Gratitude and Heart

19th Sunday after Pentecost Sunday, October 20, 2019 7:00 pm

VisionTransforming lives through God’s grace

MissionInspired by the Holy Spirit, we grow disciples of Jesus Christ to love our neighbours and effect social change.

MusiciansColleen Charter, Pianist

MinistersThe Rev. Dr. Nick Athanasiadis Lead Minister, Vision, Worship and Discipleship

The Rev. Maren McLean Persaud Associate Minister, Children and Youth

The Rev. Dr. M. Jean Morris Associate Minister, Pastoral Care

The Rev. Jake Van Pernis Associate Minister, Engagement and Service

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Order of Worship

*You are invited to rise in body or spirit in the portions of the service marked with an asterisk.

We Gather TogetherOpening Music

Welcome Jake Van Pernis

Centering Time We gather this evening in silence to allow space for reflection and thought as a way of opening our lives to God’s grace and God’s presence. The words of prayer printed below can be used as a help to let go of schedules and to-do lists and as a way of sharing our inner lives with God.

(Breathe In)Teach me to make space

(Breathe Out)for thanksgiving and grace, God of All.

A Candle Is Lit To Remind Us Of God’s Presence Toby WebberThe gentle candle light this evening reminds us of Jesus’ promise to be present: “ Where two or three are gathered in my name, I am there among them.” The flickering of this candle invites us to listen for Jesus speaking, watch for the Spirit’s moving, and trust in God’s love and grace.

As we take in the promise and mystery of Jesus’ presence we are invited to sing these words together:Jesus is the Light of the World,the light that can never be put out.Jesus is the Light of the World,the Light of God is with us now.

We Lift Our Praise *Responsive Opening Words Inviting Us to Share Our Loves With God Sing and speak words of praise with joy –God loves us with a redeeming and transforming love!

Know God desires for grace to shine through our lives –God invites us to show compassion, and love without judgment!

Come let us worship God!whose love is redeeming and transforming us and the world!

*Song Of Calling Us Into Worship # 389 Breathe On Me Breath of God (Verses 1 -3)

We Lift Our Prayers

A Collective Prayer Asking God For Forgiveness and To Turn Us Around Creator, Redeemer, and Sustainer,We celebrate and welcome the light of grace, of hope, and of meaning you have painted into this time and space. Speak to us so we may have a deeper understanding of your creative and transforming love.

Remind us you are abundance, you are relationship and love, you are healing and renewal, you are peace, and you are present reaching into life with hope, restoration, and grace.

We pause for a time of silent reflection to open our hearts and lives to God. If it is helpful look to the candle at the front of the chapel inviting us to listen for Jesus speaking, watch for the Spirit’s moving, and trust in God’s love and grace as a way of opening our lives in prayer to God.

Listen and attend to our hearts as we pray together:God, we often do not pay attention to the hope you reach into life with or the gifts you have breathed out, so we live in small ways allowing doubts and fears to lessen our stories, causing our voices to remain silent and our hands closed. We forget to welcome as we have been welcomed;to forgive and be open to how forgiving transforms life;and to tend and care for healing that comes from listening, being present, and understanding, as well as sharing what is good, grace-filled, and life-giving.Reach into our lives and turn us around so we remember the gifts you have breathed into us, the love you have for us, and the life you are inviting us to know. Amen.

*Song Of Prayer # 560 Put Peace Into Each Other’s Hands (Verses 1, 2, & 5)

*Passing Of The Peace Of Christ Friends, God’s love for us and for all of creation goes beyond what we can imagine! Therefore, let us be confident in God’s love, the Spirit meeting us where we are, and the forgiveness of Jesus, and greet one another with the same grace. The peace of Christ be with you. And also with you.

Please feel free to move and greet the people around you with the blessing, “Christ’s Peace” or “The Peace of Christ.”

We Share The WordWe Hear Scripture Read 1st Chronicles 29: 10-18 (page 357, New Testament) Matthew 6: 21 (page 5, New Testament)

We Hear A Message Gratitude and Heart We pause to reflect on what has been said and thought.

