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THIRD AVENUE UNITED CHURCH
WELCOMES YOU WORSHIP!

Order of Worship
June 29, 2025
“Third Sunday after Pentecost”

ORDAINED MINISTER:  Rev. Jo-Ann Hills
Worship Leader:  Nora Borgeson

ORGANIST / PIANIST:  Ilene Wettergreen

HANDBELL DIRECTOR:  Kathleen Link

OFFICE COORDINATOR:   Jodi Hargreaves

SCRIPTURES READER:  

ACKNOWLEDGING TERRITORY:
People have lived on this land for thousands upon thousands of years. The land we now worship on is the traditional land of the Metis & the Indigenous people of Treaty 6. We acknowledge their gifts to us and this land. We give thanks, for we are all one people.
     Gathering Pentecost 1, 2023 Peter Chynoweth, Cochrane, AB (adapted)

Lighting of the Christ Candle

NATIONAL ANTHEM : 524 VU   “O CANADA ”

 CALL TO WORSHIP:
God's Rainbow is a sign of promise.
A reminder of the covenant between God & humanity
Red is the colour of Pentecost & God's compassionate love.
Pulsing & powerful, we discover God in the rainbow.
Orange is the colour of creation, changing and growing, the colour of God's presence.
Envisioning change - we discover God in the rainbow.
Yellow is the colour of the sun, life-giving & warming, bringing joy & enthusiasm.
Embodying hope - we discover God in the rainbow.
Green is the colour of the forest, with many trees of every description. Green is the cour of ordinary time, the season of Pentecost, of summer growth in the knowledge we are all in God & in God's love.
Incorporating love - we discover, God in the rainbow.
Blue is the colour of sea, sky, water & air, the necessities of life.
Present in life - we discover, God in the rainbow.
Purple is the colour of Lent, pondering & professing the power of repentance and renewal.
Redeeming God - we discover, God in the rainbow.
Yet there are colours are we can't see or experience, present in the rainbow, beyond our senses but real & powerful.
The rainbow is a sign of God's presence his promises.
Let us worship the God of life & promise.
     Gathering P1 2025 pg 64 Used with permission (adapted)

SUNG RESPONSE 141 MV  “It's a Song of Praise to the Maker”

 OPENING PRAYER: Let us pray
Gracious God, we praise & adore you. Your love for humankind is so vast that by the Holy Spirit you have poured love into our hearts. By your grace we are empowered to love one another & share your love with strangers. Perfect your work in us until we know no strangers, but only brothers & sisters through our Lord Jesus Christ. Bless now our time of worship & all who have gathered, we pray in the name of Jesus Christ, who taught us to pray saying , Our Father . . . Amen

RESPONSE  400 VU   “Lord Listen to Your Children Praying” 3X
Lord, listen to your children praying, Lord, send your Spirit in this place; Lord, listen to your children praying, send us love, send us power, send us grace!

A TIME FOR ALL AGES:  God loves each of us . . .
PRAYER:   In peace dear God, I come to you, through Jesus who makes me new, while I run, or play or rest. Be with those whom I love best, As you walk with us each day, Show your love for us, we pray. Amen

  HYMN: MV 79 “Spirit, Open My Heart”
Refrain:  Spirit, open my heart to the joy and pain of living.
As you love may I love, in receiving and in giving, Spirit, open my heart.

1.  God, replace my stony heart with a heart that's kind and tender.
All my coldness and fear to your grace I now surrender.  Refrain

2.  Write your love upon my heart as my law, my goal, my story.
In each thought, word, and deed, may my living bring you glory.  Refrain

3.  May I weep with those who weep, share the joy of sister, brother.
In the welcome of Christ, may we welcome one another.  Refrain

WE LISTEN FOR GOD'S WORD

PRAYER FOR ILLUMINATION

MESSAGE

WE RESPOND TO GOD'S WORD

OFFERING ~ We offer our gifts to God   Ushers come forward as we sing

OFFERTORY 191 MV “What Can I do?” 2X
What can I do? What an I bring? What can I say? What can I sing? I'll sing with joy? I'll say a prayer. I'll bring my love. I'll do my share.

PRAYER OF DEDICATION

PRAYERS OF THE PEOPLE
God of all creation we give you thanks for this world, we call home. God of Sabbath rest, we give you thanks, for your reminders to “stop & smell the roses,” Helping us to take time for needed rest. Saviour God, we worry about so many things. Remind us what really matters: relationships, caring for others, loving our beautiful world, seeking justice & putting your realm first. God of all life, your world is a busy place, filled with both beauty & horror. We pray for those places where war has overtaken everyday lives, We pray for the leaders around the world to be given wisdom & to act with compassion & for positive life-giving change.
We pray now for those close to us who are hurting & in need of your grace, We pray for all who are ill at home, in hospital or in care facilities. We also pray for those who struggle to find meaning & purpose in life. We pray for all who wait for diagnoses, treatment and care. We pray for our health care workers and those who help in so many ways. We pray for all those who grieve today for loss of a loved one, friend or colleague. May the wind of the Holy Spirit move within each of us, then through us , may the Spirit's love be felt & shared by all. This we ask in Jesus' name.  Amen
     Gathering P1 2025 pg 66 Mary Parsons, Oakville, On. Used with permission (adapted)

 OFFERING PRAYER:
Holy One, bless our unity. Bless our intention of unity. Let our lives be witnesses to you. Let our hearts beat as one heart. Bless our resources and multiply them as they work in unison. Bless our connections and strengthen them. Bless us so we may bless others.  Amen.
     Used with permission from Gathering Pentecost 1 2025; Whitney Bruno

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CLOSING HYMN 422 VU “God Be with You till We Meet Again”
Refrain: Till we meet, till we meet, till we meet at Jesus' feet; Till we meet, till we meet, God be with you till we meet again.

1.  God be with you till we meet again;
loving counsels guide, uphold you,
with a shepherd's care enfold you;
God be with you till we meet again.  Refrain

2.  God be with you till we meet again;
unseen wings protecting hide you,
daily manna still provide you;
God be with you till we meet again.  Refrain

3.  God be with you till we meet again;
when life's perils thick confound you,
put unfailing arms around you;
God be with you till we meet again.  Refrain

4.  God be with you till we meet again;
keep love's banner floating o'er you,
smite death's threatening wave before you;
God be with you till we meet again.  Refrain

SENDING FORTH

BENEDICTION & SUNG AMEN

EXTINGUISHING THE CANDLES

POSTUDE    Go in peace. Serve the Lord.

Happy Summer to all!
AND
God's Blessings on all people through your travels,
your leisure and your relationships.


SCRIPTURE READINGS:

  • First Reading:
         2nd Kings 2:1 - 2
         The LORD Takes Elijah Away

         2 Kings 2: 6 - 14

  • The Psalm 791 VU: Psalm 77: 1 - 2, 11 - 20
         Refrain: “God bend your ear and hear my prayer”

  • Second Reading: Galatians 5:1, 13-15
         Christ Gives Freedom

  • The Gospel of Luke 9: 51 - 62
         Samaritan Village Refuses To Receive Jesus
         Three People Who Wanted To Be Followers


    • Next Sunday:  Fourth Sunday after Pentecost
            June 15, 2025:
             2 Kings 5:1-14;  Psalm 30;
             Galatians 6:(1-6)7-16;  Luke 10:1-11, 16-20.



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