Today’s Meditation Verse: “This day is holy to our Lord. Don’t be sad because the joy from the Lord is your strength.” –Nehemiah 8:10b (CEB)
Welcome … Pastor Charles
Prelude … “It Is Well with My Soul”
Call to Worship (Psalm 71:14b-19) ... Pastor Charles (Leader) and Joey Vander Vorste (People)
Leader: God who made all things and is beyond our imagining thank You for the gift of life the gift of today, the gift of this space.
People: Jesus Christ who came into our world to be with us thank You for Your healing presence, Your life, Your friendship.
Leader: Spirit of God who animates us with the resurrection life of God breathe on us, be in our midst, and animate our worship.
People: We’re here. You’re here. May that be enough.
Leader: Though we see dimly, though we know in part, though You are a mystery.
People: We long for You, we look for You, we wait for You. Amen.
- Grace Church, Ealing, London
Hymn … “Blessed Be the Tie that Binds”
Litany (inspired by 1 Corinthians) ... Pastor Charles (Leader) and Joey Vander Vorste (People)
Leader: For no one can lay any foundation other than the one already laid, which is Jesus Christ. (3:11)
People: The foundation for blessing and grace. The foundation for our unity.
Leader: I always thank my God for you because of his grace given you in Christ Jesus. (1:3,4)
People: The source of wisdom. The source of our ministry and teaching.
Leader: God is the source of your life in Christ Jesus, who became for us wisdom from God, and righteousness and sanctification and redemption. (1:30)
People: What is God’s wisdom for human sexuality, legal disputes, marriage, singleness, widowhood, food sacrificed to idols? What is God’s wisdom for testing and temptation?
Leader: Do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit within you, which you have from God, and that you are not your own? For you were bought with a price; therefore, glorify God in your body. (6:19-20)
People: How do we glorify God in what we wear for worship, how do we celebrate the Lord’s Supper? How do we recognize and release the gifts of the Spirit for the common good?
Leader: And now faith, hope, and love abide, these three, and the greatest of these is love. (13:13)
People: Let us receive and proclaim the good news of Jesus’ death and resurrection. Let us give thanks for this life and for the resurrection of the dead.
Leader: Death has been swallowed up in victory. Where, O death is your victory? Where, O death, is your sting? (15:54-55)
People: For Jesus Christ is our sure foundation.
Leader: For Jesus Christ is our sure foundation. “The grace of the Lord Jesus be with you.” (16:23)
–written by April Yamasaki, Emmanuel Mennonite Church (Abbotsford, BC)
Community prayer requests, concerns, and celebrations … Pastor Charles Pastoral Prayer / The Lord’s Prayer… Pastor Charles
Epistle Lesson: 1 Corinthians 12:13-31a … Joey Vander Vorste
Musical offering: “The Call” ... Alan and Suzanne Polacek
Gospel Lesson: Luke 4:14-21 … Pastor Charles
Sermon: “Unwrapping the gift” ... Pastor Charles
Hymn… “Let There Be Peace on Earth”
Words for the Journey … Pastor Charles
Postlude … “Shine, Jesus, Shine”
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