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
Ministers: The Whole People of God
Minister: Nan Corrigan D. M.
Minister of Music: Al Fougere
June 8th, 2014-Pentecost Sunday; Sacrament of Communion;
48th
Anniversary of St. Mark's United Church
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 We Are One Verse 2 VU 402Call to Worship Based on Psalm 104:24–34
One:
What a wildly wonderful world, God! The earth overflows with your
amazing creations.
All:
The deep, wide sea brims with fish: sardines and sharks and salmon.
One:
Ships travel on the waters and great sea creatures play in them.
All:
Every creature depends on you for food. You open your hand and they
eat from it.
One:
You send your spirit to sustain and renew.
All:
May the glory of God last forever!
One:
Let us sing to God all our lives. All:
Praise
God!
Opening Prayer
Holy Spirit,
diverse and varied as we are,
you gather us together,
like a mother bird stretching
wide her wings.
Today we draw strength from
your life and energy,
and lift our
hearts in praise to you. Amen.
*
Hymn She
Comes Sailing on the Wind VU
380
Prayer
for Wholeness
One:
Pentecost God,
thank you for the gift of the
Spirit;
for the power and energy the
Spirit brings
and for the knowledge that we are
not alone.
Nevertheless, sometimes we find it
hard to believe in things we
cannot see or touch.
All:
We remember the
times we have not recognized the Spirit’s still
small voice,
the times we have ignored the
Spirit’s prompting,
the times we have not
acknowledged the Spirit’s work around
us,
the times we have resisted the
Spirit’s transforming power.
We remember and we are sorry.
Pour out your Spirit anew;
blow through us
and ignite us once more. Amen.
Words
of Affirmation
One: Our
God is always making all things new;
our shortcomings are forgotten
and
we can begin again, with God’s Spirit as our helper.
All: Thanks
be to God! Amen.
WE LISTEN FOR GOD’S WORD
Acts 2:1–21 The
Holy Spirit comes in wind and flame.
This
is the witness of the early church. All: Thanks be
to God.
Psalm 104 God’s
Spirit brings life and renewal. VU
826-827, Pt 2
*Hymn Spirit, Spirit of Gentleness VU 375
Opening the Word
The Gospel Acclamation
John
20:19–23 Jesus appears behind locked
doors.
This is
the gospel of Jesus Christ. All:
Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ.
WE RESPOND IN FAITH
* Hymn Make Me A Channel of Your Peace VU 684
Minute for Mission & Offering Our Gifts to God
*Offering
Prayer
God who is in the spirit of
Pentecost you have given us so much:
Christ to inspire us,
your Spirit to enable us
your love to support us;
and so we bring these offerings
that
others may be inspired, enabled, and supported. Amen.
*Hymn I
Feel The Winds of God VU 625
Sacrament
of Communion Insert, cover of Voices United
Distribution
Hymn God Is So Good Printed
God
is so good;
God
is so good;
God
is so good;
Oh!
So good to us!
Taste,
oh taste and see
The
goodness of the Lord;
With
the best of wheat
He
feeds us all.
The
Lord is our shepherd,
Nothing
shall we want.
He
has prepared
A
banquet for us.
The
eyes of all look hopefully to You,
And
You give us food in due season:
Living
Bread, the Gift of the earth,
Fruit
of the vine to drink.
My
soul longs for You, my God,
As
a deer longs for water;
I
will go to the altar of God,
The
God of my gladness and Joy.
*An
Affirmation of Faith An
Excerpt from The Song of Faith
The
fullness of life includes moments of unexpected inspiration
and
courage lived out,
experiences
of beauty, truth, and goodness,
blessings
of seeds and harvest,
friendship
and family, intellect and sexuality,
the
reconciliation of persons through justice
and
communities living in righteousness,
and
the articulation of meaning.
And
so we sing of God the Spirit,
who
from the beginning has swept over the face of creation,
animating
all energy and matter
and
moving in the human heart.
We
sing of God the Spirit,
faithful
and untameable,
who
is creatively and redemptively active in the world.
The Spirit challenges us to celebrate the holy
not only in what is familiar,
but also in that which seems foreign.
We
sing of the Spirit,
who
speaks our prayers of deepest longing
and
enfolds our concerns and confessions,
transforming
us and the world.
WE GO
TO SERVE GOD
*
Hymn How
Great Thou Art VU
238
* Commissioning and Benediction
God the Creator, Divine Wisdom, blesses
us with gifts and grace;
God the Pain-Bearer, Divine Word, gives
us good news to share;
God the Life-Giver, Divine Spirit,
works in our lives to bring
faith, hope, and love.
faith, hope, and love.
We go to share God’s gifts and
grace,
to be witnesses to the good news of
Jesus,
and live in the Spirit.
*Choral Amen
