Order of Service / Trinity Sunday / May 31, 2026

 # Gathering Hymn Holy, Holy, Holy, Lord God Almighty (vs. 1&4 |#315 VU)

Welcome & Land Acknowledgement

Lighting the Christ Candle

Call to Worship

One: Our Creator God made the universe and all that is in it, from beyond the skies to the land and the sea. God calls us to worship.

  All: So we gather together, aware of Creation around us and preparing to worship God.

One: Teacher Jesus shows us an example of living in peace and harmony with all. Jesus calls us to worship.

All: We gather to be reminded again of how we should live in order to seek peace and harmony with everyone with whom we have contact.

One: The energizing Spirit breathes life into our very being so that we will live as we are intended to live as followers of Jesus. The Spirit calls us to worship.

  All: So we gather to experience the Spirit’s energy and warmth building within and among us as we worship.

*Mary Grant. Gathering Pentecost 1 2026. Page 30.

Opening Prayer

*Opening Hymn Come, O Fount of Every Blessing (#559 VU)

Prayer of Confessional and Renewal (Unison)

Three-in-One God, you call us into loving relationship, with you and with each other. In this, we have fullness of life, in the giving and receiving of love. Every heartache, every sin, all brokenness comes from forgetting this truth. Forgive us for forgetting. Forgive us for going it alone. Draw us back to your circle of love. Remind us that we are your children and members of the same family. In silence, we bring to you our own confessions and our hope for a new beginning. (a time of silent confession) Amen.

*Karen Pryznyk. Gathering Pentecost 1 2023. Page 31.

Words of Assurance

One: God’s grace is enough for us.

  All: We are forgiven and loved.

One: The Spirit helps us grow in love and hope.

All: We are renewed by God’s Spirit.

One: Christ gives rest to our tired hearts.

All: We are made new in Christ.

One: God is with us, growing in us and through us.

All: Thanks be to God. Amen.

Announcements and Minute for Mission

Prayer for Illumination

Proclaiming the Scriptures

2 Corinthians 13:11–13 Agree with one another; live in peace; trinity.

Psalm 8 (VU p. 732) What are human beings that God cares about them?

Matthew 28:16–20 Go be disciples in all the world!

This is the Good News from the Bible.

  Thanks be to God.

Anthem

Sermon

*Hymn Praise Our Maker (#316 VU)

*Offering

*Offertory Hymn Though I May Speak (#372 VU|vs.2&3)

2 Though I may give all I possess, and striving so my love profess,

but not be given by love within, the profit soon turns strangely thin.

3 Come, Spirit, come, our hearts control, our spirits long to be made whole.

Let inward love guide every deed; by this we worship, and are freed.

*Offertory Prayer (Unison)
 Holy God, Creator, Christ, and Spirit, we thank you for your love and care. We bring these gifts to you with grateful hearts. Bless what we give, and bless the work of our church. May these offerings share your love, bring hope to others, and help us serve the world you love. Amen.

 

Sacrament of Communion

< All are welcome to this table.>

*This order of the communion is attributed to Advent Communion Liturgy of the United Church & Celebrate God’s Presence

Invitation to Communion

As we come to this table, we are reminded that this is the table of Jesus Christ, a banquet prepared for everyone. All who seek to be nourished and sustained in the journey of faith, all who seek wholeness and compassionate paths to peace and justice, are welcome here.  

Call to Give Thanks

One: God be with you.

  All: And also with you.

One: Lift up your hearts.

  All: We lift our hearts in prayer.

One: Let us give thanks to God.

  All: It is good to give God thanks and praise.

Prayer of Thanksgiving

Ever-living God, we do give you thanks and praise for you are majestic in holiness, yet ever near, a worker of wonders, yet plain in your presence. In the beginning you created the universe. You made the sun and stars above our heads, and the earth beneath our feet. Your word brought forth the rocks and streams, the surging seas and the wild winds. You fashioned life in all its myriad forms, and shaped from clay the wonder of the human frame. You spoke your word to your people through prophets and priests, men and women of compassion and courage. You never forsake us, even though we turn away from you. You came in Jesus, the Word made flesh, to live and love this life in all its fullness—only to be shunned, despised, and forsaken. You made the cross of death a tree of life, the empty grave a sign of glorious hope. Therefore, with all your people, and with the whole company of heaven and all creation, we sing your praise:

The Song of Creation (#203 MV)

O holy, holy, holy God, O God of time and space.

All earth and sea and sky above bear witness to your grace.

Hosanna in the highest heav'n, creation sings your praise.

And blessed is the One who comes and bears your name always!

The Story Remembered

On the night before he died, it was Jesus who took a loaf of bread, gave you thanks, broke it, and said, “Take and eat; whenever you do this, remember me.” Likewise, after supper, he took the cup, saying, “This is the new covenant; remember me.”

Prayer of Self-Giving

Loving God, we rejoice in the gift of your grace, remembering Christ’s life and death, proclaiming his resurrection, waiting in hope for his coming again. Grant that in praise and thanksgiving, we may so offer ourselves to you that our lives may proclaim the mystery of faith:

Affirmation of Memory and Hope (#204 MV)

Sing Christ has died and Christ is risen, Christ will come again! (X 2)

Prayer for Transformation

Holy God, pour your Spirit on us, that we may know Christ in the breaking of bread, and that in word and deed, we may be channels of your love, peace, and justice in the world:

Doxology Great Amen (#205 MV)

Amen, Amen, O Holy One! Hosanna and Amen! (X2)

Prayers of the People and Lord’s Prayer

Sharing of Bread and Wine

Prayer after Communion (Unison)

Life-giving God, we give you thanks for the gift of our Saviour’s presence in the simplicity and splendour of this holy meal. Unite us with all who are fed by the life of Christ that we may faithfully proclaim the Good News of your love and that your church may be a rainbow of hope

in an uncertain world; through Jesus Christ our Redeemer. Amen.

*Closing Hymn Maker, in Whom We Live (#321 VU)

*Commissioning

One: On this Trinity Sunday, remembering that God is known by many names and many descriptions,

All: we have gathered to abide in God’s presence.

One: On this Trinity Sunday, when we seek to give name to the One who is beyond naming, greater than we can imagine, more than our hearts and minds can really hold, and yet who is as close and comforting as our breath,

All: we have gathered to abide in God’s presence.

One: Now we go forth, knowing that the blessings of the God who is beyond naming, the God who is known in Jesus, and the God who dwells within and around us

All: will be our strength and courage day by day. Amen.

*Susan Lukey. Gathering Pentecost 1 2026. Page. 31.

*Commissioning Song I Am Sending You Light (#99 TLUS)

I am sending you light to heal you, to hold you.

I am sending you light to hold you in love. x2

No matter where you go, no matter where you’ve been;

You’ll never walk alone. I feel you deep within.

I am sending you light to heal you, to hold you.

I am sending you light to hold you in love. x2

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