Rev. Debra P. McGill, M. Div.

Ministers : All the People
Minister: Reverend Debra P. McGill, M. Div.
email: [email protected] phone: 519-651-0417
Minister Emeritus: Reverend Harvey Murphy, B.A., M. Div.
Chairman of the Official Board: Doug Irvine
Director of Music: Marian Little, A. Mus.
Administrative Assistant: Patti McKay
Custodian: Barbara Kendall
Christian Development:
Donna DeBruin
Presbytery Rep:
Rosemary Benbow
Communications:
Doug Irvine
Property:
Gord Hunter
Finance:
Nick Monarch
Stewardship:
Membership:
Iris Mitten
Treasurer:
Peter McKellar
Men’s Fellowship:
Godfrey Fearn
Rev. Debra P. McGill,
M. Div.
February 10th, 2013
TRANSFIGURATION SUNDAY
Trustees: Bob Collins-Wright
Ministry & Personnel:
Bill Gregory
U.C.W:
Mary Lee
Nominating:
Donna DeBruin
Pastoral Care:
Sue Monarch
Outreach: (contact)
Doug Irvine
Worship:
John Kesselring/Keith Robertson
We welcome all who are worshipping with us ..
If you are new to Saint Luke’s United Church,
please sign our Visitors’ Book at the back of the church.
We remember our friends, who are shut in,
whether at home or in the hospital.
If you know of anyone who is in need of pastoral care,
please call the church office at 658-2351 or Rev. Debra at 519-651-0417
Refreshments will be served in
the Mary Clemens Room following this mornings service.
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SAINT LUKE’S UNITED CHURCH
Waterloo Presbytery Hamilton Conference
1620 Franklin Boulevard (Bus Route 71 / Stop 1312)
Cambridge, Ontario, N3C 1P2 (519) 658-2351
Church email - [email protected]
Church website - www.saintlukesunited.org
February 10th, 2013
TRANSFIGURATION SUNDAY
CELEBRATION OF THE SACRAMENT OF COMMUNION
Black History Month
"We should emphasize not Negro History, but the Negro in history.
What we need is not a history of selected races or nations, but the
history of the world void of national bias, race hate, and religious
prejudice." -Carter Woodson
We gather as god’s people
Musical Prelude
Announcements (see overhead)
*Lighting the Christ Candle (VU#381)
Spirit of Life
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.
*Call to Worship
The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, the love of God
And the communion of the Holy Spirit, be with you all.
And also with you.
There are moments when the “veil” between heaven
and earth, between the holy and the mundane, is opaque.
Not quite visible, not totally obscured.
The thin place of a not yet – but soon-to-be kind of experience.
A mountain top experience –
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OBSERVER Renewal Time
The Observer renewals will be $20.00 per year
however, if we can get 8 new subscribers
everyone pays only $10 for the year which is about 88cents per month.
Please see Doug Irvine.
There is a clip board on the back table
Our Annual Ladies’ Night Out will be held at China House
Restaurant on Thursday, Feb 21st, 6:00p.m. The cost is
$14.00 each which includes tax and tip and we ask that you
also bring a non-perishable food item or two for the Food
Bank. Your money must be in by Sunday, February 17th and can be given to
Sadie VanKoughnet, Donna DeBruin or Mary Lee, or it can go to the office
on Tuesday, Wednesday or Thursday between 10 and 2.
We hope that all our ladies are able to join us!
Thank you to our Official Board Chairs and our Official Board
Secretary for submitting all of your Annual Reports for 2012.
Now I better get cracking.
OUTREACH COMMITTEE
POP TOPS
Cambridge Capables
fundraiser for wheelchairs.
ZEHRS RECEIPT
UCW collects these for various projects
PLASTIC BAGS Cambridge
Self Help Food Bank
The Bridges Homeless Shelter
PEANUT BUTTER OR
JUICE DRINKING BOXES
These will be packed in lunches
for residents going out to work
ELIZABETH UNIT
Meets the 2nd
Tuesday of the month
2:00-4:00p.m.
