The bulletin for Sunday, May 30 is posted on our Facebook page.
Contact Online is a Blog for St. Mark's United Church Community of Faith, Region 15 of the United Church of Canada. 504 Bernard Street, Port Hawkesbury, N.S. B9A 1L2, E-mail: stmarksuc@gmail.com St. Mark's United Church accepts and welcomes all people as we share and grow in acceptance, learn, love and share our Christian faith in God's love. Phone: (902) 625-2229, Church Services are held every Sunday at 9:30 a.m.
Saturday, 29 May 2021
Wednesday, 19 May 2021
*Bulletin for Sunday, May 23rd, 2021, 9:30 a.m., - Pentecost Sunday
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(Phone #902-625-0407)
Pianist – Adam Cooke
Ministry – The Whole Congregation
Sunday May 23rd, 2021 – Pentecost Sunday
The Community Gathers
Welcome and Announcements
Lighting of the Christ Candle: On this Pentecost Sunday we light our Christ Candle. Although we know the Spirit is always present, may this be the day in which we take notice, pay attention and help to light up the world. Amen.
♫Introit♫: Rise Up, MV #130
Gathering Words:
Come, Holy Spirit, Come!
May our lives be filled with rushing winds.
May our hearts be filled with life made new
May we be lifted from our ordinary moments just for today…
May we listen for new ways of speaking that make sense to the world
Along with listening, may our ways of hearing also make sense in our lives and in our world. Come, Holy Spirit, Come! We are ready!
Let us pray: Spirit of the Living God, we are together in spirit just as the Spirit is present with us always. In this time of virtual worship, may we each in our own space feel the Spirit’s presence and be enabled to experience our own Pentecost. Today is the day we celebrate the Church, the Spirit and the people who came together in the past, the present, and will continue to come together as we look to the future. We open ourselves to the amazing power of this mighty, yet invisible Spirit with us, which inspires us to do the work of Christ not only here in our church but also beyond ourselves into a world that needs to be healed, supported and raised even higher into the very presence of God. Amen
♫Hymn♫: Come O Holy Spirit MV #23
Centering Prayer
♫Lord Listen to your Children Praying - VU #400♫
♫Hymn♫: Spirit Open My Heart MV #78
The Community Explores
Scriptures:
Acts 2: 1-21
Psalm 104 VU #827 part 2
Romans 8: 22-27
John 15: 26-27, 16: 4b-15
Prayer before Message: God of thundering voice and quiet whisper, May the words which I speak, become by your Spirit, the words which you want each of us to hear. May our minds and our ears be quieted as we listen to hear your words of affirmation and acceptance. Amen
Message
♫Hymn♫: She comes Sailing on the Wind VU #380
The Community Celebrates
Minute for Mission
Our Joys and Concerns and Lighting the candle of caring:
As one heart is lifted
May we share its celebration
As one heart is burdened
May we share the pain it knows
And so we take this flame and light our special care candle… in all our joys and in all our concerns, may we be ever mindful of the present-ness of God among us.
Prayers for the people and Lord’s Prayer
♫Hymn♫: I feel the Winds of God VU #625
The Community Goes Forth
Commissioning/Benediction
♫Closing♫ Strathdee Choral Amen (3x). VU #974
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