PROCESSIONAL HYMN
Please stand
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“Holy, Holy, Holy, Lord God Almighty”
Nicæa
Words: Reginald Herber (1820)
Music: John Bacchus Dykes (1861)
Holy, holy, holy!
Lord God almighty!
Early in the morning
our song shall rise to thee;
holy, holy holy!
Merciful and mighty,
God in three persons,
blessed trinity.
Holy, holy, holy!
All the saints adore thee,
casting down their golden crowns
around the glassy see;
cherubim and seraphim
falling down before thee,
which wert, and art,
and evermore shall be.
Holy, holy, holy!
Though the darkness hide thee,
though the eye made blind by sin
thy glory may not see,
only thou art holy;
there is none beside thee,
perfect in power, in love,
and purity.
Holy, holy, holy!
Lord God almighty!
All thy works shall praise thy name
in earth and sky and sea;
holy, holy holy!
Merciful and mighty,
God in three persons,
blessed trinity.
WELCOME AND TERRITORIAL
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
The grace of our Lord, Jesus Christ,
the love of God,
and the communion of the Holy Spirit
be with you all.
RESPONSE: AND ALSO WITH YOU.
WELCOME AND TERRITORIAL
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
We recognize and honour the First Nations on
whose traditional unceded territory we
gather to worship:
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The Sinixt First Nations
The Ktanaxa First Nations
The Schwemec First Nations
The Syilx First Nations
ANNOUNCEMENTS
MINUTE FOR MISSION
We learn about the work the church does in
Canada and around the world through your
gifts to the Mission and Service Fund.
OPENING PRAYER
PSALM 8 (VU p. 732)
RESPONSE: O GOD, OUR GOD,
HOW GLORIOUS IS YOUR NAME IN ALL THE EARTH!
O God, our God, how glorious is your name in all the earth!
From the lips of infants and children your praises reach up to the
heavens.
YOU HAVE SET UP A STRONGHOLD AGAINST YOUR FOES,
TO QUELL THE ENEMY AND THE AVENGER.
O GOD, OUR GOD,
HOW GLORIOUS IS YOUR NAME IN ALL THE EARTH!
PSALM
When I look to the heavens, the work of your fingers,
the moon and the stars you have set in their places,
WHAT ARE WE MORTALS THAT YOU SHOULD BE
MINFUL OF US,
MERE HUMAN BEINGS THAT YOU SHOULD CARE
FOR US?
O GOD, OUR GOD,
HOW GLORIOUS IS YOUR NAME IN ALL THE EARTH!
PSALM
You have made us little less than divine,
and crowned us with glory and honour.
YOU HAVE MADE US RULERS OVER ALL YOUR CREATION,
AND PUT ALL THINGS UNDER OUR FEET,
all sheep and cattle, all creatures of the wild,
THE BIRDS OF THE AIR AND THE FISH IN THE SEA,
AND ALL THAT MAKE THEIR WAY THROUGH THE WATERS.
O GOD, OUR GOD,
HOW GLORIOUS IS YOUR NAME IN ALL THE EARTH!
SUNG RESPONSE (GLORIA)
Glory to God in the highest
and peace to God’s people on earth!
Glory to God in the highest
and peace to God’s people on earth!
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CONVERSATION AND QUESTIONS
Your questions and wonderings are precious
in the sight of God.
Young people are given the first opportunity
to ask questions and the first opportunity to
respond.
CONFESSIONAL PRAYER
We come before God, acknowledging our struggles, our
brokenness, and our faults, and trusting in the love of Christ.
Let us pray to God:
Holy God, in earth, sea, and sky,
you are there;
in everything we touch,
in everyone we meet,
your presence is around us.
CONFESSIONAL PRAYER
You we have not touched but trampled
in creation;
you we have not met but missed
in one another;
you we have not received but rejected
in the poor and outcast.
The Iona Community
(Silent confession)
CONFESSIONAL PRAYER
And so we pray: Lord, have mercy.
RESPONSE: LORD, HAVE MERCY.
Christ, have mercy.
CHRIST, HAVE MERCY.
Lord, have mercy.
LORD, HAVE MERCY.
Mother God, blessed Jesus, Holy Spirit,
HEAR OUR PRAYER AND HEAL OUR HEARTS.
SUNG RESPONSE
Spirit of Life, come unto me.
Sing in my heart all the stirrings of compassion.
Blow in the wind, rise in the sea;
move in the hand, giving life the shape of justice.
Roots, hold me close; wings, set me free;
Spirit of Life, come to me, come to me.
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WORDS OF ASSURANCE
Hallelujah!
RESPONSE: HALLELUJAH! AMEN.
