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
November 24th, 2013-27th
Sunday after Pentecost
Reign of Christ Sunday
A
thought around which to gather as we worship--The prophet
(Jeremiah) makes clear that in God’s eyes, the purpose of
leaders is to “attend to the sheep.” One of the major tenets of
Protestantism is the concept of “the priesthood of all
believers” – all the faithful bear responsibility for leadership.
(Today’s reading) provides an opportunity for all those in
leadership positions within the church today to take stock of how
well, or faithfully, they are doing their job.
Copyright
© Wood Lake Publishing Inc. 2012 Seasons of the Spirit™
SeasonsFUSION Season of Creation • Pentecost 2 2013, p. 187
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 All Are Welcome, verse 5
Let
us build a house where all are named,
their
songs and visions heard
and loved and treasured, taught and claimed
as
words within the Word.
Built
of tears and cries and laughter,
prayers
of faith and songs of grace;
let this
house proclaim from floor to rafter:
Refrain
All are
welcome, all are welcome, all are welcome in this place.
Words and music: Marty Haugen Copyright © 1994 by
GIA Publications, Inc.
7404 S. Mason Ave., Chicago, IL 60638.
www.giamusic.com.
800-442-1358.
All rights reserved. Used by permission.
*Call
to Worship
You
are invited to join in the response with this action: raise one hand
up and draw it from in front and above, towards the heart; repeat
with the other hand, so that both hands are on the heart. Do this for
each response.
One:
God has promised a new kind of sovereign to rule over us.
All:
Jesus, sovereign and shepherd, reign in our hearts.
One:
A ruler who will be just and fair...
All:
Jesus, sovereign and shepherd, reign in our hearts.
One:
A ruler who will be a true shepherd of the people...
All:
Jesus, sovereign and shepherd, reign in our hearts.
One:
A ruler who will guide our feet in the ways of peace...
All:
Jesus, sovereign and shepherd, reign in our hearts.
One: Come, let us worship God.
*
Hymn Jesus Shall Reign VU 330
Opening
Prayer
God, in this time of worship, open us to the truth about your
reign that we may be led deeper
into what it means for us. May our hearts and minds be open to the
stories of love, the words of life and the vision of your realm you
want us to have. And may Christ’s reign over this world draw us
closer to you, Creator, Christ and Spirit. Amen.
WE LISTEN FOR GOD’S WORD
Jeremiah
23: 1-6 God will
raise up new shepherds for Israel.
This
is the witness of the Hebrew people. All: Thanks
be to God.
Luke 1:68-79
The Song of Zechariah (Benedictus) VU 900
Hymn Jesus Loves Me VU 365
Opening the Word and the Lord’s Prayer
Gospel Acclamation
Luke 23:33–43
“Remember me when you come
into your kingdom.”
Reflection
Statement
of Faith
(a responsive reading of
the Epistle)
Colossians
1:11–20 In
Christ the fullness of God was pleased to dwell.
One:
Christ is the image of the invisible God, the first-born of all
creation.
All:
For in Christ all things in heaven and on earth were created, things
visible and invisible,
One:
whether thrones or dominions or rules or powers –
All:
things have been created through Christ and for Christ. Christ is
before all things, and in Christ all things hold together. One:
Christ is the head of the body, the church, and is the beginning,
the first-born from the dead, so that Christ might come to have first
place in everything.
All:
For in Christ all the fullness of God was pleased to dwell, and
through Christ God was pleased to reconcile to Godself all things,
whether on earth or in heaven, by making peace through the blood of
the cross. Amen.
From The
New Testament and Psalms: An Inclusive Version.
Copyright © 2004. Used by permission of Oxford University Press,
Inc. All rights reserved.
WE RESPOND IN FAITH
* Hymn The Lord’s My Shepherd VU 747
Minute for Mission
Offering
Our Gifts to God
*Offering
Prayer
Gracious God, we
return to you for your use a portion of the gifts you have given us.
Bless this offering that it may further your purpose in the world,
gathering in the lost and lonely, tending to those in need, healing
the ill, comforting the grieving, and sharing the good news of your
love and compassion. Amen.
Prayers
of Thanksgiving and Intercession
(A
prayer with the placement of symbols)
One:
In this world,
People: help us to be the Body of
Christ.
WE GO TO SERVE GOD
* Hymn Crown Him with Many
Crowns VU 211
*
Commissioning and Benediction
One:
“By the tender mercy of our God, the dawn from on high will break
upon us,
All: to give light to those who sit in darkness and in the shadow
of death, to guide our feet into the way of peace.”
Song
of Zechariah, Luke 1:78-79
*
Choral Amen
