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*Farewell Celebration *
*for Ewald & Kaethe Goetz*
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*Sunday, January 25th, 2009 – 3:30pm – SHMC*
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\\ *Farewell Celebration for Ewald & Kaethe Goetz*
*Sunday, January 25th, 2009 – 3:30pm – SHMC*
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Welcome & Opening Vic Towes
Congregational Song Hildy Janzen
Poem Susanne Loewen
Comments Pastor Ferd Funk
/Singet Psalmen Singet Lieder/ S.H.M.C.
Boys
Comments Pastor Kyle Penner
/Here we are, lifting our hands to you/ Vern & Christina Neufeld
Greetings from Colleages from sister Congregations
/Jesus is all the world to me/ S.H.M.C.
Boys
Presentation of Gifts Heinz Kampen
Levi & Hilda Unrau
/Gleich wie die Schimernde Sterne/ S.H.M.C.
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Response Ewald & Kaethe Goetz
/Geh unter der Gnade/ Vern & Christina Neufeld
Litany of Release & Blessing Ferd, Vic, Ewald & Congregation
Congregational Song Hildy Janzen
*Everyone is invited for Food and Fellowship in the Basement.*
\\ *Farewell Speech for Ewald & Kaethe Goetz*
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I have been give the honor,
to speak a word of farewell on behalf of the congregation
for you, Ewald & Kaethe.
And I asked myself,
what do you say to a collegue in ministry and a friend
with whom you’ve shared many hours of dreaming,
planning,
setting direction,
dividing up tasks,
praying…
in short,
with whom you shared the task of “shepherding the flock”?
Since most of our ministry
has been a mix
of times of joy and laughter, on the one hand,
and serious work and prayerful discernment,
on the other hand,
my comments will also have a mix
of lighter comments and a bit of somber reflection.
I trust that it will be alright to make a little bit of fun of ourselves,
and that we will all know when to laugh
and when to cry.
*Let me begin by sharing a story that I read:*
It is not a true story!
And for those of you with a very active imagination
it is most definitely *not* what happened at Springfield.
Maybe you too have heard about
a certain *Preacher and a Songleader*
who had a bit of a rivalry going between them.
They were not getting along very well with each other.
As time went by,
their disagreements began to spill over
into the worship service.
The first week the preacher preached on commitment
and how we should all dedicate our lives to serve God.
The songleader followed the message with the song
*/"I Shall not be (I shall not be) Moved."
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The second week the preacher preached on tithing
and how we all should gladly give to the work of the Lord.
The song following the message was
*/“Jesus Paid it All.”/**
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The third week the preacher preached on gossiping
and how we should all watch our tongues.
The song leader introduced the song
*/"I Love to Tell the Story."
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With all this going on,
the preacher became very discouraged over the situation
and the following Sunday
he told the congregation that he was considering resigning.
The musician lead the song
*/"Oh Why Not Tonight?"/** *
As it came to pass, the preacher did indeed resign.
The next week he informed the church
that it was Jesus who had led him to this church,
and now it was Jesus who was telling him
that it was time to move on.
The song leader lead the song
*/"What a Friend We Have in Jesus."/*
But, in the last days,
I’m not totally sure about this,
but, I thought I heard *Ewald sing* in the Hallway,
*/“I’ll fly away, o Glory, I’ll fly away…”/*
*Indeed, /What a friend we have in Jesus!/*
What I mean is
*not* in the sense that he told Ewald and Kaethe
to move on from here…
but, in the sense that the Lord truly did send you here
at a time when this congregation really needed your ministry.
We have a faithful friend in Jesus
in the sense, that you were the right person…
the right couple
for the spiritual care needs of our church
during this past stretch of the way.
We thank God for that!
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