HARROWSMITH-VERONA PASTORAL CHARGE
UNITED CHURCH OF CANADA
Worship
Time: 10 am at Trinity, Verona
Office
Phone: 613-372-2525 or 613-374-2777
Voluntary
Associate Minister: Rev. Dr. Peter Bartlett
Retired
Voluntary Minister: The Rev. Ian Mackay
Office
Administrator: Rebecca Peters
Director
of Music: Stan Stinchcombe
Website: www.h-vpastoralcharge.org
e-mail: office@h-vpastoralcharge.org
Trinity United Church acknowledges the traditional territory upon
which we gather. For thousands of years, the First Peoples sought to walk
gently on this land. They offered assistance to the first European travelers and
shared their knowledge for survival. We seek a new relationship with the First
Peoples of this land, one based in honour and deep respect.
Sunday May 3,
2026
Worship
Leader: Job Van Hartingsveldt
Lay
Reader: Marg Smith
Organ Prelude
Greetings and Announcements
Lighting of the Christ Candle
We gather as God’s People
Opening Hymn: “Eternal,
Unchanging, We Sing” (VU #223)
1. Eternal, unchanging, we sing to your praise:
your mercies are endless, and righteous your ways; your servants proclaim the
renown of your name who rules over all and is ever the
same.
2. Again we rejoice in the world you have made, your
mighty creation in beauty arrayed, we thank you for life, and we praise you for
joy, for love and for hope that no power can destroy.
3. We praise you for Jesus, our Master and Lord,
the might of his Spirit, the truth of his word, his comfort in sorrow, his
patience in pain, the faith sure and steadfast that
Jesus shall reign.
Scripture Sentence: Praise the Lord for the Lord is good.
Your name, O Lord, endures forever, your renown, O Lord, through all
generations. (from Psalm 135)
Introit: “10,000
Reasons/What a Beautiful Name”
Litany of Approach: (from Psalm 95)
One: Come let
us sing for joy to the Lord; let us shout aloud to the Rock of our salvation.
All: Let us come before Him
with thanksgiving and extol Him with music and song.
One: For the
Lord is the great God, the King above all gods.
In His hands are the depths of the earth, and the
mountain peaks belong to Him. The sea is His, for He made it, and His hands
formed the dry land.
All: Come, let us bow down
in worship, let us kneel before the Lord our Maker.
One: He is
our God and we are the people of His pasture, the flock under His care.
Prayer of Adoration & Confession
Assurance of Pardon: The
Lord God said: I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit within you; I
will remove from you your heart of stone and give you a heart of flesh.
All: In Christ all God’s promises are “Yes.” Our
good news is that through Christ our minds and hearts are cleansed, healed, and
renewed.
Anthem: “I
Know That My Redeemer Lives”
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 and the power and
the glory, for ever and ever. Amen.
Hymn: “Lead
me God” (VU #662)
Lead
me, God, lead me in your righteousness; make your way plain before my
face. For it is you, and you, God only,
who makes me to dwell in safety.
We give back
Tithes & Offerings acknowledged
Offertory Prayer
Response: “When
I Survey the Wondrous Cross” (VU #149 verse 4)
Were the whole realm of nature mine,
that were an offering far too small:
Love so
amazing, so divine
Demands my soul, my life, my all.
We Listen for God’s Word
Scripture Readings:
Prayer for Illumination
Sermon: I Am The Way the
Truth, and the Life
We Respond to God’s Word
Hymn: “O
Love That Wilt Not Let Me Go” (VU #658)
1. O Love that wilt not let me go, I rest my weary soul in thee; I give
thee back the life I owe, that in thine ocean depths its flow may richer,
fuller be.
2. O Light that followest
all my way, I yield my flickering torch to thee; my heart restores its borrowed
ray, that in thy sunshine’s blaze its day may brighter, fairer be.
3. I Joy that seekest me
through pain, I cannot close my heart to thee; I trace the rainbow through the
rain, and feel the promise is not vain that morn shall tearless be.
