Order of Worship, February 14, 2016

Limehouse Presbyterian Church

MINISTER:   Rev. Steve Boose

CLERK OF SESSION:  Ted Brown

ORGANIST:   Josh Lim

MORNING WORSHIP  9:30 a.m.  February 14th, 2016

GOD CALLS US TO WORSHIP

PRELUDE

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

LENTEN READING: Dianne Harley

HYMN:   For the Fruits of all Creation     # 802

PRAYER OF INVOCATION

CONGREGATION’S LIFE AND MINISTRY:      Elder Bill Sanford

FAMILY TIME:

HYMN:     Give Me Oil In My Lamp   # 655

GOD SPEAKS TO US

SCRIPTURES:

RESPONSIVE READING:      Psalm 91: 1-2, 9-16    (pg 589)

                                                                (Led by Bill Sanford)

OLD TESTAMENT:  Deuteronomy 26: 1: 11        (pg 195

NEW TESTAMENT:    Romans 10: 8b-13    (pg 1120)

                                        Luke 4: 1-13   (pg 1017)

APOSTLE’S CREED

SERMON:   “Stepping Stones I: Fighting Temptation”

                                                                             Rev. Steve Boose

 
HYMN:       We come to Ask Your Forgiveness, O Lord       # 201

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:       Since Jesus Came Into My Heart    (Insert)

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.   

Session gives thanks.
 Members of our Church family will be reading Lenten readings. The schedule for this is on the bulletin board in the front vestibule.

Body, Mind and Soul – At the Session meeting on February 10^th, it was agreed that we will try to have a discussion for our own congregation(s) regarding the Body, Mind & Soul document on Wednesday, Feb. 24^th, with at least one follow-up scheduled for Wednesday, March 2^nd.  Table groups will gather in the Small Hall at 7:00.  The guide for this discussion period will be the document as found at http://presbyterian.ca/sexuality/ .  If you wish to see what was brought forward at the event in Hamilton on January 30^th, please go to http://www.presbykirk.com/humansexuality.html - links to both the video presentations and the written manuscripts for the speakers can be found there.  Please pray for our denomination as it seeks to find the way forward in this time

There will be upcoming Bereavement Peer Support Training presented by Acclaim Health.in April and May of 2016. We plan on training 15-20 additional volunteers. We hope to have increased interest in this volunteer training from North Halton, so we can continue to build our Bereavement Support in this area of the Region.

If any parishioners would be interested in this training or are a bereaved person who would benefit from a 1:1 Bereavement Peer Support volunteer, please contact Mary Schnurr at 905-827-8800, or email mschnurr@acclaimhealth.ca

We at Knox Presbyterian Church, Georgetown, are deeply saddened by the passing of Carol Lawrence, a long-term active member here. She also was our media coordinator for several years. Visitation will be on Tuesday, February 17^th, at J. S. Jones & Sons, and the funeral will be held here at Knox on Wednesday, February 18^th, at 11:00