Limehouse
Presbyterian Church
Limehouse, Ontario
MINISTER : Reverend
Steven Boose
CLERK OF SESSION: Ted
Brown
ORGANIST: Josh
Lim
MORNING WORSHIP 11:00
a.m. September 28th,
2014
153rd
ANNIVERSARY SERVICE
GOD CALLS US TO WORSHIP
PRELUDE
INTROIT: Holy, Holy, Holy vs. 1 # 299
CALL TO WORSHIP:
L: Come,
believers and faithful ones, sing your alleluias to God!
All: Praise
God who comes to us with the rush of a mighty wind and fills us with fire.
L: Praise
God, who out of love for us sent Jesus to live among us.
All:
Praise God, whose spirit is poured out for all.
L: God
reaches into our darkness and brings us light.
All: We
are God’s people: We are redeemed; for God has called us by name.
L: Come,
let us worship God!
From Sunday worship at GA2014
PRAYER OF INVOCATION AND
THE LORD’S PRAYER (debts and debtors)
HYMN: Oh, For A
World Where Everyone # 730
CONGREGATION’S LIFE AND MINISTRY: Elder Ted Brown
CHILDREN’S TIME
CHILDREN’S HYMN: We Are One In The Spirit # 471
GOD SPEAKS TO US
SCRIPTURES
Responsive Reading: Psalm 33: 12-22 (pg 550)
Led
By Ted Brown
OLD
TESTAMENT: Jeremiah 29: 4-14 (pg
779)
NEW
TESTAMENT: Luke 7: 1-10 (pg 1022)
HYMN: Breathe On Me, Breath of God # 389
SERMON: Barb Summers
OUR RESPONSE TO GOD
OFFERTORY
OFFERING Presentation of Gifts
THE DOXOLOGY We give Thee but Thine own (verse 1)
We give Thee but Thine
own,
Whate’er the gift may
be;
All that we have is Thine alone,
All that we have is Thine alone,
A trust, O Lord, from
Thee.
PRAYER OF DEDICATION
PRAYER OF THANKSGIVING AND
INTERCESSION
HYMN: Lord of
Light, Whose Name and Splendour # 790
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 to our 153rd Anniversary Service this morning. May God continue to
bless us here at Limehouse. If you are visiting with us, please sign the
guest book in the front vestibule.
We welcome Barb Summers, the Associate Secretary for Communications at the National Church Offices. Barb was born and raised on a family farm in Kirkfield, Ontario, and is one of five daughters. She has an undergraduate degree from the University of Toronto and has completed a post-graduate Communications program. Barb has travelled internationally to visit church partners on several occasions, including trips to Central America, Africa and Asia. Barb was recently married at her home church of Glenview Presbyterian in September 2013.
Barb
joined the PCC Communications
Office in September 2012. She previously served over five years as
Communications Coordinator for Presbyterian World Service &
Development (PWS&D), the international development, emergency relief and
refugee sponsorship agency of The Presbyterian Church in Canada. PWS&D works in
countries around the world to help overcome cycles of poverty and provide
relief in times of war or disaster.
Lunch will be served in the Church hall following worship. Please join
us for fellowship.
Sacrament of Holy Communion will be celebrated on Sunday October 5th, 9:30 a.m.
Harvest Dinner October 25th with sittings at 5 p.m. and 6:15 p.m. Tickets available from Glenda
Benton or Carol Lawson We have a limited number of tickets for this
event.
Community Open House Saturday November 8th .
Could you volunteer an hour or more to help at an information table in Georgetown Mall? Contact Cathy Brown.
Community Open House Saturday November 8th .
Could you volunteer an hour or more to help at an information table in Georgetown Mall? Contact Cathy Brown.
Knox Anniversary Roast Beef Dinner will be held on October 17, 2014 with the first sitting at 5:00 p.m. and the second sitting at 6:30 p.m. Tickets will be available from Jack & Marni Thompson and the Church Office after September 10, 2014. Tickets will be Adults $15:00, Student 9:00, Children 6 and under free with a family maximum of $45.00
