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
February 21st,
2016-Lent 2
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 Tree of Life and Awesome Mystery vs. 2 VU 121
Call to Worship Based on Psalm 27
One: God is our light, our salvation.
All: Whom shall we fear?
One: God is our stronghold and shelter.
All: Of whom shall we be afraid?
One: When our adversaries and enemies
confront us, when they surround us and we’re under attack –
All: our hearts will not fear. We will
be confident.
One: We will follow God all the days of
our lives!
All: We come to worship and behold the
beauty of God.
One: We raise our heads and offer
shouts of joy!
All: We will sing and make melody to
God!
Opening Prayer
Loving God, we come together in your
presence to worship. We come together to learn your ways and see your
goodness. We take courage in your presence with us this day – and
every day. We recall those times during the past week when we
experienced your presence in the ordinary, everyday things of life.
(We pause as we share a word or short
phrase that captures this encounter with God in the ordinary. For
example: friends, snowshoeing, helping others, singing, sunsets.)
God, we come before you humbly.
We come before you ready to hear your
word and your call. Prepare our hearts for worshipping and praising
you. Amen.
*Hymn Here, O My Lord, I See You Face to Face VU 459
Lenten Triad Candle Extinguishing (Tenebrae)
(Four purple candles, pink candle and
Christ candle are lit prior to worship.)
One: Today is the second Sunday of
Lent. Lent is a time to think about the things that block us from
following God's way of loving and caring for this world and one
another.
Two: Today we will put out our second
Lenten candle. This candle represents greed.
One: As the candle is put out, let us
pray in silence for God to remove greed within us and in our world
that stops us from being satisfied with what we have and from sharing
with one another.
(Snuff out second Lenten candle and
then pause with head bowed for silence.)
Knowing that God accepts us for who we
are, but loves us into who we can be, let us join together in this
song,
