Trinity-St. Stephen’s United Church
1 Ratchford St., P.O. Box 413, Amherst, NS, B4H 3Z5
Email: [email protected] — Web: www.tssuc.com
Nigel Weaver (902-667-8443)
Jeff Joudrey
Erika Benjamin (902-667-8483)
Terry Lawless
Intentional Interim Minister:
Director of Music:
Office Administrator:
Custodian:
Today’s bulletin is given in loving memory of James & Dorothy Trueman
by the family
ALL: Good and giving God,
we thank you not only for the privilege of receiving your gifts
but also for the privilege of being gifts
to each other and to the world.
Receive our offerings of money, talent, time, prayer and promise.
Through them, and through us, bless your world. Amen.
As the offering is brought to the front we stand and sing
tune 217 in the Red Hymnbook
O God, may we who bear your name
by gentle love your grace proclaim;
Sing praises, hallelujah!
Christ’s gift of peace on earth declare
and your anointing Spirit share.
Sing praises, hallelujah! Sing praises, hallelujah! Hallelujah!
We read Scripture together (see insert)
Ministry of Music – When The Wind Of Winter Blows – Ruth Duck/Lori True
Sermon: Brothers! Seriously? You’re Calling Brothers?’
We stand to sing 563 ‘Jesus, You Have Come to the Lakeshore’ in the Red Hymnbook
Seated, we pray with silence with spoken words
ONE: Together, in silence, let us meditate on these words: Come after me and I will make
you fishers of people.
We stand to sing and remain standing
642 ‘Be Thou My Vision’ in the Red Hymnbook
Changing the Light, Blessing and Choral Benediction Thank You – Donald Patriquin
Music before Leaving
The Music before Leaving concludes worship; it is not a performance. Applause is not required
Worship in Trinity-St. Stephen’s
Proper 3 Sunday, January 22, 2017
“They left their nets and followed him.”
Music for Gathering Welcome and Announcements
We light the Christ Candle ONE: Arise, shine; for your light has come,
ALL: and the glory of the LORD has risen upon us.
ONE: By the tender mercy of our God,
ALL: the dawn form on high will break upon us,
ONE: to give light to those who sit in darkness
and in the shadow of death,
ALL: to guide our feet into the way of peace. We stand to sing
339 ‘When Morning Gilds the Skies’ in the Red Hymnbook
Seated, we pray together
ONE: Let us pray:
ALL: God of blazing light,
through the power of
his living
his dying
his rising
and his ascending
Jesus scattered our darkness
dispelled our gloom
and called us not just into the light
but to be light.
May we walk in his light
that our light may shine
to your glory. Amen.
ONE: Our Lord Jesus Christ says,
‘A new commandment I give you,
that you love one another as I have loved you.’
In the silence of our hearts
let us review our lives
acknowledging to God and to ourselves
the times, ways, and places
we have refused to love.
Silence
ONE: I confess to God
and in the company of all God’s people
that my life and the life of the world
are broken by my sin.
ALL: May God forgive you,
Christ renew you,
and the Spirit enable you
to grow in love.
ONE: Amen.
ALL: We confess to God
and in the company of all God’s people
that our lives and the life of the world
are broken by our sin.
ONE: May God forgive you,
Christ renew you,
and the Spirit enable you
to grow in love.
ALL: Amen.
ONE: Come now, let Christ’s peace reign in your hearts
since, as members of one body,
you have been called to that peace.
The Peace of Christ be with you.
ALL: And also with you.
Standing we sing 649 chorus, v. 4 chorus in the Red Hymnbook
Walk with me, I will walk with you
and build the land that God has planned
where love shines through.
And when you share your faith with me
and work for life made new,
the witness of your faithfulness
calls me to walk with you.
Walk with me, I will walk with you….
ONE: Let us present our offerings with prayer and with praise.
Let us pray: (over…/)