worship service

CALL TO WORSHIP:
SANDRA: The Lord is in his holy temple; Let all the earth keep silence before him. Please stand as we sing God Bless America.
OPENING HYMN: GOD BLESS AMERICA (PLEASE STAND)
God bless America,Land that I love.Stand beside her and guide herThrough the night with a light from above.From the mountains,To the prairies,To the oceans white with foam,God bless America,My home sweet home!God bless America,My home sweet home!
PAUL: Please be seated.
INVOCATION:
Prayer of Saint Francis of Assisi
PAUL: Lord, make me an instrument of your peace.Where there is hatred, let me sow love;where there is injury,pardon;where there is doubt, faith;where there is despair, hope;where there is darkness, light;and where there is sadness, joy.SANDRA: O Divine Master, grant that I may not so much seekto be consoled as to console;to be understood as to understand;to be loved as to love.For it is in giving that we receive;it is in pardoning that we are pardoned;and it is in dying that we are born to eternal life. Amen
(S = Scout L = Leader A = All)
S) A Scout’s Honor is to be trusted.
PAUL) We pray, Lord, for fearless honest, that knowing neither "but" nor "if" we may be known as trustworthy.
A) Make us good Scouts, Lord.
S) A Scout is loyal to his country, his fellow Scouts, his parents, his employers, and to those under him.
SANDRA) We pray, Lord, for every knightly virtue, that no ignoble quest or untrue thing may dim the splendor of our loyalties.
A) Make us good Scouts, Lord.
S) A Scout's duty is to be useful and helpful to others.
PAUL) We pray, Lord, for happy diligence, that as apprentices of Him who served mankind, we may master the virtue of helpfulness.
A) Make us good Scouts, Lord.
S) A Scout is a friend to all, and a brother to every other Scout.
SANDRA) We pray, Lord, for friendly hearts, that neither class nor creed, nor color, nor accident of birth may blind us to claims of brotherhood.
A) Make us good Scouts, Lord.
S) A Scout is courteous.
PAUL) We pray, Lord, for simple courtesy, that being strong we may uphold the weak, and being men, may yet be gentlemen.
A) Make us good Scouts, Lord.
S) A Scout is a friend to animals.
SANDRA) We pray, Lord, for all the speechless subjects of God's kingdom, that we may be humble to learn the lessons they can teach us, and eager to befriend them.
A) Make us good Scouts, Lord.
S) A Scout obeys orders of his parents, Den Leader and Cubmaster without question.
PAUL) We pray, Lord, for vigorous free obedience, that being masters of ourselves, we may be willing servants of authority.
A) Make us good Scouts, Lord.
S) A Scout smiles under all difficulties.
SANDRA) We pray, Lord, for joyful humor, that we may not run before the gale, but beat into the wind with hearts held high.
A) Make us good Scouts, Lord.
S) A Scout is thrifty.
PAUL) We pray, Lord, for generous thrift, that we may save the gifts of God and yet be set on giving more than getting.
A) Make us good Scouts, Lord.
S) A Scout is clean in thought, word and deed.
SANDRA) We pray, Lord, for Your presence in our hearts, that all unpleasing things may drop away from us as dead desires.
A) Make us good Scouts, Lord.
PAUL) Truly our Law is founded as a house upon a rock. It is rooted in the principles of God. Let us then with pride and purpose renew our Scout Promise.
A) (Make the Scout sign and repeat the Scout Oath)
Cub Scout Oath:
I promise to do my best, to do my duty to God and my country, to help other people, and to obey the Law of the Pack.

SIMPLE BLESSING:
SANDRA: May you walk in Peace,Live with Love,work with Joy,and May God go with you.