CHAPEL DATE: 11 September 2011
· Scripture
o Ecclesiastes 3:1-8
§ For everything there is a season
· A time for every activity under heaven.
§ A time to be born and a time to die.
· A time to plant and a time to harvest.
§ A time to kill and a time to heal.
· A time to tear down and a time to build up.
§ A time to cry and a time to laugh.
· A time to grieve and a time to dance.
§ A time to scatter stones and a time to gather stones.
· A time to embrace and a time to turn away.
§ A time to search and a time to quit searching.
· A time to keep and a time to throw away.
§ A time to tear and a time to mend.
· A time to be quiet and a time to speak.
§ A time to love and a time to hate.
· A time for war and a time for peace.
· Sermon Title
o There is a Season
· Sermon Outline
o This weekend is huge:
§ Everyone in the world knows it’s the 10th Anniversary of 9/11
· Life still goes on
o Other places keep on keeping on
o Maybe a moment of silence
· Rugby World Cup began on 9th
o USA Eagles first tourney match on 9/11
§ Change of Command between Colonels Holt and Hampton
· We will take a moment to remember those lost
· 9/11/2001 was a season to react
· 9/11/2011 is a season to remember
§ Change of Command practice yesterday
· What season is it right now?
· Chief Tucker was tracking scores
o Where does my mind go?
o Colonel Holt’s season at Fire Squadron is over
§ He begins new season at Regiment
o Colonel Hampton finished one season and is beginning a new season
o Time and a place for everything
§ Reminds me of the story of Ester
· In a nut shell, King Xerxes was snubbed by his wife, Queen Vashti
· His advisors said ban her forever and he did
· They sought a new wife for him
· Enter – Ester who was a Jew
o Ester’s uncle Mordecai offended one of Xerxes advisors, Haman, because he wouldn’t bow down to him
o Haman asked Xerxes to order all of the Jews to be exterminated
o Eventually Mordecai asks Ester to do something about the situation
o Ester balks and Mordecai says this:
· Ester 4:13-14
o Mordecai sent this reply to Esther: “Don’t think for a moment that because you’re in the palace you will escape when all other Jews are killed.
o If you keep quiet at a time like this, deliverance and relief for the Jews will arise from some other place, but you and your relatives will die. Who knows if perhaps you were made queen for just such a time as this?”
§ It was Ester’s season
§ Opportunity is the season when preparation and chance meet
· Back to 9/11
o Remember: opportunity is the season when preparation and chance meet
§ My question to you is:
· Where were you when the planes hit and what did you do next?
· A situation none could have predicted happened à chance
· What was going on in your life up to that point à preparation
· What did you do next à opportunity
· Benediction
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