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<div align="center"><font face="Arial, Helvetica" size=3>Sunday, February
02, 2003, 3:00 PM<br><br>
A Celebration of the Earth Career of<br><br>
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</font><font face="Arial, Helvetica" size=4>April 24, 1937 January
22, 2003<br><br>
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On January 22, 2003 our sister Nel Benjamins graduated from this
planet.<br><br>
Good afternoon my name is Larry Whelan, Nel, my wife Donna and I are
members of the Arcadia Teaching Mission and Urantia Book Study Group.
Today we are here to celebrate the life of our sister. I first met
Nel in January of 2000 in the home of Hal and Lucille Kettell in Arcadia,
California. Nel greeted me warmly as her brother. She is
truly a daughter of the Father in heaven and my sister, just as we are
all spiritual brothers and sisters in the family of God.<br><br>
Nel believes the gospel of Jesus, the Fatherhood of God and the
brotherhood of man. There is one God, our Father in heaven and we
are His sons and daughters. Nel dedicated her life to doing the
Father’s Will and strived to “Be perfect, even as the Father in heaven is
perfect.” God is Love. Nel knows the Father’s
Love. God created each of us in Love. God indwells each
of us and He loves you as if you were his only child. God loves you
so much that He has given you free will choice and yet He has chosen to
indwell you and be a part of your life’s experiences.<br><br>
In prayer and stillness Nel talks to her Father in heaven and follows the
leadings of the Spirit. Nel is a faithful and fruitful worker. She
believes that all things work to the glory of God. She believes the
words of Jesus when he said:<br><br>
“I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in me, though
he dies, yet shall he live. Whoever lives and believes in me shall
never die.”<br><br>
“Let not your heart be troubled. You believe in God. Believe
also in me. In my Father’s are many mansions. If it were not
so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for
you.”<br><br>
Just as we celebrate Nel Benjamins’ life here today, it is my opinion
that the Angels of heaven were celebrating as Jesus called Nel to the
resurrection, “Nel! Come forth! Well done my daughter, you
have been good and faithful in your life on earth. I shall make you
steward over many things in heaven. Enter into the joy of my
Father’s kingdom.”<br><br>
Nel, we love you, we are happy and proud that you are our sister.
We will see you in the mansions on high, until we meet again, live in our
Father’s LOVE.<br>
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