Tuesday 31 July 2012

ORDER OF SERVICE, SUNDAY AUGUST 5, 2012

WORSHIP AUGUST 5TH IS AT ST. MARK'S UNITED CHURCH, PORT HAWKESBURY AT 9:30 A.M.

Thoughts around which to gather as we worship: “The place God calls you to is the place where your deep gladness and the world’s deep hunger meet.”

Frederick Buechner, Wishful Thinking: A Seeker’s ABC, San Francisco: HarperSanFrancisco, 1993, page 119

Announcements The Work of Church and Community

WE GATHER TO WORSHIP GOD

Welcome and greeting one another with the Peace of Christ.

One: The peace of Christ be with you.

Response: And with your spirit.

* Introit Loving Jesus, Living Body verse 1

Loving Jesus, living body, ev’ry member with its call.

In the Spirit we are summoned, bearing gifts of one to all.

If the ear should seem unworthy or the eye forget to see

or the hand neglect its mission we, the body, cease to be.

Words©Stacy Smith. Music: The Sacred Harp, Philadelphia 1844

Tune: Beach Spring Used with permission.

* Call to Worship Based on Ephesians 4: 1-16

One: We are called to love one another with patience, humility, and love.

All: Let us be the Body of Christ.

One: Christ has generously divided out gifts for us.

All: Let us be the Body of Christ.

One: The body is made up of apostles, prophets, teachers, evangelists, men, women, young and old.

All: Let us be the Body of Christ.

One: We are called to speak the truth in love, knit together into one body that builds itself up in love.

All: Let us be the Body of Christ. One: We come to worship God, who has created us for different purposes and yet calls us into one body.

All: Let us worship God.

* Hymn Let Us Talents and Tongues Employ VU468

Opening Prayer sung Loving Jesus, Living Body verse 2

Should we move with the same purpose, then where would the body be?

As it is we’re many members living God’s diversity.

In the whole of all creation each is giv’n a gift to share.

Find our own gifts, and each other’s: this our calling and our prayer.

WE LISTEN FOR GOD’S WORD

Ephesians 4:1-16 Speak the truth in love

One: This is the witness of the early church. All: Thanks be to God.

Psalm 51:1–12 Create in me a new heart, O God. Ref 1 VU776

* Hymn Here I Am, Lord VU509

Time with young people/Opening the Word & The Lord's Prayer

The Gospel Acclamation

John 6:24-35 Community Scripture Reading: I Am the Bread of Life

Congregation (Crowd): Rabbi, when did you come here?

One (Jesus): Very truly, I tell you, you are looking for me, not because you saw signs, but because you ate your fill of the loaves. Do not work for the food that perishes, but for the food that endures for eternal life, which the Son of Man will give you. For it is on him that God the Father has set his seal.

Crowd: What must we do to perform the works of God?

Jesus: This is the work of God, that you believe in him whom he has sent.

Crowd: What sign are you going to give us then, so that we may see it and believe you? What work are you performing? Our ancestors ate the manna in the wilderness; as it is written, 'He gave them bread from heaven to eat.'

Jesus: Very truly, I tell you, it was not Moses who gave you the bread from heaven, but it is my Father who gives you the true bread from heaven. For the bread of God is that which comes down from heaven and gives life to the world.

Crowd: Sir, give us this bread always.

One: This is the gospel of Jesus Christ.

All: Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ.

Reflection on the Word

WE RESPOND IN FAITH

* Hymn Open My Eyes, That I May See VU371

Prayers of Thanksgiving and Intercession

Loving Jesus, Living Body verse 3

When one member lives in suffering we are called to raise our voice.

And when one is loved and honoured our response is to rejoice.

So the weak are loved and cherished and the strong are charged to show

greater honour to each member that together we may grow.

Offering Our Gifts to God

* Offering Song/Doxology For All Your Goodness, God VU549

Nan’s Going to General Council—the Church in Action

To Send Forth a Commissioner to General Council

One: Do you believe that God is calling you to this ministry, to be a Commissioner to the General Council of The United Church of Canada this summer?

Commissioner: I do so believe, God being my helper.

One: Are you prepared to listen to the Spirit that you may hear God’s direction for our church?

Commissioner: I am, God being my helper.

One: Will you faithfully study the documents provided to you, in light of the scriptures and in light of Christ within you? Will you serve as Commissioner for the next three years?

Commissioner: I will, God being my helper.

(The congregation is invited to stand as they are able.)

One: Will you prayerfully support Nan Corrigan in her work and her call as Commissioner to General Council this summer?

All: We will, God being our helper.

WE GO TO SERVE GOD

* Hymn You Shall Go Out with Joy VU884

*Commissioning

Loving Jesus, Living Body verse 4

Now we each are of God’s body, both uniquely and as one.

So we’re called to share the Spirit ‘til the work of Christ is done.

In our church, our lives, our service, show our bodies how we may

strive for greater gifts, and seek to live in the more exc’-lent way.