4. O Cross that liftest up
my head, I dare not ask to fly from thee; I lay in dust life’s glory dead, and
from the ground there blossoms red life that shall endless be.
Pastoral Prayer
Closing Hymn: “Will
You Come and Follow Me”
vs. 1-4 (VU #567)
1. Will you come and follow
me if I but call your name? Will you go
where you don’t know and never be the same?
Will you let my love be shown, will you let my name be known, will you
let my life be grown in you and you in me?
2. Will you leave yourself
behind if I but call your name? Will you
care for the cruel and kind and never be the same? Will you risk the hostile stare should your
life attract or scare? Will you let me
answer prayer in you and you in me?
3. Will you let the blinded
see if I but call your name? Will you
set the prisoners free and never be the same?
Will you kiss the leper clean, and do such as this unseen, and admit to
what I mean in you and you in me?
4. Will you love the “you”
you hide if I but call your name? Will
you quell the fear inside and never be the same? Will you use the faith you’ve found to
reshape the world around, through my sight and touch and sound in you and you
in me?
Benediction
Sending Forth: “Will
You Come and Follow Me” verse 5 (VU #567)
I am the Bread of Life
I am the Light of the World
I am the Door of the Sheep
I am the Good Shepherd
ANNOUNCEMENTS & MEETINGS
Worship Leader for Sunday May 10th:
Rev. Ian Mackay
Lay Reader for Sunday May 10th:
Jane Mackay
NEW
CHURCH DIRECTORY:
We are putting together a new church directory. This directory will not include photos like our
previous directory in 2019, but will only include all contact information (mailing
address, phone numbers and email addresses). Please speak to Sharon Sole or Rebecca Peters
should you wish to NOT have your contact information in this new
directory.
DONATIONS
REQUESTED:
The Camp Quin-Mo-Lac
Envelopes are located at the back of the sanctuary if you would like to contribute
financially to sending the 2 students to summer camp. As well, the Blessing Box is available every
week if you wish to contribute any spare change. We will have extra envelopes available for
the next couple of weeks.
MINUTE
OF YOUR TIME:
Please take a few minutes after church today to travel to the Verona Free
Methodist Church to meet with Joyce Casement and Gayle Robertson to see the
preparations they have made for the Verona Food Bank. All are welcome.
FISH
FRY: The Verona Lions will be
hosting a delicious fish fry on Saturday May 9th from 4:30-6:00 pm. Tickets are available online at veronalions.ca or at the following
locations: Verona Hardware & Nicole’s Gifts. Proceeds of the fish fry are in
support of the Prince Charles Public School grade 7/8 class for their year end trip as well as the graduation ceremony. For more information, please see the poster
placed on the bulletin board in the church fellowship hall.
WOMEN’S
SOCIAL:
Please join us for our next women’s ministry event on Tuesday May 19th at
12:30 pm at the Verona Free Methodist Church.
We will be making our own reusable name tags. Lunch provided by donation. Please RSVP to Tricia at 613-530-7621.
PERSONAL
INVITATION:
I would like to personally invite all the church members of
the congregation and staff to our 90th anniversary celebration on
Saturday June 13th from 11:00am to 3:00pm here at Revell Ford Lincoln. We have some exciting things planned including
2
bands (Abrams Brothers and Abby Steward), a classic car display, different
vendors, etc. The
President of Ford Canada will be making a guest appearance as well. ~Brad Revell,
Managing Partner
FOODBANK
NEEDS: The Verona Satellite
Foodbank will be open again next Thursday May 14th at the Verona
Free Methodist Church and is asking for donations of the following:
· Soap (men’s bar soap and women’s
bar soap)
·
Baby
shampoo
·
Men’s
body wash
·
Shampoo
and conditioner
·
Deodorant
(men’s and women’s)
·
Pudding
cups
·
Cake
mix
·
Cake
icing
·
Dish
detergent
·
Jam
·
Canned
Meat (Tuna, Ham, Chicken, Salmon)
·
Canned
Chunky Soup
· Canned Fruit