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9:55 a.m. November 17, 2019 Watch
Welcome to worship! As you settle in for worship, please feel free to light a candle of prayer in the chapel area (right side of sanctuary). The children will be with us through the baptism, then may be excused to Sunday School. There is nursery care available throughout the service, and a crying room at the back of the sanctuary for those who become inconsolable. Additionally, for a quieter space, audio of the service is in the library, just outside the sanctuary.
RINGING OF THE CHIMES Sylvia Berry, Organist
GREETING & ANNOUNCEMENTS Barry Shelley, Moderator
*HYMN ‘Bring Many Names’ No. 10
GATHERING PRAYER
INTROIT ‘Give Thanks’ Henry Smith
THE SACRAMENT OF BAPTISM Watch
Being baptized today: Mark Hayes and Dylan Macnair, great grandsons of Glenna Paananen
QUESTIONS FOR BAPTISM
Do you desire to be baptized? We do
Do you promise to be Christ’s disciple, follow Christ’s way, resist evil and oppression, and witness to Christ’s work and word? We do
*Asterisk indicates all who are able may stand
Bold print indicates congregational response
*CONGREGATIONAL ASSENT (please rise)
Do you who witness and celebrate this sacrament promise your love, support, and care to these young men about to be baptized, as they live and grow in Christ? We do
*AFFIRMATION OF FAITH (remain standing)
Pastor: Let us unite with the church in all times and places in confessing our faith in the triune God. Do you believe in God?
PEOPLE: I believe in God.
Pastor: Do you believe in Jesus Christ?
PEOPLE: I believe in Jesus Christ.
Pastor: Do you believe in the Holy Spirit?
PEOPLE: I believe in the Holy Spirit.
BAPTISMAL PRAYER
Christ be with you.
And also with you.
ACT OF BAPTISM Watch
PRAYER FOR THE BAPTIZED (in unison)
We give you thanks Holy God, mother and father of all the faithful, for Mark and Dylan who are today washed in the water of Baptism. Embrace us all as sons and daughters in the one household of your love. Grant us grace to receive, value, love, support, nurture and befriend this new member of the body of Christ.
*PASSING THE PEACE
Leader: The peace of Christ be with you
People: and also with you
*GLORIA ‘Let the Whole Creation Cry’ vs 1 No. 21
Let the whole creation cry, Alleluia!
Glory be to God on high! Alleluia!
Sun and moon lift up your voice, Alleluia!
Night and stars, in God rejoice, Alleluia!
A READING FROM THE GOSPEL Luke 21:5-19 Watch
SERMON Ann-Marie Illsley
WITNESS Katrina Clinton
A READING OF THE NAMES OF THOSE TRANSGENDER PERSONS WHO WERE MURDERED IN 2019 Doug Anderson Watch
ANTHEM ‘On River Jordan’s Banks Stand’ Traditional, arr. Rigdon M. McIntosh Watch
On River Jordan’s banks I stand and cast a wishful eye upon the fair and happy land where my possessions lie. I am bound for the promised land, Oh, who will come and go with me? There generous fruits that never fail on trees immortal grow. There rocks and hills and brooks and vales with milk and honey flow Filled with delight, my raptured soul can here no longer stay. Though Jordan’s waves around me roll, fearless I’ll sail away.
MORNING PRAYERS
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 sins, as we forgive those who sin against us. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil, for thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory forever. Amen.
OFFERTORY ‘Jesus Walked This Lonesome Valley’ Traditional,
Koza, soloist arr. Wallace HornbrookWatch
Jesus walked this lonesome valley, He had to walk it by Himself, Oh, nobody else could walk it for Him, He had to walk it by Himself.
We must walk this lonesome valley, we have to walk it by ourselves, Oh, nobody else can walk it for us, we have to walk it by ourselves. You must go and stand your trial, you have to stand it by yourself, Oh, nobody else can
stand it for you, you have to walk it by yourself.
*DOXOLOGY ‘Praise God, from Whom All Blessings Flow’ No. 50
Praise God, from whom all blessings flow;
praise God, all creatures here below: Alleluia! Alleluia!
Praise God, the source of all our gifts!
Praise Jesus Christ, whose power uplifts!
Praise the Spirit, Holy Spirit! Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia!
*PRAYER OF DEDICATION
*HYMN ‘Help Us Accept Each Other’ No. 487
*COMMISSIONING AND BENEDICTION
(please be seated for the closing music)
CLOSING MUSIC
Immediately following worship is a congregational meeting. All are invited to stay, members may vote.
Serving Today:
Rev. Patricia Hayes, Senior Minister
Ann-Marie Illsley, Acting Associate Minister
Murray Kidd, Music Director
Sylvia Berry, Organist
David Wilcox, Sign Language
Loren Stott, Sign Language
Lorraine Wilcox, Hospitality Team Leader
