Strathearn United Church

06/22/2026

This week's YouTube service for the 21st of June 2026, the Fourth Sunday after Pentecost.

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06/22/2026

This week's Order of Service for the 21st of June 2026, the Fourth Sunday after Pentecost.

Strathearn United Church welcomes you to our Morning Worship.
21st of June 2026, the Fourth Sunday after Pentecost

Musical Prelude

WELCOME & GATHERING
“Astonishing material and revelation appear in our lives all the time.
Let it be.
Unto us, so much is given.
We just have to be open for business.”
Anne Lamott

LIGHTING THE CHRIST CANDLE

OPENING HYMN
I Am a Child of God
More Voices 157

PRAYER OF APPROACH
A prayer for Indigenous Day of Prayer by the Rev. Maggie Dieter, former Executive Minister, Aboriginal Ministries and Indigenous Justice; and Bill Snow, Stoney Nakoda First Nation, Alberta, member of the Indigenous Justice and Residential School Committee
God, Creator and Great Mystery, we praise you for the Sacred Fires that burn today and for the prayer-filled smoke that you receive and bless.
We offer our deep gratitude that the Fire’s light informs and guides our journey.
We pray, just as the Elders prayed, for renewal and for the restoration of beauty to the land and its people.
We acknowledge the diverse and abundant gifts of Canada’s Indigenous Peoples.
We recognize that their knowledge and wisdom have benefited generations past and present, and that this blessing will continue for generations to come.
We remember the many who are committed to the healing of family, community, and nations.
We pray for Mother Earth, the waters, the winds, for our siblings the animals, birds, and fish, and all of life that surrounds us.
We pray that we will walk the good Red Road of life, and that we will walk with courage, honesty, humility, love, respect, truth and wisdom.
We offer this prayer in humility and hope, and in the name, of our brother Jesus, the one who lights our path to wholeness, justice and peace.
Amen.

A UNITED CHURCH CREED
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.

PRAYER OF CONFESSION & ASSURANCE OF GRACE
I waited, I waited on the Lord Voices United 954
From that time Jesus began to proclaim,
“Repent for the Kingdom of Heaven is near!”
Matthew 4:17
God, before You we pray
In this moment we may wonder, what do we say?
What are we asking for?
Let us pause and listen
And in the silence we may
My child, you are forgiven and healed
(Silence)
God have mercy
Christ have mercy
God have mercy
Let us pray
Our Father, who art in heaven
Hallowed be thy name
Thy Kingdom come
Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven
Give us this day our daily bread
And forgive us our trespasses
As we forgive those who trespass against us
And lead us not into temptation
But deliver us from evil
For thine is the kingdom, the power and the glory
Forever and ever
Amen

HYMN
There’s a Wideness in God’s Mercy
Voices United 271

WE SHARE IN GOD’S WORD

RESPONSIVE READING
The Book of Jeremiah 20:7-13
O God, You have enticed me, and I was enticed
You have overpowered me, and you have prevailed.
I have become a laughingstock all day long, everyone mocks me.
For whenever I speak, I must cry out, I must shout, “Violence and destruction!”
For the word of God has become for me a reproach and derision all day long.
If I say, “I will not mention God or speak any more in their name,” then within me there is something like a burning fire
shut up in my bones.
I am weary with holding it in, and I cannot.
For I hear many whispering:
“Terror is all around! Denounce him! Let us denounce him!”
All my close friends are watching for me to stumble.
“Perhaps he can be enticed, and we can prevail against him and take our revenge on him.”
But God is with me like a terrifying warrior
Therefore, my persecutors will stumble, and they will not prevail.
They will be greatly shamed, for they will not succeed.
Their eternal dishonor will never be forgotten.
O God, You test the righteous, You see the heart and the mind.
Let me see Your retribution upon them, for to You I have committed my cause.
Sing to God, praise God, for they have delivered the life of the needy from the hands of evildoers.

