Sunday, September 22, 2024
Order of Service
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Prelude - Liturgical Improvisation #1 – G. Oldroyd
Call to Worship
314 God is love, come heaven adoring
Prayer of Adoration and Confession
Declaration of Forgiveness
Ancient Words
Holy words long preserved
For our walk in this world
They resound with God's own heart
Oh, let the ancient words impart
Words of Life, words of Hope
Give us strength, help us cope
In this world, where e'er we roam
Ancient words will guide us home
Ancient words ever true
Changing me and changing you
We have come with open hearts
Oh, let the ancient words impart
Holy words of our Faith
Handed down to this age
Came to us through sacrifice
Oh heed the faithful words of Christ
Holy words long preserved
For our walk in this world
They resound with God's own heart
Oh let the ancient words impart
Ancient words ever true
Changing me and changing you
We have come with open hearts
Oh, let the ancient words impart
Story - Leaf Collection Section!
Psalm 19 (choral)
Prayer for Illumination (together)
Gracious God, by your Spirit, speak to us in the wonder of your word. As we listen, guide us to think and live well to your glory, so that we may follow in the footsteps of Christ, your living word. Amen.
Scripture: John 9:1-38
Sermon - Change for the Better
400 Spirit of the living God
Call for the Offering
By grace, we are participants in the eternal outpouring of God’s love.
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Offertory – Spirit of the living God – arr. J. Carter
Dedication of the Offering
Anthem – Sing to the Lord with a joyful sound – J. Gallina
Prayers of The People
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, forever and ever.
Amen.
334 God who gives to life its goodness
Benediction
Postlude – Rigaudon – A. Campra
We gather on the traditional territory of the Wendat, the Anishnaabeg and the Haudenosaunee Peoples. We are also on lands that are part of the Dish with One Spoon Wampum. We live and work, worship, learn and meet on lands that are the traditional territory of many different Indigenous Peoples who were here before the establishment of European colonies.
