Order of Worship, Communion Sunday, October 02, 2016

Limehouse Presbyterian Church

Limehouse, Ontario

 

MINISTER :      Reverend Steve Boose

CLERK OF SESSION: Ted Brown

ORGANIST:     Josh Lim

MORNING WORSHIP   9:30 a.m.   OCTOBER 2^ND, 2016

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GOD CALLS US TO WORSHIP

PRELUDE

 

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

 

HYMN:                 Heaven Came Down    (Insert)

 

CONGREGATION’S LIFE AND MINISTRY  Elder Cathy Brown

 

FAMILY TIME:     I’m Trading My Sorrows  (Insert)

 

GOD SPEAKS TO US

SCRIPTURES

 

RESPONSIVE PSALM:   Lamentations 1:1-6  (pg 813)  (Led by Cathy Brown)

 

OLD TESTAMENT:                   Lamentations 3: 19-26    (pg 816)

NEW TESTAMENT                   2 Timothy 1: 1-14     (pg 1178)

                                      Luke 17: 5-10   (pg 1037)

 

SERMON:             And Glory Filled My Soul       REV. STEVE BOOSE

 

OUR RESPONSE TO GOD

 

OFFERING  Presentation of Gifts

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

PRAYER OF DEDICATION

 

THE WORD MADE VISIBLE

The Invitation

Hymn         One Bread, One Body       # 540

                   (Communion Cards Will be Collected at this time)

The Apostle’s Creed     (see inside back cover of hymn book)

Passing of the Peace

Warrant

 

Great Prayer of Thanksgiving

Leader:        The Lord be with you.

All:              And also with you.

Leader:        Lift up your hearts.

All:              We lift them up to the Lord.

Leader:        Let us give thanks to the Lord our God.

All:              It is right to give God thanks and praise.

(The prayer begins by approaching the aspect of God as Creator, Father, Life-giver, being thankful for all that we have been given, especially the gift of Jesus Christ.  The segment concludes with words to the effect of…)

 

Leader:        We join with the whole creation to lift our hearts in joyful praise, saying together…

 

All:    Holy, Holy, Holy Lord, God of power and might,

          Heaven and earth are full of your glory.

          Hosanna in the highest.

Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord.

Hosanna in the highest.

 

(The prayer continues, with a focus now on Jesus Christ, our Saviour and Redeemer, and how He gave us the communion meal to unify us in one heart, one spirit, and one faith.  This segment concludes as…)

 

Leader:        We proclaim the mystery of faith, saying:

All:              Christ has died.

Christ has risen.

Christ will come again.

 

We come to the final segment of the prayer, addressing the Holy Spirit, moving from thankfulness for what has been done to intercessions regarding what may yet be.  A time of silent supplication may mark this time, after which we conclude with The Lord’s Prayer (debts).

 

Hear us as we pray boldly with the words that He taught us as we say together,

Our Father…Amen.

 

Sharing the Elements

Prayer After Communion

Amen

 

HYMN:                  Find Us Faithful      (Insert)

                                                                           

THE DISMISSAL: THE WORD GOES OUT

 

THE BENEDICTION

 

THREE FOLD CHORAL AMEN

 

GO NOW IN PEACE

 

POSTLUDE

  

ANNOUNCEMENTS

 

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

 

Thanksgiving Sunday, October 9th, we will gather and give thanks. Morning worship at 9:30 a.m. All are welcome.

Harvest Harmony -  Saturday  -  October 29, 2016,  7 p.m.

Please join with us - as we enjoy musical selections from various artists. Following this harvest of harmony, we will be serving dessert and beverages in the church basement where we will enjoy conversation with our neighbours and friends. The music begins at 7pm. Donations to our little Church on the hill gratefully accepted.

 

Holiday Market Friday December 2, from 3:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m., Knox Hall, Georgetown.

If you are able to donate homemade items, we thank you.

Once again, we will "rent" two tables for this event.   All proceeds to our church.

 

Treasurer – After many years of faithful and dedicated service Bill Sanford has decided to retire from being our Treasurer at the end of the calendar year.  While we have many who help with the financial side of things, we need someone to take on the title of “Treasurer”, and it would be good to have a period of transition and training.  If you are interested, please talk to Bill or any of the other elders about it.

 

Joint Worship Service – The five congregations of Georgetown, Limehouse, Norval, Union and Acton are once again holding a joint service of worship!  This year, we at Knox will be hosting the service, which will take place on Sunday, October 30^th, in our normal 11:00 time slot.  A joint choir is being formed to present music for the day, and Rev. Bryan Fox, the stated supply preacher at Union, will be bringing the message for the day.  There will be a light luncheon to follow, and we hope to see everyone out!