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“A Question of Focus”
THIRD AVENUE UNITED CHURCH
WELCOMES YOU WORSHIP!
Order of Worship
March 16, 2025
“Second Sunday of Lent”
ORDAINED MINISTER: Rev. Jo-Ann Hills
Worship Leader: Linda Emberley
ORGANIST / PIANIST: Ilene Wettergreen
SPECIAL MUSIC: CANTILON CHILDREN'S CHOIR AND COMMUNITY YOUTH CHOIR:
“Sound The Trumphet” by Henry Purcell
“Yo Le Canto Todo Eia” by David L. Brunner
“An Irish Blessing”
HANDBELL DIRECTOR: Kathleen Link
OFFICE COORDINATOR: Jodi Hargreaves
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
OUR APPROACH TO GOD:
CALL TO WORSHIP: L. Do not worry over what you do not possess. P. We trust in God. L. Do not fear that too much may be asked of you. P. God is with us. L. Do not be afraid of what the future will bring… P. God will lead. L. Only break open your hearts so that God may enter in. P. We open our hearts to God. L. Come, let us worship God.
HYMN: “Come In, Come In and Sit Down” VU 395 Refrain: “Come in, come in and sit down, you are a part of the family,
We are lost and we are found, and we are a part of the family.”
1. You know the reason why you came,
yet no reason can explain;
so share in the laughter and cry in the pain,
for we are a part of the family. Refrain
2. God is with us in this place,
like a mother's warm embrace.
We're all forgiven by God's grace,
for we are a part of the family. Refrain
3. There's life to be shared in the bread and the wine;
we are the branches, Christ is the vine.
This is God's temple, it's not yours or mine,
but we are a part of the family. Refrain
4. There's rest for the weary and health for us all;
there's a yoke that is easy, and a burden that's small.
So come in and worship and answer the call,
for we are a part of the family. Refrain
Prayer of Approach: (in unison)
Faithful and loving God, in this time of worship, we discover once again who you are in our lives. We have gathered to praise you, to sing for joy and to rekindle our faith with your love. You hold us close and shelter us under your wings as a bird shelters her young. Speak to us now, O God. In the name of Christ, we pray. Amen.
Cantilon Choir - “Sound the Trumpet” by Henry Purcell
Theme Time:“Under God's Wing”
Cantilon Choir - “Yo Le Canto Todo El Eia” by David L. Brunner
SERMON: “A Question of Focus”
Offering and Offertory Hymn: VU 540
Grant us, God, the grace of giving, with a spirit large and free. That ourselves and all our living we may offer faithfully.
Prayer of Dedication: (in unison)
O God, in gratitude for the covenant of love through which you have blessed us, we gladly offer this portion of what you have given to us.
May others be blessed by them, as we have been blessed by you. Amen.
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PRAYERS OF THE PEOPLE AND LORD'S 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.
Cantilon Choir - “An Irish Blessing”
Commissioning and Benediction:
Three Fold Amen
SCRIPTURE READINGS
Old Testament Reading:
Genesis 15: 1 - 12, 17 - 18 The LORD's Promise to Abram The LORD Makes Another Promise to Abram
Psalm Reading: Psalm 27 1 - 2, 9 - 16 page 754 VU (with refrain) Refrain: “God is my light and saving health, I shall not be afraid.””
Epistle Reading:
Philippians 3: 17 - 4: 1
Gospel Reading:
Luke 13: 31 - 35 Jesus and Herod
Jesus Loves Jerusalem
Next Sunday: Third Sunday in Lent March 23, 2025: Exodus 3:1-15; Psalm 63:1-8; 1 Corinthians 10:1-13; Luke 13:1-9.
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