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Season of Pentecost 29 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 *
People of God, the Most High shows us a world of wonder!
God gives us a vision of what can be!
God invites us to re-imagine the Law and Commandments.
God gives us a vision of what can be!
God is calling out to us to follow a path to the future.
God gives us a vision of what can be!
Come, let us worship God!
INTROIT (# 806 in Voices United) *
O God our help in ages past, our hope for years to come,
Our shelter from the stormy blast and our eternal home!
PRAYER OF APPROACH and the LORD’S PRAYER *
Holy God, You are our Source of Joy,
our Fountain of Life, and our Eternal Home.
Like Moses, may we see what lies before us
and then rest assured in your care.
This we ask through Jesus Christ our Lord,
who taught us to pray to You, 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 # 574 (VU) COME, LET US SING *
PRAYER OF CONFESSION
God of infinite love, forming and reforming.
Show us how to live in new ways,
to receive new ideas, and to perceive your Presence at all times.
As You hold us now in the present, forgive what was yesterday,
and direct us to the future.
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: Deuteronomy 34: 1 – 12
Psalm 90 on page 806 in Voices United (singing)
Gospel Lesson: Matthew 22: 34 – 46 *
REFLECTION
OFFERTORY HYMN # 120 (MV) MY SOUL CRIES OUT *
PASTORAL PRAYER
HYMN ~ GUIDE ME O THOU GREAT AND HOLY *
COMMISSIONING and BENEDICTION *
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.