Joining Christ in the Garden - Poem by Raymond A. Foss

Our lives changed
in falling in the waters
rising on wings like eagles
to do our master’s work

But joining Christ in the Garden
if we are to be God’s servants
working in the field
that there would be
a harvest for the Lord

Falling on our knees
humbly, in prayer
like Christ submitting our lives
to God’s holy plan

Offering ourselves as a sacrifice
following the way of the cross
going forth to serve
proclaiming the way of the Christ

July 31, 2010
reading bio blurb for
Wanda J. Nichols on Facebook
http://www.facebook.com/?ref=home#!/pastorwandajnichols
&
earlier poem
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Gethsemane

In this place, in the garden
prayers after the meal, into the night
prayers to the father, his plan revealed
Human fear, a foretaste of pain
Choosing the destiny the prophets foretold.

April 10, 2009
Holy Thursday service
and service of Tenebrae
Reverend Huntley Halvorson
Pastor Ruth L. Foss
http://www.suncookumc.org
Suncook United Methodist Church
Suncook, NH
April 9, 2009
Tenebrae – The Service of Shadows
1. THE SHADOW OF BETRAYAL
Matthew 26:20-25
2. THE SHADOW OF INNER AGONY
Luke 22:40-44
3. THE SHADOW OF LONELINESS
Matthew 26:40-45
4. THE SHADOW OF DESERTION
Matthew 26:47-50,55,56
5. THE SHADOW OF ACCUSATION
Matthew 26:59-67
6. THE SHADOW OF MOCKERY
Mark 15:12-20
7. THE SHADOW OF DEATH
Luke 23:33-46
Hymn: Were You There…
FINAL READING
John 1:1-4

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