Glebe Road United Church - September 9, 2012 2012 Fourteenth Sunday after Pentecost Creation Time (1)

Glebe Road United Church - September 9, Fourteenth Sunday after Pentecost Creation Time (1)

To Visitors: We are honoured to welcome any and all visitors worshipping with us. Child care and Sunday School are provided once the children leave after the childrens prayer. Please pick up a visitors welcome package at the back of the church, and may God richly bless your time in our midst. Gathering and Centering (* is a request to stand) Musical Prelude Announcements *Opening Hymn: All Praise to You VU 297 *Lighting the Christ Candle Choir: Open your hearts to the light of Gods presence We will walk in the light; we will walk in the light. Leader: Open your hearts to the light of God's presence People: We will walk in the light. Leader: Jesus Christ is the light of the world. People: Thanks be to God. *Call to Worship Leader: We come to worship the Lord our God People: Creator of all that is Leader: The Earth, the Sea and the Sky People: All these belong to our God. Leader: We are but a single strand People: in a great web of life. Leader: Let the whole Universe cry its thanks and praise People: This day and evermore. Introit: Opening Prayer Prayers of Confession and Affirmation (see insert) Anthem Childrens Hymn: Like a Rock MV 92
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Lords Prayer Childrens Prayer We hear Gods Word and proclaim it NewTestament Reading: James 3:1-12 Responsive Psalm 19: VU 740 New Testament Gospel Reading: Mark 8: 27-38 Sermon: "Human Things and Duvine Things We Respond to Gods Word *Hymn: Will You Come and Follow Me - VU 567 Offering *Doxology Praise God from whom all blessings flow, Praise God all creatures high and low, Give thanks to God in love made known, Creator, Word and Spirit One. Prayer of Dedication Prayers of the People We go into the world *Closing Hymn: Faith. While Trees are Still in Blossom VU 643 *Commissioning Leader: It is God who gives us life. ALL: We are blessed with every breath we take. Leader: It is God who gives life to every living thing. ALL: We are surrounded by all Gods blessings in Creation. Leader: And now God calls each one of us to seek justice, love mercy and walk humbly with our God in all that we do. ALL: May it be so. Thanks be to God. Benediction Choral Response Musical Postlude

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PRAYER OF CONFESSION AND AFFIRMATION Ministers: All who worship in this place and support the work of this faith community. Worship Leader: Music Director: The Rev. Dr. Ambury Stuart Maria L. Case 416-226-3675 (Residence) 416-944-9260 (Residence) amburystuart@rogers.com mlcase@sympatico.ca Leader: We are created by God and we are valued and loved by our Creator. God knows our imperfections and our weaknesses and loves us anyway. Now God waits for us to confess that we have lost our way, and that we yearn to return again on our pilgrimage journeys that lead to life. People: Together we acknowledge our sins and shortcomings before the author of all life Sung Response (Choir) Leader: Before God, with the people of God, I confess to my fears and my failings, to the harm they have caused to me and others, and to the brokenness in my life and community. People: We grieve our brokenness together. But God forgives our human weakness, and reconciles us to God and one another in Christ. Leader: Thanks be to God. Amen. People: Before God, in the midst of Gods people we also confess to our fears and failings, to the harm they have caused to ourselves and others, and to the brokenness of our lives and communities. Leader: We grieve our brokenness together. But God forgives our human weakness,
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PRAYER OF CONFESSION AND AFFIRMATION and transforms us through the power of the Spirit to work with God for the healing of the world. People: Thanks be to God. Amen.
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Leader: Together, we sing of our Creator People: who made us to live and move and have our being in God. Leader: Move among us God; touch us with your love People: so that your love is always with us. Leader: Transform our lives into right relationship People: with each other and with you. Leader: Together we sing of the Spirit People: always faithful and untamable, always alive in the world. Leader: Together we sing of the Spirit People: who speaks our prayers of deepest longing, who enfolds our concerns and confessions, who transforms us and the world. Leader: We are a forgiven people. People: God changes our lives, our relationships and our world. Leader: Grateful for Gods loving action People: We cannot keep from singing: Sung Response (by everyone): More Voices 115 Behold, Behold, I make all things new, beginning with you and starting from today. Behold, Behold, I make all things new,
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Glebe Road United Church - September 9, 2012 2012 Fourteenth Sunday after Pentecost Creation Time (1)

Glebe Road United Church - September 9, Fourteenth Sunday after Pentecost Creation Time (1)

my promise is true for I am Christ the Way.

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