MINISTRY OF MUSIC

A READING FROM THE GOSPEL OF MATTHEW 10:24-39
The Word of God for the People of God
Thanks be to God

SERMON

THE WORD OF GOD ENACTED
PRESENTATION OF THE OFFERING
Praise God from Whom All Blessings Flow
Voices United 541
The Dedication of Gifts
God, You bless us with gifts of time, talent and treasure and in doing so, You invite us to share these gifts as a witness to our faith in Your Kingdom.
Amen

PRAYERS OF THE PEOPLE
The Spirit helps us in our weakness
For we do not know how to pray as we ought, but that very Spirit intercedes with sighs too deep for words.
Romans 8:26
God, You touch our lives with healing and with justice
New life is your gift.
We give You thanks for Your Good News
Revealed through Your Son Jesus Christ.
Good News that invites and challenges us to be living witnesses to Your hope for a better world
And so in silence we give thanks for those who have been such witnesses in our lives
(Silence)
God of compassion
We pray for this troubled world
For people who struggling with sorrows
Who struggle with injustice
Who struggle with despair
Who struggle with uncertainty
Who fear the future
Who yearn for hope
And God we pray that You be with us
As we do what we can
To be your presence in this world
And God we come to You with the prayers of our hearts.
For those who we know who struggle with illness of the mind, body and spirit.
For those who are alone
For those who yearn for connection
These names we bring to you
(Silence)
Amen

CLOSING HYMN
I, the Lord of Sea and Sky
Voices United 509

SENDING FORTH
The Gospel of Matthew 22:36-39
Teacher, which commandment in the law is the greatest?” He said to him, “ ‘You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.’
This is the greatest and first commandment.
And a second is like it: ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’

POSTLUDE

World Council of Churches Prayer Cycle
Malawi and Zambia

Northern Spirit Region Prayer Cycle
Indigenous Day of Prayer National Indigenous Peoples Day
South Peace United Church, Dawson’s Creek

06/15/2026

This week's YouTube service for the 14th of June 2026, the Third Sunday after Pentecost.

06/15/2026

This week's Order of Service for the 14th of June 2026, the Third Sunday after Pentecost.

Strathearn United Church welcomes you to our Morning Worship.
14th of June 2026, the Third Sunday after Pentecost

Musical Prelude

WELCOME & GATHERING
The Gospel of Matthew 9:35-38
Then Jesus went about all the cities and villages, teaching in their synagogues and proclaiming the good news of the kingdom and curing every disease and every sickness.
When he saw the crowds, he had compassion for them because they were harassed and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd.
Then he said to his disciples, "The harvest is plentiful, but the laborers are few.
Therefore, ask the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into his harvest."

LIGHTING THE CHRIST CANDLE

OPENING HYMN
Hope of the World
Voices United 215

PRAYER OF APPROACH
Psalm 100
Make a joyful noise to God, all the earth.
Serve God with gladness, come into their presence with singing.
Know that God who made us, and we are their people and the sheep of their pasture.
Enter their gates with thanksgiving and their courts with praise.
Give thanks to God, bless their name.
For God is good and their steadfast love endures forever
And their faithfulness to all generations.
Amen

A UNITED CHURCH CREED
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.

PRAYER OF CONFESSION & ASSURANCE OF GRACE
I waited, I waited on the Lord Voices United 954
“The Church is a hospital, and not a courtroom, for souls. She does not condemn on behalf of sins, but grants remission of sins.
St. John Chrysostom
God, through prayer You invite us to be honest with You, with one another and with ourselves
To admit our separation from You, with one another and ourselves
And when we do so, You heal us through grace
You reconcile with us, and then You invite us to reconcile with one another and ourselves
(Silence)
(Silence)
God have mercy
Christ have mercy
God have mercy
God, thank You
Let us pray
Our Father, who art in heaven
Hallowed be thy name
Thy Kingdom come
Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven
Give us this day our daily bread
And forgive us our trespasses
As we forgive those who trespass against us
And lead us not into temptation
But deliver us from evil
For thine is the kingdom, the power and the glory
Forever and ever
Amen

