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
June 5th, 2016-30th
Anniversary of the United Church’s Apology to First Nations Peoples
Announcements The Work of Church and Community
WE GATHER IN HOPE
Greeting
Let us
pause to remember that in this region we live and work and worship on
lands that are, by law, the unceded territories of the Wabanaki
peoples—predominantly the lands of the Mi’kmaq, Maliseet, and
Passamaquoddy. May we live with respect on this land, and live in
peace and friendship with its people.
One:
The peace of Christ be with you. All: And with your spirit.
*Introit
Called by earth and sky,
promise of hope held high. This is our sacred living trust, treasure
of life sanctified, called by earth and sky.
© Pat Mayberry, from
More Voices #135
*Call to Worship (by Rev. Susan Beaver, Grand River United Church)
We gather in God’s name,
in God’s house, to offer our praise and wonder. We gather on this
Sabbath to be kept holy in mind, body and spirit. We gather to
remember a painful history and an inspired response. We come to seek
your healing as the body of Christ. We come to give thanks, to
confess, to love, to be loved, and to be a church in the world that
is an instrument of healing and justice and reconciliation. We come
once again to dedicate ourselves and our lives to the one who created
us, the one who calls us, the one who sustains us, and the one who
guides us in the way of love. Let us worship our Creator with one
mind and one heart in peace.
*Hymn Give Me Oil in My Lamp Printed
Opening Prayer (This prayer follows the rhythm of smudging.)
WE LISTEN FOR GOD’S WORD
1 Kings 17:8–16, (17–24) The widow’s jar of flour and jug of oil.
One:This is the witness of
the early church. All:Thanks be to God.
Psalm 146 As long as I live, I will praise God. VU 868
*Hymn I'm Gonna Live So God Can Use Me VU 575
Opening the Word & The Lord’s Prayer
The Gospel Acclamation
Luke 7:11–17 Jesus raises the widow’s son at Nain.
One: Hear what the
Spirit is saying to the church.
All: Thanks be to God.
Opening the Word 2 Remembering the Apology-a Litany
WE RESPOND WITH LOVE TO WALK THE PATH
* Hymn This Path We Walk Printed
Minute for Mission & Offering Our Gifts to God
*Offering Prayer
God, may we—through our
offerings and through our everyday living—enter into your
reconciled and fruitful life so that every place we go and every
person we meet will not fail to know your love. Amen
Prayers of Thanksgiving and Intercession
Look with Tender Eyes upon
Us (by Rev. Susan Beaver, Grand River United Church, and Rev. Cecile
Fausak, Reconciliation and Indigenous Justice Animator)
WE GO OUT TO WALK THE PATH
* Hymn Praise the Lord with the Sound of Trumpet VU 245
*Commissioning (adapted from Toward Justice and Right Relationship: A Beginning (UCPH, 2003))
Holy One, Creator God, God
of many tribes and nations... Help us risk building right
relationship.
Accompany us as we pledge
ourselves to meet with Cape Breton First Nations people and attend a
pow wow together. Give us courage, creativity, and commitment for our
journey. Help us keep faith with each other and so with you. Holy
One, Creator, God beyond tribes and nations, be with us all.
