Bulletin 11.9.25
“The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law; but thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.” 1 Corinthians 15:56-57
A Reflection Before The Service
A Reflection Before The Service
Sometimes I wonder if I should be medicated
If I would feel better just lightly sedated
A feeling comes so fast and I cannot control it
I'm on fire, but I'm trying not to show it
I push it back, but it keeps on coming
And being clever never got me very far
Because it's all in my head
And "You're too sensitive", they said
I said, "Okay, but let's discuss this at the hospital"
Is this how it is?
Is this how it's always been?
To exist in the face of suffering and death
And somehow still keep singing?
—Florence Welch and Jack Antanoff , “Free” (Track two on the 2022 album Dance Fever by Florence and the Machine; emp. added)
Remembering that I’ll be dead soon is the most important tool I’ve ever encountered to help me make the big choices in life. Because almost everything—all external expectations, all pride, all fear of embarrassment or failure—these things just fall away in the face of death , leaving only what is truly important. Remembering that you are going to die is the best way I know to avoid the trap of thinking you have something to lose.
—Steve Jobs ; 2005 commencement speech at Stanford University (emph. added)
The Call To Worship
The Call To Worship
Paul’s First Letter to Corinth 15.51 -58
Behold, I tell you a mystery; we will not all sleep, but we will all be changed, in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet; for the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised imperishable, and we will be changed. For this perishable must put on the imperishable, and this mortal must put on immortality. But when this perishable will have put on the imperishable, and this mortal will have put on immortality, then will come about the saying that is written,
"DEATH IS SWALLOWED UP in victory.
O DEATH, WHERE IS YOUR VICTORY?
O DEATH, WHERE IS YOUR STING?"
The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law; but thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ. Therefore, my beloved brethren, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that your toil is not in vain in the Lord.
(Prayer)
A Reflection Before The Service
Sometimes I wonder if I should be medicated
If I would feel better just lightly sedated
A feeling comes so fast and I cannot control it
I'm on fire, but I'm trying not to show it
I push it back, but it keeps on coming
And being clever never got me very far
Because it's all in my head
And "You're too sensitive", they said
I said, "Okay, but let's discuss this at the hospital"
Is this how it is?
Is this how it's always been?
To exist in the face of suffering and death
And somehow still keep singing?
—Florence Welch and Jack Antanoff , “Free” (Track two on the 2022 album Dance Fever by Florence and the Machine; emp. added)
Remembering that I’ll be dead soon is the most important tool I’ve ever encountered to help me make the big choices in life. Because almost everything—all external expectations, all pride, all fear of embarrassment or failure—these things just fall away in the face of death , leaving only what is truly important. Remembering that you are going to die is the best way I know to avoid the trap of thinking you have something to lose.
—Steve Jobs ; 2005 commencement speech at Stanford University (emph. added)
The Call To Worship
Paul’s First Letter to Corinth 15.51 -58
Behold, I tell you a mystery; we will not all sleep, but we will all be changed, in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet; for the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised imperishable, and we will be changed. For this perishable must put on the imperishable, and this mortal must put on immortality. But when this perishable will have put on the imperishable, and this mortal will have put on immortality, then will come about the saying that is written,
"DEATH IS SWALLOWED UP in victory.
O DEATH, WHERE IS YOUR VICTORY?
O DEATH, WHERE IS YOUR STING?"
The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law; but thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ. Therefore, my beloved brethren, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that your toil is not in vain in the Lord.
(Prayer)
09/11/25