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
Minister: Rev. Christine Muise
E-mail: cmuise@bc.anglican.ca
Wardens: Robert Fyles and Priscilla O’Neil
Treasurer: Judy Fyles
Music Ministry: Roldan Yuipco
Video: Ammie Yuipco
Community Partner: Cathie Wilson
www.stcolumbaporthardy.ca
Fourth Sunday after the Epiphany
January 28, 2024
United Church Gathering
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 &
Holy Land Acknowledgement
THE COMMUNITY GATHERS BEFORE GOD
Call to Worship (from Psalm 111)
We are in a covenant relationship with God.
Praise to God’s name.
All creation, including the lives of each one of us, originates in God.
Thanks be to God.
The nature of God is kindness and mercy.
God calls us to compassion.
God’s will includes freedom for all God’s people.
In time, beyond time, God is for us and with us. Praise in God’s name.
*Hymn:
VU 220 Praise to the Lord, the Almighty
Praise to the Lord, the Almighty, who rules all creation;
O my soul, praise him, at all times your health and salvation.
Come, all who hear, brothers and sisters draw near,
joining in glad adoration.
Praise to the Lord, above all things so mightily reigning,
keeping us safe at his side, and so gently sustaining.
Have you not seen, how all you needed has been
met by God's gracious ordaining?
Praise to the Lord, who will prosper our work and defend us;
surely his goodness and mercy shall daily attend us:
ponder anew what the Almighty can do
who out of love will befriend us.
Praise to the Lord! O let all that is in me adore him!
All that has life and breath come now with praises before him!
Let the Amen sound from God's people again:
gladly with praise we adore him.
Opening Prayer (from Mark 1: 21-28)
We understand God’s will through the words and actions of Jesus.
We will follow him as disciples.
Jesus’s teaching was teaching that had authority.
We will take his words to heart.
Jesus faced the evil that was before his eyes and dealt with it fearlessly.
We will identify the evil of our day and oppose it strongly.
The people of Jesus’s time were amazed at the changes he achieved.
We are his disciples. We too can make a difference. Amen.
Prayer of the Day
THE STORY OF FAITH IS PROCLAIMED
Hutłilala's! Listen deeply as Scripture is read.
Hebrew Scripture: Deuteronomy 18: 151-20
Psalm 111 VU 833
Refrain: Hallelujah. Hallelujah. Hallelujah.
I will thank you, God, with my whole heart, in the company of the upright, in their assembly.
Great are your works, O God, studied by all who delight in them.
Honour and majesty are you work; your righteousness endures forever.
You have won renown for your wonders; you are gracious and full of compassion.
R: Hallelujah. Hallelujah. Hallelujah.
You give food to those who fear you; you keep your covenant always in mind.
You have shown your power in action, giving your people the heritage of nations.
The works of your hands are faithful and just; all your precepts trustworthy.
They stand fast forever and ever; grounded in justice and truth.
You sent redemption to your people;
you decreed your covenant forever. Holy and awesome is your name.
R: Hallelujah. Hallelujah. Hallelujah.
The fear of God is the beginning of wisdom;
those who practise it have good understanding.
May your praise endure forever.
R: Hallelujah. Hallelujah. Hallelujah.
Epistle 1 Corinthians 8: 1-13
*Hymn:
VU 620 Silence, Frenzied, Unclean Spirit (tune: Ebenezer)
"Silence, frenzied, unclean spirit!“
cried God's healing Holy One.
"Cease your ranting! Flesh can't bear it;
flee as night before the sun.“
At Christ's words the demon trembled,
from its victim madly rushed,
while the crowd that was assembled
stood in wonder, stunned and hushed.
Lord, the demons still are thriving
in the gray cells of the mind:
tyrant voices, shrill and driving,
twisted thoughts that grip and bind,
doubts that stir the heart to panic,
fears distorting reason's sight,
guilt that makes our loving frantic,
dreams that cloud the soul with fright.
Silence, Lord, the unclean spirit
in our mind and in our heart;
speak your word that when we hear it,
all our demons shall depart.
Clear our thought and calm our feeling;
still the fractured, warring soul.
By the power of your healing
make us faithful, true, and whole.
*Gospel: Mark 1: 21-28
Hear what the Spirit is saying to the church.
Thanks be to God.
Sermon Reflection
Prayers of the People
Minute for Mission/ PWRDF
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 146 The Kingdom of God is Justice and Peace
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.
(Repeat as directed)
Words and music: Taizé Community
*Response:
VU 581 When We Are Living v2
Through all our living, we our fruits must give.
Good works of service are for offering.
When we are giving, or when receiving,
we belong to God; we belong to God.
Prayer over the Gifts (BAS)
Commissioning
You have the authority of Christ Jesus. Use it.
The authority to bring those who are sick to the place of healing.
You have the authority of Christ Jesus. Treasure it.
The authority to bring peace to the disturbed.
You have the authority of Christ Jesus. Share it.
The authority that enables the church to work together for good.
You have the authority of Christ Jesus. Rejoice in it.
The authority that enables churches to celebrate together birthdays, anniversaries, healing, and relief.
Thanks be to God. Amen! Gilakas’la! Amen!
*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
- Canned and dried food are always appreciated.
- Mission Focus: PWRDF In Canada Emergency Fund
- Annual Reports are due Feb 5, 2024
- Annual General Meeting: February 18 after church
- Feb 13 Shrove Tuesday Pancake Dinner 5-7 PM
- Feb 14 Imposition of Ashes 4 PM
- Celtic Prayer Bible Study Wednesday at 4 PM starting Feb 21
Liturgical resources:
Responsive Prayers for Every Week of the Church Year: Year B Copyright © 2020 David Sparks
Prayer for the day: https://lectionary.library.vanderbilt.edu/prayers.php?id=63
Music copyright:
Words for hymns reprinted and podcast with permission under ONE LICENSE #A-720359 and CCLI License # 11033010. All rights reserved.
Voices United 220 Praise to the Lord, the Almighty Words: Joachim Neander 1860, English translation Catherine Winkworth, 1863; Music: Stralsund Gesangbuch 1665. Words, English Translation, Music: Copyright: public domain.
Voices United 833 Psalm 111 Refrain Words: Public Domain. Refrain Music: Hal H. Hopson © 1989 Hope Publishing Company. All rights reserved. Reprinted, streamed and/or podcast with permission under ONE LICENSE #A-720359 (#33503). All rights reserved.
Voices United 620 Silence, Frenzied, Unclean Spirit Words: Thomas H. Troeger, 1984; Music: Carol Doran, 1984; Alternate tune: EBENEZER Thomas John Williams, 1890. Words and music © 1984, Oxford University Press. Alternate music: public domain. Reprinted, streamed and/or podcast with permission under ONE LICENSE #A-720359 words (#27645) music (Doran #37093). 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). Published and printed through exclusive agreement by GIA Publications Inc. All rights reserved. Reprinted, streamed and/or podcast with permission under ONE LICENSE #A-720359 (#65227). All rights reserved.
Voices United 581 When We Are Living Verse 2 only English translation verses 2-4 George Lockwood 1987. Music: Spanish melody; harmony Carlton R. Young 1989. Translation and harmony copyright © 1989 The United Methodist Publishing House. Reprinted, streamed and/or podcast with permission under CCLI License # 11033010 (4968810) or ONE LICENSE #A-720359 Harmony (#00901) and translation verses 2-4 (#15060). 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.