HYMN
Take My Life and Let It Be
Voices United 506

WE SHARE IN GOD’S WORD
O God, open our hearts and minds through the touch of Your Holy Spirit, so as we listen to Your Word we may hear what You are saying to us today.
Amen.
RESPONSIVE READING
Psalm 116:12-19
What shall I return to God for all their bounty to me?
I will lift up the cup of salvation and call on the name of God
I will pay my vows to God in the presence of all of God’s people.
Precious in the sight of God is the death of their faithful ones.
O God, I am Your servant;
I am Your servant, the child of Your serving girl.
You have loosed my bonds.
I will offer to You a thanksgiving sacrifice and call on the name of God.
I will pay my vows to God in the presence of all their people, in the courts of the house of God in your midst, O Jerusalem.
Praise God!

MINISTRY OF MUSIC

A READING FROM THE GOSPEL OF MATTHEW 10:1-16
The Word of God for the People of God
Thanks be to God

SERMON
“I wish it need not have happened in my time," said Frodo.
"So do I," said Gandalf, "and so do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.”
J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring

THE WORD OF GOD ENACTED
PRESENTATION OF THE OFFERING
Praise God from Whom All Blessings Flow
Voices United 541
The Dedication of Gifts
God, You bless us with gifts of time, talent and treasure and in doing so, You invite us to share these gifts as a witness to our faith in Your Kingdom.
Amen

PRAYERS OF THE PEOPLE
In the morning, while it was still very dark, Jesus got up and went out to a deserted place, and there he prayed.
The Gospel of Mark 1:35
God, You touch our lives with healing and with justice
New life is your gift.
We give You thanks for Your Good News
Revealed through Your Son Jesus Christ.
Good News that invites and challenges us to be living witnesses to Your hope for a better world
And so in silence we give thanks for those who have been such witnesses in our lives
(Silence)
God of compassion
We pray for this troubled world
For people who struggling with sorrows
Who struggle with injustice
Who struggle with despair
Who struggle with uncertainty
Who fear the future
Who yearn for hope
And God we pray that You be with us
As we do what we can
To be your presence in this world
And God we come to You with the prayers of our hearts.
For those who we know who struggle with illness of the mind, body and spirit.
For those who are alone
For those who yearn for connection
These names we bring to you
(Silence)
Amen

CLOSING HYMN
I'm Gonna Live So God Can Use Me
Voices United 575

SENDING FORTH
(Episcopal Church Memes)
Boldy go to love and serve the Lord
Thanks be to God and make it so!
Amen

POSTLUDE

World Council of Churches Prayer Cycle
Botswana and Zimbabwe

Northern Spirit Region Prayer Cycle
World Refugee Day (June 20)
St. Paul’s United, Fairview AB
Chalmers-Castle Downs United Church, Edmonton

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06/07/2026

This week's Order of Service for the 7th of June 2026, the Second Sunday after Pentecost.

Strathearn United Church welcomes you to our Morning Worship.
7th of June 2026, the Second Sunday after Pentecost

Musical Prelude

WELCOME & GATHERING
The Gospel of Matthew 9:9-13
As Jesus was walking along, he saw a man called Matthew sitting at the tax-collection station, and he said to him, "Follow me." And he got up and followed him.
And as he sat at dinner in the house, many tax collectors and sinners came and were sitting with Jesus and his disciples.
When the Pharisees saw this, they said to his disciples, "Why does your teacher eat with tax collectors and sinners?"
But when he heard this, he said, "Those who are well have no need of a physician, but those who are sick.
Go and learn what this means, 'I desire mercy, not sacrifice.' For I have not come to call the righteous but sinners."

LIGHTING THE CHRIST CANDLE

OPENING HYMN
Will You Come and Follow Me
Voices United 567

PRAYER OF APPROACH
God, You invited us here
To sing
To pray
To listen
To connect with You
To connect with one another
And when we leave here You invite us to share the Good News of Your Kingdom that we shared in today
Amen

A UNITED CHURCH CREED
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.

