Jilda and Bob Kettel memorial

A Celebration of the life of Robert Alfred Kettel and Jilda C. Kettel

PRELUDE

GATHERING

Welcome in the name of Jesus the Savior, who died and was raised to new life by the grace of God. We are gathered here to worship, to remember before God Robert and Jilda Kettel, to give thanks for their lives, to commend them to our merciful redeemer, and to comfort one another in our grief.

The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Spirit be with you all.

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the source of all mercy and the God of all consolation. He comforts us in all our sorrows so that we can comfort others in their sorrows with the consolation we ourselves have received from God. | Thanks be to God.

THANKSGIVING FOR BAPTISM

When we were baptized in Christ Jesus, we were baptized into his death. We were buried therefore with him by baptism into death, so that as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, we too might live a new life. For if we have been united with him in a death like his, we shall certainly be united with him in a resurrection like his.

ACCLAMATION

Eternal God, maker of heaven and earth, who formed us from the dust of the earth, who by your breath gave us life, we glorify you. | We glorify you.

Jesus Christ, the resurrection and the life, who suffered death for all humanity, who rose from the grave to open the way to eternal life, we praise you. | We praise you.

Holy Spirit, author and giver of life, the comforter of all who sorrow, our sure confidence and everlasting hope, we worship you. | We worship you.

To you, O blessed Trinity, be glory and honor, forever and ever. | Amen.

Standing

HYMN 785

It is Well with My Soul

GREETING

The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Spirit be with you all. | And also with you.

PRAYER OF THE DAY

The Lord be with you. | And also with you.

O God of grace and glory, we remember before you today Robert and Jilda. We thank you for giving them to us to know and to love as companions in our pilgrimage on earth. In your boundless compassion, console us who mourn. Give us faith to see that death has been swallowed up in the victory of our Lord Jesus Christ, so that we may live in confidence and hope until, by your call, we are gathered to our heavenly home in the company of all your saints; through Jesus Christ, our Savior and Lord. | Amen.

Seated

REFLECTION FROM FAMILY

SCRIPTURE READINGS

Traci Kettel Campbell Daughter of Bob and Jilda

Ecclesiastes 3:1-11

Ashley Shakib and Kelsey Kettel

There is a time for everything and a season for every activity under the heavens; A time to be born and a time to die, A time to plant and a time to uproot, A time to kill and a time to heal, A time to tear down and a time to build, A time to weep and a time to laugh, A time to mourn and a time to dance, A time to scatter stones and a time to gather them A time to embrace and a time to refrain from embracing,

A time to search and a time to give up, A time to keep and a time to throw away, A time to tear and a time to mend A time to be silent and a time to speak, A time to love and a time to hate, A time for war and a time for peace. What do workers gain from their toil?

I have seen the burden God has laid on the human race. He has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity in the human heart, yet no one can fathom what God has done from beginning to end

Word of God, Word of Life | Thanks be to God

2 Timothy

4:6-7

Tobias Campbell

For I am already being poured out like a drink offering, and the time for my departure is near. I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith. Now, there is in store for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will award to me on that day – and not only to me, but also to all who have longed for his appearing

Word of God, Word of Life | Thanks be to God

God is our refuge and strength, an ever-present help in trouble

Psalm 46:1-7

Cam Kettel and Evan Shakib

Therefore we will not fear, though the earth give way and the mountains fall into the heart of the sea,

Though its water roar and foam and the mountains quake with their surging.

There is a river whose streams make glad the city of God, the holy place where the Most High dwells.

God is within her, she will not fall God will help her at break of day. Nations are in uproar, kingdoms fall; He lifts his voice, the earth melts. The Lord Almighty is with us; the God of Jacob is our fortress Word of God, Word of Life | Thanks be to God

Standing THE HOLY GOSPEL John 17:6-13

The Holy Gospel according St. John, the tenth chapter. | Glory to you, O Lord.

