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Due to a technical issue, the sermon video did not record Readings: Old Testament: Numbers 21:4-9 Epistle: James 1:22-27 Holy Gospel: John 16:23-33 Sermon audio: listen Sermon manuscript: download Sermon: Sermon based on John 16:23-33 In the Name of the Father and of the + Son and of the Holy Spirit. Alleluia! Christ is risen! [Congregation: He is risen indeed!] [All: Alleluia!] Dearly beloved by the Lord: “In the world you will have tribulation.” Jesus doesn’t soften it.

There will be a Voters’ Meeting on Sunday, May 17, following service. Please attend as we discuss the business of the church. We are organizing meals for the Goddard family. Please avoid wheat, nuts, and shellfish due to food allergies. If you would like to provide a meal, please let Kris Brown know. Our Mission of Month for May’s supports the Finding Hope Pregnancy Resource Center, a compassionate refuge for women facing unexpected pregnancies with education, resources, and

“For if I do not go away, the Helper will not come to you.” His going away is the condition of that coming. And what comes, or more precisely, who comes in His going away is the Spirit of truth, the Comforter, the One who will take what is [the Lord Jesus’] and declare it to you. Namely: the forgiveness Christ won on the Cross, the righteousness He earned in that perfect life laid down, and the life that burst from the tomb on the Third Day. None of it reaches you without His