Thursday 28 August 2014

ORDER OF SERVICE SUNDAY AUGUST 31ST 2014--5TH SUNDAY SHARED WORSHIP

WORSHIP AT 11:00 A.M. AT ST. MARK'S
LUNCH TO FOLLOW

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
Ministers: The Whole People of God
Ministers: Nan Corrigan D. M., Rev. Evelyn Knorr
Minister of Music: Al Fougere
August 31st, 2014--5th Sunday Shared Worship

Announcements The Work of Church and Community

WE GATHER TO WORSHIP GOD

Greeting
One: The peace of Christ be with you. All: And with your spirit
*Introit            Holy Ground (verse 1)          Printed

*Call to Worship

One: Your call is bright and loud, like fireworks on a summer's night.
All: Your call is quiet and gentle, like the winking of fireflies in the dusk.
One: You call us from our busyness to be still.
All: You call us from our rest to eagerly search for a new earth.
One: Call us, O God. Claim us. Clothe us in Christ.
Written by Robin Wardlaw, Glen Rhodes U.C., Toronto, Ont. Gathering, Pentecost 1 2014, page 29. Used with permission.
*Hymn            Holy Ground               Printed
Opening Prayer (together)
God, you meet us where we are,
and gently guide us to where we will be.
When we miss one sign, you send us another
until we are compelled to respond in wonder and awe.
In our time together
we know that you will continually guide and lead us
in surprising and unexpected ways,
for we know that you are with us always,
as we dream dreams of a new heaven and earth. Amen.
*Hymn          In the Bulb There Is a Flower           VU 703
Prayer for Wholeness
Sung response: Kyrie Eleison
Words of Assurance (based on Romans 12:9–21)
All: In all we do, let our love be genuine;
for if we love, as God has taught us,
we will not be overcome by evil,
but we will, by the grace of God, overcome evil with good.

WE LISTEN FOR GOD’S WORD

Exodus 3:1-15 Moses encounters a burning bush. Dramatic Reading
One: Here is Wisdom. All: Thanks be to God.
*Psalm 105 Remembering Jacob and Moses. Pts.1 & 3, VU 828-829
*Hymn            Lord of the Dance             VU 352
Opening the Word & The Lord’s Prayer
Romans 12:9–21 Let love be genuine; overcome evil with good.
One: This is the witness of the early church. All: Thanks be to God.
The Gospel Acclamation
Matthew 16:21–28 Take up the cross and follow me.
One: Here is Good News. All: Praise be to God.

WE RESPOND IN FAITH

* Hymn      Jesus You Have Come To the Lakeshore       VU 563
Offering Our Gifts to God
*Offering Prayer
Prayers of Thanksgiving and Intercession

WE GO TO SERVE GOD

*Hymn                          Let There Be Peace on Earth         Printed
* Commissioning
One: We hear the story of a voice and a bush.
We hear the story of a suffering love and resurrection.
All: We hear the story of a companion Spirit
in whom fire dances and tongues are loosed
to birth the church.
One: Go to walk in truth and serve our God.
All: We go and come back in the name of the great “I Am.”

*Choral Amen
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