Will be praying for you Steve. I know the pressure of crunch. DW > I would appreciate some pray - one of our elders died yesterday > morning. He went to the hospital on Tuesday with some abdominal pains > and found out there was a perforation in his bowels and the infection > had quickly spread into his blood stream. I got to the hospital about 6 > AM yesterday morning and he was able to grasp my hand as if he > recognized me and then about an hour later somewhere between reading Ps. > 41, singing Ps. 23 and praying he quietly slipped away. It was very > peaceful but I was amazed he went that quick. Anyway I have been in a > crunch since then. The funeral is tomorrow and I have yet to begin my > message for Sunday. I need the Lord's strength to be able to get a lot > done in a short amount of time. The funeral sermon is close to being > done. Also pray for the funeral service that the Gospel might go forth > and those who do not believe may come to new life in Christ. The > gentleman was our elder elder (85 years old). In God's providence just > about a month ago we were able to honor this man for serving as an elder > in the church for 50 years. Truly a blessing. > > I also have a question in connection with this - if you have been by > someone's side when they die - is it appropriate for the minister to > close the eyes of the person. I thought about doing this but wasn't > sure how the family would respond. I mentioned it to one of the sons > and he just went ahead and did it. Any experience with this? > > > Peace, > > Steve > > -- > +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > Pastor Steven G. Rockhill > Lisbon Reformed Presbyterian Church > PO Box 88 > Lisbon, NY 13658 > 315-393-9041 > revrock@... > > Church site: http://lisbonrpc.org > Audio Sermons: http://revrockhill.com > +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > > > To subscribe, send a message to: pastorsforum-join@... > > To unsubscribe, send a message to: pastorsforum-unsubscribe@... >