PRAYER OF CONFESSION & ASSURANCE OF GRACE
I waited, I waited on the Lord Voices United 954
God, in prayer You invite us to be honest
God, we confess
Sometimes we hurt our friends
Sometimes we hurt ourselves
Sometimes we hurt You
Through our willingness to confess, God You both heal and challenge us through the touch of Your grace
(Silence)
God have mercy
Christ have mercy
God have mercy
God, thank You
Let us pray
Our Father, who art in heaven
Hallowed be thy name
Thy Kingdom come
Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven
Give us this day our daily bread
And forgive us our trespasses
As we forgive those who trespass against us
And lead us not into temptation
But deliver us from evil
For thine is the kingdom, the power and the glory
Forever and ever
Amen

HYMN
If You Will Trust in God to Guide You
Voices United 286

WE SHARE IN GOD’S WORD
Martin Luther
Dear God, let your Word shine in our hearts by your Holy Spirit.
Make it so bright and warm that we always find our comfort and joy in it.
Amen.

RESPONSIVE READING
Psalm 71:1-6
In You, O God, I take refuge, let me never be put to shame.
In Your righteousness deliver me and rescue me.
Incline Your ear to me and save me.
Be to me a rock of refuge, a strong fortress to save me, for You are my rock and my fortress.
Rescue me, O my God, from the hand of the wicked, from the grasp of the unjust and cruel.
For You, O God, are my hope, my trust.
O God, from my youth, from my birth I have leaned upon You, my protector since my mother’s womb.
My praise is continually of You.

MINISTRY OF MUSIC

A READING FROM PAUL’S LETTER TO THE ROMANS 4:13-25
The Word of God for the People of God
Thanks be to God

SERMON

THE WORD OF GOD ENACTED
PRESENTATION OF THE OFFERING
Praise God from Whom All Blessings Flow
Voices United 541
The Dedication of Gifts
God, You bless us with gifts of time, talent and treasure and in doing so, You invite us to share these gifts as a witness to our faith in Your Kingdom.
Amen

PRAYERS OF THE PEOPLE
In the morning, while it was still very dark, Jesus got up and went out to a deserted place, and there he prayed.
The Gospel of Mark 1:35
God, You touch our lives with healing and with justice
New life is your gift.
We give You thanks for Your Good News
Revealed through Your Son Jesus Christ.
Good News that invites and challenges us to be living witnesses to Your hope for a better world
And so in silence we give thanks for those who have been such witnesses in our lives
(Silence)
God of compassion
We pray for this troubled world
For people who struggling with sorrows
Who struggle with injustice
Who struggle with despair
Who struggle with uncertainty
Who fear the future
Who yearn for hope
And God we pray that You be with us
As we do what we can
To be your presence in this world
And God we come to You with the prayers of our hearts.
For those who we know who struggle with illness of the mind, body and spirit.
For those who are alone
For those who yearn for connection
These names we bring to you
(Silence)
Amen

CLOSING HYMN
Bless Now, O God, the Journey
Voices United 633

SENDING FORTH
Deuteronomy 31:6
Be strong and bold
Have no fear or dread because it is Your God who goes with you
God will not fail you or forsake you.
Amen

POSTLUDE

World Council of Churches Prayer Cycle
Lesotho, Namibia, South Africa and Eswatini

Northern Spirit Region Prayer Cycle
Pride Sunday
Environment Sunday
Union Sunday: 101st Anniversary of Church Union (June 10) National Indigenous Peoples Month (June)
Edson United Church
Ardrossan United Church

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06/07/2026

This week's YouTube service for the 7th of June 2026, the Second Sunday after Pentecost.

Strathearn United Church welcomes you to our morning worship. All a...

06/02/2026

This week's Order of Service for the 31st of May, the First Sunday after Pentecost.

Strathearn United Church welcomes you to our Morning Worship.
31st of May 2026, the first Sunday after Pentecost

Musical Prelude

WELCOME & GATHERING
The Book of Genesis 1:1-5
When God began to create the heavens and the earth, the earth was complete chaos, 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.

