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My soul shall be joyful in the Lord, it shall rejoice in his salvation. Gracious God our Father, we thank you for the gift of this day. Help us to rejoice and be glad in it. We pray for your spirit in all that we say and do, that our lives may be renewed, that we may go forth from this place with greater strength and determination to serve you.

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We ask this in Jesus' name, amen. [MUSIC] [Music] There is a sunshine in my soul today, a glorious day of light.

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♪ Our tears, Lord, are falling ♪ ♪ Our tears, Lord, are falling ♪ ♪ Oh, the sunshine, the sunshine ♪ ♪ And the peace, Lord, I may not find ♪

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♪ Oh, will you keep us strong this morning ♪ ♪ May the sun shine in your mind ♪ ♪ Oh, the sun shine, oh, the sun shine ♪ ♪ On the peaceful, happy moments of our lives ♪

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♪ Will be as true as morning, day ♪ ♪ And sunshine in my soul ♪ ♪ There is music in my soul today ♪ ♪ A carol to my king ♪

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♪ On Jesus' listening can hear ♪ ♪ The songs I cannot sing ♪ ♪ I cannot say ♪ ♪ Oh, the stars shine ♪

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♪ And the beams fly ♪ ♪ Like an old-time joke ♪ ♪ When the deep blue sky is shining ♪ ♪ There is sunshine in my soul ♪

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♪ There is music in my soul today ♪ ♪ For when the Lord is near ♪ [MUSIC] ♪ The peace sings in my heart ♪

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♪ The flowers embrace the beard ♪ ♪ Oh, the stars are shining ♪ ♪ When the peace of my heart is gone ♪ ♪ When the peace of my heart is gone ♪

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♪ There is sunshine in my soul ♪ [music] [applause] Our scripture lesson, the gospel according to Luke, the tenth chapter, verses 30 through 35.

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And Jesus answering said, "A certain man went down from Jerusalem to Jericho and fell among thieves who stripped him of his raiment and wounded him and departed leaving him half dead. And by chance there came down a certain priest that way and when he saw him he passed by on the other side. And likewise a Levite when he was at the place came and looked on him and passed by on

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on the other side. But a certain Samaritan, as he journeyed, came where he was,

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and when he saw him, he had compassion on him, and went to him, and bound up his wounds, pouring in oil and wine,

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and set him on his own beast, and and brought him to an inn and took care of him. And on the next day, when he departed,

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he took out two denarii and gave them to the host and said unto him, take care of him. And whatever thou spendest more, when I come again, I will repay thee.

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Thus endeth the reading of our scripture. I'll call to prayer a time when the people of God come together and talk with the Heavenly Father. We are his children, we are the sheep of his pasture.

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Those of us who feel led to do so, we ask that you come forward now as we gather around the altar to talk with our Heavenly Father. (piano music) [MUSIC PLAYING]

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(gentle piano music) [Music] May we bow our heads and close our eyes. Gracious God, our Heavenly Father,

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here we are again, your children. With bowed heads and humble hearts, we say thank you. Thank you for the gift of this day.

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Thank you for the presence of your spirit. Thank you for your power, for your guidance along life's way. So dear Lord,

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as we come here at this moment, We ask that you would be kind to us. Be kind to us, dear Lord. Our boats are so small.

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Your ocean is so wide. Be kind to us. The winds are so angry. The waves are so fierce.

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Be kind to us. Speak peace to our souls. Amidst the raging storm of life, we need you.

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We need the assurance of your presence and power. So be kind to us. Help us, oh God, to be the kind of persons that you would have us be. Help us here at Ebenezer to be the kind of church that you would have us be.

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We pray not only for the work and ministry that you have called us to do, but we would pray for your people everywhere. For those who witness in your name, we pray for this country. country for the crisis that we face. Help us, oh God, to see that in every crisis

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there is an opportunity to recognize your strength. Oh bless and use us and And help us, oh God, as we would reach out to those who are less fortunate than we, to those who are suffering from sickness, all manner of sickness and disease. And we would pray for those who are in sorrow.

