Planting Churches among the City's Poor - Volume 1

448 • P LANTING C HURCHES AMONG THE C ITY ’ S P OOR : V OLUME 1

G OSPEL R EADING . . . . . . . . . . . . . Carolyn Reader Our Gospel reading is Matthew 11.16-19, 25-30. [Text is read.] This is the Gospel of the Lord.

People Lord Jesus, Your words are spirit and life. Amen.

N EW T ESTAMENT R EADING . . . . . . . . . . . . Dan Reader Our New Testament reading is Romans 7.15-25a. [Text is read.] This is what the Spirit says to the churches.

People Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path. Amen.

G LORIA P ATRI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Glory be to the Father, And to the Son And to the Holy Spirit: As it was in the beginning, Is now, and ever shall be, World without end. Amen, amen.

T EACHING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Davis

T HE N ICENE C REED . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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W E BELIEVE in one God, the Father Almighty, maker of heaven and earth and of all things visible and invisible. W E BELIEVE in one Lord Jesus Christ, the only begotten Son of God, begotten of the Father before all ages, God from God, Light from Light, True God from True God, begotten not created, of the same essence as the Father, through whom all things were made. W HO FOR US men and for our salvation came down from heaven and was incarnate by the Holy Spirit and the Virgin Mary and became human. Who for us too, was crucified under Pontius Pilate, suffered and was buried. The third day he rose again according