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CREDITS
All songs and texts used with permission
Opening Prayer written by Christine Valters Paintner
Opening Song: Archangel Invocation by Simon de Voil
First Reading from Edward Sellner, Finding the Monk Within: Great Monastic Values for Today.
Ambassador Books, Inc (2008).
Sung Psalm Opening and Doxology by Richard Bruxvoort Colligan
Interpretation of Psalm 103 by Rev. Christine Robinson
Second Reading from Nehemiah 1:1-8 (NRSV)
Prayers of Concern written by Valerie Allen
Sung Response by Betsey Beckman
Closing Song: Divine by Soyinka Rahim
Closing Blessing: written by Christine Valters Paintner
Please note: All of the Opening and Closing Songs are published on CDs in the Abbey of the Arts collection. In addition, these songs have accompanying gesture prayers and/or dances created by Betsey Beckman that can be found on the corresponding DVD (each album has a DVD companion). The Psalm Opening, Doxology, and the Response to the Prayers of Concern also have accompanying congregational gestures. The audio and video recordings of these are available at AbbeyoftheArts.com.
