Open our mouths Lord,
let us use our voices
to sing your praise
Let us, like Peter, like John
like Paul and the others
speak even when powers
would have us still our hearts
stifle your truth; that we
in our time and place,
would have the courage of Pentecost
of that day in the Temple before the Sanhedrin
to boldly say we would ever sing your praises
and tell your story to the world
September 21, 2008
Psalm 8,
Acts 4:13-17,
Call to Worship, from Book of Common Worship,
Unison Prayer, from The Worship Sourcebook,
and sermon, “Every Day People”, by
Pastor Ruth L. Foss,
Suncook United Methodist Church
(Raymond A. Foss)
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