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  From: Randy Neufeld                                 Msg Num:   233 of   650
    To: Susan Chippendale                            Date: 16 Jun 92  10:15:00
  Subj: Scouts Own :  Part 3
  Attr:                                                               Read: N
  Conf: INTERNATIONAL SCOUTER ECHO
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NON-DENOMINATIONAL WORSHIP SERVICE FOR WORSHIP IN THE OUTDOORS

CALL TO WORSHIP  - Psalm 100: 1 - 3

        ``Make a joyful noise to the Lord, all the lands. Serve the Lord with
        gladness. Come into His presence with singing. Know that the Lord is
        God. It is He that made us, and we are His; we are His people, and
        the sheep of His pasture.''

OPENING HYMN -`Morning Has Broken''

        Morning has broken like the first morning,
        Blackbird has spoken like the first bird.
        Praise for the singing, Praise for the morning,
        Praise for them, springing, fresh from the word.
        Sweet the rain's new fall, sunlit from heaven,
        Like the first dewfall on the first grass,
        Praise for the sweetness of the wet garden,
        Sprung in completeness where His feet pass.
        Mine is the sunlight, mine is the morning,
        Born of the one light Eden saw play.
        Praise with elation, praise every morning,
        God's recreation of the new day.

RESPONSIVE  READING: - ``Canticle of the Sun''

All:            O most high, almighty, good Lord God, to you belongs
                praise, glory, honor and all blessing.
Leader:         Praised be my Lord God with all his creatures, and
                especially, our brother, the sun, who brings us the day
                and who brings us the night; fair is he,
                and shines with a very great splendor; O Lord, he signifies
                You to us.
Response:       Praise be my Lord for our sister the moon, and for the
                stars, which He has set clear and lovely in the heaven.
Leader:         Praised be my Lord for our brother the wind, and for the
                air and clouds, calms, and all weather by which you uphold life
                in all creatures.
Response:       Praised be my Lord for our sister, water, who is very
                serviceable to us, and humble and precious... and very clean.
Leader:         Praised be my Lord for our brother, fire, through whom you
                give us light in the darkness; he is bright and pleasant
                and very mighty and  strong.
Response:       Praised be my Lord for our mother, the earth, which
                sustains us and keeps us, and brings forth grass and
                diverse fruits and flowers of many colors.
All:            Praise and bless the Lord, and give thanks to Him and serve
                Him with great humility.


SILENT PRAYER



PRAYER

        God, sometimes I hold something small in my hand... a piece of moss
        or a budding twig, and - peering closely at this tiny world - I feel
        a sudden wonder. Help me to remember that you made these worlds, and
        countless others, and...in remembering...come closer to you. O God,
        we thank Thee today for the world in which you have placed us; for
        the universe whose vastness is revealed in the blue depths of the
        sky;  whose immensities are lit by shining stars beyond the strength
        of mind to follow. We thank you for the beauty of our earth, for the
        sweetness of the flowers, the solemnity of the stars, the sound of
        streams and swelling seas, for stretching lands and mighty mountains
        which rest and satisfy the soul, the purity of dawn which calls us to
        holy dedication, and the peace of the evening which speaks of
        everlasting rest. Above  all, we thank you for the dignity you have
        bestowed upon every human being as the crown of your Creation. Give
        us the grace to let the light of your glory shine through us, in our
        action, words and thoughts.  Amen.

OFFERING - For the World Friendship Fund

CLOSING HYMN - " This is My Father's World"

        This is my Father's world, and to my listening ears,
        All nature sings, & round me rings the music of the spheres.
        This is my Father's world. I rest me in the thought
        Of rocks and trees, of skies and seas,
        His hand the wonders wrought.
        This is my Father's world. The birds their carols raise.
        The morning light, the lily white, declare the Maker's praise.
        This is my Father's world. He shines in all that's fair;
        In the trusting grass I hear him pass, He speaks to me everywhere.

BENEDICTION -  (sung to the tune: Edelweiss)

        May the Lord, Mighty Lord, bless and keep you forever;
        Grant  us peace, perfect peace, courage in every endeavor.
        Lift up your eyes and see His face, and His grace forever.
        May the Lord, Mighty Lord, Bless and keep you forever.


(Excerpted from Cub Trainers'Wood Badge NE-CS-12, 8/20 - 8/26, 1983)

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