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Rev. Christine Muise

Sunday, June 26, 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
Third Sunday after Pentecost
June 26, 2022
Sunday Morning Gathering
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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
A way parts and God’s presence is recognized among us. A path is made by the footsteps of faith and we merge with the generations before us to be people of faith in our time and place.
Let us worship God!

Invocation
Come, Holy Spirit. Come, Holy Spirit.
Come, Holy Spirit. Come, Holy Spirit.
Maranatha! Maranatha!
Come, Lord, come! Come, Lord, come!
(repeat as directed)

Words and music John L Bell

Opening Prayer

HYMN: VU 642 Be Thou My Vision (v. 1, 2, 4, 5)

Be thou my vision, O joy of my heart;
naught be all else to me save that thou art,
thou my best thought, by day or by night,
waking or sleeping thy presence my light.

Be thou my wisdom, my calm in all strife;
I ever with thee, and thou in my life;
thou loving parent, thy child may I be,
thou in me dwelling, and I one with thee.

Riches I heed not, nor vain empty praise,
thou mine inheritance, now and always;
thou and thou only, the first in my heart,
great God of heaven, my treasure thou art.

Great God of heaven, after victory won,
may I reach heaven's joys, O bright heaven's sun!
Heart of my own heart, whatever befall,
still be my vision, O ruler of all.

Words: Irish; trans. Mary Elizabeth Byrne; vers. Eleanor H. Hull, alt. Music: Irish traditional melody.

Collect

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

Hebrew Scripture: 2 Kings 2: 1-2, 6-14

Psalm 77 VU 791
Refrain: God, bend your ear and hear my prayer.
I cry aloud to God. I cry that God may hear me.
In my time of distress I have turned to God; with my hands uplifted I have prayed all night, but my soul refuses all comfort.
R: God, bend your ear and hear my prayer.

Then I recall your deeds, O God! I remember your wonders of old. I recount all your works and ponder the things you have done.
O God, your ways are Holy. What god is as great as you!
You are the one who works wonders; you have shown your strength among nations.
By your arm you redeemed your people, the children on Jacob and Joseph.
R: God, bend your ear and hear my prayer.

The waters saw you, O God, the waters saw you and churned in fear;
the seas trembled to their depths.
Clouds streamed water, the heavens rumbled;
your arrows bolted on every side.
The voice of your thunder was heard in the whirlwind;
lightning lit up the world, the earth quaked and shuddered.
Your way was through the sea;
your path, through mighty waters;
your footprints could not be seen;
but by the hand of Moses and Aaron, you led your people like a flock.
R: God, bend your ear and hear my prayer.

Epistle: Galatians 5: 1, 13-25

Hymn: VU 625 I Feel the Winds of God

I feel the winds of God today;
today my sail I lift,
though heavy, oft with drenching spray
and torn with many a rift;
if hope but light the water’s crest,
and Christ my bark will use,
I’ll seek the seas at his behest,
and brave another cruise.

It is the wind of God that dries
my vain regretful tears,
until with braver thoughts shall rise
the purer, brighter years;
if cast on shores of selfish ease
or pleasure I should be,
O let me feel your freshening breeze,
and I’ll put back to sea.

If ever I forget your love
and how that love was shown,
lift high the blood red flag above;
it bears your name alone.
Great pilot of my onward way,
you will not let me drift.
I feel the winds of God today;
today my sail I lift.

Words: Jessie Adams, altered; Music: English/Irish traditional melody, arr. Ralph Vaughan Williams.

God be with you.
And also with you.
The Good News of Jesus according to Luke
Glory to you, Jesus the Christ.
The Gospel: Luke 9:51–62
The Gospel of Christ
Praise to you, Jesus the Christ.

Sermon / Reflection

Reflective Hymn: MV 146 The Kingdom of God

The kingdom of God is justice and peace
and joy in the Holy Spirit.
Come Lord and open in us
the gates of your kingdom.
(repeat as directed)

Words and music: Taizé Community

Prayer of Confession
When the flame goes out,
and we imagine ourselves not good enough, when the way is too difficult, and we can find no one else to lead, when the gifts seem thin, and we feel we cannot find the way, whisper your presence, O God. (silence)

When the questions are too deep and there is no way to seek an answer,
when the mantle is unworn and we are the only ones to pick it up, when the world is tough and your calling even tougher, whisper your presence, O God. (silence)

May we find a new vision to dream,
may we find a new language to speak, may we find a new daring within our souls, whisper your presence, O God.

Words of Assurance
The psalmist encourages us ..... to speak daringly the truth and to be courageous in our action for justice.
Let us be the prophets of God in our time. Amen.

Prayers of the People
As we open our hearts in prayer, we listen to our response in God’s world.

Minute for Mission/ PWRDF.

Prayers in our Common Life.
At the bidding: Gracious God, hear our prayer
Please respond: and in your love, answer.

