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[ Silence ] [ Music ] ♪ O praise the Lord at Jesus' name ♪ ♪ Let angels rush before Him ♪

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♪ Let angels rush before Him ♪ ♪ Rejoice all you gallant youth ♪ ♪ And crown Him with brotherhood ♪ [music]

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[music] ♪ The world before her own ♪ ♪ She chose that field ♪ ♪ Now here in her land ♪

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♪ He has found the power ♪ ♪ He has found the power ♪ ♪ He'll win possession by his will ♪ ♪ The power of the Lord ♪

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♪ And in, and in ♪ ♪ And in, and in ♪ ♪ The power of the Lord ♪ - The earth is the Lord's and the fullness thereof.

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The world and they that dwell therein. Lift up your heads, O ye gates, even lift them up, you everlasting doors, and the King of glory shall come in. - Who is this King of glory?

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I know I am host, he is the King of glory. - Let us pray. Gracious God, our Father in heaven, We thank you for this day.

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We thank you for our last night's lying down. We thank you, oh God, for the sunshine that you brought into our lives. We thank you, oh God, because you are the King of glory.

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You are the giver of every good and perfect gift. O gracious God, we pray that you would be with us today. We pray that your spirit would be with us in a special way to help enlighten our minds and ease the burdens on our hearts

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to know that you are a God that is always with us. O gracious God, we pray for the uplifting of your word today. We pray, O God, that you would help us to love one another, help us to be kind towards one another,

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help us to be meek, O God. We pray, Father, that from the hearing and the preaching of your word, that it will give us strength, that it will edify us and give us the knowledge to continue another week.

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We ask these blessings in your son's name. Amen. [music] It's me, it's me, oh Lord, standing in the need of prayer.

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It's me, it's me, oh Lord, standing in the need of prayer. It's me, it's me, oh Lord, standing in the need of prayer. It's me, it's me, oh Lord, standing in the need of prayer. It's me, it's me, oh Lord, standing in the need of prayer.

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It's me, it's me, oh Lord, standing in the need of prayer. It's me, it's me, oh Lord, standing in the need of prayer. It's me, it's me, oh Lord, standing in the need of prayer. It's me, it's me, oh Lord, standing in the need of prayer.

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♪ Standing in the need of prayer ♪ ♪ It's me, it's me, oh Lord ♪ ♪ Standing in the need of prayer ♪ ♪ It's me, it's me, oh Lord ♪

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♪ Standing in the need of prayer ♪ ♪ It's me, it's me, oh Lord ♪ ♪ Standing in the need of prayer ♪ ♪ It's not my problems nor my sister ♪

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♪ But it's me, oh Lord ♪ ♪ Standing in the need of prayer ♪ ♪ It's not my problems nor my sister ♪ ♪ But it's me, oh Lord ♪

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♪ Standing in the need of prayer ♪ ♪ It's me, it's me, oh Lord ♪ ♪ Standing in the need of prayer ♪ It's me, it's me, oh Lord, standing in the need of prayer.

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I'm not speaking for me elder, but it's me, oh Lord, standing in the need of prayer. It's not speaking for me elder, but it's me, oh Lord, standing in the need of prayer. It's me, it's me, oh Lord, standing in the need of prayer. It's me, it's me, oh Lord, standing in the need of prayer.

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It's me, it's me, it's me, oh Lord, standing in the need of prayer. (music) Let us pray. Almighty and everlasting God, the Father, our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ,

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We come this morning, our Father, with bowed head and humble heart. We come, our Father, in the humblest way that we've ever been taught to pray, to call upon thy holy and righteous name. We come this morning, our Father, thanking you for what you've already did

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and what you're yet willing to do for us. We realize, our Father, that thou hast brought us a mighty long way over the mountains, our Father, through the valley of the shallows of death, our Father, that hath been good to us, our Father,

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ever since we've been in into this world, our Father. And we come at this time, our Father, to say thank you for your goodness. We realize, our Father, that you have been good to us, and all your goodness, our Father. We have been contributing and have went wrong to that direction.

