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Worship Service At Internet Church Of Christ
For Week Of June 17, 2007

Featuring "The Creation," And The Hymn "Dear Lord And Father Of Mankind"

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Everything here is in the Public Domain, free for all people to use without restriction, except verses from the Revised Standard Version Bible (RSV), which are copyrighted and used by permission.

ORDER OF WORSHIP: June 17, 2007 

Welcome
Opening Hymn- "Dear Lord And Father Of Mankind" - words, MIDI music, MP3's 
Invocation
The Lord's Prayer - with MP3 audio
Declaration Of Faith: The Apostles' Creed - with MP3 audio

Scriptures and Teachings - "The Creation"

Prayer For You - "Go Ahead And Give Yourself To Christ"
Holy Communion
How To Find A Real, Live Church
Closing Hymn - "For The Beauty Of The Earth" -
  words and MIDI music
Benediction
   

Welcome

Hello Beloved,

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Opening Hymn

"Dear Lord And Father Of Mankind"
Words, MIDI Music, and MP3 Reading of Lyrics

Words by John Greenleaf Whittier, 1872; music by Frederick C. Maker, 1887 (hymn tune REST). The MIDI sequence is Public Domain, by a person unknown to me, obtained from DigitalHymnal.org

MIDI music file at http://patriot.net/users/bmcgin/rest.mid - (Public Domain)
MP3 file of the music at http://www.loveallpeople.org/dearlordandfather.mp3 - (Public Domain)

MP3 Readings Of The Poem (Both are Public Domain)
By Sweet-Talk Girl - http://www.text-to-speech.org/dearlordandfatherofmankind.mp3
By Rev. Bill McGinnis - http://www.internetchurchofchrist.org/dearlordandfather-read2.mp3

This is one of my very favorite hymns, truly an inspired work of highest spiritual and artistic merit, in both lyrics and music. I love it!

    DEAR LORD AND FATHER OF MANKIND
      by John Greenleaf Whittier   
           Public Domain

Dear Lord and Father of mankind,
Forgive our foolish ways!
Reclothe us in our rightful mind,
In purer lives thy service find,
In deeper reverence, praise. 

In simple trust like theirs who heard
Beside the Syrian sea
The gracious calling of the Lord,
Let us, like them, without a word,
Rise up and follow thee. 

O Sabbath rest by Galilee!
O calm of hills above,
Where Jesus knelt to share with thee
The silence of eternity
Interpreted by love ! 

With that deep hush subduing all
Our words and works that drown
The tender whisper of thy call,
As noiseless let thy blessing fall
As fell thy manna down. 

Drop thy still dews of quietness,
Till all our strivings cease;
Take from our souls the strain and stress,
And let our ordered lives confess
The beauty of thy peace. 

Breathe through the heats of our desire
Thy coolness and thy balm;
Let sense be dumb, let flesh retire;
Speak through the earthquake, wind, and fire,
O still, small voice of calm!

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Invocation

             O Lord, we come together in Your name,
             And as You promised, we know You are here.

             AND SO WE WELCOME YOU WITH OPEN ARMS,
             AND PRAY THAT YOU FIND PLEASURE HERE WITH US,
             AS WE, YOUR LOVING CHILDREN WORSHIP YOU.

             We now invite You to reveal Yourself,
             And share with us Your presence, openly,

             FOR YOU ARE EVERYTHING THAT WE DESIRE,
             AND EVERYTHING WE HAVE, WE GIVE TO YOU.

             In Jesus' holy name we pray, Amen.

The Lord's Prayer

To play, click or double-click below


MP3 audio file at http://www.internetchurchofchrist.org/lordsprayer.mp3
Free, Public Domain.

The Lord, Himself, taught us to pray like this . . .

                     The 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, and the power, and the glory,
            for ever and ever. Amen.

                      Source: Book Of Common Prayer, based on
                              Matthew 6:9-13    


          

Declaration Of Faith

The Apostles Creed

To play, click or double-click below


MP3 audio file at http://www.internetchurchofchrist.org/apostlescreed.mp3
Free, Public Domain.

  This historic affirmation of faith comes to us from the early 
centuries of the Christian church.

