WORSHIP AT ST. DAVID'S, PORT HASTINGS 9:30
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
July
20th,
2014-6th Sunday
after Pentecost
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 Come and Find the Quiet Centre, verse 1 VU 374
*Call
to Worship
One:
From every direction, we come and gather.
All:
We have made our way here today. And we greeted one
another as we arrived.
One:
No matter who we are, or from where we come, God meets us in this
place. God meets us in the eyes of the stranger sitting next to us,
and in the wonder of children’s whispers.
All:
Led by the Spirit of God, remind us that we are
children of God.
One:
Led by the Spirit, let us be present to the community we create.
All:
We are here. Gathered to listen and respond to God’s blessings.
*Opening Prayer
We
come to worship you, Holy One,
with
confidence and with doubts.
Shape
us again into community with you
and
one another in worship.
Give
us ears to hear and hearts to experience
your
challenge and mercy, your love and peace
in the pictures that are opened to us. Amen.
*Hymn Holy
Ground Printed
Prayer
for Wholeness
Assurance
of Love
Each of us is both
wheat and weed yet God loves all that we are.
Let us believe the good news and let us serve
God! Amen.
WE LISTEN FOR GOD’S WORD
Genesis
28:10–19a Jacob’s dream of the ladder.
One: Here is Wisdom. All: Thanks be to God.
Psalm 139 God,
you have searched me and know me. VU 861
*Hymn Touch
the Earth Lightly VU 307
Opening the Word
& The Lord’s Prayer
The Gospel Acclamation
Matthew
13:24–30, 36–43 The parable of the weeds.
One: Here is Good
News. All: Praise be to God.
WE RESPOND IN FAITH
* Hymn I
Was There to Hear Your Borning Cry VU 644
Minute for Mission & Offering Our Gifts to God
*Offering
Prayer
With
all that we have, and all that we are,
we
reach out to you, our God of generosity.
We
ask that you receive these ordinary gifts;
may
they be used to offer extraordinary blessings in our community and
world.
May these gifts
remind us that through you, all is possible!
Amen.
Prayers of the People A
Prayer with Movement
WE GO TO SERVE GOD
* Hymn On
Eagles Wings VU
808
*
Commissioning
Let
us go out into God’s holy creation to tend
the
mysteries of our lives with courage and compassion
as
we actively await God’s justice.
We
seek to share love with the help of God’s Spirit
as we are sent
forth.
*Choral Amen
