ORDER OF SERVICE SUNDAY OCTOBER 28TH 2018-23RD SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST

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 28th, 2018-23rd Sunday after Pentecost

Announcements The Work of Church and Community

WE GATHER TO WORSHIP GOD

Greeting 
Let us pause to remember that in this region we live and work and worship on lands that are, by law, the unceded territories of the Wabanaki peoples—predominantly the lands of the Mi’kmaq, Maliseet, and Passamaquoddy. May we live with respect on this land, and live in peace and friendship with its people. 

One: The peace of Christ be with you. All: And with your spirit.

*Introit Let Us Build a House verse 1 MV 1

Call to Worship
One: The rich and the poor the old and the young 
All: Take heart! God is calling you. 
One: The timid and the shy, the bold and the daring 
All: Take heart! God is calling you. 
One: From roadsides and alleyways, footpaths and freeways, 
All: Take heart! God is calling you, 
One: to open up eyes and redirect lives. 
All: Take heart! God is calling.  
One: Take heart! Come and worship the One who calls us!

Opening Prayer 
God of Jesus, come our way, with ears of attentiveness
and words of hope so that we, too, might rise up 
and follow in the steady footsteps of Jesus,
taking shelter within the healing shadow of Christ. Amen.

* Hymn Open My Eyes, That I May See VU 371

WE LISTEN FOR GOD’S WORD 

Job 42:1–6, 10–17 Job’s fortunes are restored.
One: This is the witness of the Hebrew people. All: Thanks be to God.

Psalm 34:1–8 Taste and see that God is good. VU 761

*Hymn All Who Hunger VU 460

Opening the Word/The Lord's Prayer

The Gospel Acclamation

Mark 10:46–52 The healing of blind Bartimaeus.
One: The gospel of Jesus Christ. All: Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ.

Opening the Word 2

WE RESPOND IN FAITH

*Hymn Pass Me Not, O Gentle Saviour VU 665

Minute for Mission & Offering Our Gifts to God 

*Offering Prayer
We hear the call of Jesus to rise;
we hear the call of Jesus to be well.
We hear the call of Jesus to follow;
we hear the call of Jesus to care.
Bless these gifts, O God, and bless the lives of those who give 
in your service to the world. Amen. 

Prayers of Thanksgiving and Concern
Jesus is asking, “What do you want me to do for you?”

WE GO TO SERVE GOD

* Hymn  A Mighty Fortress Is Our God VU 262

*Commissioning and Blessing
As the cherished of God we have gathered
and as the renewed of God we now depart.
Friends, cry out to be heard,
giving voice to yours and others’ needs.
In all we say and do,
may we seek always the kindness of Christ
and follow with our whole heart.
Be filled with Spirit and be led into the daily challenges 
of life by Spirit’s rare and enduring beauty.
Go in peace, and live into wholeness, now and always.

*Choral Amen