ST. COLUMBA
ANGLICAN-UNITED CHURCH
PO Box 1260, Port Hardy, BC V0N 2P0
Office Phone: 250-949-6247
E-mail: admin@stcolumbaporthardy.ca
Minister: Rev. Christine Muise
E-mail: cmuise@bc.anglican.ca
Wardens: Robert Fyles & Priscilla O’Neil
Treasurer: Judy Fyles
Music Ministry: Roldan Yuipco
Video: Ammie Yuipco
Community Partner: Cathie Wilson
LeaderShift Team Member: Sheila Cook
www.stcolumbaporthardy.ca
The Sunday of the Passion:
Palm Sunday Year C
April 10, 2022 Service of the Word
Mission Statement
As followers of Jesus Christ, our church is a community called to love, honour, worship, and serve God. We invite others to share our Christian journey as we grow in faith and engage in ministry in our town and mission in our world.
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Palm Sunday procession: people walk with palms remembering Jesus’ entry into Jerusalem in song. In attentiveness to walking gently with our Savior and God’s Creation of Earth, we are using the local option of ferns and cedar as that is our local and ecological option!
Palm Sunday Processional:
(The people walk with palms remembering Jesus` entry into Jerusalem joining together in song)
Hymn: MV 128 When They Heard That Jesus Was Coming
1.When they heard that Jesus was coming
Sing hosanna to the chosen one
All the people went out to meet him
Sing hosanna to the chosen one
Sing hosanna, sing hosanna,
sing hosanna to the chosen one.
2. Spread their cloaks and branches before him
Sing hosanna to the chosen one
Children sand with palm branches waving
Sing hosanna to the chosen one
Sing hosanna, sing hosanna,
sing hosanna to the chosen one.
3. Blest is he, alike David before him,
Sing hosanna to the chosen one
Blest is he, God's blessing upon him,
Sing hosanna to the chosen one
Sing hosanna, sing hosanna,
sing hosanna to the chosen one.
4. Guiding cloud and pillar of fire,
Sing hosanna to the chosen one
Satan's foe and friend of the sinner,
Sing hosanna to the chosen one
Sing hosanna, sing hosanna,
sing hosanna to the chosen one.
5. Word of God, and first-born of people,
Sing hosanna to the chosen one
Promise kept, the crown of the creation,
Sing hosanna to the chosen one
Sing hosanna, sing hosanna,
sing hosanna to the chosen one.
6. Vision blest, and hope for the future,
Sing hosanna to the chosen one
God's beloved, radiant with glory,
Sing hosanna to the chosen one
Sing hosanna, sing hosanna,
sing hosanna to the chosen one.
Words and Music: Rory Cooney
Welcome and Announcements
Acknowledgment of Land
Blessed is the One who comes in the name of the Lord.
Hosanna in the highest.
Opening Hymn: VU 126 Ride On, Ride On, the Time is Right
Ride on, ride on, the time is right:
the roadside crowds scream with delight;
palm branches mark the pilgrim way
where beggars squat and children play.
Ride on, ride on, your critics wait,
intrigue and rumour circulate;
new lies abound in word and jest,
and truth becomes a suspect guest.
Ride on, ride on, while well aware
that those who shout and wave and stare
are mortals who, with common breath,
can crave for life and lust for death.
Ride on, ride on, though blind with tears,
though voiceless now and deaf to jeers.
Your path is clear, though few can tell
their garments pave the road to hell.
Ride on, ride on, God's love demands.
Justice and peace lie in your hands.
Evil and angel voices rhyme:
You are the man and this the time.
Words and music: John L. Bell.
Dear friends, through Lent we have been preparing ... a crown of thorns and his thorn a cross.
...We pray we share the message of this truth and share in his resurrection and the new life offered in reconciliation.
Hosanna in the highest.
MV 67 Kyrie Eleison x3
One: Kyrie eleison, All: Kyrie eleison.
Christe eleison. Christe eleison.
Kyrie eleison. Kyrie eleison.
Optional harmony:
Kyrie Christe, Christe, Kyrie eleison.
Words: Traditional liturgical text; Music: John L. Bell
May God be with you.
And also with you.
The Holy Gospel of Christ according to the Community of Luke. (Luke 19:28-40)
The Collect ~ Jesus as the Word, God’s Blueprint
We Open Ourselves to Transformation: Sacred Scriptures
Hutłilala's! Listen deeply!
