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
Presbytery
Website: inverguyunited.ca
Ministers:
The Whole People of God
Nan
Corrigan D. M.
Minister
of Music: Al Fougere
Accompanist:
Margie MacIntyre
January 25th, 2015
3rd Sunday after Epiphany
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 Refrain of Here I Am, Lord VU 509
*Call
to Worship
One:
We gather as a distracted people. No matter where we are, someone or
something wants our attention.
All:
For God alone my soul waits in silence.
One:
We are offered endless
solutions that will make it all clear, solve all our problems,
guarantee our happiness and success.
All:
For God alone my soul waits in silence.
One:
The sounds of wealth,
power, and status have tremendous appeal.
All:
For God alone my soul waits in silence.
One:
Come to this place of
worship to renew the silence and wait for God.
Opening
Prayer
God
of mercy, in each second of time you are with us: you call us to
discipleship, you invite us into relationship one with another and
with you, our Creator. In the moments of this worship may we
experience your call, your community, your grace – and be led to
respond. Amen.
*Hymn Will
You Come and Follow Me VU 567
Prayer for
Wholeness a
bell is rung to indicate time of silence
Words of
Affirmation
One: God listens. God’s
power is at work in the steadfast love that belongs to God.
All: We will trust in God who is
our rock, our salvation, the source of our deliverance.
WE LISTEN FOR GOD’S WORD
Jonah 3:1–5,
10 Jonah calls Nineveh to repent.
One: This is
the witness of the Hebrew people. All:
Thanks be to God.
Psalm
62:5-12 Be still, my soul, and wait for God. VU779
*Hymn Take Up
Your Cross VU
561
Opening the Word
& Lord’s Prayer
Mark
1:14–20 Jesus calls Simon, Andrew, James, and John
One: The gospel of Jesus Christ.
All: Praise to you,
Lord Jesus Christ.
Opening the Word 2
WE RESPOND IN FAITH
*Hymn Precious Lord, Take My Hand VU 670
Minute for Mission
Offering Our Gifts to God
*Offering
Prayer
We
offer these gifts as a sign of our dedication to a way of living.
Help us make this a daily commitment so that in our lives we might
give witness to and be disciples for a way of living in which your
love is our refuge and our strength. Amen.
Prayers of Thanksgiving and Intercession
One:
God alone is our rock and
salvation.
All: We will not be shaken.
WE GO TO SERVE GOD
*Hymn Jesus, You Have Come to the Lakeshore VU
563
*Commissioning and Benediction
*Choral
Amen
