"The one who sows the good seed is the Son of Man; the field is the world, and the good seed are the children of the kingdom; the weeds are the children of the evil one, and the enemy who sowed them is the devil; the harvest is the end of the age, and the reapers are angels. Just as the weeds are collected and burned up with fire, so will it be at the end of the age. The Son of Man will send his angels, and they will collect out of his kingdom all causes of sin and all evildoers, and they will throw them into the furnace of fire, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth. Then the righteous will shine like the sun in the kingdom of their Father." - Jesus, Matthew 13:37-43

Shine with us... this weekend!

Busy this Sunday morning? Join us for contemporary worship tomorrow (Saturday) evening at 5:30pm. This Saturday we will include a time for prayers of healing.

All are welcome to the Bethany-Messiah Swim Party this Sunday at 8pm. $2/swimmer.

Saturday, July 16
8am Men's Bible Study
5:30 pm Service of the Word with Healing (contemporary)

Sunday, July 17
9:30am Service of the Word (ELW 10)
10:30am Fellowship
11am Revelation Study
4:30pm Thessalonians Study at Kessingers'
6:15pm Genesis for GenXers
8pm Bethsiah Swim Party at City Pool

Monday, July 18
10am Staff meeting
7pm Council meeting

Tuesday, July 19
10:30am [Area 3 Pastor's study]

Wednesday, July 20
7pm Staff relations

Saturday, July 23
8am Men's Bible Study
5:30pm Holy Communion

Sunday, July 24
9:30am Holy Communion (ELW 10)
10:30am Fellowship
11am Revelation Study

Messiah Evangelical Lutheran Church
Lindsborg, KS


The Harvest is the End of the World as performed by Charlie Peacock
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N3d9VVc-StM&feature=related

Rachel, why do you weep?
Why do you bury your face in you hands?
Is there no one who would reach you?
Is there no one who understands?

There is no one to comfort her, (there is no one to comfort her)
For her children are no more, and there is no one to comfort her.

Rachel, why do you cry?
Why do you hide your trembling lips?
Are those tears stains on your brow?
Are those tears on your fingertips?

There is no one to comfort her, (there is no one to comfort her)
For her children are no more, and there is no one to comfort her.

Now and always, Now and evermore,
Now and always, Now and evermore.

I see angels in the distance,
In the distance, I see angels, and their shadows fall like crosses on the fields,
Some are swinging low the sickles, some are binding up the sheaves,
Some are sifting out the harvest yield,
Rachel, run to join the angels in the harvest in the distance, rising from your bed as from a dream,
In the faint and splintered line where the wheat field meets the sky, you might find your sorrow made complete,
You might find your sorrow made complete.

Now and always, Now and evermore,
Now and always, Now and evermore,
Redemption is the harvest of the tears that came before,
Now and always, Now and evermore.

All who sorrow with her, lift your heads,
You might hear the sound of Rachel gently weeping, for the gathering is done and her children have come home,
Whom she counted lost and dead, now to find were sweetly sleeping in the fields where angels have been reaping.

I see angels in the distance,
In the distance, I see angels, and their shadows fall like crosses on the fields,
Some are swinging low their sickles, some are binding up the sheaves,
Some are sifting out the harvest yield,
Rachel, run to join the angels in the harvest in the distance, rising from your bed as from a dream,
In the faint and splintered line where the wheat field meets the sky, you might find your sorrow made complete,
You might find your sorrow made complete.

Now and always, Now and evermore,
Now and always, Now and evermore,
Redemption is the harvest of the tears that came before,
Now and always, Now and evermore,
Now and always, Now and evermore,
Redemption is the harvest of the tears that came before,
Now and always, Now and evermore,
Now and always, Now and evermore.