Jesus preached the gospel of the kingdom and healed every infirmity among the people. See Matthew 4.23
God’s People Gather … Acknowledgment of Land
Call to Worship:
Voice 1: God formed the human one from the dust of the ground and God’s own breath of life.
All: In God we live and move and have our being.
Voice 2: It was you, God, who formed my inward parts: you knit me together in my mother’s womb.
All: In God we live and move and have our being.
Voice 3: God planted a garden in Eden and placed the human one there to till it and to keep it.
All: In God we live and move and have our being.
Voice 4: Out of the ground God formed every animal of the field and every bird of the air, and brought them to the human one to be named.
All: In God we live and move and have our being.
Voice 1: The wind blows where it chooses, and you hear the sound of it, but you do not know where it comes from or where it goes.
All: In God we live and move and have our being.
Voice 2: God does not live in shrines made by human hands.
All: In God we live and move and have our being.
Voice 3: We praise you, God, for we are fearfully and wonderfully made. Wonderful are your works!
All: In God we live and move and have our being.
Voice 4: For God so loved the world...
All: Amen.
Hymn: MV 135 Called by Earth and Sky
Called by earth and sky, promise of hope held high.
This is our sacred living trust, treasure of life sanctified, called by earth and sky.
Precious these waters, endless seas, deep ocean’s dream,
waters of healing, rivers of rain, the wash of love again.
Called by earth and sky, promise of hope held high.
This is our sacred living trust, treasure of life sanctified, called by earth and sky.
Precious this gift, the air we breathe; wind born and free.
Breath of the Spirit, blow through this place, our gathering and our grace.
Called by earth and sky, promise of hope held high.
This is our sacred living trust, treasure of life sanctified, called by earth and sky.
Precious these mountains, ancient sands; vast and fragile land.
Seeds of our wakening, rooted and strong, Creation’s faithful song.
Called by earth and sky, promise of hope held high.
This is our sacred living trust, treasure of life sanctified, called by earth and sky.
Precious the fire that lights our way, bright dawning day.
Fire of passion, sorrows undone, our faith and justice one.
Called by earth and sky, promise of hope held high.
This is our sacred living trust, treasure of life sanctified, called by earth and sky, called by earth and sky.
Words and music copyright © 2005 Pat Mayberry. All rights reserved. Used with permission. Reprinted under OneLicense.net License #A-720359 (#119776).
Healing Prayer
Storytime: “In the Woods”
To Hear God’s Word
1st Reading: Genesis 2:4b-22
Psalm 139:13-16
2nd Reading John 3:1-16
Hear what the Spirit is saying to the Church. Thanks be to God.
Sermon: “Under Cover”
To Respond in Prayer and Action…
Offertory Hymn: MV 28 God of the Bible
God of the Bible, God in the Gospel,
hope seen in Jesus, hope yet to come,
you are our centre, daylight or darkness,
freedom or prison, you are our home.
Fresh as the morning, sure as the sunrise,
God always faithful, you do not change.
Fresh as the morning, sure as the sunrise,
God always faithful, you do not change.
God in our struggles, God in our hunger,
suffering with us, taking our part,
still you empower us, mothering Spirit,
feeding, sustaining, from your own heart.
Fresh as the morning, sure as the sunrise,
God always faithful, you do not change.
Fresh as the morning, sure as the sunrise,
God always faithful, you do not change.
Those without status, those who are nothing,
you have made royal, gifted with rights,
chosen as partners, midwives of justice,
birthing new systems, lighting new lights.
Fresh as the morning, sure as the sunrise,
God always faithful, you do not change.
Fresh as the morning, sure as the sunrise,
God always faithful, you do not change.
Not by your finger, not by your anger,
will our world order change in a day,
but by your people, fearless and faithful,
small paper lanterns, lighting the way.
Fresh as the morning, sure as the sunrise,
God always faithful, you do not change.
Fresh as the morning, sure as the sunrise,
God always faithful, you do not change.
Hope we must carry, shining and certain
through all our turmoil, terror and loss,
bonding us gladly, one to the other,
till our world changes, facing the Cross.
Fresh as the morning, sure as the sunrise,
God always faithful, you do not change.
Fresh as the morning, sure as the sunrise,
God always faithful, you do not change.
Words: Shirley Erena Murray, 1995 Music: Tony Alonso, 2001. Words copyright © 1996 Hope Publishing Company. Used by permission. Music copyright © 2001 GIA Publications. All rights reserved. Reprinted under OneLicense.net License #A-720359 Words (#02882) and music (#02880).
The Doxology: VU 541 “Praise God From Whom . . .”
Offertory Prayer
Prayers of the People In our Shared Ministry Church Cycles of prayer, we pray for…
The church / The authorities
The World / The Local Community
Those in need / The departed and those who grieve
Everliving God, whose voice we hear in the winds of the trees....
Collect
The Lord’s Prayer
Closing Hymn: VU 227 For the Fruit of All Creation
For the fruit of all creation, thanks be to God.
For the gifts to every nation, thanks be to God.
For the ploughing, sowing, reaping, silent growth while we are sleeping,
future needs in earth's safekeeping, thanks be to God.
In the just reward of labour, God's will is done.
In the help we give our neighbour, God's will is done.
In our worldwide task of caring for the hungry and despairing,
in the harvests we are sharing, God's will is done.
For the harvests of the Spirit, thanks be to God.
For the good we all inherit, thanks be to God.
For the wonders that astound us, for the truths that still confound us,
most of all that love has found us, thanks be to God.
Words copyright © 1970 Hope Publishing Company. All rights reserved. Reprinted under CCLI License # 11033010 (5072547) and OneLicense.net License #A-720359 (#30684). Music: Public Domain.
The Blessing
Threefold Amen
Announcements:
Mission Focus this month is Kairos Canada
Bible Study resumes 5pm this Tuesday at the church and via Zoom
Wednesday Sept 9 1-2 pm Loaves and Fishes food bank in church parking lot