  
      I believe in God, the Father Almighty,
      Maker of heaven and earth:
      And in Jesus Christ, his only Son, our Lord;
      Who was conceived by the Holy Spirit;
      Born of the virgin Mary,
      Suffered under Pontius Pilate,
      Was crucified, dead, and buried;
      He descended into hell;
      The third day he rose again from the dead;
      He ascended into heaven
      And sitteth at the right hand of God the Father Almighty;
      From thence He shall come to judge the quick and the dead.
      I believe in the Holy Spirit;
      The holy catholic church;     *
      The communion of saints;
      The forgiveness of sins;
      The resurrection of the body;
      And the life everlasting.

                             Amen.
      

                * Note: "catholic church" here means the entire body of
                  believers in Christ, not just one particular church.

Scriptures And Teachings

The Creation

from the RSV (Revised Standard Version) Bible

       GENESIS 1, 2:1-3 (RSV)

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                               The Creation
       
       Genesis 1

        1
               In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.
        2
               The earth was without form and void, and darkness was upon
               the face of the deep; and the Spirit of God was moving
               over the face of the waters.
        3
               And God said, "Let there be light"; and there was light.
        4
               And God saw that the light was good; and God separated the
               light from the darkness.
        5
               God called the light Day, and the darkness he called
               Night. And there was evening and there was morning, one
               day.
        6
               And God said, "Let there be a firmament in the midst of
               the waters, and let it separate the waters from the
               waters."
        7
               And God made the firmament and separated the waters which
               were under the firmament from the waters which were above
               the firmament. And it was so.
        8
               And God called the firmament Heaven. And there was evening
               and there was morning, a second day.
        9
               And God said, "Let the waters under the heavens be
               gathered together into one place, and let the dry land
               appear." And it was so.
        10
               God called the dry land Earth, and the waters that were
               gathered together he called Seas. And God saw that it was
               good.
        11
               And God said, "Let the earth put forth vegetation, plants
               yielding seed, and fruit trees bearing fruit in which is
               their seed, each according to its kind, upon the earth."
               And it was so.
        12
               The earth brought forth vegetation, plants yielding seed
               according to their own kinds, and trees bearing fruit in
               which is their seed, each according to its kind. And God
               saw that it was good.
        13
               And there was evening and there was morning, a third day.
        14
               And God said, "Let there be lights in the firmament of the
               heavens to separate the day from the night; and let them
               be for signs and for seasons and for days and years,
        15
               and let them be lights in the firmament of the heavens to
               give light upon the earth." And it was so.
        16
               And God made the two great lights, the greater light to
               rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night; he
               made the stars also.
        17
               And God set them in the firmament of the heavens to give
               light upon the earth,
        18
               to rule over the day and over the night, and to separate
               the light from the darkness. And God saw that it was good.
        19
               And there was evening and there was morning, a fourth day.
        20
               And God said, "Let the waters bring forth swarms of living
               creatures, and let birds fly above the earth across the
               firmament of the heavens."
        21
               So God created the great sea monsters and every living
               creature that moves, with which the waters swarm,
               according to their kinds, and every winged bird according
               to its kind. And God saw that it was good.
        22
               And God blessed them, saying, "Be fruitful and multiply
               and fill the waters in the seas, and let birds multiply on
               the earth."
        23
               And there was evening and there was morning, a fifth day.
        24
               And God said, "Let the earth bring forth living creatures
               according to their kinds: cattle and creeping things and
               beasts of the earth according to their kinds." And it was
               so.
        25
               And God made the beasts of the earth according to their
               kinds and the cattle according to their kinds, and
               everything that creeps upon the ground according to its
               kind. And God saw that it was good.
        26
               Then God said, "Let us make man in our image, after our
               likeness; and let them have dominion over the fish of the
               sea, and over the birds of the air, and over the cattle,
               and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that
               creeps upon the earth."
        27
               So God created man in his own image, in the image of God
               he created him; male and female he created them.
        28
               And God blessed them, and God said to them, "Be fruitful
               and multiply, and fill the earth and subdue it; and have
               dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of
               the air and over every living thing that moves upon the
               earth."
        29
               And God said, "Behold, I have given you every plant
               yielding seed which is upon the face of all the earth, and
               every tree with seed in its fruit; you shall have them for
               food.
        30
               And to every beast of the earth, and to every bird of the
               air, and to everything that creeps on the earth,
               everything that has the breath of life, I have given every
               green plant for food." And it was so.
        31
               And God saw everything that he had made, and behold, it
               was very good. And there was evening and there was
               morning, a sixth day.
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        Genesis 2

