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Welcome to the Word of the Lord endures forever with Pastor Will Whedon.

Cindy asked me once if I wanted to be buried in Richardsville.

I thought about it and told her no, that I hoped to be laid to rest in Hamel, Illinois, at St. Paul's Cemetery.

In Richardsville is where my family by nature is buried.

But here in Hamel, among these saints, is where our life has been lived.

The Word of the Lord endures forever is a daily verse-by-verse Bible study with the church,

past and present.

Pastor Whedon is leading us in a study of the book of Ruth.

The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Spirit be with you all.

Amen.

Greetings, people, loved by God.

In our previous study, recall that Naomi had heard that the Lord had visited his people

and that Bethlehem again had food.

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