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Things that you told us to do, our Father, we failed in doing them, and things you told us not to do, we find ourselves doing them. And we feel like our Father, all unrighteousness is sin, Because you say the way to the sin is death but the gift of God is eternal life

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We pray this morning our father for you that that would give us eternal life We pray our father for those that are sick in the hospital Those that bereaved and those that have trouble in mind this morning I'll follow realizing our father, you know that you're a mind regulator and your heart fixer this morning

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our Father, come to us this morning and let us come to us close enough that we can feel that burning on the altar of our heart. We pray this morning, our Father, for the man that's going to bring the message this morning. Let him make it so plain, our Father, this morning, that a fool can't err and a blind man can't lose his way. This morning, our

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Father, when it's all over, when we, like others, have to go in our rooms and come out no more, we pray, our Father, that you'll come into our room and be a light unto our feet and the night you have pathway these blessings and many more we ask in the name of Jesus Christ our Lord and Savior amen

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♪ Jesus, Lord ♪ ♪ Oh, my soul ♪ ♪ Let me be moved ♪ ♪ By the Son ♪

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♪ While the years ♪ ♪ While the flow ♪ ♪ While the land ♪ ♪ Still is round ♪

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♪ I'll be home ♪ I sing your heart to the song of my dear friend. ♪ Safe and warm ♪ ♪ Like heaven on high ♪

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♪ Oh, we sing ♪ ♪ My soul ♪ ♪ At thy birth ♪ ♪ How bright the dawn ♪

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♪ That is o'er the land ♪ ♪ Nor let all ♪ ♪ Ill-being ♪ ♪ I demand ♪

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♪ Rain down ♪ ♪ Share the rain ♪ ♪ Heal the scar ♪ ♪ And lead me now ♪

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♪ Come now, oh ♪ ♪ Bring me ♪ ♪ My baby ♪ ♪ I am home ♪

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♪ I am right here, my love ♪ ♪ Love and home ♪ ♪ Love's here in my head ♪ ♪ I'm home ♪

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[Music] Let us stand for our responsive reading, we found in the back of your red hymnals number 566 justification. [MUSIC PLAYING]

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(SINGING) Hear ye my words, ye children. I am thy God. ♪ Blessed are they who walk with the word of the Lord in their hearts. ♪ [MUSIC]

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Therefore being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ. [inaudible] And not only so, but we glory in tribulation also, knowing that tribulation worketh patience. [inaudible]

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and hope make if not ashamed, because the love of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Ghost, which is given unto us. [All] Holy Ghost, fill us with your holy spirit,

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and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. [Music] ♪ I will leave thy word in my heart ♪ ♪ May thee ♪

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♪ Bow in my heart ♪ - For scarcely for a righteous man will one die, yet pre-adventure for a good man, some would even dare to die.

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[inaudible] Much more than being now justified by his blood, we shall be saved from the wrath through him. [inaudible] And not only so, but we also joy in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom we have now received the atonement.

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[All] There is no power or might or dominion between us, but by Christ Jesus. For the law of the Spirit of life and Christ Jesus hath made me free from the law of sin and death. [choir singing] (church choir singing) ♪ And when you just try it, it'll be all over ♪

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♪ God work you have done to my feet ♪ ♪ God work you have done to my feet ♪ ♪ God work you have done to my feet ♪ ♪ Have a look unto my cross ♪

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♪ And live for me ♪ [ Music ] (footsteps) (footsteps)

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(audience member coughing) [ Pause ] [MUSIC PLAYING] Everybody ought to know.

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Everybody ought to know. Everybody ought to know who Jesus is. Everybody ought to know. Everybody ought to know.

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Everybody ought to know who Jesus is. He is the lily of the valley. He's a bright and shining star. He's the fairest of a thousand.

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Everybody ought to know. Everybody ought to know. Everybody ought to know, everybody ought to know who Jesus is. Everybody ought to know, everybody ought to know, everybody ought to know who Jesus is.

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On the cross He died for sinners, And His blood makes white as snow. Loving, living, coming Savior, He's the one you ought to know

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Everybody ought to know Everybody ought to know Everybody ought to know Who Jesus is

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Everybody ought to know Everybody ought to know Everybody ought to know who Jesus is. Amen. Amen.

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This is the children's hour. All children in the congregation, I ask to come forward at this time. Jesus said, "Suffer the little children to come unto me, and forbid them not, for such is the kingdom of heaven."

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Just leave it right there. Leave it right there. Leave it right there. I want you three to join with the members here of the children's choir as we begin this

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session. I'd like for all of you to repeat after me this verse, which is found in the Garden of God's Word in Mark, the 10th chapter, and the 32nd verse. Would you repeat after me?

