ST. ANSGAR’S LUTHERAN CHURCH
Tri-Parish Ecumenical Worship Service 2003
October 5, 2003
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Rev.
Samuel King-Kabu (St.
Ansgar Lutheran Church) |
Presider
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Rev. Mark Rogers (St.
Columba Anglican Church) |
Assistant-Presider |
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Rev.
Martha Nell Thomson (Wesley
United Church) |
Preacher |
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Lectors:
Sasha (St. Ansgar) Elaine (St. Columba) |
Call
to Worship Jette
Blair |
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Organist: Julia Shantz |
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Choir
director: Vivienne Deane (Wesley United) |
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Gathering
Prelude
(sit)
Deacon's
Prayer: Roger Kenner
L: We are gathered
here as one community of God, united in love and compassion who offers us
freedom from sins. Are we really ready to be chosen, blessed, broken and shared
with others? Receive the blessings and prepare yourselves for the coming of
God's new kingdom. There we shall renew our faith and witness God's loving will
for us, as God is our refuge, our strength.
When morning gilds the
skies, My heart awaking cries:
May Jesus Christ be praised! When evening shadows fall,
This rings my curfew call: May Jesus Christ be praised!
When mirth for music
longs, This is my song of songs:
May Jesus Christ be praised! God’s holy house of prayer
Has none that can compare With "Jesus Christ be praised!"
To him, my highest and
best, I sing when love possessed:
May Jesus Christ be praised! Whatever my hands begin,
This blessing shall break in: May Jesus Christ be praised!
No lovelier antiphon
In all high heaven is known
Than "Jesus Christ be praised!" There to the eternal Word
The eternal psalm is heard: Oh, Jesus Christ be praised!
Let all of humankind
In this their concord find:
May Jesus Christ be praised! Let all the earth around
Ring joyous with the sound: May Jesus Christ be praised!
Sing, sun and stars of
space, Sing, all who see his face,
Sing, "Jesus Christ be praised!" God’s whole creation o'er,
Today and evermore Shall Jesus Christ be praised!
Greeting
(sit)
Welcome:
Pr. Samuel King-Kabu
P: God, our life sustainer, all worship and
praises are yours. Grant us your Holy Spirit to shine upon us. We thank you for
all the blessings you have bestowed upon us. Give us wisdom to understand
things, give us courage to face all storms. Let me do good though no one sees
me. Let me share my blessings though I have nothing. Let me not speak so that I
can listen. Speak in the silence of my heart. Amen
(Silence)
L: Let
us ask forgiveness from God and our neighbours for the divisions in the church
which weaken our witness to Christ.
Lord, we have sinned against you and against our
neighbours.
All:
Lord, have mercy.
L:
Christ, our divisions go against your will and prevent a common witness
to your love.
All: Christ, have mercy.
L: Lord,
we have not love you enough in loving our brothers and sisters, who are created
in your image, even though they are different from us.
All: Lord, have mercy.
L: Creator of us all, you put into our hearts
the longing for community with you.
Fulfil
those desires, we pray. Reunite us into one family through Jesus Christ, who
loves and reigns in communion with you and the Holy Spirit, for ever and ever.
All:
Amen
Proclamation
of the Word
First scripture reading: (Elaine) (sit)
Second scripture reading: Ezekiel 47: 1, 7-12 Sasha (sit)
Choir Anthem: (Wesley United) "Wade In The Water"
Third scripture reading: John 4:5-14 (Wesley United)
Sermonette: Pr. Samuel King-Kabu
Hymn: "The King of Love My Shepherd
Is" (LBW 456)
The King of love my
shepherd is, Whose goodness faileth never;
I nothing lack if I am his And he is mine forever.
Where streams of
living water flow, My ransomed soul he leadeth
And, where the verdant pastures grow, With food celestial feedeth.
Perverse and foolish
oft I strayed, But yet in love he sought me
And on his shoulder gently laid And home rejoicing brought me.
In death’s dark vale I
fear no ill With thee, dear Lord,
beside me,
Thy rod and staff my comfort still, Thy cross before to guide me.
Thou spreadst a table
in my sight; Thine unction grace bestoweth;
And, oh, what transport of delight From thy pure chalice floweth!
