Order of
Service
18th May
2003
Earth Day Celebration
Easter 5
(Fourth Sunday after Easter)
We invite you to maintain a spirit of silence as
the prelude begins our service.
OUR
APPROACH TO GOD
Prelude "Melody" F. David
Introit "Abba, Father" S. Fry
Welcome
Call to Worship:
Pygmy prayer, Zaire
O God, you have formed heaven and earth;
YOU HAVE GIVEN US ALL THE GOODS
THAT THE EARTH BEARS!
Here is your part, my God.
TAKE IT!
*Hymn: 64 "All Creatures of Our God"
Let us be before our God in silence.
Unison Prayer: Psalm 80
YOU BROUGHT A VINE FROM EGYPT,
CLEARED OUT NATIONS TO PLANT;
YOU PREPARED THE GROUND
AND MADE IT TAKE ROOT TO FILL
THE LAND.
TURN OUR WAY, GOD OF MIGHT,
LOOK DOWN FROM HEAVEN;
TEND THIS VINE YOU PLANTED,
CHERISH IT ONCE MORE.
REST YOUR HAND UPON YOUR CHOSEN
ONE
WHO DRAWS STRENGTH FROM YOU.
LORD, HAVE MERCY ON US.
CHRIST, HAVE MERCY ON US.
LORD, HAVE MERCY ON US.
A Word of Assurance
The Summary of the Law (Mk 12: 29-31)
This is the first commandment:
HEAR O ISRAEL,
THE LORD OUR GOD,
THE LORD IS ONE!
THEREFORE
YOU SHALL LOVE THE LORD YOUR GOD
WITH ALL YOUR HEART,
WITH ALL YOUR SOUL,
WITH ALL YOUR MIND,
AND WITH ALL YOUR STRENGTH.
This is the second commandment:
YOU SHALL LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR AS YOURSELF.
There is no greater commandment than these.
Anthem "Rejoice, the Lord is King" C. Wesley
THE WORD OF
GOD
*Responsive Reading: A Chinook Blessing
*Gloria Patri (Hymn No. 623)
GLORY BE TO THE FATHER
AND TO THE SON
AND TO THE HOLY GHOST.
AS IT WAS IN THE BEGINNING,
IS NOW AND EVER SHALL BE,
WORLD WITHOUT END,
AMEN, AMEN!
The Greeting of Peace
Announcements
*Hymn 578 "All Things Bright and Beautiful"
Scripture Lessons:
First Reading: Acts
9: 26-31
Epistle: 1
John 3: 18-24
Alleluia! ALLELUIA!
Gospel: John
15: 1-8
The Rev. Rhoda Treherne-Thomas, preaching
OUR
RESPONSE TO GOD
*Hymn 58 "This is My Father's World"
*The Offering
We stand as the offering comes forward, singing:
PRAISE GOD FROM WHOM ALL BLESSINGS FLOW;
PRAISE GOD ALL CREATURES HERE BELOW;
PRAISE GOD ABOVE YE HEAVENLY HOSTS;
PRAISE FATHER (CREATOR), SON (CHRIST) AND HOLY GHOST.
AMEN.
Dedication Prayer
over the Gifts
A Time of Giving Thanks & Praise
The Prayer of the People & the Lord’s Prayer
*Hymn 560 "For the Beauty of the Earth"
*Benediction
*Choral Response
Postlude "Christ, the Cornerstone" R. C. Wilson
*Please stand if you are able.
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