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’d. 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 March 8, 2026

Worship Leader : Tracy Kent-Hillis

Lay Reader: Rebecca Peters

Organ Prelude

Greetings and Announcements

Lighting the Christ Candle

Hymn: “O Worship the King” (VU #235)

1. O worship the King, all glorious above, O gratefully sing Gods power and Gods love; our Shield and Defender, the Ancient of Days, pavilioned in splendour, and girded with praise.

2. O tell of Gods might, O sing of Gods grace, whose robe is the light, whose canopy space, whose chariots of wrath the deep thunderclouds form, and broad is Gods path on the wings of the storm.

3. The earth with its store of wonders untold, Almighty, your power has founded of old; has stablished it fast by a changeless decree, and round it has cast, like a mantle, the sea.

4. Your bountiful care, what tongue can recite It breathes in the air, it shines in the light; it streams from the hills, it descends to the plain, and sweetly distils in the dew and the rain.

5. Frail children of dust, and feeble as frail, in you do we trust, nor find you to fail; your mercies how tender, how firm to the end, our Maker, Defender, Redeemer, and Friend.

Scriptural Sentences

Choral Introit: “By the Well, a Thirsty Woman” (MV #117)

Call To Worship (Responsive)

One: Come to the well where living water flows.

ALL: We come thirsty for hope, for truth, for grace.

ONE: As in the story from the Gospel of John, Christ meets us in ordinary places.

ALL: He meets us as we are—known and loved.

ONE: Jesus offers water that never runs dry.

ALL: We long to drink deeply of this living water.

ONE: Come and see the One who tells the truth and gives new life.

ALL: We come to worship in spirit and in truth.

ONE: Let us receive Christ’s love and share it freely.

ALL: May we become springs of hope for the world.

Prayer (Unison)

Gracious Christ, you meet us at the well of our ordinary lives and offer us living water. You know our stories, our questions, and the places we hide, yet you draw near with compassion. Quench the deep thirst within us that nothing else can satisfy. Wash away shame and fear, and fill us with your truth and grace. Teach us to worship you in spirit and in truth. Make us open to those we might overlook, just as you crossed barriers to meet the Samaritan woman. Send us out as witnesses, refreshed and ready to share the good news with the world.

Anthem: “Water Flowing from the Mountains” (MV #87)

*Lenten Candle Liturgy # III – Sunday School

Leader: This is the third Sunday in Lent, the season for journeys of the heart. There is so much each day that clamours for attention, things bombarding us with noise that demand our attention. Where is the time and place to listen for the still, small voice of God? Sometimes it seems that God would have to speak in a whirlwind to be heard above the clamour! Listen! There is a place for quiet rest, and it is the place where God dwells within us. See Jesus walking onward, eyes fixed, heart fixed and filled within, God-centered. Today we journey to the parts of ourselves best known to God, beyond all the noise and beneath the clamour. Quietly, steadfastly, we follow Jesus.

We extinguish the light of candle III. In doing it, we acknowledge the darkness and the violence in the world and to the Earth.

(Candle III is extinguished)

Let us pray:

ALL: Draw us together in your love, O God. May our restless hearts not resist you, but continue to search until they find their rest in you. We pray in Jesus’ name. Amen.

Hymn: “Just As I Am” vs. 3 (VU ##508)

Just as I am, though tossed about

With many a conflict, many a doubt;

Fightings within and fears without,

O Lamb of God, I come, I come!

Lord’s Prayer

Hymn: “Come Let Us Sing” ( VU #222)

1. Come, let us sing to the Lord our song, we have stood silently too long; surely the Lord deserves our praise, so joyfully thank God for our days.

2. O thirsty soul, come drink at the well; God’s living waters will never fail. Surely the Lord will help you to stand, strengthened and comforted by God’s hand.

3. You dwell among us and cause us to pray, and walk with each other following your way; our precious brothers and sisters will grow in the fulfilling love they know.

4. Deserts shall bloom and mountains shall sing to the desire of all living things. Come, all you creatures, high and low, let your praises endlessly flow.

(Children and Teachers leave for Sunday School Classes)

We Give Back

Our Offering ( Offering plates are available at the back of the Church)

Dedication of the offering (Standing) “What Can I Do” (MV #191)

What can I do? What Can I bring? What can I say? What can I sing? I’ll sing with joy. I’ll say a prayer. I’ll bring my love. I’ll do my share!

What can I do? What Can I bring? What can I say? What can I sing? I’ll sing with joy. I’ll say a prayer. I’ll bring my love. I’ll do my share!

Offertory Prayer (Unison)

God of living water, From your abundance, we offer back these gifts with grateful hearts. Bless our tithes and offerings, that they may flow where hope is needed most. Use what we give to bring healing, justice, and compassion into the world. May our generosity reflect your boundless love.

