What the World Needs to Hear - Poem by Raymond A. Foss

One of the questions to ponder this night
was the words of the good thief
hanging on the cross
What is the truth for this night,
that the world needs to hear?

The answer is found in the scripture,
in the words of the lord
and in the lessons he taught, and the life he lived
They are in the mirror when we look
and in our hearts when we listen

We are fighting for nothing
when we struggle on earth
and we are missing the point
that love is the word

For he came because he loved us
and wanted this toil to end
We brought him to the cross
and there he died.

But God wasn’t finished,
the story did not end there
For he loved us from the beginning
and he loves us still as then.

Like the thief on the cross
offering kindness and truth
He asked for a bit of God’s grace
and found life in paradise.

We can walk a different path
change our course and find new life
journey yoked with our savior
and join him in paradise.

April 11, 2009
Good Friday Service
Luke 23:39-41
The Repentant Thief
The First Congregational Church of Pembroke, NH
and Suncook United Methodist Church
Pembroke, NH
April 10, 2009
&
John 18:1-19:42
Job 14:1-14
Upper Room Disciplines 2009 – April 10, 2009
Upper Room Disciplines 2009 – April 11, 2009
Alive Now – April 11, 2009,
“The Great Vigil of Easter”
&
Holy Thursday service
and service of Tenebrae
Reverend Huntley Halvorson
Pastor Ruth L. Foss
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