Order of Service / Pentcost 9 / August 10, 2025

 *Gathering Hymn Come In, Come In and Sit Down (#395 VU)

Welcome & Land Acknowledgement

Lighting the Christ Candle

Call to Worship

One: In worship, we meet our God, who understands us,

All: who knows us deeply and calls us by name.

One: Through prayer, we seek our God, who restores us,

  All: who fills us with joy and helps us follow the divine calling.

One: In praise, we give thanks for our God, who remembers us,

  All: who cares for us when troubles appear, and shelters us when others hurt us.

One: In worship, we affirm God’s promise to be with us.

  All: When we feel inadequate to the task and insufficient for the calling, we seek God’s presence, cherish God’s mercy, and proclaim God’s love for us, now and forever.

*Gill Le Fevre, Gathering Pentecost 1 2025. Page 38.

Opening Prayer

*Opening Hymn Come, Let Us Sing (#222 VU)

Prayer of Confessional and Renewal (Unison)

Loving God, we want to trust you, but sometimes we worry too much. We are afraid of not having enough, so we keep things for ourselves when we could be more generous. We forget what really matters. We spend time and energy on things that do not last. We get distracted and miss chances to love others and to care for this world. Forgive us. Help us to live with open hands and open hearts. Guide us to be ready to share, ready to care, and ready to follow your way of peace and hope. (a time of silent confession) Amen.

Words of Assurance

One: we are not alone.

  All: We are loved and forgiven.

One: Each day is a new chance to live with trust,

All: to share what we have,

One: and to walk together in hope.

All: Thanks be to God. Amen.

Announcements and Minute for Mission

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

Know that God is peace. Know that God is peace.

Know that God is peace. God is peace. God is peace.

Prayer for Illumination

Proclaiming the Scriptures

Hebrews 11:1-3 Faith is the assurance of things hoped for.

Psalm 50:1-8, 22-23 (VU p. 775) God the Almighty has spoken.

Luke 12:32-40 Be ready; be dressed for action.

This is the Good News from the Bible.

  Thanks be to God.

Anthem

Sermon

*Hymn O Jesus, I Have Promised (#120 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)

Healing God, may we proclaim joy in our giving, finding ourselves nurtured by your love, that we might bear fruit in all circumstances. When the winds of turmoil blow through our world, let our giving affirm the steadfastness of your care for all your children. When the desolation of hunger and violence injure our world, let our giving provide hope and courage throughout creation. As you bless and sustain us, may we encourage those around us to join in with generosity, trusting in your everlasting love. Amen.

Prayers of the People and Lord’s Prayer

*Closing Hymn I’m Gonna Live So God Can Use Me (#575 VU)

*Commissioning

One: Go to your families, your friends, your neighbourhoods, and all the places where your everyday life unfolds.

All: We go, ready to build peace and kindness in all our relationships.

One: As we enter a time of summer rest and break, may we carry peace, joy, and gratitude wherever we go.

  All: We go with open hearts, ready to be renewed by God’s gifts all around us.

One: May God’s love hold us and guide us, now and always.

  All: May it be so. Amen.

*Commissioning Song God Be With You

God be with you wherever you go. Amen. Amen. Hallelujah.

Peace be with you whatever you do. Amen. Amen. Hallelujah.

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