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Church "This is my body which is given up for you; this do in rememberence of me" Sunday school lesson LOVE FACES THE CROSS (Luke 22:1-2:7-23 "This is my body which is given for you; this do in remembrance of me lius cup is the New Testament in my blood, which is shed for you." (Luke 22-19-20). Jesus had come into the area of Je rusalem six day prior to the feast of the passover, and took temporary residence in Bethany, two miles from Jerusalem. On Sunday (Our lesson two weeks ago) He rode into Jerusa lem as a conqueror. The happy pas sover crowd hailed Him as King, as indeed he was. On Monday, as he had done at the beginning of His public ministry, He drove the merchants and money changers out of the temple. Throughout the days prior to His arrest, He taught in the temple to crowds of people who gathered spon taneously . His teaching was fresh and powerful, and it was personal. No doubt some in His audiences had seen Him on occasion in Judea, or Galilee, during the past three years. Nearly all, we may surmise, beard of His mighty works. We can almost hear them exclaim ing, "This Jesus of Nazareth casts out demons, heals the blind and the lame and raises the dead to life again." Sounds wonderful, doesn't it? Indeed it was for the moment. Yet, the storm clouds which had be gun to gather many months earlier in Jesus' public ministry, had now moved over Jerusalem. It would be many days before the sun would shine again for Jesus' disciples. THE TIME AND THE TROUBLE (Luke 22:1-2) It is hardly possible for us Chris tians living today to fully compre hend the impact that Christ's Go6pel had on Palestine in general, and Ju diasm's religionists in particular. When John the Baptist began preach ing "the Kingdom of Heaven is at hand" he was the first prophet the people had heard in more than four hundred years; the people were hun gry to hear "thus sayeth the Lord" once again. The coming of Christ with His tea ching of love and forgiveness was dis rupting organized religion. His fol lowers and now numbered in multitudes wherever He went. The religious leaders counseled together and decided that this Christian movement had to be stopped for they were losing control of the people. To be sure, some of the people. To be sure, some of the leaders believed Je sus to be authenic, mainly however, they believed Him to be a Messiah charlatan. The Scripture relates, however, that they plotted to kill Him. THE PLACE AND THE PREPARATION (Luke 22:7-13) It should be noted that Jesus was a Jewish boy, raise in a Jewish boy, raised in a Jewish home. As such, He studied the Scriptures regularly. During His ministry He attended the synagogue, or temple, on the Sab bath?He taught in the temple. He ob served the Jewish feast days of com memoration. At this time He and His disciples were in Jerusalem to ob serve the feast of the passover. Here "passover feast" means "the Lamb" that was the main part of the passover supper; the passover cele bration commemorated their deliv ery from Egyptian servitude. The meal was to be prepared in a partic ular fashion and preparation was made. Eating the passover meal was a family affair. Jesus was preparing to eat the meal with His Christian family, the twelve Apostles, and in an upper room in a house in Jerusalem. THE MEAL AND MEMORIAL (Luke 22:14-23) "And when the hour was come. He sat down, and the twelve Apostles with Him." This was the last pas sover Jesus would share with His Apostles. One theologian noted that every passover lamb killed through the centuries was a prophecy of "the Lamb of God which would take away the sins of the world." Jesus is our passover. The next day following passover, Jesus, the Lamb would be slain. His blood saves us from the death our sins deserve. Following the pas sover meal in the upper room, Jesus set forth a memorial that following generations should observe. It is called variously, The Lord's Supper, Communion, Sacrament, etc. ; it was to become a central feature in Chris tian worship. Jesus said, "This do in remembrance of me." (vs 19) (Lesson based on the International Sunday School Lessons) Area church news Chorus to perform The First United Methodist Church located on the corner of Church and Road Sts., Elizabeth City, will pre sent the Yale Slavic Chorus in con cert tonight(Thursday), March 12th at 8:00 p.m. Admission is free. The Yale Slavic Chorus, a group of twenty women from the Yale and New Haven community, was founded sixteen years. They sing Eastern Eu rpoean women's folk music all of it a cappella, in ten Slavic languages and dialects, including Russian, Polish, Macedonian, Croatian, and Bulgar ian. The concert format is lively and in formative, including translations in English, and history and anecodotes about the music they perform. They have toured extensively both in this country and in Bulgaria and are plan ning a trip to Yugoslavia for this summer. In the past, they have per formed with such hne folk groups as the Chieftains, in Boston's Symphony Hall, and have been hosted by Robert J. Lurtsema on WGBH's Morning Pro Musica. They have found an en thusiastic welcome in Slavic commu nities throughout the northeast and midwest United States and in Bul garia. Fellowship to meet The Perquimans County Fellowship Union Meeting at Bay Branch Union A.M.E. Zion Church, Belvidere community begins serv ices at 7:00 p.m. The Rev. Thomas McPherson and St. Paul A.M.E. Zion Church will be in charge of the worship. The Rev. Walter L. Leigh is host pastor, and the Rev. J.H. Lon don is president and founder. First Baptist schedule The First Baptist Church Sunday School begins at 9:45 a.m. with the superintendent, R.B. Gibbs, in charge. Morning worship starts at 11 :00 a.m. with the Rev. London, pas tor, preaching from the subject "Co operating With the Holy Spirit" John 16:7. The senior choir will sing under the direction of Barbara Shannon, or ganist. The First Baptist Church will be guest of the St. Mark Holiness of Edenton, N.C. Sunday afternoon at 2:00 p.m. The Rev. London will pre ach from the subject "Jail House