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
September
13th,
2015-Creation Time-Humanity Sunday
Thoughts
around which to gather as we worship: “Africans
have this thing called UBUNTU. It is about the essence of being
human, it is part of the gift that Africa will give the world. It
embraces hospitality, caring about others, being able to go the extra
mile for the sake of others. We believe that a person is a person
through another person, that my humanity is caught up, bound up,
inextricably, with yours. When I dehumanise you, I inexorably
dehumanise myself. The solitary human being is a contradiction in
terms and therefore you seek to work for the common good because your
humanity comes into its own in belonging.”
(Desmond
Tutu, Archbishop Emeritus of Cape Town)
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
Great Earth
O Great Earth so green
and so blue, this is the promise that I’ll make to you: To care for
your people, for people can hear the rhythm of your heartbeat.
Words unknown, tune Linnea Good.
Copyright
© 1995 Borealis Music. Used by permission.
Call
to Worship
Come,
friends, from every corner of the earth.
We
come to worship the one who created us and all living
things.
Imagine.
We bear the face of God to all living parts of creation.
We
come to celebrate our place in the vast scheme of creation.
Our God,
Maker of the universe, cares about each and every
one of us. We bring
our hearts and voices to sing praise to God.
Come,
let us worship God.
Opening
Prayer
We
gather here this morning in the presence of our Creator
and one
another, to pause from our day to day living. We come
to take some
time in our busy lives to renew our faith, to
reconnect with God, and
to know ourselves loved
unconditionally. As this message is
reaffirmed in our hearts
take us from this place to proclaim that
message to all we meet.
In Christ’s name we pray. Amen.
*
Hymn All
Things Bright and Beautiful VU
291
Prayer for
Wholeness
Assurance of Love
One: …So be
assured that, as you seek to realign your hearts with
God’s, you
are forgiven, and loved unconditionally.
All: Thanks be to God. Amen.
WE LISTEN FOR GOD’S WORD
Genesis
1:26-28 Let
us make human beings in our image.
One:
What
are human beings that you think about them?
All:
What are human beings that you pay attention to them?
God
spoke: “Let us make human beings in our image,
make
them reflecting our nature
So
they can be responsible for the fish in the sea, the birds
in
the air, the cattle,
And
yes, Earth itself, and every animal that moves
on
the face of Earth.”
God
created human beings; he created them godlike
Reflecting
God’s nature.
He
created them male and female.
God
blessed them:
“Prosper!
Reproduce! Fill Earth! Take charge!
Be
responsible for fish in the sea and birds in the air,
for
every living thing that moves on the face of Earth.”
The
Message by
Eugene H. Peterson, copyright (c) 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 2000, 2001,
2002.
Used by permission of NavPress Publishing Group. All rights reserved.
One:
What
are human beings that you think about them?
All:
What are human beings that you pay attention to them?
Psalm
8 How
glorious is your name in all the earth!
VU
732
One:
What
are human beings that you think about them?
All:
What are human beings that you pay attention to them?
*Hymn Jesus’
Hands Were Kind Hands VU
570
Opening the
Word/The Lord's Prayer
The Gospel
Acclamation
One:
What
are human beings that you think about them?
All:
What are human beings that you pay attention to them?
Mark 10:41–45
Not to be served but
to serve
One:
What
are human beings that you think about them?
All:
What are human beings that you pay attention to them?
Opening the Word
2
WE RESPOND IN FAITH
* Hymn Touch
the Earth Lightly VU
307
Minute for
Mission & Offering Our Gifts to God
*Offering
Prayer
Prayers
of Thanksgiving and Concern
WE GO TO SERVE GOD
*
Hymn Jesus,
You Have Come to the Lakeshore VU
563
* Commissioning
and Blessing
from
Philippians 2:1–4
One: “If you’ve
gotten anything at all out of following Christ,
All: “if his
love has made any difference in your life,
One: “if being in
a community of the Spirit means anything to you,
All: “if you
have a heart, One:
“if you care –”
All: then let us
follow this advice from St. Paul:
One: “Agree with
each other, love each other,
and be deep-spirited
friends.
All: “Don’t
push your way to the front; don’t sweet-talk your
way to the top.
One: “Put yourself
aside, and help others get ahead.
All: “Don’t
be obsessed with getting your own advantage.
One: “Forget
yourselves long enough to lend a helping hand.”
All: And know
that God will be with you. Always.
The Message by
Eugene H. Peterson, copyright (c) copyright as above.
