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response reading 109. Church Dedication
You who minister in the house of the LORD, in the courts of the house of our God. Praise the LORD.
for the LORD is good; sing praise to his name, for that is pleasant.
I have built a magnificient temple for you, a place for you to dwell forever.
"Let us go to his dwelling place; let us worship at his footstool
Lift up your heads, O you gates; be lifted up, you ancient doors,
that the King of glory may come in.
Yet give attention to your servant's prayer and his plea for mercy, O LORD my God.
Hear the cry and the prayer that your servant is praying in your presence.
These I will bring to my holy mountain
and give them joy in my house of prayer.
Their burnt offerings and sacrifices will be accepted on my altar
for my house will be called a house of prayer for all nations
But the LORD is in his holy temple; let all the earth be silent before him


hymnal 210
1. Glorious things of thee are spoken, Zion, city of our God!
He whose word cannot be broken, Formed thee for his own abode.
On the Rock of Ages founded, What can shake thy sure repose?
With salvation's walls surrounded, Thou may'st smile at all thy foes.
2. See! the streams of living waters, Springing from eternal love,
Well supply thy sons and daughters, And all fear of want remove.
Who can faint, while such a river Ever flows their thirst t'assuage?
Grace which, like the Lord, the giver, Never fails from age to age.
3. Savior, if of Zion's city I though grace a member am,
Let the world deride or pity, I will glory in that name.
Fading is the worldlings pleasure, All his vaunted pomp and show;
Solid joys and lasting treasure Only Zion's children know. Amen.

1 Kings 8:20-30
20 "The LORD has kept the promise he made: I have succeeded David my father and now I sit on the throne of Israel, just as the LORD promised, and I have built the temple for the Name of the LORD, the God of Israel.
21 I have provided a place there for the ark, in which is the covenant of the LORD that he made with our fathers when he brought them out of Egypt."
22 Then Solomon stood before the altar of the LORD in front of the whole assembly of Israel, spread out his hands toward heaven
23 and said: "O LORD, God of Israel, there is no God like you in heaven above or on earth below--you who keep your covenant of love with your servants who continue wholeheartedly in your way.
24 You have kept your promise to your servant David my father; with your mouth you have promised and with your hand you have fulfilled it--as it is today.
25 "Now LORD, God of Israel, keep for your servant David my father the promises you made to him when you said, 'You shall never fail to have a man to sit before me on the throne of Israel, if only your sons are careful in all they do to walk before me as you have done.'
26 And now, O God of Israel, let your word that you promised your servant David my father come true.
27 "But will God really dwell on earth? The heavens, even the highest heaven, cannot contain you. How much less this temple I have built!
28 Yet give attention to your servant's prayer and his plea for mercy, O LORD my God. Hear the cry and the prayer that your servant is praying in your presence this day.
29 May your eyes be open toward this temple night and day, this place of which you said, 'My Name shall be there,' so that you will hear the prayer your servant prays toward this place.
30 Hear the supplication of your servant and of your people Israel when they pray toward this place. Hear from heaven, your dwelling place, and when you hear, forgive.

Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name,
your kingdom come, your will be done,
on earth as it is in heaven.
Give us today our daily bread,
and forgive us our debts,
as we also have forgiven our debtors,
And lead us not into temptation,
but deliver us from the evil one.
For yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. amen.