Order of Liturgy / Creation 2 / September 15, 2024

*Gathering Hymn All Things Bright and Beautiful (#291 VU | vs. 2,3)

Welcome & Land Acknowledgement

Lighting the Christ Candle

Call to Worship

One: Let us enter this place together, ready to worship with thanksgiving for the abundance of God that we experience every day.

  All: God gave us a wide and wondrous world in which to live.

One: Here, in this holy place, in community, surrounded by the wonders of God’s glorious Creation, we will worship with prayer, song, hearts, and minds.

All: This is the day that God has made! Let us rejoice and be glad!

*Allison Abbott-Wiebe. Gathering Pentecost 2, 2024. Page 27.

Opening Prayer

*Opening Hymn We Praise You for the Sun (#225 VU)

Prayer of Confessional and Renewal (Unison)

Dear God, we come to you on this day from a society that tends to always be thinking of what we are lacking rather than what we already have. We confess that we might have an abundant list of wants yet may be deficient in our gratitude. As a society, we complain that we do not have enough to go around and, at the same time, fail to realize the bounty in your creation. O God, help us to remember the splendour of your creation, the plenty that is all around us, and the stewards who harvest it and prepare it for our usage. Bless us with spirits of gratitude and generosity, so that we may continue to carry out your works in the world. (a time of silent confession) Amen.

*Aaron Palmer. Gathering Pentecost 2, 2024. Page 30.

Words of Assurance

One: We know that God is the creator of all the cosmos, including the stunning and bountiful world in which we live.

  All: We are blessed to be a part of God’s magnificent creation.

One: Each of us is a beloved child of God, who, by grace, inherited life abundant.

All: As God’s forgiven, beloved children, let us shape a society filled with gratitude and generosity. Amen.

*Aaron Palmer. Gathering Pentecost 2, 2024. Page 30.

Announcements and Minute for Mission

Time for God’s Children(Know that God is Good / MV #104)

Know that God is good, know that God is good,

know that God is God, God is good, God is good.

Prayer for Illumination

Proclaiming the Scriptures

Proverbs 1:20-33 Wisdom cries in the streets.

Psalm 19 (VU p.740-741) The heavens declare the glory of God.

Mark 8:27-38 Who do people say that I am?

This is the Good News from the Bible.

  Thanks be to God.

Anthem

Sermon

*Hymn Touch the Earth Lightly (#307 VU)

*Offering

*Offertory Hymn (Tune: #374VU)

Acts of kindness, times for sharing; bringing Christ to human need.

Caring for the least among us; simple actions plant the seed.

By our giving and forgiving, work a miracle of love.

Holy presence to us offered; Praise the One who reigns above.

*Offertory Prayer (Unison)

Creator God, we bring before you these gifts as a symbol of our gratitude for the abundance of your world. You have blessed the earth with beauty, the skies with wonder, and our lives with the rhythm of renewal. May our offerings reflect our commitment to be caretakers of your creation, to share generously with one another, and to work for justice, peace, and the flourishing of all in your world. Amen.

Prayers of the People and Lord’s Prayer

*Closing Hymn The Earth and All Who Breathe (#295 VU)

*Commissioning

One: As Wisdom cries out in the streets, calling us to listen and walk in her ways,

  All: We are called to heed her voice and live with hearts open to God's truth.

One: Let us go out into the world, embracing the lessons of God’s wisdom, seeking understanding in all we do.

  All: We will honour God by caring for creation, loving our neighbours, and living justly.

One: Go in the confidence of God’s wisdom, sharing peace, justice, and joy with all you meet.

  All: With God’s wisdom as our guide, we go forth to serve and bless. Amen!

*Commissioning Song Peace be with You (#215 MV)

Peace be with you, peace forever, peace be with you my friends.

Till we meet again, may God be with you. Peace, peace, peace.

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