Order of Worship
Welcome and Prayer
Reading by Madeleine L’Engle
Response: II Corinthians 4:8-10
Song: “Trouble So Hard”
Text and Music: African American Spiritual; arr. Aaron Graves © 2018 Imani’s Faith Publishing
All rights reserved. ASCAP #500625384.
Reading by James Baldwin
Response: Psalm 42:7-11
Song: “Nobody Knows the Trouble I’ve Seen”
Text and Music: African American Spiritual; arr. Aaron Graves © 2012 Imani’s Faith Publishing
All rights reserved. ASCAP #500625384.
Reading by Christian Wiman
Response: Psalm 40:11
Song: “Surrounded”
Text and Music: Ruth Naomi Floyd © 2013 NaRu Inc.
Used by permission.
Reading by Chinua Achebe
Response: Romans 5:3-4
Song: “Press On”
Text: Frederick Douglass Lyrics Assembled
Music: Ruth Naomi Floyd © 2019 NaRu Inc.
Used by permission.
Prayer of Blessing