GIBSON MEMORIAL UNITED CHURCH
FREDERICTON, N.B.
September 28, 2014
11:00 a.m.
Creation 3
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WE GATHER FOR WORSHIP
*denotes standing for those who are able
Congregational Responses are printed in BOLD
PRELUDE
WELCOME
ANNOUNCEMENTS
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Old Testament Reading
Isaiah 55:1-11
MINISTRY OF MUSIC
“Come to the Water”
Responsive Reading
Psalm 72
SERMON
Rev. Cora
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What is Creation Saying to Us?
Work with Me!
WE APPROACH GOD
WE RESPOND TO GOD’S WORD
LIGHTING THE CHRIST CANDLE
CALL TO WORSHIP
Sing to God in thanksgiving;
make music on the harp to our God,
who covers the sky with clouds,
who prepares rain for the earth,
who makes the hills green with grass.
Let us worship our Creator God.
Elizabeth McIntosh
OPENING PRAYER
Through our worship of you this morning, may we find our hearts
and minds united with your Creating Spirit. Help us to be truly
grateful for the gift of life you share with us. Inspire us in this hour
together so that we may care more deeply for your good earth.
Amen.
*OPENING HYMN Praise with Joy the World’s Creator
(Children gather at the front of the sanctuary.)
CONVERSATION TIME
CREATION HYMN
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The Well – Birthday Coins
You Shall Go Out with Joy
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PRAYERS OF THE PEOPLE
O Mystery beyond our defining and confining:
Come and infuse your creation with life
and connect all the parts with one another and with you.
O Snowdrop, God embodied in fragile form:
Come and break through hard earth,
to bring us new life and beauty.
O Water of Life, you fall to renew the earth,
you spray and splash, bubble and flow in river and ocean,
you are still and deep,
and quench the thirst of all creation:
Come, refresh us, cleanse us, satisfy our thirst.
Creator God, who moved on the face of the waters,
pour out your Spirit on the whole creation
and renew the face of the earth. Amen.
THE LORD’S PRAYER
Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name. Thy
kingdom come, thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us
this day our daily bread and forgive us our trespasses as we forgive
those who trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation, but
deliver us from evil, for thine is the kingdom, the power and the
glory, forever and ever. Amen.
WE LISTEN FOR GOD’S WORD
*HYMN
SCRIPTURE READINGS:
David Morrison
Where Cross the Crowded Ways of Life
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OFFERTORY and PRESENTATION OF OUR GIFTS
*THE DOXOLOGY:
Praise God from whom all blessings flow;
praise God, all creatures high and low;
give thanks to God in love made known:
Creator, Word and Spirit, One.
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*THE OFFERTORY PRAYER (all)
To wake from sleep into this new day is gift enough for thanks. To
hear a child’s delight in laughter is gift enough for thanks. To sip a
glass of clean, cold water is gift enough for thanks. Accept our gifts
that all may share in them. Amen.
*CLOSING HYMN
O For a World
*COMMISSIONING & BENEDICTION
We have gathered to seek God’s Presence,
and to give praise for God’s gift of Creation.
As we go out into the world, may we work together
in our homes, work places, and city
to ensure Creation is protected.
And may we take time this week
to enjoy Creation’s beauty
and thank God for it. Amen.
*SUNG BLESSING:
Go now in peace. Never be afraid.
God will go with you each hour of everyday.
Go now in faith, steadfast, strong and true.
Know He will guide you in all you do.
Go now in love, and show you believe.
Reach out to others so all the world can see.
God will be there watching from above.
Go now in peace, in faith, and in love.
Amen. Amen. Amen.
POSTLUDE
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CONGREGATIONAL INFORMATION
Welcome to all! May this worship experience be meaningful and
spiritual for you. Everyone is invited to share in coffee/tea/juice and
conversation in the hall immediately following the service. Greeters
today will be Hans & Lolita Gunter and next week will be Mickey &
Betty Lou Flanagan. Tellers today will be Brian & Joy Veno and Brian
and Marliese Cail and next week will be Glenn & Audrey Kitchen and
Boyd and Helen MacTavish. Taping this Sunday is Lorne Henry and
next week will be Tyler Seymour.
Services & Meetings this week: Sept. 29 – Oct. 3, 2014
Monday
9:30 Shuffleboard
Tuesday
1:30 Women Together
6:30 Scouting Groups
Wednesday 6:15 Sparks
Upcoming Services & Meetings:
Oct. 5
11:00 Creation 4 & World Communion Sunday
& Baptism
Oct. 8
7:00 Mission & Outreach
Oct. 9
1:00 Pastoral Care
Oct. 9
1:30 UCW & the Pastoral Care Committee are
Hosting a speaker from Alzheimer Society
Everyone is welcome!
Oct. 11
10:30 Decorate the Sanctuary for Thanksgiving
Oct. 12
11:00 Creation 5 & Thanksgiving Sunday
Oct. 19
11:00 Special Music by the New Brunswick
Country Music Hall of Fame & POTLUCK
Oct. 21
7:00 Council
Oct. 22
4:15 Church Dinner
Sincere sympathy is extended to Eleanore Burpee & Family on the
death of her partner, David Rickard and to Evelyn Davidson & Family
on the death of her brother-in-law, David Rickard.
Sincere sympathy is extended to Peter & Dorothy Snowball on the
death of Dorothy’s mother, Grace Camp.
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A donation has been made to Gibson Memorial United Church in
Celebration of Phyllis Burpee by Richard & Margaret Allen.
Donations have been made to the Living Memorial Fund and General
Fund in memory of Bert Worthen by Allan Green, Diann Etter, David
& Barbara Morrison, Lorne & Lanna Henry, Lyman & Carrie Coy, Greg
& Mary Feener, Richard & Margaret Allen, Chris & Lynn Banks, Diane
& Ronald Harriott, Joan & Hugh Lautard, Leland & Gertrude Henry,
Glenn & Audrey Kitchen, Denise Scott, Millie Boone, Susan Dodds,
Helen Milburn, Wayne Alexander, Rodney & Hazel Stairs, and Mickey
& Betty Lou Flanagan.
Donations have been made to the Living Memorial Fund and General
Fund in memory of Robert Camp and Grace Camp by Boyd & Helen
MacTavish and David & Gloria Higgins and in memory of Grace Camp
by Stuart Henderson, Sybil Grant, Glenn & Audrey Kitchen and David
& Barbara Morrison.
Donations have been made to the Living Memorial Fund and General
Fund in memory of David Rickard by Rodney & Hazel Stairs, Denise
Scott, David & Gloria Higgins and David & Barbara Morrison.
World Communion – Oct. 5, 2014. Please bring different breads for
World Communion Sunday. Just one slice or a piece cut in cubes.
The Teller’s List for the 2014 – 2015 year are in the Narthex. Please
let me know if there are any changes.
Attendance & Offering Update:
Sept. 7
87
Sept. 14
77
Sept. 21
72
2,375
2,582
2,662
Upcoming Community Events: (see bulletin board for more info.)
Sept. – Dec.
St. Anthony Parish Nursing activities. For more
information please call 444-6398.
Oct. 6
Grandmothers Helping Grandmothers film
launch of African Grandmothers Tribunal at
MacLaggan Hall, UNB, 7 p.m.