We listen

Gospel John 4:5-42

One: For the word of God in Scripture, For the word of God among us and

For the word of God within us.

ALL: Thanks be to God

Hymn: Jesus, Lover of My Soul ( VU #669)

1. Jesus. Lover of my soul, let me to thy bosom fly, while the nearer waters roll, while the tempest still is high. Hide me, O my Saviour, hide, till the storm of life is past; safe into the haven guide, O receive my soul at last.

2. Other refuge have I none; hangs my helpless soul on thee. Leave, ah! Leave me not alone; still support and comfort me. All my trust on thee is stayed, all my help from thee I bring; cover my defenceless head with the shadow of thy wing.

3. Thou, O Christ, art all I want; more than all in thee I find. Raise the fallen, cheer the faint, heal the sick, and lead the blind. Just and holy is thy name, I am all unrighteousness: false and full of sin I a,, thou art full of truth and grace.

4. Plenteous grace with thee is found, grace to cover all my sin; let the healing streams abound; make and keep me pure within. Thou of life the fountain art, freely let me take of thee; spring thou up within my heart; rise to all eternity.

Message: “Living Water”

Preparation for Prayer: “Spirit of the Living God” (VU #376)

1. Spirit of the living God, fall afresh on me. Spirit of the living God, fall afresh on me. Melt me, mould me, fill me, use me. Spirit of the living God, fall afresh on me.

2. Spirit of the living God, move among us all; make us one in heart and mind, make us one in love: humble, caring, selfless, sharing. Spirit of the living God, fill our lives with love!

Pastoral Prayer

We Go Forth

Hymn: “I Heard the Voice” (VU # 626)

1. I heard the voice of Jesus say, “Come unto me and rest; lay down, O weary one, lay down your head upon my breast.” I came to Jesus as I was, weary and worn and sad; I found in him a resting place, and he has made me glad.

2. I heard the voice of Jesus say, “Behold, I freely give the living water; thirsty one, stoop down, and drink, and live.” I came to Jesus, and I drank of that life-giving stream; my thirst was quenched, my soul revived, and now I live in him.

3. I heard the voice of Jesus say, “I am this dark world’s light; look until me, your morn shall rise, and all your day be bright.” I looked to Jesus, and I found in him my star, my sun; and in that light of life I’ll walk till travelling days are done.

Benediction

Sending Forth : Go Forth for God (VU#418) Verses 1 and 2

Go forth for God, go to the world in peace;

be of good courage, armed with heavenly grace,

in God's good Spirit, daily to increase,

till in the kingdom we see face to face.

Go forth for God, go to the world in peace;

Go forth for God, go to the world in love;

strengthen the faint, give courage to the weak;

help the afflicted; richly from above

God's love supplies the grace and power we seek.

Go forth for God, go to the world in peace;

Organ Postlude

*This liturgy was initially written by Jeanyne Slettom, Ph.D. and has been adapted by Ian R. Mackay.

ANNOUNCEMENTS & MEETINGS

Worship Leader for Sunday March 15^th

Rev. Micheline Montreuil

Lay Reader for Sunday March 15^th

Linda Brown

SUNDAY SCHOOL: There will be no Sunday School during the March break (March 15^th an 22^nd). Sunday School will resume on Sunday March 29^th. Have a safe and fun break!

“SOUP-er” Fellowship: The Trinity UCW will be hosting their special “SOUP-er Fellowship” next Sunday March 15^th. The UCW will be providing 4 different soups, buns and crackers, and are asking for those interested in staying for this special fellowship to bring fruit, cheese, eggs or dessert.

EXTRA BONUS AT FELLOWSHIP: Do you know the names of the many kinds of trucks that are on the road these days? I don’t. So we have invited Levi Peters to bring his model truck display to the UCW Soup-er Fellowship next Sunday March 15^th. While our hungry congregation is waiting for the soups to be served, why don’t you mosey over to the display and hear Levi tell you the names of each and every truck? I can hardly wait! (Linda Brown)

NEWSLETTERS: Your next edition of the church newsletter “Trinity Connected” is available for you to pick up at the back of the church sanctuary.

FOODBANK NEEDS: The Verona Satellite Foodbank will be open this Thursday March 12^th at the Verona Free Methodist Church and is asking for donations of the following:

· Jam

· Instant Jello

· Canned Fruit

· Personal Hygiene Items (shampoo, deodorant)

TRINITY MOVIE NIGHT: Mark your calendars for a wonderful evening; the Trinity UCW will be hosting a movie night on Friday March 27^th. Doors open at 6:00 pm and the movie will start at 6:30 pm. Being shown will be “The Ultimate Gift.” Admission is by donation and includes a bag of popcorn, chocolate bar and drink.