September 26th, 2021
Season of Creation
Prelude- O Beautiful Gaia, MV 41
Refrain:
O beautiful Gaia, O Gaia, calling us home.
O beautiful Gaia, calling us on.
Soil yielding its harvest, O Gaia, calling us home.
Soil yielding its harvest, calling us on.
Refrain:
O beautiful Gaia, O Gaia, calling us home.
O beautiful Gaia, calling us on.
Waves crashing on granite, O Gaia, calling us home.
Waves crashing on granite, calling us on.
Refrain:
O beautiful Gaia, O Gaia, calling us home.
O beautiful Gaia, calling us on.
Pine bending in windstorm, O Gaia, calling us home.
Pine bending in windstorm, calling us on.
Refrain:
O beautiful Gaia, O Gaia, calling us home.
O beautiful Gaia, calling us on.
Acknowledgement
Welcome
Opening Hymn- Spinning Blue Planet By Ian Macdonald
This is the moment, Creation’s first glance,
light plays with darkness, and chaos with dance,
Spirit with matter forms heaven, forms earth;
Creation continues God’s breath gives dust birth!
On a spinning blue planet, third place from the sun,
Here words are spoken, here words are done.
Alive in the struggles, the laughter, the peace,
The Creator is singing and never will cease.
This is the calling, Creation’s first fire,
To journey in search of God’s deepest desire.
Smashing the idols of privilege and wrong,
In exodus freedom our spirits belong!
On a spinning blue planet, third place from the sun,
Here words are spoken, here words are done.
Alive in the struggles, the laughter, the peace,
The Creator is singing and never will cease.
This earth-bound journey, Creation’s first song,
From Genesis gardens to sad Babylon’s.
Lost in the rhythms of power, of pride,
Seeking the music only mercy provides!
On a spinning blue planet, third place from the sun,
Here words are spoken, here words are done.
Alive in the struggles, the laughter, the peace,
The Creator is singing and never will cease.
This is the mystery: How life becomes whole!
Bread broken body; Wine poured out soul!
Come, seed your lives, grow like grapes: grow like grain:
The vine will connect you, Love’s rising again!
On a spinning blue planet, third place from the sun,
Here words are spoken, here words are done.
Alive in the struggles, the laughter, the peace,
The Creator is singing and never will cease.
Gathering Sentences (rexhuntprogressive.com)
With respect and gratitude for the original custodians of this land, we gather together this day to affirm in hope and faith, that we can create a sacred space of welcome for all who live in Canada.
So let us celebrate the richness and diversity of life.
Fountain of life…Pulse of life…Breath of life…
Earth is filled with the presence of God.
A planet filled with the presence of God
a living green blue planet,peoples from every corner of creation,
the vast reaches of space above us,and the rocks and hills and wonders of the wild.
Together this day, let us sense the face of God in all creativity.
Creative God, whose renewing breath fills our planet, may we discern your vibrant presence among us. And may our spirits be lifted as we sing with the wild and the hills, and connect with the mystery of the mountains, prairies, rivers, lakes and oceans this day. Amen
The Gloria by Bruce Carlson
Gloria in excelsis De-o!
Gloria in excelsis De-o!
Gloria in excelsis De-o!
Gloria in excelsis Laudamus te,
Laudamus te.
We praise You, we bless You, we worship You, we glorify You.
Domine Deus Qui tollis peccata mundi.
Qui sedes ad dexteram patris
Quoniam tu solus sanctus Cum Sancto Spiritu.
Gloria in excelsis De-o!
Gloria in excelsis De-o!
Gloria in excelsis De-o!
Gloria in excelsis Laudamus te,
Laudamus te.
We praise You, we bless You, we worship You, we glorify You.
Domine Deus Qui tollis peccata mundi.
Qui sedes ad dexteram patris
Quoniam tu solus sanctus Cum Sancto Spiritu.
Gloria in excels is De-o!
Gloria in excels is De-o!
Gloria in excels is De-o!
Gloria in excels is De-o!
The Collect
Grant, O merciful God, that your Church, being gathered by your Holy Spirit into one, may show forth your power among all peoples, to the glory of your name; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen
Children’s Ministry
Children’s Song- ALALALALALALALAYLUIA
Alalalalalalalayluia
Alalalalalalalayluia
Alalalalalalalayluia
Alalalala layluia
Shake another hand of the one next to you
Shake another hand and sing a song.
Shake another hand, shake the hand next to you
Shake another hand and sing, sing a song.
Alalalalalalalayluia
Alalalalalalalayluia
Alalalalalalalayluia
Alalalala layluia
Give a loving smile to the one next to you
Give a loving smile and sing a song
Give a loving smile to the one next to you
Give a loving smile and sing, sing a song.
