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:
Rev. 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.
September
21, 2025
Proper
20/Creation Time
Worship
Leader: Rev’d Catherine Oxenford-Grant
**You are invited to stand in body or in
spirit
Prelude:
Welcome and Announcements:
Introit:
“And on This Path” (MV #8)
We Gather
Lighting the Christ Candle:
One:
We gather as people who follow the light.
All: Jesus said, “I am the light of the
world.” (The Christ candle is lit)
Call to Worship: (responsively)
One:
Today, we come to worship our Creator God.
All: Help us to hear your voice in our worship
today.
One:
We trust your love and we rest in your presence.
All: Amen.
Opening Prayer:
(Responsively)
One:
Amazing God, you tend to your children with love and care.
All: You are the way, our Light, our Teacher
and Friend.
One:
You are our beginning and our end.
All: You call us into loving relationship,
with you and with each other.
One:
In you, we have fullness of life, in the giving and receiving of love. Every heartache,
every sin, all brokenness comes from forgetting your truth.
All: Forgive us for forgetting. Forgive us for
going it alone. Draw us back to your circle of love and remind us that we are
your children. Amen.
Words of
Assurance:
One: We are God’s beloved children.
All: Thanks be to God! Amen.
**Hymn: “Joyful, Joyful, We Adore You”
Vss. 1, 3 & 4 (VU #232)
1.
Joyful, joyful we adore you, God of glory, life and love; hearts unfold
like flowers before you, opening to the sun above. Melt the clouds of sin and sadness, drive the
gloom of doubt away; giver of immortal gladness, fill us with the light of day.
3.
You are giving and forgiving, ever blessing, ever blest, wellspring of
the joy of living, ocean dept of happy rest!
Source of grace and fount of blessing, let your light upon us shine;
teach us how to love each others, lift us to the joy divine.
4.
Mortals join the mighty chorus which the morning stars began; God’s own
love is reigning o’er us, joining people hand in hand. Ever singing, march we onward, victors in the
midst of strife; joyful music leads us sunward in the triumph song of life.
Anthem “River” (MV #3)
Something to
Ponder: When the lesson is really complicated.
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, for ever and ever. Amen
We Give Back
Dedication of our Offerings:
VU #540 (Please remain seated as we sing)
All: Grant us, God the grace of giving, with a spirit
large and free, that ourselves and all our living we may offer faithfully.
Prayer:
All: God has
called us to make a difference, here and around the world. May our gifts be one
way to offer God’s healing grace to a hurting world. Amen.
**Hymn: “Come and Seek the Ways of Wisdom”
Vss. 1 & 2 (MV #10)
We Listen
Old Testament: Psalm 113: 1-4 (Praise the Lord!) (Pg. 529)
New Testament: Timothy 2: 1-7 (Pray for all People) (Pg. 1038)
Message:
“Go Figure!”
Hymn: “Take Time to be Holy” Vs.
1 (VU #672)
1.
Take time to be holy, speak oft with your Lord; abide in him always, and
feed on his word. Make friends of God’s children, help those who are weak, forgetting in nothing his
blessing to seek.
Prayers of Care and Concern:
We
are Sent Forth
**Closing Hymn: “Go to the World” Vss. 1, 2
& 4 (VU #420)
1.
Go to the world! Go into all the
earth. Go preach the cross where Christ
renews life’s worth, baptising as the sign of our rebirth. Hallelujah!
Hallelujah!
2.
Go to the world! Go into every
place. Go live the Word of God’s
redeeming grace. Go seek God’s presence
in each time and space. Hallelujah! Hallelujah!
4.
Go to the world! Go as the ones I
send, for I am with you ‘til the age shall end, when all the hosts of glory cry
“Amen!” Hallelujah! Hallelujah!
**Commissioning
and Benediction
**Choral
Benediction: (Don Besig/Nancy
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.
Amen. Amen.
Amen!
Postlude
ANNOUNCEMENTS & MEETINGS
Worship Leader
for Sunday September 28th:
Tracy Kent-Hillis
Lay Reader for
Sunday September 28th:
Nancy Moore-Carr
Greeter for Sunday September 28th:
Bea Moffitt
Happy
Birthday Hilda Warren September 6th Ed Asselstine September 25th Linda Brown September 29th Happy Birthday to You!! May God’s richest blessings shine
upon you!!
Birthday
Sunday:
Wishing everyone who celebrates a birthday in September a
very happy birthday. Happy birthday to you.
Happy birthday to you. May God’s richest blessings rest upon you!
FELLOWSHIP: Please stick around following our service
today as we share our fellowship potluck.
SHEILA’S PANTRY: Thank you for your ongoing support. We will be accepting food donations for the
reopening of the cupboard sometime
in October. Anything and
everything will be kindly received and welcomed.
BLESSING BOX: Do you have any spare change in your pocket
or purse? If so, the Blessing Box is located at
the back of the church sanctuary.
All funds received go towards sending kids to Camp
Quin Mo Lac. Thank you for your support.
UCW RALLY: The Four Rivers Area UCW will be having a
fall rally on Wednesday October 15th at Grace United Church (120 Pine
Street Gananoque) starting at 9:30 am.
Guest speaker is Joan MacKinnon (president of the horticultural society
in Gananoque). If you are interested in
attending, please contact Darlene Nicol at
613-374-3276. Registration is required by
Friday October 3rd.
FASHION SHOW: The Harrowsmith Women’s Institute, in support
of the New Leaf Link (offering educational programming in Harrowsmith with
adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities) are hosting
a Vintage Fashion Show here at Trinity on Sunday October 19th
at 2:00 pm. Entry is
$20/person. Pie and an
ice cream social to follow the show.
For tickets please call 613-483-1679.
For more information, please see the beautiful poster on the bulletin
board in the upper hall.
SPAGHETTI DINNER INFORMATION: The NEW date for this dinner will be on
Saturday October 25th from 4:30 pm t 6:30 pm. Cost is $12 per person, $6 per child. Meat, vegetarian and gluten free options will
be available. To reserve your seat, please
contact Rebecca at 613-374-2777 or office@h-vpastoralcharge.org by Thursday
October 16th.