May the Peace of God (CW745)

We will be closing our blended service on 10/11 with a new song from the hymnal supplement called “May the Peace of God”.   It’s a benediction song and you can see one of the songwriters (Stuart Townend) perform the song here: He wrote it together with Keith Getty.  It’s also interesting to note that Stuart [...]

Divine Bookends

With a new Pastor, comes some new ideas & new practices.   One of the things that our new Pastor has instructed me to do is to consider beginning each service with a song that has a message that helps to prepare us for worship.   He does this with hymns and my task is to [...]

A Benediction based on Psalm 20

May the LORD answer you when you are in distress; may the name of the God of Jacob protect you.  (vs 1) May he send you help from the sanctuary and grant you support from Zion.   (vs 2) May he remember all your sacrifices and accept your burnt offerings.   (vs 3) May he give you [...]

Psalm Benediction

Here’s a Benediction based entirely on the Psalms:   Let the light of your face shine upon us, O LORD.  (Ps 4:6) The LORD will keep you from all harm— he will watch over your life; the LORD will watch over your coming and going both now and forevermore. (Ps 121:7,8) The LORD gives strength [...]

a Benediction

Leader: Go now, as the Spirit of God has called you: to be a people of grace to be a people of truth to be a people who pursue peace to be a people who forgive to be a people who love And may God lead and guide you.  Amen. Source: unknown – modifed by S. Brown

Benediction Introduction

At the conclusion of worship, before the Pastor says his blessing, consider having a Lay person read an introduction to this very special blessing. As parishioners, we hear this so often that we tend to forget its importance and meaning. Its helpful every now and then to reminded of “why we do the things we [...]