Alalalalalalalayluia
Alalalalalalalayluia
Alalalalalalalayluia
Alalalala layluia
Scratch another back of the one next to you
Scratch another back and sing a song
Scratch another back, scratch the back next to you
Scratch another back and sing, sing a song.
Alalalalalalalayluia
Alalalalalalalayluia
Alalalalalalalayluia
Alalalala layluia
Raise a hand in praise of the one next to you
Raise a hand in praise and sing a song
Raise a hand in praise, raise the hand next to you
Rasie a hand in praise and sing, sing a song.
Alalalalalalalayluia
Alalalalalalalayluia
Alalalalalalalayluia
Alalalala layluia
The Proclamation of the Word
A Reading from the book Esther (7.1–6, 9–10; 9.20–22)
So the king and Haman went in to feast with Queen Esther. On the second day, as they were drinking wine, the king again said to Esther, ‘What is your petition, Queen Esther? It shall be granted you. And what is your request? Even to the half of my kingdom, it shall be fulfilled.’ Then Queen Esther answered, ‘If I have won your favour, O king, and if it pleases the king, let my life be given me—that is my petition—and the lives of my people—that is my request. For we have been sold, I and my people, to be destroyed, to be killed, and to be annihilated. If we had been sold merely as slaves, men and women, I would have held my peace; but no enemy can compensate for this damage to the king.’ Then King Ahasuerus said to Queen Esther, ‘Who is he, and where is he, who has presumed to do this?’ Esther said, ‘A foe and enemy, this wicked Haman!’ Then Haman was terrified before the king and the queen. Then Harbona, one of the eunuchs in attendance on the king, said, ‘Look, the very gallows that Haman has prepared for Mordecai, whose word saved the king, stands at Haman’s house, fifty cubits high.’ And the king said, ‘Hang him on that.’ So they hanged Haman on the gallows that he had prepared for Mordecai. Then the anger of the king abated.
Mordecai recorded these things, and sent letters to all the Jews who were in all the provinces of King Ahasuerus, both near and far, enjoining them that they should keep the fourteenth day of the month Adar and also the fifteenth day of the same month, year by year, as the days on which the Jews gained relief from their enemies, and as the month that had been turned for them from sorrow into gladness and from mourning into a holiday; that they should make them days of feasting and gladness, days for sending gifts of food to one another and presents to the poor.
The Word of the Lord R: Thanks be to God
Psalm 124 Refrain Our help is in the name of the Lord.
If the Lord had not been on our side, let Israel now say; if the Lord had not been on our side, when enemies rose up against us; then would they have swallowed us up alive in their fierce anger toward us; then would the waters have overwhelmed us and the torrent gone over us; then would the raging waters have gone right over us.
Our help is in the name of the Lord.
Blessed be the Lord who has not given us over to be a prey for their teeth. We have escaped like a bird from the snare of the fowler; the snare is broken, and we have escaped. Our help is in the name of the Lord, the maker of heaven and earth.
Our help is in the name of the Lord.
A Reading from the letter of James (5.13–20)
Are any among you suffering? They should pray. Are any cheerful? They should sing songs of praise. Are any among you sick? They should call for the elders of the church and have them pray over them, anointing them with oil in the name of the Lord. The prayer of faith will save the sick, and the Lord will raise them up; and anyone who has committed sins will be forgiven. Therefore, confess your sins to one another, and pray for one another, so that you may be healed. The prayer of the righteous is powerful and effective. Elijah was a human being like us, and he prayed fervently that it might not rain, and for three years and six months it did not rain on the earth. Then he prayed again, and the heaven gave rain and the earth yielded its harvest.
My brothers and sisters, if anyone among you wanders from the truth and is brought back by another, you should know that whoever brings back a sinner from wandering will save the sinner’s soul from death and will cover a multitude of sins.
The Word of the Lord R: Thanks be to God
Gradual Hymn- Not for Tongues of Heaven’s Angels, CP 494
Not for tongues of heaven’s angels,
not for wisdom to discern,
not for faith that masters mountains,
for this better gift we yearn:
Refrain
may love be ours, Lord;
may love be ours.
May love be ours, O Lord.
Love is humble, love is gentle,
love is tender, true and kind;
love is gracious, ever patient,
generous of heart and mind:
Refrain
may love be ours, Lord;
may love be ours.
May love be ours, O Lord.
Never jealous, never selfish,
love will not rejoice in wrong;
never boastful nor resentful,
love believes and suffers long:
Refrain
may love be ours, Lord;
may love be ours.
May love be ours, O Lord.
In the day this world is fading,
faith and hope will play their part;
but when Christ is seen in glory,
love shall reign in every heart:
Refrain
may love be ours, Lord;
may love be ours.
May love be ours, O Lord.
