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Behold, the veil of the temple was rent in twain from the top to the bottom; and the earth did quake, and the rocks rent…
Matt. 27:51
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OCTOBER 2020
HYMN: LOVE DIVINE
Introduction: Intro Love Divine Audio file (To hear the audio file please right click mouse, then left click to open new tab)
Charles Wesley was the great hymn-writer of the Wesley family, perhaps, taking quantity and quality into consideration, the great hymn-writer of all ages. Love Divine was written over 300 years yet remains one of the most loved and often sung hymns in all denominations.
The tune Blaenwern was composed by William Penfro Rowlands (1860–1937), during the Welsh revival of 1904–1905. The tune is named after Blaenwern Farm near Tufton, Pembrokeshire, where Rowlands sent his son from Porth to stay with friends of the family to convalesce as it was thought the fresh air would assist his recovery: he named the tune in honour of them.
Audio file: Love Divine Audio file (To hear the audio file please right click mouse, then left click to open new tab)
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Love divine, all loves excelling,
Joy of Heav’n to earth come down;
Fix in us thy humble dwelling;
All thy faithful mercies crown!
Jesus, Thou art all compassion,
Pure unbounded love Thou art;
Visit us with Thy salvation,
Enter every trembling heart.
2
Come, Almighty to deliver,
Let us all Thy life receive;
Suddenly return, and never,
Nevermore Thy temples leave.
Thee we would be always blessing,
Serve Thee as Thy hosts above,
Pray and praise Thee without ceasing,
Glory in Thy perfect love.
3
Finish, then, Thy new creation;
Pure and spotless let us be;
Let us see Thy great salvation
Perfectly restored in Thee;
Changed from glory into glory,
Till in Heav’n we take our place,
Till we cast our crowns before Thee,
Lost in wonder, love, and praise.
PRAYER
Audio file: Prayer Oct 2020 Audio file (To hear the audio file please right click mouse, then left click to open new tab)
O God our Heavenly Father, we acknowledge that we stand on holy ground in your presence. We are truly amazed that you, our creator and creator of earth and universe, would give us your undivided attention and to allow us unlimited time with you. To be in the presence of one who can create life and for whom everything is possible is a privilege beyond words. Because you are omnipotent, we hardly know where to start with our petitions.
The world has so many needs, which only you can meet yet we have personal needs, too, which are important to us. We are so grateful that what is important to us is not unimportant to you and that you have invited us to bring our burdens to you. Thank you for loving us so much to do that.
We do need to bring the world pandemic to you, dear God. It is devastating the whole world and we need the discovery of a vaccine. Quicken the minds of the research scientists, we pray, that the vaccine will become known and shared through the world. Meanwhile, until that happens, grant help and hope to those who are suffering from the dreadful effects of Covid-19. Give to the relatives comfort and wisdom as they deal with the on-going problems.
We would not forget those having to deal with other illnesses and problems, too. We bring to you those who are enduring the loneliness of living alone and ask that in a way we cannot address you will bring to them your own presence which will meet their loneliness in a way which while we cannot understand, it will make such a difference to them.
When we return to our everyday living from these precious moments of prayer, dear Lord, guide us that we might be encouraged to share your love with a world which so often ignores the needs of those whose needs are great.
These things we ask in the name of Jesus. Amen.
HYMN GLORIOUS THINGS OF THEE ARE SPOKEN
Introduction: Intro Glorious things Audio file (To hear the audio file please right click mouse, then left click to open new tab) Words, John Newton; Music (Austria) Franz Joseph Haydn (1732-1809)
John Newton. None of our hymn-writers has had a history so remarkable as that of John Newton, who wrote this hymn. He was born in London, [England], July 24, 1725. His mother was a pious woman, who taught him the Catechism and many other good things; but she died when the lad was only six years old. His father was a sea captain, who took the boy to sea when he was eleven years old, where he learned to curse and blaspheme, and became very wild. After his father retired from the sea, the son made several voyages by himself. At one time he was forced into the navy, a war being expected, and he became a midshipman. But he was very restless and he deserted, was caught, stripped, whipped severely, and degraded to the ranks.
