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: Nan Corrigan
D. M., Reverend Evelyn Knorr
Music Director: Al Fougere
September 29th,
2013-19th Sunday after Pentecost
Creation Time
128th
Anniversary Sunday--St. David's
The
story of Lazarus reminds us that faithful living requires noticing
the needs of our neighbours and responding to those needs. Jeremiah’s
prophetic act inspires us to invest financially in the world we want
to see, to act with hope, especially when faced with
uncertainty...God can be trusted and God will provide is the
underlying theme of the readings for this week.
Copyright
© Wood Lake Publishing Inc. 2012 Seasons
of the Spirit™
SeasonsFUSION
Season of Creation • Pentecost 2 2013, p. 91
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 Called By Earth
and Sky Printed
*Call to Worship Back of
bulletin
* Hymn This Day God Gives
Me VU 410
Opening Prayer
Back of bulletin
WE LISTEN FOR GOD’S WORD
Opening the
Word Hope in a Jar
Jeremiah 32:1–3a,
6–15 Houses, fields, vineyards will be purchased
This is the witness of the Hebrew
people. All: Thanks be to God.
*Psalm 91 (sung)
God will raise you up on eagle’s wings. VU 808-9
The Gospel Acclamation
Luke 16:19–31 The
rich man and Lazarus.
This
is the gospel of Jesus Christ. All:
Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ.
Reflection
WE RESPOND IN FAITH
* Hymn Make Me a Channel of Your Peace VU 684
Minute for Mission
Offering Our Gifts to God
* Offering Prayer
(together)
With
thanksgiving we place into your hands, loving God, a portion of what
you have given us. May those who long to be fed like Lazarus be
nurtured by what we give in both body and spirit. Amen
*Hymn When
a Poor One VU 702
Prayers of Thanks and Concern Based
on Psalm 91 (together)
God, our
refuge and fortress, our shelter and strength, we dwell in your
shadow and trust in your presence. We give you thanks for all the
blessings of this day. Grant us safety under your wings, protect us
from the terror of the night, and the dangers of the day. Teach us,
God, to know you and love you, encourage us to call on you. Be with
us in our times of trouble. Save us from all that would separate us
from you. We pray in the name of the One who taught us to pray in
this way, saying…
The Lord’s Prayer
Our
Father, who art in heaven,
hallowed
be thy name,
thy
kingdom come, thy will be done,
on
earth, as it is in heaven.
Give
us this day our daily bread,
and
forgive us our trespasses,
as
we forgive those who trespass against us.
And
lead us not into temptation,
but
deliver us from evil.
For
thine is the kingdom, the power, and the glory
forever
and ever. Amen.
WE GO TO SERVE GOD
*
Hymn How Great Thou
Art Printed
* Commissioning and Benediction
(responsively)
“This present
moment and its possibilities
for change and
renewal will be lost;
the future
promise and its hope for what will yet be will not
be lost:
for the word of
God’s blessing will endure and come to fruition;
as will the
ones whom God blesses. Now and for all time.”
(From
Hope: Our Longing for Home by
John Indermark,
copyright©2007
by John Indermark. Upper Room Books, Nashville, TN.)
