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This annual service, begun by John Wesley and the early Methodist people has become a much-loved liturgy where the people renew their covenant with a generous, loving God. At its heart is a covenant prayer which finds new expression in the Methodist Worship Book thus:
I am no longer my own, but yours.
Your will, not mine, be done in all things, wherever you may place me,
in all that I do and in all that I may endure;
when there is work for me and where there is none;
when I am troubled and when I am at peace.
Your will be done when I am valued and when I am disregarded;
when I find fulfilment and when it is lacking;
when I have all things, and when I have nothing.
I willingly offer all I have and am to serve you, as and where you choose.
Glorious and blessed God, Father, Son and Holy Spirit,
you are mine and I am yours.
May it be so for ever.
Let this covenant now made on earth be fulfilled in heaven.
Amen
Methodist Worship Book pp288-9
Methodist Publishing House ISBN 1-85852-116-5
People in other denominations are showing interest in an annual service of dedication in discipleship like the Methodists’ Covenant Service.
The Covenant Service liturgy appears in Methodist Worship Book (hardback) published by mph.
Click here (and scroll down the page)for The Covenant Service extract (Reference PC277) in paperback costs £2 + p&p.
Or order by telephone, quoting Reference PC277, from mph: 01733 325002
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