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
30th, 2016-Stewardship 4
Inviting Generosity-Giving
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 mystery
Of what you were meant to
do and be. VU 87
In the deep of the night,
when our eyes cannot see
--Christ’s light is a
beam, to guide on the Way.
In the moments of gloom,
when life’s fog can conceal
--Christ’s light
brightens, and warms where we are.
In the bright of our days,
when the world’s glitter
catches our desire
--Christ’s light is the
true gold, gathered and shared.
(lighting the candle)
Let this light remind us
of Christ’s light, with us always. Alleluia!
Alleluia, amen!
Sung response: I am the light of the world!
Call to Worship
O God’s Salty People:
Come to this place and be who you are.
People of Salt and Light!
With the work of your
hands and the work of your hearts.
People of Salt and Light!
To refresh, to renew, to
sing and to pray; to be children of God,
Christ’s disciples all
the way!
People of Salt and Light!
Then, seasoned anew,
bright, shining—alive—
We’ll go to the world,
to help it to thrive!
People of Salt and Light!
PEOPLE OF SALT AND LIGHT!
Opening Prayer
Great Giver of all Gifts,
we come to you, today, to ask for one more. We ask that you would
make your presence known among us. We ask that you would open our
inner heart, so that we might feel your love. We ask that you would
sing your Song,
so that we might hear your
hope and your joy.
Be our salt. Be our light.
Great God of all.
In Jesus’ name, we ask
it. Amen.
* Hymn I Feel the Winds of God VU 625
WE LISTEN FOR GOD’S WORD
Leviticus 2:1-2, 13 With all your offerings, you shall offer salt
One: This is the witness
of the Hebrew people. All: Thanks be to God.
Psalm 66 I’ll come to your house with burnt offerings Pt 3, Ref. 2 VU 785
*Hymn Be Thou My Vision VU 642
Opening the Word/The Lord's Prayer
The Gospel Acclamation
Matthew 5:43-47 Love your enemies
Matthew 5:13-16a Here to be salt-seasoning…to be light
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 Spirit, Spirit of Gentleness VU 375
Minute for Mission
*Offering Prayer
Thank you, loving God, for
our waking and our sleeping,
for the tang of salt on
our lips, and the Christ light that shines
in us and through us;
bless what is on these
plates—the symbols and commitments
of our work, and how we
wish to use it, for you.
May these be signs of salt
and light, signs of life and love,
here, and everywhere.
Alleluia!
Alleluia, amen!
Prayers of Thanksgiving and Concern
Responses:
Thank you… Thank you,
God of Salt and Light.
We pray… We pray, God of
Salt and Light.
We ask it… We ask it,
God of Salt and Light. Amen.
WE GO TO SERVE GOD
* Hymn Walk with Me VU 649
* Commissioning for Stewardship
You are a salty people.
You are bright lights on
foggy days.
You are conduits of God’s
love—
a love that changes you,
and changes the world,
always and all ways.
Go into the world with
that daring love.
Go in peace.
In all that you do, do it
for God’s love,
because the world needs
it,
and you need it.
* Blessing
And go, remembering that
salt and light go with you.
The peace of Christ, the
love of the Creator,
the communion of the Holy
Spirit are with you.
Forever.
