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: Whole People of God
Minister: Nan
Corrigan D. M. Music Director: Al
Fougere
The Season after
Pentecost-July 2017
These bulletins will be used for the month
of July—please hand them to the ushers as you leave or place them at the back
of the church for use next Sunday. Announcement inserts are for you to take
home with you.
* please stand as able Bold is spoken by the People
Announcements
The Work of Church and Community
We Gather to Worship God
Welcome and
*greeting one another with the Peace of Christ.
*Introit Come Touch Our
Hearts 1
verse each week MV 12
*Call to Worship
Gather and be in the presence of the Spirit,
the Spirit who has called each of us by name.
Look around and see all those who too
have been called,
and so we are together in community;
a community that holds something in common—
the call to be faithful followers of Jesus.
Come, let
us worship as a community of Jesus.
Written by
Don Uhryniw, Emmanuel U.C., Peterborough, Ont. Gathering, Pentecost 1
2017, p.30. Used with permission.
*Hymn
July 16th We Are Pilgrims VU
595
July 23rd The Church’s One Foundation VU 332
July 30th
Give To Us Laughter VU
624
Opening Prayer
God of grace and God of glory,
Creator of the universe,
God of thunder and majesty and power:
we gather, awestruck, surrounded by wonders.
We marvel at miracles.
We catch our breath at beauty.
We rejoice in signs of love, and laughter,
and light.
God of shadow and subtlety,
Crafter of the gentle breeze,
Mystery that dwells in silence:
we seek you in the stillness,
in the gentle touch, the place of welcome,
the waiting that brings peace,
the waiting that brings peace,
the patience that brings healing.
God of all that is great and grand,
God of all that is still and small:
we seek you in every heartbeat of our lives.
We seek you in this time of worship.
Let us praise our God,
in silence and in song,
in thoughtfulness and in celebration,
in every heartbeat of our lives. Amen.
Written by Neil Parker, Senior Chaplain, 4 Canadian Division
Training Centre, Canadian Armed Forces. Gathering, Pentecost 1 2017, p.31.
Used with permission.
We
Listen for God’s Word
Hebrew Scriptures
July 16th Genesis 25:19-34 Esau gives his birthright for Jacob's stew.
July 23rd Genesis 28:10-19a Jacob's dream of the ladder.
July 30th Genesis 29:15-28 Jacob
marries Leah and Rachel.
One: This
is the witness of the Hebrew people.
All: Thanks
be to God.
Psalm
July 16th
Psalm 119 Your word-a lamp to my feet Ref. 4, VU841
July 23rd Psalm 139 God you have searched me, known me. VU861
July
30th Psalm 105 Make known what God has done. VU828,
pt. 1
*Hymn
July 16th We Will Take What You Offer MV 196
July 23rd Precious Lord, Take My Hand VU 670
July 30th
Tell Me the Stories of Jesus VU 357
Gospel Acclamation
Gospel
July 16th
Matthew 13:1-9, 18-23 The parable of the sower and seeds
July 23rd
Matthew 13: 24-30, 36-43 The parable of the weed seeds.
July 30th Matthew 13: 31-33, 44-52 Five parables
One: Hear what the Spirit is saying to the church. All:
Thanks be to God.
Opening the
Word
We Respond in Faith
*Hymn
July 16th Spirit of the Living God VU 376
July 23rd On Eagle’s Wings VU
808
July 30th
Where Love Is Found VU
489
Minute for
Mission & Offering Our Gifts to God
*Offertory
Song/Offering Doxology Praise God from… VU 541
Prayers of
Thanksgiving and Intercession & The Lord’s Prayer
We Go to Serve God
*Hymn
July 16th Sent Forth By God’s Blessing VU 481
July 23rd Nearer, My God, to Thee VU 497
July 30th
Holy God, We Praise Your Name VU 894
*Sending
Forth
…Let us go in peace.
Let us go from this place with hearts
lifted up!
Let us go with spirits rejoicing!
Let us go with music in the air around
us
and a story of love among us.
Written by Kate Crawford, while at First-St. Andrew's
U.C., London, Ont. Gathering, Pentecost 1 2015, p.36. Used with
permission.
*Choral Amen
