ST. COLUMBA
ANGLICAN-UNITED CHURCH
PO Box 1260, Port Hardy, BC V0N 2P0
Office Phone: 250-949-6247 E-mail:
admin@stcolumbaporthardy.ca
Wardens: Robert Fyles and Priscilla O’Neil
Treasurer: Judy Fyles
Ministers: Rev. Christine Muise
E-Mail: cmuise@bc.anglican.ca
Rev. Sheila Cook
E-mail: scook@stcolumbaporthardy.ca
Community Partner: Cathie Wilson
Music Ministry: Roldan Yuipco
Video: Ammie Yuipco
www.stcolumbaporthardy.ca
Fourth Sunday after Pentecost
June 25, 2023
Anglican Service of the Word from the Iona Community
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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
The world belongs to God,
The earth and all its people.
How good it is, how wonderful,
To live together in unity.
Love and faith come together,
Justice and peace join hands.
If Christ’s disciples keep silent
These stones would shout aloud.
Open our lips, O God,
And our mouths shall proclaim your praise.
*Hymn: VU 315 Holy, Holy, Holy Lord God Almighty
Holy, holy, holy! Lord God almighty!
Early in the morning our song shall rise to thee;
holy, holy, holy, merciful and mighty,
God in three persons, blessed Trinity!
Holy, holy, holy! All the saints adore thee,
casting down their golden crowns around the glassy sea;
cherubim and seraphim falling down before thee,
which wert, and art, and evermore shalt be.
Holy, holy, holy! Though the darkness hide thee,
though the eye made blind by sin thy glory may not see,
only thou art holy; there is none beside thee,
perfect in power, in love, and purity.
Holy, holy, holy! Lord God Almighty!
All thy works shall praise thy name in earth and sky and sea;
holy, holy, holy, merciful and mighty,
God in three persons, blessed Trinity!
Collect prayer
Confession
Holy God, Maker of all
Have mercy on us.
Jesus Christ, Servant of the poor
Have mercy on us.
Holy Spirit, Breath of life
Have mercy on us.
Let us in silence confess our faults and admit our frailty.
(Silence)
Before God, with the people of God, I confess to my brokenness: to the ways I wound my life, the life of others, and the life of the world.
May God forgive you, Christ renew you, and the Spirit enable you to grow in love. Amen.
Before God, with the people of God we confess to our brokenness: to the ways we wound our lives, the lives of others, and the life of the world.
May God forgive you, Christ renew you, and the Spirit enable you to grow in love. Amen.
Affirmation
With the whole church
we affirm that we are made in God’s image, befriended by Christ, empowered by the Spirit.
With people everywhere
we affirm God’s goodness at the heart of humanity, planted more deeply than all that is wrong.
With all creation
we celebrate the miracle and wonder of life; The unfolding purposes of God, Forever at work in ourselves and the world.
THE STORY OF FAITH IS PROCLAIMED
Hutłilala's! Listen deeply as Scripture is read.
Hebrew Scripture: Genesis 21: 8-21
Psalm 86 VU 803
Refrain: In the day of my trouble, I call unto you for you will answer me.
Turn your ear to me, O God, and answer me, for I am poor and in misery.
Preserve my life for I am faithful; save your servant for I trust in you.
Be merciful to me, my lord, for I call to you all day long.
Gladden the heart of your servant, for to you I lift up my soul.
For you, my lord, are good and forgiving, and great in mercy to all who call on you.
Give heed, O God, to my prayer, and listen to my cry of supplication.
R: In the day of my trouble, I call unto you for you will answer me.
Among the gods there is none like you, my lord, nor can the deeds of any be compared to yours.
All the nations you have made shall come and bow down before you.
They shall glorify your name, my lord,
for you are great and do marvellous things, you alone are God.
R: In the day of my trouble, I call unto you for you will answer me.
Turn to me then, and have mercy; give your strength to your servant.
Save your handmaiden’s child; give me a sign of your favour!
Then those who hate me will see and be ashamed,
for you, God, have helped and comforted me.
R: In the day of my trouble, I call unto you for you will answer me.
Epistle Romans 6: 1b-11
*Hymn: VU 510 We Have This Ministry
We have this ministry and we are not discouraged;
it is by God’s own power that we may live and serve.
Openly we share God’s word, speaking truth as we believe,
praying that the shadowed world may healing light receive.
We have this ministry, O God receive our living.
O Christ, the tree of life, our end and our beginning,
we grow to fullest flower when rooted in your love.
Brothers, sisters, clergy, lay, called to service by your grace,
different cultures, different gifts, the young and old a place.
We have this ministry, O God, receive our giving.
The yoke of Christ is ours, the whole world is our parish;
we daily take the cross, the burden and the joy.
Bearing hurts of those we serve, wounded, bruised and bowed with pain,
Holy Spirit, bread and wine, we die and rise again.
We have this ministry, O God, receive our loving.
Words and music: Jim Strathdee.
May God be with you!
And also with you!
