Friends, we hope you have found this service of Early Evening Prayer an encouraging and helpful practice during this past season. At the end of August, we will be concluding the weekly updates. If you'd like to continue this practice, please send Sandy a note at info@14thstreetcrc.org and she'll get back to you with information about how to do so using another online resource. Grace and peace.

Family Prayer

These services of morning, midday, early evening, and close of day prayer are adapted from the services outlined in the Book of Common Prayer (ACNA 2019). They are intentionally designed to facilitate family worship, with young children in mind, and should take roughly 5-10 minutes.

Early Evening

Opening Scripture

How excellent is your mercy, O God!
The children of men shall take refuge under the shadow of your wings.
For with you is the well of life,
and in your light shall we see light.

—Psalm 36:7, 9             

Hymn

Phos Hilaron (O Gladsome Light)

 O gladsome light,
pure brightness of the everliving Father in heaven,
O Jesus Christ, holy and blessed!
Now as we come to the setting of the sun,
and our eyes behold the vesper light,
we sing your praises, O God: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.
You are worthy at all times to be praised by happy voices,
O Son of God, O Giver of Life,
and to be glorified through all the worlds.

Scripture Reading

Jesus said, “Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and eat with him, and he with me.”

—Revelation 3:20