By this time he had become thoroughly Godless. He became a slave-trader
The reading of Thomas à Kempis, the fearful experiences of a storm at sea in which his ship was almost lost, his deliverance from a severe fever in Africa, — these, and other experiences, awoke in him memories of the religion his mother had taught him, and he turned from his sins with true repentance.
His conversion at 39 to the Christian faith was so complete that he became a minister of the gospel.
The greatest of all the hymns of John Newton is "Glorious things of thee are spoken."
The hymn is most often set to the tune of Joseph Haydn's we know as "Austria."
Audio file Glorious things (To hear the audio file please right click mouse, then left click to open new tab)
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Glorious things of thee are spoken,
Zion, city of our God;
He, whose word cannot be broken,
Formed thee for His own abode.
On the Rock of Ages founded,
What can shake thy sure repose?
With salvation's walls surrounded,
Thou may'st smile at all thy foes.
2
See, the streams of living waters,
Springing from eternal love,
Well supply thy sons and daughters,
And all fear of want remove:
Who can faint, while such a river
Ever flows their thirst to assuage?
Grace which, like the Lord, the giver,
Never fails from age to age.
3
Saviour, if in Zion's city
I, through grace, a member am,
Let the world deride or pity,
I will glory in Thy name:
Fading is the sinner's pleasure,
All his boasted pomp and show;
Solid joys and lasting treasure
None but Zion's children know.
CHORAL: GOD UNDERSTANDS MY TEARS
Introduction: Intro God understand my tears Audio file (To hear the audio file please right click mouse, then left click to open new tab) Here are some words with which those who have shed tears because of the sadness of their circumstances will identify and it’s a reminder that God does indeed understand our tears.
Audio file: God understands my tears Audio file (To hear the audio file please right click mouse, then left click to open new tab)
Often you wonder why tears come into your eyes
And burdens seem to be much more than you can bear
But God is standing near, He sees your falling tears
Tears are a language God understands.
God sees the tears of a broken-hearted soul
He sees your tears and hears them when they fall
God weeps along with man and takes him by the hand
Tears are a language God understands.
When grief has left you low it causes tears to flow
When things have not turned out the way that you had planned
But God won't forget you, His promises are true
Tears are a language God understands.
God sees the tears of a broken-hearted soul
He sees your tears and hears them when they fall
God weeps along with man and takes him by the hand
Tears are a language God understands.
He washed my eyes with tears
That I might see
The glory of Himself revealed to me
I did not know that He had wounded hands
I saw the blood he spilled upon the sand
I saw the marks of shame and wept and cried
He was my substitute For me He died.
And now I'm glad He came
So tenderly
And washed my eyes with tears
That I might see
He washed my eyes with tears...
That I might see.
BRASS: I’LL FOLLOW THEE
Introduction: Intro I'll follow Thee Audio file (To hear the audio file please right click mouse, then left click to open new tab) Richard Phillips has written this beautiful arrangement for brass bands of a tune by Herbert Booth (and W.H Williams who wrote the chorus) for these words of Agnes Heathcote
Audio file I'll follow Thee (To hear the audio file please right click mouse, then left click to open new tab)
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I heard a voice so gently calling:
Take up thy cross and follow me.
A tempest on my heart was falling,
A living cross this was to be;
I struggled sore, I struggled vainly,
No other light my eyes could see.
Chorus
I'll follow thee, of life the giver,
I'll follow thee, suffering redeemer,
I'll follow thee, deny thee never,
By thy grace I'll follow thee.
2.
I heard his voice unto me saying:
Take up thy cross and follow me.
My heart is thine, now thee obeying,
Speak all thy will, dear Lord, to me.
Make weakness strength, thy power now give me,
And from this hour I'll follow thee.
GOD’S TITHES AND OUR OFFERINGS
Audio file God's tithes (To hear the audio file please right click mouse, then left click to open new tab)
We are living in strange times. The pandemic is changing the way we can do things but if ever there was a time when the gospel of God’s love needs to be shown, it’s now. There are elderly people who are hesitant to mix with anyone for fear of being infected and in consequence are experiencing real loneliness. Families cannot visit and grandparents are missing the company of grandchildren.
Christians can help lift the isolation in so many ways. To enable new ways to be practically shared our financial support is so needed. Let us therefore prayerfully seek God’s direction to where our finance can best be used in these times. And may you be richly blessed because of your obedience to God’s leadings.
