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For the Acceptance of Prayer

O Lord our God, accept the fervent prayers of your people; in the multitude of your mercies, look with compassion upon us and all who turn to you for help; for you are gracious, O lover of souls, and to you we give glory, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, now and for ever. Amen.

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Dedication of Instruments and Bells

The Consecration and Dedication of a Place of Worship

Father, your people worship you with many voices and sounds, in times of joy and sorrow. Move us to express the wonder, the power, and the glory of your creation and your salvation in the music we make and in the songs we sing.

Found in the Prayer Book

  • Consecration Dedication Place Of WorshipOrdination & Institution

Provenance

ACNA 2019

Draft — AI-assisted research under editorial review.

A twentieth-century Anglican prayer for setting apart musical instruments and bells for worship, first appearing in the 1979 Book of Common Prayer and carried forward with light revision into the ACNA 2019 Prayer Book.