HARROWSMITH-VERONA PASTORAL CHARGE
UNITED CHURCH
OF CANADA
Worship
Time: 10am at Trinity, Verona
Office Phone: 613-372-2525 or 613-374-2777
Minister: The
Rev. Catherine Oxenford-Grant
613-246-7287
Email: cat.oxenfordgrant@gmail.com
Voluntary
Retired Minister: Rev. Ian MacKay
Licensed Lay
Worship Leader: Sheila Anthony
Office
Administrator: Rebecca Peters
Director of
Music: Stan Stinchcombe
Website: www.h-vpastoralcharge.org
e-mail: office@h-vpastoralcharge.org
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The
Mission of Trinity United Church is to be the
ears, eyes, feet, hands and heart of Christ in the Harrowsmith-Verona area and in the world. |
October 14,
2018
Pentecost + 21
Lay
Reader: Ralph McInnes
Prelude: Prelude in D minor (Bach)
Welcome and Announcements:
We Come to Worship
Introit: Rejoice in the
Lord Always (anon.)
Lighting the Christ
Candle: (Responsively)
All: We light this
candle, a reminder of the light of God that shines on us all.
Call to Worship: (Responsively)
One:
We gather together as people of God.
All: We come to sing, to
pray, to give thanks.
One:
We worship the One who is with us all our days.
All: We worship the One
who lives in us, through us, and around us.
One:
We worship the One who is life itself –
All: God of all Creation!
Opening Prayer: (Unison)
God, you are generous and just and we have come to
this place to know you, grow in faith and strengthen our ties with one another.
Help us to move beyond our selfishness, our self-interest and apathy. Forgive
us, we pray in Jesus’ name. Amen.
Words of Assurance:
One: This is the Good News in
Jesus Christ: God loves us more than we love ourselves. God set us free to love
others.
All: Thanks be to God!
*Opening Hymn: VU # 389 “God Is Here” Vss. 1,
3 & 4
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.
Ministry of Music: God,
Reveal Your Presence (Neander)
We Give Back
Food Bank Collection:
The Offering:
*OFFERTORY
HYMN: VU # 540 “Grant Us, God, the Grace”
Grant
us God, the grace of giving, with a spirit large and free, that ourselves and
all our living we may offer faithfully.
*Offering
Prayer: (Unison)
We
thank you, O God, for the Spirit by which we live. Receive, we pray, the fruit
of our hands and may our gifts proclaim your Grace. Amen.
Children’s
Time: What do you take
with you?
*Hymn: MV # 28 “God of the Bible” Vs. 1
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.
We Listen
Minute for Mission:
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Rebuilding
Community in the Philippines Our gifts for Mission &
Service, together with our emergency response for Typhoon Haiyan,
support the agricultural program of the United Church of Christ in the
Philippines (UCCP). In 2013, Typhoon Haiyan
destroyed large parts of Philippine infrastructure, affecting the economic
base of many communities. The Visayas
region in Central Philippines, a predominantly agricultural area, was hard
hit by Haiyan. Ninety-five percent of fruit trees
were uprooted, livestock were killed, and crops were destroyed. Also
destroyed were many families’ hopes for feeding their families and making a
living. As part of the recovery process, Mission & Service partner the
UCCP is working with agricultural communities to restore livelihoods. Working with community-based
organizations, the UCCP developed a plan that identified the most appropriate
livestock to distribute to local families. Basic veterinary skills and
training help farmers ensure the health and welfare of the animals they
receive. Home solar lighting kits are being distributed to communities. For
some, this was the first electrical light their home had ever had. A third component of the plan
is helping farmers plant and harvest aerobic rice, which uses less water and
requires less labour than traditionally grown rice.
Given the right conditions, seed is easily saved from year to year, and a
growing season can have two harvests. Our emergency response provided
a robust short-term response to start the rehabilitation. Through Mission
& Service, our ongoing support ensures that these programs grow and
develop to create resilient and sustainable farming communities in the
Philippines. If Mission
& Service giving is already a regular part of your life, thank you so
much! If you have not given, please join me in making Mission & Service
giving a regular part of your life of faith. Loving our neighbour is at the
heart of our Mission & Service. |
Scripture Readings:
Old Testament: Job 23:
1-10 Job’s complaint is bitter)
Gospel: Mark 10:
17-31 (The Rich Man)
Message: “You Can Take It With You”
We
Pray
Prayers of the People:
We
are Sent Forth
*Closing Hymn: VU # 664 “What a Friend We Have in Jesus”
*CHORAL BENEDICTION “Go
Now in Peace” – Besig/Price
Go now in peace. Never be afraid.
God will go with you each hour of every day.
Go now in faith, steadfast, strong and true.
Know God will guide you in all you do.
Go now in love, and show you believe.
Reach out to others so all the world can see.
God will be there watching us in love.
Go now in peace, in faith, and in love.
POSTLUDE: Fantasia in B flat Major (Telemann)
(Note: “*” You are invited to stand)
Lay Reader for October 21st: Linda Brown
Weekday Services: Tuesdays from 4:00 - 4:45
p.m. All are welcome. For more info
please contact the office
613 374-2777
Choir
Practice & Christmas Concert: Choir practice every Thursday at 7pm. We will start the Christmas concert
rehearsals this Thursday October 11th from 7:30-8:30pm. Please invite anyone you know who might like
to sing with us.
Prayer
from the Pews: Next Sunday October 21st at
9:30am, will be our first session. If
you are interested in hearing the spoken word as poems, join Linda Brown in the
first four row of the pews, at the piano, for 15 minutes before the church
service. There will also be a reading on Sunday November 18th. Meanwhile, who can identify these last lines
of this very famous poem....
“AND
WHILE WITH SILENT, LIFTING MIND I’VE TROD
THE HIGH
UNTRESPASSED SANCTITY OF SPACE,
PUT OUT
MY HAND AND TOUCHED THE FACE OF GOD.”
UCW
Meeting:
There will be no UCW meeting on October 24th. Instead we invite you
to attend a meet and greet potluck in Smiths Falls from 10-2pm. If you wish to attend, please see Darlene
Nichol.
Church
Request: stamps, pop tabs, large plastic milk bags (but not Reid Riverside bags),
Canadian Tire money, and tin cans (please save cans until December). Thank you
for your support
South Frontenac Community
Services: Food Bank Request: cereal, granola bars, rice, soda
crackers, canned meat, peanut butter, Jam, fruit cups, individual apple sauce,
canned tomatoes, toilet paper. Thank You