A Form for Opening and Closing Christian Schools

A Form for Opening and
Closing Christian Schools
A Hymn of Invocation of the Holy Ghost or another Hymn may be sung
Then shall be said or chanted:
℣ : O Lord, open Thou my lips.
℟ : And my mouth shall show forth Thy praise.
℣ : Make haste, O God, to deliver me.
℟ : Make haste to help me, O Lord.
Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Ghost:
As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be: world without out.
Amen. Halelujah!
Then shall be said
The Psalm
At the end of the Psalm the Gloria Patri shall be said or chanted. Then shall follow
The Collect for the Day
Then shall be said one of the principal parts of
The Catechism
Then may be sung
A Hymn
If this Form is used for Sessions of the Sunday School, there shall follow, after the
Hymn,

The Instruction for the Day
The Instruction ended, Announcements and Reports may be made. Then may be
sung
A Hymn
Then may be said
The Apostles' Creed
I believe in God the Father Almighty, Maker of heaven and earth.
And in Jesus Christ, His only Son, our Lord; Who was conceived by the
Holy Ghost, Born of the Virgin Mary; Suffered under Pontius Pilate, Was
crucified, dead, and buried; He descended into hell; The third day He rose
again from the dead; He ascended into heaven and sitteth on the right hand
of God the Father Almighty; From thence He shall come to judge the quick
and the dead.
I believe in the Holy Ghost; the holy Christian Church, the communion
of saints; The forgiveness of sins; The resurrection of the body; And the life
everlasting. Amen.
Then may be said
A Closing Prayer
and all shall say
The Lord's Prayer
Our Father who art in heaven, Hallowed be Thy name; Thy kingdom come;
Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven; Give us this day our daily
bread;; And forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass
against us; And lead us not into temptation; But deliver us from evil; For
Thine is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever and ever. Amen.
Then may be said
The Benedicamus

℣ : Bless we the Lord.
℟ : Thanks be to God.
or, if the Minister be in charge,
The Benediction
℣ : The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ and the love of God and the
communion of the Holy Ghost be with you all.
℟ : Amen.
Silent Prayer