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DisciplesNet Worship #681: Easter 7 – (Nirmal 5.21.2023)

To watch this worship service on YouTube, click here.

What does it mean to encounter the risen Christ? There are many stories of such encounters in our New Testament. Pastor Rahul takes us through several of these stories, including John 21:1-19 and helps us understand how we can encounter the risen Christ in our lives today.
Our worship service is 30 minutes of prayer, some favorite hymns, teaching, and communion.
You may choose to participate, or simply meditate as we tell of Jesus' invitation to "do this in remembrance of me." If you would like to share with us at the table that goes beyond earthly boundaries of time, place, and structure, we ask that you prepare a piece of bread of some type and a drink such as grape juice, wine, or water. As we pray, our prayers extend to where you are. If you are unable to eat or drink, you may want to use a symbolic gesture or mental symbol as you come together at this table of remembrance with us.

We hope that as you join us for worship you will feel a blessing from being part. Please tell friends, family, and others you know about our online church that is here with doors that are always open, walls as wide as the world, and always room at the table.

This is Pastor Rahul's last sermon for us at DisciplesNet. On 29-April-2023, Pastor Rahul passed from this life into the next. His compassion, humor, humility, and thoughtful theology will be missed.
To view some of Pastor Rahul's other contributions to DisciplesNet, click here.

ORDER OF WORSHIP:

  • Opening background music: "Because He Lives" - Bev Heid
  • Elder's prayer and the Lord's Prayer - Elder Susan
  • John 21:1-19 read by Deb Phelps
  • "Easter 2.0" - Pastor Rahul
  • "I Have Decided to Follow Jesus" - Southport Christian Church
  • Communion: Pastor Russ
  • "In Remembrance of Me" - DisciplesNet singers
  • Sending Out - Pastor Rahul
  • Credits --- background music: - "Because He Lives" - Bev Heid

If you would like to chat with one of our pastors, including talking more about belief in God, becoming a Christian or following Christ, or living as a disciple of Christ, please email us at pastor@disciplesnet.org, or contact us using the contact information on our website, disciplesnet.org, or our Facebook page, DisciplesNet Church.

INVITATION TO GIVING:
DisciplesNet Church is a not-for-profit church that exists to cross barriers and boundaries to share the Good News of God's redeeming love. We rely on the gifts of our online viewers as we continue to grow and extend our nets around the world.

We also extend the invitation for you to be part of the DisciplesNet ministry by giving a one-time gift, or ongoing, including a tithe. Even the smallest of gifts, like the mustard seed, has a way of growing in amazing ways to share God's word and the love of Jesus Christ. We have a giving page on our website, disciplesnet.org, and email address: giving@disciplesnet.org

God bless you and thank you for joining us!

Rahul Nirmal – Memorial Service

Our beloved brother in Christ and DisciplesNet's India staff member, Rahul Nirmal passed from this world on 29-April-2023.
Here is a service of memory and celebration of Rahul's life which took place physically in Indianapolis, IN on 10-May-2023 and included people that knew Rahul from Indian and the United States.
Here is the Order of Service:

  • Welcome, Words of Comfort and Grace - Deb Phelps (DisciplesNet)
  • John 14:1-6a (NRSV) - Paul Hartig (First Christian Church, Beech Grove, IN)
  • Romans 8:35, 37-40 (NIV) - Daren Huber (New Palestine Christian Church, IN)
  • Time of Sharing with Rahul's Family - Pastor Govind Koypare (Yavatmal, India)
  • Psalm 121 - Susan McNeely (DisciplesNet)
  • Matthew 25:34-40 - Anita Cobb (DisciplesNet)
  • John 13:34-35 - Marjorie Hill and Rahul Nirmal (recorded in Hindi)
  • Pastoral Prayer - Rahul Nirmal (recorded as part of DisciplesNet worship #080)
  • "Lord, You Have Come to the Lakeshore" - Dean Phelps
  • Remembrance - Dr. Brian Grant (Professor Emeritus, Christian Theological Seminary and Practicing Psychologist)
  • Remembrance - Dr. Paul Chepas (President Bethany Mission)
  • Remembrance - Dani Prakash (friend and classmate, SAIACS)
  • Remembrance - Nirmal Samuel (friend and classmate, SAIACS)
  • "Precious Lord, Take My Hand" - Congregation led by Dean Phelps
  • Remembrance and Homily - Pastor Mandi Gould
  • Breaking Bread/Communion/Lord's Supper - Deb Phelps and Rev. Blanche Wright
  • Psalm 23 - Bob Shaw (DisciplesNet)
  • Prayer and Benediction (adapted by Jewish Chaplain M. Vandervort from Gates of
    Prayer- Evening Worship)

This service is just under 1 hour and 33 minutes and includes a time of Breaking Bread/Communion/Lord's Supper If you would like to share with us at the table that goes beyond earthly boundaries of time, place, and structure, we ask that you prepare a piece of bread of some type and a drink such as grape juice, wine, or water. As we pray, our prayers extend to where you are. If you are unable to eat or drink, you may want to use a symbolic gesture or mental symbol as you come together at this table of remembrance with us.

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