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… 81% Extemporaneous & 19% Written and Read How many Scripture readings does your service include? … congregations surveyed include two or more readings from Scripture in each service. An outsider who knows of …
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… 1930 (Acts of Synod 1930, 187). In that synod’s model the scripture lesson (or reading) reading precedes the sermon and the offering precedes the scripture lesson. In addition, Synod 1930 suggested that the …
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… Finally, they receive God’s Word through the reading of Scripture, a sermon and, occasionally, through the Lord’s …
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… offer a “Prayer for Illumination” and read the Scripture lesson. Your experience may be similar. If so, as a …