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Welcome
Choral Introit: “Comfort, Comfort Now My People” with Psalm 42
Text: Psalter Hymnal © 1987 Faith Alive Christian Resources; Johannes G. Olearius, tr. Catherine Winkworth, P.D.
Music (FREU DICH SEHR/GENEVAN 42): Louis Bourgeois, harm. Johann Cruger, P.D.; arr. David M. Cherwien © 2023 David M. Cherwien
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Call to Worship
Based on Lamentations 3
Song: “O God Beyond All Praising”
Text: Michael Perry © 1982, 1987 Hope Publishing Company
Music (THAXTED): Gustav Holst, arr. Richard Proulx © 1988 GIA Publications, Inc.
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Call to Lament and Confession:
Sung Prayer of Lament and Confession: “In Deepest Night”
Text: Susan Palo Cherwien © 1995 Susan Palo Cherwien, admin. Augsburg Fortress
Music (ROSE MARY): David Schwoebel © 2010; arr. Mark Edwards © 2019 Celebrating Grace Music, a division of Celebrating Grace, Inc.
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Assurance of Pardon
From Isaiah 43
Song of Response: “Great Is Thy Faithfulness”
Text: Thomas O. Chisholm, 1923, © 1923, ren. 1951 Hope Publishing Company
Music (FAITHFULNESS): William M. Runyan, 1923, © 1923, ren. 1951 Hope Publishing Company
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Sung Prayer for Illumination: “Lord, to Whom Shall We Go”
Text and Music: John 6:68; The Iona Community © 1987, 1995 Wild Goose Resource Group, Iona Community, Scotland, GIA Publications, Inc., exclusive North American agent
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Scripture: Ezekiel 47
Sermon
Prayer of Application
Choral Response: “Jesus Cristo, esperança do mundo / Jesus Christ, Hope of the World”
Text: Portuguese text by Silvio Meincke © 1982 Silvio Meicke; Spanish and English translations by Pablo D. Sosa © 1988 GIA Publications, Inc.
Music (ESPERANZA DEL MUNDO): Edmundo Reinhardt and João Gottinari © 1982 Edmundo Reinhardt and João Gottinari; arr. Greg Scheer © 2022 GIA Publications, Inc.
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Prayers of the People
Choral Prayer: “Peace Prayer of St. Francis”
Text: Belle prière à faire pendant la Messe, P.D.; adapt. Peter Latona © 2016 Birnamwood
Music: Peter Latona © 2016 Birnamwood
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Parting Blessing (in multiple languages)
2 Corinthians 13:13
Closing Song: “The Lord Bless You and Keep You”
Text: Numbers 6:24-26
Music (BENEDICTION): Peter Christian Lutkin, P.D.
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.