And so, through all
the length of days Thy goodness faileth never.
Good Shepherd, may I sing thy praise Within thy house forever.
Homily: (Rev.
Martha Nell Thomson) (sit)
Confession
of Faith Pr. Mark Rogers (stand)
L: God has made us his people through our
Baptism into Christ. Living together in trust and hope, we confess our faith.
I
believe in Jesus Christ, his only Son, our Lord.
He
was conceived by the power of the Holy Spirit
and
born of the virgin Mary.
He
suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, died, and was buried.
He
descended into hell. On the third day he rose again.
He
ascended into heaven, and is seated at the right hand of the Father.
He
will come again to judge the living and the dead.
I believe in the Holy Spirit, the holy catholic church,
the communion of saints, the forgiveness of sins,
the resurrection of the body, and the life
everlasting.
Amen
Intercessions
L: Where there is fear I can allay, and pain I
can heal,
Lord,
grant me courage and strength. (Wesley
United)
R: Grant us
compassion that we may be your heart today.
L: Where there are wounds I can bind, and hunger
I can fill
Lord,
grant me courage and strength. (St.
Ansgar)
R: Grant us
compassion that we may be your heart today.
L: Where there is hate I can confront, where
there are yokes I can release,
Lord,
grant me courage and strength.
(St. Columba)
R: Grant us
compassion that we may be your heart today.
L:
Where there are captives I can free, and anger I can appease,
Lord,
grant me courage and strength.
(Wesley United)
R: Grant us
compassion that we may be your heart today.
L:
When comes the day I dread and see a broken world,
Lord,
grant me courage and strength. (St. Ansgar)
R: Grant us
compassion that we may be your heart today.
L: And
when I have done all that I could,
Still
there are hearts I cannot move.
Lord,
grant me hope. (St. Columba)
R: Grant us
compassion that we may be your heart today.
Hymn: "Make Me a Channel of Your
Peace" (sit)
Make
me a channel of your peace.
Where there is hatred
let me be your love.
Where there is injury,
your pardon, Lord.
And where there´s
doubt, true faith in you.
Make me a channel of
your peace.
Where there´s despair
in life, let me bring hope.
Where there is
darkness, only light,
and where there´s
sadness ever joy.
Oh Master grand, that
I may never seek,
so much to be consoled
as to console,
to be understood as to
understand,
to be loved as to love
with all my soul.
Make me a channel of
your peace.
It is in pardoning
that we are pardoned,
in giving of ourselves
that we receive,
and
in dying that we´re born to eternal life.
Sharing of the Peace: Pr. Samuel King-Kabu
L:
The peace of the Lord be with you always
C: And also
with you.
(let us share the peace with one another)
Offering " Lord, Listen to Your
Children Praying" (WOV )
Lord, listen to Your
children praying,
Lord, send Your spirit in this place;
Lord, listen to Your children praying,
Send us love, send us pow'r, send us grace!
Lord, listen to Your children praying,
Lord, send Your spirit in this place;
Lord, listen to Your children praying,
Send us love, send us pow'r, send us grace!
Offertory Prayer:
(Receiving of the gifts: Deacon Peter Huish)
L:
Merciful Father,
C: we offer with joy and thanksgiving what you have
first given us—our selves, our time, and our possessions, signs of your
gracious love. Receive them for the sake of him who offered himself for us,
Jesus Christ our Lord.
Amen
The Great Thanksgiving:
P:
The Lord be with You
P:
Lift up your hearts
C: We lift them to the Lord.
P:
Let us give thanks to the Lord our God
C: It is right to give him thanks and praise.
P: It is indeed right and salutary that we
should at all times and in all places offer thanks and praise to you, O Lord,
holy Father, through Christ our Lord. Sharing our life, he lived among us to
reveal your glory and love, that our darkness should give way to his own
brilliant light. And so, with the Church on earth and the hosts of heaven, we
praise your name and join in your unending hymn:
C: Holy, holy, holy
Lord, God of power and might: Heaven and earth are full of your glory. Hosanna,
Hosanna. Hosanna in the highest. Blessed is he who comes in the name of the
Lord. Hosanna in the highest.
