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A conventional way to order preaching services has the following possible features:
PREPARATION
Call to worship and prayer of approach
Adoration
Confession and assurance of God's forgiveness
Collect of the day
MINISTRY OF THE WORD
2 or 3 readings from scripture (e.g. Old Testament, Epistle, Gospel)
Sermon
Affirmation of faith (creed)
RESPONSE
Thanksgiving
Intercession
The Lord's Prayer
Sharing the Peace (greeting each other in the name of Christ)
Offering and dedication
DISMISSAL
Praise
Blessing and dismissal prayer
Note: Choosing hymns/songs - the next page on this website - offers ways to include appropriate music for singing in the above pattern for worship.
- Exodus before Genesis: are we putting the head where the feet should be? The Rev Roy Crew argues that, in many Methodist Sunday services, the placing of the Lord’s Prayer is curious and often theologically indefensible
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