HYMN: HE WHO WOULD VALIANT BE
Introduction: Intro He who would valiant be Audio file (To hear the audio file please right click mouse, then left click to open new tab) "To Be a Pilgrim" (also commonly known as He who would Valiant be) is the only hymn John Bunyan is credited with writing, and is indelibly associated with him. It first appeared in Part 2 of The Pilgrim's Progress, written in 1684. The hymn recalls the words of Hebrews 11:13: "...and confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth."
The words were modified extensively by Percy Dearmer for the 1906 The English Hymnal. At the same time it was given a new tune by British composer Ralph Vaughan Williams, who used a melody taken from the traditional song "Our Captain Cried All Hands" which he collected in the hamlet of Monk's Gate in West Sussex – hence the name of "Monks Gate" by which the melody is referred to in hymn books
Audio file He who would valiant be (To hear the audio file please right click mouse, then left click to open new tab)
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He who would valiant be 'gainst all disaster
Let him in constancy follow the Master
There's no discouragement shall make him once relent
His first avowed intent to be a pilgrim
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Who so beset him round with dismal stories
Do but themselves confound - his strength the more is
No foes shall stay his might; though he with giants fight
He will make good his right to be a pilgrim
3
Since, Lord, Thou dost defend us with Thy Spirit
We know we at the end, shall life inherit
Then fancies flee away! I'll fear not what men say
I'll labour night and day to be a pilgrim
BIBLE READING
Audio file 6 John 14 Oct 2020 (To hear the audio file please right click mouse, then left click to open new tab)
John 14:1-14
14 “Do not let your hearts be troubled. You believe in God; believe also in me.2 My Father’s house has many rooms; if that were not so, would I have told you that I am going there to prepare a place for you?3 And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come back and take you to be with me that you also may be where I am. 4 You know the way to the place where I am going.”
5 Thomas said to him, “Lord, we don’t know where you are going, so how can we know the way?”
6 Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me. 7 If you really know me, you will know my Father as well. From now on, you do know him and have seen him.”
8 Philip said, “Lord, show us the Father and that will be enough for us.”
9 Jesus answered: “Don’t you know me, Philip, even after I have been among you such a long time? Anyone who has seen me has seen the Father. How can you say, ‘Show us the Father’? 10 Don’t you believe that I am in the Father, and that the Father is in me? The words I say to you I do not speak on my own authority. Rather, it is the Father, living in me, who is doing his work.11 Believe me when I say that I am in the Father and the Father is in me; or at least believe on the evidence of the works themselves. 12 Very truly I tell you, whoever believes in me will do the works I have been doing, and they will do even greater things than these, because I am going to the Father. 13 And I will do whatever you ask in my name, so that the Father may be glorified in the Son. 14 You may ask me for anything in my name, and I will do it.
HYMN: GREAT IS THY FAITHFULNESS
Introduction: Great is thy faithfulness Audio file (To hear the audio file please right click mouse, then left click to open new tab) Great Is Thy Faithfulness was written by Thomas Chisholm. The music was composed by William M. Runyan (1870–1957) in Baldwin City, Kansas, U.S.
The phrase "great is thy faithfulness" comes from the Old Testament Book of Lamentations 3:23. These exact words occur in both the King James Bible and the Revised Standard Version.
Audio file Great is thy faithfulness(To hear the audio file please right click mouse, then left click to open new tab)
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Great is thy faithfulness, O God my Father;
there is no shadow of turning with thee;
thou changest not, thy compassions, they fail not;
as thou hast been thou forever wilt be.
Refrain:
Great is thy faithfulness!
Great is thy faithfulness!
Morning by morning new mercies I see:
all I have needed thy hand hath provided--
Great is thy faithfulness, Lord, unto me!
2
Summer and winter and springtime and harvest,
sun, moon, and stars in their courses above
join with all nature in manifold witness
to thy great faithfulness, mercy, and love.
[Refrain]
3
Pardon for sin and a peace that endureth,
thine own dear presence to cheer and to guide,
strength for today and bright hope for tomorrow,
blessings all mine, with ten thousand beside!
