Prelude – Love Grows

 

Words for meditation – Psalm 31:15-16

31:15 My times are in your hand; deliver me from the hand of my enemies and persecutors.

31:16 Let your face shine upon your servant; save me in your steadfast love.

 

Introit – What the World Needs Now

 

Opening Prayer – Book of Common Prayer

Almighty and merciful God, of your bountiful goodness keep us from all things that may hurt us, that we, being ready in both body and soul, may cheerfully accomplish those things you command; through Jesus Christ our Savior. Amen.

(THE BOOK OF COMMON PRAYER, U.S.A., 20TH CENT., ALT.)

 

Opening Hymn – The Church’s One Foundation

 

Intro and Readings – Psalm 118

 

Special Music – The Gift of Love

 

Sermon  – The 29 Verses of Psalm 118

 

Closing Hymn – His Eye Is on the Sparrow

 

Benediction – Book of Common Prayer

O Wisdom on High, by you the meek are guided in judgment,

and light rises up in darkness for the godly.

Grant us, in all doubts and uncertainties,

the grace to ask what you would have us do,

that we may be saved from all false choices,

and that in your light we may see light,

and in your straight path may not stumble;

through Jesus Christ our Savior. Amen.

(THE BOOK OF COMMON PRAYER, U.S.A., 20TH CENT., ALT.)

 

Benediction Response – Be Still My Soul

 

Words for Wondering – Psalm 66:8-9, 19-20

66:8 Bless our God, O peoples, let the sound of his praise be heard,

66:9 who has kept us among the living, and has not let our feet slip.

66:19 But truly God has listened; he has given heed to the words of my prayer.

66:20 Blessed be God, because he has not rejected my prayer or removed his steadfast love from me.

 

Postlude – O How I Love Jesus