MARITIME CONFERENCE
2017
Welcome – Bienvenue
Faìlte - Pjila’si!
Welkom! Willkommen! Bienvenido!
GATHERING MUSIC
WELCOMING TO CONFERENCE
THEME
“SEEK OTHER Cs”
SONG FOR PEACE
by Allister MacGillivray
Gentle lady, gentle man,
May I speak that you might understand.
I've been thinking we've been rather blind.
Let us leave every difference behind.
Cast your nets on these waters,
your lines on the sea,
Your sights on horizons
wherever you please,
For together we'll weather
the tide that prevails,
With the sun on our shoulders,
the wind in our sails.
Those who suffer,
those who cry,
Call for brothers and friends,
by and by,
For 'tis certain united we stand,
Side by side, arm in arm,
hand in hand.
Cast your nets on these waters,
your lines on the sea,
Your sights on horizons
wherever you please,
For together we'll weather
the tide that prevails,
With the sun on our shoulders,
the wind in our sails.
Little children know the way.
They spend life, dream by dream,
day by day,
And by nature, they seem to imply
We must love, and never ask why.
Cast your nets on these waters,
your lines on the sea,
Your sights on horizons
wherever you please,
For together we'll weather
the tide that prevails,
With the sun on our shoulders,
the wind in our sails.
Cast your nets on these waters,
your lines on the sea,
Your sights on horizons
wherever you please,
For together we'll weather
the tide that prevails,
With the sun on our shoulders,
the wind in our sails.
Scripture Lesson Mark 4: 35 - 41
Paper Boats
Explanation
and demonstration folding
Writing names of loved ones
Remembering friends from Conference,
Pastoral Charges, and others
Prayer
Lord Jesus,
Our fingers fumble to build our boats
– we need a master mariner.
Come among us, stand among us
and stay among us.
When we are shaken by storms
– give us peace.
When we are becalmed with indecisions
– send a refreshing breeze.
When we have run aground,
be the flood tide that lifts us.
When we are sinking,
be the One who rescues and saves.
When we are plowing the waves,
be our joy.
When we pull into the harbour
at the close of our day,
be the One waiting for us.
With You at our side,
we will seek other seas.
Amen.
HYMN # 563 in Voices United
JESUS YOU HAVE COME TO THE LAKESHORE
Words by Cesdreo Gabaràin translated by Gertrude C. Suppe
and George Lackwood.
Music by Cesdreo Gabaràin harmonized by Skinner ChàvezMelo
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Jesus, you have come to the lakeshore,
looking neither or wealthy nor wise ones,
you only asked me to follow humbly.
O Jesus,
with your eyes you have searched me,
And while smiling
have spoken my name,
Now my boat’s left
on the shoreline behind me
By your side,
I will seek other seas.
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You, know so well my possessions
My boat carries no gold and no weapons
You will find there my nets and labour.
O Jesus,
with your eyes you have searched me,
And while smiling
have spoken my name,
Now my boat’s left
on the shoreline behind me
By your side,
I will seek other seas.
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You need my hands, full of caring,
Through my labours to give others rest
And constant love that keeps on loving.
O Jesus,
with your eyes you have searched me,
And while smiling
have spoken my name,
Now my boat’s left
on the shoreline behind me
By your side,
I will seek other seas.
You, who have fished
other oceans
Ever longed for by souls
who are waiting
My loving friend,
as thus you call me.
O Jesus,
with your eyes you have searched me,
And while smiling
have spoken my name,
Now my boat’s left
on the shoreline behind me
By your side,
I will seek other seas.
Seek other Cs
We return to the business and busyness
of Conference. We are surrounded by a
great cloud of witnesses who have come
to sit with us. Let us remember them,
jot their names on our boats and be
thankful for their voyage with us.