| Black History (Responsive (Reading \S Retires GC inntniaedicaith alla tiation neni CCGG CCE tt eas et db latirtins ECG “In Celebration of Black History” Minister: “God of our weary years, God of our silent tears, Thou who has brought us thus far on the way. Thou who hast by thy might led us into the light keep us forever in Thy path we pray.” Evenas the worlds were formed, continents names, | oceans separated, and your plan for mankind began to unfold, you had us on your mind. Congregation: Thank you, Gracious Lord, for including us in Your divine plan. Minister: When you decided to perfectly place man in your world, you chose to place him in our Motherland. Congregation: Minister: witnessed Thank you, Gracious Lord, for including us in Your divine plan. Throughout Holy Scripture and throughout our history, we have Your keeping power and we have been recipients of Your love and ‘grace: Congregation: | Thank you, Gracious Lord, for including us in Your divine plan. Minister: We shall ever be mindful of how You brought us together after the middle passage, delivered us from the chains of slavery, and carried us through the civil rights movement. Congregation: May we always remember Your love towards Minister: We thank you, dear Savior, for the gifts, talents, cultural blessings Your have poured out upon our people. Congregation: | us, O God. us, O God. uniqueness, and May we always appreciate the blessings You have bestowed upon Minister: We thank you for the mathematic, scientific, and literary genius. We thank you for jazz, gospel, and the blues. We thank you for beautiful locks of hair | and beautiful shades and complexions of skin, and even for soul-food. Congregation: May we always appreciate our unique beauty and giftedness, O God. Minister: We thank you for the wisdom, strength, and determination we learned from our ancestors and for the blessings and love of family, O God. (All Together) And we stand today, O God, as a corporate family in love to remember, reflect, honor, and celebrate the heritage, history, and legacy You have | given to us. And we ask that You, O Lord, will keep us forever in Thy path, we pray. Amen.