ST. COLUMBA
ANGLICAN-UNITED CHURCH
Fourth Sunday of Easter
April 21, 2024
Anglican Service of the Word
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.
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 Heather Jones
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
~ 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
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.
Alleluia! The Sun of righteousness has risen:
O come, let us worship.
*Hymn: CP 465 Here in This Place New Light Is Streaming v 1,2,4
Here in this place new light is streaming;
now is the darkness vanished away.
See in this space our fears and our dreamings,
Brought here to you in the light of this day.
Gather us in- the lost and forsaken;
gather us in- the blind and the lame;
call to us now, and we shall awaken;
we shall arise at the sound of our name.
We are the young- our lives are a mystery;
We are the old- who yearn for your face.
We have been sung throughout all of history,
called to be light to the whole human race.
Gather us in- the rich and the haughty;
gather us in- the proud and the strong;
give us a heart so meek and so lowly;
give us the courage to enter the song.
Not in the dark of buildings confining,
not in some heaven, light years away,
but here in this place the new light is shining;
now is the kingdom, now is the day.
Gather us in and hold us forever;
gather us in and make us your own;
gather us in, all peoples together,
fire of love in our flesh and our bone.
Text and music: Marty Haugen.
Collect
... through Christ our Lord.
Amen. Alleluia!
THE STORY OF FAITH IS PROCLAIMED
Hutłilala's! Listen deeply as scripture is read the Word proclaimed.
Amen.
Acts of the Apostles Acts 4: 5-12
Psalm 23 VU 747 The Lord is My Shepherd
The Lord's my Shepherd, I'll not want;
he makes me down to lie
in pastures green; he leadeth me
the quiet waters by.
My soul he doth restore again;
and me to walk doth make
within the paths of righteousness,
even for his own name's sake.
Yea, though I walk in death's dark vale,
yet will I fear no ill,
for thou art with me; and thy rod
and staff me comfort still.
My table thou hast furnished
in presence of my foes;
my head thou dost with oil anoint,
and my cup overflows.
Goodness and mercy all my life
shall surely follow me:
and in God's house for evermore
my dwelling place shall be.
Epistle: 1 John 3: 16-24
Hymn: VU 169 Good Christians All, Rejoice and Sing
Good Christians all, rejoice and sing!
Now is the triumph of our King!
To all the world glad news we bring:
Hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah!
The Lord of life is risen today!
Bring flowers of song, bedeck the way;
let every tongue rejoice and say:
Hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah!
Praise we in songs of victory
that love, that life which cannot die,
and sing with hearts uplifted high:
Hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah!
Your name we bless, O risen Lord,
and sing today with one accord
the life laid down, the life restored:
Hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah!
May God be with you!
And also with you!
The Holy Gospel of Jesus the Christ according to John.
Glory to you Christ our Saviour.
*Gospel: John 10: 11-18
The Gospel of Christ.
Praise to you Jesus the Christ.
Sermon Reflection
Sharing the Peace
The peace of the Lord be always with you.
And also with you.
*Offertory Hymn:
MV 94 Love Knocks and Waits
Love knocks and waits for us to hear,
to open and invite;
Love longs to quiet every fear,
and seeks to set things right.
Love offers life, in spite of foes
who threaten and condemn;
embracing enemies, Love goes
the second mile with them.
Love comes to heal the broken heart,
to ease the troubled mind;
without a word Love bids us start
to ask and seek and find.
Love knocks and enters at the sound
of welcome from within;
Love sings and dances all around,
and feels new life begin.
Words and music: David Charles Damon.
*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
Prayers of the People
PWRDF/ Minute for Mission
One: . . . Let us pray to God
All: God, have mercy.
*The Lord’s Prayer
Our Father, who art in heaven, Hallowed 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.
The Blessing and Dismissal
May God bless us and keep us. May God make his face to shine on us and be gracious to us. May God look upon us with favour and grant us peace.
Amen. Alleluia!
*Hymn: VU 331 The Church’s One Foundation
The church’s one foundation
is Jesus Christ our Lord;
we are his new creation
by water and the Word;
from heaven he came and sought us
that we might ever be
his living servant people,
by his own death set free.
Called forth from every nation,
yet one o'er all the earth;
one charter of salvation:
one Lord, one faith, one birth.
One holy name professing
and at one table fed,
to one hope always pressing,
by Christ's own Spirit led.
Mid toil, and tribulation,
and tumult of our war,
we wait the consummation
of peace forevermore;
till with the vision glorious
our longing eyes are blessed,
and the great church victorious
shall be the church at rest.
We now on earth hath union
with God the Three in One,
and share through faith communion
with those whose rest is won.
Oh, happy ones, and holy!
Lord, give us grace that we
like them, the meek and lowly,
on high may dwell with thee.
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.
May the God of hope fill us with all joy and peace in believing through the power of the Holy Spirit.
Thanks be to God. Alleluia! Gilakas’la
*Three-fold Amen
Announcements
Focus: Kwala’sta Healing Centre
Church Council Meeting: Monday April 22 @ 2:30 PM
Christine will be at Clergy Conference April 29-May 2
Liturgical Resources:
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, streamed and/or podcast with permission under ONE LICENSE #A-720359 or CCLI License # 11033010. All rights reserved.
Common Praise 465 Here in This Place New Light is Streaming (Gather Us In) Words and music: Marty Haugen, 1982. Words and music Marty Haugen (1950- ). Copyright © 1982 G.I.A. Publications Inc. All rights reserved. Reprinted, streamed and/or podcast with permission under ONE LICENSE #A-720359 (#00031). All rights reserved.
Voices United 747 The Lord’s My Shepherd Words: Scottish Psalter, 1650 Music: Jessie Seymour Irvine, 1872. Copyright, public domain.
Voices United 169 Good Christians All, Rejoice and Sing Words: Cyril Argentine Alington 1925, alt.; Music: melody by Melchior Vulpius, 1609; arr. Ernest Campbell MacMillan, ca. 1930. Words copyright © 1958, renewal 1986 Hope Publishing Company. Arrangement copyright © Ernest Campbell MacMillan. Used by permission of Ross A. MacMillan. All rights reserved. Reprinted, streamed and/or podcast with permission under ONE LICENSE #A-720359 (#08977). All rights reserved.
More Voices 94 Love Knocks and Waits Words and music: David Charles Damon, 1994 Words copyright © 1996 and music copyright © 1998 Hope Publishing Company. All rights reserved. Reprinted with permission under ONE LICENSE #A-720359 (#09540) or CCLI License # 11033010 (1932344). 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 331 The Church’s One Foundation Words: Samuel John Stone 1866; adapt. Leonard Hall Stookey 1983; Music: Samuel Sebastian Wesley 1864. Words, music copyright: Public domain. Adaptation: © 1983 United Methodist Publishing House. All rights reserved. Reprinted, streamed and/or podcast with permission under and ONE LICENSE #A-720359 (#46921) or CCLI License # 11033010 (1607188). All rights reserved.
