A Joint Worship Service between St. Paul’s Anglican and Fort Garry UC. Join us in person at St. Paul's or live-streamed at 10:15AM or find our recorded service at your convenience. Additional details on our Worship page.
Prelude Abraham’s Daughter
Acknowledgement
Welcome
Gathering Hymn: 489 CP From the Falter of Breath
From the falter of breath, through the silence of death,
to the wonder that’s breaking beyond,
God has woven a way, unapparent by day,
for all those of whom heaven is fond.
From frustration and pain, through hope hard to sustain,
to the wholeness here promised, there known,
Christ has gone where we fear and has vowed to be near
on the journey we make on our own.
From the dimming of light, through the darkness of night,
to the glory of goodness above,
God the Spirit is sent to ensure heaven’s intent
is embraced and completed in love.
From today till we die, through all questioning why,
to the place from which time and tide flow,
angels tread on our dreams, and magnificent themes
of heaven’s promise are echoed below.
Gathering of the Community
God has been with us from the beginning of time, rescuing, performing miracles, loving, holding us close.
God is always with us.
God created everything and filled the world with love.
God is always with us.
God sends the rain and the sunshine; God is in the mighty thunder and in the yawn of a flea.
God is always with us
God led the people of the past, and God leads us. We can face the future with faith, knowing that God is with us God is always with us. Prayer of the Day God, we want to serve you and be disciples, but we can think of a zillion other things we need to do. Help us to make the right choices. Help us to discover the joy and satisfaction that comes from following you. Amen.
Collect: Almighty God, you have taught us through your Son that love fulfils the law. May we love you with all our heart, all our soul, all our mind, and all our strength, and may we love our neighbour as ourselves; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.
The Proclamation of the Word
A Reading from the book Genesis 22:1-14
After these things God tested Abraham. He said to him, ‘Abraham!’ And he said, ‘Here I am.’ He said, ‘Take your son, your only son Isaac, whom you love, and go to the land of Moriah, and offer him there as a burnt-offering on one of the mountains that I shall show you.’ So Abraham rose early in the morning, saddled his donkey, and took two of his young men with him, and his son Isaac; he cut the wood for the burnt-offering, and set out and went to the place in the distance that God had shown him. On the third day Abraham looked up and saw the place far away. Then Abraham said to his young men, ‘Stay here with the donkey; the boy and I will go over there; we will worship, and then we will come back to you.’ Abraham took the wood of the burnt-offering and laid it on his son Isaac, and he himself carried the fire and the knife. So the two of them walked on together. Isaac said to his father Abraham, ‘Father!’ And he said, ‘Here I am, my son.’ He said, ‘The fire and the wood are here, but where is the lamb for a burnt-offering?’ Abraham said, ‘God himself will provide the lamb for a burnt-offering, my son.’ So the two of them walked on together. When they came to the place that God had shown him, Abraham built an altar there and laid the wood in order. He bound his son Isaac, and laid him on the altar, on top of the wood. Then Abraham reached out his hand and took the knife to kill his son. But the angel of the Lord called to him from heaven, and said, ‘Abraham, Abraham!’ And he said, ‘Here I am.’ He said, ‘Do not lay your hand on the boy or do anything to him; for now I know that you fear God, since you have not withheld your son, your only son, from me.’ And Abraham looked up and saw a ram, caught in a thicket by its horns. Abraham went and took the ram and offered it up as a burnt-offering instead of his son. So Abraham called that place ‘The Lord will provide’; as it is said to this day, ‘On the mount of the Lord it shall be provided.’
Living word of God live in our lives today
Psalm 13 How Long O Lord, how long (by Sovereign Grace)
O Lord, our God, to You we come
Will You still hide Your face?
We cry before You and on our knees we pray
How long, O Lord, how long?
Our sorrows leave us weak and worn
Surrounded by our fears
We look to heaven through feeble faith and tears
How long, O Lord, how long?
Till Your glory fills our eyes
And our faith is turned to sight
Till our thirsty souls are satisfied
How long, O Lord, how long?
Our foes and enemies rejoice
Injustice seems to reign Lord,
we are shaken and we are losing strength
How long, O Lord, how long?
Till Your glory fills our eyes
And our faith is turned to sight
Till our thirsty souls are satisfied
How long, O Lord, how long?
But we will trust Your steadfast love
Your grace will be our song
You bring new mercies with ev’ry rising sun
How long, O Lord, how long?