Hebrew Scripture: Isaiah 50:4–9a
Gospel Hymn: VU 145 O Sacred Head, Sore Wounded
O sacred head, sore wounded,
with grief and shame weighed down,
now scornfully surrounded
with thorns, thine only crown:
how art thou pale with anguish,
with sore abuse and scorn;
how does that visage languish
which once was bright as morn!
Thy grief and bitter passion
were all for sinners' gain;
mine, mine was the transgression,
but thine the cruel pain.
Lo, here I fall, my Saviour,
turn not from me thy face;
but look on me with favour,
and grant to me thy grace.
What language shall I borrow
to thank thee, dearest friend,
for this thy dying sorrow,
thy pity without end?
O make me thine forever;
and should I fainting be,
Lord, let me never, never
outlive my love to thee.
Be near me when I am dying,
O show thy cross to me;
and for my succour flying,
come, Lord, to set me free.
These eyes, new faith receiving,
from thee shall not remove,
for all who die believing,
die safely through thy love.
Words: Paul Gerhardt; trans. James Waddell Alexander, alt. Music: Hans Leo Hassler; harm. Johann Sebastian Bach.
The Lord be with you
And also with you
The Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Luke
Glory to you Lord Jesus Christ
The Gospel: Luke 22:14-23:56
The Gospel of Christ
Praise to you Lord Jesus Christ
Sermon/ Reflection
Words of Confession
Give us the courage, in this holy week, to journey with Jesus all the way to the cross, and there, risk everything – as Jesus did; to proclaim – as Jesus did – God’s love for all. Amen.
Words of Affirmation
Affirmation of Faith
We are not alone, we live in God’s world.
We believe in God:
who has created and is creating,
who has come in Jesus,
the Word made flesh,
to reconcile and make new,
who works in us and others
by the Spirit.
We trust in God.
We are called to be the Church:
to celebrate God’s presence,
to live with respect in Creation,
to love and serve others,
to seek justice and resist evil,
to proclaim Jesus, crucified and risen,
our judge and our hope.
In life, in death, in life beyond death,
God is with us.
We are not alone.
Thanks be to God.
A New Creed is a brief and well-loved affirmation of faith used widely in our worship (1968; rev. 1980, 1995).
Prayers of the People
In our Shared Ministry Church Cycles of prayer, we pray for ...
We pray for all in authority,...
MINUTE FOR MISSION/ PWRDF
Among the crowds so busy with the moment can we spot the woman shouting hosanna as she tries to forget the lack of food for her table?
We pray for the hungry.
In the chaos of the people laying coats on the road busy with the moment do we notice the one who remains silent lonely, even in a crowd?
We pray for the lonely.
In the moving hordes crying for salvation busy with the moment can we see the person who isn’t out for the day but whose home is that street?
We pray for the homeless.
In the sway of the masses eager to seem busy with the moment will we spot the one looking among the crowd for someone long gone?
We pray for those grieving.
In the movement of the pack caught up in hysteria busy with the moment can we recognize the one with wounds and hurt from a different violence?
We pray for those in conflict.
In the baying of the mob cheering without knowing why busy with the moment will we notice the change from hosanna to crucify and those who must suffer?
We pray for ourselves and why we are here. Amen
The Peace
My siblings in Christ, the peace of God be always with you.
And also with you.
(We greet one another in physically distant yet socially cohesive ways)
Hymn: VU 506 Take My Life and Let it Be
Take my life, and let it be
consecrated, all for thee;
take my moments and my days;
let them flow in ceaseless praise.
Take my hands, and let them move
at the impulse of thy love;
take my feet, and let them be
swift and purposeful for thee.
Take my lips, and let them be
filled with messages from thee;
take my intellect, and use
every power as thou shalt choose.
Take my will, and make it thine;
it shall be no longer mine;
take my heart, it is thine own;
it shall be thy royal throne.
Take my love; and I will pour
at thy feet its treasure store;
take myself, and I will be
ever, only, all for thee.
Words: Frances Ridley Havergal; Music: unknown
VU 541 Praise God From Whom All Blessings Flow
Praise God, from whom all blessings flow;
Praise him, all creatures here below;
Praise him above, ye heavenly host;
Praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost! Amen
Words: Thomas Ken; Music: Genevan Psalter
Prayer over the Gifts
Epilogue
And so the cross, that tree of brokenness and pain ....