* Choral Amen

Friday 27 July 2012

ANNOUNCEMENTS SUNDAY, JULY 29TH, 2012

Food Bank donations are received on the last Sunday of each month.

Summer Schedule: During the month of August Service at St. Mark’s at 9:30 a.m. No Service at St. David’s

Annual Affirm United Conference and AGM "Coming Out of Exile" August 3-6, 2012 in Montreal, Quebec Beaconsfield United Church Speak to Nan for details and registration forms or find online http://www.affirmunited.ca/english/upcoming_events.htm#Annual_Affirm_United_Conference_and_AGM0

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ST. DAVID’S ANNOUNCEMENTS

Next service of the Sacrament of Baptism at St. David's United Church is Sunday, September 2nd. Anyone wishing baptism, transfer of membership or affirmation of faith on that date, please speak to Nan.

Celebrating Quilting at the Causeway: Thursday, Aug. 9 to Thursday Aug. 16, St. David’s United Church. If anyone has quilts with a story &/or family quilts, we would love to show them in the church during this Celebration. Contact Catherine 625-0388 or Barb 625-1546

St. David’s Anniversary Service will be on October 21^st at 11:00 a.m. This is a combined Service with St. Mark’s. NO Service at St. Mark’s. Lunch to follow. Everyone is welcome to come.

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ST. MARK’S ANNOUNCEMENTS

The Ways and Means Committee of St. Mark's as well as the Cookbook Committee would like to keep you all informed as to how our fund-raising is going and what bus suppers we will be catering to over the next few months. The cookbooks have arrived. It would be much appreciated if members of the congregation who do not have email and would like to contribute food, work or make monetary donations, please contact Ruth at 625-2424. We will be catering meals to Buffet Supper for bus group on Tuesday, September 11^th. Ruth - Chair of the Ways & Means Committee

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Sunday, August 19th Festival of Cape Breton Fiddling, Outdoor Concert at St. Ann's, Gaelic College.

The Service of Covenanting between the West Bay Pastoral Charge, the Inverness Guysborough Presbytery and the Rev. Richard Bowley will take place on August 12 at 7:00 at the West Bay United Church. Our chair, Heather Manuel will preside at the service and Alison Etter will preach. Since we, as presbytery, are part of the covenant, every effort should be made to be in attendance.

The Malagawatch church is located at the Nova Scotia Highland Village in Iona and will be holding it's annual anniversary service on July 29th at 3 p.m. Worship leader, Karen Ross from the River and Lakeside Pastoral Charge will be the guest speaker. Everyone is welcome. Hymn sing will start at 2:40 P.M.

Glendale Kitchen Ceilidhs: August 8th, August 22^nd, September 5th, 19^th, October 3rd, 17^th Traditional Cape Breton music. Admission is free, donations appreciated, with proceeds going to the Fr. John Angus Rankin Cultural Centre. Lunch to follow.

Port Hastings Historical Society Presents:

- Tuesday Night Ceilidh’s at the Port Hawkesbury Civic Centre. Time 7:30 - 9:00 featuring great local talent.

Free Coffee/Tea/Oatcakes;

July 31st
Kenneth MacKenzie-Fiddle/Pipes/Emcee
Calum MacKenzie-Fiddle/Piano
Angus MacKenzie-Pipes
Ronald MacKenzie-Vocals
Jenny Cluett-Dance

- Museum and Quilt shop open weekdays 9- 5 and weekends 12 - 4
- Our Ice Cream Barn is open from 1:00 to 9:00 every weekday
- Cruise Nights Thursdays during July and August, from 6:30-9:00.
- Marcellin Chiasson will be entertaining 2:00 to 4:00 in the gazebo

located at the Museum (Weather Permitting) Mon., Wed., & Fri..

- Celebrating the Anniversary of the Canso Causeway on August 13^th featuring local entertainment, treats for kids, BBQ, cake, and free admission to the Museum.

Thursday 26 July 2012

NAN'S GOING TO GENERAL COUNCIL

A weekly report on 41ST GENERAL COUNCIL happenings

Remit 6 on Doctrine: Results of Church-Wide Vote

Thursday, June 21, 2012

The 40th General Council, meeting in Kelowna in August 2009, gave overwhelming support to a proposal to amend the Doctrine section of the Basis of Union of the church. Because some decisions of the Council (for example, those changing the doctrine of the church) must be tested or remitted to the church, for approval, pastoral charges and presbyteries of The United Church of Canada have been engaged through the last few months in a historic vote.

The vote has been in the form of three questions that would add each of three statements of faith—the 1940 Statement of Faith, A New Creed, and A Song of Faith—to the existing Twenty Articles of Faith that were framed at the United Church’s formation in 1925. For more information about the meaning of the remit please see Our Words of Faith. As a category three remit, a majority of pastoral charges and presbyteries must vote in favour of the questions for the remit to pass. Finally, the 41st meeting of the General Council must also vote to enact the remits.

