Order of Worship, January 17th, 2016

Limehouse Presbyterian Church

Limehouse, Ontario

 

MINISTER: Rev. Steve Boose

CLERK OF SESSION:    Ted Brown

ORGANIST:   Josh Lim

MORNING WORSHIP 9:30 a.m. January 17th, 2016

 

GOD CALLS US TO WORSHIP

PRELUDE

 

CALL TO WORSHIP: Holy, Holy, Holy, Verse 1      # 299

 

HYMN:                 Great Is Thy Faithfulness  # 324

 

PRAYER OF INVOCATION

 

CONGREGATION’S LIFE AND MINISTRY:    Elder Ted Brown

 

FAMILY TIME:

 

HYMN:       Jesus Loves Me, This I Know     # 373

 

GOD SPEAKS TO US

 

SCRIPTURES:

 

RESPONSIVE READING:     Psalm 36: 5-10     (pg 552)

                                                                                                (Led by Ted Brown)

OLD TESTAMENT:                 Isaiah 62:1-5                        (pg 740)

NEW TESTAMENT:                1 Corinthians 12: 1-11        (pg 1136)

 

APOSTLE’S CREED

 

HYMN:                 We Are One In the Spirit                               # 471

 

SERMON:            “The Spirit Blesses”            Rev. Steve Boose

 

OUR RESPONSE TO GOD

 

OFFERTORY:     

OFFERING           Presentation of Gifts

 

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

 

PRAYER OF DEDICATION

 

PRAYERS OF THE PEOPLE AND THE LORD’S PRAYER (debts and debtors)  IF YOU KNOW OF ANYONE WHO REQUIRES SPECIAL PRAYERS, PLEASE LET REV. STEVE KNOW AT THIS TIME

 

HYMN:                 Shine, Jesus, Shine                                    # 376

 

THE DISMISSAL: THE WORD GOES OUT

 

THE BENEDICTION

 

GO NOW IN PEACE/THREE FOLD CHORAL AMEN

 

POSTLUDE

ANNOUNCEMENTS

 

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

 

Leading With Care - Sunday January 17th 2016.

 We welcome David Phillips.

David will be updating us on the Leading With Care policy following morning worship.

 

Lunch will be provided in the church basement.

 Annual General meeting will be held February 11th, 2016 in the church basement.  Pot luck supper at 6 p.m., business meeting to follow.

Please submit printed reports to Betty Anne Karn and financial reports/books to Sharin Cooper by January 31st, 2016.

 

Week of Prayer for Christian Unity – This interdenominational service will be held on Sunday, January 24^th, at Georgetown CRC on Trafalgar Road, commencing at 6:00 p.m.  Rev. Steve will be bringing the message for the evening.  All are invited to attend!

 

Body, Mind and Soul – As many of you are aware, the PCC is once again studying the issue of human sexuality, in response to several overtures to General Assembly requesting that all persons of LGBTQ orientation be permitted to take roles at all levels of the Church’s leadership, or to do as the Assembly deems best.  Of course, several other overtures were received requesting that the PCC stay the course with its existing statements regarding human sexuality and the issue of same-sex marriage.  A study document, entitled Body, Mind and Soul, has been produced by the joint team responsible for formulating a response to the Assembly.  If you wish to study it online, it can be found at http://presbyterian.ca/sexuality/ - if you wish a paper copy, please talk to Rev. Steve about ordering one.  We will be taking at least one night to discuss this document, but it will not be before February.  Rev. Steve is going to be attending an all-day seminar regarding this study document at the end of January to get a better feel on how to run such study events.  Please pray for our denomination as it seeks to find the way forward in this time.