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On July 26, 2020, David Harris gave a sobering presentation, looking backward and forward into the future, pondering the challenges of Public Safety in our time. Watch a recording of the presentation below.

Welcome and Announcements Call to Worship: II Chronicles 7:14 If my people who are called by my name humble themselves, pray, seek my face, and then turn from their wicked waysThen God will hear from heaven, and will forgive our sin and heal our land.LET US WORSHIP GOD. Hymn: “In an Age of Twisted Values,” […]

Welcome and Announcements Call to Worship: Psalm 139 O Lord, You have searched me and known me.You know when I sit down and when I rise up; You discern my thoughts from far away.Even before a word is on my tongue, O Lord, you know it completely.Such knowledge is too wonderful for me; it is […]

A Spoken Prayer Service Sentences of Scripture Prayer O God, you opened your mouth and uttered a word and creation sprang forth in abundance. Open our mouths in praise, that we may bear fruit in this trying season, and be satisfied by your goodness and providence. This we pray in the name of Jesus, our […]

Welcome and Announcements Introit: “Hear My Prayer, O Lord,” Henry Purcell Hear my prayer, O lord and let my crying come unto Thee. Psalm 102: 1 Call to Worship: Psalm 45:6-7 Your throne, O God, endures forever and ever.Your royal scepter is a scepter of equity; You love righteousness and hate wickedness.LET US WORSHIP GOD. […]

Welcome and Announcements Introit: “God Be in My Head,” John Rutter God be in my head and in my understanding.God be in mine eyes and in my looking. God be in my mouth and in my speaking.God be in mine heart and in my thinking.God be at my end and in my departing. Old English […]

Welcome and Announcements Introit: “The Eyes of All,” Jean Berger The eyes of all wait upon thee;and thou givest them their meat in due season.Thou openest thine hand,and satisfiest the desire of every living thing. Psalm 145: 15, 16 Call to Worship: Romans 6 All of us who have been baptized into Christ Jesus were […]

Welcome and Announcements Introit: “My Eyes for Beauty Pine,” Herbert Howells My eyes for beauty pine, My soul for Goddes grace,No other care nor hope is mine, To heaven I turn my face. One splendour thence is shed from all the stars above:‘Tis named when God’s name is said, ‘Tis Love, ’tis heavenly Love. And […]

Welcome and Announcements Introit: “The Call,” Ralph Vaughan Williams Come, my Way, my Truth, my Life!Such a Way as gives us breath.Such a Truth as ends all strife,Such a Life that killeth Death. Come, my Light, my Feast, my Strength!Such a Light as shows a feast,Such a Feast as mends in length,Such a Strength as […]

Corporate public relations firms are bombarding the airwaves these days with the message that “we are in this together.” But as the horrific events in Minneapolis, Brunswick, Louisville, and Kenosha brutally demonstrate (George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery, Breonna Taylor, Jacob Blake—say their names), this presumption of being “in this together” has never been a reality for […]