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
March 11th, 2018-4th of
Lent-Laetere Sunday
(2 purple, 1 pink and 1 white candle are lit on
Lenten triad)
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.
*Introit Uyai mose, Come All You People MV 2
Call to Worship
One: We come from
north, south, east, and west to proclaim:
All: God’s steadfast love endures forever.
One: We come carrying
heartbreak and hope to proclaim:
All: God’s steadfast love endures forever.
One: We come as
children, full of exuberance and uncertainty, to proclaim:
All: God’s steadfast love endures forever.
One: We come as
elders, bearing wisdom and exhaustion, to proclaim:
All: God’s steadfast love endures forever.
One: We come to
worship to proclaim:
All: God’s steadfast love endures forever.
Opening Prayer
God of the
wanderers, the homeless, the refugees, be with us as we travel through your
Word today. Guide us to love and be loved. Amen.
*Hymn We
Are Marching (Siyahamba) VU 646
Call to
Confession
Lenten
Tenebrae: Praying Our Confession with the Psalms
Lent 4--Psalm 107
“O give thanks to the Lord, for [God] is good,
for [God’s] steadfast love endures forever” (Psalm 107:1)
…we call out to God in hopes that we will be
offered the guidance we need to make the world a safer place.
Let us pray:
All: God of Holy Ground, the promise placed before us today is that you will
satisfy the thirsty and fill the hungry with good things. On this day, we lift
to you our prayers of confession, trusting that your mercy will cover us with
peace. We are sorry for the times we have remained silent in the face of
discrimination. We are sorry for the times we have not stood up against
oppression. We are sorry for so often choosing the easy path rather than the
difficult one that true reconciliation offers. Forgive us and fill us with
courage that in times of trouble, we may be among those who stand firm in your
calling and are led a straight way by your steadfast love.
Silent confession as pink candle is extinguished.
God’s promise to us is a clean heart…
All: a new and right spirit, and because of this, we will rejoice in the presence
of the holy; we will dance in the light of God’s overwhelming forgiveness. Amen.
Written by Nora Vedress, Calvary
U.C., Prince Albert, Sask.
Gathering, Lent/Easter 2018, p.64. Used
with permission.
Sung Assurance: Santo, Santo, Santo Spanish, English VU 951
WE LISTEN FOR GOD’S WORD
Numbers 21:4–9 A bronze serpent heals the people.
One: This is the witness of the
Hebrew people. All: Thanks be
to God.
Psalm 107 God’s steadfast love endures forever. Pts. 1 & 2,VU831
*Hymn It’s a Small World Printed
It's
a world of laughter, a world of tears
It's a world of hopes and a world of fears
There's so much that we share that it's time we're aware
It's a small world after all
It's a world of hopes and a world of fears
There's so much that we share that it's time we're aware
It's a small world after all
It's
a small world after all
It's a small world after all
It's a small world after all
It's a small, small world
It's a small world after all
It's a small world after all
It's a small, small world
There
is just one moon and one golden sun
And a smile means friendship to everyone
Though the mountains divide and the oceans are wide
It's a small world after all
And a smile means friendship to everyone
Though the mountains divide and the oceans are wide
It's a small world after all
It's
a…
Opening the
Word & the Lord’s Prayer
The Gospel
Acclamation
John 3:14–21 For God so loved the world.
One: Herein is Good News. All: Praise be to God.
Opening the Word 2
WE RESPOND IN FAITH
* Hymn Jesu,
Jesu, Fill Us with Your Love VU 593
Minute for Mission & Offering Our Gifts to God
*Offering Prayer
Loving God, you guide the wanderer, heal the
sick, free the captive, nourish the hungry. You love and care for us. Accept
our response of praise and thanksgiving and the offerings we bring and gather
us from every place into the community of your mercy and grace. Amen.
Prayers of
Thanksgiving and Intercession
WE GO TO SERVE GOD
* Hymn In Christ There Is No East
or West VU 606
*Commissioning
Look around you – see the smiles of friends and
strangers; look into the bright eyes of young and old, glimpse the face of
Christ in these beautiful, beloved faces.
God knits us together and gathers us from every land to praise with one
voice.
Go from this place, out into the world, and know that God is with you
always. Go, in God’s blessing and peace.
*Choral Amen Asithi: Amen VU
431
