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ST. COLUMBA
ANGLICAN-UNITED CHURCH
PO Box 1260, Port Hardy, BC V0N 2P0
Office Phone: 250-949-6247
E-mail: admin@stcolumbaporthardy.ca
Worship Leader: Rev. Christine Muise
E-mail: cmuise@bc.anglican.ca
Indigenous Ministry: Gloria Walkus
Music Ministry: Roldan Yuipco, Judy Fyles, Robert Fyles
Video: Ammie Yuipco
www.stcolumbaporthardy.ca
12th Sunday after Pentecost:
Celebrating Mary’s Yes
August 15, 2021
Morning 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.
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Hail, O Favoured one, the Lord is with you! The Holy Spirit will come upon you. (Luke 1, 28, 35)

Welcome and Announcements

Land Acknowledgement

THE COMMUNITY GATHERS BEFORE GOD

Call to Worship

Welcome all to a home of the Creator, Teacher, and Holy Breath by which we live.
Let the Holy One enter your heart, your mind, your body.
Let Creator God be with us as we worship together here today.
May we be mindful of God’s message delivered to us today.
May we, God’s beloved people, be ready to act upon God’s call to action.
As theologian Richard Rohr reminds us,
Let us worship together, “in all the Holy Names of God”.

Hymn: More Voices 12 Come Touch Our Hearts

Come touch our hearts that we may know compassion,
from failing embers build a blazing fire;
love strong enough to overturn injustice,
to seek a life more gracious, come touch and bless our hearts.

Come touch our souls that we may know and love you,
your quiet presence all our fears dispel;
create a space for spirit to grow in us,
let life and beauty fill us, come touch and bless our souls.

Come touch our minds and teach us how to reason,
set free our thoughts to wonder and to dream;
help us to open doors of understanding,
to welcome truth and wisdom, come touch and bless our minds.

Come touch us in the moments we are fragile,
and in our weakness your great strength reveal;
that we may rise to follow and to serve,
steady now our nerve, come touch and bless our wills.

Come touch us now, this people who are gathered,
to break the bread and share the cup of peace;
that we may love you with our heart, our soul,
our mind, our strength, our all, come touch us with your grace.

Words and music: Gordon Light, 2002

Prayer of Approach

THE STORY OF FAITH IS PROCLAIMED

O God, open our hearts and minds by the power of your Holy Spirit,that as the scriptures are read and your Word is proclaimed, we may hear what you are saying to us today. Hutlilala’s Amen.

Hebrew Scripture: Isaiah 7:10-15

Hear what the Spirit is saying to the Church
Thanks Be to God

Psalm 132:6-10, 13-14

We heard of it in Ephrathah;
we found it in the fields of Jaar.
‘Let us go to his dwelling-place;
let us worship at his footstool.’

Rise up, O LORD, and go to your resting-place,
you and the ark of your might.
Let your priests be clothed with righteousness,
and let your faithful shout for joy.
For your servant David’s sake
do not turn away the face of your anointed one.

For the LORD has chosen Zion;
he has desired it for his habitation:
‘This is my resting-place for ever;
here I will reside, for I have desired it.

Gospel: Luke 1:46-55

Hymn: MV 120 My Soul Cries Out (Canticle of Turning)

My soul cries out with a joyful shout
that the God of my heart is great,
And my spirit sings of the wondrous things
that you bring to the ones who wait.
You fixed your sight on your servant's plight,
and my weakness you did not spurn,
so from east to west shall my name be blest.
Could the world be about to turn?

My heart shall sing of the day you bring.
Let the fires of your justice burn.
Wipe away all tears for the dawn draws near,
and the world is about to turn!

Though I am small, my God, my all,
you work great things in me,
and your mercy will last from the depths of the past
to the end of the age to be.
Your very name puts the proud to shame,
and to those who would for you yearn,
you will show your might, put the strong to flight,
for the world is about to turn.

My heart shall sing of the day you bring.
Let the fires of your justice burn.
Wipe away all tears for the dawn draws near,
and the world is about to turn!

From the halls of power to the fortress tower,
not a stone will be left on stone.
Let the king beware for your justice tears
ev'ry tyrant from his throne.
The hungry poor shall weep no more,
for the food they can never earn;
there are tables spread, ev'ry mouth be fed,
for the world is about to turn.

My heart shall sing of the day you bring.
Let the fires of your justice burn.
Wipe away all tears for the dawn draws near,
and the world is about to turn!

Though the nations rage from age to age,
we remember who holds us fast:
God's mercy must deliver us
from the conqueror's crushing grasp.
This saving word that our forebears heard
is the promise which holds us bound,
‘til the spear and rod can be crushed by God,
who is turning the world around.

My heart shall sing of the day you bring.
Let the fires of your justice burn.
Wipe away all tears for the dawn draws near,
and the world is about to turn!

Words: Rory Cooney; Music: traditional melody, Ireland; arr. Rory Conney.

Sermon/ Time for Reflection

Offertory Hymn: VU 541 Praise God from Whom all Blessings Flow

Praise God, from whom all blessings flow;
Praise him, all creatures here below;
Praise him above, ye heavenly host;
Praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost! Amen

Words: Thomas Ken; Music: Genevan Psalter

Prayer over the Gifts

Healing Hymn: More Voices 79 Spirit, Open My Heart

Spirit, open my heart
to the joy and pain of living.
As you love may I love,
in receiving and in giving,
Spirit, open my heart.

God, replace my stony heart
with a heart that’s kind and tender.
All my coldness and fear
to your grace I now surrender.