Generous and compassionate God, in your loving purpose, answer our prayers and fulfil our hopes; and in all things for which we pray, give us grace and wisdom to accept your will, for the sake of Jesus the Christ. Amen.

Peace
May the peace and love of Christ be with you always!
And also with you!

Offertory Hymn: VU 236 Now Thank We All Our God

Now thank we all our God,
with heart and hands and voices,
who wondrous things has done,
in whom this world rejoices;
who from our mothers’ arms
has blessed us on our way
with countless gifts of love,
and still is ours today.

O may this bounteous God
through all our life be near us,
with ever joyful hearts
and blessèd peace to cheer us,
and keep us in His grace,
and guide us when perplexed,
and free us from all ills,
in this world and the next.

All praise and thanks to God
for all that has been given,
the Son, and Spirit blest
who dwell in highest heaven,
the one eternal God,
whom earth and heaven adore;
for thus it was, is now,
and shall be evermore.

Words: Martin Rinckart, English translation Catherine Winkworth, alt.; Music: Johann Crüger.

Response: VU 540 Grant Us, God, the Grace

Grant us, God, the grace of giving,
with a spirit large and free,
that ourselves and all our living
we may offer faithfully.

Words: anonymous; Music: attributed Christian F. Witt, P; adaptation Henry John Gauntlett,

Prayer over the Gifts

The Lord’s Prayer
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, and the power, and the glory, for ever and ever. Amen.

Hymn: VU 595 We Are Pilgrims (The Servant Song)

We are pilgrims on a journey,
fellow travellers on the road;
we are here to help each other
walk the mile and bear the load.

Sister, let me be your servant,
let me be as Christ to you;
pray that I may have the grace to
let you be my servant too.

I will hold the Christ-light for you
in the night-time of your fear;
I will hold my hand out to you,
speak the peace you long to hear.

I will weep when you are weeping,
when you laugh I'll laugh with you;
I will share your joy and sorrow,
till we've seen this journey through.

When we sing to God in heaven,
we shall find such harmony,
born of all we've known together
of Christ's love and agony.

Brother, let me be your servant,
let me be as Christ to you;
pray that I may have the grace to
let you be my servant too.

Words and music: Richard Gillard

Blessing
God ordains every generation to be prophets.
May we take up our mantle of ministry.
Christ sets us free to live our love in the world.
May we take up our mantle of ministry.
Spirit makes a way of ministry before us.
May we take up our mantle of ministry.
Go in the Spirit of God to be prophets of love by your words and actions.
Thanks be to God! Gilakas’la! Alleluia! Amen!

Threefold Amen

Announcements

Coffee following the service!
Monthly focus is North Island Crisis and Counselling Centre Society!
Weekly Bible Study and Celtic Prayer to resume in the Fall!

Come, Holy Spirit As found in A Wee Worship Book. Words and music John L Bell © 1995, WGRG c/o Iona Community, GIA Publications, Inc., exclusive agent. Reprinted under CCLI License # 11033010 (1518851) or OneLicense.net License #A-720359 (#37795).

Voices United 642 Be Thou My Vision Words: Irish ca. 8th century; trans. Mary Elizabeth Byrne 1905; vers. Eleanor H. Hull 1912, alt. Music: Irish traditional melody Copyright: Public domain.

Voices United 791 Psalm 77 Refrain Words: Jeffrey Honoré ca. 1994 “Lord Bend Your Ear”. Copyright © International Committee on English in the Liturgy. Music: World Library Publications, Inc. All rights reserved. Reprinted under OneLicense.net License #A-720359 (#007190-K).

Voices United 625 I Feel the Winds of God Words: Jessie Adams, 1907, altered Music: English/Irish traditional melody, arr. Ralph Vaughan Williams, 1906. Words and music now copyright Public Domain. Arrangement by permission of Oxford University Press OneLicense.net License #A-720359 (# 6ECAD29E).

More Voices 146 The Kingdom of God Words and music: Taizé Community. Words and music copyright © 2001 Ateliers de Presses de Taizé (France). All rights reserved. Published and printed through exclusive agreement by GIA Publications Inc. Used by permission. Reprinted under OneLicense.net License #A-720359 (#65227).

Voices United 236 Now Thank We All Our God Words: Martin Rinckart, ca. 1636 English translation Catherine Winkworth, 1858, altered; Music: Johann Crüger, 1647 Copyright: Public Domain.

Voices United 540 Grant Us, God, the Grace Words: anonymous; Music: attributed Christian F. Witt, P, Psalmodia Sacra, 1715; adaptation Henry John Gauntlett, 1861. Words, Music and adaptation copyright Public domain.

Voices United 595 We Are Pilgrims (The Servant Song) Words and music: Richard Gillard, 1977. Words, music and arrangement copyright © 1977 Scripture in Song, Maranatha! Music. Administered by Brentwood-Benson Music Publishing, Inc. All rights reserved. Reprinted under CCLI License # 11033010 (72673).

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