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

Ninth Sunday after Pentecost
August 7, 2022
Anglican Service of the Word
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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.

Welcome and Announcements
Land Acknowledgement

THE COMMUNITY GATHERS BEFORE GOD
The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Spirit, be with you all.
And also with you.

Almighty God,
to you all hearts are open, all desires known, and from you no secrets are hidden. Cleanse the thoughts of our hearts by the inspiration of your Holy Spirit, that we may perfectly love you, and worthily magnify your holy name; through Christ our Lord. Amen.

Hymn:
VU 266 Amazing Grace

Amazing grace, how sweet the sound
that saved a wretch like me!
I once was lost but now am found,
was blind, but now I see.

‘Twas grace that taught my heart to fear,
and grace my fears relieved;
how precious did that grace appear
the hour I first believed.

Through many dangers, toils, and snares,
I have already come;
‘tis grace that brought me safe thus far,
and grace will lead me home.

The Lord has promised good to me,
this word my hope secures;
God will my shield and portion be
as long as life endures.

When we’ve been there ten thousand years,
bright shining as the sun,
we’ve no less days to sing God’s praise
than when we’d first begun.

Words: John Henry Newton, Music: from Virginia Harmony.

The Collect of the Day

THE STORY OF FAITH IS PROCLAIMED
Hutlilala’s! Listen as God’s Word is proclaimed!

Hebrew Scripture: Isaiah 1: 1, 10-20

Psalm 50 VU 775
Refrain: The mighty one, God the Sovereign, speaks and summons the earth.
God, the Almighty, has spoken,
and summoned the world from the rising of the sun to its setting.
God shines out from Zion, a city perfect in beauty.
Our God appears, and will not keep silence.
R: The mighty one, God the Sovereign, speaks and summons the earth.

Before you, God, runs a consuming fire, and a mighty tempest rages about you.
You call on the heavens above, and on the earth below, to witness the judgement of your people.
“Gather my people before me, the people who made covenant with me by sacrifice.”
The heavens proclaim your justice, for you yourself are judge.
R: The mighty one, God the Sovereign, speaks and summons the earth.

Music: Eleanor Daley.

Epistle: Hebrews 11: 1-3, 8-16

Hymn:
VU 701 What Does the Lord Require
Part 1:
What does the Lord require of you? What does the Lord require of you?
Part 2:
Justice, kindness, walk humbly with your God.
Part 3:
To seek justice, and love kindness, and walk humbly with your God.

Words and music: Jim Strathdee

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 12: 32-40
The Gospel of Christ
Praise to you, Jesus the Christ.

Sermon Reflection

Reflective 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.

Intercessions and Thanksgivings
(At the bidding “Let us pray to God”,
please respond, God, have mercy)

The Peace
The peace of Christ be always with you.
And also with you.

Offertory 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.

Response:
VU 22 Wait for the Lord

Wait for the Lord, God’s day is near.
Wait for the Lord, be strong, take heart!

Words and music: Jacques Berthier

Prayer over the Gifts

Lord's Prayer
And now as our Saviour has taught us:
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 679 Let There Be Light

Let there be light,
let there be understanding,
let all the nations gather,
let them be face to face;

open our lips,
open our minds to ponder,
open the way to concord
opening into grace;

perish the sword,
perish the angry judgement,
perish the bombs and hunger,
perish the fight for gain;

hallow our love,
hallow the deaths of martyrs,
hallow their holy freedom,
hallowed be your name;

your kingdom come,
your spirit turn to language,
your people speak together,
your spirit never fade;

let there be light,
open our hearts to wonder,
perish the way of terror,
hallow the world God made.

Words: Frances Wheeler Davis, Music: Robert J.B. Fleming

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

Blessing

Dismissal:
Go in peace to love and serve the Lord.
Thanks be to God!!!

Three-fold AMEN

Announcements:

• Church Council is meeting on Wednesday August 17, 2022 from 6:30-8:30 PM.
• St. Columba is hosting a Church Picnic on Sunday August 21st at 11 AM on the church lawn. (We will have a guitar and drum hymn sing)
• Camp Spirit is at St. Columba from Monday August 22- Friday August 26. (Registration is ongoing).
• Loaves and Fishes Depot is in Port Hardy on Wednesday August 17 and Wednesday August 31from 1-2 PM.

Words for hymns reprinted and podcast with permission under ONE LICENSE #A-720359 and CCLI License # 11033010. All rights reserved.
Anglican Book of Alternative Services; Alternative Collects: https://www.anglican.ca/wpcontent/uploads/Alternative-RCL-Collects-Final-2019.pdf

Voices United 266 Amazing Grace Words: John Henry Newton, 1779; Music: from Virginia Harmony, 1831. Copyright: Public domain (English).

Voices United 775 Psalm 50 Refrain Music: © 1994 Eleanor Daley. Words: Public Domain. Music: Eleanor Daley. Permission to use in any format on file via email from Eleanor Daley.

Voices United 701 What Does the Lord Require of You Words and music: Jim Strathdee, 1986. Words and music copyright © 1986 Desert Flower Music. All rights reserved. Reprinted under CCLI License # 11033010 (456859) or OneLicense.net License #A-720359 (#60048).

More Voices 79 Spirit, Open My Heart Words: Ruth Duck, 1994 Music: traditional melody, Ireland; arr. Arthur G. Clyde, 1997 Words copyright © 1996 and arrangement copyright © 1997 The Pilgrim Press. All rights reserved. Reprinted with permission under OneLicense.net License #A-720359 words (#20093) and arrangement (#198291).

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

Voices United 22 Wait for the Lord Words and music: Jacques Berthier, 1984. Words and music copyright © 1991 Les Presses de Taizé. G.I.A. Publications Inc, exclusive agent. All rights reserved. Reprinted under OneLicense.net License #A-720359 Words and music (#00172).

Voices United 679 Let There Be Light Words: Frances Wheeler Davis, 1968, alt. Music: Robert J.B. Fleming, 1967. Words copyright © 1970 Frances Wheeler Davis. Music Robert Fleming (1921-1976) copyright © Margaret Fleming (d. 2018). All rights reserved.