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Graham Mercer -- Sunday 4th April 2010 (Luke 24:1-12)

Graham Mercer, Sunday 4th April, 2010
Part of the International Gospel Church Sermons series, preached at a Sunday Morning service

Today's Easter Sunday service was a family service with a sermon by Graham Mercer. Just before Graham came to preach, a presentation was shown accompanied by music (U2 - I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For) which Graham references in his preach. You can download the presentation and stream the music from the IGC website.

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Luke 24:1-12

1Now upon the first day of the week, very early in the morning, they came unto the sepulchre, bringing the spices which they had prepared, and certain others with them. 2And they found the stone rolled away from the sepulchre. 3And they entered in, and found not the body of the Lord Jesus. 4And it came to pass, as they were much perplexed thereabout, behold, two men stood by them in shining garments: 5And as they were afraid, and bowed down their faces to the earth, they said unto them, Why seek ye the living among the dead? 6He is not here, but is risen: remember how he spake unto you when he was yet in Galilee, 7Saying, The Son of man must be delivered into the hands of sinful men, and be crucified, and the third day rise again. 8And they remembered his words, 9And returned from the sepulchre, and told all these things unto the eleven, and to all the rest. 10It was Mary Magdalene, and Joanna, and Mary the mother of James, and other women that were with them, which told these things unto the apostles. 11And their words seemed to them as idle tales, and they believed them not. 12Then arose Peter, and ran unto the sepulchre; and stooping down, he beheld the linen clothes laid by themselves, and departed, wondering in himself at that which was come to pass. (KJV)

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The morning service at IGC that day started early with coffee and danish pastries at 9:30am (!), and the service itself starting at 10am. This enabled us to finish the service at 12 noon giving everyone enough time to get to St. Margaret’s for the start of the march at 12:45pm.

The march is a great way to witness to the local community, as we walk through the centre of Edgware with a donkey and palm leaves to mark how Jesus walked into Jerusalem a week before His crucifixion. The march takes us through Station Road, turning left into the Edgware Road and then left again as we finish our march in the Broadwalk car park. There we have a short time of open air praise and worship to round off the event. It’s been great fun and hopefully sends a powerful message about the story behind Easter.

This year’s march was very well attended with congregations from all across the local area meeting and praising God together.

We have a collection of photographs from the event, which will be uploaded here shortly, so you too can re-live the action.

Three years ago I reached retirement age and retired from the Christian Literature Crusade after 22 years of happy service, mostly as manager of my Florence shop. Since then I have continued on a voluntary basis, reducing my hours as my energy level has lowered. Now with the ever increasing changes in technology and bureaucracy, it is clearly time for me to consider a move. At the same time the Lord has opened a new door for me. My brother and his family of three married children, my only relatives, live in a country town between Milan and Torino. They are all, at least nominally, Roman Catholics, as I was before the Lord graciously saved me while I was training at the old Edgware General hospital in 1978. My older niece’s baby was christened recently. the priest instructed her to repeat after him a promise to bring the child up in the RC church and teach him the way of the Lord. She spoke these words, and meant them, but afterward remarked to the priest that she needed to be taught the way of the Lord herself before she could teach her child. He said that for just one person there was nothing he could do to help. She was so disappointed that she has asked me to come and help her understand the Bible! My sister-in-law owns a place near them and has invited me to come and live there at a rent far below what I have to pay in Florence! I am planning to move there in the spring of 2009. When I move I will need a computer to keep in touch with everyone.

Please pray that I will be able to find a good church. Probably the nearest is in the town of Pravia, about half an hour away by car. They have a cell group not far from where I will be living. Pray for my relatives. My nephew has had a fish sticker on his car. When he was a boy he got fed up with the church and left it. He and others say they are not interested in church unless there is one like what Auntie Anna goes to. Pray for my family, for my witness to them, and for getting them in contact with a good church.

Also pray for the bookshop. The economic downtown has meant that there have been far fewer tourists in Florence this year, and even Christians are spending less on books and recordings. It’s a crisis time for all businesses in Florence, not only Christian ones. If the shop is to continue its ministry, it needs a new manager. The manager must be:

• a Christian clearly called to his work, a Mary and a Martha
• business-minded, with a good knowledge of Christian literature
• computer-literate and able to speak Italian and English at least
• prepared to work for less than 50% of normal pay, on a temporary contract

Pray for my visit with my relatives for a week at Christmas time.

We’ve now uploaded a collection of photos taken on the day for you to enjoy below:

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