The response date was originally set at May 15 of this year. When only 40 percent of pastoral charges had responded by late April, the General Secretary extended the date to June 15. Responses that are postmarked by June 15 will be included in the total. However, as of this date a majority of charges and presbyteries have voted in favour of each of the three questions of the remit. In a review, it has also been determined that as of May 15, a majority of pastoral charges and presbyteries had voted in favour of including all three statements in the Doctrine section of the Basis of Union. In effect, the extension of the deadline allowed an increase in participation but did not affect the result.

The final step of this historic vote now goes to the 41st General Council

meeting in August to vote on whether to enact the changes to the Basis of Union that were approved at the 40th General Council, and endorsed through the church-wide remit process.

While additional votes that have been postmarked by June 15 will likely still be received and counted, the voting results as of this notice are as follows:

Remit 6A to include “The 1940 Statement of Faith” in the Doctrine Section of the Basis of Union

	For	Against	Total Eligible to Vote
Presbyteries	72	5	85
Pastoral charges	1,364	261	2,223

Remit 6B to include “A New Creed” in the Doctrine Section of the Basis of Union

	For	Against	Total Eligible to Vote
Presbyteries	74	3	85
Pastoral charges	1,509	120	2,223

Remit 6C to include “A Song of Faith” in the Doctrine Section of the Basis of Union

	For	Against	Total Eligible to Vote
Presbyteries	69	8	85
Pastoral charges	1,286	334	2,223

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Tuesday 24 July 2012

OUTDOOR WORSHIP SERVICE

St. David's United Church

Port Hastings

Sunday, July 29th, 2012

Outdoor worship service 9:30 a.m.

Bring your lawn chair.

Sandwich brunch to follow worship.

Bring a sandwich and a sweet as tea provided.

Monday 23 July 2012

ORDER OF SERVICE JULY 29TH, 2012

The Congregations of St. Mark’s and St. David’s

United Church of Canada

Port Hawkesbury/Port Hastings, NS

Office: 625-2229, Fax 625-3597, e-mail: stmarks1@eastlink.ca

Blog: http://ourcontactonline.blogspot.com/

Ministers: Whole People of God

Minister: Nan Corrigan D. M. Music Director: Al Fougere

Accompanist: Margie MacIntyre

July 29^th, 2012

9^th After Pentecost-Outdoor Worship

* please stand as able

Thoughts around which to gather as we worship: When we live with hope and trust in God, we live with an attitude of abundance. This often is in contrast with a world that emphasizes the dynamics of scarcity. We are called to be faithful stewards of God’s abundance. What does it mean to trust in God’s abundant presence? In what ways might our relationships as individuals and communities be changed if we follow God’s lead and live with generosity?

Congregational Life Pentecost 1July 26 2009

Announcements The Work of Church and Community

WE GATHER TO WORSHIP GOD

Welcome and greeting one another with the Peace of Christ..

One: The peace of Christ be with you.

Response: And with your spirit.

* Introit Come Build a Church

Come build a church with soul and spirit,

come build a church of flesh and bone.

We need no tower rising skyward;

no house of wood or glass or stone.

Come build a church with human frailty,

come build a church of flesh and blood.

Jesus shall be its sure foundation.

It shall be built by the hand of God.

* Call to Worship

One: We worship this day our giving God:

All: God in the crowds, God in the bread,

God in the children, God in the bounty.

One: We worship this day our powerful God:

All: God in the storms, God in the sea,

God in the boat, God in our fear.

One: We worship this day our living God:

All: God of forgiveness, God of justice,

God of miracles, God of our life. One: Come, let us worship God.

* Hymn Come, Let Us Sing of a Wonderful Love VU574

Opening Prayer together

Dear God, we hunger for peace more than bread, for joy more than drink. Come to us as the Bread of Life, as the Living Water, that we might be filled with all the good things you bring. Amen.

WE LISTEN FOR GOD’S WORD

Ephesians 3:14–21 More than we can ask for or imagine.

One: This is the witness of the early church. All: Thanks be to God.

* Psalm 14 Fools say, “There is no God.” VU735

* Hymn Jesus Loves Me VU365

Time with young people/Opening the Word & The Lord's Prayer

John 6:1–21 Jesus feeds the multitude and walks on water.

One: This is the gospel of Jesus Christ.

All: Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ.

Reflection on the Word

WE RESPOND IN FAITH

* Hymn Touch the Earth Lightly VU307

Prayers of Thanksgiving and Intercession

One: For this we pray…

All: May we be signs of God’s presence.

Nan’s Going to General Council—the Church in Action

Offering Our Gifts to God

* Offering Song/Doxology Praise God from Whom VU541

WE GO TO SERVE GOD

* Hymn Now Thank We All Our God VU236

*Commissioning and Benediction

* Choral Amen