May 17th The Sixth Sunday in Easter
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Come to us as light.
Let us hear you this day, O God,
Come to us as truth.
Let us sense your presence, O God,
Come to us as love.
Come and let us worship, God.
We will rejoice in God, our Saviour.
how awesome is your love, O God, One in Three and Three in One!
In you, we live and move and have our being.
In you, we find our beginning and our end.
In you, we find a judge who is kind and gracious.
We know you as Saviour, keeping watch over all your people,
calling us to walk in paths of justice and peace,
leading us away from trouble, toward the hope you promise.
Here we offer you our praise and worship,
seeking to serve you in gratitude each and every day.
All things bright and beautiful,
all creatures great and small,
all things wise and wonderful,
the Lord God made them all.
1 Each little flow'r that opens,
each little bird that sings,
he made their glowing colors,
he made their tiny wings. [Refrain]
2 The purple-headed mountain,
the river running by,
the sunset, and the morning
that brightens up the sky. [Refrain]
3 The cold wind in the winter,
the pleasant summer sun,
the ripe fruits in the garden,
he made them, ev'ry one. [Refrain]
4 He gave us eyes to see them,
and lips that we might tell
how great is God Almighty,
who has made all things well. [Refrain]
We also offer you our confession so that we might renew our faithfulness to you.
We have claimed to be wise when we were ignorant.
We have sought truth in untrustworthy voices,
and trusted lies without questioning.
We have sought after things of little value,
and valued little the things of great worth.
Forgive us our foolishness.
Renew us by your mercy.
Restore within us a right spirit and guide us in your ways of wisdom.
And Christ died for us; Christ rose for us, Christ reigns in power for us, Christ prays for us.
Friends, believe the good news of the gospel. In Jesus Christ, we are forgiven and set free by God’s generous grace.
let the sound of his praise be heard,
9who has kept us among the living,
and has not let our feet slip.
10For you, O God, have tested us;
you have tried us as silver is tried.
11You brought us into the net;
you laid burdens on our backs;
12you let people ride over our heads;
we went through fire and through water;
yet you have brought us out to a spacious place.
13 I will come into your house with burnt offerings;
I will pay you my vows,
14those that my lips uttered
and my mouth promised when I was in trouble.
15I will offer to you burnt offerings of fatlings,
with the smoke of the sacrifice of rams;
I will make an offering of bulls and goats.
16 Come and hear, all you who fear God,
and I will tell what he has done for me.
17 I cried aloud to him,
and he was extolled with my tongue.
18If I had cherished iniquity in my heart,
the Lord would not have listened.
19But truly God has listened;
he has given heed to the words of my prayer.
20Blessed be God,
because he has not rejected my prayer
or removed his steadfast love from me.
I love to tell the story;
'twill be my theme in glory
to tell the old, old story
of Jesus and his love.
1 I love to tell the story
of unseen things above,
of Jesus and his glory,
of Jesus and his love.
I love to tell the story
because I know 'tis true;
it satisfies my longings
as nothing else could do.
2 I love to tell the story;
more wonderful it seems
than all the golden fancies
of all our golden dreams.
I love to tell the story,
it did so much for me;
and that is just the reason
I tell it now to thee. [Refrain]
3 I love to tell the story;
'tis pleasant to repeat
what seems, each time I tell it,
more wonderfully sweet.
I love to tell the story,
for some have never heard
the message of salvation
from God's own holy Word. [Refrain]
4 I love to tell the story,
for those who know it best
seem hungering and thirsting
to hear it like the rest.
And when in scenes of glory I sing the new, new song,
'twill be the old, old story
that I have loved so long. [Refrain]
29Since we are God’s offspring, we ought not to think that the deity is like gold, or silver, or stone, an image formed by the art and imagination of mortals. 30While God has overlooked the times of human ignorance, now he commands all people everywhere to repent, 31because he has fixed a day on which he will have the world judged in righteousness by a man whom he has appointed, and of this he has given assurance to all by raising him from the dead.”
