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VALLEY CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH

Yde Vander Kooi

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June 5, 2016
Memorial Service - June 11, 2016
Dad's Prayer

Our merciful God,  and Heavenly Father,  we come to you this evening hour,  to thank you,  for the many blessings
you have bestowed upon us this day, for you have been with us, you have guided, and protected us, from all harm, and danger. 
We thank you for the food that you have provided for us, and we ask for your blessings, that it might strengthen our physical bodies. 
We also thank you, for the reading of your word, and ask that it may be a blessing, to the up building, and the strengthening, of our faith. 
Be also with us this evening hour Lord, be with our loved ones, where ever they may be, you know their needs
better than we can put them before you. 
We pray for the sick, the poor, for the needy, for the widows,  and the fatherless,  and for the so many lonely people, in this world. 
We ask your forgiveness of all of our sins, in Jesus name we pray. 
Amen.
Back Home

If I had the power to turn back the clock
Go back to that house at the end of the block
The house that was home when I was a kid
I know that I'd love it more than I did

If I could be back there at my mother's knee
And hear once again all the things she told me
I'd listen as I never listened before
For she knew so well just what life had in store

 And all the advice my dad use to give
His voice I'll remember as long as I live
But it didn't seem really important then
What I'd give just to live it all over again 
And what I'd give for the chance I once had
To do so much more for my mother and dad
To give them more joy and a little less pain
A little more sunshine – a little less rain

 But the years roll on and we cannot go back
Whether we were born in a mansion or in a shack
But we can start right now - in the hour that's here
To do something more for the ones we hold dear 

And since time in it's flight is traveling so fast;
Let's not spend it regretting in that which is past
But let's make tomorrow a happier day
By doing our “good to others” - TODAY


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