Order of Worship, September 26,2021

Limehouse Presbyterian Church

September 26^th, 2021

Service Notes and Announcements

	Limehouse’s 160th Anniversary

Hymns: 438		When Morning Gilds the Skies
Video		Limehouse 160th Anniversary
373		Jesus Loves Me
587		Called As Partners

 Scriptures

Psalm      124 (God has saved us from calamity)

OT            Esther 7, 9:20-22 (Esther accuses Haman)

NT            James 5:13-20 (Pray to God and feel Him among you

Gospel     Mark 9:38-50 (Be on guard against temptation)

 Sermon: The Annual Celebration

Announcements

·       160 years!  It’s not the huge celebration that we wanted, but we still celebrate sixteen decades of living and working and worshiping together in this place! 

·       In-person services are available again!  However, we are still livestreaming from Knox on Sunday mornings for those who are not able or not certain that it’s safe to come out for worship.  If we are pre-empted by YouTube’s algorithms, we may not be livestreaming immediately, but be patient!  It will be there later!  (And the best way to ensure that we are able to livestream is to make sure you have Subscribed to Knox’s YouTube channel!)

·       Communion Sunday – Next Sunday, October 3^rd, is Worldwide Communion Sunday!  We will be partaking of the bread of the promise and the blood of Christ… though it will be elements that we ourselves bring to the worship space!  There will be elements available for those who forget, but please try to remember to bring your own. 

·       October Preaching Series – Next week, we start a four-week journey through the book of Job, at the suggestion of one of our members (and a fortuitous conjunction with the Revised Common Lectionary!).  If you would like a text copy of the sermon series when all is said and done, please speak to Rev. Steve about getting it. 

·       Do you have a hymn that you’ve been wanting to hear or sing?  Please submit such requests to Rev. Steve and he will slot it into an upcoming worship service!

·       We are still looking for a Treasurer and a Secretary to take over the positions being vacated by Bill & Betty Anne Karn by the end of this year.  If you are interested in either position, please speak to either them or Rev. Steve about what the jobs entail.  We are thankful for all their years of service in these positions! 

·       Pray also for:

o   Those who have celebrated a birthday or anniversary this month.

o   Those who have marked the passing of a loved one because of a loved one.

o   Those who are finally laying loved ones to rest after COVID delays.

o   Those who are yearning for the bright new dawn Jesus promised after having endured a time of darkness in their lives.

·       Thanks, as always, to everyone for your continued support of the work and ministry of our congregation!  Please remember that you can mail in your offering, drop it off, or contribute through Canada Helps, starting at www.knoxgeorgetown.com/index.php/donations

 

Order of Worship, April 18, 2021

 April 18th, 2021

The Third Sunday of Easter

Service Notes and Announcements

Hymns

258 Thine Be the Glory

video Open The Eyes of My Heart, Lord

solo I Walked Today Where Jesus Walked

324 Great Is Thy Faithfulness

Scriptures

Psalm 4 (God relieves our pain and replaces it with good)

OT Acts 3:1-19a (Peter heals a lame man at the Temple, and preaches to the fascinated crowd)

NT 1 John 3:1-7 (Jesus came to take away our sins)

Gospel Luke 24:36b-48 (Jesus appears to the disciples and shows that it is really Him)

Sermon: A God of Second Chances

Announcements

· Given that we are now in yet another shut-down, this one intended to last until the end of April, we will not be returning to in-person worship for some time yet. Please be praying for those who have COVID, those who are trying to stand with those who are sick, as well as those who are struggling with the situation around us because of COVID!

· However, the Limehouse Drive Shed Rebuild has started! The clean-up of the damage was completed this week, and the construction has also started. A big thank-you goes to Joan Matheson for donating some gray barn boards for the project! Please pray that the work will proceed swiftly and safely. · The Weekly Check-in with Rev. Steve on Zoom is held on Tuesdays at 3:00. You can use this link if you wish to access the Zoom room.

· The Bible Study on Hebrews takes place on Thursdays at 3:00, also on Zoom! We are in chapter 9 – this meeting is also on Zoom, and you can click on these words to activate the link to join in!

· Community Unity Spring Yard Cleanup – Community Unity hopes to have this project go ahead in early May, after the shutdown has lifted. If you, or someone you know, needs help with their spring yard cleanup, please advise Rev Steve or Dennis McLay. Volunteers are also needed to accomplish this community Mission project.

· Townsend Smith Hospice Foundation – Rev. Steve and Kathy are participating in a “Virtual Hike for Hospice” on Saturday, May 1st, to help raise funds for the proposed ten-bed hospice facility the Foundation wishes to raise in North Halton. For more details about the hospice project itself, see www.townsend-smith.ca! The link for sponsoring either of them is behind these blue words!

· Pray also for:

o Those of the Eastern Christian traditions, for whom this is only Lent V, who will celebrate Easter (Pascha) on May 2nd!

o Students, teachers, and parents as they adjust to school-at-home once again

o Those celebrating milestone events this year without large celebrations

o Those who struggle to forgive offenses against them where no request has ever (or will never) come their way

· For Limehouse Folks – As has been announced, Bill and Betty-Anne Karn are stepping back from their positions as the Church’s Treasurer and Secretary! We thank them for their exemplary service in both roles – Bill over the past couple of years as Treasurer, and Betty-Anne for twenty years as Secretary! However, we will need to replace them in these roles, and the sooner we can do so, the better. Please speak to Rev. Steve or Bill or Betty-Anne if you are interested in knowing what either of these jobs entails, and pray about whether or not this is something you can give y

The repair of the horse shed has begun!!

 The tear down of the shed is now complete, and the crew is working on repairing the shed to bring it back to it's historic beauty. 

We are reusing as much roof plywood as possible since it has increased in price tremendously. The heritage lumber arrived yesterday. The back beam was installed today. 

Joan Matheson has donated gray barn boards which will lower our heritage lumber cost by nearly $1000.