We welcome everyone to our In-Person and Virtual Worship Service with a special question and answer time with David Hewitt, DM, the Regional Minister for Region 15 (Nova Scotia and Bermuda).
He is joining us for Worship and participating in a “Q and A” Sermon time. Together, David and Ivan will answer your questions about the transition we are beginning as Ivan will be retiring in 2024.
The Regional Minister is responsible for assisting a Pastoral Charge with the transition between ministers and ministries. David will stay for tea/coffee afterwards as we get to know him and he us. He will also briefly meet the Transition Team.
If you know anyone who wants to register for the virtual services, they can signup at https://portwallisunitedchurch.ca/virtual as everyone logging in needs their own registration. ALL are welcome!
Masks/vaccinations are highly encouraged for in-person services
Service Documents to view/print at home.
Trinity * denotes standing 04 June 2023
Port Wallis United Church is an open Congregation that affirms you as a child of God, made in God’s Image, and loved by God.
MUSICAL PRELUDE
WELCOME / BIENVENUE / FAILTE / PJILA’DIK
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF LAND
ANTHEM – SOON AND VERY SOON
CALL TO WORSHIP *
Brothers and sisters, rejoice! God is with us!
We are not alone! Thanks be to God.
Let us gather with all creation to sing the praise of God!
Amen! Let us worship God!
INTROIT (#37 in Voices United) *
Gloria, Gloria, in excelsis Deo!
Gloria, Gloria, Alleluia! Alleluia!
PRAYER OF APPROACH and the LORD’S PRAYER *
Eternal Trinity, Three-Persons in One God,
Be in my eyes, in my looking, and in my seeing.
Eternal Unity in Diversity, wholly One and Holy One, One God,
Be in my mouth, in what I say, and in what I sing.
Eternal Source, Undrainable well of ideas, ever flowing, One God,
Be in my thoughts, in my actions and in my dreams.
Through Jesus Christ my Lord who taught us to pray saying,
Our Father….. Notre Père….. Ar n-Athair…. 주님의 기도 Fader vår…. Ons Vader…. Onze Vader… Vater unser… Padre Nostro… Padre nuestro… 主の祈り 主禱文 أَبَانَا Isä meidän Πάτερ ἡμῶν Baba yetu
HYMN # 240 (VU) PRAISE MY SOUL THE GOD OF HEAVEN *
PRAYER OF CONFESSION
God of Grace, Three-in-One and One-in-Three;
You call us into loving relationships
with creation,
with each other,
and with the person you have created us to be.
Forgive us when we ‘go it alone’.
Forgive us when we forget that we ‘live in community’.
Forgive us when we accept brokenness ‘as just the way things are’.
Draw us back into your circle of love.
Remind us that all people are your children.
Remind us that we are all members of one family.
Remind us of a love that will not let us go,
Through Jesus Christ our Lord, Amen.
SILENT CONFESSION AND ASSURANCE OF PARDON
HYMN # 30 (MV) IT’S A SONG OF PRAISE TO THE MAKER *
SCRIPTURE LESSONS
First Lesson: Genesis 1: 1 – 5, and Genesis 2: 1 – 3
Psalm 8 (italic text is a choral refrain)
All creation echoes with praise
Earth and sky their voices they raise.
Of all creation, why love us?
What are mortals that You love us?
O LORD, our God, your name is honoured by all creation!
Your glory shines in the heavens around us.
Through the wonder of children and infants,
we have learned to give thanks.
You have made in them a stronghold of love against hate,
through them You have silenced the foe and the pessimist.
All creation echoes with praise
Earth and sky their voices they raise.
Of all creation, why love us?
What are mortals that You love us?
When I consider the heavens, the work of your fingers,
the moon and the stars which You have set in place,
what are mere mortals that You are mindful of us,
Why do You care for human beings?
All creation echoes with praise
Earth and sky their voices they raise.
Of all creation, why love us?
What are mortals that You love us?
You have made us a little lower than the angels,
yet You have crowned us with glory and honour.
You made us co-responsible over the works of your hands;
You have charged us with the care of creation.
all flocks and herds, and the animals of the wild,
the birds in the sky, and the fish in the sea,
all the mammals that swim in the paths of the seas.
O LORD, our God,
your name is honoured by all creation!
All creation echoes with praise
Earth and sky their voices they raise.
Of all creation, why love us?
What are mortals that You love us?
Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit,
As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be,
world without end, Amen.
Gospel Lesson: Matthew 28: 16 – 20 *
Hymn # 28 (MV) FRESH AS THE MORNING *
A TEACHING TIME (a time of learning for younger folk)
TEACHING PRAYER
In peace, dear God, I come to You
through Jesus Christ who makes me new
And while I run or play or rest,
be with those whom I love best,
Guide me in your Holy Way,
as You walk with me each day, AMEN.
HYMN # 145 (MV) DRAW THE CIRCLE WIDE *
QUESTION AND ANSWER TIME with David and Ivan
OFFERING HYMN # 191 (MV) WHAT CAN I DO? *
PASTORAL PRAYER and the LORD’S PRAYER
HYMN # 209 (MV) GO MAKE A DIFFERENCE *
BENEDICTION *
May the blessing of the Maker be yours,
Encircling us, above us and within us.
May the blessing of the Son be yours,
The Wine and the water, the Bread and the stories,
to feed us and remind us.
May the blessing of the Spirit be yours,
The wind and the fire, the still small voice of calm,
to comfort us and disturb us.
May the blessing of God, Three-in-One and One-in-Three,
be yours, this day and every day,
To protect us, defend us, encourage us and strengthen us.
And may we bless each other,
A blessing rooted in our common pilgrimage,
the blessing of a friend.
EXCHANGING OF THE PEACE OF CHRIST *
CHORAL PARTING PRAYER # 212 (in More Voices) *
Sent out in Jesus’ Name Our hands are ready now
To make the world the place In which the Kingdom comes.
Sent out in Jesus’ Name Our hands are ready now
To make the world the place In which the Kingdom comes.
The Angels cannot change A world of hurt and pain
Into a world of love, of justice and of peace.
The task is ours to do To set it really free
O, help us to obey And carry out your will.
ANNOUNCEMENTS FOR THE CHURCH COMMUNITY
MUSICAL POSTLUDE