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 & 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
First Sunday of Advent
December 3, 2023
Anglican Service of the Word
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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
In this time and in this place, we gather on the ancestral lands of the Kwakwaka’wakw peoples.
From many places and many peoples we come to this house in prayer.
In this time and in this space, we are not alone For we meet in the presence of the living God.
We meet in the presence of the living God.
In this time and in this place, we are not alone For the Risen Jesus stands in our midst.
The Risen Jesus stands in our midst.
In this time and in this space, we are not alone For the wind of the Spirit moves in and through us.
The wind of the Spirit moves in and through us.
In this time and in this place we gather with the whole company of heaven: here heaven and earth are one.
In this time and in this space heaven and earth are one.
In this time and in this space as the nights lengthen and the days are dim:
we light this candle to remind us that our Light comes.
In this time and in this place as we wait for Jesus, who is Hope for the world,
we light this candle to remind us that our Hope comes.
In this time and in this space, we gather together, one people in Jesus Christ.
In this time and place, we are one people in Jesus Christ.
In the name of God: Creator, Saviour and Holy Spirit. Amen.
*Advent Hymn: VU 7 Hope Is a Star (verse 1: Hope)
Hope is a star that shines in the night,
leading us on till the morning is bright.
When God is a child there's joy in our song.
The last shall be first and the weak shall be strong,
and none shall be afraid.
Collect prayer
Jesse Tree
Opening Hymn: VU 2 Come, Thou Long-Expected Jesus
Come, thou long-expected Jesus
born to set thy people free;
from our fears and sins release us,
let us find our rest in thee.
Israel's strength and consolation,
hope of all the earth thou art,
dear desire of every nation,
joy of every longing heart.
Born thy people to deliver,
born a child and yet a king,
born to reign in us forever,
now thy gracious kingdom bring.
By thine own eternal Spirit
rule in all our hearts alone;
by thine all-sufficient merit
raise us to thy glorious throne.
THE STORY OF FAITH IS PROCLAIMED
Hutłilala's! Listen deeply as Scripture is read.
Hebrew Scripture: Isaiah 64: 1-9
Psalm 80 VU 794 (Part One)
Refrain: Your face, God, shine on us and give us peace.
Shepherd of Israel, hear us,
you who lead Joseph like a flock, you who are enthroned amidst the cherubim.
Shine forth before Ephraim, Benjamin and Manasseh;
stir up your might, come and save us.
R: Your face, God, shine on us and give us peace.
God of hosts, how long will you be angry with your people’s prayer?
You have fed us with the bread of weeping, and given us tears in plenty to drink.
You have made a mockery of us to our neighbours,
and our enemies laugh us to scorn.
Let your hand rest on the one at your right hand, on the one you have made strong for yourself.
Then we will never forsake you; give us life, and we will call on your name.
R: Your face, God, shine on us and give us peace.
Epistle 1 Corinthians: 1: 3-9
*Hymn: MV 16 Confitemini Domino (4x)
Con-fi-te-mi-ni Do-mi-no quo ni am bo-nus.
Con-fi-te-mi-ni Do-mi-no al-le-lu-ia!
Come and fill our hearts with your peace. You alone O Lord are holy.
Come and fill our hearts with your peace, alleluia!
Words and music: Taizé Community
May God be with you!
And also with you!
The Holy Gospel of Jesus the Christ according to Mark.
Glory to you Christ our Saviour.
*Gospel: Mark 13: 24-37
The Gospel of Christ.
Praise to you Jesus the Christ.
Sermon Reflection
Prayers of the People
Minute for Mission/ PWRDF
Prayer response:
God of Love, hear our prayer.
*The Lord’s Prayer
Gathering our prayers and praises into one, let us pray as our Saviour taught us:
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 for ever. Amen.
The Peace
The God who holds heaven and earth as one sent to us the Prince of Peace: peace in the Church, peace among nations, peace in our homes and peace in our hearts. The peace of Christ be always with you.
And also with you.
*Hymn: MV 146 The Kingdom of God (4x)
The kingdom of God is justice and peace
and joy in the Holy Spirit.
Come Lord and open in us
the gates of your kingdom.
Words and music: Taizé Community
*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
*Hymn: VU 697 O for a World
O for a world where everyone
respects each other's ways,
where love is lived and all is done
with justice and with praise.
O for a world where goods are shared
and misery relieved,
where truth is spoken, children spared,
equality achieved.
We welcome one world family
and struggle with each choice
that opens us to unity
and gives our vision voice.
The poor are rich, the weak are strong,
the foolish ones are wise.
Tell all who mourn: outcasts belong,
who perishes will rise.
O for a world preparing for
God's glorious reign of peace,
where time and tears will be no more,
and all but love will cease.
Words: Miriam Therese Winter, Music: Carl Gotthelf Gläser.
Advent Blessing
Dismissal
Go in peace to love and serve the Lord.
Thanks be to God.
Three-fold Amen
Announcements
- Mission Focus: Gazette Hamper Fund
- Dec 12 Church Council 6:30 PM
- Dec 16 at 1 PM “Then Let Us Sing” sing along for new hymns in an upcoming new United Church hymn book as well as songs from the new Anglican hymnbook as well as some seasonal carols.
Liturgical resources:
Advent Liturgies from the Diocese of BC (Islands and Inlets) https://bc.anglican.ca/resources/worship-resources/pages/authorized-liturgies
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, podcast or streamed with permission under ONE LICENSE #A720359 or CCLI License # 11033010. All rights reserved.
Voices United 7 Hope Is a Star (When God is a Child) Words: Brian Wren, 1985, Music: Joan Collier Fogg, 1987. Words and music copyright © 1989 Hope Publishing Company. All rights reserved. Reprinted and podcast with permission under ONE LICENSE #A-720359 words (#11259) and music (#11261). All rights reserved.
Voices United 2 Come, Thou Long Expected Jesus Words: Charles Wesley, 1744, Music: Psalmodia Sacra, 1715 Copyright: public domain.
Voice United 794 Psalm 80 Refrain Words and music: John Wainright 1750, alt. Public Domain.
More Voices 16 Confitemini Domino (Come and Fill Our Hearts) Words: Taize Community 1982 Music: Jacques Berthier, 1982. Words and music copyright © 1982, 1991. Taize Community, France admin. GIA Publications, Inc. All rights reserved. Reprinted and podcast with permission under ONE LICENSE #A-720359 (#01395). All rights reserved.
More Voices 146 The Kingdom of God Words and music: Taizé Community. Words and music copyright © 2001 Ateliers de Presses de Taizé (France). All rights reserved. Published and printed through exclusive agreement by GIA Publications Inc. Reprinted and padcast with permission under ONE LICENSE #A-720359 (#65227). 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. Copyright: public domain.
Voices United 697 O for a World Words: Miriam Therese Winter, 1987; Music: Carl Gotthelf Gläser 1828; arr. Lowell Mason, 1839. Words copyright © 1990 Medical Mission Sisters. All rights reserved. Reprinted and podcast with permission as found on Miriam Therese Winter’s website http://mtwinter.hartsem.edu/permission.htm. All rights reserved.
