Excerpted from The Service for the Lord’s Day: Supplemental Liturgical Resources.
See related pages: Service for the Lord’s Day, Presbyterian Worship
Preparing for worship is like making space for God. When we offer hospitality to people, there is some preparation necessary on our part. We must see to it that there’s food in the house, we clean the house and get a sleeping place ready. We make sure there are clean towels and perhaps snip a few flowers from the garden to place on a bedside table to say welcome.
When we prepare to go to the place of worship, we, too, need to prepare our hearts for divine visitation. We need to make space in our lives by making sure …
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These suggestions are for prayer preparation teams planning a solemn assembly.
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