The Gospel
The Lord be with you and also with you
The Holy Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ according to Mark (9.38–50)
Glory to you, Lord Jesus Christ
John said to him, ‘Teacher, we saw someone casting out demons in your name, and we tried to stop him, because he was not following us.’ But Jesus said, ‘Do not stop him; for no one who does a deed of power in my name will be able soon afterwards to speak evil of me. Whoever is not against us is for us. For truly I tell you, whoever gives you a cup of water to drink because you bear the name of Christ will by no means lose the reward.
‘If any of you put a stumbling-block before one of these little ones who believe in me, it would be better for you if a great millstone were hung around your neck and you were thrown into the sea. If your hand causes you to stumble, cut it off; it is better for you to enter life maimed than to have two hands and to go to hell, to the unquenchable fire. And if your foot causes you to stumble, cut it off; it is better for you to enter life lame than to have two feet and to be thrown into hell., And if your eye causes you to stumble, tear it out; it is better for you to enter the kingdom of God with one eye than to have two eyes and to be thrown into hell, where their worm never dies, and the fire is never quenched.
‘For everyone will be salted with fire. Salt is good; but if salt has lost its saltiness, how can you season it? Have salt in yourselves, and be at peace with one another.’
The Gospel of Christ R: Praise to you Lord Jesus Christ
Homily
A Celebration of Faith
In response to the word reflected on, let us share together a celebration of faith.
Our land is alive with the glory of God: oceans roar, maple trees dance, prairie grasses sing and mountains breathe their stillness.
All created things add their rhythm of delight and even the stones rap out their praise.
Let our voices mingle with the song of the earth.
May our hearts join the beat of her joy.
For our triune God is with us: our creator surrounds and upholds us. Christ Jesus walks beside and before us. The Spirit moves within and between us.
Blessed be God, our wonder and our delight. Amen
Prayers of Intercession (seasonofcreation.org)
Loving God, creator of the Universe, you know every creature and its needs. With great trust we offer our petitions in the name of all creation. Our response is “Creator God, hear our prayer:”
O Great Creator who paints beauty everywhere. Weeds have grown up in holy and sacred places.
All our labour of reconciliation seems in vain and the virus threatens to undo our gatherings.
Creator God, hear our prayer
We feel overwhelmed with the troubles. People are plagued by many worries. The selfish and the arrogant refuse to see that we are interdependent and one family.
Creator God, hear our prayer
You created us, diverse and gifted in beauty with resources and talents enough to share, yet we would hoard and hide it for ourselves turning the strangers into our enemies.
Creator God, hear our prayer
Make us one people today, dear Lord make us worry only about the whole family give us your beauty and generous creativity that we might be woven together in love.
Creator God, hear our prayer
Confession
Dear God of healing and restoration
We have been blind to the needs of others
Blind to the hurts and abuses we have caused
Blind to the privileges we take for granted
Lord let our eyes be opened.
We have seen our neighbours as enemies
We cringe in fear of those who are different
We shame and demean the poor and needy
Lord let our eyes be opened
We have refused kindness and compassion
We have not shared our own bounty
We have not been a blessing to others
Lord, let our eyes be opened
Give us the power to follow you
Make us humble enough to carry others
Make us aware enough to see their need
Lord, let our eyes be opened. Amen
PEACE
You are the peace of all things calm
You are the place to hide from harm
You are the light that shines in dark
You are the heart’s eternal spark
You are the door that’s open wide
You are the guest who waits inside
You are the stranger at the door
You are the calling of the poor
The peace of the Lord be always with you
Offering Hymn- Soil of God, MV 174
Soil of God, you and I, stand ready to bear seeds of faith nourished by God’s tender care. Growing in everyone for here God is found. All stand together, we are… Holy ground.
Soil of God, you and I, now ready to be part of God’s promise, for others to see. Open to everyone for here God is found. All stand together, we are… Holy ground.
Soil of God, you and I, now called to re-birth, joining as partners with all of the earth. Living in harmony for here God is found. All stand together, this is… Holy ground.
Prayer over the gifts
Eternal God, in Jesus Chris we behold your glory. Receive the offering of your people gathered before you and open our hearts and mouths to praise your great salvation, in the same Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen
EUCHARISTIC PRAYER (Eucharistic Prayer from “Celebrating Sunday” ACSA)
The Lord be with you.
And also with you.
Lift up your hearts.
We lift them to the Lord.
Let us give thanks to the Lord our God.
It is right to give God thanks and praise.
Worship and praise belong to you, Source of all being.
Your power invigorates, your presence sustains and your love restores our broken world. You are unceasingly at work: bringing order from chaos, creating, restoring, and filling emptiness with life. In raising Christ from the dead you usher in the dawn of a new age.
