with what you have, because God has said, “Never will I leave you; never will I forsake you.” 6So we say with confidence, “The Lord is my helper; I will not be afraid. What can man do to me?” Heb 13:5-6
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*Responsive Reading: *The Good Shepherd  (focus on reading and the lives of your friend’s and family who have passed on)
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*Hymn:                         *What a Friend We Have in Jesus
*Sermon                        “The Coming of the Lord” (1 Thes. 4)*
Life is precious. Not because it is unchangeable, like a diamond, but because it is vulnerable, like a little bird. To love life means to love its vulnerability, asking for care, attention, guidance, and support. Life and death are connected by vulnerability. The newborn child and the death of loved ones both remind us of the preciousness of our lives. Let's not forget the preciousness and vulnerability of life during this time. Especially when we think we are powerful, successful, and popular.  *Henri Nouwen*
 
Life is precious and in the book of Job found in the Bible, the question is asked “If a person dies will they live again?” Our answer to this question is also from God.
 
*Read 1 Thes 4 13-17* 13Brothers, we do not want you to be ignorant about those who fall asleep, or to grieve like the rest of men, who have no hope. 14We believe that Jesus died and rose again and so we believe that God will bring with Jesus those who have fallen asleep in him. 15According to the Lord's own word, we tell you that we who are still alive, who are left till the coming of the Lord, will certainly not precede those who have fallen asleep. 16For the Lord himself will come down from heaven, with a loud command, with the voice of the archangel and with the trumpet call of God, and the dead in Christ will rise first. 17After that, we who are still alive and are left will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And so we will be with the Lord forever.
 
Today we are assured of God’s faithfulness to His creation. As Paul states:  /14We believe that Jesus died and rose again and so we believe that God will bring with Jesus those who have fallen asleep in him./
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As we celebrate the lives of our loved ones today we also celebrate *God’s work in their lives*. As Paul states: /“We do not grieve like others who have no hope.” / Hope and Trust that all who put their trust in the Lord will receive eternal life and be with the Lord forever.  
 
As we put our trust in the coming of the Lord we are assured of eternal life. Life because we believe that Jesus was raised from the dead and because we believe in him we are also raised. Believe me when I say that the Lord never fails. Today we affirm that belief:
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*Affirmation of Faith *
 /16“God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son,[f] that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. 17For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him. 18Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe stands condemned already because he has not believed in the name of God's one and only Son.  John 3:16-18/
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Be assured that eternal life is offered to all. Each of us can be one of God’s children but putting our trust in Jesus Christ today. 
 
!!!! The Lord’s Prayer
!!!!  
!!!! In Memoriam: Lord we thank you for your faithfulness to all who seek salvation from you. We thank you for the lives of the people we have gathered to remember today. Silence. 
 
*Sing Hymn:     *“Praise the Lord the Almighty”
*Prayer – *Thank God for these lives.
*Benediction*
16May our Lord Jesus Christ himself and God our Father, who loved us and by his grace gave us eternal encouragement and good hope, 17encourage your hearts and strengthen you now and forever, AMEN.

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