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Prelude
Opening Song: “Welcome into this Place” (Orlando Juarez)
Welcome and Call to Worship
Blessing
Words of Praise
Songs of Praise: “The Church’s One Foundation”
Sung Call to Confession: “Withholding Nothing” (William McDowell)
Prayer of Confession
Assurance of Pardon
Prayer for Illumination
Psalm 118: “The Lord’s Become Our Salvation” (Wendell Kimbrough and Greg Scheer)
Scripture: 1 Peter 2:4–12
Sermon
Prayer of Application
Song of Response: “Your Labor Is Not in Vain” (Wendell Kimbrough)
Prayers of the People
Closing Song: “Joy” (VaSawn Mitchell)
Charge and Blessing
Announcements
Postlude
We are grateful for the planning and leading of this service by Wendell Kimbrough, David Lerner, Nikki Lerner, Northwestern Drama Ministries Ensemble, Greg Scheer, Kathleen Turner, and Forrest Wakeman; Karen Campbell, preaching
Jared Ortiz, professor at Hope College, Holland, Michigan, describes the Nicene Creed as a dramatic and powerful statement where every word is like a declaration of war, saying yes to the truth and no to many falsehoods.
Jane Williams, professor of theology at St. Mellitus College in London, England, sees the Nicene Creed, crafted 1700 years ago, as an extraordinary creative and exciting description of who God is and therefore what we trust in as Christians in God's world.
Maria Eugenia Cornou and Mikie Roberts serve on a planning team for an October worship event in Egypt to mark the 1700th anniversary of the Council of Nicaea and the ecumenical creed that emerged in the year 325 and remains firmly embedded in the worship practices of the church today.
Jared Ortiz, professor at Hope College, Holland, Michigan, describes the Nicene Creed as a dramatic and powerful statement where every word is like a declaration of war, saying yes to the truth and no to many falsehoods.
Jane Williams, professor of theology at St. Mellitus College in London, England, sees the Nicene Creed, crafted 1700 years ago, as an extraordinary creative and exciting description of who God is and therefore what we trust in as Christians in God's world.
Maria Eugenia Cornou and Mikie Roberts serve on a planning team for an October worship event in Egypt to mark the 1700th anniversary of the Council of Nicaea and the ecumenical creed that emerged in the year 325 and remains firmly embedded in the worship practices of the church today.
This expression of Psalm 148 was submitted by Ed Willmington, who wrote it with Clayton J. Schmit. The nature of Psalm 148 is total exuberance as all of nature offers praise to God.