Mary Clemens Room
ESTHER UNIT
Meets the 4th
Thursday of month
7:30p.m.—9:30p.m.
Mary Clemens Room
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May the love of God live in us today.
May the peace of God be with us today May the peace of God be with us today May it guide us and protect us
as we go our sep’rate ways.
May the peace of God be with us,
May the love of God live in us,
May the light of God shine on us today.
Musical Postlude
Thank you to our ushers this morning,
Mary Taylor, Sadie VanKoughnet,
Al Smith & Don Paddock.
a moment of transfiguration
when we know God is here
and we know that God knows we are here.
In the bread and in the wine, Jesus took common things
And made of them a sacrament, his spirit alive among people.
And in the sharing, we know God is here.
And we know that God knows we are here.
God calls us as we gather,
to bring the common things of our lives.
The desire for good, the struggle to be genuine,
the efforts to succeed in life.
Calls us to dedicate all these things for God’s purpose,
That God may make them instruments
of God’s love and grace in our day and in the world.
Let us worship God!
Hymn (Tune VU#103)
How Good Lord
Beginning Wednesday, February 13th, at 10:00 a.m.
How good, Lord, to be here,
In this familiar place –
To sing the hymns and offer prayers
In this, your sacred space.
Will be held one evening .. however, due to scheduling
conflicts .. stay tuned for further notice
How good, Lord, to be here,
To share this time with friends –
To lend an ear and pass the peace
In love that never ends.
BIBLE STUDY BEGINS with Rev. Debra P. McGill
Bring Your Bibles
and EVERY Wednesday morning ..
Pancake Supper
Tuesday, February 12 from 5:30 - 7:00 pm.
This event is sponsored by Pastoral Care and there will be
a free-will offering. Pancakes, sausages and refreshments
will be served to kick off Lent.
We look forward to you joining us!
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How good, Lord, to be here,
Our old and new friends greet –
To sing the hymns and offer prayers,
To hold ‘til next we meet.
Richard Allan Yake, London, Ontario.
(Used with permission, Gathering LEP 2008)
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Passing of the Peace: Be at peace with God, your neighbour and
yourself, saying the Peace of Christ be with you
Welcome and Introductions
Ministry of music
Saint Luke’s Choir Anthem
A TIME WITH YOUNG AND YOUNG AT HEART
*Children’s Hymn
Shine, Jesus Shine
Lord, the light of Your love is shining
In the midst of the darkness shining;
Jesus, Light of the World shine upon us.
Set us free by the truth You now bring us.
Shine on me (clap clap) Shine on me (clap clap)
Shine, Jesus, shine, fill this land with the Father’s glory.
Blaze, Spirit, blaze, set our hearts on fire.
Flow, river, flow, flood the nations with grace and mercy;
Send forth Your Word, Lord and let there be light.
Lord, I come to Your awesome presence
From the shadows in to Your radiance;
By the blood I may enter Your brightness,
Search me, try me, consume all my darkness.
Shine on me (clap clap) Shine on me (clap clap)
Shine, Jesus, shine, fill this land with the Father’s glory.
Blaze, Spirit, blaze, set our hearts on fire.
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here we have tasted your goodness
and hungered for a world more just.
Though the world is afflicted by
brokenness and division,
here we have heard your call
to be a people of healing community.
Everyday we touch our limits,
yet here we have received the
fullness of your grace.
Transform our lives, O God,
Then send us forth,
in faith, in hope and in love. Amen.
WE GO FORTH AS GOD’S PEOPLE
Hymn VU#402
We Are One
Blessing and Sending Forth
Sung Benediction
May the light of God shine on us today May the light of God shine on us today May it show us where to travel,
lead us back if we should stray;
May the light of God shine of us today.
