I am joining a Oakhurst Baptist Church on November 18, 2007 and as part of this, my new member class is doing the service. I am doing the call to worship and bulletin cover. I have attempted to blend part of our covenant which is our theme..."We are not here by chance" with Psalm 98 which is the Lectionary text for the Sunday we are doing this. I'd appreciate your comments positive or negative to this as it is in its current state. Basically the first line is the minister and the second is the congregation and so on.
Me: O sing to the LORD a new song, for God has done marvelous things.
Congregation: We are together only to be the church of God in Christ.
Me: Make a joyful noise to the LORD, all the earth; break forth into joyous song and sing praises.
Congregation: We are not here by chance…
We: Sing praises to the LORD with the lyre, with the lyre and the sound of melody. Congregation: God through grace is making of us a fellowship… We: With trumpets and the sound of the horn make a joyful noise before the Creator, the LORD.
Congregation: We are a fellowship to embody and to express the Spirit of Christ.
Me: Let the sea roar, and all that fills it; the world and those who live in it.
Congregation: "There is no longer Jew or Greek, there is no longer slave or free, there is no longer male and female, for all of us are one in Christ Jesus."
Me: Let the floods clap their hands; let the hills sing together for joy at the presence of the LORD.
All: We are not here by chance.
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