Worship for July 12, 2020

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Gathering resources for worship planning Pentecost  2017, Year A

Worship for All Season II, selections from Gathering –Year A

July 12, 2020 Proper 10 Year A  

Welcome

Relighting of the Candles  

Christ, the light in the world;

Christ, the light in our homes;

Christ, the light in our hearts;

Christ, the Light

Fern Gibbard, Penticton U.C., Penticton B.C. the Gathering  

Gathering

One: Loving God, we come as both the sowers and the seed.

All: We come often feeling small.

One: Yet you nurture our branching out.

All: We come to drink of your living water, and to share that living water with others.

One: We come to embrace the manure of life, Knowing that out of it comes our growth into maturity and fullness of mission.

All: Bless us, O Spirit, in our shared journey of faith as we proclaim the good news of Jesus the Christ. Amen

Gord Dunbar, Port Nelson U.C. Burlington ON The Gathering  

Hymn: MV#108 I Know Your Word is a Lamp

One License No A722095 #58411 Wrods:Psalm 119:105, adapted by Simei Monterio, 2000  

Scripture: Psalm 119: 105-112  

Ascription: God’s Word is our hope and our life. Thanks be to God!  

Storytelling: Parable of the Sower  

Hymn: MV #174 Soil of God, You and I

One License No A722095 #han2019-2 words and music; Jim Hannah 1995  

Offering

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Invitation: We are called to play our part in building up the foundations of love and service. By our giving, we strengthen our commitment to be the people of God.  

Bill Corkum, 2002I 1993 Worship for All Seasons II  

Prayer- God of us all, our world is your wheat field and we have been sown in it. May our lives and our offerings be fruitful so that the harvest may be bountiful and good. In Jesus’ name we ask it. Amen.

Kate Crawford, Huron Shores U.C., Grand Bend, ON The Gathering  

Offering Song: VU #222 Come, Let us Sing (v.1/3)    

Pastoral Prayer

O God our provider, you created a bountiful earth and gave us charge over it, commanding us to care for it and for each other. We hold up before you today all whose daily work is farming for they carry in a special way the responsibility of sustaining human life and the fertility of the land. We thank you for the passion and dedication they bring to their work, willingly weathering long hours, bad harvests, gut-knotting uncertainty in order to bring in the crops we all depend on. We thank you for the sane, stable communities they create, and for the example they set for our society of the value of family and community relationships, and of a life where work and home are integrated to the benefit of both. Yes, O God, these very things we value most about farming are under threat; and you know the pressures farmers live under as they stand at the intersection of national and international economic, political and environmental concerns. Give them grace, that in troubled times they may know peace and wisdom, that amid competing concerns they may make wise decisions. Help them not to let independence become isolation, frustration bitterness, or good business bad ethics. Inspire them with a spirit of confidence in you and service to your world, that they may continue for generations to come, both to provide and to enjoy the good things of the earth; through Christ our Saviour. Amen.

Chris Ewing, 2002 Worship for All Seasons II

The Lord’s Prayer VU# 959  

Hymn VU #87 I Am the Light of the World

One License No A722095, 59955 words and music Jim Strathdee 1969  

Blessing

For the sowing to be effective, the seeds must be scattered broadly and in quantity. God into your world, sowing the love of God by scattering your love unconditionally far and wide among all your neighbours. Amen

George Allan, Cahtham ON, The Gathering    

Postlude: MV#30 It’s a Song of Praise to the Maker