Order of Service: - Prelude - Loving and Forgiving Psalm 103: Soloist: Loving and forgiving are you, O Lord; slow to anger,rich in kindness, loving and forgiving are you. All: Loving and forgiving… S: All my being, bless the Lord, bless the holy name of God. All my being, bless the Lord, remembering the goodness of God. All: Loving and forgiving… S: God forgives us all our sins, healing those who live in pain, saving us from final death. God fills us with goodness & love. All: Loving and forgiving… S: Good and gracious is the Lord, slow to anger, rich in love. God remembers not our sins; forgiving and loving is God. All: Loving and forgiving… S: As heaven soars above the earth, so great the love of God for us. As far as east is from the west, the Lord takes our sins from us. All: Loving and forgiving… - 1 Thessalonians 4: 13-18: But I do not want you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning those who have fallen asleep, lest you sorrow as others who have no hope. For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so God will bring with Him those who sleep in Jesus. For this we say to you by the word of the Lord, that we who are alive and remain until the coming of the Lord will by no means precede those who are asleep. For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of an archangel, and with the trumpet of God. And the dead in Christ will rise first. Then we who are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And thus we shall always be with the Lord. Therefore comfort one another with these words. - Devotion - Prayer - Hymn 590 - O Happy Day, When We Shall Stand - Blessing - Postlude Service Participants: Rev. Prof. Andy Schmidt (Preacher), Rev. Prof. Dennis Marzolf (Pianist), Heather Juedes (Soloist), Mariah Munsen (Instrumentalist)