After Pentecost | Saturday 04 Jul 2026
+ In the name of the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Spirit. Amen
Opening prayer:
Lord God,
by your providence
our founders won their liberties of old:
Grant that we and all the people of this land
may have grace to exercise these liberties
in righteousness and peace;
through Jesus Christ our Lord,
who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit,
one God, for ever and ever. Amen.
“Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord,
the people whom he has chosen as his heritage!”
(Psalm 33:12)
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Psalms: Psalm Psalm 33:12 – (ESV)
Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord,
the people whom he has chosen as his heritage!
God of Our Fathers | CelebratingHolidays
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OT Reading: 2 Chronicles 7:13-14 (ESV)
7:13 When I shut up the heavens so that there is no rain, or command the locust to devour the land, or send pestilence among my people, if my people who are called by my name humble themselves, and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and heal their land.
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America The Beautiful – Selah
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NT Reading: Romans 13:1-7 (ESV)
Submission to the Authorities
13:1 Let every person be subject to the governing authorities. For there is no authority except from God, and those that exist have been instituted by God.
Therefore whoever resists the authorities resists what God has appointed, and those who resist will incur judgment. For rulers are not a terror to good conduct, but to bad. Would you have no fear of the one who is in authority? Then do what is good, and you will receive his approval, for he is God’s servant for your good. But if you do wrong, be afraid, for he does not bear the sword in vain. For he is the servant of God, an avenger who carries out God’s wrath on the wrongdoer. Therefore one must be in subjection, not only to avoid God’s wrath but also for the sake of conscience. For because of this you also pay taxes, for the authorities are ministers of God, attending to this very thing. Pay to all what is owed to them: taxes to whom taxes are owed, revenue to whom revenue is owed, respect to whom respect is owed, honor to whom honor is owed.
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Pledge of Allegiance | America 250 Band
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Almighty God, who hast given us this good land for our heritage:
+ We humbly beseech thee that we may always prove ourselves a people mindful of thy favor and glad to do thy will.
+ Bless our land with honorable industry, sound learning, and pure conduct.
+ Save us from violence, discord, and confusion; from pride and arrogance, and from every evil way.
+ Defend our liberties, and fashion into one united people the multitudes brought hither out of many kindreds and tongues.
+ Endue with the spirit of wisdom those to whom, in thy Name, we entrust the authority of government, that there may be justice and peace at home, and that, through obedience to thy law, we may show forth thy praise among the nations of the earth.
+ In the time of prosperity, fill our hearts with thankfulness, and in the day of trouble, suffer not our trust in thee to fail; all of which we ask through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
O God, you have made of one blood all the peoples of the earth, and sent your blessed Son to preach peace to those who are far off and to those who are near: Grant that people everywhere may seek after you and find you; bring the nations into your fold; pour out your Spirit upon all flesh; and hasten the time when the fullness of the Gentiles shall be gathered in, and faithful Israel shall be saved; through your Son Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
Closing: FaithandWorship.com | John Birch
The Lord bless us, and preserve us from all evil,
and keep us in eternal life.
+ In the Name of the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Spirit. Amen.
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