...is the beginning of love. Amen
The Lord’s Prayer
And now, as our Saviour Christ has taught us, we are bold to say,
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, the power, and the glory, for ever and ever. Amen
The Doxology
Glory to God,
whose power, working in us,
can do infinitely more than we can ask or imagine.
Glory to God from generation to generation,
in the Church and in Christ Jesus,
for ever and ever. Amen
Hymn: MV 154 Deep In Our Hearts
Deep in our hearts there is a common vision;
Deep in our hearts there is a common song;
Deep in our hearts there is a common story,
telling Creation that we are one.
Deep in our hearts there is a common purpose;
Deep in our hearts there is a common goal;
Deep in our hearts there is a sacred message,
justice and peace in harmony.
Deep in our hearts there is a common longing;
Deep in our hearts there is a common theme;
Deep in our hearts there is a common current,
flowing to freedom like a stream.
Deep in our hearts there is a common vision;
Deep in our hearts there is a common song;
Deep in our hearts there is a common story,
telling Creation that we are one.
Words: John Oldham; music: Ron Klusmeier
Blessing
May God bless us....
...In the name of God, +Creator, Redeemer, Sustainer,
Amen.
Three-fold Amen
Dismissal
Go in peace to love and serve in Jesus’ name.
Thanks be to God. Amen Gilakas’la Amen
UPCOMING HOLY WEEK SERVICES
- Good Friday Service at St. Columba at 10 AM: April 15, 2022
- Easter Vigil (and Remembrance for Harry) at St. Columba at 6 PM: April 16, 2022
- Sunrise Service at St. Columba at 7 AM: April 17, 2022
- Easter Service (Communion) at St. Columba at 10:30 AM: April 17, 2022.
Announcements:
- Covid-19 Protocols still in place during Worship Services. (Masking and physical distancing continue)
- Bible Study and Celtic Iona Prayer will resume the week of May 8th 2022.
- We are always accepting items for our Blessing Box and our Sunrise Sanctuary. Canned goods, dry goods, to-go goods, coffee and coffee supplies are all necessary.
Prayers from Seasons of the SpiritTM SeasonFusion Pentecost 2 2021 Online, and Celebrating God’s Presence, United Church of Canada. Collects and Prayers for Palm Sunday: Liturgy of the Passion BAS. Prayers of the People, Celebrating God’s Presence UCC
Words for hymns reprinted and podcast with permission under ONE LICENSE #A-720359 and CCLI License # 11033010. All rights reserved.
More Voices 128 When They Heard That Jesus Was Coming Words and Music: Rory Cooney, 1999. Words and music copyright © 1999 GIA Publications. Used by permission. All rights reserved. OneLicense.net License #A-720359 (#00462).
Voices United 126 Ride On, Ride On, the Time is Right Words and music: John L. Bell 1988. Words and music copyright © 1988, WGRG, Iona Community, GIA Publications, Inc., agent. All rights reserved. Reprinted under CCLI License # 11033010 (962006) or OneLicense.net License #A-720359 (#37279).
More Voices 67 Kyrie Eleison (Bridget) Words: Traditional liturgical text. Music: John L. Bell. Music copyright © 1998 by WGRG Iona Community, Scotland, administered GIA Publications Inc., exclusive North American agent. All rights reserved. Reprinted under OneLicense.net License #A-720359 (#04341).
Voices United 145 O Sacred Head, Sore Wounded Words: Paul Gerhardt, 1656); trans. James Waddell Alexander, 1830, alt. Music: Hans Leo Hassler, 1601; harm. Johann Sebastian Bach, 1729. English words, music: Public Domain.
Voices United 506 Take My Life and Let It Be Words: Frances Ridley Havergal, 1874; Music: unknown. Words, Music: Public Domain. Descant: © 1980 enThusia Enterprises. Reported only if descant is played or sung.
Voices United 541 Praise God from Whom All Blessings Flow Words: Thomas Ken ca. 1674 Music: Genevan Psalter 1551 Public Domain.
More Voices 154 Deep In Our Hearts Words: John Oldham, 1995 Music: Ron Klusmeier, 1996. Words copyright © 1995 John Wesley Oldham. Music copyright © 1996 Ron Klusmeier. Musiklus. All rights reserved. Used with permission. Reprinted under OneLicense.net License #A-720359 music (#79912).