Spirit, open my heart
to the joy and pain of living.
As you love may I love,
in receiving and in giving,
Spirit, open my heart.

Write your love upon my heart
as my law, my goal, my story.
In each thought, word, and deed,
may my living bring you glory.

Spirit, open my heart
to the joy and pain of living.
As you love may I love,
in receiving and in giving,
Spirit, open my heart.

May I weep with those who weep,
share the joy of sister, brother.
In the welcome of Christ,
may we welcome one another.

Spirit, open my heart
to the joy and pain of living.
As you love may I love,
in receiving and in giving,
Spirit, open my heart.

Words: Ruth Duck; Music: traditional melody, Ireland; arr. Arthur G. Clyde

Prayers of the People
God calls us to be a praying people. Let us join in prayer, offering our praise, thanksgivings, and intercessions to God.
In our Shared Ministry Church Cycles of Prayer we pray for Central Saanich United, Centre for Connexion (Port Alberni), Chemainus/ Crofton United, Chilliwack United, Chown Memorial-Chinese United, and Christ Church SM (Gabriola). We also pray for Anna, our bishop and the congregation of St. Mary, Nanoose Bay and the Rev. Selinde Krayenhoff.

(Let us pray with confidence to the Lord, saying, “Lord hear our prayer.”)
O Lord, guard and direct your Church in the way of unity, service, and praise.
Lord, hear our prayer.
Give to all nations an awareness of the unity of the human family.
Lord, hear our prayer.
Cleanse our hearts of prejudice and selfishness, and inspire us to hunger and thirst for what is right.
Lord, hear our prayer.
Teach us to use your creation for your greater praise, that all may share the good things you provide.
Lord, hear our prayer.
Strengthen all who give their energy or skill for the healing of those who are sick in body or in mind.
Lord, hear our prayer.
Set free all who are bound by fear and despair.
Lord, hear our prayer.
Grant a peaceful end and eternal rest to all who are dying, and your comfort to those who mourn.
Lord, hear our prayer.

Collect

The Lord's Prayer
With Jesus, we pray together saying:
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, and the power, and the glory, for ever and ever. Amen.

Hymn: Voices United 291 All Thing Bright and Beautiful

All things bright and beautiful,
all creatures great and small,
all things wise and wonderful:
in love, God made them all.

Each little flower that opens,
each little bird that sings,
God made their glowing colours,
God made their tiny wings.

The purple-headed mountains,
the river running by,
the sunset and the morning
that brightens up the sky;

The cold wind in the winter,
the pleasant summer sun,
the ripe fruits in the garden:
God made them every one.

The rocky mountain splendour,
the lone wolf’s haunting call,
the great lakes and the prairies,
the forest in the fall;

God gave us eyes to see them,
and lips that we might tell
how great is God our maker,
who has made all things well.

All things bright and beautiful,
all creatures great and small,
all things wise and wonderful:
in love, God made them all.

Cecil Francis Alexander; Music: 17th-century English melody; Adapt. & arr. Martin Shaw.

The Blessing and Dismissal

...Go now in peace. Thanks be to God Gilakas’la

Three-fold Amen

Announcements

  • Camp Spirit August 23-27 9am-3pm CampSpirit.ca or call Natalia 1-800-934-0434 (or 604-431-0434 ext 6487)
  • Council meeting is Thursday August 19 starting at 6:30 PM  
  • Please remember to bring in canned or dry goods for our community cupboard and blessing box. Especially useful are ramen noodles, Kraft dinner, and canned vegetable or mushroom soups and canned fish. Fresh items are also suitable for the blessing box.
  • Mission focus this month is the Hardy Bay Senior Citizens’ Society

Call to Worship by Kathleen Whyte, Prayer of Approach by Norah Laverty and the blessing by Eric Hebert Daly used with permission from “Gathering: Pentecost 1 2021”. Other prayers from “Celebrating God’s Presence” United Church of Canada and “The Book of Alternative Services” and “For All the Saints: Prayers and Readings for Saints’ Days” of the Anglican Church of Canada.

Words for hymns reprinted and podcast with permission under ONE LICENSE #A-720359 and CCLI License # 11033010. All rights reserved.

Come Touch Our Hearts Words and music: Gordon Light, 2002.Words and music copyright © 2002 Common Cup Company. All rights reserved. Used with permission. Reprinted under OneLicense.net License #A-720359 Words and music (#118062). Arrangement copyright © 2002 by Andrew Donaldson. (#109452).

My Soul Cries Out (Canticle of the Turning) Words: Rory Cooney, 1990. Music: traditional melody, Ireland; arr. Rory Conney, 1990. Music: Public Domain. Words and arrangement copyright © 1990 GIA Publications Inc. All rights reserved. OneLicense.net License #A-720359 (#00762).

Doxology Words: Thomas Ken ca. 1674 Music: Genevan Psalter 1551 Public Domain

Spirit, Open My Heart Words: Ruth Duck, 1994 Music: traditional melody, Ireland; arr. Arthur G. Clyde, 1997 Words copyright © 1996 and arrangement copyright © 1997 The Pilgrim Press. All rights reserved. Used with permission. OneLicense.net License #A-720359 words and arrangement (#20093).

All Things Bright and Beautiful Words: Cecil Francis Alexander, 1848 Music: 17th-century English melody; Adapt. & arr. Martin Shaw 1915. Words, Music: Public Domain. Adaptation and Arrangement: © 1921 (Renewed) J. Curwen & Sons Ltd. All rights reserved. Now considered public domain.