May the love of God live in us today May the love of God live in us today May the warmth we feel within us
show in all we do and say
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We await the advent of his coming again.
Remembering the Community in Prayer
At this time, we remember as Christ remembered . . .
. . . And now together . . . the prayer . . . saying: Our Father . . .
Blessing of the Bread and Wine
Holy God, we pray for your Spirit.
Make us, though many, one.
Make us, though broken, whole.
Make us, despite death, alive.
Make us strong in faith and love, that we may become truly human,
as Christ was truly human.
Come, Holy Spirit, come.
(Presider breaks the bread)
The bread that we break is the bread of life.
and our sharing in the life of Christ.
(Presider holds up the wine)
The cup for which we give thanks is the cup of blessing.
And our sharing in the work of Christ.
SHARING THE BREAD AND CUP
Bread for the Journey
The Wine of Arrival
Post Communion Prayer
Almighty and most gracious God,
though we live in a world of need,
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Flow, river, flow, flood the nations with grace and mercy;
Send forth Your Word, Lord and let there be light.
As we gaze on Your kingly brightness,
So our faces display Your likeness;
Ever changing from glory to glory,
Mirror’d here may our lives tell Your story
Shine on me (clap clap) Shine on me (clap clap)
Shine, Jesus, shine, fill this land with the Father’s glory.
Blaze, Spirit, blaze, set our hearts on fire.
Flow, river, flow, flood the nations with grace and mercy;
Send forth Your Word, Lord and let there be light.
Gospel
Pew Talk
Luke 9: 28-36
WE OFFER OUR GIFTS TO GOD
Invitation to Offering
*Doxology
Oh what a wonderful gift.
Oh what a wonderful gift.
God gives lives of hope and love.
Oh, what a wonderful gift.
So as we bring our gifts, and offer them with prayer,
May we be people seeking peace and justice every where
Oh what a wonderful gift.
Oh what a wonderful gift.
God gives lives of hope and love.
Oh, what a wonderful gift.
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Prayer of Dedication
CELEBRATION OF HOLY COMMUNION
Invitation to Communion
Hymn VU#467
One Bread, One Body
Call to Give Thanks
The Lord be with you.
And also with you.
Lift up your hearts.
We lift them up to the Lord.
Let us give thanks to the Lord our God.
It is right to give God thanks and praise.
The story of Creation
In the beginning God made the world.
Made it and mothered it.
Shaped it and fathered it.
Rock, earth and sea, gave it firmament and beauty.
Filled it with seed, God’s sign of eternity.
Filled it with life, with song and variety.
All that is green, blue, deep, high, solid or fragile,
God’s is the hand that created you.
All that is tender, firm, fragrant and curious.
God’s is the hand that created you.
All that crawls, flies, swims, walks or is motionless,
God’s is the hand that created you.
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All that speaks, signs, cries, laughs, doubts or keeps silence,
God’s is the hand that created you.
All that suffers, wonders, lacks,
limps or longs for an end,
God’s is the hand that created you.
The world and all that is in it, belongs to God.
The earth and all its people.
And together we praise you and raise to you our song:
Holy, holy, holy God,
power of life and love.
Heaven and earth are full of your glory!
Hosanna through the ages!
Blessed is the one who comes
to bring your justice to the earth.
Hosanna in the highest!
In the time of God’s choosing, God sent the Son,
Sent him, reared him and risked him.
Bone of our bone, flesh of our flesh.
The Word became flesh.
Loved by the least, feared by the powerful.
Deserted by his listeners, denied by his friends.
Skilled carpenter and homeless wayfarer,
Christ, God’s own son.
Feeder, teacher, healer, forgiver of the unforgivable.
Christ, God’s own son.
Lover of the unlovable, toucher of the untouchable,
Christ, God’s own son.
He lived among us, He was one of us . . . Great is the mystery of faith
and so according to his commandment,
We remember his death,
We proclaim his resurrection,
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