Vorspiel: Betty Klassen

Begrüßung und Gebet: Pastor George

Gesang: # 201 Wie sehr hat Gott die Welt geliebt! (1-4)

# 203 Ich blicke voll Beugung und Staunen (1-4)

Bekanntmachungen/Gebet/Opfer Pastor George

Gesang: # 413 Wenn der Heiland, wenn der Heiland (1-4)

# 414 Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme (1-3)

Schriftlesung: 2 Thessalonicher 2:1-12

Botschaft: „Aufklärung über den Tag des Herrn“

2 Thessalonicher 2:1-12 Pastor George

Schlusslied: # 415 Der Herr bricht ein um Mitternacht (1-3)

All Sunday Services and Bible Studies will only be available on Television & Clearbrook MB Website.

Today 10:50 am Pastor Walter Wednesday 10 am German Bible Study - Pastor George 10:30 am English Bible Study - Pastor Walter Psalm 26 ………………….. Tuesday 9:30 am Church Council Meeting

Sunday, March 29, 2020 10:50 am Pastor Scott

Morgengottesdienst 9:30 Uhr

Pastoral Team

Scott & Miriam Tolhurst

Walter & Edith Wiens

George & Mary Baier

Fred & Hani Ekkert

Missionary to South Asians

Salvestina Felix

Glorifying God, Building the Church, Reaching the World.

2719 Clearbrook Road Abbotsford, BC V2T 2Y9

604-850-6607 office@clearbrookmbchurch.ca www.clearbrookmbchurch.ca

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Office Hours: Monday to Friday 8 am - 4:30 pm (closed at noon for one hour)

OUR CHURCH FAMILY Sunday, March 22, 2020

Clearbrook MB Church

These Sunday services will be only

available on Television &

Clearbrook MB Website

9:30 am German Worship Service

10:50 am Family Worship Service

THIS WEEK

Alle Gottesdienste und Bibelstunden werden nur über

Fernseh (TV) und Computer übertragen.

Mittwoch 10 Uhr Deutsche Biblestunde - Pastor George

10:30 Uhr Englishe Biblestunde - Pastor Walter

Psalm 26

Nächsten Sonntag, den 29. März, 2020

9:30 Uhr Prediger: Pastor George

10:50 Uhr Pastor Scott

Notes of Sympathy

Miriam Martens - passed away Thursday, March 19, 2020.

Our sincere condolences to family and friends

„ Siehe, ich komme bald und mein Lohn mit mir, einem jeden

zu geben, wie seine Werke sind. Ich bin das A und das O,

der Erste und der Letzte, der Anfang und das Ende.”

Offenbarung 22:12-13

D IESE WOCHE

The Daniel Reist family is now in California at the Stanford

Medical Center, preparing for the open heart surgery for

Emmett, the great grandson of Grant & Emeline Reist,

The surgery has been rescheduled for March 25th.

Thank you for your continued prayers for the success of

the surgery and for peace for the family.

In Abbotsford Hospital:

Ben Baier

Sally Dueck - is in the Surrey hospital

Helen Berladyn - Thank you for all your prayers. Helen

asked for continued prayer, for the pain is getting worse

as her cancer spreads.

Tina Krause - is at home in Tabor Manor

To watch our Church Services - go to Clearbrook MB Website & click on Watch Live (on top menu bar).

PRELUDE: Eldon McBride

INVOCATION/WELCOME: Pastor Scott

SONGS: In Times Like These

# 43 Great is Thy Faithfulness

# 404 The Solid Rock

ANNOUNCEMENTS: Pastor Scott

CONTEMPLATIVE PIANO NUMBER: Eldon McBride

SONG: # 347 Be Still, My Soul

PASTORAL PRAYER: Lorraine Dick

SONG: # 335 Turn Your Eyes upon Jesus

MESSAGE: “Betrayal - Lord’s Supper - Denial”

Mark 14:12-31 Pastor Walter

SONG: # 189 Calvary Covers it All

BENEDICTION: Pastor Scott

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All Sunday Services and Bible Studies will only be Transmitted on Television and Livestream

To watch our Church Services - go to Clearbrook MB

Website & click on Watch Live (on top menu bar).

Turn and Return

My first meeting with a doctor was at my birth. We did not have a formal introduction and our encounter was brief. None the less - it was a life giving experience. Throughout my decades, I have returned to various doctors more than once. My repeated returns are not a reflection of poor doctoring, but an indication of my sickness and infirmity. I go back to doctors not because they failed to do their job, but because their job is unfailing. It is the same for the cross.

The cross of Jesus Christ is a place of returning. My first encounter with the cross of Jesus was life giving. By faith in His finished work, I received the full blessedness of grace. But then, there are repeated returns to Calvary throughout my spiritual experience. My returns to the cross do not suggest that the cross is weak, ineffective or incomplete. I return because my soul is frail and broken. I return out of my need. I return out of my longing. I return because it is the intersection God’s mercy and my sinful ways. My theology tells me that the work of the cross is finished. My experience tells me that this finished work is applied repeatedly to my need. Because of the cross, I can come boldly and repeatedly before God to find grace to help in my time of need.

The path of returning to the cross has a name. It is called repentance. When I repent, I not only turn from the sin which plagues me - but I turn to a place I have come before. I return to the atoning work of Jesus. I return to the only place that can grant me the confidence of forgiveness. Repentance is more than a regret. It has to go beyond good intentions. It is not clothed with false promises. Repentance is an offering of heart. I bring to God what has been wounded and scarred by my own actions. I offer again at the foot of Calvary what has been stained. Repentance recognizes that my heart is not all that it should be. But it is all that I can bring. What grace! What an exchange! To offer God that which is not as it should be and receive mercy, which is all I could ever want. And since my failures are repeated and the cross is sufficient - this pattern of turning and returning happens again and again.

We are to return to cross throughout our pilgrimage. The path we walk is repentance. The grace we find is forgiveness and transformation. But let me offer a fine tuning to my words. When I return - it is not to place. Not a hill in Jerusalem. Not a symbol on steeples or at the end of a necklace. I return to a Person - Jesus who died and is alive. Jesus who knows I am dust. Jesus, who can breathe life into dust.

Upper Room

Unser Täglich Brot - Januar/Februar/März

Unser Täglich Brot - April Groβdruck

Our Daily Bread - March/April/May

Large Print Daily Bread - April/May/June

Today - March/April

March Bridge

Daily Prayer Guide: Multiply - March 2020

Inspirational Cards

Family Worship Service 10:50 am

Financial Update

Last Sunday, March 15, 2020 our offering total was $5,912.85

bringing our 2020 contributions for our budget needs to

$106,586.55. Our monthly budget needs for 2020 will likely

be $45,000 each month. Thank you for your faithful giving.

PREPARING OUR HEARTS FOR EASTER

1. In His Footsteps - Daily meditations from Mark’s Gospel

from the MB Biblical Seminary.

2. Easter Literature - A variety of Easter reflection booklets

from Our Daily Bread.

Photo Album Supplement:

The Photo Album Supplement is available for those who

have a photo album. They may be picked up in the office.

“You will all fall away,” Jesus told them, “for it is written: “‘I will strike the shepherd, and the sheep will be scattered.’” Mark 14:27