- Westminster Church

Thank you for worshiping at Westminster Church
Children
Supervised care for children under 3 years old is available in the
nursery which is located in the Little Lambs room (on the 2nd floor, next
to the Sunday School). If your children become restless during today’s
service, please feel free to use the crying room, where the service is
received through closed-circuit television.
An usher will be pleased to direct you to either location.
Hearing Assistance
Sennheiser headsets are available in the entrance lobby.
Please ask an usher if you wish to use one.
Electronic Devices
Thank you for turning all electronic devices off or to mute
during the service.
Westminster Church
“We love because God loved us first”
1 John 4:19
Ministry Staff
Rev. Robert Campbell, minister
[email protected]
Rev. Dr. Greg Glatz, associate minister
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Rev. Dr. James Christie, voluntary assoc. minister
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David Puranen, ministry student
[email protected]
Nathan Poole, director of music in worship
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Don Menzies, organist
Jackie Henrickson, youth director
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Linda Campbell, Sunday school director
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Sunday Worship
Westminster Church
The United Church of Canada
Washrooms
The entrance lobby has two washrooms, which are wheelchair
accessible and have change tables for infants.
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Administrative and Building Staff
Marilyn Thiessen, office administrator
Find us on the web at
Dan Beauvais, caretaker supervisor
westminsterchurch.org
Murray Cheney, weekend caretaker
facebook.com/westminsterchurchwinnipeg
Abdiaziz Botan, evening caretaker
[email protected]
vimeo.com/westminsterywg
We Are All Members of the Body of Christ!
Westminster Church
1 Corinthians 12:27
745 Westminster Ave.
Winnipeg, MB R3G 1A5
204-784-1330
[email protected]
If you're looking for a way to get involved at Westminster Church, we'd
love to hear from you!
Please contact us at [email protected] or talk to one
of the ministers.
Office Hours
Monday to Thursday
9:00 a.m. to noon
1:00 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Choir
Small Groups
Bell Tower Community Garden
Bell Tower Community Cafe
Sunday School, Youth
Book Club
Annual Kids Christmas Sale
Committees (budget and management, communications, fellowship,
finance, fundraising, membership and pastoral care, ministry and
personnel, outreach, presbytery, property, worship)
Sunday, February 1, 2015
Fourth after Epiphany
10:30 a.m.
Pamela McLeod Arnould is today’s Lay Liturgist.
Our service begins with the Prelude, inviting us to prepare for worship.
ORGAN PRELUDE
INTROIT
“Holy, Holy, Holy, Lord God Almighty”
VU 315
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!
Love will transform us.
Love will renew us.
Blessed be the One who is Love.
THE PEACE
Leader:
May the peace of Christ be with you all.
People:
And also with you.
Moment of silence for personal confession.
Leader:
People:
HYMN
Lord, have mercy.
Christ, have mercy.
Lord, have mercy.
ANTHEM
“Come Down Lord”
VU 291
COLLECTION OF OFFERINGS AND OFFERTORY
After the offering is introduced, an offertory will be played by the organist
and the collection taken. Thank you for your gift, whether given today or
through other means of supporting ministry at Westminster Church.
WORDS OF ASSURANCE
GREETING
Leader:
The Lord be with you.
People:
And also with you.
“All Things Bright and Beautiful”
by Stan Pethel
OFFERING DEDICATION
SHALOM
WORD OF WELCOME
CALL TO WORSHIP
We come, like Abraham, Sarah, and John the Baptist,
people with vision.
We come, like Job, Thomas, and the Samaritan woman,
people with questions.
We come, like Moses, Jeremiah, and Mary,
people with self-doubts.
We come, like Joshua, Deborah, and Stephen,
people with courage.
We come, like David, Mary Magdalene, and Paul,
people with regrets.
We come, like Hagar, Uriah, and the Syrophoenician woman,
people with wisdom from the margins.
We come, like Rebekah and Samuel,
like Hosea and Esther, like Nathaniel and Martha,
people with a part to play in the story of faith.
SCRIPTURE READING
Genesis 12: v 1 – 3
NRSV, p.10
SCRIPTURE READING
Exodus 19: v 1 – 6
NRSV, p.65
SCRIPTURE READING
read by Henk Booy
Isaiah 43: v 1 – 8
At the conclusion of the reading …
Words and Music © Ernest Sands, 1981, Published by OCP Publications. All rights reserved,
Used with permission LicenSing Onlinelicense 621413
Reader:
People:
PRAYERS OF THE PEOPLE
“Joyful, Joyful We Adore You”
OPENING PRAYER
PRAYER OF CONFESSION
We acknowledge the presence of eternal Love;
steadfast and unfailing Love.
Let us offer up the sins of our mouths.
Let us offer up the sins of our hearts.
Let us offer up the sins of our hands.
The Word of the Lord.
Thanks be to God.
THE LORD’S PRAYER
HYMN
HYMN
NRSV, p.672
“Rejoice in God, My Heart”
PfAS 111D page 711
VU 232
HYMN
SERMON
given by Rabbi Alan Green
“Praise the Lord with the Sound of Trumpet” VU 245
SENDING FORTH AND BENEDICTION
CHORAL RESPONSE
SOLO
“If You Search With All Your Heart”
given by Cathryn Harrison
WESTMINSTER NEWS
Sung, VU 959
“Amen”
Philip Stopford
Craig Courtney
ORGAN POSTLUDE AND HYMNS ON THE CARILLONIC BELLS