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
20th,
2015-Creation Time: Sky Sunday
Thoughts around
which to gather as we worship: The
sky both proclaims and prophesies. As we continue to focus on
creation, the sky becomes integral to remind us of the mystery
and vastness of the cosmos, of which we are a part. The daily changes
that the sky presents to us parallel the changes that each of us
experiences and takes part in. Sky Sunday provides opportunity for us
to reflect on our fragile atmosphere from which comes the air we
breathe, the rain and the wind that shape our lives and our
landscapes, as well as so much beauty.
How
do we live in thankful relationship with this life-giving blanket
that wraps around Earth and reminds us of God’s steadfast presence
and call?
Seasons
of the Spirit™ SeasonsFUSION
Season of Creation Pentecost 2 2015
Copyright © Wood Lake Publishing
Inc. 2014,
p 56
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 the air and
sky, for air and sky can hear the rhythm of your heartbeat.
Words
unknown, tune Linnea Good.
Copyright
© 1995 Borealis Music. Used by permission.
Call
to Worship Quotations in four
voices
Opening
Prayer
Loving
God, when we think of the vast expanse of sky we are
in awe. We can
seem so tiny by comparison, and so
insignificant. Yet you know us –
each one of us – and you love
us – each one of us. Guide us,
Creator God, in the awesome
task of caring for your earth, for the
air around us and for the
sky above us all. We pray in Jesus’ name,
Amen.
*
Hymn Morning Has Broken VU
409
Prayer for
Wholeness
Assurance
of Love
When we are
overwhelmed and frightened by things we have done, God offers us a
word of hope. We are reminded that there is a
rainbow after every storm, a dawn
after every nighttime, and God’s wondrous forgiveness. Always.
Thanks
be to God. Amen.
WE LISTEN FOR GOD’S WORD
Jeremiah 4:23–28 The sky
proclaims impending doom
One:
Herein is Wisdom.
All:
Thanks be to God.
Psalm 19
The heavens are telling the glory of God.(ref. 2)VU
740
*Hymn This
Is God’s Wondrous World VU 296
Opening the Word/The Lord's
Prayer
The Gospel Acclamation
Mark
15:33–39 Darkness fell over the
whole land
Opening the Word 2
WE RESPOND IN FAITH
* Hymn For the Beauty of the Earth VU 226
Minute for Mission & Offering
Our Gifts to God
*Offering
Prayer
As
endless as the sky is your love for us, O God. Endless, too, is our
love for you. Receive these gifts, offered as tools to help us –
through our church – to do your work in the world. Amen.
Prayers
of Thanksgiving and Concern
WE GO TO SERVE GOD
* Hymn Great
Is Thy Faithfulness VU
288
* Commissioning and Blessing
*Choral Amen