Till Your glory fills our eyes
And our faith is turned to sight
Till our thirsty souls are satisfied
How long, O Lord, how long?
A Reading from the letter of Paul to the Romans 6.12–23
Therefore, do not let sin exercise dominion in your mortal bodies, to make you obey their passions. No longer present your members to sin as instruments of wickedness, but present yourselves to God as those who have been brought from death to life, and present your members to God as instruments of righteousness. For sin will have no dominion over you, since you are not under law but under grace.
What then? Should we sin because we are not under law but under grace? By no means! Do you not know that if you present yourselves to anyone as obedient slaves, you are slaves of the one whom you obey, either of sin, which leads to death, or of obedience, which leads to righteousness? But thanks be to God that you, having once been slaves of sin, have become obedient from the heart to the form of teaching to which you were entrusted, and that you, having been set free from sin, have become slaves of righteousness. I am speaking in human terms because of your natural limitations. For just as you once presented your members as slaves to impurity and to greater and greater iniquity, so now present your members as slaves to righteousness for sanctification.
When you were slaves of sin, you were free in regard to righteousness. So what advantage did you then get from the things of which you now are ashamed? The end of those things is death. But now that you have been freed from sin and enslaved to God, the advantage you get is sanctification. The end is eternal life. For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Living word of God live in our lives today
Gradual Hymn 354 CP Come Thou Fount of Every Blessing Come, thou Font of every blessing, tune my heart to sing thy grace; Streams of mercy, never ceasing, call for songs of loudest praise. Teach me some melodious measure, sung by flaming tongues above; O the vast, the boundless treasure of my God’s unchanging love. Here I make faith’s affirmation; thus far by thy help I’ve come, And I hope, by the compassion, safely to arrive at home. Jesus sought me when a stranger; wandering from the fold of God; He, to rescue me from danger, interposed his precious blood O to grace how great a debtor daily I’m constrained to be! Let thy goodness, like a fetter, bind my wandering heart to thee. Prone to wander, Lord, I feel it, prone to leave God I love. Take my heart, O take and seal it, seal it for thy courts above.
The Lord be with you And also with you
The Holy Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ according to Matthew 10.40–42
Glory to you, Lord Jesus Christ
‘Whoever welcomes you welcomes me, and whoever welcomes me welcomes the one who sent me. Whoever welcomes a prophet in the name of a prophet will receive a prophet’s reward; and whoever welcomes a righteous person in the name of a righteous person will receive the reward of the righteous; and whoever gives even a cup of cold water to one of these little ones in the name of a disciple—truly I tell you, none of these will lose their reward.’
The Gospel of Christ Praise to you Lord Jesus Christ
Homily
An Affirmation of Faith We are not alone (Uniting in Worship 2)
We are not alone, we live in God’s world.
We believe in God: who has created and is creating, who has come in Jesus, the Word made flesh,
to reconcile and make new, who works in us and others by the Spirit.
We trust in God.
We are called to be the Church: to celebrate God’s presence, to live with respect in Creation,
to love and serve others, to seek justice and resist evil,
to proclaim Jesus, crucified and risen, our judge and our hope.
In life, in death, in life beyond death, God is with us. We are not alone.
Thanks be to God. Amen.
Prayers of the People — written by John Birch, and posted on his Faith and Worshipwebsite.
Circle us, Lord Circle us with the light of your presence within this dark world Enable us to be overcomers of fear and temptation Enable us to be victors over sin and despair Enable us to become that which you would desire
(Silent prayer) Lord of creation, Lord of Salvation Circle us with the light of your presence
Circle us, Lord Circle our family within the shelter of your outstretched arms Protect them in each moment of their daily lives Protect them in the decisions that they face Protect their homes and relationships
(Silent prayer)
Lord of creation, Lord of Salvation Circle our families with the light of your presence
Circle us, Lord Circle this world with the joy of your Salvation Where there is sickness and disease bring healing Where there is hunger and despair bring hope Where there is torture and oppression bring release
(Silent prayer)
Lord of creation, Lord of Salvation Circle this world with the light of your presence
The Peace
The Celebration of the Eucharist
Offering Hymn 500 CP Servant Song
Sister, let me be your servant, let me be as Christ to you;
Pray that I may have the grace to let you be my servant too.
