ST. COLUMBA
ANGLICAN-UNITED CHURCH
9190 Granville Street
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
Minister: Rev. Christine Muise
E-mail: cmuise@bc.anglican.ca
Music Ministry: Roldan Yuipco
Video: Ammie Yuipco
Community Partner: Cathie Wilson
www.stcolumbaporthardy.ca
Third Sunday after the Epiphany
January 21 2024
Anglican Service of the Word
Week of Prayer for Christian Unity
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.
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~ Leader: regular font
~ All: bold font
~ Sung words: bold italics
~ Asterix* stand as you are able
“The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand; repent and believe in the gospel.” Mark 1:15
Welcome and Announcements
Land Acknowledgement & Statement on Holy Land
THE COMMUNITY GATHERS BEFORE GOD
The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Spirit be with you all.
And also with you.
God rules over all the earth:
O come, let us worship.
*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
THE STORY OF FAITH IS PROCLAIMED
Hutłilala's! Listen deeply as scripture is read, the Word proclaimed.
Hebrew Scripture: Jonah 3: 1-5, 10
Psalm 62 VU 779
Refrain: Rest in God alone, rest in God alone, my soul, my soul.
How long will all of you set upon me and batter me, as though I were a tottering wall or a leaning fence?
Their purpose is to thrust me down from eminence; they delight in lies; they bless with their lips but curse me in their hearts.
Yet be still, my soul, and wait for God
from whom comes my hope of deliverance.
Yet be still, my soul, and wait for God
from whom comes my hope of deliverance.
R: Rest in God alone, rest in God alone, my soul, my soul.
In God is my deliverance and my honour, the rock of my strength and my place of refuge.
Put your trust in God always, you people; pour out your hearts before the One who is our refuge.
R: Rest in God alone, rest in God alone, my soul, my soul.
For we mortals are only a puff of wind; the great among us are but illusion;
placed in the balance, we weigh less than a breath.
Put no trust in extortion, set no vain hopes on plunder;
if riches increase, do not set your heart upon them.
Once God has spoken, and twice have I heard it said: “Power belongs to you O God. Steadfast love is yours.”
You reward us all according to our deeds.
R: Rest in God alone, rest in God alone, my soul, my soul.
Epistle: 1 Corinthians 7: 29-31
*Hymn:
VU 563 Jesus, You Have Come to the Lakeshore
Jesus, you have come to the lakeshore
looking neither for wealthy nor wise ones;
you only asked me to follow humbly.
O Jesus, with your eyes you have searched me,
And while smiling, have spoken my name;
now my boat’s left on the shoreline behind me;
by your side I will seek other seas.
You know so well my possessions;
my boat carries no gold and no weapons;
you will find there my nets and labour.
O Jesus, with your eyes you have searched me,
And while smiling, have spoken my name;
now my boat’s left on the shoreline behind me;
by your side I will seek other seas.
You need my hands, full of caring
through my labours to give others rest,
and constant love that keeps on loving.
O Jesus, with your eyes you have searched me,
And while smiling, have spoken my name;
now my boat’s left on the shoreline behind me;
by your side I will seek other seas.
You, who have fished other oceans,
ever longed for by souls who are waiting,
my loving friend, as thus you call me.
O Jesus, with your eyes you have searched me,
And while smiling, have spoken my name;
now my boat’s left on the shoreline behind me;
by your side I will seek other seas.
Words and music: Cesáreo Gabaráin, translation: Gertrude C. Suppe, George Lockwood, Raquel Gutiérrez-Achón.
May God be with you!
And also with you!
The Holy Gospel of Christ according to Mark
Glory to Christ the Messiah!
*Gospel: Mark 1: 14-20
The Gospel of Christ.
Praise to you Christ.
Sermon Reflection
Prayers of the People:
Minute for Mission/ PWRDF
In peace let us pray to God, saying:
God, have mercy.
*Offertory Hymn:
VU 242 Let All Things Now Living
Let all things now living
a song of thanksgiving
to God our Creator triumphantly raise;
who fashioned and made us,
protected and stayed us,
by guiding us on to the end of our days.
God's banners are o'er us,
pure light goes before us,
a pillar of fire shining forth in the night;
till shadows have vanished
and darkness is banished,
as forward we travel from light into Light.
By law God enforces,
the stars in their courses
and sun in its orbit obediently shine;
the hills and the mountains,
the rivers and fountains,
the depths of the ocean proclaim God divine.
