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St Columba, Port Hardy - Sunday Worship August 9, 2020

Robert Fyles

Sunday, August 9, 2020

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Order of Service and Hymns

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I wait for the Lord; in his word is my hope. Psalm 130.4

The Community Gathers (life and work of the church)

Acknowledgment of Land

Call to Worship
Officiant: Lord, open our lips,
People: And our mouth shall proclaim your praise.
Officiant: O God, make speed to save us.
People: O Lord, make haste to help us.
All: Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit: as it was in the beginning, is now, and will be for ever. Amen. Alleluia!

Prayer of Approach

Hymn: MV 12 Come Touch Our Hearts v. 1-4

Come touch our hearts that we may know compassion,
from failing embers build a blazing fire;
love strong enough to overturn injustice,
to seek a life more gracious, come touch and bless our hearts.

Come touch our souls that we may know and love you,
your quiet presence all our fears dispel;
create a space for spirit to grow in us,
let life and beauty fill us, come touch and bless our souls.

Come touch our minds and teach us how to reason,
set free our thoughts to wonder and to dream;
help us to open doors of understanding,
to welcome truth and wisdom, come touch and bless our minds.

Come touch us in the moments we are fragile,
and in our weakness your great strength reveal;
that we may rise to follow and to serve,
steady now our nerve, come touch and bless our wills.

Words and music Gordon Light. Copyright © 2002 Common Cup Company. All rights reserved. Used with permission. Reprinted under OneLicense.net License #A-720359 (#118062). Arrangement copyright © 2002 by Andrew Donaldson. Permission on file.

One: The Lord is our refuge and strength:
All: O come let us worship

Venite: (recited responsively)
Come, let us sing to the Lord; *
let us shout for joy to the rock of our salvation.
Let us come before his presence with thanksgiving *
and raise a loud shout to him with psalms.
For the Lord is a great God, *
and a great king above all gods.
In his hand are the caverns of the earth, *
and the heights of the hills are his also.
The sea is his for he made it, *
and his hands have molded the dry land.
Come, let us bow down, and bend the knee, *
and kneel before the Lord our maker.
For he is our God, and we are the people of his pasture and the sheep of his hand. *
Oh, that today you would hearken to his voice!

Story Time:

The Proclamation of the Word

Hebrew Scripture: Genesis 37: 1-4,12-28
Psalm: 105: 1-6, 16-22, 45b

One: The Holy Gospel of our Lord, Jesus Christ according to Matthew
All: Glory to you, Lord Jesus Christ

The Gospel: Matthew 14:22-33

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

Sermon

Affirmation of Faith
Let us confess the faith of our baptism as we say:
We believe in God, who has created all life and continues to create new life within and without us.
We believe in Jesus, son of God, son of man, the Saviour of the world. By his life, his death and his resurrection from the grave, we can know the true depth of human possibility and experience the true joy of abundant life.
We believe the Holy Spirit is present now and always calling us to faith, giving us gifts, and empowering us for service. We believe the church is the community of faith called to experience the fullness of life through God’s Word made flesh in Jesus Christ.
Amen

Offertory Hymn: VU 509 I, The Lord of Sea and Sky

I, the Lord of sea and sky,
I have heard my people cry.
All who dwell in dark and sin
my hand will save.
I, who made the stars of night,
I will make their darkness bright.
Who will bear my light to them?
Whom shall I send?

Here I am, Lord. Is it I, Lord?
I have heard you calling in the night.
I will go, Lord, if you lead me.
I will hold your people in my heart.

I, the Lord of snow and rain,
I have borne my people’s pain,
I have wept for love of them;
they turn away.
I will break their hearts of stone,
give them hearts for love alone.
I will speak my words to them.
Whom shall I send?

Here I am, Lord. Is it I, Lord?
I have heard you calling in the night.
I will go, Lord, if you lead me.
I will hold your people in my heart.

I, the Lord of wind and flame,
I will tend the poor and lame,
I will set a feast for them;
my hand will save.
Finest bread I will provide
till their hearts be satisfied.
I will give my life to them.
Whom shall I send?

Here I am, Lord. Is it I, Lord?
I have heard you calling in the night.
I will go, Lord, if you lead me.
I will hold your people in my heart.

Words, Music, Harmony: Copyright © 1981 Daniel L Schutte and New Dawn Music administered by Oregon Catholic Press. All rights reserved. Used with permission. Reprinted under OneLicense.net License #A-720359 (#80670).

VU 542 We give you but your own, what e’er the gift may be; all that we have is yours alone, We give it gratefully.

Copyright public domain. Words: William Walsham How, 1858; Music: Johann Balthasar König, 1738; adapted William Henry Havergal, 1847

Prayer over the Gifts

Intercessions & Thanksgiving
In our Shared Ministry Church Cycles of prayer, we pray for…
The church / The authorities
The World / The Local Community
Those in need / The departed and those who grieve

(Let us pray with confidence to the Lord, saying, “Lord hear our prayer.”)
O Lord, guard and direct your Church in the way of unity, service, and praise.
Lord, hear our prayer.

Give to all nations an awareness of the unity of the human family.
Lord, hear our prayer

Cleanse our hearts of prejudice and selfishness, and inspire usnto hunger and thirst for what is right.
Lord, hear our prayer.

Teach us to use your creation for your greater praise, that all may share the good things you provide.
Lord, hear our prayer.

Strengthen all who give their energy or skill for the healing of those who are sick in body or in mind.
Lord, hear our prayer.

Set free all who are bound by fear and despair.
Lord, hear our prayer.

Grant a peaceful end and eternal rest to all who are dying, and your comfort to those who mourn.
Lord, hear our prayer.

Collect

The Lord’s Prayer (spoken in our mother tongue)

Hymn: VU 427 To Show By Touch and Word

To show by touch and word devotion to the earth,
to hold in full regard all life that comes to birth,
we need, O God, the will to find
the good you had of old in mind.

Renew our minds to choose the things that matter most,
our hearts to long for truth, till pride of self is lost.
For every challenge that we face
we need your guidance and your grace.

Let love from day to day be yardstick, rule, and norm,
and let our lives portray your word in human form.
Now come with us that we may have
your wits about us where we live.

Blessing

Threefold Amen and Dismissal

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