LIGHTING THE CHRIST CANDLE

OPENING HYMN
All Things Bright and Beautiful
Voices United 291

PRAYER OF APPROACH
By Rev. Cheryl Dibeela of Gaborone, Botswana
Dear God, our builder, You have all the building materials needed to construct our societies.
You have all the strength to put wisdom on all that has fallen apart in our lives.
You have the wisdom to reshape our world.
Inspire us with all Your wisdom, strength and love, to rebuild the broken walls in our community
Amen

A UNITED CHURCH CREED
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.

PRAYER OF CONFESSION & ASSURANCE OF GRACE
Send Your Holy Spirit
Voices United 370
For an algorithm, an error is a flaw to be corrected.
For a person, however, an error can be a catalyst for profound change.
Pope Leo XIV, “Magnifica Humanitas”
God, we confess
You saw Your act of creation and celebrated that it was good
Alas we decided it was not good enough for us
We corrupted Your creation to fulfill our desires
We wounded Your precious gift
God, forgive us
Heal us, so we may work with You to restore what we have broken
(Silence)
God have mercy
Christ have mercy
God have mercy
God, thank You
Let us pray
Our Father, who art in heaven
Hallowed be thy name
Thy Kingdom come
Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven
Give us this day our daily bread
And forgive us our trespasses
As we forgive those who trespass against us
And lead us not into temptation
But deliver us from evil
For thine is the kingdom, the power and the glory
Forever and ever
Amen

HYMN
Shadow and Substance
More Voices 44

WE SHARE IN GOD’S WORD
Martin Luther
Dear God, let your Word shine in our hearts by your Holy Spirit.
Make it so bright and warm that we always find our comfort and joy in it.
Amen.

RESPONSIVE READING
PSALM 8
O God, how majestic is Your name in all the earth!
You have set your glory above the heavens.
Out of the mouths of babes and infants You have founded a bulwark because of Your foes, to silence the enemy and the avenger.
When I look at Your heavens, the work of Your fingers, the moon and the stars that you have established
What are humans that You are mindful of them, mortals that You care for them?
Yet You have made them a little lower than God and crowned them with glory and honor.
You have given them dominion over the works of Your hands.
You have put all things under their feet, all sheep and oxen, and also the beasts of the field, the birds of the air, and the fish of the sea, whatever passes along the paths of the seas.
O God, how majestic is Your name in all the earth!

MINISTRY OF MUSIC

A READING FROM THE BOOK OF GENESIS 1:26-31
The Word of God for the People of God
Thanks be to God

SERMON

THE WORD OF GOD ENACTED
PRESENTATION OF THE OFFERING
Praise God from Whom All Blessings Flow
Voices United 541
The Dedication of Gifts
God, You bless us with gifts of time, talent and treasure and in doing so, You invite us to share these gifts as a witness to our faith in Your Kingdom.
Amen

PRAYERS OF THE PEOPLE
In the morning, while it was still very dark, Jesus got up and went out to a deserted place, and there he prayed.
The Gospel of Mark 1:35
God, You touch our lives with healing and with justice
New life is your gift.
We give You thanks for Your Good News
Revealed through Your Son Jesus Christ.
Good News that invites and challenges us to be living witnesses to Your hope for a better world
And so in silence we give thanks for those who have been such witnesses in our lives
(Silence)
God of compassion
We pray for this troubled world
For people who struggling with sorrows
Who struggle with injustice
Who struggle with despair
Who struggle with uncertainty
Who fear the future
Who yearn for hope
And God we pray that You be with us
As we do what we can
To be your presence in this world
And God we come to You with the prayers of our hearts.
For those who we know who struggle with illness of the mind, body and spirit.
For those who are alone
For those who yearn for connection
These names we bring to you
(Silence)
Amen

