Rev. Michel Amyotte  — Pastor

Phillip LaMarche  — Organist

We believe in all inclusiveness and so if there are gender words which make you uncomfortable change them so that you may worship untroubled.

PRELUDE  

Welcome and Announcements

CALL TO WORSHIP

ONE:  In you, O God, we take refuge, let us not be put to shame

ALL:  In your righteousness deliver us and rescue us

ONE:  God of all, be a rock of refuge for us, a strong fortress to save us

ALL:  Upon you, O God we have leaned from our birth, it was you who took us from our mother’s womb, Our praise is continually of you  AMEN

Sharing the Peace

Opening hymn:  WORD OF GOD, ACROSS THE AGES

OUR FIRST LESSON IS TAKEN FROM THE PROPHET JEREMIAH 1: 4 – 10

⁴Now the word of the Lord came to me saying, ⁵“Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, and before you were born I consecrated you; I appointed you a prophet to the nations.” ⁶Then I said, “Ah, Lord God! Truly I do not know how to speak, for I am only a boy.” ⁷But the Lord said to me, “Do not say, ‘I am only a boy’; for you shall go to all to whom I send you, and you shall speak whatever I command you, ⁸Do not be afraid of them, for I am with you to deliver you, says the Lord.” ⁹Then the Lord put out his hand and touched my mouth; and the Lord said to me, “Now I have put my words in your mouth. ¹⁰See, today I appoint you over nations and over kingdoms, to pluck up and to pull down, to destroy and to overthrow, to build and to plant.”

OUR SECOND LESSON IS TAKEN FROM THE LETTER TO THE HEBREWS 12: 18 – 29

¹⁸You have not come to something that can be touched, a blazing fire, and darkness, and gloom, and a tempest, ¹⁹and the sound of a trumpet, and a voice whose words made the hearers beg that not another word be spoken to them. ²⁰(For they could not endure the order that was given, “If even an animal touches the mountain, it shall be stoned to death.” ²¹Indeed, so terrifying was the sight that Moses said, “I tremble with fear.”) ²²But you have come to Mount Zion and to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to innumerable angels in festal gathering, ²³and to the assembly of the firstborn who are enrolled in heaven, and to God the judge of all, and to the spirits of the righteous made perfect, ²⁴and to Jesus, the mediator of a new covenant, and to the sprinkled blood that speaks a better word than the blood of Abel. ²⁵See that you do not refuse the one who is speaking; for if they did not escape when they refused the one who warned them on earth, how much less will we escape if we reject the one who warns from heaven! ²⁶At that time his voice shook the earth; but now he has promised, “Yet once more I will shake not only the earth but also the heaven.” ²⁷This phrase, “Yet once more,” indicates the removal of what is shaken—that is, created things—so that what cannot be shaken may remain. ²⁸Therefore, since we are receiving a kingdom that cannot be shaken, let us give thanks, by which we offer to God an acceptable worship with reverence and awe; ²⁹for indeed our God is a consuming fire.

OUR GOSPEL IS TAKEN FROM THE BOOK OF LUKE 13: 10 – 17

¹⁰Now he was teaching in one of the synagogues on the sabbath. ¹¹And just then there appeared a woman with a spirit that had crippled her for eighteen years. She was bent over and was quite unable to stand up straight. ¹²When Jesus saw her, he called her over and said, “Woman, you are set free from your ailment.” ¹³When he laid his hands on her, immediately she stood up straight and began praising God. ¹⁴But the leader of the synagogue, indignant because Jesus had cured on the sabbath, kept saying to the crowd, “There are six days on which work ought to be done; come on those days and be cured, and not on the sabbath day.” ¹⁵But the Lord answered him and said, “You hypocrites! Does not each of you on the sabbath untie his ox or his donkey from the manger, and lead it away to give it water? ¹⁶And ought not this woman, a daughter of Abraham whom Satan bound for eighteen long years, be set free from this bondage on the sabbath day?” ¹⁷When he said this, all his opponents were put to shame; and the entire crowd was rejoicing at all the wonderful things that he was doing.

HYMN OF RESPONSE: O MASTER, LET ME WALK WITH THEE

MESSAGE

OFFERING OF THE PEOPLE (On the last Sunday of the month we have a special offering for World Vision -You may safely donate through the Canadahelps link)

OFFERTORY HYMN: BREATHE ON  ME, BREATH OF GOD

INVITATION

PRAYER OF CONFESSION

O Lord, our God, we want to be a forgiving people and we have learned through your wisdom and knowledge that we need to come before you and ask forgiveness first.  Teach us again how it is to forgive.  Teach us how to erase from our hearts the grudges we hold against our neighbor.   Send us forth from this place of worship a forgiven people seeking to forgive all those who have hurt us in our lives.  In Jesus name we pray,  AMEN

WORDS OF ASSURANCE

PRAYER OF CONSECRATION

DISTRIBUTION

COMMUNION MUSIC

PRAYER AFTER DISTRIBUTION

Lord’s Prayer

Our Father (Creator) who art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven.  Give us this day our daily bread and forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us.  And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil; for thine is the kingdom, the power, and the glory, forever and ever.  Amen.

CLOSING HYMN: IMMORTAL, INVISIBLE, GOD ONLY WISE

BENEDICTION

POSTLUDE

OUR TIME OF WORSHIP HAS COME TO AN END

OUR TIME OF SERVICE IS NOW BEGINNING

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