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: stmarksuc@gmail.com
Blog: http://ourcontactonline.blogspot.com/
Presbytery Website:
inverguyunited.ca
Ministers: The Whole People of
God
Minister: Nan Corrigan D.M. Minister of Music: Al Fougere
July 15th,
2018-8th Sunday after Pentecost
Connecting with life
The
ocean refuses no river, no river.
The open
heart refuses no part of me, no part of you.
I am one with all that is, one with all;
All that is is one with me, one with all. (Sufi chant)
Where, this week, have you experienced unity amid difference
or diversity? Where have you refused or resisted what life offers?
Copyright © Wood Lake Publishing Inc. 2017 Seasons
of the Spirit™ SeasonsFUSION
Pentecost 1 2018 p. 111
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 There Is Room for All MV 62
Call to Worship
God has
blessed us with every blessing:
blessings from the holy realm,
blessings from this sacred Earth.
God has blessed us with every blessing.
Christ has blessed us with every blessing:
blessings of the Holy Presence,
blessings of human essence,
Christ has blessed us with every blessing.
God has blessed us with every blessing:
blessings to give us love and hope,
blessings to share as peace and joy.
God has blessed with every blessing;
let us reply with our worship.
Opening Prayer
One: O God, your presence is made known to
us
in this gathered community of faith,
in the doing of justice and evidence of
peace,
in the face of a stranger and the story of
a friend.
All: May we recognize the sacred at all
times and places
and be inspired with your joy. Give us the
courage and freedom
to
express this joy in every way and with all that we are. Make us bold to praise
you in solitude and in community – singing, dancing, and playing to tell of
your glory. Amen.
*Hymn This Is the Day VU
412
Prayer
for Healing
(Prayer of Confession)
Two minutes of silence will be offered, starting and ending
with bell.
Words
of Affirmation
Two
minutes of silence will be offered, starting and ending with bell.
...Looking through the eyes of grace,
All: God sees us as holy and
blameless. Amen.
WE LISTEN FOR GOD’S WORD
2 Samuel 6: 1-5, 12b-19 David brings the Ark to Jerusalem
This is the witness of the Hebrew people.
All: Thanks be to God.
Psalm 24 The earth is
God’s and all that is in it. VU 751
*Hymn Praise the Lord with the Sound of
Trumpet VU 245
Ephesians
1:1–14 Adopted through Christ and given an inheritance.
Response: To you, O God, I lift my soul,
to you I lift my soul.
This is the witness of the early
church. All: Thanks be to God.
Opening the Word
Hearing For the
First Time Who We Are
Based on Ephesians 1:1-14
WE RESPOND IN FAITH
Nan’s Going to
General Council—the Church in Action
* Hymn I'm Gonna Live So God Can Use Me VU 575
Minute for Mission & Offering Our Gifts to God
*Offering Song Praise God from
Whom All Blessings Flow VU541
Prayers of the People and the Lord's Prayer
One: With these...
All: we lift our hearts in prayer.
WE GO TO SERVE GOD
* Hymn Let Us Build a House MV 1
*Commissioning and Benediction
*Choral Amen
