Order of Worship – August 11, 2024

August 11, 2024, 19th Sunday in Ordinary Time

Speaker: The Rev. Dr. Ross Lockhart; Liturgist: Robert Beeksma

10:30 - 11:30 AM at the Chapel

 


Prelude: "I need thee every hour"

Welcome and Announcements

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.

Lighting of the Christ Candle

Call to Worship - Responsive

(Psalm 150)
Praise the Lord!
Praise God in his sanctuary; praise him in his mighty heavens!
Praise him for his mighty deeds; praise him according to his excellent greatness!
Praise him with trumpet sound; praise him with lute and harp!
Praise him with tambourine and dance; praise him with strings and pipe!
Praise him with sounding cymbals; praise him with loud clashing cymbals!
Let everything that has breath praise the Lord!
Praise the Lord!

Praise Song: "Psalm 150"

Prayer of Adoration

Prayer of Confession - Unison

Lord God, forgive us.
Doing your will does not always flow naturally: Convention overshadows conviction; Bad habits die hard; Good habits form slowly. Doing your will is not always a spontaneous choice: Your way is sometimes unclear; Your direction is often unpopular; Your path is seldom profitable.
Create in us clean hearts, and renew a right spirit in our hearts. Do not remove us from your presence, and do not take your Holy Spirit away from us. Restore to us the joy of your salvation.
We pray in the name of Jesus Christ. Amen.

Assurance of Pardon

Passing of the Peace

Catechism for Today (from the Presbyterian Church in Canada)

Question 61. How should we regard the gift of speaking with tongues and of healing?
Scripture regards them as gifts of the Spirit and gives instruction for their exercise. The Apostle Paul counselled that their public use be orderly. What is important is that these gifts witness to Jesus Christ, build up the Christian community, and be motivated by and received with love and understanding.

Question 62. How can we tell when the Holy Spirit is present?
The evidence for the presence of the Holy Spirit is seen not only in the spectacular and the unusual but also in what the Bible calls “the fruit of the Spirit: love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, generosity, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control.”

Song: "Yet not I, but through Christ in me"

Prayer for understanding

Scripture reading: Hebrews 12: 1-3 (NRSV)

Sermon: “Church Olympics!”

Hymn: "He leadeth me" Book of Praise #650

Offering and Prayer of Dedication

Prayers of the People

The Lord's Prayer

Hymn: “Be thou my vision” Book of Praise #461

Charge and Benediction

Three-fold Amen

Postlude: “Doxology”