[Refrain]
VOCAL SOLO: MY HEAVENLY FATHER
Introduction My Heavenly Father: Audio file (To hear the audio file please right click mouse, then left click to open new tab)
Our soloist, Sandra Entermann, who lives in Australia and has a world-wide ministry which God is pleased to bless mightily, sings for us today, ‘My Heavenly Father’ watches over me. I’m sure you will be blessed by Sandra’s singing today.
Audio file My Heavenly Father: (To hear the audio file please right click mouse, then left click to open new tab)
I trust in God wherever I may be,
Upon the land, or on the rolling sea,
For come what may, from day to day,
My heavenly Father watches over me.
I trust in God, I know He cares for me;
On mountain bleak or on the stormy sea;
Tho’ billows roll, He keeps my soul;
My heavenly Father watches over me.
He makes the rose an object of His care,
He guides the eagle thro’ the pathless air,
And surely He remembers me;
My heavenly Father watches over me.
I trust in God, I know He cares for me;
On mountain bleak or on the stormy sea;
Tho’ billows roll, He keeps my soul;
My heavenly Father watches over me.
I trust in God, for, in the lion’s den,
On battlefield, or in the prison pen,
Thro’ praise or blame, thro’ flood or flame,
My heavenly Father watches over me.
I trust in God, I know He cares for me;
On mountain bleak or on the stormy sea;
Tho’ billows roll, He keeps my soul;
My heavenly Father watches over me.
The valley may be dark, the shadows deep,
But O, the Shepherd guards His lonely sheep;
And thro’ the gloom He’ll lead me home,
My heavenly Father watches over me.
I trust in God, I know He cares for me;
On mountain bleak or on the stormy sea;
Tho’ billows roll, He keeps my soul;
My heavenly Father watches over me.
SERMON
Dr Malcolm Westwood
Audio file Sermon VM Oct 2020 (To hear the audio file please right click mouse, then left click to open new tab)
Reading St. John’s Gospel, I get the impression that Philip wasn’t understanding Jesus’ train of thought yet. But if ever anyone could ‘cut to the chase’ it was Philip.
Jesus was explaining that he and the Father were one and that puzzled Philip. He could see Jesus but where was the Father? So Philip asked Jesus outright- “Lord, show us the Father and that will be enough for us.”
What Philip-and many of us share with him to an extent -didn’t yet understand was that the ministry of Jesus was more than being among the people of earth. Jesus was living out his Father’s plan for the world. As such, he was at one with the Father. If the Father had appeared in person in front of him, Philip would not have seen any difference between Jesus and his Father. Their aims were the same, their way of achieving that plan, the resources they would use were identical.
Jesus said simply to Philip, “If you have seen me, you have seen the Father.” Jesus, in his own words explains that everything that he says and does is exactly what God his Father had agreed was to be done to redeem the world.
Jesus was following God’s plan to the letter.
Sometimes we concentrate on the earthly ministry of Jesus because it obviously has such meaning for us. It was here on earth people saw the miracles Jesus did, and every Christian must surely be incredibly moved by the Easter events and we realise the enormity of the sacrifice Jesus made for us.
But however wonderful, and indeed, miraculous and essential for us to be redeemed and to receive the offer of eternity in heaven with Jesus through our acceptance that he died in our place, God’s plan is not finished. The miracle of the raising of Jesus from the tomb and his ascension into heaven, while they are miracles in themselves, were what we might we call ‘gateway’ miracles. They were miracles to bring us from sinners to saved sinners to inherit all God has for us,
We continually-and rightly so-thank God for the life of Jesus on earth, for the example of living in a way that is pleasing to God. Our hymn books are full of words expressing our wonder and gratitude for the way our sins can be forgiven. And we recognise the gift to us of the Holy Spirit and how we can be empowered with the ability to do God’s will in ways which are beyond our normal human ability.
When we think of the return of Jesus to heaven, we can hugely undervalue his ministry if we fail to appreciate that he is as active for us there as he was here on earth!
Two things he told us that he would be doing when he returned to heaven
We understand, of course, that when we ask ‘anything’ in the name of Jesus it will be granted, Jesus is obviously not suggesting that we only have to ask for the latest Rolls Royce car and he will guarantee it will be ours! He’s saying that he is still going to be doing in heaven what he’s been doing on earth where everything he’s been doing he’s done ‘so that the Father may be glorified in the Son.’
