Mike Vanden Bosch

WE GATHER FOR WORSHIP

Organ Prelude

Welcome

Opening Sentences

"We do not preach ourselves, but Jesus Christ as Lord, and ourselves as servants for Jesus' sake.

"For God, who said, 'Let light shine out of darkness,' made his light shine in our hearts to give us the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Christ.

Grace CRC, some years ago,
served wine at its Lord's Suppers.
They passed a cup from hand to hand,
for they were "common cuppers."

The young resented cups from hands
still stained from greasing tractors;
some said their appetite for wine
was spoiled by such factors.