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
October
16th, 2016-Stewardship 2 Living Our Mission Locally
St.
David’s 131st Anniversary Sunday
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.
Acknowledging the Traditional Territory
Lighting the Candle
Sung response: I am the
light of the world!You people come and follow
me!
If you follow and love
you’ll learn the mysteryOf what you were meant to
do and be. VU 87
We light this candle as a
reminder of the presence of Jesus Christ, who is the Light of the
World
And of our own call to be
beacons of that light in all we do.
Thanks be to God.
Sung response: I am the
light of the world!
Call to Worship
Opening Prayer
Gracious and loving God,
we give thanks that you have entrusted us with your sacred mission to
be salt and light. May our worship inspire and enliven us to fulfill
our calling, that we might flavour the world with justice, and
illuminate the shadows of despair and oppression, wherever we are.
Amen.
* Hymn We Praise You, O God VU 218
WE LISTEN FOR GOD’S WORD
Jeremiah 31:27–34 God’s covenant will be written upon people’s hearts.One: This is the witness of the Hebrew people. All: Thanks be to God.
Psalm 119:97–104 How I love God’s law. VU 840
*Hymn Jesus Bids Us Shine VU 585
Opening the Word/The Lord's Prayer
The Gospel Acclamation
Matthew 5:13-16a Here to be salt-seasoning…to be lightMark 12:41-44 The poor widow’s offering
Hear what the Spirit is saying through these ancient words of scripture. All: Thanks be to God.
Opening the Word 2
WE RESPOND IN FAITH
* Hymn Take My Life and Let It Be VU 506
Minute for Mission
*Offering
Prayer
Holy One, in our busy
lives we often forget that the gifts of creation are for all, that
others need our care, that we are stewards of life. Use us, our time,
and our talent, and use what we have given for the good of all
creation. May it be so. Amen.
Prayers for a
Congregation’s Anniversary
One: We thank God for all of this. All: Thank you, O God of past, present and future.
WE GO TO SERVE GOD
* Hymn Jesus You Have Come to the Lakeshore VU 563
* Commissioning for Stewardship
Go with hearts that are
glad and generous;
go with lives that have
been touched and are full.
Go with God’s covenant
written on your hearts.
Go and be salt-flavouring
and light-bearing,
and allow the God-colours
and the God-flavours
to be seen and tasted.
Name injustice,
demonstrate Christ’s alternative way,
display peacefulness in
word, action and in your being.
Live love as God is love
to us and for us and through us.
This day and forever.