We Respond To The WordPrayers Of The PeopleFriends, let’s offer our hearts and lives to God in prayer…

The Lord’s PrayerOur 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 debts as we forgive our debtors; and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil; for thine is the kingdom, the power, and the glory forever. Amen.

We Go Into The World

*Song Leading Us Into The World Come Thou Fount Of Every BlessingCome thou Fount of every blessing; tune my heart to sing thy grace;streams of mercy never ceasing, call for songs of loudest praise.Teach me some melodious sonnet, sung by flaming tongues above;praise the mount! I I’m fixed upon it, mount of God’s unchanging love.

O to grace how great a debtor daily I’m constrained to be!Let that grace now like a fetter bind my wandering heart to thee.Prone to wander, Lord, I feel it, prone to leave the God I love; take my heart; O take and seal it; seal it for thy courts above.

Text: Robert Robinson, 1758Hymn Tune: Nettleton 8.7.8.7. D

Public Domain

*Benediction

Closing Music

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Upcoming Worship

Sunday, October 27, 10:30 am – 20th Sunday after Pentecost Reformation Sunday Preacher: Rob Robertson, Convener, PWS&D Governance Team Guest Presenter following Worship: Arthur Stanley Lichenya, Program Manager, Churches Action Relief and Development (CARD) in Blantyre, Malawi

Sunday, November 3, 10:30 am – 21st Sunday after Pentecost Preacher: The Rev. Maren McLean Persaud Hymn Sing with the Choir 10:20-10:30

Sunday, November 3, 7:00 pm Evening Grace and Healing Prayer in the Chapel Preacher: The Rev. Jake Van Pernis

Sunday, November 10, 10:30 am – 22nd Sunday after Pentecost Service of Remembrance Preacher: The Rev. Nick Athanasiadis

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Life and Work at Grace ChurchWe extend our sincere sympathy to the family of Anne Nichol upon her death on Saturday, October 12. A memorial service will be held at Grace on Friday, October 25, at 1:30 pm.

Thursday, October 24th All are invited to a reception with The Rev. Amanda Currie, Moderator of The 2019 General Assembly, & PWS&D Committee at Varsity Acres Presbyterian Church. Please RSVP through the Eventbrite link by October 21, available in the event calendar on the Grace website on the .

Thursday, October 31st Halloween is right around the corner! Grace is hosting a Trunk and Treat as a safe and fun alternative to trick or treating for children and families in the Beltline. Cars will fill our south parking lot on Halloween night, and children can trick or treat from trunk to trunk, collecting candy as they go. It is not too late to register your car to be a part of the event! Short on time to decorate your trunk? Let us know and we can help you! We are up to 2500 pieces of candy! Thank you to all who have generously donated so far. Our goal is to have 8000 pieces, so we are well on our way there! Let Rev. Maren know if you can contribute. Even if you don’t have a car, you can come join in on the fun! We will need help greeting, serving hot chocolate and cider and directing families to the main entrance of the lot.

November 1st, 9:30 AM-3:00 YYChurch-Does Church Matter? Ten Speakers from church and non-church backgrounds have ten minutes to answer the questions: Why church? Or, why not church? And how is the church relevant or irrelevant today?

Speakers include, CBC Radio Host David Gray, Calgary Blogger Mike Morrison, Grace’s Associate Minister to Children and Youth, Rev. Maren McLean Persaud as well as leaders from United, Anglican and Evangelical churches in Alberta. (Event takes place at Hillhurst United Church, cost is 25$ per person)

Christmas Beauty Gift Bags Let’s make our seventh year in honouring the RESET young women with surprise beauty gift bags a huge success. The RESET participants are always so grateful and appreciative when they receive these wonderful beauty Christmas gift bags. We’re asking for lovely new beauty products from the following ideas: Make-up - new blushes, eye shadow, mascara, lipstick Body - lotions, body wash, shower gel and bubbles, fancy soaps Hand - lotion, manicure set, nail polish Extras - fancy lotion gift packages, pocket kleenex, socks Your generosity is greatly appreciated along with your caring participation in this worthwhile Christmas outreach program. Pastoral care gives a number out as well. A rubbermaid tub for donations will be in the family room entryway until Sunday, December 1st.

