Taize Vespers: A Journey of Praise and Prayer

Taizé Vespers: A Journey of Praise and Prayer was a vesper service at the 2012 Calvin Symposium on Worship, led by Philip Chan and Yvette Lau.

Program

Enter in Silence

Call to Worship – Psalm 100 

Shout for joy to the Lord, all the earth.  
Worship the Lord with gladness;
come before him with joyful songs.
Know that the Lord is God. It is he who made us, and we are his;
we are his people, the sheep of his pasture.

Enter his gates with thanksgiving
and his courts with praise;
give thanks to him and praise his name.
For the Lord is good and his love endures forever;
his faithfulness continues through all generations. (TNIV)                                                                                    

Come and Fill
Words: The Community of Taizé © 1984, Ateliers et Presses de Taizé, Taizé Community, France, GIA Publications, Inc. exclusive North American agent.
Music: Jacques Berthier (1923-1994), ©1991 Ateliers et Presses de Taizé, Taizé Community, France, GIA Publications, Inc. exclusive North American agent.

Psalms of Praise – Psalm 117 and 103                                                        

Sing, Praise, and Bless the Lord                                           
Psalms for All Seasons 117B

Bless the Lord, My Soul
Psalms for All Seasons 103C

Confession

Lord Jesus Christ
Words and Music: The Community of Taizé © 1998, Ateliers et Presses de Taizé, Taizé Community, France, GIA Publications, Inc. exclusive North American agent.

Silence

Remembering God’s Grace

By Your Cross
Words: The Community of Taizé © 1991, Ateliers et Presses de Taizé, Taizé Community, France, GIA Publications, Inc. exclusive North American agent.
Music: Jacques Berthier (1923-1994), ©1991 Ateliers et Presses de Taizé, Taizé Community, France, GIA Publications, Inc. exclusive North American agent.

Silence

Intercessory Prayer

Nada te turbe
Words: The Community of Taizé © 1991, Ateliers et Presses de Taizé, Taizé Community, France, GIA Publications, Inc. exclusive North American agent.
Music: Jacques Berthier (1923-1994), ©1991 Ateliers et Presses de Taizé, Taizé Community, France, GIA Publications, Inc. exclusive North American agent.                       

Kyrie eleison (Greek for “Lord, have mercy”) will be sung after each spoken prayer.

Kyrie
Music: Jacques Berthier (1923-1994), ©1991 Ateliers et Presses de Taizé, Taizé Community, France, GIA Publications, Inc. exclusive North American agent.

The Lord’s Prayer (please pray aloud in your own heart language)

Our Father in heaven,
hallowed be your name.
Your Kingdom come,
your will be done,
on earth as in heaven.
Give us today our daily bread.
Forgive us our sins,
as we forgive those who sin against us.
Lead us not into temptation,
but deliver us from evil.
For the kingdom,
the power and the glory are yours,
now and forever.  Amen.

Benediction                       

Dona Nobis Pacem                                             
Words: The Community of Taizé © 1998, Ateliers et Presses de Taizé, Taizé Community, France, GIA Publications, Inc. exclusive North American agent.
Music: Jacques Berthier (1923-1994), ©1991 Ateliers et Presses de Taizé, Taizé Community, France, GIA Publications, Inc. exclusive North American agent. 

In the Lord I’ll Be Ever Thankful
Words: The Community of Taizé © 1991, Ateliers et Presses de Taizé, Taizé Community, France, GIA Publications, Inc. exclusive North American agent.
Music: Jacques Berthier (1923-1994), ©1991 Ateliers et Presses de Taizé, Taizé Community, France, GIA Publications, Inc. exclusive North American agent.

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Philip Chan and Yvette Lau, liturgists
Cindy de Boer, cantor
Judy Baker, keyboard
Laura Triezenberg, flute
Marie Bloem, cello
Kate MacLeod, oboe
Chan Gyu Jang, guitar
Prayer leaders