CLOSING HYMN
For the Healing of the Nations
Voices United 678

SENDING FORTH
Paul’s Second Letter to the Corinthians 13:11-13
Finally, brothers and sisters, farewell.
Be restored
Listen to my appeal
Agree with one another
Live in peace and the God of love and peace will be with you.
Greet one another with a holy kiss.
All the saints greet you.
The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Spirit be with all of you.
Amen

POSTLUDE

World Council of Churches Prayer Cycle
Angola and Mozambique

Northern Spirit Region Prayer Cycle
Spirit of Peace United Church, Spirit River
All church volunteers, in local communities, the Region, and the wider Church

06/02/2026

This week's YouTube service for the 1st of June 2026, the first Sunday after Pentecost,

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05/25/2026

This week's YouTube service for Pentecost Sunday, the 24th of May 2026.

Strathearn United Church welcomes you to our morning worship. All a...

05/25/2026

This week's Order of Service for Pentecost Sunday, the 24th of May 2026

Strathearn United Church welcomes you to our Morning Worship.
24th of May 2026, Pentecost Sunday

Musical Prelude

WELCOME & GATHERING
Rachel Held Evans
The Spirit is like breath, as close as the lungs, the chest, the lips, the fogged canvas where little fingers draw hearts, the tide that rises and falls twenty-three thousand times a day in a rhythm so intimate we forget to notice until it enervates or until a supine yogi says pay attention and its fragile power awes again.
Inhale.
Exhale.
Expand.
Release.
In the beginning, God breathed.
And the dust breathed back enough oxygen, water, and carbon dioxide to make an atmosphere, to make a man.
Job knew life as “the breath of God in my nostrils,” given and taken away.
With breath, the Creator kindled the stars, parted a sea, woke a valley of dry bones, inspired a sacred text.
So, too, the Spirit, inhaled and exhaled in a million quotidian ways, animates, revives, nourishes, sustains, speaks.
It is as near as the nose and as everywhere as the air
So pay attention!

LIGHTING THE CHRIST CANDLE

OPENING HYMN
Like the Murmur of the Dove’s Song
Voices United 205

PRAYER OF APPROACH
God, we gather before You.
We open our hearts to You
Hoping to be touched by the flames of Your Spirit
The fire of Pentecost is the fire of faith
Sometimes it burns brightly
Sometimes it flickers, threatened by the turmoil around us.
Yet, it still burns
A light in the darkness that brings warmth and comfort to those who yearn for better days.
God, fill us with Your Spirit so may share the fire and hope of Pentecost.
Amen

A UNITED CHURCH CREED
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.

PRAYER OF CONFESSION & ASSURANCE OF GRACE
Send Your Holy Spirit
Voices United 370
“I believe that God’s word of grace can also come through simple, imperfect everyday human love.”
Nadia Bolz-Weber
God, we confess to You
Our struggles to embrace the possibility of new beginnings
On this Pentecost may we be renewed
Through the touch of Your frace
And free from our hesitation
May we witness to Your Living Spirit in this broken world
(Silence)
God have mercy
Christ have mercy
God have mercy
God, thank You
Let us pray
Our Father, who art in heaven
Hallowed be thy name
Thy Kingdom come
Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven
Give us this day our daily bread
And forgive us our trespasses
As we forgive those who trespass against us
And lead us not into temptation
But deliver us from evil
For thine is the kingdom, the power and the glory
Forever and ever
Amen

HYMN
Let Us Talents and Tongues Employ
Voices United 468

THE CELEBRATION OF COMMUNION
The Spirit of God be with you all.
And also with you.
Lift up your hearts;
We lift them to God.
Give thanks to our God!
All our thanks, all our praise!

Holy God of wind and fire, your Spirit renews the face of the earth and warms the hearts of your people.
We give you thanks for your gifts of pentecostal power.
Tongues that utter prophetic words of truth and justice.
Flames that kindle new visions of compassion and peace
Fresh breezes that blow down the walls which separate us from you and one another.
And so it is that we join with every voice and tongue
on earth and in the heavens to give you praise:

Holy, Holy, Holy, God, our life, our mercy, our might.
Heaven and earth are full of your glory.
Save us, we pray, you beyond all.
Blest is the One who comes in your name.
Save us, we pray, you beyond all.

