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: stmarksuc@gmail.com
Blog: http://ourcontactonline.blogspot.com/
Presbytery Website:
inverguyunited.ca
Ministers: The Whole
People of God
Minister: Nan
Corrigan D. M.
Minister of Music:
Al Fougere
July
19, 2015-8th
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 O
God We Call x2, 2nd
time quietly VU 411
Call
to Worship
People of God, come
close,
you who have been
far away, draw near.
Christ has broken
down the barriers that separate us from God
and eradicated all
conflict that separated us from each other.
Come close,
together
we will build a house based on reconciliation and love.
Opening Prayer
God
of all, you have brought us so near to you that we can
claim to live
with you in your household. We open our hearts to
your peace, we open
our consciousness to your call to be your
people reconciled and no
longer strangers to one another.
Amen.
*
Hymn The
Church’s One Foundation VU
332
Prayer
of Confession
Each
of you has received a Mpatapo today. It is a West African
symbol of
reconciliation, peacemaking and pacification, and
represents the bond
or knot that binds parties in a dispute to a
peaceful, harmonious
reconciliation. Please use it as a source of
contemplation while the
prayer of confession is offered.
Words
of Affirmation
Trace
your fingers around the Mpatapo design, and while doing so
breathe in
peace and the spirit of reconciliation.
With
peace, Christ has broken down the walls that divide,
we
are reconciled to God and integrated into God’s household
as
forgiven people. This will be our strength as we join
together to
build a loving community of faith. Amen.
WE LISTEN FOR GOD’S WORD
2
Samuel 7:1–14a David
is not the one to build God’s house.
One:
Herein is Wisdom.
All:
Thanks be to God.
*Hymn It
Only Takes a Spark VU
289
Opening
the Word/The Lord's Prayer
Ephesians
2:11–22 Holy
citizens, members of God’s household.
One:
Herein is Good News. All:
Praise be to God.
Opening
the Word 2
WE RESPOND IN FAITH
* Hymn Tell
Me the Stories of Jesus VU
357
Minute for
Mission & Offering Our Gifts to God
*Offering
Song/Doxology
We
Give You But Your Own
VU 542
Prayers
of Thanksgiving and Intercession
WE GO TO SERVE GOD
*
Hymn Just
a Closer Walk with Thee Printed
*
Commissioning/Sending Out
Take a different
path when you go from here,
take the one that
makes strangers friends,
and aliens fellow
citizens.
Take the one that
overcomes hostilities
and breaks down
dividing walls.
We
go, knowing that God’s spirit of peace goes with us.
*Choral
Amen
