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
February
23rd 2014-7th Sunday after Epiphany
“Found
Faithful with Much”
* please stand as able
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
What
Does the Lord Require (congregation
sings v1 3 times)
VU
701
Call
to Worship An
Echo Prayer
One:
Dear God, shine your light (a candle is lit) to guide our
feet.
Pour
out your love (water is poured in the bowl)
over
all we meet. Amen.
*
Hymn Let
There Be Light VU
679
Opening
Prayer
God of our deepest
yearnings, give us devoted hearts
that seek to listen,
think, and feel anew.
Find us faithful in
all that we are and have.
Open in us the
wisdom of Jesus,
with the courage
needed
to
travel his life-giving path. Amen
WE LISTEN FOR GOD’S WORD
Leviticus
19:1–2, 9–18 Living the holy life
This
is the witness of the Hebrew people. All: Thanks be
to God.
Psalm 119 Teach me, O God, your ways. VU 839, Pt. 3, Ref.3
2 Corinthians 8:1-7 They
voluntarily gave according to their means
*Hymn Jesus
Loves Me VU 365
Opening
the Word & The Lord’s Prayer
Matthew
13:44-47 The kingdom of heaven is like…
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-About PAR
Offering
Our Gifts to God
*Offering
Prayer
Gracious
God, people give for so many reasons – guilt, joy, obligation,
gratitude, obedience, hope, control, thankfulness.
All: Remind us of your call
to examine everything that we have; after all, our money and
possessions are really gifts from you.
You
call us to use them wisely—to share them openly—to give them
generously.
All:
So thank you for this celebration of giving. Receive this offering
and release us from the foolish temptation to believe that it is best
spent on ourselves. Amen.
Offering
dedication Copyright © 2012 David S. Bell.
Reprinted
with permission from www.DavidSBell.org.
Prayers of the People
One:
Teach us, O God, your ways.
Response:
May we have the heart of Wisdom,
be
filled with the gift of mercy
and
be set free to love anew.
WE GO TO SERVE GOD
*
Hymn The
Church's One Foundation VU
332
* Commissioning and
Benediction
All:
Let us go into the world,
knowing
we are touched by the God who is faithful and true.
One: May
your life shine with the holiness of the Almighty One,
May your
heart be transformed by the peace of the Redeeming One,
May
your ways be filled with the joy of the Indwelling One.
*
Choral Amen
Christine
Sine is the author of the Opening Prayer and the benediction. She is
executive director, liturgist and chief gardener with the Mustard
Seed Associates in Seattle, Washington, and the author of To
Garden with God (2010)
and many other books.