The Holy Gospel of Jesus the Christ according to Matthew.
Glory to you Christ our Saviour.
*Gospel: Matthew 10: 24-39
The Gospel of Christ.
Praise to you Jesus the Christ.
Sermon Reflection
Prayers of the People
Minute for Mission
Prayer response:
Gracious God, hear and have mercy.
The Lord’s Prayer
Now as our Saviour Christ has taught us let us pray:
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, the power, and the glory, for ever and ever. Amen.
The Peace
The peace of Christ be always with you.
And also with you.
*Hymn: MV 27 Creator God You Gave Us Life
Creator God you gave us life,
your image formed within our souls,
yet through the mist of time and space,
we search for that which makes us whole.
Through hands that paint majestic skies,
and voices chanting melody,
with words that reach beyond the page,
we comprehend your mystery.
In every flow’r and every tree,
we see your great diversity,
yet greater still we see your love,
expressed in our humanity.
Through hands that paint majestic skies,
and voices chanting melody,
with words that reach beyond the page,
we comprehend your mystery.
When with our hearts, our hands, our minds,
we share our gifts with all the world,
our spirits soar beyond the veil,
to touch the very face of God.
Through hands that paint majestic skies,
and voices chanting melody,
with words that reach beyond the page,
we comprehend your mystery.
Words and music: Judith Snowdon.
*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 Gifts
*Closing Responses:
This is the day that God has made.
We will rejoice and be glad in it.
We will not offer to God
offerings that cost us nothing.
Go in peace to love and to serve;
We will seek peace and pursue it.
In the name of the Trinity of Love,
God in community, Holy and One.
Amen. Gilakas’la
*Hymn: VU 288 Great is Thy Faithfulness
Great is thy faithfulness, God our Creator,
there is no shadow of turning with thee;
thou changest not, thy compassions, they fail not;
as thou has been thou forever wilt be.
Great is thy faithfulness!
Great is thy faithfulness!
Morning by morning new mercies I see;
all I have needed thy hand hath provided –
great is thy faithfulness, ever to me!
Summer and winter and springtime and harvest,
sun, moon, and stars in their courses above
join with all nature in manifold witness
to thy great faithfulness, mercy and love.
Great is thy faithfulness!
Great is thy faithfulness!
Morning by morning new mercies I see;
all I have needed thy hand hath provided –
great is thy faithfulness, ever to me!
Pardon for sin and a peace that endureth,
thine own dear presence to cheer and to guide,
strength for today and bright hope for tomorrow
wondrous the portion thy blessings provide.
Great is thy faithfulness!
Great is thy faithfulness!
Morning by morning new mercies I see;
all I have needed thy hand hath provided
great is thy faithfulness, ever to me!
Words: Thomas O. Chisholm, music: William M Runyan.
Three-fold Amen
Announcements
Focus: National Truth and Reconciliation Day Events
Camp Spirit July 11-14
Sheila and Christine at VST July 8-23
Church Council June 28 6:30 PM
Liturgical resources:
Iona Abbey Worship Book compilation ©2001 The Iona Community Published by Wild Goose Publications, Iona Community. The Book of Alternative Services (BAS). Copyright © 1985 by the General Synod of the Anglican Church of Canada. All rights reserved. Reproduced under license from ABC Publishing, Anglican Book Centre, a ministry of the General Synod of the Anglican Church of Canada, from Anglican Liturgical Library. Further copying is prohibited.
Music copyright:
Words for hymns reprinted and podcast with permission under ONE LICENSE #A-720359 and CCLI License # 11033010. All rights reserved.
Voices United 315 Holy, Holy, Holy, Lord God Almighty Words: Reginald Heber, ca. 1820 Music: John Bacchus Dykes, 1861 Words and music: Public Domain.
Voices United 803 Psalm 86 refrain Words: Public domain. Music: © 1995 Jeeva Sam. Harmony: © 1995 Lydia Pedersen. Permission to reprint and stream on file via email from Jeeva Sam and from Lydia Pedersen. All rights reserved.
Voices United 510 We Have this Ministry Words and music: Jim Strathdee, 1979. Words and music copyright © 1979 Desert Flower Music. All rights reserved. Reprinted and streamed with permission under CCLI License # 11033010 (7069140) and ONE LICENSE #A-720359 (#59010). All rights reserved.
More Voices 27 Creator God You Gave Us Life Words and music: Judith Snowdon, 2004. Words and music copyright © 2004 Judith Snowdon. Permission to reprint and stream on file via email from Judith Snowdon. 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 288 Great Is Thy Faithfulness Words: Thomas O. Chisholm, 1923, alt. Music: William M Runyan, 1923; descant Joachim Segger, 1995. Words and music copyright © 1923, renewal 1951 Hope Publishing Company. Descant copyright © 1995 Hope Publishing Company. All rights reserved. Reprinted and streamed with permission under CCLI License # 11033010 (18723) or ONE LICENSE #A-720359 (#95006); Descant (#198262) but decant not played or sung.
