Order of Service – Sunday 6 Novemebr 2022 – PENTECOST 22
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CALL TO WORSHIP and OPENING PRAYER
Let us come before God, open our hearts, raise our voices and worship.
Almighty God, to whom all hearts are open, all desires known, and from whom all no secrets are hidden: cleanse the thoughts of our hearts by the inspiring of Your Holy Spirit, that we may perfectly love You, and worthily magnify Your holy name; through Christ our Lord. Amen!
HYMN: 132 “Holy, Holy, Holy! Lord God Almighty”
INVOCATION
Come to us God of unity. Come with Your forgiveness and Your healing grace. Come, that we may witness to reconciliation in a divided world; that we may gather around Christ’s table as one people; that we may affirm one Church, one faith, one Lord.
Come to us, God of unity.
Come to us God of hope. Come to us with Your promises. Come in Your mysterious presence. Come, that we may marvel at Your faithfulness in past generations; that we may celebrate the new things You are doing among us today; that we may be your pilgrim people on our journey to Your kingdom.
Come to us, God of hope. Amen!
CONFESSION
In penitence and faith, let us confess our sins to almighty God. (Silence)
Let us pray:
Merciful God, our maker and our judge, we have sinned against You in thought, word, and deed; we have not loved You with our whole heart, we have not loved our neighbours as ourselves; we repent and are sorry for all our sins.
Father, forgive us. Strengthen us to love and obey You in newness of life; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen!
DECLARATION OF FORGIVENESS
The saying is sure and worthy of full acceptance, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners.
HEARING GOD’S WORD
Heavenly Father, give us ears to hear Your word, hearts to accept it, faith to receive it, understanding to know what it means, and the will to put it into practice, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen!
BIBLE READING Wendy Phelps
Haggai 2:1-9 (Pages 937-938) 2 Thess. 2:1-4, 13-17 (pages 1172-1173)
SERMON: “I Am with You” Krikor Youmshajekian
HYMN: 121 “God Himself is Present”
NOTICES – Elders’ & Council Meetings – Wed Nov 9 at 12:30 pm.
– Fashion Parade – Thursday 10 November at 10:15 am, for more information talk to Jan Cartwright.
– St. Andrew’s Day Luncheon – Sunday 27 Nov 12:00 pm. Come and enjoy the Haggis, the bagpipes and good food. Please reserve your tickets.
– Movie/Pizza Night – Tuesday, 6 December 6:30 pm; movie start at 7:15 pm. The movie will be “It’s a Wonderful Life”.
– Carols Service – Sunday 11 December 9:30 am.
OFFERING – Honour your God with your generous offering!
REMEBERING BETTY CHAPMAN
HYMN: 134 “Praise My Soul, the King of Heaven” (vs. 1,3 & 5)
SHARING MEMORIES from FAMILY MEMBERS
Jane Arakawa and Jenny Rule
HYMN: 569 “Guide Me, O Thou Great Redeemer”
THE LORD’S SUPPER
The Lord be with you. And also with you.
Lift up your hearts. We lift them to the Lord.
Let us give thanks to the Lord our God.
HYMN: 538 “Feed Us Now, Bread of Life”
THE INVITATION
Dear friends, the Lord has prepared His table for all who love Him and trust Him alone for their salvation. All who are truly sorry for their sins, who sincerely believe in the Lord Jesus as their Saviour, and who desire to live in obedience to Him, are now invited to take with gladness from the table of the Lord.
On the night of His betrayal, Jesus took bread, and when He had given thanks, He broke it and gave it to His disciples, saying: “Take, eat, this is My body which is given for you; do this in remembrance of Me”.
In like manner, after supper He took the cup. And when He had given thanks, He gave it to them, saying: “Drink of this, for this is My blood of the New Covenant which is shed for you and for many, for remission of sins; do this as often as you drink it, in remembrance of Me”.
PRAYER
Father, we thank You that You feed us in these holy mysteries with the spiritual food of the body and blood of our Saviour Jesus Christ.
We thank You for the assurance of Your goodness and love, and that we are living members of His body and heirs of His eternal kingdom.
May the Holy Spirit be upon us now, that as we receive this bread and wine we may know the presence and power of Christ our Lord. Amen.
LAMB OF GOD
Jesus, Lamb of God, have mercy on us.
Jesus, bearer of our sins, have mercy on us.
Jesus, redeemer of the world, have mercy on us.
BREAKING THE BREAD
We break this bread and take this cup, God’s gifts for God’s people.
COMMUNION
Take and eat. This is the body of Christ broken for you.
Take and drink. This is the blood of Christ which was shed for you.
PRAYER AFTER COMMUNION
We thank You, Lord, that You have fed us in this sacrament, united with Christ, and given us a foretaste of the heavenly banquet prepared for all people. Amen!
HYMN: 530 “Now Let Us from this Table Rise”
THE LORD’S PRAYER and BENEDICTION
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