In the night in which he was betrayed, Jesus took bread, and gave thanks; broke it, and gave it to his disciples, saying:
“Take eat; this is my body, given for you. do this for the remembrance of me.”
Again, after supper he took the cup, gave thanks, and gave it for all to drink, saying:
“This cup is the new covenant in my blood, shed for you and for all people for the forgiveness of sin.”
Do this for the remembrance of me.

We pray you, God of Love, send your Holy Spirit upon us and what we do here, that we, and these gifts, touched by your Spirit, may be signs of life and love to each other, and to all the world.

Come, the meal is ready, and ae share in this meal let us remember what Jesus said:
“I am the bread of life, whoever comes to me will never be hungry; whoever believes in me will never be thirsty.”

As we have been renewed at this your table, let us go out into your world sharing this vision with others as the servant church of the servant Christ, in whose name we pray.
Amen.

WE SHARE IN GOD’S WORD
Martin Luther
Dear God, let your Word shine in our hearts by your Holy Spirit.
Make it so bright and warm that we always find our comfort and joy in it.
Amen.

RESPONSIVE READING
A reading from Paul’s First Letter to the Corinthians 12:4-13
Now there are varieties of gifts but the same Spirit, and there are varieties of services but the same Lord, and there are varieties of activities, but it is the same God who activates all of them in everyone.
To each is given the manifestation of the Spirit for the common good.
To one is given through the Spirit the utterance of wisdom and to another the utterance of knowledge according to the same Spirit
To another faith by the same Spirit
To another gifts of healing by the one Spirit,
To another the working of power deeds
To another prophecy
To another the discernment of spirits
To another various kinds of tongues
To another the interpretation of tongues.
All these are activated by one and the same Spirit, who allots to each one individually just as the Spirit chooses.
For just as the body is one and has many members, and all the members of the body, though many, are one body, so it is with Christ.
For in the one Spirit we were all baptized into one body--Jews or Greeks, slaves or free--and we were all made to drink of one Spirit.

MINISTRY OF MUSIC

A READING FROM THE BOOK OF ACTS 2:1-21
The Word of God for the People of God
Thanks be to God

SERMON

THE WORD OF GOD ENACTED
PRESENTATION OF THE OFFERING
Praise God from Whom All Blessings Flow
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The Dedication of Gifts
God, You bless us with gifts of time, talent and treasure and in doing so, You invite us to share these gifts as a witness to our faith in Your Kingdom.
Amen

PRAYERS OF THE PEOPLE
In the morning, while it was still very dark, Jesus got up and went out to a deserted place, and there he prayed.
The Gospel of Mark 1:35
God, You touch our lives with healing and with justice
New life is your gift.
We give You thanks for Your Good News
Revealed through Your Son Jesus Christ.
Good News that invites and challenges us to be living witnesses to Your hope for a better world
And so in silence we give thanks for those who have been such witnesses in our lives
(Silence)
God of compassion
We pray for this troubled world
For people who struggling with sorrows
Who struggle with injustice
Who struggle with despair
Who struggle with uncertainty
Who fear the future
Who yearn for hope
And God we pray that You be with us
As we do what we can
To be your presence in this world
And God we come to You with the prayers of our hearts.
For those who we know who struggle with illness of the mind, body and spirit.
For those who are alone
For those who yearn for connection
These names we bring to you
(Silence)
Amen

CLOSING HYMN
I Feel the Winds of God
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SENDING FORTH
From the World Council of Churches
Lord Jesus, the storm is life and life is the storm and there is no escaping it
But what matters is that you are in the storm with us, a beacon and a presence that is sure.
Amen

POSTLUDE

World Council of Churches Prayer Cycle
The peoples and nations of the Indian Ocean

Northern Spirit Region Prayer Cycle
Zion United Church, Alberta Beach
Grace United Church, Lloydminster