Order of Worship – September 8, 2024

September 8, 2024, 23rd Sunday in Ordinary Time

Speaker: The Rev. Dr. Victor C. Gavino

Liturgist: Maria Sportsman

10:15 - 11:30 AM at the Chapel

 

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Favourite hymns and songs

Prelude: "Deep River"

Welcome

Land Acknowledgement

We want to acknowledge that we are gathered on the traditional, ancestral and unceded territory of the Coast Salish peoples: Squamish, Tsleil-Waututh and Musqueam Nations.

Call to Worship

Our help is in the name of the Lord

who made heaven and earth.

This is the day that the Lord has made;

let us rejoice and be glad in it.

O come, let us sing to the Lord and shout with joy to the rock of our salvation!

Let us come into God’s presence with thanksgiving, singing joyful songs of praise.

Let us worship the Lord our God.

Hymns

"This is the day" Book of Praise #78
"As longs the hart" Book of Praise #25

Prayer of Adoration

Prayer of Confession - Unison

Merciful and loving God, in Christ’s name hear us as we confess our sin. We speak when we should listen; we hesitate when we should act. Anger prevents us from working your righteousness; selfishness inhibits our responding in faith. We are called to proclaim boldly the Gospel of Jesus Christ, but ought to be shouts of joy are muted to but whispers.
Forgive us, Lord.
Remember your mercy, O Lord, and your steadfast love. Lead us in your truth and teach us, for you are the God of our salvation.
We pray in the name of the One who died for our transgressions, the same Jesus Christ who rose from the dead giving us hope – our Lord and Saviour.
Amen.

Assurance of Pardon

The Nicene Creed

We believe in one God, the Father almighty, maker of heaven and earth, of all things visible and invisible.
And in one Lord Jesus Christ, the only Son of God, begotten from the Father before all ages, God from God, Light from Light, true God from true God, begotten, not made; of the same essence as the Father.
Through him all things were made. For us and for our salvation he came down from heaven; he became incarnate by the Holy Spirit and the virgin Mary, and was made human.
He was crucified for us under Pontius Pilate; he suffered and was buried.
The third day he rose again, according to the Scriptures.
He ascended to heaven and is seated at the right hand of the Father.
He will come again with glory to judge the living and the dead.
His kingdom will never end.
And we believe in the Holy Spirit, the Lord, the giver of life.
He proceeds from the Father and the Son, and with the Father and the Son is worshiped and glorified.
He spoke through the prophets.
We believe in one holy catholic and apostolic church.
We affirm one baptism for the forgiveness of sins.
We look forward to the resurrection of the dead, and to life in the world to come. Amen.

Passing of the Peace

Catechism for Today (from the Presbyterian Church in Canada)

Question 69. How does the Bible speak of the church?

The New Testament uses many images, including Bride of Christ, flock, the elect, salt, light, yeast, branches of a vine, living stones, people of God, body of Christ, and fellowship of the Holy Spirit. These all emphasize the union of Christ and his church.

Question 70. How is the church related to the “people of God” of the Old Testament?

The biblical image of the “people of God” connects the community of the Old Testament with the community of the New Testament. The church continues and renews the ancient covenant people through Christ’s fulfilment of a new covenant prophesied by Jeremiah. All believers are the people of God.

Hymn: "Thy hand, O God, has guided" Book of Praise #477

Prayer for understanding

Scripture reading: Luke 17: 11-19 (ESV)

Sermon: “A lesson from the foreigner”

Song: "Give thanks with a grateful heart"

Offering

Doxology and Prayer

Prayers of the People

The Lord's Prayer

Song: “Psalm 23"

Charge and Benediction

Three-fold Amen

Postlude: “Crown him with many crowns”