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Bind up their broken hearts and help us, oh God, to be participants with you in working toward the coming of that day, when the kingdoms of this world become the kingdom of our Lord and Christ, in whose name we pray, amen. [MUSIC PLAYING]

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Stay right in the room. [COUGHING] [coughing] [MUSIC PLAYING]

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(soft piano music) [ Music ] [MUSIC PLAYING] (piano music)

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(piano music) (piano music) (piano music) (piano music)

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(piano music) (piano playing) [ Music ] ♪ I'm gonna take my first blow ♪

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♪ I believe that Jesus is near ♪ ♪ I'm gonna take my first blow ♪ ♪ I believe that Jesus is near ♪ ♪ I'm gonna take my first blow ♪

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Oh, when Jesus comes, I'm going to take my prayers home. I'm people that Jesus needs. I'm going to take my prayers home. I'm anyone that He wants me to be.

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I'm going to take my first step I'm turning back for the second beat I'm going to take my first step The morning Jesus is

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I'm going to take my first step I'm gonna take my burdens home. I'm gonna take my burdens home. I'm gonna take my burdens home.

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I'm gonna take my burdens home. I'm gonna take my burdens home. I'm gonna take my burdens home. I'm gonna take my burdens home.

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I'm gonna take my final vow. Oh, I'll play Jesus' hand. I'm gonna take my last vow. I'm living for my Jesus' feet.

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[Pause] Good morning. Mrs. Joanna Johnson is in Holy Cross Hospital, room 308. She solicits the prayers of the Church.

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Please consult your bulletins for additional announcements concerning events coming up in the following week. I do not have any visitors cards, but if there are visitors present, would you kindly stand and give us your name, please? Thank you. Yeah, before you the bulletin for this past month, which we didn't have out last Sunday.

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And there may be errors in this and if there are we would appreciate you calling to our attention it's an area in our account the Griffin family and Should be $200 more than we have reported here and if you have

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other Corrections to be made we would appreciate you calling it to our attention In addition to the announcement which was made concerning One member of the to be added to the sick and shut-in list sister Mary Banks will be operated on

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Wednesday at Bracken Ridge Hospital sister Mary Banks

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undergo surgery Wednesday at Bracken Ridge Hospital Sister Martha Renfro a Rambo rather 1620 East 7th Street is in Bracken Ridge Hospital

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That room number is 5535 she was taken there on Friday I Saw her last night We ask that you remember all of our sick and shut in in our in your prayers

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sister Nama Dotson is also at holy Bracken Ridge Hospital and

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brother Willie Baker underwent surgery there this past week On the third Sunday we are to have a worship service with the Wesley United Methodist Church. This is an ecumenical service

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in connection with the 114th anniversary of this church and We hope that you can join us at that time It's at What is that 530 I

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Believe that's the time that was announced in our bulletin on last Sunday as a time for yes 530 at Wesley on next Sunday with the Ebenezer and Gospel choirs giving the music and the pastor doing the preaching. Beginning in November we want to get a special

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contribution that will be used for our building and expansion purposes. We had the largest budget of our church and we've done well with that but we must do more than just keep up the current expenses of the church. We must do something in addition to that. One of the things that we need to do has to do with the parking lot over there. We own a little more land than we

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thought we owned according to the city and if we had that blacktop we could park a few more cars. It costs around $3,800 in order to get that blacktop. That isn't in the budget for this year, so in order for us to do that, we'll have to give that as well as other funds toward our building program.

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We have put aside all of the funds beyond our current operations each year to be used for the purpose of making the necessary remodeling to Campbell Hall. In order for us to hasten that, as you know, interest charges are going up. I think Chase Manhattan announced the other day that the interest charges will now be

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14.5%. Now, that's one of the reasons we want to have as much money as we can in order to do anything because if you're paying 14 and a half percent interest and you're going to spend a hundred and fifty or two hundred thousand dollars you can see

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just what the interest alone would run. So we hope that every person will make a substantial contribution. We're going to have special envelopes for that purpose and what you give is to be designated for that and used for set aside for that used primarily for that purpose of going into building fund and we hope that each

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month in the future beginning on our next church year that you'll be making contributions to that effort. Ushers will you come forward to trust the deacons. [MUSIC]

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Let us pray. Bless us, O Lord, in this time of giving. Help us to give freely, lovingly, sacrificially, in Jesus' name. Amen.

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[MUSIC PLAYING] Bye-bye. [MUSIC PLAYING] [MUSIC PLAYING]

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