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/
Minister: Nan Corrigan D. M.
Minister
of Music: Al Fougere
May
25th, 2014-6th Sunday of Easter
SING
TO OUR GOD!
Meditation:
Every heart sings a song, incomplete, until another heart whispers
back. Plato
(c.429-c.347 BCE)
Processional:
(Please
stand)
“Come,
Let Us Sing of a Wonderful Love” VU
574
Announcements: The
Work of Church and Community
WE GATHER TO WORSHIP GOD
Passing
the Peace of Christ
The
Peace of God be with you.
And
with your spirit
Let
us greet one another with the peace of Christ.
Introit: “We
Are One” VU 402 (Please
remain standing)
Call to Worship:
Come let us sing to God our song.We come to sing of our faith.
Come
let us sing of God’s great love.
We
come to sing that we are loved.
Come
let us hear the words that God’s love is for all people.
We
come to hear and be challenged by that song of the Great Love.
Come
let us learn how to proclaim this love.
We
come to listen, and to learn to sing new songs in new keys.
Come, pray the songs that are
in your hearts.
Hymn: “Come In, Come In And Sit Down” VU 395
(Please be seated)
Music
plays an important part in our lives. We listen to it in our cars, at
home, and wherever we have the radio on. What role does the music of
faith play in our lives so that we may be instruments of God’s
blessing in the world?
Hymn: “Lord,
Listen to Your Children Praying" VU 400
Let
us pray (all)
We
come together with gladness and gratitude, Loving God, that you have
chosen humanity to receive your mercy and compassion. We come to
praise you and confess our love for you in song, thankful for the
ways that your Spirit has touched the hearts of lyricists and
musicians who put our thoughts, concerns, and dreams to music that we
can offer back to you. Between the notes, Listening One, hear our
stories that we weave among the words that touch our lives through
song. Amen.
(please be seated)
Choir: “Take
Now My Voice”
Invitation
to Confession: “Spirit of Life” VU 381
(Please be seated)
Prayer
of Confession: Let Us Pray
God of Light and Strength,
you offer us the best of life ----- knowing that we are safely
embraced by your love, understanding and forgiveness.
Remind
us of the simple joys of life that we might go on with a smile on our
faces, peace in our hearts, a tune in our heads and a commitment to
your ways for this world…… (silence) Amen.
Solo: “He
Touched Me” Roy
HEARING THE WORD OF GOD
A reading from the Old
Testament:
Ecclesiastics 3: 1-13
Psalm:
Psalm 66 Refrain 2, Part 1 VU
784
Hymn: “Make
A Joyful Noise” VU
820
Gospel Acclamation
Gospel Reading: Luke
6: 20-31
Hymn: “Blest
Are They” VU
896
Solo: “Pie
Jesu” Paula
(Merciful
Jesus, who takes away the sins of the world, grant them rest)
WE RESPOND IN FAITH
Presentation of Offering:
Music from our lips, gifts from
our hands,
Love from our hearts, Receive
all these, O God, as holy gifts.
We ask it in Jesus’ name.
Amen
Choir: “Glorify
Thy Name”
Doxology:
(Please stand)
“Praise God From
Whom All Blessings Flow” VU
541
Prayer of Dedication:
Let Us Pray
God of Joy and Love Divine,
receive all we offer you this day. Enrich our lives through the gifts
of your Spirit, that we may faithfully follow the way of Christ. May
we serve you and one another with conviction and courage, joy and
freedom, with a song on our hearts and smile upon our faces. In
Jesus’ name we pray. Amen.
“Our Father” VU
960
Benediction and
Commissioning:
And now with a song in our
hearts, our faith strengthened, and our community stronger for our
presence in it, let us leave this time and place of worship to be
God’s people in all the places life calls us to be. May the music
of our lives bring God praise and glory. Amen
“Go Now In Peace”
Recessional
