Published on
November 3, 2020
Video length
16 mins
This service features scripture readings, hymns and prayers drawn from historic morning prayer liturgies, without music or other artistic elaboration. Complementing other Symposium services that are more complex, today we practice an intentionally simple form of common prayer, grateful to be united in prayer with people around the world on a day of historic, cultural and political importance here in the United States.

Order of Worship:

This order of service follows a traditional morning prayer structure. 

Opening Words

Morning Hymn: "O Splendor of God's Glory Bright"

Psalm 19, followed by a Psalm Prayer

Psalm 131, followed by a Psalm Prayer

Old Testament Reading: Isaiah 42:1-9

New Testament Reading: Matthew 22:34-40

Canticle: Song of Zechariah (Luke 1:57-59)

Prayers of the People

Lord's Prayer

Closing Blessing

Leaders: María Eugenia Cornou, Cindy DeBoer, Chan Gyu Jang, Carlos Lemagne, Rebecca Snippe, Noel Snyder, and John Witvliet

Recent Media Resources

Podcast History
Jared Ortiz on the Dramatic Nature of the Nicene Creed

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. 

May 21, 2025 | 38 min listen
Podcast History
Jane Williams on the Nicene Creed as a Creative and Exciting Description of Who God Is

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. 

May 21, 2025 | 26 min listen
Podcast History
Maria Eugenia Cornou and Mikie Roberts on the Doxological and Historical Significance of the Nicene Creed

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. 

May 21, 2025 | 36 min listen