3. John 13 1 It was just before the Passover Festival. Jesus knew that the hour had come for him to leave this world and go to the Father. Having loved his own who were in the world, he loved them to the end. John 13 1 It was just before the Passover Festival. Jesus knew that the hour had come for him to leave this world and go to the Father. Having loved his own who were in the world, he loved them to the end.

4. John 13 2 The evening meal was in progress, and the devil had already prompted Judas, the son of Simon Iscariot, to betray Jesus. 3 Jesus knew that the Father had put all things under his power, and that he had come from God and was returning to God John 13 2 The evening meal was in progress, and the devil had already prompted Judas, the son of Simon Iscariot, to betray Jesus. 3 Jesus knew that the Father had put all things under his power, and that he had come from God and was returning to God

5. John 13 4 so he got up from the meal, took off his outer clothing, and wrapped a towel around his waist. John 13 4 so he got up from the meal, took off his outer clothing, and wrapped a towel around his waist.

6. 5 After that, he poured water into a basin and began to wash his disciples’ feet, drying them with the towel that was wrapped around him.

7. ... 12 When he had finished washing their feet, he put on his clothes and returned to his place. “ Do you understand what I have done for you?” he asked them. 13 “You call me ‘Teacher’ and ‘Lord,’ and rightly so, for that is what I am. 14 Now that I, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you also should wash one another’s feet.

8. 15 I have set you an example that you should do as I have done for you. 16 Very truly I tell you, servants are not greater than their master, nor are messengers greater than the one who sent them. 17 Now that you know these things, you will be blessed if you do them.

9. Needed Unpleasant What someone else could/should do Not gift or responsibility

10. Doing what others want For fear of rejection or desire for acceptance Doing what we want Doing what others want Not through fear but love

11. Doing what others want For fear of rejection or desire for acceptance Doing what others want Not through fear but love Look the same but one weakness one strength

12. How can you know when you have been healed? Seems like an odd question. Frank Hegedus

13. How can you know when you have been healed? Seems like an odd question. For many, the answer is obvious: when the pain is gone, the fever has come down, and the disease is no more. Frank Hegedus

14. How can you know when you have been healed? Seems like an odd question. For many, the answer is obvious: when the pain is gone, the fever has come down, and the disease is no more. But the Gospel gives a better answer. “The fever left her,” we are told of Peter’s mother-in- law, “and she began to serve them.” Frank Hegedus

15. How can you know when you have been healed? Seems like an odd question. For many, the answer is obvious: when the pain is gone, the fever has come down, and the disease is no more. But the Gospel gives a better answer. “The fever left her,” we are told of Peter’s mother-in- law, “and she began to serve them.” As she was healed, she immediately began to serve others. Frank Hegedus

16. How can you know when you have been healed? Seems like an odd question. For many, the answer is obvious: when the pain is gone, the fever has come down, and the disease is no more. But the Gospel gives a better answer. “The fever left her,” we are told of Peter’s mother-in- law, “and she began to serve them.” As she was healed, she immediately began to serve others. When we are ready to help others in their need and focus once again outside ourselves we will know that we too have been cured. Frank Hegedus

17. How can you know when you have been healed? Seems like an odd question. For many, the answer is obvious: when the pain is gone, the fever has come down, and the disease is no more. But the Gospel gives a better answer. “The fever left her,” we are told of Peter’s mother-in- law, “and she began to serve them.” As she was healed, she immediately began to serve others. When we are ready to help others in their need and focus once again outside ourselves we will know that we too have been cured. We will no longer be slaves to our hurts and resentments. We will at last be made whole. And we shall live. Frank Hegedus

18. Never believing we are too important

19. Focusing on what others need

20. Never believing we are too important Focusing on what others need Recognising who we are in Jesus Unworthy and inferior Yet loved and accepted

21. Needed Unpleasant What someone else could/should do Not gift or responsibility At work... At church... At home... In the community... Washing up-tidying- shopping-cooking- gardening...? Photocopying-making tea- befriending-putting away...? Welcoming- Youth/children-elderly...? Visiting-volunteering...?

22. Everybody can be great... because anybody can serve. You don't have to have a college degree to serve. You don't have to make your subject and verb agree to serve. You only need a heart full of grace. A soul generated by love. - Martin Luther King,

23. Lord I am willing to serve At work... At church... At home... In the community …