Rock." The J.H. London Crusaders Gospel Singers will sing. Elder Henry Moore is the host pastor. Rocky Hock sets revival The Rocky Hock Baptist Church will hold its Spring Revival March 15 20, with the Reverend Ralph Knight as the guest speaker. The Rev. Knight, a native of Dur ham, North Carolina, has a BA from Wake Forest College and a M.D. from Southern Seminary. His first pastorate was with the Ballard's Bridge Baptist Church in Tyner. He has also served churches in several other places in North Carolina, as well as in Virginia and in Kentucky. After retiring in 1984, he filled in as Interim Pastor in several local churches. He isn now Direcotr of Mis sions of the Chowan Baptist Associa tion. He and his wife, Mavis, have five grown children and thirteen grandchildren. For good Gospel preaching, special music, and congregational singing, come and bring your whole family and worship with us. Everyone is in vited! Services will begin at 11:00 a.m. on Sujday and nightly at 7:30 p.m. Sunday through Friday. A nurs ery will be provided. Please join us! Hospice volunteer named Susan Miller of Pasquotank County has been named Hospice Volunteer of the month for February 1987. Over night stays and trips to Chesapeake General are just a few of the services Mrs. Miller performed as a volun teer. She is currently serving as Co volunter for two years. At least 55 hours of her own time were spent during February providing Hospice care. Scraps QUAUTY NEW & USED FURNITURE Albemarle Furniture Pat's Upholstery Serving the Hertford Area Quality Work Free Estimate 335-0747 - office Mary Kay Ruth Sutton, Consultant 426-7374 Dear friends. Among the 'personal data' required on the de ceased are: full name, birthplace and date, fa ther's and mother's name. Social Security number, military service details, list of organizations and offices held. The latter in formation is valuable, not only for death benefits, but for participation in the funeral service. It is well for this data to be pre pared in advance. Respectfully, - .j SuuiniieU iFuneral 3Home. 3nt. 509 Dobbs Street Hertford, N.C. 426-7311 EVERYBODY NEEDS TO REPENT Rev. John London Lake 13: 1-9 Jesus spoke this parable: A man had a fig tree growing in his vine yard, and he came out looking for fruit on it but did not find any. He said to the vinedresser, Look here! For three years now I have come in search of fruit on this fig tree and found none. Cut it down. Why should it clutter up the ground?' In answer, the main aid, Sir, leave it another year while I hoe around it and manure it then perhaps it will bear fruit. If nor, it shall be cut down'. The parable. It is significant that Jesus amplified His remark about repentance with a brief parable about a non productive fig tree. The owner of the vineyard in which the tree grew ordered it cut down. Now that tree never hurt anyone. It was perfectly harmless. Like many "good"' people, it was not making the world worse. But despite being given repeated opportunities, it had not produced fruit. It was not doing ythe one thing for which it had been planted. Therefore, it should be removed. We were created for fellowship with God, but we have turned away from Him and followed ways which may or may not have bee obviously sinful, but they have not been His ways. We need therefore to repent, so that we can do the thing for which we were created-to be in fellowship with our Creator. Repentance is imperative. Father saying to his son, I want you to stop referring to the church as the Repentapon." But the little boy was right. The call to repent is a feature of our message that should not be hidden. Jesos words to His audience in the Scripture before us shows us how imper ative repentance is. He did not say, Unless you repent you will be unhappy. He did not say, Unless you repent things will not go well for you. He said, Unless you repent you will all perish. Repentance then, is a matter of eternal irrportance.^ More than guilt. Obviously repenting is a human act, something which each one of us must do for himself or herself. But it is more than a weary recitation of our sins and shortcomings. It is more than a sense of sadness or an acknowledgement of guilt for our sins. It is, above all, a radicalreorientation of our lives that gives God out central aliegiance. It is allowing ourselves to be caught up in the way of Chris! and saying, ..It is His way that I choose. Frederick Buechner puts it well when he says, "True repentance spends less time looking at the past ond saying, "I'm sorry, than to the future and saying, Wow!"' The repentance that matters. ? Ml Grammatically, the word repentance is a noun, but in terms of our lives, it is qn action verb. To repent means that we must act upon the awareness of our own sin. Sorrow over sin does little good if it only serves to make us ashamed. Many people are ashamed of their actions or their moral weaknesses. But shame alone can disheaten us, deflate our hope and aith, and leave us so disgusted with ourselves that we have not spirit left to do anything but sink deeper into our shame. The repentance that Jesus calls for is the only kind that will do us some good. It is the kind that drives us first to our knees to say we are sorry, and then to oU^' feet to walk with God each day. . ... . ) Cards of Thanks People need people and friends need friends and we all need love and that's what you showed me. Thank you for your prayers, cards, telephone calls and all acts of kindness while I > was a patient in Albemarle Hospital and at home. May God Bless You. Patricia Hunter I want to thank the doctors and staff at the Chowan Hospital for the special care I received while I was in the hos pital. Also, many thanks to my family and friends for their prayers, visits, ards, flowers and other acts of thoughtfulness. ? Kines D. Copeland i People's Bank & Trust Co. MEMBER FDIC Hertford, N.C. Reed Oil Company EXXON PRODUCTS HERTFORD, N.C. HOLLOWELL OIL CO. SUPPLIERS OF OIL PRODUCTS j Phone: 426-5745 Quality Clothing Outlet Ward's Shopping Cantor US 17 By Pats Hertford, W.C. 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