Preparation
- Select your benediction during the week.
- This should be submitted to the preacher before Saturday, 12:00pm, for review.
- The dress code for those who serve up front is smart casual. Men wear a collared, buttoned, long-sleeved, plain shirt with no pattern. Dress pants or chinos. No tie. No jacket while on stage.Before the benedictionInform that there is tea and coffee and all are invited to join.
The benediction
- The benediction closes the service and indicates it’s the right time to leave the sanctuary.
- Say, “Please stand for the reading of God’s Word.”
- See Appendix 1 Helpful texts.
After the benediction
- Walk off the stage.
How does the benediction feel?
- Triumphant.
- Joyful.
- Pastoral.
Appendix 1 Helpful texts
- Romans 8:38-39
- Romans 11:33
- Romans 15:5-6
- 1 Corinthians 15:58
- 2 Corinthians 13:11
- 2 Corinthians 13:14
- Galatians 6:16
- Ephesians 3:17-19
- Ephesians 3:20-21
- Philippians 4:7
- Colossians 3:15
- Colossians 3:16-17
- 1 Thessalonians 3:12-13
- 1 Thessalonians 5:23-24
- 2 Thessalonians 2:16-17
- 1 Timothy 1:17
- 1 Timothy 6:15b-16
- Philemon 25
- Hebrews 13:20-21
- 2 Peter 3:18
- 2 John 3
- Jude 24-25
- Revelation 1:5b-6
- Revelation 5:12-13
- Revelation 7:12
- Revelation 22:20-21
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