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The New Church

(Swedenborgian) Serving the Community Since 1812

Todays Officiant: Grant Odhner

Soloist: Lucy Zepeda Piano: Earl Buys

The New York New Church 114 East 35th Street, New York, NY Mailing Address: P.O. Box 1478, Murray Hill Station, New York, NY 10156 Phone & Fax: 212-685-8967 Email: swedenborg 1@verizon.net Visit our website: www.newyorknewchurch.org For more information about Swedenborg and the Swedenborgian Church, visit the web site: www.swedenborg.org

June 12th, 2011

Order of Worship
June 12th 2011

Prelude

Welcome Opening Hymn: Through Bygone Ages

Minister opens Word and reads sentence of Scripture
ALL KNEEL or BOW HEADS

MINISTER: Behold, the tabernacle of God is with human beings,

and He will dwell with us.

PEOPLE: And we shall be His people, and God Himself will be

with us and be our God. MINISTER: And God will wipe away every tear from our eyes PEOPLE: There shall be no more death, nor sorrow, nor crying MINISTER: Let him return to the Lord, PEOPLE: And He will have mercy on him; MINISTER: Neither shall there be any more pain PEOPLE: For the former things have passed away. adapted from Revelation 21:3-4

The Minister will introduce a prayer ALL: Our Father, who art in the heavens, hallowed be Thy name.

Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done, as in heaven so upon the earth. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our debts as we also forgive our debtors. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. For Thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, forever. Amen. Matthew 6: 913

MINISTER: Blessed are those who do His commandments PEOPLE: That they may have the right to the tree of life, and may enter through the gates into the city. Revelation 22:1
(ALL STAND)

MINISTER: Glory be to the Lord God our Savior Jesus Christ

From 2 Peter 3: 18

PEOPLE: He is the Alpha and the Omega, the beginning and the

end, the first and the last Recitation (next page)

From Revelation 22: 13

Childrens reading and talk (Ezekiel 8) Hymn: New Hope of Every Nation Readings from Scripture
Interlude

Sermon: The Water of Life Hymn: Jerusalem the Golden Prayer and Benediction Closing of the Word Closing Hymn: The Lord God Jesus Christ Doth Reign
Postlude

Blessed is the man who trusts in the LORD, And whose hope is the LORD. For he shall be like a tree planted by the waters, Which spreads out its roots by the river, And will not fear when heat comes; But its leaf will be green, And will not be anxious in the year of drought, Nor will cease from yielding fruit.
(Jeremiah 17:6-7)

On the last day, that great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried out, saying, If anyone thirsts, let him come to Me and drink. He who believes in Me, as the Scripture has said, out of his belly will flow rivers of living water.
(John 7:37-38)