Death of a teacher

The meditation text is Romans 12:6-7: "Having gifts that differ according to the grace given to us, let us use them: if prophecy, in proportion to our faith; if service, in our serving; he who teaches, in his teaching . . ."

It is a peculiar meditation text for a funeral celebration, unless one remembers ___________. That's half our duty now, during this brief worship. We must fix our minds what ___________ meant to the rest of us. She was, among many other good things, a teacher.Although ___________ has served her church in many ways, being a teacher and a student was among the most important. It should not surprise us that she was both teacher and student. The best teachers are always learning, and the best students serve the rest of us by mere enthusiasm for knowledge. …