This benediction prays
God’s peace
for those around us.
For
you I pray God’s peace-
That deep and constant rest
That knows that He is always working for our best.
Receive His peace.
For
you I pray God’s joy-
The music of a faith
That finds delight in serving Him and sings His praise.
Receive His joy.
May
His grace
And His love
And His Spirit be within you.
Amen.
by Ken Bible, © 2002 LNWhymns.com.
We Come and Go as Your People
Father, we come because You call us.
You call us together
as Your children,
as Your people.
You gather us to Yourself.
When our brief gathering is ended,
we go because You send us.
You send us
as Your children,
as Your people.
You send us out into our individual
homes,
neighborhoods,
communities,
schools,
work places,
social groups, and
circles of friends.
You scatter Your people into every corner where
people are,
people whom You long to know You.
Father, as we come and
as we go,
help us come and go
in Your name,
in Your love, and
in the Spirit of Jesus Christ.
Listen and sing:
Hymn: Come, Children, Come
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Come, let us sing for joy to the Lord;
let us shout aloud to the Rock of our salvation.
Let us come before him with thanksgiving
and extol him with music and song.For the Lord is the great God,
the great King above all gods.
In his hand are the depths of the earth,
and the mountain peaks belong to him.
The sea is his, for he made it,
and his hands formed the dry land.Come, let us bow down in worship,
let us kneel before the Lord our Maker;
for he is our God
and we are the people of his pasture,
the flock under his care. (Psalm 95:1-7, NIV)
Almighty God,
as we gather,
faith comes seeking You.
Faith comes seeing You.
Faith comes expecting You.
Faith comes worshiping and loving You.
Faith comes eager to serve You,
eager to love those You love,
eager to lift them to You,
eager to draw them to You.
Faith comes eager to go again.
Faith goes loving You.
Faith goes worshiping You.
Faith goes expecting You.
Faith goes in You,
eager to come again.
Listen and sing:
Hymn: We Have Come to Join in Worship
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