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Season of Pentecost 22 October 2023
* denotes standing if able
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.
WELCOME / BIENVENUE / FAILTE / PJILA’DIK
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF LAND
CALL TO WORSHIP *
Beloved of God, Siblings of our Saviour,
The time has come to Worship God!
To give to God glory, laud and honour!
and to give to God the praise that belongs to God.
Let us worship God!
INTROIT (# 122 in Voices United) *
All glory, laud and honour to You, Redeemer King
To whom the lips of children make sweet hosannas ring!
PRAYER OF APPROACH and the LORD’S PRAYER *
The heavens declare your glory, O God,
and creation shows your handiwork.
You have made all the named wonders of the world
and filled the world with wonders unnamed.
Fill us with your Spirit
that we may show forth the glory of your Presence
through Jesus Christ our Lord, who taught us to pray, saying,
Our Father….. Notre Père….. Ar n-Athair…. 주님의 기도 Onze Vader… Vater unser… Padre nuestro… Baba Yetu…
主の祈り 主禱文 أَبَانَا Isä meidän Πάτερ ἡμῶν
HYMN # 391 (VU) GOD REVEAL YOUR PRESENCE *
PRAYER OF CONFESSION
Lord Jesus Christ, You have said,
“give to Caesar the things that belong to Caesar
and give to God the things that belong to God.”
Yet we are distracted by the wealth of the world,
tempted to walk in the ways of the world,
and encouraged to be wise in the wiles of the world.
Yet you call us to live differently,
to perceive differently,
and to speak differently.
Forgive us when we are less than your expectations.
This we ask through Jesus Christ our Lord, Amen.
SILENT CONFESSION AND ASSURANCE OF PARDON
HYMN OF THANKSGIVING Singing ~ with tune at hymn # 95 MV.
How deep the peace, the confidence,
of those whose wrongs are forgiven.
How deep the peace, the confidence
of those whose hearts are healed.
TEACHING TIME and 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.
ANTHEM
SCRIPTURE LESSONS
First Testaments: Exodus 33: 12 – 23
Psalm 99
Holy, Holy, Holy is God!
In Zion let praises resound!
Holy, Holy, Holy is God!
Hallelujah! Glory to God!
The LORD reigns,
let the nations tremble;
God sits enthroned between the cherubim,
let the earth shake.
Great is the LORD in Zion;
The LORD is exalted over all the nations.
Holy, Holy, Holy is God!
In Zion let praises resound!
Holy, Holy, Holy is God!
Hallelujah! Glory to God!
Let the Nations praise You!
Great and awesome is the name of our God!
Holy is the LORD.
The Rulers are mighty,
they are supposed to love justice
You have established equity and shown them what is just.
Among your children,
You have established what is just and right Exalt the LORD our God! Worship at the footstool of God!
For God alone is holy.
Moses and Aaron were among God’s priests,
Samuel and Deborah
were among those who called on God’s name;
they called on the LORD
and they were answered.
Holy, Holy, Holy is God!
In Zion let praises resound!
Holy, Holy, Holy is God!
Hallelujah! Glory to God!
The Almighty spoke to the children of Israel
from the pillar of cloud;
they kept the Commandments, the statutes and decrees
that God gave them.
O LORD our God, You answered them;
You were to Israel a forgiving God,
though You chastised their misdeeds.
Exalt the LORD our God!
Worship God at the holy mountain,
in the Sanctuary of the Most High!
for the LORD our God is holy.
Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit,
As it was in the beginning, is now, and every shall be,
world without end, AMEN.
Epistle Lesson: 1 Thessalonians 1: 1 – 10
Gospel Lesson: Matthew 22: 15 – 22 *
REFLECTION
OFFERTORY HYMN ~ GOD LIGHTS A LAMP *
From the “Then Let us Sing” hymn sampler
PASTORAL PRAYER
HYMN # 333 (VU) LOVE DIVINE ALL LOVES EXCELLING*
COMMISSIONING and BENEDICTION *
EXTINGUISHING OF THE TABLE CANDLES *
Silently mention someone’s name and hold them in your heart.
CHORAL PARTING PRAYER (MV # 214) *
May God’s sheltering wings, Her gathering wings protect you,
May God’s nurturing arms, His cradling arms, sustain you,
And hold you in Their love! And hold you in God’s love.
May God’s Sheltering Wings. Words and Music: Judith Snowdon Words and music copyright © Judith Snowdon 2004 All Rights Reserved. Reprinted with permission under License # A-734202. All rights reserved.
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