South Stormont Pastoral Charge

*Gathering Hymn God, Whose Love Is Reigning over Us (#399 VU | vs. 1,2) Welcome & Land Acknowledgement Lighting the Christ Candle Call to Worship One: Come, let’s praise God together! All: For God is great, and worthy of our praise! One: Let’s tell stories of the things God has done—mighty acts of power and love throughout history: All: For God is great, and worthy of our praise! One: Let’s remember how much he loves us,and celebrate the care he continuesto show to all of creation: All: For God is great, and worthy of our praise! * Canadian Foodgrains Bank. A Worship Resource for World Food Day 2022 , page 4. Opening Prayer *Opening Hymn  Jesus, Stand among Us(#396 VU) * Profession of Faith – A New Creed (#918 VU) Announcements &Minute for Mission Prayer for Illumination Proclaiming the Scriptures Genesis 12:1-4 This is the Good News from the Bible.   Thanks be to God. Anthem Reflection & Presentation: Rev. Min Hwang’s Fait...

Rev. Min Hwang "Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink, or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothing? Look at the birds of the air; they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of more value than they? And can any of you by worrying add a single hour to your span of life? And why do you worry about clothing? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they neither toil nor spin, yet I tell you, even Solomon in all his glory was not clothed like one of these. But if God so clothes the grass of the field, which is alive today and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, will he not much more clothe you—you of little faith? Therefore do not worry, saying, ‘What will we eat?’ or ‘What will we drink?’ or ‘What will we wear?’ For it is the Gentiles who strive for all these things; and indeed your heavenly Father knows that yo...

*Gathering Hymn  Come, You Thankful People Come (#516 VU | vs. 1,2) Welcome& Land Acknowledgement Lighting the Christ Candle Call to Worship One:The leaves are changing colour as the fall season unfolds. All: We gather to give thanks to God. One:The harvest is in. Some tables are full, yet some are empty. All: We bring our yearnings for a just sharing to God. One: The community gathers to worship, to celebrate, and to give thanks to our Creator. All: We give thanks to God for this community offaith. *Catherine Tovell. Gathering Pentecost 2, 2024. Page 45. Opening Prayer *Opening Hymn  For the Fruit of All Creation(#227 VU) Prayer of Confessional and Renewal (Unison) Loving God, help us to stop trying to force our willin your world. Help us to catch ourselves when weare unkind and judgmental, when we complainabout everything out of habit, and when we takepeople and blessings for granted. Forgive us forbeing careless with the world’s abundance. W...

  O LORD, our Sovereign,     how majestic is your name in all the earth!   You have set your glory above the heavens.   Out of the mouths of babes and infants     you have founded a bulwark because of your foes,     to silence the enemy and the avenger. When I look at your heavens, the work of your fingers,     the moon and the stars that you have established; what are human beings that you are mindful of them,     mortals that you care for them? Yet you have made them a little lower than God,     and crowned them with glory and honour. You have given them dominion over the works of your hands;     you have put all things under their feet, all sheep and oxen,     and also the beasts of the field,     the birds of the air, and the fish of the sea,     whatever passes along the paths of the seas.   O LORD, our Sovereign, ...

*Gathering Hymn Come, Children, Join to Sing (#345 VU) Welcome& Land Acknowledgement Lighting the Christ Candle Call to Worship & Opening Prayer One: Come to rejoice, celebrating the abundance flowing from God’s grace at this table. All: Knowing we are blessed, we come to give joyful thanks and praise. One: Come as a people offering our very selves for Christ’s harvest of life. All: Dancing in delight, the Spirit frees us from scarcity’s bondage. One: Open to possibility and to transformation, come to embrace God’s reign in prayer. All: Generous God, whose bounty is shared so we may share in return, turn our understanding upside down, open our hearts with your challenge to create grace-full community, feed us that we may taste Christ’s living bread, and enflame us with the Spirit’s passion for justice. Amen. *Gord Dunbar. Gathering Pentecost 2, 2024. Page 44. *Opening Hymn As We Gather at Your Table (#457 VU) Prayer of Confessional and Renewal (Unison) ...