400 I'LL LIVE FOR JESUS

251 THE LILLY OF THE VALLEY

Opening Prayer

Memorial Day Tribute

150 HE LIFTED ME

Announcements

Scripture Reading

139 LEANING ON THE EVERLASTING ARMS

Sermon: Taking Responsibility - by Pastor Mark Sage

Invitation:

304 COME TO THE CROSS

Consider this story told by Bernard L. Brown, Jr., president of the Kennestone Regional Health Care System in the state of Georgia.

Brown once worked in a hospital where a patient knocked over a cup of water, which spilled on the floor beside the patient's bed. The patient was afraid he might slip on the water if he got out of the bed, so he asked a nurse's aide to mop it up. The patient didn't know it, but the hospital policy said that small spills were the responsibility of the nurse's aides while large spills were to be mopped up by the hospital's housekeeping group.

The nurse's aide decided the spill was a large one and she called the housekeeping department. A housekeeper arrived and declared the spill a small one. An argument followed.

"It's not my responsibility," said the nurse's aide, "because it's a large puddle." The housekeeper did not agree. "Well, it's not mine," she said, "the puddle is too small."

The exasperated patient listened for a time, then took a pitcher of water from his night table and poured the whole thing on the floor. "Is that a big enough puddle now for you two to decide?" he asked. It was, and that was the end of the argument. - Bits & Pieces

Some years ago a former American astronaut took over as head of a major airline, determined to make the airline's service the best in the industry. One day, as the new president walked through a particular department, he saw an employee resting his feet on a desk while the telephone on the desk rang incessantly. 

"Aren't you going to answer that phone?" the boss demanded. 

"This isn't my department," answered the employee nonchalantly, apparently not recognizing his new boss. " I work in maintenance." 

 "Not anymore you don't!" snapped the president. - Today in the Word