We, too should be voicing
our love and rejoicing;
with glad adoration a song let us raise:
till all things now living
unite in thanksgiving:
to God in the highest, hosanna and praise.
Words and descant: Katherine K. Davis
*Offering Response:
VU 542 We Give You But Your Own
We give you but your own,
what e’er the gift may be;
all that we have is yours alone,
We give it gratefully.
*Prayer over the Gifts
*The Lord’s Prayer
And now, as our Saviour Christ has taught us, we are bold to say,
Our Father, who art in heaven, hollowed 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.
Sharing the Peace
The peace of the Lord be always with you.
And also with you.
*Hymn: VU 678 For the Healing of the Nations
For the healing of the nations,
God we pray with one accord;
For a just and equal sharing
of the things that earth affords.
To a life of love in action,
help us rise and pledge our word.
Lead us forward into freedom,
from despair your world release;
That, redeemed from war and hatred,
all may come and go in peace.
Show us how through care and goodness,
fear will die and hope increase.
All that kills abundant living,
let it from the earth be banned:
Pride of status, race or schooling,
dogmas that obscure your plan.
In our common quest for justice,
may we hallow life`s brief span.
You, Creator God, have written
your great name on humankind;
for our growing in your likeness
bring the life of Christ to mind;
that, by our response and service,
earth its destiny may find.
Words: Fred Kaan
*The Blessing and Dismissal
Christ Jesus, you said to your apostles...
...Now and forever. Amen.
Glory to God,
whose power, working in us, can do infinitely more than we can ask or imagine. Glory to God from generation to generation, in the Church and in Christ Jesus, for ever and ever. Amen.
Go in peace to love and serve God.
Thanks be to God. Amen. Gilakas’la!
*Three-fold Amen
Announcements
- Week of Prayer for Christian Unity: Jan. 18-25
- Church Council: Thursday January 25 @ 6:30 pm
- Canned and dried food are always appreciated.
- Mission Focus: Foundry in Port Hardy
- Annual General Meeting: February 18 after church
Liturgical resources:
The Book of Alternative Services (BAS) and Eucharistic Prayers, Services of the Word, and Night Prayer. Copyright © 2001 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 streamed and/or 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 779 Psalm 62 Refrain Music: Robert Batastini © 1975 G.I.A. Publications, Inc. All rights reserved. Reprinted with permission under ONE LICENSE #A-720359 (#05456). All rights reserved.
Voices United 563 Jesus, You Have Come to the Lakeshore Words: Cesáreo Gabaráin 1979; trans. Gertrude C. Suppe, George Lockwood, Raquel Gutiérrez-Achón Music: Cesáreo Gabaráin 1979; harmony Skinner Chávez-Melo. Words and music copyright © 1979 Cesareo Gabardin, administered by Oregon Catholic Press. Translation copyright © 1989 The United Methodist Publishing House. Music copyright © 1979 Cesareo Gabaraín, administered by Oregon Catholic Press. Harmonization copyright © 1987 Skinner Chávez-Melo. Used by permission of Juan Francisco Chávez. All rights reserved. Reprinted and streamed or podcast with permission under ONE LICENSE #A-720359 words, translation and music (#6905) and (#126039). All rights reserved.
Voices United 242 Let All Things Now Living Words: Katherine K. Davis, 1939, alt. Music: Welsh folk melody; desc. Katherine K. Davis, 1938. Words and descant copyright © 1939, 1966 E.C. Schirmer Music Company (Admin. by ECS Publishing Corporation). Reprinted and streamed or podcast with permission under CCLI License # 11033010 (4445649), and ONE LICENSE #A-720359 (#06098). All rights reserved.
Voices United 542 We Give You but Your Own Words: William Walsham How, 1858; Music: Johann Balthasar König, 1738; adapted William Henry Havergal, 1847. Copyright, public domain.
Voices United 678 For the Healing of the Nations Words: Fred Kaan, 1965; Music: Henry Purcell, ca. 1682. Words copyright © 1968 Hope Publishing Company. Music: Public Domain. Descant: © 1987 Songs for a Gospel People. All rights reserved. Reprinted and streamed or podcast with permission under CCLI License # 11033010 (2061568), or ONE LICENSE #A-720359 (#16887). Permission on file for descant if played or sung. All rights reserved.
