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
November
13th, 2016-Stewardship 5
Giving Thanks—Modelling
Gratititude
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
Acclamation of the Light Echo Cheer
The candle is lit
Jesus came to be the Light
of the whole world. The light of Christ is with us always.
The love of God is with us
always. We do not have to be afraid.
Sung response: I am the light of the world!
Opening Prayer
Jesus is the light of the
world!
Let us gather in the light
of Christ!
The Christ light passes
through us as light through a prism
Transforming us into
God-colours in the world.
God colours us red,
rebuilding the broken-hearted.
God colours us orange,
giving thanks for the
outstanding within us and around us.
God colours us yellow,
yearning for the lost.
God colours us green,
growing with new life.
God colours us blue,
seeking to nourish new beginnings.
God colours us violet,
sharing love that is vital.
Come, let us worship God,
who creates a rainbow of grace
in us, through us, and
with us.
And give thanks to Jesus,
the light of the world! Amen.
* Hymn Will You Come and See the Light VU 96
WE LISTEN FOR GOD’S WORD
Genesis 9:8–17 The sign of the covenant
One: This is the witness
of the Hebrew people. All: Thanks be to God.
Psalm 150 Everybody praise the Lord VU 874
*Hymn Arise, Your Light is Come VU 79
Opening the Word/The Lord's Prayer
Galations 6:2 Bear one another’s burdens
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 A Light is Gleaming VU 82
Minute for Mission
*Offering Prayer
Gracious God, we give
thanks for the gifts you offer to us each and every day.
At this time we offer to
you our gifts of time, talent, and treasure, asking you to gather
them up, bless them, and use them in your world.
May they paint the world
in rainbow colours of rebuilding, nurturing things outstanding,
yearning, growing, beginning, and vitalizing.
In Jesus’ name we pray.
Amen.
Prayers of Thanksgiving and Concern
God loves to hear the
prayers of God’s people. Let us pray:
Loving God, we give thanks
that you gift us with Jesus, the light of the world.
We give thanks that we can
open ourselves to letting the light of Christ shine through us.
Your God-colours remind us
of the completeness of your love, so freely given, and so we bring
our concerns to you with confidence that they are heard.
We pray for the
broken—broken in mind, in body, in spirit.
Allow the red light to
shine through us, rebuilding all brokenness. Let us paint your world
red.
We pray for the ways we
have not seen your gifts in others.
Allow the orange light to
shine through us, pointing out all that is outstanding in our
neighbour, our community, the stranger, and the world. Let us paint
your world orange.
We pray for those longings
that seem never to be able to be satisfied.
Allow the yellow light to
shine through us, yearning for those who long for peace, for justice,
for freedom, and for love.
Let us paint your world
yellow.
We pray for the dying, the
bereaved, the parched, the hungry, the stagnated, the decaying.
Allow the green light to
shine through us, growing life, joy, food, encouragement, and love
where there is none.
Let us paint your world
green.
We pray for those who can
see nothing but endings.
Allow the blue light to
shine through us, showing paths to new beginnings, new possibilities,
new life, and love.
Let us paint your world
blue.
We pray for those who find
no meaning, no purpose, no love.
Allow the violet light to
shine through us, illuminating vitality and potential. Let us paint
your world violet.
Lord, you have created the
rainbow to remind us of the vastness of your love.
May we shine your
God-colours in all we say and all we do, sharing our gratitude for
the grace that gives us
life, love, and Jesus, the
light of the world.
Amen and amen.
