Order of Worship, May 24, 2015

Limehouse Presbyterian Church

Limehouse, Ontario

 

MINISTER:    Rev. Steve Boose

CLERK OF SESSION: Ted Brown

ORGANIST:  Josh Lim

MORNING WORSHIP 9:30 a.m.   May 24th, 2015

 

GOD CALLS US TO WORSHIP

PRELUDE

 

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

 

CALL TO WORSHIP:

 

HYMN:       Come, O Spirit, With your Sound   # 276

 

PRAYER OF INVOCATION

 

CONGREGATION’S LIFE AND MINISTRY:    Elder Cathy Brown

 

CHILDREN’S HYMN:   Shine, Jesus, Shine   # 376

 

GOD SPEAKS TO US

 

SCRIPTURES:

 

RESPONSIVE READING:     Psalm 104: 24-34, 35b       (pg 596)

                                                                                                Led by Cathy Brown

NEW TESTAMENT:                Acts 2: 1-21                           (pg 1078)

                                                Romans 8: 2-27                             (pg 1118)

                                                John 15: 26-27, 16:4b-15   (pg 1069)

APOSTLES CREED

 

HYMN:       As Water To The Thirsty                               # 688

 

SERMON:                     TRUE STRENGTH        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:       When The Spirit Of the Lord                             # 398

 

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

 

IF YOU KNOW OF ANYONE WHO REQUIRES SPECIAL PRAYERS, PLEASE LET REV. STEVE KNOW DURING THE PRAYERS OF THE PEOPLE

ANNOUNCEMENTS

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

Please forward any donations for Nepal Earthquake Fund to Glenda or Alison by today.

 

MOMENT FOR MISSION:       Sunday May 24

Educating for Peace in Afghanistan

“I became a teacher to serve the country. After three decades of war, Afghanistan needs reconstruction through education,” says Mirwas, the head teacher at a school in Laghman province. Presbyterian World Service & Development’s girls education project in Afghanistan is not only working to raise awareness about the importance of education for all children, it is also building the capacity of students and teachers to handle social, political, cultural and human rights issues. In a country struggling to rebuild after decades of conflict, female students and their teachers are learning about child rights and human rights—an incredibly important issue. The focus on education for girls is helping to raise a generation of young leaders who want to be teachers, lawyers, human rights workers and politicians. These girls will be forces of renewal and peace for their communities and their country.

PWS&D supports education and rights training