Sermon Tone Analysis

GATHERING

Dying, Christ destroyed our death.

Rising, Christ restored our life.

Christ will come again in glory.

As in baptism Jim Greendyke put on Christ,

so in Christ may Jim be clothed in glory.

Here and now, dear friends, we are God’s children.

What we shall be has not yet been revealed;

But we know that when he appears, we shall be like him,

for we shall see him as he is.

Those who have this hope purify themselves

as Christ is pure.

Opening Prayer

Jim was retired as a Sales Representative for Service Beauty Supply where he had been employed for 50 years.

He was a member of the First United Methodist Church of Greenville, an avid golfer and a longtime member of the former Greenville Country Club.

During the late 60s and early 70s, he enjoyed racing Corvettes.

He was also very active in all outdoor activities including his love for snow skiing.

In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by a brother Gerald Greendyke.

Let us pray.O God, who gave us birth, you are ever more ready to hear than we are to pray.

You know our needs before we ask, and our ignorance in asking.

Give to us now your grace, that as we shrink before the mystery of death, we may see the light of eternity.

Speak to us once more your solemn message of life and of death.

Help us to live as those who are prepared to die.

And when our days here are accomplished, enable us to die as those who go forth to live, so that living or dying, our life may be in you, and that nothing in life or in death will be able to separate us from your great love in Christ Jesus our Lord.

Amen.

Jim is survived by his wife of 32 years Kathy (O'Dell) Greendyke.

Also, children Jean Greendyke, Doug (Laura) Greendyke, Jonnie (Andrew) Furmanchik, Jan (Ed) McInnis, Scott Greendyke, Amy (Brent) Demoray, and Michelle (Steve) Jones; grandchildren Andrew, Christian, Joanna, Mary Grace, Elizabeth, Anna, Caroline, Evan, Reagan, and Keira; brother John (Leslie) Greendyke; sister Doree (Bob) Lee; as well as numerous nieces and nephews.

Jim was someone who always looked for the positive, loved life, loved his family and was so proud of his children and grandchildren.

Amazing Grace

Words of Hope

Jesus said, I am the resurrection and I am life.Those who believe in me, even though they die, yet shall they live, and whoever lives and believes in me shall never die.I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end, the first and the last.I died, and behold I am alive for evermore, and I hold the keys of hell and death.

Because I live, you shall live also.

A Time to Remember

Friends, we have gathered here to praise God and to witness to our faith as we celebrate the life of Jim Greendyke.

We come together in grief, acknowledging our human loss.May God grant us grace, that in pain we may find comfort, in sorrow hope, in death resurrection.

James D. Greendyke Jr., age 78, of Greenville, Ohio, passed away at 1:30 p.m., Sunday, September 16, 2018, at the Village Green of Greenville.

Jim was born April 19, 1940, in Evanston, Illinois, and the son of the late James and Dorothy (Tulloch) Greendyke.

Jim was retired as a Sales Representative for Service Beauty Supply where he had been employed for 50 years.

He was a member of the First United Methodist Church of Greenville, an avid golfer and a longtime member of the former Greenville Country Club.

During the late 60s and early 70s, he enjoyed racing Corvettes.

He ran in France in the 1973 Le Mans 24 Hours.

He was also active in daytona, Sebring, as well as Mid-Ohio races.

He was also very active in all outdoor activities including his love for snow skiing, and golfing.

But the one thing that stood out was his soft spokenness, and his contagious smile.

I never remember seeing Jim without a smile.

In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by a brother Gerald Greendyke.

Jim is survived by his wife of 32 years Kathy (O'Dell) Greendyke.

Also, children Jean Greendyke, Doug (Laura) Greendyke, Jonnie (Andrew) Fur-man-chik, Jan (Ed) McInnis, Scott Greendyke, Amy (Brent) Dem-or-ay, and Michelle (Steve) Jones; grandchildren Andrew, Christian, Joanna, Mary Grace, Elizabeth, Anna, Caroline, Evan , Reagan, and Keira; brother John (Leslie) Greendyke; sister Doree (Bob) Lee; as well as numerous nieces and nephews.

I spoke with Evan, and he said that his grandpa took him golfing.

He taught him the importance of clean golf balls, and clubs.

Jim was someone who always looked for the positive, loved life, loved his family and was so proud of his children and grandchildren.

Jack Sloat

Jack Float

Old Testament Reading

New Testament Reading

The Gospel Reading

John 14:1-

Sermon

“A Place Prepared”Title: “A Place Prepared”

Introduction

Jesus was about to leave his disciples, and their hearts were heavy with sorrow.

Their dearest Friend was no longer to be physically present.

This was more than they could bear.

Jesus, sensing this, said, “Let not your hearts be troubled.”

This was what they needed for their hour of crisis.We stand much in the same position today.

Our friend, our loved one, has been removed from our midst, and our hearts are breaking with sorrow.I believe that the same message that Jesus gave two thousand years ago to those sorrowing disciples, he gives to us in this hour.

Basically, Jesus gives us three promises we can trust in.

I. Trust that God is sufficient.“You

believe in God, believe also in me.”

A. Jim embodied this faith.

Early in life Jim placed her trust in Jesus.

Every step of his life was lived in this faith.

Like Enoch, he “walked with God and he was not, for God took him.”

God simply said, “I’ve left you on earth long enough.

Now I want you home with me.”

B. This same faith sustains us today.

It helps us to see that God is working for good in all things for those who love him and are called according to his purpose ().

C. Our faith tells us that God’s grace is sufficient for our every need in the hour of crisis.

II.

Trust that death is not the end.It is the beginning of a richer, fuller, more abundant life than we have ever known.

“I will come again and receive you unto myself.”

A. It means that Jim is today with Christ.

B. He is in heaven with all of its glories.

C.

There is no more sorrow or heartache for him.

There is no more suffering.

He is now released from all this.

Instead, there is joy and happiness and peace.D.

For Jim it is a time of reward.

Now, Jesus has said to him, “Well done, thou good and faithful servant.”When

Jim came through the gates of heaven, he no doubt looked at Peter and said, “Where is the best golf course up here?”

III.

Trust that we can see our loved one again.“Where

I am, there ye may be also.”

A. One day Jesus shall come for us also.

B. We, too, shall be with our Savior and with those whom “we have loved and lost for a while.”

That husband or wife, that father or mother, that sister or brother will be seen and known before the throne of God.

Conclusion: This is our Christian faith.

This is why we do not come to this hour with unrestrained sorrow and grief.

This is why we can even rejoice in the victory Jim has experienced.