We are pilgrims on a journey, fellow travellers on the road;
We are here to help each other walk the mile and bear the load.
I will hold the Christ-light for you in the nighttime of your fear;
I will hold my hand out to you, speak the peace you long to hear.
I will weep when you are weeping; when you laugh I’ll laugh with you.
I will share your joy and sorrow till we’ve seen this journey through.
When we sing to God in heaven, we shall find such harmony, Born of all we’ve known together of Christ’s love and agony. Brother, let me be your servant, let me be as Christ to you; Pray that I may have the grace to let you be my servant too.
Prayer over the Gifts
God of wisdom, receive all we offer you this day. Enrich our lives with the gifts of your Spirit, that we may follow the way of our Lord Jesus Christ, and serve one another in freedom. We ask this in his name. Amen
The Great Thanksgiving:
Eucharistic Prayer New Zealand (Anglican Eucharistic Liturgies pg. 304)
God is here
We praise God together
Let us say thank you to God
Who has done so much for us
God, you made us, and the world and everything in it.
All the good we see comes from you.
You have always loved us but people have not always loved you.
You sent Jesus to show us how to live and to bring us back to you again.
Amen. We are alive in Jesus
Jesus died for us on the cross so that through your Spirit we can all be your people.
And so with thanks we praise you singing
Holy, Holy, Holy Lord, God of power and might Heaven and Earth of your glory are full Hosanna, Hosanna, Hosanna in the Highest. Blessed is one who comes in the name of the Lord
Blessed is one who comes in the name of the Lord
Holy, Holy, Holy Lord, God of power and might
Heaven and Earth of your glory are full
Hosanna, Hosanna, Hosanna in the Highest.
We are here because on the night before he died Jesus shared a meal with his friends.
There he took some bread and gave thanks to you, God.
He broke it into pieces, and gave it to them.
“This is my body”, he said.
“Do this and know that I am with you.”
Amen. We are alive in Jesus
Later Jesus took a cup of wine and gave thanks to you.
Jesus shared it with them, and said
“This is my blood, which brings new life.
Do this and know that I am with you.”
Amen. We are alive in Jesus
And so, remembering Jesus, who died, was raised to new life by you,
and is alive forever, we are glad to share that life and live in him.
Amen. We are alive in Jesus
Send your Holy Spirit so that this bread and wine
can be for us the body and blood of Jesus,
and through this food give us strength to live as your people.
Amen. We are alive in Jesus
Help us to care for your world and for each other
in the way that Jesus showed us.
Until he comes again with all your people
in every time and every land we worship you and say:
We praise you. We thank you. We bless you. Amen
The Lord’s Prayer (sung: Cameron)
The Breaking of the Bread
We break this bread to share in the body of Christ.
We, being many, are one body, for we all share in the one bread.
The Communion
Hymns during Communion: O Freedom MV196 We Will Take What You Offer
Prayer after Communion
God of power, we are nourished by the riches of your grace. Raise us to new life in your Son Jesus Christ and fit us for his eternal kingdom, that all the world may call him Lord. We ask this in his name. Amen
The Doxology
Glory to God,
whose power, working in us, can do infinitely more than we can ask or imagine. Glory to God from generation to generation, in the Church and in Christ Jesus, for ever and ever. Amen.
The Blessing
Announcements
Closing Hymn 352 CP Amazing Grace
Amazing Grace, how sweet the sound, that saved a wretch like me. I once was lost but now am found, was blind, but now I see.
T'was Grace that taught my heart to fear. And Grace, my fears relieved. How precious did that Grace appear the hour I first believed.
The Lord has promised good to me. His word my hope secures. He will my shield and portion be, as long as life endures.
Through many dangers, toils and snares I have already come; 'Tis Grace that brought me safe thus far and Grace will lead me home.
When we've been here ten thousand years bright shining as the sun. We've no less days to sing God's praise than when we've first begun
The Dismissal
Christ has set us free! Let’s hold on to that freedom, and never become slaves to rules again.
We must not use our freedom as an excuse to do anything we want.
Let’s use it as an opportunity to serve each other with love.
God’s Spirit can make us loving, happy, peaceful, patient,
kind, good, faithful, gentle, self-controlled.
God’s Spirit has given us life, so let us live in the Spirit.
May God walk with you all your days.
And with you also. Thanks be to God. Amen. Alleluia
Postlude: Community (Tune In)
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