Your Spirit is fire in us, your breath is power to purge our sin and warm our hearts to love. As children of your redeeming purpose, freed by Christ whose resurrection opens the gate of life, we offer you our praise, with angels and archangels and the whole company of earth and heaven, singing the hymn of your unending glory:
Holy, holy, holy Lord God of power and might. Heaven and earth are full of your glory. Hosanna in the highest. Blessed is the One who comes in the name of the Lord. Hosanna in the highest.
The Risen Lord was recognised in the breaking of the bread, the fearful disciples received a blessing of peace, and the weary fishermen found a ready welcome on the lakeshore. To them all Christ renewed the pledge of his presence and the promise of new birth in the Spirit.
Before he was given up to suffering and death, recalling the night of Israel’s release when slaves walked free, at supper with his disciples, Jesus took bread and offered you thanks. He broke the bread, and gave it to them, saying: “Take, eat. This is my Body: it is broken for you.” After supper, he took the cup, he offered you thanks, and gave it to them saying: “Drink this, all of you. This is my Blood of the new covenant; it is poured out for you, and for all, that sins may be forgiven. Do this to remember me.”
And so, remembering all that was done for us: the cross, the tomb, the resurrection and ascension, longing for Christ’s coming in glory, and presenting to you these gifts your earth has formed and human hands have made, we acclaim you, O Christ:
Dying, you destroyed our death.
Rising, you restored our life.
Christ Jesus, come in glory!
Send your Holy Spirit upon us and upon these gifts of bread and wine, that they may be to us the Body and the Blood of your Christ. Grant that we, burning with your Spirit’s power, may be a people of hope, justice and love.
Giver of Life, draw us together in the Body of Christ, and in the fullness of time gather us with all your people into the joy of our true eternal home.
Through Christ and with Christ and in Christ, by the inspiration of your Holy Spirit, we worship you our God and Creator in voices of unending praise. Amen.
The Lord’s Prayer
The Breaking of the Bread
Creator of all, you gave us golden fields of wheat, whose many grains we have gathered and made into this one bread.
So may your Church be gathered from the ends of the earth into your kingdom.
The Communion
Communion Music - Piano Instrumental
Prayer After Communion
All your works praise you, O Lord.
And your faithful servants bless you. Gracious God we thank you for feeding us with the body and blood of your Son Jesus Christ. May we, who share his body, live his risen life; we, who drink his cup, ring life to others; we, whom the Spirit lights, give light to the world. Keep us firm in the hope you have set before us, so that we and all your children shall be free, and the whole earth live to praise your name; through Christ our Lord. Amen.
The Blessing
Announcements
Closing Hymn- One More Step, VU639
One more step along the world I go, One more step along the world I go, from the old things to the new, keep me traveling along with you:
And it's from the old I travel to the new, Keep me traveling along with you. Round the corners of the world I turn, more and more about the world I learn; all the new things that I see you'll be looking at along with me:
And it's from the old I travel to the new; Keep me traveling along with you. As I travel through the bad and good, keep me traveling the way I should; Where I see no way to go you'll be telling me the way, I know.
And it's from the old I travel to the new; Keep me traveling along with you. Give me courage when the world is rough, Keep me loving though the world is tough, Leap and sing in all I do, Keep me traveling along with you.
And it's from the old I travel to the new; Keep me traveling along with you. You are older than the world can be, You are younger than the life in me, ever old and ever new, keep me traveling along with you:
And it's from the old I travel to the new; Keep me traveling along with you.
Dismissal
Let us go in peace and celebrate the presence of God in our lives. Thanks be to God! Alleluia
Postlude-You Are A Salt For The Earth, CP502
(The congregation sings bold text).
You are salt for the Earth, O people:
salt for the kingdom of God!
Share the flavour of life, O people:
life in the kingdom of God!
Refrain
Bring forth the kingdom of mercy,
bring forth the kingdom of peace;
bring forth the kingdom of justice,
bring forth the city of God!
You are a light on a hill, O people:
light for the city of God!
Shine so holy and bright, O people:
shine for the kingdom of God!
Refrain
Bring forth the kingdom of mercy,
bring forth the kingdom of peace;
bring forth the kingdom of justice,
bring forth the city of God!
You are a seed of the Word, O people:
bring forth the kingdom of God!
Seeds of mercy and seeds of justice
grow in the kingdom of God!
Refrain
Bring forth the kingdom of mercy,
bring forth the kingdom of peace;
bring forth the kingdom of justice,
bring forth the city of God!
We are a blest and pilgrim people
bound for the kingdom of God!
Love our journey and love our homeland:
love is the kingdom of God!
Refrain
Bring forth the kingdom of mercy,
bring forth the kingdom of peace;
bring forth the kingdom of justice,
bring forth the city of God!
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