P: Holy God, mighty Lord, Gracious Father:
Endless in your mercy and eternal your
reign.
You
have filled all creation with light and life:
heaven and earth are full of your glory.
Through
Abraham you promised to bless all nations.
You rescued Israel, your chosen people.
Through
the prophets you renewed your promise;
And at this end of all the ages, you sent
your Son,
who in words and deeds proclaimed your
kingdom
and
was obedient to your will, even to giving his life.
In
the night in which he was betrayed, our Lord Jesus took bread,
And gave thanks; and broke it, and gave it
to his disciples, saying:
Take and eat; this is my body, given for
you.
Do this for the remembrance of
me. @
Again, after supper, he took the cup, gave thanks, and gave it for all
to drink,
saying: This cup is the new covenant in my
blood, shed for you and for all
people for the forgiveness of sin.
Do this in remembrance of me.
For
as often as we eat of this bread and drink from this cup,
we proclaim the Lord's death, until he
comes.
C: Christ has
died, Christ is risen, Christ will come again.
P: Therefore, gracious Father, with this bread
and cup
we remember the life our Lord offered for
us.
And, believing the witness of his resurrection,
we await his coming in power
to share with us the great and promised
feast.
C: Amen. Come,
Lord Jesus.
P: Send now, we pray, your Holy Spirit,
the spirit of our Lord and of his
resurrection,
that we who receive the Lord's body and
blood
may live the to the praise of your glory
and receive our inheritance with all your
saints in light.
C: Amen, Come,
Holy Spirit.
P:
Join our prayers with those of your servants of every time and every place,
and unite them with the ceaseless
petitions of our great high priest
until he comes as victorious Lord of all.
Lord’s Prayer:
Our Father, 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, and the power and the glory, forever and ever. Amen
Lamb of God, you take away the sin of the world; have
mercy on us.
Lamb of God, you take away the sin of the world; have
mercy on us.
Lamb of God, you take away the sin of the world; grant
us peace.
Distribution of Communion: Choir:
Organ:
(Hymns to be sung during communion…LBW 224, 235,212)
Thank the Lord:
Thank
the Lord and sing his praise; tell ev’ryone what he has done. Let all who seek
the Lord rejoice and proudly bear his name. He recalls his promises and leads
his people forth in joy with shouts of thanksgiving, Alleluia, Alleluia.
Post-Communion Prayer:
L: O God, through this bread and this cup, you
have made us one with you and with each other. May the unity we find at this
table be a gift that we carry out into your suffering, divided world. Help us
to find strength in knowing that you, the God of peace, will always be with us.
C:
Amen.
Sending Forth and Blessing
P:
The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ who is the Way, the Truth, and the Life, the
love of our Father -- God who is the I AM of Abraham, and the communion of the
Holy Spirit who keeps us ever mindful of our faith, be with you all. @
Recessional
Hymn: “Blest Be the Tie That Binds” (LBW 370) (stand)
Blest
be the tie that binds Our hearts in Christian love;
The
unity of heart and mind Is like to that above.
Before
our Father’s throne We pour our ardent prayers;
Our
fears, our hopes, our aims are one, Our comforts and our cares.
We
share our mutual woes, Our mutual burdens bear,
And
often for each other flows The sympathizing tear.
From
sorrow, toil, and pain, And sin we shall be free;
And
perfect love and friendship reign Through all eternity.
Deacon's Prayer
Roger Kenner
Dismissal
L:
The worship is over, the service begins! Deacon Peter Huish
Go in peace. Serve the Lord.!
Postlude (sit)
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Welcome to everyone here this morning, and we
thank God for this opportunity for our neighbouring churches to come together
for this ecumenical worship service, celebrating Christian Unity.
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Acknowledgements @
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Cross
Bearer: Yves
, Communion assistant: Dorothy
(St. Columba)
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Proclamation
of the Word: Elaine , Prayer: Madeleine (St. Columba)
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Baptismal
Candle: Ermine , Pitcher of Water: Sheena (St.
Ansgar)
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Bible: Bowl: (Wesley
United)
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Deacons:
Roger
Kenner (St. Ansgar), Peter Huish (St. Columba)
All
our guests are invited to join us for lunch
and
fellowship in Beck Hall following the
worship service.