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
Presbytery Website:
inverguyunited.ca
Ministers: The Whole People of
God
Minister: Nan Corrigan D. M.
Minister of Music: Al Fougere
June 14th,
2015: Sacrament of Communion
49th
Anniversary of St. Mark's United Church
As people of faith, we are often
called upon to trust in things that
are beyond ordinary means of
seeing. While this often means
trusting in a God who moves in
invisible and mysterious ways, we
are also invited to look
beyond appearances and see the potential
that God sees in all of us.
What are some things God has helped
you see in your life?
Seasons
of the Spirit™ SeasonsFUSION Pentecost 1 2015
Copyright
© Wood Lake Publishing Inc. 2014, p. 58
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 Let
Us Praise the God of Truth v.1,
VU 237
Call
to Worship
People
of God, come to worship this day,
R:
willing to look through the heart,
L:
grateful for the Spirit’s movement in our past,
R:
ready to encounter God in new ways,
L:
available to new revelations of faith,
R:
prepared to set aside preconceptions,
L:
open to mystery and wonder.
Opening Prayer
Come
Spirit, abide with us today; be our guide and wise
counsel, be our
advocate and our companion, be our
reassurance. You lead us along new
pathways and into new
places. You reveal your nature and the nature
of God to us.
Save us from our preconceptions and prejudices and hold
us in
your care. Amen.
*
Hymn The Church’s One Foundation VU
332
Prayer
for Wholeness
Words
of Affirmation
God
does not look at outward appearances, God looks into the
heart. In
Christ there is no limit to grace, we are offered
renewal and
restitution in Christ’s name. Amen.
WE LISTEN FOR GOD’S WORD
2
Corinthians 5:1–10, 14–17 Walk
by faith, not by sight.
This
is the witness of the early church.
All:
Thanks be to God.
Psalm
20 Trust
not in horses or chariots, but in God. VU 742
Choir
Offering Take
Now My Voice
Opening
the Word
The Gospel
Acclamation
Mark
4:26–34 Parables
of the growing seed and the mustard seed.
This
is the gospel of Jesus Christ. All:
Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ.
Opening
the Word
WE RESPOND IN FAITH
* Hymn Just
a Closer Walk with Thee Printed
Minute for
Mission & Offering Our Gifts to God
*Offering
Song/Doxology Printed
Come and be thankful for what God has done.
Give from life’s abundance, share with everyone.
In this world of chaos, God’s light shines bright
when we seek together Christ’s abiding light.
Come and be thankful for what God can do
through these tithes and offerings from both me and you.
*Hymn Let
Us Talents and Tongues Employ VU 468
Sacrament
of Communion
Insert, cover of Voices United
Distribution
Hymn Jesus,
the Bread of Life Printed
*An
Affirmation of Faith An
Excerpt from The Song of Faith
We
sing of a church
seeking
to continue the story of Jesus
by
embodying Christ’s presence in the world.
We
are called together by Christ
as
a community of broken but hopeful believers,
loving
what he loved,
living
what he taught,
striving
to be faithful servants of God
in
our time and place.
Our
ancestors in faith
bequeath
to us experiences of their faithful living;
upon
their lives our lives are built.
Our
living of the gospel makes us a part of this communion of saints,
experiencing
the fulfillment of God’s reign
even
as we actively anticipate
a
new heaven and a new earth.
The
church has not always lived up to its vision.
It
requires the Spirit to reorient it,
helping
it to live an emerging faith while honouring tradition,
challenging
it to live by grace rather than entitlement,
for
we are called to be a blessing to the earth.
We
sing of God’s good news lived out,
a
church with purpose:
faith
nurtured and hearts comforted,
gifts
shared for the good of all,
resistance
to the forces that exploit and marginalize,
fierce
love in the face of violence,
human
dignity defended,
members
of a community held and inspired by God,
corrected
and comforted,
instrument
of the loving Spirit of Christ,
creation’s
mending.
We
sing of God’s mission.
WE GO TO SERVE GOD
*
Hymn How
Great Thou Art Back
Cover of VU
*
Commissioning/Sending Out
May
the love of God motivate us,
and
the example of Jesus show us the way.
May
the Holy Spirit empower our small acts of caring
to
grow and expand to transform our world.
*Choral Amen