(John 14:13) and in that same verse we read that in heaven he will ‘do whatever you ask in my name.’
The one overriding aim that Jesus had when he was here on earth was to glorify his Father. When he returned to heaven at the ascension, his ministry to us here on earth was not finished. True, he had revealed to the world what God is like and what amazing love he has for us. True, at Calvary that cost him his life as a man but as he returned to heaven, his love for us, the very reason he came to earth continued.The cross was not the end. Having sacrificed himself for us, Jesus returned to heaven to intercede for us that we might receive what was now possible because of his sacrifice on the cross. When he said, ’I am going to prepare a place for you” he knew that his ministry to us-to see us in heaven was not yet completed. Unless we accepted his sacrifice, claimed him as our Saviour, knew our sins were forgiven and confessed him as Lord, there was still much work that needed to be done if we were to inherit the place he has prepared for us. ” His work in heaven was to be an extension of the work he had done for us on earth.
Of course, the sacrifice Jesus made on the cross for us IS the ultimate, complete work of grace by God to allow us to enter heaven but the way to convince the world to accept it goes on through every Christian’s witness supported by the ministry of intercession of Jesus now in heaven.
And it’s this point, I would like to emphasise that there are many people who are not Christians who pray-albeit in a way which they themselves would not consider formal praying. Some of whom themselves would never claim to be church goers or believers in the church’s doctrine of atonement have been known to cry out a prayer in times of desperation. When Jesus said, ”I go to prepare a place for you”, yes, he was speaking to his disciples but the words were also for you and me and for everyone for whom he was dying on the cross. Many people have a long way to go before they confess Jesus as Lord yet still those cries of desperation, Jesus hears and takes them to the father.
Sometimes our prayers are answered not because of our faith but because of God’s grace,
In my imagination, I can hear Jesus bringing the concerns of unbelievers to the father and saying, ”How can we best help them to receive the place we have for them here” knowing that the unbelievers needed to accept the sacrifice on earth Jesus made to open the way to the place he had gone to prepare for them. What answer to their prayer could Jesus give to open their hearts to him. But his work is hard because, as yet, such people only see prayer as an escape from their desperate situations in which they find themselves. Jesus is answering those desperate prayers because in that cry there are the beginnings of faith. Why else would they cry out to a God of whom they know but little?!
As Jesus intercedes with the father for them, so the beginnings of faith can grow to the point when the place for them that Jesus has ”reserved” becomes a place they will accept. Jesus has shown us-and all the world-as he died on the cross, the way to reach that place he had prepared in heaven for us. Now, in heaven he intercedes for us. He is doing everything he can to open our eyes, our minds, our hearts to the fact that we must leave our sins on the cross and believe that in heaven, he is doing everything he can to move people on earth from desperation to belief so that that place prepared for them in heaven becomes a reality for them. And by interceding for them, the answers they receive are designed to take them from their unbelief-or lack of belief-to accept the atonement which Jesus made for all of us on the cross. So, when I say the two statements are intertwined, you will see they are indeed! Jesus, by his grace, answers prayer even for all who cry out to him simply because they are desperate rather than being in a relationship with God, but he does it in a way that moves a person towards the way they can be saved and inherit that place Jesus has prepared for them.But. of course, it is not only for non-believers or those who have never expressed any acknowledgement of God’s love for whom Jesus is interceding.
The church used to use what is now regarded as an old-fashioned word, backsliders-meaning those who once professed to love and serve Jesus but who no longer do so. They know the way but that place in heaven Jesus has prepared for them is becoming a fading hope for them. Yet Jesus continually hears their hardly audible prayers they still brave and takes them to the father to answer them in a way that those people are restored and once again they will see and desire the wonder of what God has in store for them,- that place Jesus has gone to prepare.We sometimes hear the complaint from people who pray that their prayers are not answered. Their complaint results from the fact that they aren’t receiving what they want. Instead they are receiving what makes it possible for them to receive what is a treasure more wonderful than anything they might consider as the most valuable thing on earth they want-The gift of the place Jesus has gone to prepare for them. Jesus is offering, after interceding with the father that priceless gift-the ultimate eternal answer to their prayer instead of the temporary resolving of whatever their emergency may be.
