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Order of Service
- Prelude
- Psalm 103: Loving and Forgiving
Soloist: Loving and forgiving are you, O Lord; slow to anger,
rich in kindness, loving and forgiving are you. / All: Loving and forgiving…
S: All my being, bless the Lord, bless the holy name of God.
All my being, bless the Lord, remembering the goodness of God. / All: Loving and…
S: God forgives us all our sins, healing those who live in pain, saving us from final death.
God fills us with goodness & love. / All: Loving and…
S: Good and gracious is the Lord, slow to anger, rich in love.
God remembers not our sins; forgiving and loving is God. / All: Loving and…
S: As heaven soars above the earth, so great the love of God for us.
As far as easts is from the west, the Lord takes our sins from us. / All: Loving… - Text: Ecclesiastes 2:18-24
- Homily
- Closing Hymn 65, vv. 1, 4 & 5, Praise to the Lord, the Almighty
- Postlude
Scripture
Ecclesiastes 2:18-24 Then I hated all my labor in which I had toiled under the sun, because I must leave it to the man who will come after me. And who knows whether he will be wise or a fool? Yet he will rule over all my labor in which I toiled and in which I have shown myself wise under the sun. This also is vanity. Therefore I turned my heart and despaired of all the labor in which I had toiled under the sun. For there is a man whose labor is with wisdom, knowledge, and skill; yet he must leave his heritage to a man who has not labored for it. This also is vanity and a great evil. For what has man for all his labor, and for the striving of his heart with which he has toiled under the sun? For all his days are sorrowful, and his work burden-some; even in the night his heart takes no rest. This also is vanity. Nothing is better for a man than that he should eat and drink, and that his soul should enjoy good in his labor. This also, I saw, was from the hand of God.