HARROWSMITH-VERONA PASTORAL CHARGE
UNITED CHURCH OF CANADA
Worship
Time: 10:00 am
at Trinity, Verona
Office
Phone: 613-372-2525 or 613-374-2777
Retired
Voluntary Minister: The Rev’d. 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
In appreciation of Black History
Month artwork created
by
artist Desireé Vaniecia
2022
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, February 16, 2025
Worship Leader: Ian Mackay
Lay Reader: Jane Mackay
EPIPHANY VI
WE GATHER
ORGAN PRELUDE
LIGHTING THE CHRIST CANDLE
HYMN: You Servants of God
……............................................................VU #342
1. You servants of God, your
Saviour proclaim, and publish abroad that wonderful name; the name all
victorious of Jesus extol, whose kingdom is glorious and rules over all.
2. God rules from on high, almighty to save, whose Word still is
nigh, a presence we have. The great congregation God’s triumph shall sing,
ascribing salvation to Jesus our King.
3. Salvation to god, who sits on the throne! Let all cry aloud,
and honour the Son! The praise of Jesus the angels proclaim, bow down in deep
reverence and worship the Lamb.
4. Then let us adore and give as is right, all glory and power,
all wisdom and might, all honour and blessing with angels above, and thanks
never ceasing and infinite love.
SCRIPTURE SENTENCES
CHORAL INTROIT: My Lord, What a Morning
LITANY OF APPROACH
One: Blest are
those who trust in God, who delight to meditate on God’s law.
All: We long to hear the Word of
God and let the Word shape our lives.
One: Blest are
those who seek the realm of God, who hunger to find meaning in their lives.
All: We intend to give our best
to our Creator, bearing fruit in all we say and do.
One: Blest are
the ones who serve God with joy, to risk all they have in faithfulness and
hope.
All: We come now to worship and find
new life, to receive healing and empowerment for our journey.
PRAYER OF APPROACH: (Unison)
Come, Holy
God, to search our minds and try our hearts.
Grant us, in this hour, wise counsel and clear
direction. Touch us, teach us,
hear us, heal us.
Send your Spirit to walk with us, as Christ walked with the disciples
long ago, that your realm may become for us a present reality as well as a
future hope. Grant us living water to
quench our thirst and sound preaching to feed our hunger. Amen.
YOUTH
TIME
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: I’m Gonna Live So God Can Use Me
……....................................VU #575
1. I’m gonna live so God
can use me anywhere, Lord, anytime! I’m
gonna live so God can use me anywhere, Lord, anytime!
2. I’m gonna work so God
can use me anywhere, Lord, anytime! I’m
gonna work so God can use me anywhere, Lord, anytime!
3. I’m gonna pray so God
can use me anywhere, Lord, anytime! I’m
gonna pray so God can use me anywhere, Lord, anytime!
4. I’m gonna sing so God
can use me anywhere, Lord, anytime! I’m
gonna sing so God can use me anywhere, Lord, anytime!
(Children and teachers may leave for church
school classes.)
WE GIVE BACK
OUR OFFERINGS (Offering plates are available at the back
of the church.)
DEDICATION OF THE OFFERING (Standing)
..........................................VU #541
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.
OFFERTORY PRAYER: (Unison)
Thank you, God, for the consolation you offer, the hunger you satisfy,
and the healing you produce in those who respond to your love. You have touched our lives in ways that
enrich us. Now use this offering that we
have made to provide fulfillment in other lives, among our neighbors, near and
far. Enlist our best efforts in the
extension of your realm, that this offering of ourselves
may bear fruit daily. Amen.
WE LISTEN
GOSPEL: Luke 6: 17 – 26 (Pg. 895)
HYMN:
O Master, Let Me Walk With Thee
……......................................VU #560
1. O Master, let me walk
with thee in lowly paths of service free; teach me thy secret, help me bear the
strain of toil, the fret of care.
2. Help me the slow of
heart to move with some clear, winning word of love; teach me the wayward feet
to stay, and guide them in the homeward way.
3. Teach me thy patience;
still with thee; in closer, dearer company, in work that keeps faith sure and
strong, in trust that triumphs over wrong.
In hope that sends a shining ray far down the
future’s broadening way, in peace that only thou canst give, with thee, O
Master, let me live.
SERMON:
“Simple
Graces”
PREPARATION FOR PRAYER: (sung seated) 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.
PASTORAL PRAYER
WE GO FORTH
HYMN:
God of Grace and God of Glory
……….........................................VU #686
1. God of grace and God of
glory, on your people pour your power; now fulfill your church’s story; bring
its bud to glorious flower. Grant us wisdom, grant us courage, for the facing of this hour.
2. Lo, the hosts of evil
round us scorn your Christ, assail your ways; fear and doubts too long have
bound us; free our hearts to work and praise.
Grant us wisdom, grant us courage, for the
living of these days.
3. Cure your children’s
warring madness, bend our pride to your control; shame our wanton selfish
gladness, rich in goods and poor in soul.
Grant us wisdom, grant us courage, lest we miss
your kingdom’s goal.
4. Set our feet on lofty
places, gird our lives that they may be armoured with all Christ like graces,
pledged to set all captives free. Grant
us wisdom, grant us courage, that we fail them nor
thee.
BENEDICTION
Go in peace and the peace of God be
with you this day.
Go in peace and the peace of God be with you alway.
Celebrate and share the joy! Celebrate new Life!
Go in peace and the peace of God be with you alway.
ORGAN POSTLUDE: Improvisation in F (Bach)
ANNOUNCEMENTS & MEETINGS
Worship
Leader for Sunday February 23rd:
Rev. Micheline
Montreuil
Lay
Reader for February 23rd:
John McDougall
Greeter
for February 23rd:
Linda
Shane
WELCOME: Please welcome the Rev. Micheline
Montreuil, who is visiting our church this Sunday and will be providing pulpit
supply next week.
ANNUAL
CONGREGATIONAL MEETING:
Please plan to attend our Annual General Meeting which will take place following
the service today. Copies
of the report are available to be picked up at the back of the sanctuary.
TRINITY
SHARING CUPBOARD: The cupboard will be open
again
on Wednesday February 26th.
At this time, no more food items are needed, but the cupboard could use
some liquid hand soap, unscented bar soap (Ivory or Dove), toothpaste, granola
bars and canned fruit. Thank you
for your continued support!!
UPDATES: If you have recently joined the church, have
moved within the past couple of years, changed phone numbers, or have
celebrated a birthday which puts your age into the “Over 80” category, could
you please let Rebecca in the office know of these changes. She is currently going through our contact
list to
ensure we have an up to date contact in case of church cancellations due to the
weather. Thank You. office@h-vpastoralcharge.org or 613-374-2777