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
and Rev. Sheila Cook
Email: scook@stcolumbaporthardy.ca
Wardens: Robert Fyles and Priscilla O’Neil
Treasurer: Judy Fyles
Music Ministry: Roldan Yuipco
Video: Ammie Yuipco
Community Partner: Cathie Wilson
www.stcolumbaporthardy.ca

Fourth Sunday in Easter Year A
April 30, 2023
United Church Gathering

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.

~ Leader: regular font 
~ All: bold font
~ Sung words: bold italics
~ Asterix* stand as you are able

Welcome and Announcements
Land Acknowledgement

THE COMMUNITY GATHERS BEFORE GOD

Call to Worship

*Hymn: SNC 86 You Are Holy, You Are Whole

Part 1
You are holy, you are whole.
You are always ever more
than we ever understand.
You are always at hand.
Blessed are you coming near.
Blessed are you coming here
to your church in wine and bread,
raised from soil, raised from dead.

Part 2
You are holy,
you are wholeness,
you are present.
Let the cosmos praise you, Lord!
Sing hosanna
in the highest!
Sing hosanna!
Sing hosanna to our God!

Text and music: Per Harling

Prayer of the Day

THE STORY OF FAITH IS PROCLAIMED
Hutłilala's! Listen deeply as Scripture is read.

The Acts of the Apostles: Acts 2: 42-47

Psalm 23 SGP 75

My shepherd is the living Lord,
nothing therefore I need;
in pastures fair, near pleasant streams
you settle me to feed.
You bring my wandering spirit back
when I forsake your ways,
And lead me for your mercy’s sake
in paths of truth and grace.

When I walk thro’ the shades of death,
your presence is my stay;
A word of your supporting breath
drives all my fears away.
Your hand, in sight of all my foes,
does still my table spread;
My cup with blessings overflows,
your oil anoints my head.

The sure provisions of my God
attend me all my days;
O may your house be mine abode,
and all my work be praise.
There would I find a settled rest,
while others come and go –
No more a stranger or a guest,
but like a child at home.

Words: Thomas Sternhold and Isaac Watts; Music: American folk tune, harmony Erik Routley

Epistle 1 Peter 2: 19-25

*Hymn: MV 161 I Have Called You by Your Name

I have called you by your name, you are mine;
I have gifted you and ask you now to shine.
I will not abandon you; all my promises are true.
You are gifted, called and chosen; you are mine.

I will help you learn my name as you go;
read it written in my people, help them grow.
Pour the water in my name, speak the word your soul can claim,
offer Jesus’ body given long ago.

I know you will need my touch as you go;
feel it pulsing in creation’s ebb and flow.
Like the woman reaching out, choosing faith in spite of doubt,
hold the hem of Jesus’ robe, then let it go.

I have given you a name, it is mine;
I have given you my Spirit as a sign.
With my wonder in your soul, make my wounded children whole;
go and tell my precious people they are mine.

Words and music: Daniel Charles Damon.

*Gospel: John 10: 1-10
Hear what the Spirit is saying to the church.
Thanks be to God.

Sermon Reflection

Prayers of the People
Minute for Mission/ PWRDF

God of love grant our prayer.

*The Lord’s Prayer: SUNG: SGP 12

Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name,
your kingdom come, your will be done,
on earth as in heaven.
Give us today our daily bread.
Forgive us our sins as we forgive those who sin against us.
Save us from the time of trial and deliver us from evil.
For the kingdom, the power, and the glory are yours
now and forever. Amen.

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

*Hymn: MV 143 We Cannot Own the Sunlit Sky

We cannot own the sunlit sky,
the moon, the wild-flowers growing,
for we are part of all that is
within life’s river flowing.
With open hands receive and share
the gifts of God’s creation,
That all may have abundant life
in every earthly nation.

When bodies shiver in the night
and weary, wait for morning,
when children have no bread but tears,
and war-horns sound their warning,
God calls humanity to wake,
to join in common labour,
that all may have abundant life,
oneness with their neighbour.

God calls humanity to join
as partners in creating
a future free from want or fear,
life’s goodness celebrating,
that new world beckons from afar,
invites our shared endeavour,
that all might have abundant life
and peace endure forever.

Words: Ruth Duck, music: Marty Haugen.

*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.

Prayer over the Offerings
We bring what we have, O God. ... Amen. Alleluia!

Blessing:
God, the creator, births and nurtures you. ... Amen! Alleluia!

*Hymn: VU 271 There’s a Wideness in God’s Mercy

There's a wideness in God's mercy
like the wideness of the sea;
there's a kindness in God's justice,
which is more than liberty.

There is no place where earth's sorrows
are more felt than up in heaven;
there is no place where earth's failings
have such gracious judgment given.

There is plentiful redemption
in the blood that Christ has shed;
there is joy for all the members
in the sorrows of the Head.

Troubled souls, why will you scatter
like a crowd of frightened sheep?
Foolish hearts, why will you wander
from a love so true and deep?

For the love of God is broader
than the measure of the mind,
and the heart of the Eternal
is most wonderfully kind.

*Three-fold AMEN

Announcements

• Focus: Moose Hide Campaign against violence against women
• Donations of canned and dried food are always appreciated.
• Tuesday 4:00 to 5:00 PM Celtic prayer and bible study
• Christine will be on holidays May 1-7
• Council Meeting May 24, 2023 6:30 PM

Liturgical resources:
Seasons of the Spirit SeasonsFusion Lent • Easter 2023. Copyright © 2022. Wood Lake Publishing Inc. All rights reserved. Used with permission.

Music copyright:
Words for hymns reprinted and streamed with permission under ONE LICENSE #A-720359 or CCLI License # 11033010. All rights reserved.

Sing a New Creation 86 You Are Holy Text and music: Per Harling, 1990. Copyright © 1990 Ton Vis Produktion AB; administered Augsburg Fortress. All rights reserved. Reprinted and streamed with permission under ONE LICENSE #A-720359 (#00877). All rights reserved.

Songs for a Gospel People 75 My Shepherd is the Living Lord Psalm 23 Words, Verse 1 Thomas Sternhold; Verses 2 and 3 Isaac Watts. Music American folk tune: Harmony Eric Routley, 1976 in Westminster Praise, 1976 © 1976 Hinshaw Music, Inc. All rights reserved. Reprinted and streamed with permission under ONE LICENSE #A-720359 (#39505). All rights reserved.

More Voices 161 I Have Called You by Your Name Words and music: Daniel Charles Damon. Words and music copyright © 1995 Hope Publishing Company. Reprinted and streamed with permission under ONE LICENSE #A-720359 (#04090). All rights reserved.

Songs for a Gospel People 12 The Lord’s Prayer Setting: Darryl Nixon, 1987. © SFAGP, 1987. Words: International Committee on English in the Liturgy, 1986. Reprinted and streamed with permission on file (Wood Lake Books and ICEL).

More Voices 143 We Cannot Own the Sunlit Sky (Abundant Life) Words: Ruth Duck, 1992 Music: Marty Haugen, 1994. Words copyright © 1992 and music copyright © 1994 GIA Publications, Inc. All rights reserved. Reprinted and streamed with permission under ONE LICENSE #A-720359 (words (#00873) and music (#00874). All rights reserved.

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 271 There’s a Wideness in God’s Mercy Words: Frederick William Faber, 1854 Music: Johann Ludwig Steiner, 1723. Copyright, public domain.