Of course we could address the words of Jesus in a technical way. He said, ”If you ask anything in my name I will do it.” As I said that doesn’t mean we can get everything we might want just by tagging on the end of our prayer,” in the name of Jesus.” Its an acceptance that we are, in trusting our prayer to him, recognising that it’s into his hands we are bringing and leaving our burdens, our emergencies, and our hopes there. We are not just voicing our needs so that in some mysterious way, our prayers automatically hit a” Press one for an answer” and outcomes the solution we most want. Jesus said if we have faith as tiny as a mustard seed, we can expect his intercession so that in us will grow the increasing hope and indeed the certainty that that place in heaven for us which Jesus has gone to prepare will be ours. That is what Jesus is doing in heaven! He will do all he can to convince us that dying on the cross for us is the way that we can inherit the place he has gone to prepare for us.
Caring for us by answering our prayers in the way that best ensures our eternal place Jesus has prepared for us is the extension of the miracle of love we see at Calvary.It is difficult to imagine the joy God will feel when he sees us in the place Jesus has prepared for us knowing the decision to send Jesus to earth to live and die for us, to take away from us the penalty of our sin so that we could have what God most wanted-our fellowship with him for all eternity.Why would we be reluctant to pray when we know the answers we receive, while we may not fully understand them, will bless us for all eternity rather than tide us over from one crisis to another!
Will you join me today in this prayer, please;-
“Dear God, I come to you in the name of Jesus. I recognise what he has done for me to have the place he has prepared for me with you in heaven. If I have been disappointed not to receive what I thought was best in answer to any of my prayers, forgive me for forgetting that eternal answers as compared to temporal answers are the greatest expression of your love I could ever know. In this, my prayer, Dear God, I promise to receive your precious love which is in every answer to my prayers.Thank you Lord Jesus for your intercession for me. Thank you Father God for your eternal plan for me. Thank you Holy Spirit for your presence with me here on earth. Amen
HYMN: SWEET HOUR OF PRAYER
Audio file Sweet hour of prayer (To hear the audio file please right click mouse, then left click to open new tab)
1.
Sweet hour of prayer, sweet hour of prayer,
That calls me from a world of care,
And bids me at my Father's throne
Make all my wants and wishes known;
In seasons of distress and grief
My soul has often found relief,
And oft escaped the tempter's snare
By thy return, sweet hour of prayer.
2.
Sweet hour of prayer, sweet hour of prayer,
Thy wings shall my petition bear
To him whose truth and faithfulness
Engage the waiting soul to bless;
And since he bids me seek his face,
Believe his word, and trust his grace,
I'll cast on him my every care
And wait for thee. sweet hour of prayer.
BENEDICTION
Audio file Benediction (To hear the audio file please right click mouse, then left click to open new tab)
May the acceptance of the plan God has for your life enable you to receive with gratitude and willingness the answers to your prayers. May the Love of God be seen in the heavenly ministry of Jesus for you and may you accept the empowering of the Holy Spirit to share God’s love for the world. Amen.
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‘THE ORDER OF CHRISTIAN ENCOURAGERS.’
DESCRIPTION OF THE ORDER
The order has been established to recognise the ministry of those who continually encourage others in their faith in the Lord Jesus Christ. It is available to Christians of all denominations
HOW A PERSON IS ADMITTED TO THE ORDER
A person may be nominated by a fellow church member and seconded by another church member. The person nominated is then asked if they are willing to accept admission to the order. On agreement, a short presentation ceremony is conducted which can be at the person’s church or held privately where a certificate and lapel badge (shown below) is presented and their name is entered on the roll of the order. The ceremony may be performed by the minister or, if invited, by a representative of the order.
(The emblem badge of the Order of Christian Encouragers) 
If you know of anyone in your church who is an exceptional encourager and you would like them to be recognised by being awarded with admission to the order, do please feel free to contact me on mw@veilministries.org for details how the order can be presented.
(Of course, such people may prefer not to be so recognised and it is only with their agreement that the Order is bestowed.)
"Therefore encourage one another and build each other up….”