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Opening Worship
Thursday, June 9, 2005, 7:00 p.m.
“A New Name” (Revelation 2:12-17), Cornelius Plantinga, Jr., preaching

Prelude: “Partita on ‘Praise, My Soul, the King of Heaven,' ” Robert Hobby

*The Call to Worship:
(The Worship Sourcebook, 1.2.30, based on Colossians 2:3 and Revelation 5:12)

*God's Greeting:

            Grace to you and peace,

            in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit.

            Amen!

*Song of Approach to God: “God, You Call Us to This Place” (SNC 14)

The Reading of Scripture: Revelation 2:12-17

Song of Praise: “Love Divine, All Loves Excelling” (PsH 568)

Sermon: “A New Name”

*Song of Faith: “Father, Long Before Creation” (PsH 464)

*The Blessing:

            The Lord bless you and keep you;

            The Lord make his face shine upon you and be gracious to you;

            The Lord turn his face toward you and give you peace.

            Amen!                                                  (Numbers 6:24-26, NIV)

Postlude: “Love Divine, All Loves Excelling,” Ralph Vaughan Williams

Participants:

                Liturgist: Kathy Smith

                Accompanist: Norma de Waal Malefyt

                Preaching: Cornelius Plantinga, Jr.

                All Worshipers

PsH = Psalter Hymnal
SNC = Sing! A New Creation

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