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And they were in the way going up to Jerusalem. And Jesus went before them, and they were amazed. And as they followed, they were afraid. And he took again the twelve, and began to tell them what things should happen unto him,

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saying, Behold, we go up to Jerusalem, and the Son of Man shall be delivered unto the chief priests and unto the scribes and they shall condemn him to death and shall deliver him to the Gentiles. So we're going to talk about following Jesus, following Jesus. There's a game I don't know whether you have ever played

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the game Simon Says. You've played the game Simon Says? All right and you're supposed to do whatever Simon says do and you're not to do what Simon doesn't say do. So Simon says hold your hands up. All right.

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Simon says put your hands down. Hold your hands up. See, that's sometimes hard to follow. So this is really what a disciple is.

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A disciple is a learner. A disciple is one who follows the master. So sometimes it becomes hard to follow Jesus. It becomes difficult for us to walk where he walks, to walk in his steps, because we

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become afraid. They became afraid when Jesus told them where he must go, that he must go up to Jerusalem. But we are to follow Jesus wherever he leads. Some way, times the way is hard, sometimes it gets dark, sometimes it gets difficult,

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sometimes it gets dangerous, but we are to follow him wherever he leads. And doing this, they told the Master that they would. Well, when the time became very hard and dangerous, they forsook Jesus and they ran away.

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As we learn about him, we are to show forth that love that will cause us to follow him where he leads. Sometimes it's in the dark

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garden of Gethsemane. Sometimes it's to Calvary and to follow him even to the tomb. to know full well that God will bless us and that no matter what happened to Jesus, even in the end though he is crucified, God raises him up. And this is the message to us, to follow Jesus wherever

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he leads. This is the joy of living. This is the victory of life following Jesus where he leads. May we bow our heads. Gracious God our Father we thank you for your guidance and for the leadership that you give, give us faith, give us love that will cause us to follow you through Jesus

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Christ wherever he leads. In his name we pray, amen. [MUSIC PLAYING] (soft music)

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[Music] [MUSIC PLAYING] [MUSIC PLAYING] (upbeat music)

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(upbeat music) [MUSIC PLAYING] [MUSIC PLAYING] [ Music ]

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God sent his Son to be our Savior. God sent his Son to be our Savior. God sent his Son to be our Savior. He is the way, he is the truth, he is the right.

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Was Jesus Christ, who came to save the world? Was Jesus Christ, who came to save the world? Was Jesus Christ, who came to save the world? He is the way, He is the truth, He is the life.

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He gave his life that we might be set free. He gave his life that we might be set free. He gave his life that we might be set free. He is the way, he is just, he is the life.

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[chorus singing] [Music] That we might live again, close from the day. That we might live again, close from the day.

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That we might live again. He is the way, he is the truth, he is the life. He is today. I know he always will. He lives today.

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I know he always will. He lives today. I know he always will. He is the way, he is the truth, he is the life. He is the way, he is the truth, he is the life. He is the way, He is the truth, He is the life.

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Amen. We worship the Lord now in our giving. (footsteps) [MUSIC PLAYING]

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Every person should have received, a member of this church, should have received a Lenten folder, which you were asked to make a contribution of at least $10, turn it in on or before Easter Sunday. If you have not received your Lenten folder,

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trust that you will make your contribution nevertheless. If you need one, we have some more on hand. This is a special sacrificial offering which we do from year to year. And we ask that everyone will, in keeping with the spirit of this season,

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comply with that request. Let us pray. Unto you, O God, we offer ourselves in grateful praise and gratitude for your goodness. We pray that you will bless us now as we worship you in our giving.

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We honor you, O God, as we submit our substance unto you, recognizing that it is not really ours, but yours, and that this is a channel and a means of expressing our love and our devotion.