FIRST READING
Genesis 1: 1 – 2:3
Six Days of Creation and the Sabbath
In the beginning when God created the heavens and the
earth, the earth was a formless void and darkness covered the
face of the deep, while a wind from God swept over the face
of the waters. Then God said, “Let there be light”; and there
was light. And God saw that the light was good; and God
separated the light from the darkness. God called the light
Day, and the darkness he called Night. And there was evening
and there was morning, the first day.
FIRST READING
And God said, “Let there be a dome in the midst of the
waters, and let it separate the waters from the
waters.” So God made the dome and separated the
waters that were under the dome from the waters
that were above the dome. And it was so. God called
the dome Sky. And there was evening and there was
morning, the second day.
FIRST READING
And God said, “Let the waters under the sky be gathered
together into one place, and let the dry land appear.” And it
was so. God called the dry land Earth, and the waters that
were gathered together he called Seas. And God saw that it
was good. Then God said, “Let the earth put forth vegetation:
plants yielding seed, and fruit trees of every kind on earth
that bear fruit with the seed in it.” And it was so. The earth
brought forth vegetation: plants yielding seed of every kind,
and trees of every kind bearing fruit with the seed in it. And
God saw that it was good. And there was evening and there
was morning, the third day.
FIRST READING
And God said, “Let there be lights in the dome of the sky to
separate the day from the night; and let them be for signs and
for seasons and for days and years, and let them be lights in
the dome of the sky to give light upon the earth.” And it was
so. God made the two great lights—the greater light to rule
the day and the lesser light to rule the night—and the
stars. God set them in the dome of the sky to give light upon
the earth, to rule over the day and over the night, and to
separate the light from the darkness. And God saw that it was
good. And there was evening and there was morning, the
fourth day.
FIRST READING
And God said, “Let the waters bring forth swarms of living
creatures, and let birds fly above the earth across the dome of
the sky.” So God created the great sea monsters and every
living creature that moves, of every kind, with which the
waters swarm, and every winged bird of every kind. And God
saw that it was good. God blessed them, saying, “Be fruitful
and multiply and fill the waters in the seas, and let birds
multiply on the earth.” And there was evening and there was
morning, the fifth day.
FIRST READING
And God said, “Let the earth bring forth living creatures of every
kind: cattle and creeping things and wild animals of the earth
of every kind.” And it was so. God made the wild animals of
the earth of every kind, and the cattle of every kind, and
everything that creeps upon the ground of every kind. And
God saw that it was good.
FIRST READING
Then God said, “Let us make humankind in our image, according
to our likeness; and let them have dominion over the fish of
the sea, and over the birds of the air, and over the cattle, and
over all the wild animals of the earth, and over every creeping
thing that creeps upon the earth.”
So God created humankind in his image,
in the image of God he created them;
male and female he created them.
FIRST READING
God blessed them, and God said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the
earth and subdue it; and have dominion over the fish of the sea and over
the birds of the air and over every living thing that moves upon the
earth.” God said, “See, I have given you every plant yielding seed that is
upon the face of all the earth, and every tree with seed in its fruit; you
shall have them for food. And to every beast of the earth, and to every
bird of the air, and to everything that creeps on the earth, everything that
has the breath of life, I have given every green plant for food.” And it was
so. God saw everything that he had made, and indeed, it was very good.
And there was evening and there was morning, the sixth day.
FIRST READING
Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all their
multitude. And on the seventh day God finished the work that
he had done, and he rested on the seventh day from all the
work that he had done. So God blessed the seventh day and
hallowed it, because on it God rested from all the work that
he had done in creation.
Hear what the Spirit is saying to her church.
RESPONSE: THANKS BE TO GOD.
GOSPEL READING
MATTHEW 28: 16 – 20
The Comissioning of the Disciples
Now the eleven disciples went to Galilee, to the mountain to
which Jesus had directed them. When they saw him, they
worshiped him; but some doubted. And Jesus came and said
to them, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given
to me. Go therefore and make disciples of all nations,
baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and
of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything that I
have commanded you. And remember, I am with you always,
to the end of the age.”
GOSPEL READING
The Gospel of Jesus Christ.
RESPONSE: PRAISE TO CHRIST THE WORD.
Silent Reflection
What questions do these readings bring up?
What about them inspires you?
What about them challenges you?
What can we learn from them?
Where is God in them?
SUNG RESPONSE
And on this path,
the gates of holiness are open wide,
and on this path,
the gates of holiness are open wide,
and on this path,
the gates of holiness are open wide!
Open wide! Open wide! Open wide!
The gates are open wide!
