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
January
31st,
2016-4th
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 Arise, Your Light Is Come, v.1 VU
79
Arise, your light is come!
The Spirit's call obey;
show forth the glory of
your God,
which shines on you
today.
*Call
to Worship Based on Psalm
19:1-2
One:
The heavens are telling the glory of
God,
All: and the firmament
proclaims God’s handiwork.
One:
Day to day pours forth speech,
All: and night to night
declares knowledge.
One:
We give thanks to God who has
created all that we have.
All: And we sing praise to
God who has created all that we are. Come let us worship our God.
*Hymn Here
I Am, Lord VU 509
Opening Prayer
Gracious God, we come
before you this morning knowing that what you call us to be and want
for us is sometimes at odds with what the world expects from us.
Sometimes we feel on the edge between the world we live in and the
world you call us to be a part of. Show us your way, O Holy One, that
we may learn how to be about your ministry even as we live on the
edge. Open our hearts to receive your word and your guidance for our
lives.
WE LISTEN FOR GOD’S WORD
Jeremiah 1:4–10 Before
you were formed in the womb, I set you apart.
One: This is the witness
of the Hebrew people.
All: Thanks be to God.
Psalm
71:1-6 God
is our fortress and sheltering rock.
VU789 Pt.1
*
Hymn Though
I May Speak VU 372
Opening the Word & The
Lord’s Prayer
The Gospel Acclamation
Luke
4:21-30 Contemplative Reading and
Reflection
using
the Common English
Bible translation.
WE RESPOND IN FAITH
* Hymn Lord
of the Dance VU
352
Minute for Mission &
Offering Our Gifts to God
* Offering Prayer
Holy and Living God, Doing
your will, living out the ministry you put before us, can be
scary. It is not just our tithes and offerings that you ask of us –
you ask of us everything. In knowing that everything we are and
everything we have comes from you, we realize that what you ask of us
is really not about us but about you. Show us how to live out the
ministry you have called us to do at all the edges of our lives so
that we can be truly faithful to you. Amen.
Prayers of Thanksgiving
and Intercession
WE GO TO SERVE GOD
*
Hymn I'm
Gonna Live So God Can Use Me VU 575
*Commissioning
One: God’s call to us
drives us to the edge.
All: To places of hurting;
to places of need.
One: In those places we
find hope and help
because we are not alone.
All: God goes with us.
One: Yes, God goes with
us. Together we go out to serve at all those edgy places where we are
called to serve, ever mindful that we are not alone.
All: Thanks be to God.
*Choral Amen
