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
www.stcolumbaporthardy.ca
Transfiguration of Christ Year A
August 6, 2023 United Church Gathering
Presider: The Rev. Christine Muise
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
Memorializing the Apology:
Michael Peers (July 31, 1934-July 27, 2023)
-- August 6, 1993 – 30 YEARS
THE COMMUNITY GATHERS BEFORE GOD
Call to Worship (2 Corinthians 5:17)
“Therefore, if anyone is in Christ,
the new creation has come.
The old has gone,
the new is here.!
*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!
Opening Prayer
Prayer of the Day
THE STORY OF FAITH IS PROCLAIMED
Hutłilala's! Listen deeply as Scripture is read.
Hebrew Scripture: Daniel 7: 9-10, 13-14
Psalm 99 VU 819
Refrain: You rule with justice in delight, and faithfulness maintain.
You reign, O God, and the people tremble, you sit enthroned upon the cherubim, and the earth is quaking.
You O God, are great in Zion, you are exalted over all the nations.
Let them praise your great and awesome name: holy are you and mighty, a ruler who delights in justice.
You have determined what is fair, you have done in Jacob what is just and right.
R: You rule with justice in delight, and faithfulness maintain.
Moses and Aaron were among your priests, Miriam among those who called upon your name; they called to you, God, and you answered.
In the pillar of cloud you spoke to them, they kept your teachings and the law that you gave them.
O God, our God, you answered them;
to them you were a forgiving God, though you punished their offences.
Proclaim the greatness of God and worship on God’s holy hill;
for God, our God, is the Holy One.
R: You rule with justice in delight, and faithfulness maintain.
Epistle 2 Peter 1: 16-19
*Hymn: VU 210 You, Lord, Are Both Lamb and Shepherd
You, Lord, are both lamb and shepherd.
You, Lord, are both prince and slave.
You, peacemaker and sword bringer
of the way you took and gave.
You the everlasting instant,
you, whom we both scorn and crave.
Clothed in light upon the mountain,
stripped of might upon the cross,
shining in eternal glory,
beggared by a soldier’s toss.
You, the everlasting instant,
you who are both gift and cost.
You, who walk each day beside us,
sit in power at God’s side.
You, who preach a way that’s narrow,
have a love that reaches wide.
You the everlasting instant;
you, who are our pilgrim guide.
Worthy is our earthly Jesus!
Worthy is our cosmic Christ!
Worthy your defeat and victory.
Worthy still your peace and strife
You the everlasting instant;
you, who are our death and life.
*Gospel: Luke 9: 28-36
Hear what the Spirit is saying to the church.
Thanks be to God.
Sermon Reflection
Prayers of the People
Minute for Mission/ PWRDF
In the silences between please add your petitions, prayers and praise.
The Lord’s Prayer
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 37 Each Blade of Grass
Each blade of grass, ev’ry wing that soars,
the waves that sweep across a distant shore,
make full the circle of God.
Each laughing child, ev’ry gentle eye,
a forest lit beneath a moon-lit sky,
make full the circle of God.
Each silent paw, ev’ry rounded stone,
the buzz that echoes from a honey’d comb,
make full the circle of God.
Each fire-brimmed star, ev’ry out-stretched hand,
the wind that leaps and sails across the land,
make full the circle of God.
Each icy peak, ev’ry patterned shell,
the joyous chorus that the dawn foretells,
make full the circle of God.
Each cosmic hue, ev’ry creature’s way,
all form the beauty of this vast array,
making full the circle of God.
Words: Keri K. Wehlander Music: Anonymous. From The United States’ Sacred Harmony, adapted: arrangement Linnea Good.
*Response: MV 77 Be Still and Know (3x)
Be still and know that I am God.
Be still and know that I am God.
(As a round and ending as directed)
Prayer over the Gifts
Blessing
*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.
*Three-fold Amen
Announcements
Summer Focus: National Truth and Reconciliation Day events
Donations of canned and dried food are always appreciated.
August 9 Church Council 2:30 PM
August 13: Outdoor service and church picnic 11:00 AM hotdogs and potluck lunch to follow
Liturgical resources:
• https://united-church.ca/prayers/blessings: Donna Sinclair, from Singing a Song of Faith (UCPH)
• McCausland’s Order of Divine Service page 115 ISBN 978-1551266466
• Calling on God: Inclusive Christian Prayers for Three Years of Sundays. Peter Bankson and Deborah Sokolove. Page 36-37 ISBN 978-1594735684
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 819 Psalm 99 Refrain Words and music: James McGranahan, 1883; Public Domain.
Voices United 210 You Lord Are Both Lamb and Shepherd Words: Sylvia Dunstan 1984; Music: John Van Maanen 1984; alt. music: Henry Percell ca. 1682 WESTMINSTER ABBEY. Words copyright © 1991 GIA Publications Inc. Music: © 1984 John R. Van Maanen. Used with permission on file (via email) from John Van Maanen to use his music composition. Reprinted with permission under ONE LICENSE #A-720359 words (#90705); words with alt. tune (#91517). All rights reserved.
More Voices 37 Each Blade of Grass Words: Keri K. Wehlander, 2005 Music: Anonymous. From The United States’ Sacred Harmony, 1799, adapted: arrangement Linnea Good, 2005. Words copyright © 2005 Keri K. Wehlander. Arrangement copyright © 2005 Borealis Music. All rights reserved. Reprinted and streamed with permission under CCLI License # 11033010 (4951762) or ONE LICENSE #A-720359 (#125749). All rights reserved.
More Voices 77 Be Still and Know Words: Psalm 46.10; John L. Bell Music: John L. Bell. Words and music copyright © 1989 and 1998 by WGRG, Iona Community, Scotland, admin. GIA Publications Inc., exclusive North American agent. All rights reserved. Reprinted with permission under CCLI License # 11033010 (1090939) or ONE LICENSE #A-720359 (#14767). All rights reserved.
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.