Bless us and the gifts we bring so that our lives may reflect the hope and renewal we have found in Christ, throughout our community and in the world you love, in Jesus’ name. Amen.
We thank you for calling us into a relationship with you and setting us in the world you love. Through our prayers, we bring to you our doubts and fears, our joys and our concerns, and our deepest longings for your world.
Reconciling God,
We pray for our family and friends, those far away and those close by, any who are estranged from us and those whom we depend upon daily. Where our relationships are strained, bring understanding and new possibility. Bless and protect relationships that are joyful and life-giving.
Guiding God,
We pray for public officials, politicians and all who serve the public good day by day. Guide each one to uphold standards of good service above personal gain.
Where they experience tension between their faith and their public roles, give them wisdom to make faithful decisions and courage when those decisions are unpopular.
Caring God,
We pray for the people we encounter every day, both those who are shining lights in our communities and those whose lights have yet to be discovered. Help us be respectful of every neighbour, and treat each person we meet with kindness.
Healing God,
We pray for those who are suffering from illness or chronic conditions, for those in grief or loneliness, and for any who feel frustrated or overwhelmed by what they face. Move in their lives with your healing grace and show them signs of your presence and compassion in life-giving ways.
Faithful God,
Your Spirit has worked in the world throughout all generations. We thank you that we belong to you in this generation. We pray for life-long believers and for those whose faith is new. May your church benefit from the wisdom of the experienced and the vibrancy of those beginning their journey. Help us work together in hope, so that our witness to your purposes and promises will invite others to discover life in you.
Joy of heaven to earth come down,
Fix in us Thy humble dwelling,
All Thy faithful mercies crown!
Jesus, Thou art all compassion,
Pure, unbounded love Thou art;
Visit us with Thy salvation,
Enter every trembling heart.
2 Breathe, O breathe Thy loving Spirit
Into every troubled breast!
Let us all in Thee inherit,
Let us find that second rest;
Take away the love of sinning;
Alpha and Omega be;
End of faith, as its beginning,
Set our hearts at liberty.
3 Come, Almighty to deliver,
Let us all Thy life receive;
Suddenly return, and never,
Nevermore Thy temples leave.
Thee we would be always blessing,
Serve Thee as Thy hosts above,
Pray, and praise Thee without ceasing,
Glory in Thy perfect love.
4 Finish, then, Thy new creation;
Pure and spotless let us be;
Let us see Thy great salvation
Perfectly restored in Thee;
Changed from glory into glory,
Till in heaven we take our place,
Till we cast our crowns before Thee,
Lost in wonder, love, and praise.
You can also join up this Sunday at 10:30 via Zoom
Join Zoom Meeting https://us04web.zoom.us/j/734973955
You can also log in by Phone at 1-646-558-8656
You will be prompted for the meeting ID followed by the # sign
It will then request a form of user ID, just press the # sign again and you will be able to hear the service by phone; please note, everyone else can hear you too.
Meeting ID: 734 973 955
WELCOME
Call to Worship
(responsive) Let us see you this day, O God,Come to us as light.
Let us hear you this day, O God,
Come to us as truth.
Let us sense your presence, O God,
Come to us as love.
Come and let us worship, God.
We will rejoice in God, our Saviour.
Prayer of Adoration
Creator, Christ and Spirit;how awesome is your love, O God, One in Three and Three in One!
In you, we live and move and have our being.
In you, we find our beginning and our end.
In you, we find a judge who is kind and gracious.
We know you as Saviour, keeping watch over all your people,
calling us to walk in paths of justice and peace,
leading us away from trouble, toward the hope you promise.
Here we offer you our praise and worship,
seeking to serve you in gratitude each and every day.
Hymn #267 All Things Bright and Beautiful
Refrain:All things bright and beautiful,
all creatures great and small,
all things wise and wonderful,
the Lord God made them all.
