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Benediction

Worship with Rejoicing

Thirteenth Sunday after Pentecost, Year B

“Ask what I should give you” (3:5). Notice that God doesn’t ask Solomon a question. God commands Solomon to ask. We often end up focusing on the wisdom Solomon requests, but what if we began with God’s command? What might God’s command and Solomon’s response tell us about benediction?

The benediction is a reminder that worship never really ends. The service might be over, but the worship goes on, as we continue living as witnesses to God at work in our lives. A benediction, then, is not a period at the end of our worship sentence, but a comma connecting us to whatever comes next.

  • God Be With You Till We Meet Again UMH 672/673
  • A Charge to Keep I Have UMH 413
  • Be Thou My Vision UMH 451
  • Guide Me, O Thou Great Jehoval UMH 127
  • What Does the Lord Require UMH 441/TFWS 2174
  • Great Is Thy Faithfulness UMH 140

In This Series...


Eighth Sunday after Pentecost, Year B - Lectionary Planning Notes Ninth Sunday after Pentecost, Year B - Lectionary Planning Notes Tenth Sunday after Pentecost, Year B - Lectionary Planning Notes Eleventh Sunday after Pentecost, Year B - Lectionary Planning Notes Twelfth Sunday after Pentecost, Year B - Lectionary Planning Notes Thirteenth Sunday after Pentecost, Year B - Lectionary Planning Notes Fourteenth Sunday after Pentecost, Year B - Lectionary Planning Notes

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In This Series...


Eighth Sunday after Pentecost, Year B - Lectionary Planning Notes Ninth Sunday after Pentecost, Year B - Lectionary Planning Notes Tenth Sunday after Pentecost, Year B - Lectionary Planning Notes Eleventh Sunday after Pentecost, Year B - Lectionary Planning Notes Twelfth Sunday after Pentecost, Year B - Lectionary Planning Notes Thirteenth Sunday after Pentecost, Year B - Lectionary Planning Notes Fourteenth Sunday after Pentecost, Year B - Lectionary Planning Notes