Order of Worship, March 22, 2015

Limehouse Presbyterian Church

Limehouse, Ontario

 

MINISTER:   Rev. Steve Boose

CLERK OF SESSION:  Ted Brown

ORGANIST:    Josh Lim

MORNING WORSHIP 9:30 a.m.  March 22nd, 2015

 

THE FIFTH SUNDAY IN LENT

 

GOD CALLS US TO WORSHIP

PRELUDE

 

INTROIT: Holy, Holy, Holy vs. 1   # 299

 

CALL TO WORSHIP:

 

HYMN:       Hail To The Lord’s Anointed   #115

 

PRAYER OF INVOCATION

 

CONGREGATION’S LIFE AND MINISTRY:    Elder Bill Sanford

 

CHILDREN’S HYMN:     I am Thine, O Lord  (Insert)

 

GOD SPEAKS TO US

 

SCRIPTURES:           

 

Responsive Reading:           Psalm 51: 1-12    (pg 562)

                                                                (Led by Bill Sanford)

OLD TESTAMENT        Jeremiah 31: 31-34 (pg 784)

NEW TESTAMENT       Hebrews 5: 5-10  (pg 1186)

                                   John 3: 12-20-33 (pg 1065)

APOSTLES CREED

 

HYMN:        Refiner’s Fire                                                         (Insert)

 

SERMON:  Called to Covenant V – The New Covenant is Promised

                                                                                       Rev. Steve Boose

 

OUR RESPONSE TO GOD

OFFERTORY:

OFFERING Presentation of Gifts

 

THE DOXOLOGY We give Thee but Thine own (verse 1) # 661

                        We give Thee but Thine own,

                        Whate’er the gift may be;
                        All that we have is Thine alone,

                        A trust, O Lord, from Thee.

 

PRAYER OF DEDICATION

 

PRAYERS OF THE PEOPLE AND THE LORD’S PRAYER (debts and debtors)

 

HYMN: He Leadeth Me  # 650

 

THE DISMISSAL: THE WORD GOES OUT

 

THE BENEDICTION AND THREE FOLD CHORAL AMEN

 

CHOIR AND CONGREGATION:    GO NOW IN PEACE

 

Go now in peace; never be afraid,

God will go with you each hour of every day.

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.

 

POSTLUDE

 

ANNOUNCEMENTS

 

We welcome you, our Church family, to worship this morning. May God continue to bless us here at Limehouse.  

 

Session will meet at the Church March 25th, 7 p.m.

 

Easter Lilies
Lilies will be placed in the front vestibule on Easter Sunday. If you wish to place a lily in memory of a loved one, please contact Bill and Betty Anne before March 29^th. Cost:$10.00

Congregational Breakfast and Meeting

Sunday March 29th, 2015 at 8:30 a.m.
Please join us.
Regular Worship following  at 9:30

Special events during Holy Week will include:

• Maundy Thursday (April 2^nd), starting at 6:30 at Limehouse .  Pot-luck supper, but elements of the Jewish seder meal will also be present, culminating in a remembrance of the Last Supper.
• Good Friday (April 3^rd), 10:00, at Knox – a service of worship and remembrance that will include a choir cantata that will lead us to the foot of the cross.
• Easter Sunday (April 5^th), at regular worship times:  the celebration of the resurrection, including communion 

MOMENT FOR MISSION:                    March 22 – World Water Day

Access to clean water in Chimbonano village in southern Malawi used to be a huge challenge. Community members had to drink from unclean water sources or travel far distances to access clean water. Flonnie Mpunga knows how dangerous the situation was for her village. “Waterborne diseases were common and we spent a lot of time nursing each other. We couldn’t work hard in our fields, so we experienced food shortages.” But all that has changed thanks to a Presbyterian   World Service & Development program providing access to safe water by digging boreholes and wells. Flonnie shares, “Our lives have improved. We no longer spend long hours fetching water. I have enough time to prepare my field and take care of my family. The well has improved my family’s health, as well as the health of the whole community.”

PWS&D responds to provide clean water