Apostle's Creed
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 Ghost, 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 on 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 Ghost, The Holy Catholic Church,
The Communion of Saints, The forgiveness of sin,
The resurrection of the body, And the life everlasting. Amen.


Response Reading: 21. Psalm 34
PRES: I will extol the LORD at all times; his praise will always be on my lips.
CONG: My soul will boast in the LORD; let the afflicted hear and rejoice.
PRES: Glorify the LORD with me; let us exalt his name together.
CONG: I sought the LORD, and he answered me; he delivered me from all my fears.
PRES: This poor man called, and the LORD heard him; he saved him out of all his troubles.
CONG: The angel of the LORD encamps around those who fear him, nad he delivers them.
PRES: Taste and see that the LORD is good; blessed is the man who takes refuge in him.
CONG: Fear the LORD, you his saints, for those who fear him lack nothing.
CONG: The lions may grow weak and hungry, but those who seek the LORD lack no good thing.


Passage: Ephesians 1:3-14
3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places,
4 even as he chose us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and blameless before him. In love
5 he predestined us for adoption to himself as sons through Jesus Christ, according to the purpose of his will,
6 to the praise of his glorious grace, with which he has blessed us in the Beloved.
7 In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of his grace,
8 which he lavished upon us, in all wisdom and insight
9 making known to us the mystery of his will, according to his purpose, which he set forth in Christ
10 as a plan for the fullness of time, to unite all things in him, things in heaven and things on earth.
11 In him we have obtained an inheritance, having been predestined according to the purpose of him who works all things according to the counsel of his will,
12 so that we who were the first to hope in Christ might be to the praise of his glory.
13 In him you also, when you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation, and believed in him, were sealed with the promised Holy Spirit,
14 who is the guarantee of our inheritance until we acquire possession of it, to the praise of his glory.

Hymnal 40
v1 We are never, never weary of the grand old song; glory to God, hallelujah
we can sing it loud as ever, with our faith more strong; Glory to God, hallelujah
O, the children of the Lord have a right to shout and sing, for the
way is growing bright and our souls are on the wing; we are going by and
by to the palace of a King!  Glory to God, hallelujah
v2 We are lost amid the rapture of redeeming love; Glory to God, hallelujah
We are rising on its pinions to the hills above; glory to God, hallelujah
O, the children of the Lord have a right to shout and sing, for the
way is growing bright and our souls are on the wing; we are going by and
by to the palace of a King!  Glory to God, hallelujah
v3 We are going to a palace that is built of gold; glory to God, hallelujah
Where the King in all His splendor we shall soon behold; Glory to God, hallelujah
O, the children of the Lord have a right to shout and sing, for the
way is growing bright and our souls are on the wing; we are going by and
by to the palace of a King!  Glory to God, hallelujah
v4 There we'll shout redeeming mercy in a glad, new song; glory to God, hallelujah
There we'll sing the praise of Jesus with the bloodwashed throng; glory to God, hallelujah
O, the children of the Lord have a right to shout and sing, for the
way is growing bright and our souls are on the wing; we are going by and
by to the palace of a King!  Glory to God, hallelujah