Ministers Away

Nick Athanasiadis will be away from October 22 – November 7Jake Van Pernis will be away from October 23 – October 26

Cake Bake 2019Celebrating 58 Years

Many thanks On behalf of the Cake Bake Committee, we acknowledge and thank this year’s volunteers and sponsors whose names appear below. We were delighted to welcome several volunteers from our ELL program. Your energy, enthusiasm, support and generosity have made Cake Bake 2019 successful in so many ways. If you volunteered and your name doesn’t appear on the list, please accept our apologies and our thanks.

Proceeds Thanks to your participation we will raise close to $30,000 this year! 100% of the proceeds go to support local outreach programs.

Volunteers and Donors:Venka Advic, Family of Lois Agnew, Alan, Margaret Anderson, Dorothy Bartnes, Sherry Buckle, Dagiisurene Byannba, Greta Bylsma, Cathy Caldwell, Calgary Co-op, Carol Campbell, Carol Carruthers, Barb Cichon, Claudia, Jean Clelland, Fran Cormack, Elizabeth Cressman, Dayane, Jan Dewar, Marlene Doherty, Mark Durieux, Joni Ermter, Carol Evans, Fiona, Fabruzia France, Doug and Kathy Fee, Doris Frizell, Lidia Gorelik, Grace, Jo-Ann Hauck, Trish Hazard, Barbara Henson, Donna Holoboff, Zoe Hong, Noreen Howard, Norma Hunchak, Wes Hutchen, Mary Jardine, Jeeyoung, Minyeong Jeon, Ryan and Joanne Kellough, Margot Kellough, Rebecca Kim, Betty Kupeian, Anne Landry, Sam Larmour, Barb Larson, Lesley Lee, Cecilia Lin, Dorothy Love, Rob McDonald, Josette Macdonald, Eileen Mayhew, John and Marie McNeill, Lorna and Terry McNeill, Tracy McNeill, Margareta Meijer, Margaret Montgomery, Sakiko Nakagane-ono, Susan and Lyndon Nordean, Freda Pascoe, Martha Pauls, Bruce Perrault, Orma Potter, Dan Pyper, Claudia Rocha, Michel Santos, Adriana Sarmiento, Terry Saunders, Viviane Silva, Jan Slinger, Linda Snow, Soon, Broda Stuart, Svetlana, Teri Telfer, Thomo, Lorna Thomson, Barb and Dave Todd, Fran Tomlinson, Elena Tran, Susan Turner, Kate Van Pernis, Henrietta VanHuigenbos, Viviane, Barb Voynovich, Amanda Wall, Helen Willison, Richard Wilson, Deborah Winston, Florin Wolfer, Elizabeth Young, Joeyoung Young, Martin Zevenhuisen, Ziona, and Zoolo.

Thank you for your support. The Cake Bake Committee

Volunteer OpportunitiesFor more information about any of the items below, please contact

Cindy Stephenson, Coordinator of Volunteers, at cindys@gracecalgary.org.

Calling all RN’s or LPN’s! Do you have an interest in helping your fellow parishioners? We are looking to recruit more Parish Nurses to check blood pressure, attend to minor medical issues and/or answer medical questions. The time commitment is minimal, averaging one Sunday per month.

THANK YOU for sharing your interests and gifts via the Volunteer Survey! Please place your completed survey on the offering plates. An online version is also available at https://gracechurchcalgary.com/volunteer/

A Note From FacilitiesIndigo Parking Changes:Due to changes at Indigo Parking, please note that the church is no longer able to cancel parking tickets. Please remember to always have your parking pass visible in through the front window of your vehicle. Thank you.

Phone: 403.244.5861 Address: 1009 - 15th Ave SW Calgary, AB T2R 0S5

Email: office@gracecalgary.org Website: www.gracechurchcalgary.com

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