1 Each little flow'r that opens,
each little bird that sings,
he made their glowing colors,
he made their tiny wings. [Refrain]
2 The purple-headed mountain,
the river running by,
the sunset, and the morning
that brightens up the sky. [Refrain]
3 The cold wind in the winter,
the pleasant summer sun,
the ripe fruits in the garden,
he made them, ev'ry one. [Refrain]
4 He gave us eyes to see them,
and lips that we might tell
how great is God Almighty,
who has made all things well. [Refrain]
Prayer of Reconciliation
Creator, Christ and Spirit,We also offer you our confession so that we might renew our faithfulness to you.
We have claimed to be wise when we were ignorant.
We have sought truth in untrustworthy voices,
and trusted lies without questioning.
We have sought after things of little value,
and valued little the things of great worth.
Forgive us our foolishness.
Renew us by your mercy.
Restore within us a right spirit and guide us in your ways of wisdom.
Assurance of Pardon
Hear the good news! Who is in a position to condemn? Only Christ –And Christ died for us; Christ rose for us, Christ reigns in power for us, Christ prays for us.
Friends, believe the good news of the gospel. In Jesus Christ, we are forgiven and set free by God’s generous grace.
Prayer for Understanding
Spirit of Truth and Love, move in us and among us as we listen to the Scriptures read and proclaimed. Open our minds and hearts to God’s Living Word so that we may know it more fully and follow it more faithfully day by day. Amen.Psalm 66:8-20
8 Bless our God, O peoples,let the sound of his praise be heard,
9who has kept us among the living,
and has not let our feet slip.
10For you, O God, have tested us;
you have tried us as silver is tried.
11You brought us into the net;
you laid burdens on our backs;
12you let people ride over our heads;
we went through fire and through water;
yet you have brought us out to a spacious place.
13 I will come into your house with burnt offerings;
I will pay you my vows,
14those that my lips uttered
and my mouth promised when I was in trouble.
15I will offer to you burnt offerings of fatlings,
with the smoke of the sacrifice of rams;
I will make an offering of bulls and goats.
16 Come and hear, all you who fear God,
and I will tell what he has done for me.
17 I cried aloud to him,
and he was extolled with my tongue.
18If I had cherished iniquity in my heart,
the Lord would not have listened.
19But truly God has listened;
he has given heed to the words of my prayer.
20Blessed be God,
because he has not rejected my prayer
or removed his steadfast love from me.
Hymn # I Love to Tell the Story
Refrain:I love to tell the story;
'twill be my theme in glory
to tell the old, old story
of Jesus and his love.
1 I love to tell the story
of unseen things above,
of Jesus and his glory,
of Jesus and his love.
I love to tell the story
because I know 'tis true;
it satisfies my longings
as nothing else could do.
2 I love to tell the story;
more wonderful it seems
than all the golden fancies
of all our golden dreams.
I love to tell the story,
it did so much for me;
and that is just the reason
I tell it now to thee. [Refrain]
3 I love to tell the story;
'tis pleasant to repeat
what seems, each time I tell it,
more wonderfully sweet.
I love to tell the story,
for some have never heard
the message of salvation
from God's own holy Word. [Refrain]
4 I love to tell the story,
for those who know it best
seem hungering and thirsting
to hear it like the rest.
