PRAYER OF DEDICATION 
     
    
   
   
    
     DEAR FRIENDS, FOR AS MUCH AS IT PLEASED ALMIGHTY GOD TO 
     
     PUT IT INTO THE HEART OF HIS SERVANTS TO BUILD THIS HALL FOR 
     
     CHRISTIAN DEVELOPMENT AND SERVICE AMONGST THIS PEOPLE, 
     
     LET US NOW FULFILL THE GODLY PURPOSE FOR WHICH WE ARE 
     
     GATHERED TOGETHER, OF DEDICATING IT TO THE HONOUR OF 
     
     GOD’S MOST HOLY NAME. 
     
    
   
   
    
     LET US JOIN IN PRAYERFUL ATTITUDE. 
     
    
   
   
    
     IN THE NAME OF THE LORD JESUS CHRIST WE DO THIS 
     
    

    
     TO THE GLORY OF GOD, CREATOR AND GUARDIAN OF ALL PEOPLE, 
     
     WHO HAS CALLED US BY HIS GRACE. 
     
    

    
     TO THE GLORY OF THE LORD JESUS CHRIST, WHO LOVES US AND 
     
     GAVE HIMSELF TO US. 
     
    

    
     AND TO THE HOLY SPIRIT, WHO ILLUMINES AND SANCTIFIES US: WE 
     
     DEDICATE THIS HALL. 
     
    
   
   
    
     FOR THE TEACHING AND GUIDING OF THE YOUNG 
     
     FOR THE HALLOWING OF FAMILY LIFE 
     
     FOR THE UPBUILDING OF ALL WHO BELIEVE 
     
     AND FOR THE ENLIGHTENMENT OF ALL WHO SEEK TRUTH AND 
     
     LIBERTY: 
     
     WE DEDICATE THIS HALL 
     
    
   
   
    
     FOR THE INCREASE OF RIGHTEOUSNESS 
     
    

    
     FOR THE SPREAD OF THE SPIRIT OF LOVE 
     
    

    
     AND FOR THE EXTENSION OF THE KINGDOM OF GOD: 
     
     WE DEDICATE THIS HALL 
     
    
   
   
    
     FOR THE INCREASE OF COMMUNITY LIFE 
     
     FOR OPPORTUNITIES OF NEIGHBOURLINESS AND FRIENDSHIP 
     
     FOR THE NEEDS OF RECREATION AND REFRESHMENT 
     
    

    
     WE DEDICATE THIS HALL 
     
    
   
   
    
     AND NOW, AS A PEOPLE WITHIN THE HOUSEHOLD OF GOD 
     
     IN THE UNITY OF THE FAITH 
     
    
   
   
    
     IN THE COMMUNION OF SAINTS 
     
    
   
   
    
     IN LOVE AND GOODWILL TO ALL 
     
     IN GRATITUDE FOR THE GIFT OF THIS FACILITY TO BE AN HABITA- 
     
     TION OF GOD THROUGH THE SPIRIT 
     
    

    
     WE DEDICATE OURSELVES TO THE WORSHIP OF GOD AND THE 
     
     SERVICE OF HIS KINGDOM 
     
    
   
   
    
     IN THE NAME OF THE FATHER, AND OF THE SON, AND OF THE HOLY 
     
     SPIRIT AMEN. 
     
    
   
   
    
     The sermon given by the Rev. Robert A. Crooks was thoroughly appropriate 
     
     in the Scripture John 6: 1-15, in the title, “A Little Becomes A Lot” and 1n the 
     
    
   
   
    
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