SUNG RESPONSE
So enter in,
the gates of holiness are open wide,
So enter in,
the gates of holiness are open wide,
So enter in,
the gates of holiness are open wide!
Open wide! Open wide! Open wide!
The gates are open wide!
SUNG RESPONSE
And on this path,
the gates of holiness are open wide,
and on this path,
the gates of holiness are open wide,
and on this path,
the gates of holiness are open wide!
Open wide! Open wide! Open wide!
The gates are open wide!
SUNG RESPONSE
So enter in,
the gates of holiness are open wide,
So enter in,
the gates of holiness are open wide,
So enter in,
the gates of holiness are open wide!
Open wide! Open wide! Open wide!
The gates are open wide!
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“TO ALL NATIONS”
Rev. David
OFFERING
“Christ has no body now but yours; no hands or
feet on earth but yours.”
— Teresa of Avíla
Your gifts and offerings help the work of the
church to bring comfort to those in need and to
celebrate God’s presence in our world.
OFFERING
Left your envelopes at home?
No problem!
You can contribute online at
revelstokeunitedchurch.com/donate/
Or, come to the office and
sign up for monthly PAR
contributions.
SUNG RESPONSE (DOXOLOGY)
I’m gonna live so God can use me
anywhere, Lord, anytime!
I’m gonna live so God can use me,
anywhere, Lord, anytime.
SUNG RESPONSE (DOXOLOGY)
I’m gonna work so God can use me
anywhere, Lord, anytime!
I’m gonna work so God can use me,
anywhere, Lord, anytime.
SUNG RESPONSE (DOXOLOGY)
I’m gonna pray so God can use me
anywhere, Lord, anytime!
I’m gonna pray so God can use me,
anywhere, Lord, anytime.
SUNG RESPONSE (DOXOLOGY)
I’m gonna sing so God can use me
anywhere, Lord, anytime!
I’m gonna sing so God can use me,
anywhere, Lord, anytime.
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Prayers of the People
We pray for churches in
Botswana and Zimbabwe.
We pray for St. Paul’s United
in Kelowna and their
minister, Richard Chung.
THE LORD’S PRAYER
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Music: David Haas (1986)
Our Father in heaven,
Hallowed be your name,
your kingdom come,
your will be done on earth
as in heaven.
THE LORD’S PRAYER
Give us today our daily bread.
Forgive us our sins as we forgive those
who sin against us.
Save us from the time of trial
and deliver us from evil
THE LORD’S PRAYER
for the kingdom, the power
and the glory are yours
now and forever.
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CLOSING HYMN
Please stand
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“I Bind Unto Myself Today”
St. Patrick
Words: Attrib. St. Patrick (ca. 5th c.)
Music: Ancient Irish melody
I bind unto myself today
the strong name of the Trinity,
by invocation of the same,
the three in one and one in three.
I bind this day to me forever,
by power of faith, Christ’s incarnation,
his baptism in the Jordan River,
his cross of death for my salvation,
his bursting from the spiced tomb,
his riding up the heavenly way,
his coming at the day of doom,
I bind unto myself today.
I bind unto myself today
the virtues of the star-lit heaven,
the glorious sun’s life-giving ray,
the whiteness of the moon at even,
the flashing of the lightning free,
the whirling wind’s tempestuous shocks,
the stable earth, the deep salt sea,
around the old eternal rocks.
I bind unto myself today
the power of God to hold and lead,
his eye to watch, his might to stay,
his ear to hearken to my need,
the wisdom of my God to teach,
his hand to guide, his shield to ward,
the Word of God to give me speech,
his heavenly host to be my guard.
I bind unto myself the name,
the strong name of the Trinity,
by invocation of the same,
the three in one and one in three,
of whom al nature has creation,
eternal Father, Spirit, Word.
Praise to the Lord of my salvation;
salvation is of Christ the Lord!
CLOSING PRAYER AND BLESSING
Please stand
May the blessing of God:
Father, Son, and Holy Spirit;
our Mother, Friend, and Comforter;
the Creator, Redeemer, and Sustainer of us all;
be with you today and always.
AMEN. AMEN. AMEN.
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SUNG BENEDICTION
Please stand
“Go Now in Peace”
Words: Donald Besig & Nancy Price (1988)
Music: Donald Besig (1988)
While singing, you are invited to turn to your
neighbours and sing this blessing to them.
Go now in peace, never be afraid.
God will go with you each hour of every day.
Go now in faith, steadfast strong and true.
Know God will guide you in all you do.
Go now in love and show you believe.
Reach out to others So all the world can see.
God will be there, Watching from above.
Go now in peace, in faith, and in love.
Amen. Amen. Amen.