        1
               Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the
               host of them.
        2
               And on the seventh day God finished his work which he had
               done, and he rested on the seventh day from all his work
               which he had done.
        3
               So God blessed the seventh day and hallowed it, because on
               it God rested from all his work which he had done in
               creation.
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Prayer For You To Pray, Yourself

"Go Ahead And Give Yourself To Christ"

NOTE:  When you read this prayer, try to imagine hearing my voice as I
       speak it to you.  In this way, the prayer is reactivated, and it 
       the same as if I were actually praying for you at that moment. 
       (Just like television prayers are reactivated when you watch 
       them, although the videotape may have been shot years before.)
 
              
           
                Perhaps you are a Christian even now,
                You go to church and try to do your best,
                You try to put His teachings in your life,
                But still you do not feel that He is yours.
                You do not feel the closeness that you crave.
                If this is you, then say this prayer with me:
                     *             *             *
                O Lord, I want you closer in my life,
                I want you more to be a part of me.
                I want the best relationship with you,
                That anyone on earth could ever have.
                I know that, "as we give, we shall receive,"
                And so I now do give myself to you,
                In full completeness, holding nothing back.
                I'm yours, so you may use me as you will,
                And take whatever things you want from me.
                And now that I did give myself to you,
                I pray that you will give yourself to me,
                As bridegroom gives himself to his new bride.
                In Jesus' holy name I pray, Amen.


                                        by William McGinnis
                                        Public Domain

Holy Communion

A ceremony for Holy Communion is available to you HERE! - http://patriot.net/~bmcgin/pearl-holycommunion.html

If you are alone, you will needed to be both "Leader" and "Assembly," as described in the ceremony.

Closing Hymn

For The Beauty Of The Earth

MIDI music file at http://patriot.net/users/bmcgin/beaut7.mid

Lyrics by Folliott S. Pierpont (1864); music is the hymn tune DIX, by Conrad Kocher (1838); arrangement by William H. Monk (1823-1889); MIDI sequence by Rev. Bill McGinnis, all are Public Domain.

MP3 poetry reading by Sweet-Talk Girl (TM) located at http://www.text-to-speech.org/forthebeauty-reading.mp3 - Public Domain.

FOR THE BEAUTY OF THE EARTH - by Folliott S. Pierpont, 1864
                               Public Domain


       For the beauty of the earth,
       For the glory of the skies;
       For the love which from our birth,
       Over and around us lies;
       Lord of all, to Thee we raise
       This, our hymn of grateful praise.

       For the wonder of each hour,
       Of the day and of the night;
       Hill and vale and tree and flow'r,
       Sun and moon, and stars of light;
       Lord of all, to Thee we raise
       This, our hymn of grateful praise.

       For the joy of ear and eye,
       For the heart and mind's delight;
       For the mystic harmony,
       Linking sense to sound and sight;
       Lord of all, to Thee we raise
       This, our hymn of grateful praise.

       For the joy of human love,
       Brother, sister, parent, child;
       Friends on Earth and friends above,
       For all gentle thoughts and mild;
       Lord of all, to Thee we raise
       This, our hymn of grateful praise.

       For Thy church that evermore,
       Lifteth holy hands above;
       Off'ring up on ev'ry shore,
       Her pure sacrifice of love;
       Lord of all, to Thee we raise
       This, our hymn of grateful praise.

                                     Amen.

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Blessings to you in Jesus Christ our Lord.

Benediction

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      "Now may the Lord of peace himself give you peace at all times in
       all ways. The Lord be with you all." (2 Thessalonians 3:16 RSV)
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Blessings to you in Jesus Christ our Lord.

This worship service is now complete.

   
          Rev. Bill McGinnis

               Pastor - InternetChurchOfChrist.org      
               Director - LoveAllPeople.org

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