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“MESSAGE”
THIRD AVENUE UNITED CHURCH / SPEERS UNITED CHURCH
WELCOMES YOU TO WORSHIP
ACKNOWLEDGING TERRITORY:
We acknowledge that this land on which we gather for worship is the traditional land of the people of Treaty 6 and the homeland of the Metis. We acknowledge that we live on this land as people who have agreed to share the care and use of this land as a result of a treaty that outlined the rights and responsibilities associated with our place in this land. May we be people who remember this with thanksgiving and respect. Adapted and used with permission from Gathering: Peter Chynoweth
WELCOME, TIME OF CELEBRATION OF BIRTHDAYS, ANNIVERSARIES, ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Call To Worship:
The Spirit is at work in our faith community. Bringing us together in joy, comforting us in sorrow.
This Spirit is discovered in our faith community, helping those bereaved, listening to those who are troubled.
The Spirit is with any who are downhearted in our faith community The voice of hope, the unseen good deed.
The Spirit will not be overcome, because in our faith community, the Spirit is inspiring, the Spirit is eternal.
Come, let us worship in the presence of the Spirit.
Prayer of Approach: (in unison) God of wind and fire, come and be with us. Energize us with power and jubilation. Loosen our spirits that we might share messages of inclusion. Open our hearts that we might receive your call to action. Fill us with your Spirit, great God of glory. Amen.
Hymn: “Spirit, Spirit of Gentleness” # 375 VU Refrain: Spirit, Spirit of gentleness, blow thro' the wilderness calling and free,
Spirit, Spirit of restlessness, stir me from placidness, Wind, Wind on the sea.
1. You moved on the waters, you called to the deep,
then you coaxed up the mountains from the valleys of sleep;
and over the eons you called to each thing:
wake from your slumbers and rise on your wings. Refrain
2. You swept thro' the desert, you stung with the sand,
and you goaded your people with a law and a land;
and when they were blinded with their idols and lies,
then you spoke thro' your prophets to open their eyes. Refrain
3. You sang in a stable, you cried from a hill,
then you whispered in silence when the whole world was still;
and down in the city you called once again,
when you blew thro' your people on the rush of the wind. Refrain
4. You call from tomorrow, you break ancient schemes,
from the bondage of sorrow the captives dream dreams,
our women see visions, our men clear their eyes,
with bold new decisions your people arise. Refrain
GOD'S WORD TO US
MESSAGE:
Prayers of the People and the Lords Prayer
THE LORD'S PRAYER
Our Father who art in heaven,
hallowed be thy name.
Thy kingdom come.
Thy will be done
on earth as it is in heaven.
Give us this day our daily bread,
and forgive us our trespasses,
as we forgive those who trespass against us,
and lead us not into temptation,
but deliver us from evil.
For thine is the kingdom
and the power, and the glory,
forever and ever. AMEN.
OUR RESPONSE
Offertory: “Grant Us, God, the Grace” #540 VU
Grant us God the grace of giving, with a spirit large and free
that ourselves and all our living we may offer faithfully
Offering Prayer of Dedication:
God has given to us beyond our imagining. We have received new life and new hope. Let us then respond as is right. Let us offer our gifts and ourselves in service of God's mercy and grace. Let us join together in our morning offering.
Commissioning & Benediction.
Amen
Scripture Readings, Reflection and Prayer
GOD'S WORD TO US: 2 Samuel 1: 1, 17 - 27
David Finds Out about Saul's Death
David Sings in Memory of Saul
GOD'S WORD TO US: 2 Corinthians 8: 7 - 15
RESPONSIVE READING: Psalm 130 # 853 VU (no refrain)
GOSPEL READING: Mark 5: 21 - 43 A Dying Girl and a Sick Woman
Next Sunday: Seventh Sunday after Pentecost July 7, 2024: 2 Samuel 5:1-5, 9-10; Psalm 48;
2 Corinthians 12:2-10 Mark 6:1-13.
“Archived Videos”
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