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St. Columba's Sunday Service

Rev. Sheila Cook

Sunday, May 22, 2022

Order of Service and Hymns

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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 and Priscilla O’Neil
Treasurer: Judy Fyles
Music Ministry: Roldan Yuipco
Video: Ammie Yuipco
Community Partner: Cathie Wilson
O'man’s Nam’a
LeaderShift Team Member: Sheila Cook
www.stcolumbaporthardy.ca

Sixth Sunday in Easter
May 22, 2022
Sunday Morning Gathering
Presider: Sheila Cook
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Mission Statement
As followers of Jesus the 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.

The Community Gathers
Announcements
Land Acknowledgement

Call to Worship
Come, listen to stories of faith from long ago.
Come, celebrate Christ with us in the here and now.
Come, help create holy possibilities for the future.
Come, drink fresh waters from the river of life.
Come, join generation upon generation in worshipping God.

Opening Prayer
The song of God’s love spreads abroad in all the earth – to every race and nation. It dances through barriers of history and prejudice.
Let all the peoples praise you!
The song rises among the silenced and rejected, the suffering and the longing ones.
Let all the peoples praise you!
The song can be heard on the road of life waiting to offer hospitality.
Let all the peoples praise you!
The song brings melodies of delight within the Body of Christ here.
Let all the peoples praise you!
All creation is gathered close to the heart of its Maker.
Amen! Alleluia!

Hymn: MV 144 Like a Healing Stream

Like a healing stream in a barren desert,
Spirit water bringing life to dusty earth,
God is trickling through our lives as in a dream unfolding,
promising revival and rebirth…
like a healing stream.

Like a gentle rain on a thirsty garden,
Spirit water come to nourish tiny seed,
God is bubbling through the soil to coax a new creation,
yearning for an end to want and need…
like a gentle rain.

Like a river strong with a restless current,
Spirit water rushing on to distant shore,
God is carving out a channel in a new direction,
calling for an end to hate and war…
like a river strong.

Like a mighty sea reaching far horizons,
Spirit water with a love both deep and wide,
God is working in our hearts to shape a new tomorrow:
God will always challenge and provide!
Like a mighty sea, like a river strong,
like a gentle rain, like a healing stream.

Words and music: Bruce Harding.

Collect

Readings
Hutłilala's! Listen deeply as scripture is read and the word proclaimed.

Acts of the Apostles: Acts 16: 9-15

Psalm 67 VU 786
Refrain: Let the peoples praise you, God, let the nations shout their joy.
Be gracious unto us,, O God, and bless us; and let the light of your face shine upon us.
that your ways may be known upon earth, your saving power among all nations.
Let the nations be glad, and sing for joy,
for you judge the peoples righteously and guide the nations of the earth.
The earth has yielded its harvest, and you, our God, have blessed us.
Your blessing, O God, be upon us. May all the ends of the earth revere you.
R: Let the peoples praise you, God, let the nations shout their joy.

Refrain words and music: Henry Thomas Smart.

Book of Revelation Rev. 21: 10, 22—22:5

Hymn: MV 79 Spirit Open My Heart

Spirit, open my heart
to the joy and pain of living.
As you love may I love,
in receiving and in giving,
Spirit, open my heart.

God, replace my stony heart
with a heart that’s kind and tender.
All my coldness and fear
to your grace I now surrender.

Spirit, open my heart
to the joy and pain of living.
As you love may I love,
in receiving and in giving,
Spirit, open my heart.

Write your love upon my heart
as my law, my goal, my story.
In each thought, word, and deed,
may my living bring you glory.

Spirit, open my heart
to the joy and pain of living.
As you love may I love,
in receiving and in giving,
Spirit, open my heart.

May I weep with those who weep,
share the joy of sister, brother.
In the welcome of Christ,
may we welcome one another.

Spirit, open my heart
to the joy and pain of living.
As you love may I love,
in receiving and in giving,
Spirit, open my heart.

Words: Ruth Duck; Music: traditional melody, Ireland; arr. Arthur G. Clyde.

One: God be with you.
All: And also with you.
One: The Good News of Jesus according to John
All: Glory to you, Jesus the Christ.

Reading of the Gospel John 14: 23-29

One: The Gospel of Christ
All: Praise to you, Jesus the Christ.

Sermon / Reflection

Prayers of the People
In our Shared Ministry Church Cycles of prayer we pray for...

We pray for all in authority...

Loving God, you gave to John of Patmos a wonderful vision of a river of life. We pray today for that image to come to reality throughout our world. ...

Peace
May the peace and love of Christ be with you always!
And also with you!
(We greet one another in physically distant yet socially cohesive ways)

Offertory Hymn: VU 401 Worship the Lord v 1,2,3,5