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Order of Service
- Prelude
- The Confession of Sin
- Hymn 76, Father, We Praise Thee
- Versicles and Gloria patri
Choir: Psalm 100, O Be Joyful in the Lord, All Ye Lands C.V. StanfordLesson: Deuteronomy 32:39-40
- Choir: Hear, O Israel(Deuteronomy 6:4,5) C. Courtney
(All may join with the choir to sing Hymn 69, vv. 1 & 8)
Choir: Hear, O Israel! You shall love the Lord with all your heart and soul and strength. The Lord, our God, the Lord is One.
ALL: The God of Abr'am praise, Who reigns…
- Lesson: Ephesians 3:13-21
- Choir Responsory: Lord, I Trust Thee G.F. Handel
Lord, I trust Thee, I adore Thee. Ah, Thou Friend of man, restore me!
On Thy loving grace relying, for the Bread of Life I'm sighing.
Quench my thirst and let my hunger cease. Fill my heart with joy and endless peace.
When the breath of life has left me. May my soul be blended with Thee.
- Lesson: Luke 7:11-17 (Textfor the Homily)
- Hymn 481, When My Last Hour is Close At Hand
All: vv. 1, 2 & 5; Pulpit side: v. 3; Lectern side, v. 4 - Homily – "Live a Defiant Life"
- Choir Canticle: Nunc dimittis in G C.V. Stanford
- Kyrie eleison & Lord's Prayer
- Benedicamus and Blessing
- Announcements & Greetings from BLC Pres. Dan Bruss
- All are invited to join to sing "On My Heart"
* Hymn 584, Grant Peace, We Pray
Scripture
Deuteronomy 32:39-40 "Now see that I, even I, am He, and there is no God besides Me; I kill and I make alive; I wound and I heal; nor is there any who can deliver from My hand. For I raise My hand to heaven, and say, "As I live forever." Ephesians 3:13-21 Therefore I ask that you do not lose heart at my tribulations for you, which is your glory. For this reason I bow my knees to the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, from whom the whole family in heaven and earth is named, that He would grant you, according to the riches of His glory, to be strengthened with might through His Spirit in the inner man, that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith; that you, being rooted and grounded in love, may be able to comprehend with all the saints what is the width and length and depth and height— to know the love of Christ which passes knowledge; that you may be filled with all the fullness of God. Now to Him who is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that works in us, to Him be glory in the church by Christ Jesus to all generations, forever and ever. Amen. Luke 7:11-17 Now it happened, the day after that He went into a city called Nain; and many of His disciples went with Him, and a large crowd. And when He came near the gate of the city, behold, a dead man was being carried out, the only son of his mother; and she was a widow. And a large crowd from the city was with her. When the Lord saw her, He had compassion on her and said to her, "Do not weep." Then He came and touched the open coffin, and those who carried him stood still. And He said, "Young man, I say to you, arise." So he who was dead sat up and began to speak. And He presented him to his mother. Then fear came upon all, and they glorified God, saying, "A great prophet has risen up among us"; and, "God has visited His people." And this report about Him went throughout all Judea and all the surrounding region.