A Prayer of Dedication
SCRIPTURE READING 1 Kings 5:1-5; 8:27-30,41-431Now King Hiram of Tyre sent his servants to Solomon, when he heardthat they had anointed him king in place of his father; for Hiram hadalways been a friend to David. 2Solomon sent word to Hiram, saying,3‘You know that my father David could not build a house for the name ofthe Lord his God because of the warfare with which his…
God’s Promise to David
SCRIPTURE READING 2 Samuel 7:1-171Now when the king was settled in his house and the Lord had givenhim rest from all his enemies around him, 2 the king said to the prophetNathan, “See now, I am living in a house of cedar, but the ark of Godstays in a tent.” 3 Nathan said to the king, “Go, do all that you have inmind, for the Lord is with you.”4 But that same night the…
1 Samuel 1:9-11, 19-20; 2:1-10
SCRIPTURE READING 1 Samuel 1:9-11, 19-20; 2:1-109After they had eaten and drunk at Shiloh, Hannah rose and presentedherself before the Lord. Now Eli the priest was sitting on the seat besidethe doorpost of the temple of the Lord. 10She was deeply distressed andprayed to the Lord, and wept bitterly. 11She made this vow: “O Lord ofhosts, if only you will look on the misery…
Golden Calf
SCRIPTURE READING Exodus 32:1-141When the people saw that Moses delayed to come down from themountain, the people gathered around Aaron and said to him, “Come,make gods for us, who shall go before us; as for this Moses, the manwho brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we do not know what hasbecome of him.” 2 Aaron said to them, “Take off the gold rings that areon the…
The Promise of Passover
SCRIPTURE READINGExodus 12:1-13; 13:1-81The Lord said to Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt: 2This monthshall mark for you the beginning of months; it shall be the first month ofthe year for you. 3Tell the whole congregation of Israel that on the tenthof this month they are to take a lamb for each family, a lamb for eachhousehold. 4 If a household is too small for a…
God’s Work Through Joseph
FIRST READING Genesis 37:3-8, 17b-22, 26-343Now Israel loved Joseph more than any other of his children, because hewas the son of his old age; and he had made him a long robe withsleeves. 4But when his brothers saw that their father loved him more thanall his brothers, they hated him, and could not speak peaceably to him.5Once Joseph had a dream, and when he told it to…
God’s Promise to Abraham
SCRIPTURE READING Genesis 15:1-61After these things the word of the Lord came to Abram in a vision, “Donot be afraid, Abram, I am your shield; your reward shall be very great.”2But Abram said, “O Lord God, what will you give me, for I continuechildless, and the heir of my house is Eliezer of Damascus?” 3AndAbram said, “You have given me no offspring, and so a slave born…
The Story of Creation & Rebellion
SCRIPTURE READING Genesis 2:4b-7, 15-17; 3:1-84These are the generations of the heavens and the earth when they werecreated. In the day that the Lord God made the earth and the heavens,5when no plant of the field was yet in the earth and no herb of the fieldhad yet sprung up—for the Lord God had not caused it to rain upon theearth, and there was no one to till the ground;…
1 Corinthians 14:1-12
INTRO TO THE READINGReader: God’s foolishness is wiser than human wisdom, and God’sweakness is stronger than human strength. (1 Corinthians 1:25)All: Let our faith not rest on human wisdom, but on the power ofGod. (1 Corinthians 2:5) SCRIPTURE READING1 Corinthians 14:1-12 Gifts of Prophecy and Tongues1 Pursue love and strive for the spiritual gifts and especially that you…
1 Corinthians 12:12-31
SCRIPTURE READING1 Corinthians 12:12-31 One Body with Many Members12 For just as the body is one and has many members, and all themembers of the body, though many, are one body, so it is withChrist. 13 For in the one Spirit we were all baptized into one body—Jewsor Greeks, slaves or free—and we were all made to drink of one Spirit.14 Indeed, the body does not consist of…