And when in scenes of glory I sing the new, new song,
'twill be the old, old story
that I have loved so long. [Refrain]
Acts 17:22-31
22Then Paul stood in front of the Areopagus and said, “Athenians, I see how extremely religious you are in every way. 23For as I went through the city and looked carefully at the objects of your worship, I found among them an altar with the inscription, ‘To an unknown god.’ What therefore you worship as unknown, this I proclaim to you. 24The God who made the world and everything in it, he who is Lord of heaven and earth, does not live in shrines made by human hands, 25nor is he served by human hands, as though he needed anything, since he himself gives to all mortals life and breath and all things. 26From one ancestor he made all nations to inhabit the whole earth, and he allotted the times of their existence and the boundaries of the places where they would live, 27so that they would search for God and perhaps grope for him and find him — though indeed he is not far from each one of us. 28For ‘In him we live and move and have our being’; as even some of your own poets have said, ‘For we too are his offspring.’29Since we are God’s offspring, we ought not to think that the deity is like gold, or silver, or stone, an image formed by the art and imagination of mortals. 30While God has overlooked the times of human ignorance, now he commands all people everywhere to repent, 31because he has fixed a day on which he will have the world judged in righteousness by a man whom he has appointed, and of this he has given assurance to all by raising him from the dead.”
Invitation to the Offering
Jesus has shared his gifts with his followers throughout all time and in every place. As we offer our gifts in thanksgiving, may our generosity reflect the generosity we meet in Christ Jesus, Lord of all times and all places.Prayer of Dedication
Generous God, we bless you for your gift of life renewed through Christ’s love.Bless us and the gifts we bring so that our lives may reflect the hope and renewal we have found in Christ, throughout our community and in the world you love, in Jesus’ name. Amen.
Prayers of Thanksgiving and Intercession
Loving God,We thank you for calling us into a relationship with you and setting us in the world you love. Through our prayers, we bring to you our doubts and fears, our joys and our concerns, and our deepest longings for your world.
Reconciling God,
We pray for our family and friends, those far away and those close by, any who are estranged from us and those whom we depend upon daily. Where our relationships are strained, bring understanding and new possibility. Bless and protect relationships that are joyful and life-giving.
Guiding God,
We pray for public officials, politicians and all who serve the public good day by day. Guide each one to uphold standards of good service above personal gain.
Where they experience tension between their faith and their public roles, give them wisdom to make faithful decisions and courage when those decisions are unpopular.
Caring God,
We pray for the people we encounter every day, both those who are shining lights in our communities and those whose lights have yet to be discovered. Help us be respectful of every neighbour, and treat each person we meet with kindness.
Healing God,
We pray for those who are suffering from illness or chronic conditions, for those in grief or loneliness, and for any who feel frustrated or overwhelmed by what they face. Move in their lives with your healing grace and show them signs of your presence and compassion in life-giving ways.
Faithful God,
Your Spirit has worked in the world throughout all generations. We thank you that we belong to you in this generation. We pray for life-long believers and for those whose faith is new. May your church benefit from the wisdom of the experienced and the vibrancy of those beginning their journey. Help us work together in hope, so that our witness to your purposes and promises will invite others to discover life in you.
Joys and Concerns of the Congregation
We pray all these things in the name of Jesus, our Risen Christ, who taught us to pray together…The Lord’s Prayer
Hymn #376 Love Divine all Loves Excelling
1 Love divine, all loves excelling,Joy of heaven to earth come down,
Fix in us Thy humble dwelling,
All Thy faithful mercies crown!
Jesus, Thou art all compassion,
Pure, unbounded love Thou art;
Visit us with Thy salvation,
Enter every trembling heart.
2 Breathe, O breathe Thy loving Spirit
Into every troubled breast!
Let us all in Thee inherit,
Let us find that second rest;
Take away the love of sinning;
Alpha and Omega be;
End of faith, as its beginning,
Set our hearts at liberty.
3 Come, Almighty to deliver,
Let us all Thy life receive;
Suddenly return, and never,
Nevermore Thy temples leave.
Thee we would be always blessing,
Serve Thee as Thy hosts above,
Pray, and praise Thee without ceasing,
Glory in Thy perfect love.
4 Finish, then, Thy new creation;
Pure and spotless let us be;
Let us see Thy great salvation
Perfectly restored in Thee;
Changed from glory into glory,
Till in heaven we take our place,
Till we cast our crowns before Thee,
Lost in wonder, love, and praise.
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