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For the Service
For the hour itself: woven readings, the congregation answering, blessings to close, and hymns with the Scripture they were born from.
Woven — three passages, read as one
In the BeginningGenesis 1 · Psalm 19 · John 1 — 5 minutesCreation, the heavens declaring, and the Word — three beginnings across fifteen centuries, read as one.The Lord Is My ShepherdPsalm 23 · Ezekiel 34 · John 14 — 3 minutesThe Shepherd promised, the Shepherd searching, and the Shepherd going to prepare a place — one flock, three voices.RabboniPsalm 16 · Isaiah 25 · John 20 — 3 minutesThe grave prophesied, death swallowed up, and Mary at the tomb — “Rabboni.”All Things NewIsaiah 65 · Ezekiel 47 · Revelation 21 — 5 minutesNew heavens, a river from the temple, and no more death — the end of the story in three voices.By His StripesIsaiah 53 · Psalm 22 · Matthew 27 — 6 minutesThe Servant foretold, the forsaken cry, and the ninth hour — the suffering read as one.Bless the LordPsalm 103 · Isaiah 12 · Philippians 4 — 2 minutesBless the Lord, O my soul — praise, a song of trust, and rejoice in the Lord alway.
Answered — the people's part, written in
Psalm 136Psalm 136 · for his mercy endureth for ever — 2 minutes · AnsweredThe great thanksgiving, read as it was made to be read — a voice, and the answer that never changes.Psalm 24Psalm 24 · Who is this King of glory? — 1 minute · AnsweredThe earth is the LORD's — question and answer at the gates, in two voices.
The Blessing — to close
The Aaronic BlessingNumbers 6:24–26 — 1 minute · The BlessingThe blessing God gave Aaron to speak over the people — spoken whole, as a service ends.To Him That Is AbleJude 24–25 — 1 minute · The BlessingNow unto him that is able to keep you from falling — Jude's benediction, spoken whole.
Hymns — the song and its root
Amazing GraceEphesians 2:1–22 · with Amazing Grace — 5 minutesNewton’s hymn over the whole of the grace chapter: dead in trespasses, quickened by grace, the far-off brought nigh, strangers made fellowcitizens of the household of God. Sung bare — one voice, no instruments.How Can I Keep from Singing?Psalm 30 · Psalm 40:1–3 · with How Can I Keep from Singing? — 3 minutesTwo psalms of a man lifted out of the pit — mourning turned into dancing, a new song put in his mouth — scrolled under the hymn they gave us.Will the Circle Be UnbrokenRevelation 21:1–7 · with Will the Circle Be Unbroken — 3 minutesThe funeral hymn over the chapter of the better home: a new heaven and a new earth, all tears wiped away, and no more death, neither sorrow nor crying.