Benediction
 

I always thought that the benediction prayed by Pastor Dan Scott at the end of each Christ Church service was ancient church tradition until I found it in the book of Numbers!

Num 6:22 ¶ And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,


Num 6:23 Speak unto Aaron and unto his sons, saying, On this wise ye shall bless the children of Israel, saying unto them,


Num 6:24 The LORD bless thee, and keep thee:


Num 6:25 The LORD make his face shine upon thee, and be gracious unto thee:


Num 6:26 The LORD lift up his countenance upon thee, and give thee peace.

I didn't realize that this prayer was right out of the bible! Do any of you pastors pray this prayer at the benediction?

Naw. They are Pentecostal! Plus since this prayer is in the Old Testament it doesn't count. Only standards from the Old Testament count.

:lol

That passage in bold is on a big banner in our church.

Lib!:hypercoffee

No decent respectable Oneness Pentecostal church would have anything but Acts 2:38 on a wall.

I'm on a slippery slope. :snapout

You have polluted me because I opened my mind a little.

HA!

I had the same response as you CC1, it is too catholic, too traditional, and too "dead" for a UPC church...unless you concluded it with,

"...and the POWER of the HOLY GHOOOOOOST, We know who JESUS REALLY IS, Jesus name baptism, living a separated life, paying your tithes, being in church every time the doors are open, prayer, fasting, and REVIVAL!!!!!!!"

How do you spell that deep breath intake to insert in between each of those separated by commas? :hypercoffee

i love that prayer, i dont care what cc1 says, lol,dt:hypercoffee

My pastor does not pray a benediction, he just closes his Bible and says you are dismissed. It took some getting used to when we first start attending.