6I have made your name known to those whom you gave me from the world. They were yours, and you gave them to me, and they have kept your word. 7Now they know that everything you have given me is from you; 8for the words that you gave to me I have given to them, and they have received them and know in truth that I came from you; and they have believed that you sent me. 9I am asking on their behalf; I am not asking on behalf of the world, but on behalf of those whom you gave me, because they are yours. 10All mine are yours, and yours are mine; and I have been glorified in them. 11And now I am no longer in the world, but they are in the world, and I am coming to you. Holy Father, protect them in your name that you have given me, so that they may be one, as we are one. 12While I was with them, I protected them in your name that you have given me. I guarded them, and not one of them was lost except the one destined to be lost, so that the scripture might be fulfilled. 13But now I am coming to you, and I speak these things in the world so that they may have my joy made complete in themselves.

The Gospel of the Lord. Praise to You, O Christ.

Seated SERMON

Standing HYMN 779

Pastor Jenny McLellan Amazing Grace

Standing APOSTLES’ CREED

I believe in God, the Father almighty, creator of heaven and earth.

I believe in Jesus Christ, God’s only Son, our Lord, who was conceived by the Holy Spirit, born of the virgin Mary, suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, died, and was buried; he descended to the dead.* On the third day he rose again; he ascended into heaven, he is seated at the right hand of the Father, and he will come to judge the living and the dead.

I believe in the Holy Spirit, the holy catholic church, the communion of saints, the forgiveness of sins, the resurrection of the body, and the life everlasting. Amen.

Kneeling or seated PRAYERS OF INTERCESSION

Let us pray to our Lord Jesus Christ who said, “I am the resurrection and the life.” Jesus, full of compassion, you consoled Martha and Mary in their distress; draw near to us who mourn for Robert and Jilda and dry the tears of those who weep. Lord, in your mercy, | hear our prayer.

Jesus, man of sorrows, you wept at the grave of Lazarus your friend; comfort us who mourn. Lord, in your mercy, | hear our prayer.

Jesus, firstborn of the new creation, you raised the dead; give to Robert and Jilda life eternal. Lord, in your mercy, | hear our prayer.

Jesus, friend of sinners, you promised paradise to the repentant thief; bring Robert and Jilda to the joys of heaven. Lord, in your mercy, | hear our prayer.

Jesus, wellspring of life, you washed our brother and sister in baptism and anointed them with the Holy Spirit; give them communion with all your saints. Lord, in your mercy, | hear our prayer.

Jesus, bread of life, you nourished Robert and Jilda at your table on earth; Welcome them at your table in the realm of heaven. Lord, in your mercy, | hear our prayer.

Jesus, bright morning star, comfort us in our sorrows at the death of Robert and Jilda: let our faith be our consolation, and eternal life our hope. Lord, in your mercy, | hear our prayer.

God of all grace, we give you thanks because by his death our Savior Jesus Christ destroyed the power of death and by his resurrection opened the kingdom of heaven to all believers. Make us certain that because he lives we shall live also, and that neither death nor life, nor things present nor things to come shall be able to separate us from your love which is in Christ Jesus our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever. | Amen.

Standing PEACE

The peace of Christ be with you always. | And also with you.

Please share a sign of blessing with your fellow worshipers in whatever way is comfortable for you.

GREAT THANKSGIVING

The Lord be with you. | And also with you. Lift up your hearts! | We lift them to the Lord. Let us give thanks to the Lord our God. | It is right to give our thanks and praise.

It is indeed right, our duty and our joy, …join their unending hymn:

EUCHARISTIC PRAYER

LORD’S PRAYER

Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name, thy kingdom come, thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven.

Give us this day our daily bread; and forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us; and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, forever and ever. Amen.

INVITATION TO COMMUNION COMMENDATION

Into your hands, O merciful Savior, we commend your servants, Robert and Jilda Kettel Acknowledge, we humbly beseech you, sheep of your own fold, lambs of your own flock, sinners of your own redeeming. Receive them into the arms of your mercy, into the blessed rest of everlasting peace, and into the glorious company of the saints in light. | Amen.

HYMN 543 Go, My Children, with My Blessing

DISMISSAL

Let us go forth in peace. | In the name of Christ. Amen.

POSTLUDE

Presiding Minister: Rev. Dr. Ronald Bonner

Preacher: Rev. Jenny McLellan

Organist: Kira Garvie

Inurnment will follow immediately in the Columbarium. All are welcome to join the family in the Sims Atrium for a reception

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