Welcome and Call to Worship
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Prayer and Lord’s Prayer
Our Father, who art in heaven,
hallowed be thy name;
thy kingdom come;
thy will be done;
on earth as it is in heaven.
Give us this day our daily bread.
And forgive us our trespasses,
as we forgive those who trespass against us.
And lead us not into temptation;
but deliver us from evil.
For thine is the kingdom,
the power, and the glory
for ever and ever.
Amen.
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Source and Sovereign, Rock and Cloud
(Words © 1987 Oxford University Press. Used by permission)
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Source and Sovereign, Rock and Cloud,
Fortress, Fountain,
Shelter, Light, Judge,
Defender, Mercy, Might,
Life whose life all life all endowed:
May the church at prayer recall
that no single holy name
but the truth and feeds
them all is the God whom we proclaim.
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Word and Wisdom, Root and Vine,
Shepherd, Savior, Servant,
Lamb, Well and Water, Bread and Wine,
Way who leads us to the I AM:
May the church at prayer recall
that no single holy name
but the truth and feeds
them all is the God whom we proclaim.
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Storm and Stillness, Breath
and Dove, Thunder, Tempest,
Whirlwind, Fire, Comfort, Counselor,
Presence Love, Energies that never Tire.
May the church at prayer recall
that no single holy name
but the truth and feeds
them all is the God whom we proclaim.
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- Psalm 107:1-3, 17-22
- Numbers 21:4-9
Meditation
Special Music
Offering
Prayer of Intercession
Intimations
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We Cannot Measure How You Heal
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We cannot measure how you heal
or answer every sufferer’s prayer,
yet we believe your grace responds
where faith and doubt unite to care.
Your hands, though bloodied on the cross
survive to hold and heal and warn,
to carry all through death to life
and cradle children yet unborn.
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The pain that will not go away,
the guilt that clings from things long past,
the fear of what the future holds
are present as if meant to last.
But present too is love which tends
the hurt we never hoped to find,
the private agonies inside
the memories that haunt the mind.
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So some have come who need your help,
and some have come to make amends,
as hands which shaped and saved the world
are present in the touch of friends.
Lord, let your Spirit meet us here
to mend the body, mind and soul,
to disentangle peace from pain
and make your broken people whole
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Blessing