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
Presbytery Website:
inverguyunited.ca
Ministers: The Whole
People of God
Minister: Nan
Corrigan D. M. Minister of Music: Al Fougere
June
12th,
2016: Sacrament of Communion
50th
Anniversary of St. Mark's United Church
*
please stand as able
Organ
Prelude
WE GATHER TO
WORSHIP GOD
Prayer &
Declaration at the Door
“We
beseech Thee, O Lord, graciously enter Thy house, and with the hearts
of Thy faithful people establish for Thyself an everlasting
habitation, that they may be glorified by the indwelling of the One
by whose building they live: through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.”
Peace be to this
house and all that worship in it.
Peace be to those
that enter and to those that go from it.
Peace be to those
that love it
and that love the
name of Jesus Christ our Lord.
-from the Service of
Dedication of St. Mark’s United Church
Sunday, June 12, 1966 at 3:00
p.m.
Introit A Dance to Celebrate the Jubilee The Langley Children
Ringing
of the Memorial Bell
Call
to Worship
People
of God, come to worship this day,
Right:
willing to look through the heart,
Left:
grateful for the Spirit’s movement in our past,
Right:
ready to encounter God in new ways,
Left:
available to new revelations of faith,
Right:
prepared to set aside preconceptions,
Left:
open to mystery and wonder.
People
of God, come to worship this day!
*
Hymn Praise,
My Soul, the God of Heaven
VU
240
Opening
Prayer
We
do not come to worship, or to this space, without remembrance or
story. We come with the legacies of our shared history.
One
at a time and from different directions, the symbols of our
community’s journey with God are brought forward and placed.
What
stories does this bring into our worship? What memories? What hopes?
All:
We come to worship in this space bringing memories and hopes.
Words
of Affirmation
New
beginnings continue, for
we live and move and have our being in God’s unfolding story.
Fresh
choices continue, for
we live and move and have our being in God’s unfolding story.
We
will be remembered,
for we live in God’s unfolding story. Thanks be to God, the
dwelling place of all generations.
WE LISTEN FOR
GOD’S WORD
Portions of
Scripture: Read by Youth of 1966
At the Sanctuary
Steps-Concerning Prayer-John 16:23, 24
Read
by Kenneth Swain (1966), today
by Anna Marie Langley
At the
Pulpit-Concerning the Word of God
and the
Preaching of the Gospel-Isaiah 55:10, 11
Read
by Bertha (Hennessey) Spicer (1966),
Joyce Oliver-Snair
At the Baptismal
Font-Concerning Baptism-Matthew 28:18-20
Read
by Archie Noseworthy
At the Sanctuary
Steps-Concerning Confirmation-Acts 8:14, 15
Read by
Janice (Langley) Langille
At the Sanctuary
Steps-Concerning Matrimony
-Ephesians 5:31,
32
Read
by Richard Cluett (1966), John
MacLeod Langley
At the
Pulpit-Concerning the Burial of the Dead
-1 Thessalonians
4:13, 14
Read by
Elizabeth (Anderson) MacInnis
At the Place of
Receiving the Offering-Concerning the Offering
-Exodus 35:21,
22
Read
by Colin Langille (1966),
Gladys
Knight
At the
Organ-Concerning the Ministry of Praise
-Psalm 92:1 &
1 Corinthians 14:15
Read
by Donna Warner (1966), Elaine
Noseworthy
At the Communion
Table-Concerning the Lord’s Supper
-1 Corinthians
11:23-26
Read
by Alan Wilson (1966),
Judy Castle
At the Sanctuary
Steps-Concerning Christian Fellowship
-Ephesians
2:19-22
Read
by Ann (Gagnon) Wowk (1966), Lorna (Gagnon) McRury
At the Sanctuary
Steps-Concerning Youth-Mark 10:13-16
Read
by James Ritcey (1966), Nan Corrigan
-from the Service of
Dedication of St. Mark’s United Church
Sunday, June 12, 1966 at 3:00
p.m.
*Psalm
100 Make
a Joyful Noise VU
820
Children’s
50th
Anniversary Offering The
Langley Children
Focus
Scripture Genesis 28:10-22a Reader
Brenda MacInnis
Opening
the Word The
Rev. Catherine Stuart
President of
Maritime Conference
WE RESPOND IN
FAITH
Choir
Offering Take
Now My Voice
Minute for
Mission & Offering Our Gifts to God
Offering
Song We
Praise You, O God
*stand v3 VU 218
Sacrament
of Communion
Insert, cover of Voices United
Distribution
Hymn Dona
Nobis Pacem
*An
Affirmation of Faith A
New Creed VU
918
A
Litany of Remembrance
Response:
One: ...we remember.
All: We remember.
WE GO
TO SERVE GOD
*
Hymn The
Church’s One Foundation VU
331
*
Commissioning/Sending Out
(leader
raises hands to initiate the response)
Response:
For
God is the One in whom all dwell, and God’s story goes on.
*Choral Amen
*Ringing of the
Memorial Bell