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Bless each one of us as we give, that we may show forth that love for you which will not let go. Express them the sacrifices that we make in Jesus' name. Amen. [MUSIC PLAYING]

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[MUSIC PLAYING] ♪ (ominous music) [MUSIC PLAYING] [Music]

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(footsteps) [footsteps] (footsteps) (footsteps thudding)

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[MUSIC - "HALLELUJAH CHOIR"] (SINGING) Hallelujah, hallelujah. Hallelujah, hallelujah. ♪ Galvary ♪

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♪ Galvary ♪ ♪ Surely he died on ♪ ♪ Galvary ♪ ♪ Galvary ♪

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♪ Galvary ♪ ♪ Galvary ♪ ♪ Galvary ♪ ♪ Galvary ♪

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♪ Galvary ♪ ♪ Surely he died on Calvary ♪ ♪ Every time I think about Jesus ♪ ♪ Every time I think about Jesus ♪

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♪ I think about Jesus ♪ ♪ Every time I think about Jesus ♪ ♪ Surely he died on Calvary ♪ ♪ Calvary ♪

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♪ Calvary ♪ ♪ Calvary ♪ ♪ Calvary ♪ Surely died on Calvary.

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Don't you hear the hammer ringing? Don't you hear the hammer ringing? Don't you hear the hammer ringing? Surely he died on Calvary.

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Calvary, Calvary. Don't you hear the hammer ringing? Surely he died on Calvary. Good morning.

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This is your announcement period. A bake sale will be held immediately following the service for the Concord Chapel Choir. This announcement comes from Ms. Rowena Jackson. I have an announcement from Brother Leroy Hendricks, President.

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The ushers and nurses will meet Monday, April 13th at 8 p.m. in Fellowship Hall. The Friendship Baptist Church at 3515 Weberville Road will sponsor its Brotherhood Annual today at 3 p.m. The theme is "Brotherly Love." This announcement comes from Reverend Willie L. Bartee, pastor of that church. I have been given names of the following visitors. I will

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ask our visitors to please stand and remain standing until words of welcome have been given to you. Passe Frans of Belgium. Mr. Frans is a member of the Lutheran Church. Mrs. Catherine House of Temple, Texas. Are there any other visitors? If so, I'll ask that you please stand at this time. Thank you. We're very happy to have you here. We

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Thank you. We're very happy to have all of the visitors with us here today. If you have time, immediately following the service, we will ask that you meet with our pastor so that he can personally give you a greeting and a handshake following service

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in the back of our sanctuary. I will ask that any members of the church who are sitting near the visitors, please stand and give them a handshake of welcome. visitors who are in town and are looking for a church home, you're always welcome here

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at Ebenezer. We would like for you to become a part of us. For others of you who are simply visiting with us for the day, I would like for you to know that you're always welcome to come back. Thank you very much. much.

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Palm Sunday musical will be presented today at 3:30 p.m. so we want all of you to come back and let us join with the members of the chancel choir and celebrating this particular event and song. This is our special musical in keeping with the season and we would want that everyone would be present,

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everyone who possibly can, the offering will be for the robes, the new robes, which the choir hopes to purchase very soon. So during the offertory period we are asking that you would remember that. Above all we want that our entire church family will join in this celebration this afternoon. The title of the musical

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God is not dead. You no doubt have a bulletin insert, some of you at least understand that we did not have enough to go around scouting leaflet.

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There was a call issued for all boys from 8 to 19. Let me see all of the boys and young men in our church from 8 to 19. Will you stand? All boys and young men from 8 to 19. 8 to 19. All right. 8 to 19. All right. Now if you're not in scouting and and you are interested in scouting,

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we want you to remain for just a few moments and meet with Brother Tucker. Brother Tucker, where are you? Is Brother Tucker there?

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So those of you who are interested in scouting, we want you to meet with Brother Tucker right here at the front to my left, following the service.

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Thank you very much. This is a program that our church has sort of pioneered in. We were among the first to have a Scout program and

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we want to see that that program is continued. So remain for a few moments. Brother Tucker has agreed to serve as Scoutmaster and to give leadership to this program.

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There's a lost Bible, I think Marjorie Rohn Has lost the Bible and I think brother Sears has found it. So if you'll see brother Sears over here You may get it. I'm happy to see the quarters in the congregation. They were

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faithful members of our church when they were here and Also members of the chancel choir, would you all just stand just a moment some some may not know the porters but We're glad to have them back. So it's like a homecoming to have them back in our audience

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and we are glad to have you along with others who have stood earlier as Our guest today. Thank you so much Now following the The services today the ushers will

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meet at the Zion Hill Baptist Church where they will have dinner so The pastor is invited to that I think I'm gonna have to

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Let that go today so I can get home and get some rest and get back for the afternoon Service when you get up five o'clock and preach two sermons first thing you want to do when the service is over is to go home and rest and So that's I want to thank the ushers for that, but I'll have to forgo that

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